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Chapter 331 The Republic of China's Double Detectives 5

"How's the system doing?" As soon as Lu Renkui entered Mu Wanqing's consciousness space, she asked anxiously about the task progress bar. She wasn't sure if she would get enough sleep tonight to ensure she would be alert and not confused the next morning, so she wanted to sleep as much as possible. Therefore, the process of the system WQBYRZM reporting the task to her had to be accelerated.

"Oh dear, don't panic," System WQBYRZM said as it brought up the task bar, where a progress bar showing a little bit of task progress could be seen. "Look, there's already some movement, which means the probability of Master Huang taking a liking to Mu Wanqing has decreased. After hiding for a few more days, once Master Huang loses interest in the fourth concubine, we won't have to worry about Mu Wanqing being targeted by Master Huang."

"Moreover, what the host just said gave Mu Wanqing's brother, Mu Baiyuan, hope of escaping. According to the plot in the original text, after the two protagonists investigated the cause of their sister's death, Mu Baiyuan secretly followed the two protagonists' carriage to escape. This time, Mu Baiyuan should be looking for some route suitable for escaping, so that our task can be slightly reduced."

"Oh, really? That's good." Lu Renkui breathed a sigh of relief, then said to the system WQBYRZM, "I'm going to sleep now. If Mu Wan wakes up, you can explain to her."

"Don't worry, I've explained it so many times." System WQBYRZM waved its hand, telling Lu Renkui to go to sleep. Then, as if remembering something, it said to Lu Renkui, "In a couple of days, those two protagonists will come to visit this landlord. At that time, the landlord's defenses should be somewhat relaxed. Host, things will be better before they leave, and the chances of success will increase."

"I understand, thanks for reminding me." Lu Renkui said, and then went to sleep.

Lu Renkui only slept for four or five hours. He felt as if he had just drifted off to sleep when he was woken up by someone shouting at the top of his lungs.

After yawning and washing up, Lu Renkui went to sweep the yard.

While she was still cleaning, Lu Renkui heard the head maid Shuiqiu call out Mu Wanqing's maid's name: "Guixi, come here, I have something for you to do."

Upon hearing that there was something for him to do, Lu Renkui dared not slack off—after all, according to the time, Master Huang should still be in the fourth concubine's room. Taking advantage of this time to leave the courtyard and avoid direct contact with Master Huang was a good thing.

"Sister, what do you need me to do?" Lu Renkui put the broom aside and ran over to ask Shuiqiu.

“This is it,” Shui Qiu placed two or three wooden boxes into Lu Renkui’s hands, who was inside Mu Wanqing’s body. The three wooden boxes were probably made of solid wood, and Lu Renkui almost dropped them when he took them.

“Miss returned last night. Take this to her room.” Shui Qiu said as she assigned tasks to Lu Renkui, who was inside Mu Wanqing’s body. “Take this to Miss’s room, then chat with her for a bit, get on her good side, and then tell our Fourth Madam all of this when you get back.”

"But can the young lady listen to me?" Lu Renkui asked, trying to probe the young lady's personality from Shui Qiu's perspective—in fact, the original text also mentions this young lady, but it's too one-sided to piece together a complete picture of her.

"Yes, yes, Miss is back from studying, and she hasn't given us a hard time since she came back." After Shui Qiu finished speaking, she pushed Lu Ren Kui out of Mu Wan Qing's body. "Hurry up and go, you still have to feed the birds and water the flowers when you get back."

"Then what should I say to her?" Lu Renkui asked again, pretending that he didn't know anything.

Shui Qiu was getting a little impatient: "Oh, how can you be so stupid? Do I have to spell it out for you before you'll talk? Just ask the young lady if she has someone she likes, ask her if she's satisfied with the husband the master chose for her—the master called her back this time to find her a good family to marry into."