The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 904 Sending them back to their residence

Wu Pinbai shook his head honestly: "I have no confidence."

Meng Meijing put down her teacup, stood up and said, "Then I will go back and tell my sister the truth."

"If Miss Meng says anything else, then please inform your uncle," Wu Pinbai said, rising to his feet as well.

“Okay,” Meng Meijing replied.

Meng Meijing was about to leave when Wu Pinbai realized that if Constable Qi came to his house so late, it must be because of a case. And the case at hand was the second case of refugees that his niece had mentioned.

Therefore, he asked Meng Meijing to wait a little longer, until he finished asking Constable Qi what business he had come to his house for. If it was related to the case, he would tell Meng Meijing all the details of the case so that he could go back and discuss it with Meng Shisan.

Upon hearing that there might be fresh developments in the case, Meng Meijing nodded eagerly.

After agreeing, she stepped out of the main room and sat down by the small red stove in the courtyard to talk to Wu Shaohao, while Constable Qi instructed Wu Pinbai to call him into the main room to ask questions.

Being able to sit with his beloved, brewing and drinking tea, filled Wu Shaohao with both joy and nervousness. He blurted out, "Cousin, did you come here because of the case I discussed with you when I visited today?"

This is the only thing he can talk about with his cousin from the Meng family right now.

"Yes! My older sister asked me to come and tell my uncle, and my uncle asked me to go back and tell my older sister. Now I'm waiting for my uncle to finish questioning Constable Qi, and then he'll come and tell me if I need to add any more details about the case to tell my older sister. I'm going home now." Meng Meijing didn't have any feelings for Wu Shaohao. She simply regarded Wu Shaohao as her cousin from her maternal uncle's side. She had never paid much attention to Wu Shaohao, so when Wu Shaohao asked, she answered casually.

He didn't have the same complicated thoughts as Wu Shaohao.

Wu Shaohao noticed this too, and felt a pang of bitterness mixed with relief. He was bitter because his cousin didn't share his feelings, but he was also relieved that she wasn't infatuated with him. Otherwise, if his aunt found out, she would definitely forbid his cousin from ever setting foot in the Wu residence again.

As soon as Meng Meijing came out of the main room, Madam Wen followed her. She also heard Meng Meijing's reply to Wu Shaohao and sat down on the stone bench next to Meng Meijing, saying, "Jing'er, isn't your older sister treating you better and better?"

In the past, my niece would never have come to the Wu residence. Even if she had to come at her sister-in-law's behest, she would never have mentioned Miss Meng, the eldest daughter of the second wife of the first wife of the Meng family.

Later, for some reason, my niece started coming to her uncle's house. Whenever she came, she would often mention the eldest daughter of the Meng family. Not to mention the pride that arose in her words, my niece's eyes would sparkle with an astonishing brightness.

Although she was just the wife of a minor official and had never seen any grand occasions or had any experience dealing with the mistresses of high-ranking families, her basic ability to read people's expressions was enough for her to understand the growing sibling bond between her niece and her elder sister.

Whenever Meng Meijing mentions Meng Shisan, regardless of who mentioned him, her first reaction is to squint her eyes and smile like a crescent moon: "Yes, Aunt, my older sister is so good to me. Even my mother said that I should follow my older sister closely, and I'll definitely have meat to eat in the future!"

"That's good." Madam Wen nodded, thinking to herself that even her sister-in-law, who was just as snobbish as her, spoke so frankly to her niece. It was clear that Miss Meng had truly changed her condescending attitude towards her younger sister and was gradually becoming a true sister to her niece.

“Miss Meng…” Wu Shaohao had met Meng Shisan a few times, but he hadn’t really spoken to her during those visits. As for his understanding of Meng Shisan, it was mostly from rumors, what her parents said, and what her cousin described about Miss Meng. Therefore, he didn’t really know Meng Shisan. “She will definitely be good in the future… No, Miss Meng is already good now.”

Thinking about all the things Meng Shisan had been involved in during the last few months of this year, he truly felt that Meng Shisan lived a bold and unrestrained life, completely unlike a girl who had been sickly since childhood.

Meng Meijing agreed wholeheartedly, her eyes sparkling as she nodded repeatedly at Wu Shaohao: "That's right! My older sister is amazing, amazing now, and even more amazing in the future!" She's a total sister-obsessed girl.

Wu Shaohao and Meng Meijing's eyes met, and he was mesmerized by her eyes, which shone like starlight.

Meng Meijing found it strange and reached out her hand to wave in front of Wu Shaohao, wanting to ask him what he was thinking so intently. However, her outstretched hand was intercepted by Wen Shi halfway and instead grasped by Wen Shi.

She looked at Madam Wen with a puzzled expression, and Madam Wen replied with a smile: "You are right, Miss Meng is a remarkable person, both now and in the future, she is someone that no one dares to underestimate."

At this moment, Constable Qi followed Wu Pinbai out of the main room and walked towards the stone table where the three of them were.

Meng Meijing's attention immediately turned to Wu Pinbai. Wu Shaohao had already forgotten about her strange look, so she stood up and greeted Wu Pinbai: "Uncle."

He glanced again at Constable Qi, who was standing behind Wu Pinbai.

Constable Qi, feeling pressured by her gaze, had no choice but to speak up: "I'm sorry to have kept Miss Meng waiting."

"It's alright," Meng Meijing replied to Constable Qi, then turned to Wu Pinbai and called out again, "Uncle?"

"Did you come in the Meng family's carriage?" Wu Pinbai asked.

Meng Meijing didn't know why Wu Pinbai said that, but she still answered, "Yes."

"Just you, Jixiang, and the driver?"

"Yes."

Wu Pinbai turned to Constable Qi: "Later, please help me safely send my Jing'er back to the Meng residence."

"Yes, sir." Constable Qi accepted the order.

This wasn't the first time Meng Meijing had come to the Wu residence so late and alone. Tonight, her uncle asked his subordinates to escort her back home, and she didn't think much of it, simply obediently agreeing to Wu Pinbai's arrangement.

“Things haven’t been peaceful lately. It’s so late, I’ll only feel at ease if Officer Qi takes you home.” Wu Pinbai didn’t reveal the whole reason, only a small part of it.

The word "refugee" immediately popped into Meng Meijing's mind. After all, she was here tonight because her elder sister had asked her to come, and the reason her elder sister had asked her to come was because her uncle had just taken on the second refugee case recently.

Thinking of those refugees who had completely lost their minds, she, who was not afraid at first, began to feel uneasy: "Okay, thank you, Uncle. Thank you for your help, Constable Qi."

Hearing that things were not peaceful, Wu Shaohao walked up to Wu Pinbai and said, "Father, I will also accompany you to escort my cousin back to the mansion."

“With your Uncle Qi here, you don’t need to worry.” Wu Pinbai refused Wu Shaohao’s offer to go, not wanting his son to get more and more involved in a marriage that was unlikely to work out. “Besides, you can’t lift a finger or carry anything, so there’s no point in you going. After you’ve sent Jing’er off, your Uncle Qi will have to escort you back, which would be even more troublesome.”