Chapter 54: Sister, Something’s on your mind

Chapter 54

In the evening, there were still many people coming to Simei Pavilion.

Until the hour of Hai, Wu Ying still had not come back.

Whenever Su Mo had free time, she would stand at the door and look to see if Wu Ying had come back.

She did not wait for Wu Ying to return, but instead a group of annoying people came.

Li Wenxuan and his group of alcoholic, playboy friends.

He heard that a different kind of store had opened here, so he brought a group of wealthy young masters to come have fun.

Seeing Su Mo standing with her arms crossed at the door, Li Wenxuan immediately fawned over and ran over.

"Female warrior, this store was actually opened by you?" Li Wenxuan laughed and said.

The ghosts of Qinglin Garden did not scare them away, instead they even opened a store here?

Su Mo glanced at him, in a bad mood, and did not want to talk much.

"Female warrior, are you still living comfortably in Qinglin Garden? Have you...encountered anything strange?" Li Wenxuan tentatively asked.

"Brother Wenxuan, who is this young lady?" A young master walked over and asked. Seeing Su Mo's good figure, he ogled her inappropriately up and down.

"If you look at me like that again, do you believe I'll gouge out your eyes?" Su Mo looked coldly at that person.

"You..." That person was about to get angry when Li Wenxuan immediately pulled him back.

"Brother Wang, Brother Wang, don't get excited..." Li Wenxuan leaned to his ear and whispered: "This tigress has very powerful martial arts, you are not her match!"

"If you want to play, then go inside and play. If not, then scram, and stop annoying me!" Su Mo said impatiently.

"Yes, yes, we'll go inside immediately!" Li Wenxuan hurriedly pulled the others inside.

On the stage in the lobby, Xia Miaomiao wore a light blue dress, with a blue veil over her face, and was playing the zither on stage.

Li Wenxuan saw Xia Miaomiao and ogled at her.

"This beauty, she does play the zither quite well." A man said.

Sang Li walked over and asked, "Are you gentlemen going to play in the lobby or go upstairs to the private rooms?"

Li Wenxuan pointed at Xia Miaomiao on stage, "Is that beauty with you all?"

Sang Li looked at Xia Miaomiao on stage, "Yes."

"Wow, not only is she cute and pretty, but she's so talented too."

"Brother Wenxuan, since you like her so much, make her come down to accompany you!" Another person said with a laugh, as if it was only natural.

When Sang Li heard this, she couldn't help but knit her willowy brows.

Su Mo thought it was possible and immediately said, "Alright, let's close up and hurry back!"

After returning to Qinglin Garden, Su Mo immediately went to Wu Ying's room.

But she discovered the room was empty, the bed neatly made, Wu Ying hadn't come back at all.

"Wu Ying, Wu Ying." Su Mo called out several times but no one responded.

Su Mo immediately ran to the yard.

"Wu Ying hasn't come back at all!" Su Mo huffed, "What's going on? Even if we argued, you can't just disappear! So annoying!"

"Could something have come up that he had to go out?" Sang Li said.

"Then he should have told me! Disappearing without a word! Hmph, if he comes back, I won't pay him any attention!" Su Mo angrily returned to her room.

"Master, don't be angry at Master. He must have had an emergency!" Yu Yifan chased after her, speaking up for Wu Ying.

The others looked at each other. They had never asked about Wu Ying's identity.

But Sang Li knew Wu Ying's identity was definitely not simple, so some things were certainly kept secret from Su Mo.

They didn't know when they would get a lead on the treasure map either.

Xiao Han uncouthly yawned next to them, covering his mouth with his hand. He flopped onto Xia Miaomiao's shoulder, "I'm exhausted today, let's hurry and rest. Wu Ying will definitely come back himself!"

"Sister Li, Xiao Han and I are going back to our room." Xia Miaomiao said.

"Mm." Sang Li smiled at them, "Go rest quickly."

After everyone left, Sang Li sat alone on the stone bench in the yard, seemingly lost in thought about something.

"Sister..." Gu Zhi's voice came.

Sang Li turned in surprise, "Gu Zhi? Why haven't you gone to rest yet?"

Gu Zhi sat down next to her, looking at her, "Sister, you have something on your mind!"

Sang Li glanced at him. She didn't speak, surprised that Gu Zhi could tell she had something on her mind.

"Can you tell me about it?" Gu Zhi tentatively asked.

Sang Li hesitated, looking at Gu Zhi's face. His expectant look made Sang Li's heart skip a beat.

She had to admit, Gu Zhi's face was truly handsome, and very pure and innocent.

In the end, Sang Li did not speak. She slowly stood up, "It's late, rest early."

Having said that, she turned and left the yard.

Gu Zhi watched her retreating figure, feeling downhearted.

Why was Sister unwilling to tell him? Did she not trust him?