Chapter 126: What To Say Original Release

  Zi Baozhu could hardly believe her eyes at what she was seeing.

  A small and shabby villa, a group of servants with no good looks, a table that was still passable for breakfast, and Qin Dai Xin who had changed into a new set of clothes and sat at the table smiling at her.

  She still can't believe that she's safe and doesn't have to sleep in the mountain cave anymore, and there are people serving her. When Qin Dai brought her, limping and stumbling, into the small front village, she thought they were going to ask for help from the villagers here, maybe spend some money to get the villagers to provide them with some delicious food or find a safe and comfortable place to take a good bath and sleep. Unfortunately, all the valuable items on her body were lost in the broken temple, otherwise, taking out one thing would have solved these problems.

  Who would have thought that Qin Dai Xin directly led her into a mansion, although it was a bit old and small, but Qi Bao Zhu couldn't help but admit that this was indeed the best mansion in the entire village.

  When Zheng Jiufu saw Qin Daihe and Qi Baozhu, who were both disheveled, he was shocked to the point of being as if he had seen a ghost. However, he quickly came back to his senses. As a servant, the most important thing is to have a sense of propriety. Since his masters were in a disheveled state, they naturally wouldn't want too many people to know about it.

  Without being told, he immediately picked two relatively quick-witted maids to help Qin Daihe and Qi Baozhu change out of their disheveled clothes. They found two sets of clothes that Qin Daihe had worn before, which were old but still looked eight or nine parts new because they hadn't been worn often. Qi Baozhu's figure was similar to Qin Daihe's, so the clothes fit her fairly well.

  Two people combed and washed, changed their clothes, and someone came to deliver food. In the small hall, a table was set up with four dishes of clear porridge, several pastries, as well as pickled green fish from autumn, braised phoenix claws, salted eggs, etc.

  Everything in front of her seemed like a dream, as if it had fallen from the sky. Until the two of them sat down separately, Qibaozhu was also as if she were in a dream, and couldn't help but pinch her own arm.

  "Ow~" That hurts. Qi Bao rubbed his arm, all of this is real!

  Qin Dai Xin sat across from her, watching Qi Bao Zhu's expression change from wanting to cry to wanting to laugh in just a moment. She shook her head lightly, thinking that this young lady of the Qi family was too simple-minded, wearing her likes and dislikes on her face. In just a short while, she had changed expressions four or five times, either disapproving of the humble state of the small front courtyard, the low quality of the household items, or finding fault with the food and drink not being refined enough. Additionally, after going through the turmoil of the previous day and night, everything before her eyes now seemed too suddenly happy, making it feel a bit unreal.

  Qin Dai's silent smile, the Qi family was rich and prosperous, as the eldest daughter, her food, clothing, and daily necessities were naturally the best. The small front villa was just a dowry of the Fang family after their decline, how could they be compared? However, even so, when she survived in adversity, she still thought these things were very good. With many feelings, her expressions became complex, and her mood also became complicated, but she could understand.

  "Qiguniang, after walking for so long, you must be hungry. I've had some plain porridge and small dishes prepared for you. Please have something to eat. It's not as good as what we have in Taizhou, but please don't mind the rough food here. When we get back to Taizhou, I'll treat you to a better meal."

  "Quickly, sister, don't say such things, it's really making me feel ashamed. I've already troubled you in the past and now I'm receiving your hospitality again, how can I have the nerve to complain? If we return to Taizhou, I will definitely invite you back as a guest, to repay the kindness of your rescue."

  "Miss Qi, don't be polite, this is also our fate. I have already sent someone to Taizhou, and it won't take long for your respected father to receive news of you, and soon he will send someone to pick you up." Qin Dai's heart let Zheng Jiufu find someone to deliver the letter, and the person took Qi Baozhu's handwritten letter to the Qi family's mansion in Taizhou to pass on the message.

  Qī Bǎozhū hurriedly said: "Thank you, sister, for thinking of this so thoroughly."

  Qin Dai's heart wasn't polite to her either, directly saying: "The servants in this mansion are all inexperienced and haven't been trained by anyone, I also don't like people serving me in front of others, so it can't be helped that sister has to serve herself." The implication being that no one will serve you food.

  Zi Baozhu smiled, "I actually like my sister's temperament, what's difficult about that?" After saying that, she personally served herself a bowl of millet porridge and a thin omelette. She sat down and said straightforwardly, "It would be best if my sister doesn't laugh at me for being able to eat."

  Qin Dai's heart was increasingly fond of her, this Qi Baozhu came from a wealthy family, but didn't have the slightest bit of arrogance like a spoiled rich girl, she had a gentle temperament, truly someone who could be talked to.

  After the two finished their meal, they finally let the servants come in to serve them. The two first rinsed their mouths with clear water, and after the servant had cleared away the tableware, Qin Dai Xin again asked someone to bring tea, although it was all ordinary stuff, but still better than nothing.

  "Miss Qi, I've already arranged for your room. You must be tired, why don't you go rest? This house is old, but apart from the small details, everything else is passable. If you have any requests, just let the servants in the courtyard know and I'll arrange it. When your father sends someone to pick you up, you can also be more spirited and avoid looking tired."

  Zi Baozhu, although pampered and spoiled, is not a person who looks down on others. When she was in prison, Qin Dai'er saved her, and now she has settled her down safely, so how could she be so ungrateful?

  "Sister is right, this is already good enough. But I have one thing, I must ask sister."

  Qin Dai Xin knew what she was going to ask and said: "Please speak, Miss Qi."

  Qī Bǎozhū said: "The governor's surname is Qín, and he is a prominent family in Tāizhōu. As far as I know, there is only one well-known Qín surname merchant in Tāizhōu, that is..." Qī Bǎozhū swallowed the second half of her sentence, she was an unmarried girl, and it wasn't proper for her to mention "sister's husband's family".

  "The girl guessed it right, it is indeed the Qin family."

  "Ah!" exclaimed Zhenbaozhu, "it's really true, we are indeed fated to be together. But why didn't you say so earlier, sister?"

  Qin Dai Xin replied, "Miss Qi, as far as I know, the matter between your sister and my brother has not been settled yet. Regardless of their previous intentions, this is just a 'possibility' or something that's 'about to happen'. As long as both families haven't finalized things, it doesn't count. I'm just a young girl who occasionally hears people mention this, and even if I knew you were Miss Qi from the Qi family, how could I rashly bring up this topic?"

  Zi Baozhu never thought of these things, she only felt that she got along well with Qin Dai Xin and had received kindness from her, and wished that the two could become close sisters. Now that Qin Dai Xin has said this, it's really her own fault for being rash.

  "Sister, it's my fault, don't mind." Qī Bǎozhū looked regretful, scolding herself for saying something she shouldn't have.

  "This is a small matter, Miss Qi doesn't need to take it to heart. Now I have one thing to ask of you, please grant me this unreasonable request." After finishing speaking, Qin Dai Xin got up and gave Qi Bao Zhu a full bow.

  Zi Baozhu quickly got up and supported Qin Dai Xin, "Sister, what's going on?"

  Qin Dai'er said: "Since you call me sister, I'll also call you one voice elder sister, good elder sister should agree to this matter."

  Qibaozhu previously thought that Qindai Xin treated her with a distant attitude, always calling her "Miss Qi" but not willing to call her "sister". Now hearing Qindai Xin call her, she was overjoyed and repeatedly said: "Since you called me sister, how could I not respond? Whatever you say, little sister, is fine. Why bother with this?"

  Qin Dai'er thought to herself: "Sister, do you know why I only let the servant go and give a letter to your respected father, but didn't let anyone send a letter to the Qin manor?"

  Zi Baozhu was shocked and hastily asked: "Why?"

  Qin Daixin couldn't help but smile, "I'm different from my sister. My sister is the apple of our parents' eyes and has three older brothers who dote on her. She's been spoiled since childhood and is envied by many. As for me, I'm just a daughter born to a concubine in the household. My birth mother was only a concubine, so I've always been someone who could be either kept or discarded. It's not easy that I've made it this far without incident. To be honest with my sister, what happened last night was something I did out of desperation. Please keep it a secret for me and don't let others find out."

  Wasn't it Qin Daihein who killed four black-clad men last night?

  Zi Baozhu pulled Qin Daihe to sit aside and pressed her hand, saying: "Speaking of this, I'd like to ask my sister, how do you have such skills?" Her voice was low, also knowing that this was not something that should be known by outsiders.

  Qin Dai Xin blinked her eyes, then lowered her head, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum. "To be honest with you, sister, when I was young, I was harmed by someone. Later, I had an unexpected encounter and met a master who took pity on me and accepted me as his apprentice, teaching me some skills. Good sister, if it weren't for my master, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it to today. This is the skill that saved my life, and it must not be known by anyone. Yesterday's incident was also because I found a weakness in those people, they were unguarded, which allowed me to succeed. If they knew I had some skills on me, I'm afraid that right now, you and I would already be corpses lying in the wilderness." Qin Dai Xin's words were half true and half false, but they sounded plausible enough.

  Tears had already formed in Zhenbaozhu's eyes, and she couldn't help but think that the life of Qin family's third miss was really pitiful. In the past, her mother's warnings were always ignored, but now it seemed that the cruel things that happened in this household were indeed true.

  "Good sister, rest assured, I will never tell this to anyone else. You trust me so much, and I must protect you even more." At this moment, Qi Baozhu completely regarded Qin Dai as her own family.

  "But if Uncle and Aunt ask how we escaped, what should we say?" Qin Dai's heart wasn't intentionally deceiving her, it's just that the matter of her martial arts skills shouldn't be known by too many people.

  Zi Baozhu released Qin Daihe's hand, oh dear, what if Father and Mother ask about it?

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