Wedding ceremony tomorrow

Chapter 92 Third Miss

The courtyard quieted down for a moment.

Luo Qingfeng pretended not to hear and asked, "What do you mean by impotence?"

Dong Miaomiao's face immediately lit up with a smile.

"Sir, you misunderstood. It wasn't that you failed the exam, it was that you passed! I was just saying, 'Sir, you're so talented, you're sure to pass the exam next year!'"

Luo Qingfeng said "Oh" and took out three strings of candied hawthorns from behind his back.

Upon seeing this, Dong Miaomiao's eyes lit up, her smile widened, and she stretched out both hands, saying, "How did you know I..., sir?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Xiao Tao, Xiao Duo, Xiao Mei, come on, your candied hawthorns."

Dong Miaomiao's smile froze instantly, then she pouted and looked at someone with a resentful expression.

Three maids walked over with their heads down and accepted the candied hawthorns from each of them.

Xiao Tao quickly handed her her candied hawthorn and said, "Third Miss, please have some."

Just as Dong Miaomiao was about to reach out to take it, Luo Qingfeng said again, "Children shouldn't eat this stuff, it'll make their teeth fall out from the sweetness."

Dong Miaomiao immediately snatched it away, looking indignant, and said, "I'm not a child! I'm just a little smaller than Xiaotao and Xiaomei! I'm the same age as Xiaoduo!"

Luo Qingfeng glanced at Xiao Duo's chest and said nothing more.

Xiao Duo lowered her head, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Without any hesitation, Dong Miaomiao took a big bite of a candied hawthorn, saying as she ate, "Sir, you're so stingy, only buying three skewers!"

Luo Qingfeng walked to a nearby orange tree, picked an orange, glanced at her small feet under her skirt, and said, "I didn't know you would come. It's so late. Is there something you need here?"

As he spoke, he silently sprinkled some white powder on the ground with his other hand.

Dong Miaomiao swallowed the first candied hawthorn, her lips glistening with sugar stains, and said, "Nothing much, I was just bored and wanted to come see you, sir."

After saying that, he took a big bite of the second candied hawthorn.

When she opened her little mouth to bite the candied hawthorn, she always made a "woof" sound, whether intentionally or subconsciously, like a hungry little animal.

As Luo Qingfeng peeled an orange, she walked around the courtyard, seemingly admiring the flowers, plants, and trees. She said, "It's getting dark. You should go home early. After all, you're a girl, and it's not very convenient for you to stay here."

Dong Miaomiao followed and said, "What's inconvenient about it? I think it's quite convenient. It's not far from here."

She then blinked and said, "Sir, it's one thing for you to be nice to Xiaotao, but why are you so nice to Xiaoduo and Xiaomei too? You even bought them candied hawthorns. Do you have some other intention towards them?"

Upon hearing this, the two maids blushed even more, but secretly raised their heads to look at the person.

Luo Qingfeng said, "They didn't have any ulterior motives; they just helped me out."

Dong Miaomiao leaned closer to him and said, "Sir, it's okay if you have ulterior motives. If you like, I can talk to the head housekeeper and ask her to give Xiaoduo and Xiaomei to you so that they can serve you together with Xiaotao."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoduo and Xiaomei's eyes lit up immediately, and they were about to nod subconsciously.

In that case, even if they don't go to great lengths to get Young Master Luo into the family through connections, they can still eat candied hawthorns every day. Yay!

Luo Qingfeng said, "No need, Xiao Tao is enough."

The two sisters immediately pouted.

Dong Miaomiao laughed and said, "That's true. It's no use for you to have so many, sir. After all, you're impotent... and you're not a scholar yet, so you're not that busy, hehe."

Luo Qingfeng turned around and said, "Xiaoduo, Xiaomei, you two go back first."

The two maids bowed their heads and retreated sullenly.

Luo Qingfeng added, "Third Miss, if you have nothing else to do, you should go back too."

Dong Miaomiao ate the last candied hawthorn in one gulp, her slender fingers playing with the bamboo skewer in her hand. After a moment, she looked at him and said, "Sir, I have something to say."

Luo Qingfeng said, "Speak if you have something to say."

Dong Miaomiao looked at Xiao Tao beside her and asked, "Sir, have you not eaten yet?"

Xiao Tao immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly said, "This servant will go get it right away."

Dong Miaomiao said, "Remember to take more, I haven't eaten yet either."

Xiao Tao quickly agreed, left the courtyard, and closed the gate for the two of them.

Upon seeing this, Luo Qingfeng quickly went over, opened the courtyard gate to its widest extent, and stood at the entrance, saying, "Third Miss, say what you have to say, and then hurry home, it's getting late."

Dong Miaomiao looked at him strangely and said, "Sir, are you afraid of me? You opened the courtyard gate and are standing at the door with one foot outside. Are you preparing to run away at any moment?"

Luo Qingfeng immediately said seriously, "A man and a woman alone in the same courtyard, and it's dark. You are a young lady from a wealthy family, and I am a schoolteacher. If word gets out, wouldn't it cause gossip? It's better for me to open the courtyard gate and stand at the entrance so that the servants passing by can see me than to talk inside with the gate closed."

Dong Miaomiao immediately scoffed, saying, "If you have nothing to hide, what criticism are you afraid of? Besides, your little courtyard is in the very corner, and nobody ever passes by the door. Who could possibly see it?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Even so, it's still a sensitive situation. If we don't keep a low profile, rumors are bound to spread. Third Miss, please speak quickly and then leave."

Dong Miaomiao said, "Then please come in, sir."

Luo Qingfeng said, "I won't go in."

This little girl suddenly came over under the cover of darkness today and talked so much about topics between men and women. If he's not careful, he might end up being devoured without even bones.

Dong Miaomiao stomped her foot angrily and said, "Sir, you're so boring. I just wanted to talk to you."

Luo Qingfeng refused to be fooled: "It's the same as saying it here."

Dong Miaomiao retorted angrily, "Sir, what a terrible man you are! He's so timid and hesitant, dragging his feet, not at all satisfying! Do you think I'm some kind of young girl who would eat you up? Sir, please come in!"

Luo Qingfeng reiterated, "I won't go in!"

Dong Miaomiao stared at him for a while, then suddenly lifted her red skirt, raised one small foot, and said, "Sir, didn't you want to see my feet? Do you want to?"

Luo Qingfeng glanced at her raised little foot and denied, "I didn't want to see."

Dong Miaomiao put her foot down and sneered, "Teacher, you are so hypocritical. You were peeking at me when I went to school today, you were peeking at me again when I was eating lunch at my aunt's, and you continued peeking as soon as you came back. Humph, do you think I didn't see you?"

Luo Qingfeng did not speak again.

Dong Miaomiao suddenly turned around, walked to the orange tree, and followed his footsteps as he walked around the courtyard. Then, looking at him, she suddenly smiled and said, "Sir, there are my footprints on the ground. You can come and see them now."

Luo Qingfeng's expression changed instantly.

Their eyes met, and the courtyard fell silent instantly.

After a while.

Dong Miaomiao suddenly asked again, "Does the gentleman want to know who secretly came here the night before last?"

Luo Qingfeng was even more alarmed, and placed one hand discreetly on his waist.

Dong Miaomiao laughed and said, "It was me. I couldn't sleep that night, so I secretly came to see you, sir. I wanted to see how that little maid drained your body, but unfortunately, you finished too quickly. Then you took a knife and a spear, sharpened until it was shiny, and were about to stab me, so I left. It's not that I'm afraid of you, sir; I'm just afraid of embarrassing you."

Luo Qingfeng's heart clenched, and he said, "What? Your body was drained by that little maid? You mean...?"

Dong Miaomiao smiled slightly, then suddenly looked behind him.

Luo Qingfeng turned his head to look.

Xiao Tao was holding a tray of food, standing behind him, looking at him with a pair of big, dark eyes full of doubt, her ample breasts almost pushed up by the tray in her hands.

Luo Qingfeng instinctively leaned closer to the door frame, standing sideways with his eyes on the two people inside and outside the courtyard. Cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

"Young master, why are you standing here?"

Xiao Tao asked in confusion.

Luo Qingfeng glanced at her pink lips and couldn't help but think of the out-of-body experience that night, and then imagined what if two sharp fangs suddenly sprouted from the corners of those lips...

Upon thinking about it, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, Dong Miaomiao in the courtyard suddenly chuckled and said, "Sir, have you misunderstood something? What I meant was that your little maid is beautiful and cute, well-endowed, and knows how to serve people. Be careful that you don't get drained of your body while you're having fun every night. I didn't mean she is..."

Luo Qingfeng quickly said, "Xiao Tao, you go inside first."

Xiao Tao agreed, immediately took the food, lowered her head, entered the courtyard, and went straight into the house.

Luo Qingfeng remained standing at the entrance, looking at the pretty girl in the red dress before him, and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Dong Miaomiao walked slowly to him with her hands behind her back. She tilted her head up, blinked her big eyes, looked at him for a while with a half-smile, and said, "I already said what I wanted to say at noon."

As he spoke, he walked past him, but suddenly stopped in front of him again.

The two stood in the doorway, their bodies almost touching.

Just as Luo Qingfeng was about to step back, she suddenly smiled and whispered, "If you want to know the specifics, come to my boudoir at midnight tonight. I live in Miaomiao Courtyard. If you don't know, you can ask the demon exorcists."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and left with a smile on his face.

After walking a distance, she suddenly started humming a song again, and then started skipping and jumping, as if she had suddenly turned back into an innocent, lively and agile little girl.

Luo Qingfeng leaned against the door frame, feeling his back soaked with sweat.

After a long while.

He then closed the courtyard gate and returned to the house.

Xiao Tao had already set out the food and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, does the Third Miss want you to tell her the story of the Stone Monkey?"

Luo Qingfeng sat down to eat and said, "Yes, she wants me to go to her boudoir at midnight tonight to tell her."

"what?"

Xiao Tao was startled and said, "Young master, then...then..."

Luo Qingfeng looked at her and asked, "Do you think I should go over there?"

Xiao Tao quickly shook her head: "Young master, if the third madam catches you, or if anyone else in the manor finds out, you will be beaten to death."

Luo Qingfeng lowered his head and ate his meal without saying anything more.

He was recalling what Dong Miaomiao had said during lunch at the Third Madam's courtyard.

"I already said what I wanted to say at noon."

What exactly is she trying to say?

What she said at noon was indeed information he didn't know before, and he guessed that Nightingale and the others didn't know either.

Also, why did Dong Miaomiao suddenly come here the night before last?

Is it really just because of boredom?

Was the figure Nightingale and the others found that night her?

Many questions welled up in my mind.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that the case was becoming increasingly perplexing.

If we want to sort things out, do we really have to go there tonight?

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. But once inside, escape is not guaranteed.

What is the other party's purpose in doing this?

Luo Qingfeng ate his meal while pondering the matter.

After finishing my meal, I took a shower.

He closed the door and windows, gave Xiao Tao some instructions, then sat down on the couch and continued to cultivate his Yin Spirit Astral Projection.

The spirit emerged easily from the top of the head, floated around the room for a while, then passed through the window and arrived in the courtyard.

A breeze is blowing.

Its soul swayed a few times, then immediately steadied itself, and then, bathed in the starlight and moonlight and the aura of the night, it drifted slowly in the courtyard.

The cultivation of night wandering involves roaming freely in the darkness, undergoing the baptism of the night to gradually become stronger.

Half an hour later.

He suddenly flew higher, and when he reached the rooftop, he clearly felt the wind was stronger and hurt more when it blew against his body.

At the same time, the flight speed also slowed down.

He dared not rise any higher, so he landed on the roof, stood on the ridge, and looked down over the entire mansion.

The most eye-catching are the several pavilions not far away.

The Tinghu Pavilion beside the Fragrant Lake now seems so close at hand.

You can even feel the breath of the lake water blowing in.

Luo Qingfeng sat down on the rooftop, bathed in moonlight and starlight, and began to close his eyes to meditate, breathing in the light of the stars and moon to temper his soul in the darkness.

After a while.

A tall, familiar figure suddenly appeared on the path outside the courtyard.

The figure moved swiftly, like a ghost in the night, and in a few leaps, it had already jumped into the small courtyard.

"Sister Nightingale has great agility; her legs are long, strong, and nimble."

Luo Qingfeng immediately passed through the roof and returned to the room, his soul returning to his body.

The moment the soul entered the body, a warm embrace immediately enveloped me, which was incredibly comfortable, a stark contrast to the biting cold wind on the rooftop.

A soft cough sounded outside the window.

Luo Qingfeng got up from the couch and went to open the window.

Nightingale, dressed in a white shirt and red skirt, stood tall and graceful outside the window. Upon seeing him, she immediately asked, "What did you say when you went to the Third Madam's courtyard at noon? Did you speak with Miss Dong the Second and Miss Dong the Third? Did you find out anything?"

Seeing her solemn expression, Luo Qingfeng didn't dare to delay and quickly recounted everything that had happened in the courtyard that day, including what everyone had said.

After hearing this, Nightingale frowned slightly and said, "The Fourth Madam's son... likes to flirt with maids?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "It's more than just being frivolous. Dong Miaomiao was probably being more subtle. If it were really just simple frivolity, that little maid wouldn't dare scratch her master's face, and it might not have happened more than once, and it might not have been just one maid. I suspect that the maids who had problems or went missing at the Fourth Madam's place before were all related to that young master or the Fourth Madam. Of course, it's also possible that the demon is deliberately creating a smokescreen."

Nightingale asked, "You mean, Dong Miaomiao?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "What Dong Miaomiao said is definitely true, there's no doubt about it. With so many people there, Miss Dong didn't say anything, and Young Master Dong kept trying to smooth things over, so they obviously already knew the Fourth Young Master's temperament. But for Dong Miaomiao to suddenly bring up these things in front of so many people, and even in front of an outsider like me, I'm afraid it's not so simple."

Nightingale nodded, then frowned and said, "The Fourth Madam was already a suspect, and hearing this news today, it seems things are indeed not simple there. Her Fourth Young Master is lame and likes to bully the maids, so he's also a suspect. However, Dong Miaomiao..."

Luo Qingfeng said, "Sister Nightingale, the little figure you were chasing the night before last should be Dong Miaomiao. She came to my place this evening and admitted that she came here that night."

"Oh?"

Nightingale's expression changed slightly, and she asked in confusion, "Why would she come and admit it herself?"

Luo Qingfeng spread his hands and said, "I'm also very confused, and she also explained that what she said at noon was actually meant to tell me some information."

"What news?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "I don't know the specifics either. She also said that if I wanted to know the details, I should come tonight..."

Nightingale narrowed her eyes and asked, "How about tonight?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Go to her boudoir at midnight tonight."

Nightingale frowned, looked at him suspiciously for a few moments, and said, "Really?"

Luo Qingfeng said, "Would I dare joke about something like this?"

Nightingale frowned, thought carefully for a while, and said, "These things are very important. I need to go and tell the captain first, and discuss it with them."

Luo Qingfeng asked, "Can I come along?"

Nightingale said, "You shouldn't go for now. Although Dong Miaomiao knows your identity, the others probably don't. You'd better not run around or hang out with us. Also, the captain doesn't want anyone else to know that he's disguised as a maid."

Luo Qingfeng asked, "You know?"

Nightingale nodded and said, "But I can't tell you."

Luo Qingfeng asked, "Why?"

Nightingale raised an eyebrow and said, "The captain said you're quite lustful and most likely to attract that lustful demon. Actually, the captain is using you as bait. Now, both you and the captain are bait. Bait is the most dangerous and the easiest to be eaten by the demon, so for safety's sake, I can't tell you."

Luo Qingfeng: "...I feel like the captain is always badmouthing and insulting me behind my back or to my face. Sister Nightingale, I don't want to stay in the Wind Team anymore. I feel discriminated against."

Nightingale laughed and said, "Then go and talk to the captain. Besides, I think the captain is very good at judging people, and he's not wrong."

Luo Qingfeng sighed and didn't say anything more.

Nightingale glanced at him again and said, "Wait here for a bit, I'll come back later. As for whether or not to go to Dong Miaomiao's place, that's up to the captain to decide. Even if you do go, we'll go and protect you."

Luo Qingfeng nodded and said, "To be honest, I'm a little scared of that little girl. I'm really scared."

Nightingale said solemnly, "Now that you mention it, I'm scared too. It seems that the Third Miss is even smarter and stronger than we thought, and has become even more mysterious and unpredictable."

After saying that, she went down the corridor and then lightly jumped over the courtyard wall.

Luo Qingfeng stood by the window for a while, took out his broken sword, and gently stroked it for a long time, thinking to himself: Destroy demons, destroy demons, as long as it is a demon, will you destroy it?

"Whoosh!"

He gripped the hilt of his sword and brandished it at the window.

Without the blessing of star power, the broken knife was rusty and full of chips, looking worse than even the most ordinary wood-chopping knife.

"Rust is like a memory; it can be erased, but at some point, it may suddenly resurface..."

For some reason, he suddenly thought of this sentence.

(End of this chapter)