Grudge Breaker

Chapter 264 Clues
After coming out of the Venerable's Mansion, Song Weichen subconsciously raised her hands to cover her eyes. It was only early spring, but she felt the sunlight was hot and dazzling, and she was a little unsteady on her feet.

Because Qin Xueying's servants had guarded the area around the mansion and non-core personnel were prohibited from entering, Guyu could not enter the Venerable's Mansion. Seeing Song Weichen finally coming out, he hurried forward to support him.

"Miss Sangpu, are you okay? Do you want Guyu to accompany you to the pharmacy and ask the doctor to take a good look?"

"I'm fine, I just haven't had enough rest in the past few days, so I want to go back and sleep for a while."

Song Weichen said it lightly. She didn't want to have another person worry about her.

The two of them were talking as they walked towards Tingfeng Mansion. They had only taken two steps when an unfamiliar little maid ran out hurriedly from the Venerable Mansion and blocked Guyu's way at the corner.
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"Sister Guyu!"

The first-class maids and secret guards in Si Chen Mansion were named after the twenty-four solar terms. This little maid had just entered the mansion not long ago and should be a fourth-class maid. Guyu looked at her and couldn't remember her name for a while.

"You are……?"

Then he glanced at Song Weichen and said, "Miss Sangpu is not feeling well. Can we talk after I take care of you and go back?"

The little girl shed tears and shook her head. She quickly glanced at the Venerable Mansion and then turned to look at Guyu, her eyes full of panic.

"It's too late, Sister Guyu. I ran away secretly and I have to go back immediately. It will be terrible if I am discovered!"

The little maid hurriedly bowed to Song Weichen, "I, your humble servant Xiao An, have blocked your way and deserve death, but there is really no other way. Please forgive me, your Excellency!"

Song Weichen pulled the little girl to a more secluded corner, for fear that she would be seen by the patrolling servants from the mansion.

"It's okay. What happened? Tell me now."

"Sister Bailu entered Lady Ruan's room last night and left just before dawn. She went straight to the governor to ask for leave and went back home. She said that Lady Ruan was sorry for her for serving her all night long and had granted her leave."

"Since I entered the mansion, Sister Bai Lu has been taking care of me. I have never seen her look and state like that before. It's like all her strength has been drained away and she has lost her soul."

"Before she left, she said something very strange to me..."

Xiao An bit her lip and looked around, as if she had made a great decision before speaking.

"She told me never to go into Lady Ruan's room alone, especially at night when the lights are off."

Xiao An's words gave Song Weichen goosebumps. Could it be that Ruan Mianmian was not her real self, but something else pretending to be her? That was why she was so intimate and abnormal with him today... Then what was her purpose in coming to Si Chen Mansion?
Song Weichen was frightened by his own thoughts. No, he had to let Bingtuozi send a message to Zhuang Yuheng, asking him to find time to come to Sichen Mansion to verify the identity of this cousin.

"Guyu, do you know where Bailu's hometown is? I'll discuss with Lord Sichen and send someone to express our condolences."

Guyu shook his head at Song Weichen and frowned unconsciously.

"Bai Lu and I entered the Si Chen Mansion at the same time. I remember she once said that she was taken here from the Charity Bureau (a government-run orphanage). How could she have a hometown to return to? Moreover, over the years, even during her vacations, she traveled around and never visited any relatives. This is very strange."

Xiao'an looked even more panicked when she heard this. She dug her skirt hem with her fingers and twisted it again and again, and suddenly grabbed Guyu's arm.

"Sister Guyu, I just vaguely heard Concubine Ruan asking about you. You must be careful! If possible, please try to find out more about Sister Bailu. I am very worried about her!"

After saying that, she bowed hastily to Song Weichen, glanced around quickly, and ran back to the Venerable's Mansion, lifting her skirt.

What on earth is this Lao Longjing up to?

Watching Xiao An's back hurriedly disappearing at the gate of the Venerable Mansion, an indescribable uneasiness crept into Song Weichen's heart - she was not worried about herself, but was worried that Ruan Mianmian would pick on the weak and be cruel to Guyu and the others.

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"Miss Sangpu, don't worry about Guyu. I'll take care of you and let you go back to rest. You look really worried."

Guyu saw why Song Weichen was uneasy and comforted him with kind words.

"No, I can go back by myself. You go to the mansion now. Tell them that Lord Si Chen has ordered Bai Lu to serve at Tingfeng Mansion for a few days. Make sure they bring her back."

"Also, if you are summoned to the Venerable's Mansion, you must not go. When Baipao is not here, you are my personal maid. If Ruan Mianmian summons you, you must tell me the first time. Do you hear me?"

Guyu bowed deeply to Song Weichen.

"Thank you, young lady. Guyu will remember it!"

Looking at Guyu's leaving back, Song Weichen suddenly remembered something and called her again.

"By the way, find a chance to ask Xiao An to find out about Ruan Mian Mian's personal maid, whose name seems to be Du Juan. Was she in the same room as Bai Lu last night?"

Guyu agreed and left. Song Weichen thought about it again and again, but was still worried, so he went to the dark corner and cast a spell to take the little guinea pig back into the puppet system, and then summoned it out again.

"Aloha! Big sister, didn't you ask me to follow dad? I'm following him in the study, reading a book! He's very well behaved and hasn't seen any woman~"

Song Weichen was completely speechless. This little meatball had a lot of little tricks in his head... She reached out and grabbed its mustache, pulling the guinea pig's neck up, tilting its meaty face to one side, and waving its two little meaty paws in the air. "Tetetetetetete... Let it go~"

It wanted to say “it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, let go, let go”, but its beard was being pulled and it couldn’t close its mouth, so it could only beg for mercy vaguely.

"Xiao Biezhi, listen carefully. I don't have time to tease you right now. Go and tell Hao Guyu. If anyone tells her to go to the Venerable's Mansion, you must control her and tell me immediately."

"Hey, hey, hey! I have a chicken stomach!"

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Watching the little guinea pig jumping and chasing after Guyu, Song Weichen closed his eyes, leaned against the courtyard wall to calm himself down, and then walked towards Tingfeng Mansion.

Based on her understanding of Guyu, even if she was summoned, Guyu would not tell her because she did not want to cause her trouble and distress. Therefore, Song Weichen could only feel at ease if the little meatball followed her.

In fact, the easiest way is to let the little guinea pig enter the Venerable's Mansion directly, but now is not the right time. It must wait until it has appeared as Mo Tingfeng's pet. Otherwise, it will probably be trampled into a rat cake by Qin Xueying's servants as soon as it enters.
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After finally walking to Tingfeng Mansion, Song Weichen was almost exhausted. She had clearly taken a pill made from Huangquan Sun Grass on the way, but it seemed as if she had developed drug resistance and the effect was minimal.

It seems that with the buff of Death Curse, the Mark of the Previous Life has become even more arrogant... Song Weichen laughed at herself, thinking that she was quite difficult to kill, as these two big bosses couldn't defeat her.

Well, who said a single bet is not a bet.

"It's March now, and there are still four months until Chinese Valentine's Day. Xiao Song, you must hold on..."

She cheered herself up in her heart. Chinese Valentine's Day was a good day. No matter what, she wanted to spend a good Chinese Valentine's Day with Mo Tingfeng. It was the first time and the last time.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Just as he entered the courtyard of Tingfeng Mansion, a cool breeze blew through the bamboo forest. Song Weichen happened to walk to the wind outlet and couldn't help coughing lightly due to the stimulation. Mo Tingfeng heard the noise and strode out from the study to greet him.

"If you don't come back, I will not care about etiquette and will go to Qin Xueying to look for you."

"Look at your complexion. If you don't get some rest, you might get sick again."

Without further ado, Mo Tingfeng gently picked her up and went towards Wuqingju.

Song Weichen didn't struggle and leaned his head in his arms.

"Tingfeng, I just borrowed your name and asked the governor to find a maid named Bailu. If anyone asks, you should agree."

"Bai Lu?"

Mo Tingfeng doesn't need a maid. Except for Guyu who comes to serve Song Weichen after he moves in, there are almost no other maids in Tingfeng Mansion. He thought about it for a while before he realized it.

"Why are you looking for her all of a sudden?"

"It's a small matter. I'll tell you when I figure out the situation."

"Also, could you ask He Ran to come see me? I have something to discuss with him...Pfft!"

Song Weichen suddenly vomited blood, her breathing became uneven, her head tilted weakly in Mo Tingfeng's arms and she fell into a semi-coma - she had tried her best to hold on to her limit.

"slight!"

Mo Tingfeng had entered Wuqing Residence by now, and quickly put her on the bed. Worried that she might vomit blood again if she lay flat and choked, he folded the quilt for Song Weichen to half lie and half lean on it, and then quickly took out a pill of Huangquan Sun Grass for her to take, and then reached out to feel her pulse - the pulse was sometimes sinking, sometimes floating, sometimes suspended, sometimes rapid, changing rapidly, and was very strange.

"Weiwei, can you hear me?"
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Feeling groggy, Song Weichen felt as if she was falling down a bottomless black cliff. There was nothing around her, no Ghost King, no golden dragon, no her phantom, not even any sound or wind.

There is only the feeling of weightlessness of falling...

An unknown amount of time had passed before some black and red things finally appeared at the end of the direction she was falling. She could gradually see clearly - they were countless strange black hands that seemed to be stretched out from hell, reaching out from the red color that was rolling like magma, grabbing each other and pressing them into the magma, trying to raise themselves higher so that they could stretch upwards - so that they could be the first to catch Song Weichen!

She had no way to save herself. She didn't know where the puppet had gone and she couldn't use any of its power. She could only let herself fall.

Maybe it’s a dream…

Maybe if you fall into it, you can wake up...

Song Weichen tried to comfort himself, but he couldn't help but struggle desperately as he got closer and closer to those ghost hands! At the critical moment, a silver-white figure appeared, almost brushing against the ghost hands to pick up Song Weichen, and flew towards the endless black sky.

It was a pure white bird with nine long golden feathers on its head. Its wings glowed with silver moonlight, and its shape resembled the giant phoenix in the legend.

Song Weichen was not unfamiliar with it. She had seen it in the Well of Time, the ancient god that only existed in legends - the Luan bird.

She gently hugged the phoenix's neck and rubbed her face against it, feeling the velvet-like touch.

"Cangyue, are you back?"