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Chapter 354. Escaping the Huang Mansion 20

354. Escaping the Huang Mansion 20

By this time, Huang Muyan had finished talking with Wang Shi, and it was clear that their conversation hadn't gone very well.

Wu Chou led Lu Ren Kui, who was inside Mu Wan Qing's body, over. When Lu Ren Kui reached Huang Mu Yan's side, Wu Chou gave Lu Ren Kui, who was inside Mu Wan Qing's body, a wink.

Lu Renkui understood what Wuchou meant—that she shouldn't forget her task of persuading the young lady to stay—and nodded to Wuchou while Huang Muyan wasn't looking.

After Lu Renkui nodded to Wuchou, he turned and followed Huang Muyan back to the courtyard. Lu Renkui didn't ask Huang Muyan what she had talked about with Wang Shi. He just asked Huang Muyan if she was hungry and if she wanted him to go to the kitchen to get some snacks.

Huang Muyan shook her head and said to Lu Renkui, who was inside Mu Wanqing's body, "I'm not hungry, Xiao Wan. You go play for a while, I'm going to sleep for a bit."

It seems the two of them have had quite a disagreement, Lu Renkui thought to himself, and then said to Huang Muyan, "Then I'll go to the mill to find my brother, Sister Huang, I'll be back soon."

"Okay, go ahead, be careful." Huang Muyan said as she went into her room, closed the window, and lay down on the bed.

Seeing that Huang Muyan was really going to sleep, Lu Renkui left the courtyard where Huang Muyan lived and slipped all the way to the mill.

Inside the mill, several farmhands squatted together chatting. Since the mill manager was no longer following behind them with a whip, everyone looked much more relaxed.

Mu Baiyuan, among the group of farmhands, said excitedly, "That Huang Bapi stole something, but was discovered by the young lady and the two detectives, and then the first wife sent him to the government office. That's wonderful!"

"The new manager hasn't been hired yet, so we can relax a bit these next few days," a slightly older farmhand with a wrinkled face said with a smile, taking a puff of his tobacco.

Lu Renkui stood at the mill entrance listening to the farmhands talking. When Mu Baiyuan turned around, Lu Renkui waved his hand, opened his mouth but didn't say anything, only mouthing the words: "Brother, brother."

However, Mu Baiyuan also saw "Mu Wanqing" who had been waiting at the mill entrance for a long time. He happily got up from the ground and ran towards his sister.

"Xiao Wan, you're here!" Mu Baiyuan's excited tone rose at the end of his voice. "That Huang Bapi who beat us up every day has finally been arrested!"

“I heard that too,” Lu Renkui said with a smile, then his expression turned serious and his voice lowered considerably. “Brother, I’m here to talk to you about the escape.”

Upon hearing his younger sister utter the word "escape," Mu Baiyuan immediately snapped out of his elation at the arrest of the mill manager who had been beating them every day.

After cautiously looking around, Mu Baiyuan walked out of the mill and said to Lu Renkui, who was inside Mu Wanqing's body, "Come on, it's not a good place to talk here, let's find another place to talk."

“Okay.” Lu Renkui followed Mu Baiyuan’s footsteps.

Having reached a relatively secluded spot, Mu Baiyuan turned around and earnestly said to "Mu Wanqing" in front of him, "Xiao Wan, I've secretly gone out with Uncle Liu, who sells goods, to scout out a few places these past few days and found a few roads. If we need to run, we can go over there."

"Brother, is Uncle Liu running with us?" Lu Renkui asked—she couldn't find anyone with the surname Liu in the original story, so it was better to confirm first.

“Uncle Liu won’t run away with us,” Mu Baiyuan said, shaking his head. “Uncle Liu said his wife and children are here, and if he runs away, his wife and children won’t have a good time here.”

"If he were to run away with his wife and children, the master and mistress of the mansion would definitely find out."

"So Uncle Liu didn't run with us, and Mu Baiyuan looked like it was a pity."

"I see," Lu Renkui said with a hint of regret—she had finally found a way to escape, but because she had attachments to this place, she chose to stay.

"Brother, I've been following the young lady for the past few days and I've found a day that's perfect for escaping," Lu Renkui whispered.

"Really? Which day?" Mu Baiyuan was overjoyed when he heard his sister say that—he had been thinking about when to run away, but his sister already had an idea.

“Didn’t our master die inexplicably in his study last night?” Lu Renkui summarized the original plot he had read and said to Mu Baiyuan, “The burial will take seven days after death. I have heard that the First Madam has chosen a plot of land near the town. She will also make us servants all wear white clothes to attend Master Huang’s funeral.”

"Let's run then."

“That’s a good idea, but you’re still following the young lady…” Mu Baiyuan frowned—her younger sister was currently serving the young lady, and the young lady only had her sister as her maid; wouldn’t it be troublesome if she ran away? Unless…

“Young Miss, run with us.” Lu Renkui immediately said the answer that Mu Baiyuan most hoped for, but also felt was the most impossible.