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Chapter 345. Escaping the Huang Mansion 11

345. Escaping the Huang Mansion 11

Lu Renkui went to the mill entrance to look for Mu Baiyuan, but saw someone inside the mill shouting loudly: "It's the master's birthday today, and you bunch of servants dare to slack off! If you keep looking around, you won't get any food today or tomorrow."

Hearing someone yell like that, Lu Renkui felt that now might not be the right time to speak up.

I'll come back to look for him tonight. Lu Renkui thought to himself, "I'll tell him then that I left with Huang Muyan."

After thinking it over, Lu Renkui returned to the courtyard but did not find Huang Muyan—she was probably still digging for the jewelry box in the Sixth Madam's courtyard.

"System, how long will it take for Huang Muyan to return?" Lu Renkui calculated the time; more than 40 minutes had passed since he left.

"Huang Muyan should be on her way back now; she'll be back soon," the system WQBYRZM said after checking the map of the Huang residence.

Hearing this, Lu Renkui felt a little relieved, and then asked the system WQBYRZM about their mission progress.

“Our mission progress is going very well,” the system WQBYRZM said, bringing up the mission log. “Huang Muyan has lost some trust in her parents because we drove her cousin out of her yard. According to the original plot, she was supposed to leave after investigating the case with the protagonist, which would have been a week later.”

"Because of our interference, Huang Muyan decided to leave the Huang residence two days earlier than planned."

Ah, I see. Then it shouldn't matter if I don't tell Mu Baiyuan today. Lu Renkui thought for a moment, then asked the system WQBYRZM, "When did Master Huang die again?"

"Hmm... let me see." System WQBYRZM adjusted the original plot and replied to Lu Renkui, "He's already dead."

"Wow, that's so sudden." Lu Renkui stood in the yard, holding a broom, looking up at the sky.

At that moment, Lu Renkui happened to hear the system WQBYRZM say in the consciousness space: "Oh, you're awake. Let me explain the current situation to you..."

Lu Renkui didn't hear what was said next because the voice of the system WQBYRZM was drowned out by an even louder scream.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Within Mu Wanqing's consciousness space, the system WQBYRZM, its features contorted in agony, cried out, "My ears!"

Seeing that Mu Wanqing had regained consciousness, System WQBYRZM originally wanted to explain to Mu Wanqing, but unexpectedly Mu Wanqing launched a high-decibel "attack" on her directly.

Moreover, Mu Wanqing fainted again after screaming, so the system WQBYRZM didn't need to add a sleep effect.

"No, is she really asleep?" System WQBYRZM stepped forward, turned the blue screen into a stick, and poked Mu Wanqing, who was lying on the ground.

Mu Wanqing remained motionless, much to the alarm of System WQBYRZM—had she been scared to death by herself? Although she knew that her pink hair was rare among people of this era, it shouldn't be enough to scare her to death—she hurriedly reached out to check Mu Wanqing's soul, and thankfully it was very stable; she must have fainted from excessive fright.

"System, what's going on?" Lu Renkui entered her consciousness space—the scream that had suddenly exploded in her mind was still making her head ache slightly.

"Oh, it's like this, Mu Wanqing just woke up." System WQBYRZM pointed to Mu Wanqing, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and explained to Lu Renkui, "I just greeted her and she fainted."

"Ah..." Lu Renkui crossed his arms and looked at Mu Wanqing, who was lying on the ground unconscious again. He then looked up at the system WQBYRZM and said, "Shall I hold the fort outside again?"

"Go ahead, I'll explain to her when she wakes up." System WQBYRZM waved goodbye to Lu Renkui. After Lu Renkui left the consciousness space, System WQBYRZM looked at Mu Wanqing lying on the ground and muttered to itself, "How dare she call me a ghost? Isn't that impolite?"

That's what I said, but the system WQBYRZM still went through the settings and changed his appearance and clothing to make himself look more like a person of this era.

After emerging from the consciousness space, Lu Renkui began sweeping the floor. After sweeping for a while, Lu Renkui felt that he should do something.

After holding the broom upright for a while, Lu Renkui leaned it against the wall and went into Huang Muyan's room to find a pair of shoes whose color matched Huang Muyan's clothes that day.

After placing the shoes where Huang Muyan could see them at a glance, Lu Renkui took out a silver hairpin and placed it on Huang Muyan's desk.

A short while later, Huang Muyan returned. Her cheongsam was fine, but the mud on her silver hairpin and shoes looked rather jarring.

"Xiao Wan, wait for me a moment. I'll go to the restaurant as soon as I've packed my things." Huang Muyan hurriedly ran into her room.

Lu Renkui nodded, and a minute or two later, Huang Muyan came out, changed into new shoes, and restyled her hair, inserting a new silver hairpin.

"That's fine," Huang Muyan said.

"Wait a moment longer," Lu Renkui said, stepping forward to smooth out the hem of Huang Muyan's cheongsam—Huang Muyan had probably climbed over the wall into the Sixth Madam's courtyard, as there were obvious folds in the hem of her cheongsam.

After finishing all this, Lu Renkui walked around Huang Muyan again to make sure there was nothing suspicious before the two of them set off for the dining hall.