"Xiao Lin, why are you the only one back? Where is your brother? Didn't you bring people with you when you went? Why didn't they escort you back?" City Lord Duan asked his daughter, who looked unwell, his words full of concern.
"I went to look for my eldest brother, but he wasn't there. They said he went out with the team to gain experience, so I left him a letter and came back first. But something happened on the way back. Several guards died to protect me. I also met someone on the way..."
At this point, she suddenly stopped, with a look of anger on her face: "I met a traveler on the road, and we agreed to travel together, but he wanted to steal the treasure on me, and then I killed him in a rage."
She didn't dare say that someone had taken advantage of her, so she had to change the way she said it. Anyway, the man was dead, and no one would know that she was almost taken advantage of.
As for the young man in red, who knows where he has gone? I will definitely never meet him again.
"I see." City Lord Duan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're back safe and sound. Next time, I'll let the guards do these things. You see, luckily everything is alright this time."
"I understand. Next time I go out, I will definitely bring more people with me."
Hearing this, City Lord Duan laughed, and thinking of Feng Jiu, he said, "By the way, there are distinguished guests at home, you must not offend them."
"What distinguished guest?" she asked curiously.
"He is a distinguished guest who came to help your grandfather with his medical treatment. He has the badges of both the Alchemy Saint Master and the Medicine Saint Master. He now lives in your sister's yard. Now that you are back, go visit your sister."
"Is that person a man or a woman? Why is he living in my sister's yard? Doesn't that person know that my sister is dumb and deaf?"
"Look at how you talk? After all, she is your sister from the same mother. How can you say that?" City Lord Duan scolded in a calm voice.
Duan Linlin curled her lips: "I'm not wrong, she's dumb and deaf, she can't hear me, I'm too lazy to sit with her." She turned around and stood up, pushing him out the door: "Dad, I want to take a hot bath and rest, you go, go, don't talk here."
"You kid, you are becoming more and more disrespectful." City Lord Duan shook his head and had to walk out of the room. As soon as he walked out, the door slammed shut, making him sigh helplessly.
"They've spoiled this kid."
Thinking of his eldest daughter, he felt a little guilty. For so many years, because she was deaf-mute, she never attended any family banquets and rarely appeared in front of outsiders. Over time, everyone outside knew that he had a daughter, but they didn't know that there was another daughter who couldn't speak or hear in the courtyard...
Speaking of which, his concern for her was even greater than that of their eldest brother. The reason why Yingying could live in that courtyard was because his eldest son personally asked his father, saying that Yingying had a gentle, kind and optimistic personality, and it would be best for her to live in that courtyard to take care of the flowers, plants and medicinal herbs.
Over the years, having something to do, she seemed to be isolated from the world, tending to flowers and plants, and she had no idea what was going on in the mansion.