Chapter 16: I’ll forgive you if you call me sister

Chapter 16

Su Mo and Sang Li returned to the guest house, just as Xiao Han and Xia Miaomiao came over looking for them.

Su Mo and Sang Li shared a room, while Xiao Han and Xia Miaomiao stayed in another room.

Seeing Xiao Han and Xia Miaomiao dressed in ancient costumes with their hair done up in buns, the two girls couldn't help but laugh.

Xia Miaomiao was wearing a pink dress that went nicely with her sweet image.

Xiao Han, on the other hand, was dressed in grayish-blue men's clothing with her hair also tied up, as she felt it was more convenient that way.

Su Mo bounced over and looked left and right at Xiao Han's hair bun, "Not bad! Did Miaomiao do your hair?"

"Who else could it be? With these clumsy hands of mine, how could I possibly do my own hair? It must have been our nimble and dexterous Miaomiao!"

"I want one too! Do mine too, Miaomiao! Please!" Su Mo said.

Xia Miaomiao looked at Su Mo's long, wavy brown hair. "Su Mo, an exotic style would suit you."

"Any style is fine! As long as I can attract ten handsome guys when I go out!"

"Su Mo, you should restrain yourself a little. Weren't ancient people very conservative? Don't scare them away." Xiao Han said with a laugh.

"Ah...it's just my nature, even death cannot change it!"

Laughing, the four girls entered the room.

Xia Miaomiao styled each of their hair into buns suited to their individual styles.

Only the rash on Sang Li's face had not completely faded, so she wore a white veil that added a touch of allure.

The four were planning to go out to gather information about this place.

Today there were many people who came to pay their respects for Old Master Bai's passing, so to avoid attention, the four girls snuck out through the back door of the rear courtyard.

Of course, Wang Fu knew they were going out and sent Fang Qing and Yi to keep an eye on them and prevent them from escaping.

But they had no plans to escape at all, mainly because they did not know where to escape to.

When Su Mo went out, she had initially wanted to bring Wu Ying along to go into town, but later felt that he needed to recuperate from his injuries, so she didn't call for him.

"Isn't the young master of the Li family looking for you all? Why are you going into town to wander around?"

Yi had been arranged to keep watch over them and was very dissatisfied. Today the Bai family was so busy, yet they were going into town to leisurely stroll around?

Su Mo went forward and patted Yi on the shoulder, "Little brother, we naturally have things to do in town. I presume the people from the Li family will also come today to pay their respects for Old Master Bai's passing, no? If not now, when else can we slip out?"

"You--" Yi immediately dodged her hand. He looked left and right, and fortunately did not see Wu Ying's figure. "Men and women should not have physical contact. Don't touch me!"

"Oh, anyway...you're just like a little brother to me!"

In her original world, Su Mo was also considered a rich heiress. She also had a younger brother, just a little older than Yi.

Yi did not speak. No one had ever said anything like this to him before. Even the Bai family's young master still treated him like a servant.

"How long have you been at the Bai family?" Su Mo suddenly asked.

Yi's thoughts returned and he answered, "Since I was born, I've been a servant there, always by the young master's side."

"Then...do you know what kind of person Old Master Bai was?"

Yi looked at Su Mo. "So you bought me candied haws because you wanted to ask about the Bai family's affairs?"

Su Mo was surprised. So smart at such a young age?

She ruffled Yi's hair. She did not hide the facts, since she was not very good at lying anyway. "Is your little brain that clever?"

Yi dodged her hand, looking a little resentfully at her. "I told you, no physical contact between men and women!"

"It's fine if you treat me as a sister!"

"..."

"I really have no ill intentions. I just want to catch Old Master Bai's murderer as soon as possible. Just tell me about him, okay? Whatever you want, I'll buy it for you!"

Such a blatant bribe was the first time he had seen. She really needed to restrain herself more!

"Little brother, alright?" Su Mo blinked at him.

Seeing her bat her eyelashes, Yi's heart seemed to skip a beat and he quickly averted his eyes.

"Wha-what do you want to know?" He even started to stutter.

Su Mo was delighted and immediately asked him about the Bai family's affairs according to what Sang Li had told her.

After listening to Yi's account, Su Mo couldn't help but sigh, "It's so complicated. Wait, I'm having some trouble remembering."

Su Mo took out her phone from her waist. She opened up her notes app.

Yi looked at this strange object and couldn't help but ask, "What is this thing?"

"Oh, this is a cell phone! Very amazing!" Su Mo said with a smile. Then she turned on the camera and casually took a selfie with Yi next to her.

"See, isn't it much better than your painters here?"

Yi looked at the image in shock. "This...this is too incredible!"