Chapter 205: Senior Sister's Anger and Punishment

It was noon.

Inside the shop.

Su Qingling was wearing a white dress, her long, pitch-black hair draped over one shoulder. She was lying on the counter, using her slender, jade-like fingers to fiddle with the abacus beads while tilting her head, her beautiful, large eyes wide open as she stared blankly at her own pretty fingers.

Su Dafang was lying on a rocking chair in the corner, snoring away.

After Luo Zijun entered, he immediately closed the shop door and slid the bolt into place, then walked up to the counter and slapped the table with a "Clap!", saying, "Senior Sister, go get a basin."

He acted like a general returning in triumph, bossy and quite arrogant.

Su Qingling remained blank for a moment longer before blinking her long eyelashes, lifting her head, and fixing her gaze upon him.

Luo Zijun let out a cold snort and arrogantly repeated himself: "Go on, go get a basin."

Su Qingling narrowed her eyes and picked up the thick Rolling Pin from under the counter.

Luo Zijun remained full of bravado: "Senior Sister, what's wrong, do you not even want the silver anymore? If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else."

"Silver? I want it! Your master wants it!"

Su Dafang jumped up from the rocking chair all at once, his face beaming with smiles as he said, "Wait a moment, disciple, your master will go get you a basin right now!"

Having said that, he immediately went to the backyard.

Luo Zijun took out all six Storage Bags, placed them neatly on the counter, and then looked at the girl behind the counter who still wore a cold, indifferent expression, saying, "Senior Sister, guess how much silver is inside."

In truth, when he had just returned, he had already quickly checked the silver inside.

There was a total of thirty-seven thousand taels.

He had secretly taken six thousand taels and put them into his own Storage Bag.

If this girl really forced him to swindle money from Bai Daxiaojie later, he would have to use his own money then.

Of course, it would be best if he could swindle it from Bai Daxiaojie.

"How much silver is there in total?"

Su Dafang returned in a rush with two basins from the backyard, his face full of excitement.

Luo Zijun said no more and began to empty the first Storage Bag.

"Clatter, clatter..."

Silver and various items rolled out of the Storage Bag.

Su Dafang immediately beamed with joy and began picking up the silver notes and silver, showing disdain for everything else.

Luo Zijun began to empty the second Storage Bag.

"Whoosh, clatter..."

The floor was soon piled high with all sorts of messy things.

Luo Zijun walked over, picked up the other basin, and handed it into the counter, saying, "Senior Sister, stop being so reserved, hurry up and crawl onto the floor to pick it up."

Su Qingling looked at him with a cold gaze, not moving an inch.

Su Dafang laughed heartily while picking things up: "Disciple, let your master do this kind of dirty, tiring work alone. Your Senior Sister is such a clean person, we can't let her get her hands dirty."

Luo Zijun thought about it, and that was true.

This silver was all obtained from killing people, so it was indeed not very clean.

"Master, aren't you tired from picking it all up by yourself?"

Luo Zijun threw the basin in his hand back onto the floor.

Su Dafang laughed heartily: "Not tired, not tired, not tired at all! Your master is still vigorous in his old age, I have plenty of strength!"

Luo Zijun began to empty the third Storage Bag.

There were six Storage Bags in total, and they were all emptied quickly.

A large pile had accumulated on the floor in front of the counter.

Aside from some silver notes, silver, and basic daily necessities, there were other miscellaneous things.

Luo Zijun also began rummaging through the pile on the floor, hoping to find something useful.

For example, cultivation techniques or treasures.

"Disciple, there are a few books here, see if they are cultivation techniques!"

Su Dafang tossed over a few books.

Luo Zijun hurriedly picked them up to check them one by one, only to find they were all indecent books like "Spring Palace Illustrations" and "Seventy-Two Combat Techniques."

"Are they cultivation techniques?"

Su Dafang asked while rummaging for silver.

Luo Zijun said: "No, they are just some books about Demon Beasts; I can just take them back to read."

As he spoke, he calmly tucked them into his own Storage Bag.

Looking up, he found the girl behind the counter staring at him with a look of disdain.

Luo Zijun pretended not to see it and continued rummaging on the floor.

"This is trash, this is a book, this is medicine, this is something I don't recognize..."

The two of them sorted through the items as they rummaged.

Some daily necessities were piled together as trash, and other things were sorted and put away.

As for the silver and silver notes, they were all collected by Su Dafang.

"There is a total of thirty-one thousand eight hundred taels of silver!"

After finishing the search for all the silver, Su Dafang grinned from ear to ear, happy as a child, clutching the basin and refusing to let go.

Seeing that Senior Sister's mood seemed off today, Luo Zijun hurriedly said: "Master, the silver is all for Senior Sister."

Su Dafang chuckled: "We are family, no need to talk about two households; what belongs to your Senior Sister is what belongs to your master. You two chat, your master is going upstairs to put the silver away."

Having said that, he carried the basin and left, beaming with joy.

Luo Zijun picked up a stack of books and placed them on the counter, asking while searching through them: "Senior Sister, did you encounter something unpleasant today?"

Su Qingling did not answer, her gaze still fixed coldly on him.

Luo Zijun flipped through a few books, looked up at her, and asked: "Was it me who provoked you, or Master? Or someone else? If it was someone else, tell me who it is, and I will go and punch them to a pulp!"

Su Qingling's eyebrows twitched, and she finally spoke: "Really?"

Luo Zijun immediately clenched his fists and said with great bravado: "Of course it's real, Senior Sister. Tell me, who exactly is it!"

"Liu Chujian."

Su Qingling said coldly.

Luo Zijun: "???"

"Go on then, punch her to a pulp."

Su Qingling looked at him coldly.

Luo Zijun said in surprise: "How could that be? How could she dare to make you angry? That is absolutely impossible! What is this about?"

Su Qingling let out a cold snort, took a white dress from under the counter, and looking at him, said: "She brought this over. She lied to me and said that you secretly took it to her Young Maid to help wash it. Is that true?"

Luo Zijun: "..." "Sen... Senior Sister, let me explain..."

"No need to explain."

Su Qingling looked at him coldly and said: "I know she is sowing discord, so I am very angry and have decided I must punish her properly."

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly confessed: "Senior Sister, it's my fault! It's all my fault! She didn't lie to you, and she would never sow discord. She was telling the truth; I was the one who secretly took it and asked Xiao Lan to wash it for me..."

Su Qingling said in a flat tone: "How could that be? How could you do such a thing? Ever since we were young, you've been eager to help me wash my clothes, and before washing them, you'd even hold them while sleeping for a night and lick them a few times. So, it must be that she stole it on purpose and then came over to sow discord."

Luo Zijun said: "No! It really isn't! Senior Sister, I swear, I really took it myself and asked Xiao Lan to help wash it, and Chujian didn't know about it beforehand at all. She probably found out today and brought the dress over immediately. Senior Sister, it's my fault, it really has nothing to do with her."

Su Qingling looked at him with a flat expression and said nothing more.

Luo Zijun immediately reached out, snatched the dress from her hands, and said: "Senior Sister, I'll take it back and wash it again. This time, I will definitely wash it myself, and wash it spotlessly clean."

Su Qingling still did not speak.

After being watched by her icy gaze for a while, Luo Zijun was suddenly struck by an inspiration and said: "Senior Sister, I'll take it back tonight to hold while I sleep for a night, and lick it a few more times, then wash it tomorrow. Do you think that's okay?"

Only then did Su Qingling speak coldly: "Lick it now."

!

Luo Zijun was speechless, and with a troubled expression, he whispered: "Senior Sister, Master is still here..."

"Snore... snore..."

At this moment, a sound of snoring suddenly came from upstairs.

Luo Zijun's mouth twitched a few times, and he had no choice but to lower his head, kiss the white dress in his hands a few times, and say: "Senior Sister, when it's late tonight and everything is quiet, I'll hold it while lying in my quilt and lick it then. Do you think that's okay?"

Su Qingling stared at him coldly for a while longer and said: "It's already been washed clean. Are you sure you still want to lick it?"

Luo Zijun said: "What do you mean, Senior Sister?"

Su Qingling let out a cold snort, reached out to take the white dress back from his hands, then left the counter and went upstairs.

Not long after.

She came down from upstairs again, handed the white dress in her hand to him, and said: "This is one I just changed out of. You liked licking ones like this the most when you were little."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Senior Sister, you are insulting me! How come I don't remember having such a habit when I was little?"

"Do you want it, or not?"

Su Qingling narrowed her eyes.

Luo Zijun immediately took it into his hands and suddenly discovered a pair of white silk stockings inside the dress.

Su Qingling picked up a book from the counter, continued flipping through it, and said flatly: "The silk stockings were also just taken off, they are still warm. You also liked licking ones like these the most when you were little."

Luo Zijun: "..."

After a long while.

Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Zijun said his goodbyes and left.

Among the six Storage Bags, apart from silver, there was nothing else that caught his eye.

Those bottles and jars of medicine were far worse than the medicine refined by Senior Sister, so naturally, they were of no use.

As for those books, they were all indecent books, all of which had been confiscated by Senior Sister, including the few he had hidden away earlier; they had all been forcibly taken.

In front of that girl, he really had no temper.

After circling the streets a few times, he came out from the alleyway behind and arrived at Chujian Bookstore.

As soon as he entered, Xiao Lan hurriedly said: "Master, it's bad! This morning, Su Guniang came by and snatched away the dress you prepared to give to my Young Lady!"

"..."

Luo Zijun was stunned for a moment and said: "How did she snatch it?"

Xiao Lan said: "This morning, just as Su Guniang entered the door and was about to go upstairs, for some reason, she suddenly went to the backyard and then discovered that white dress and took it directly. This servant hurriedly went over to stop her, saying that this white dress was prepared by Master for my Young Lady, but Su Guniang wouldn't listen. My Young Lady came down, and after hearing what this servant had to say, she told this servant to stop talking..."

Luo Zijun: "..."

That girl really has a dog's nose; isn't her sense of smell too perverted?

Also, it was clearly her who was sowing discord!

Chujian is such a gentle, considerate, and loyal person, yet she actually slandered Chujian for sowing discord; it's too hateful. Next time I go to Bao'an Hall, I must teach her a good lesson. At the very least, I'll make her bend over with her bottom in the air, kneeling on the ground, looking up with that pure, charming, and pretty face, and tearfully say a few times, "Brother Zijun, Ling'er was wrong, please punish me as you wish; spitting on Ling'er's face or splashing other things on me is all fine..."!

Just as he was fantasizing, Xiao Lan said sadly: "Master, what should we do? Can you go and get it back? It was clearly meant for my Young Lady..."

Luo Zijun could only comfort her: "Forget it, I'll buy another one for your Young Lady next time."

Saying this, he prepared to go upstairs.

Xiao Lan hurriedly said: "Master, Young Lady is not upstairs; this morning, she went to the Jia Mansion with Bi'er."

Luo Zijun was startled for a moment, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. Remembering something, he hurriedly asked: "What time did she leave this morning?"

Xiao Lan thought for a moment and said, "Probably around the hour of the snake."

Luo Zijun hurriedly asked again, "Did she want to go herself, or did someone come to notify her?"

Xiao Lan said, "A Young Maid from the Jia Mansion came to notify her, saying that the young lady of the Jia Family invited her to the mansion to play."

Luo Zijun's expression suddenly turned ugly, and he said, "Do you still remember what that Young Maid looked like? Was there a Jia Mansion carriage parked outside?"

Xiao Lan said, "There was a carriage; my young lady even specifically confirmed it. That Young Maid was wearing a green jacket, was rather short, had freckles on her nose, looked only twelve or thirteen years old, and said she was Young Lady Tanchun's Young Maid, named Xiao Chan."

"Xiao Chan?"

After hearing this, Luo Zijun immediately turned and went out the door.

Jia Tanchun did indeed have a Young Maid named Xiao Chan, but the other party was too young, and Jia Tanchun rarely brought her along when going out, usually bringing Shishu or Cuimo instead.

Chujian should have never met that Young Maid.

Therefore, if they wanted to fake it...

There is more.

When he was interrogating that woman in Cangyun Mountain this morning, the other party revealed that someone would lead him to the Earth Temple in the south of the city tonight.

He had been guessing how the other party could be so sure that they would definitely be able to lead him there.

Now, the answer was already very obvious.

The other party might have tricked Chujian away!

When he entered the palace with the people from the Bai Family tonight and met the other three great families, he would definitely run into people from the Jia Mansion. Once he asked and discovered that Chujian was not at the Jia Mansion at all, he would start searching after leaving the palace. At that time, if someone suddenly told him Chujian's location in secret, he would definitely go...

At that moment, the other party could make their move on him.

However, this process takes too long; if they tricked Chujian away now, once he met with the people from the Jia Mansion ahead of time and learned the truth, he would certainly search together with the people from the Jia Mansion.

And there are the people from the Bai Mansion and the Liu Mansion.

Before the other party even had time to make contact with him, they would have already attracted the attention of so many people.

In that case, the risk is too great.

Therefore, it is also possible that Chujian did indeed go to the Jia Mansion, but only left just before evening when the people from the Jia Mansion were preparing to enter the palace, and was then tricked away...

And when he was preparing to enter the palace, he might suddenly receive the message...

Thinking all the way, he immediately hurried toward the Jia Mansion.

Chujian is so smart, it is impossible for her to just follow a stranger away.

Since there was a Jia Mansion carriage, that Young Maid might also be from the Jia Mansion; if both of these were fake...

Regardless, he must go to the Jia Mansion to check first!

(End of this chapter)