The woman wore a deep blue warrior suit, with a veil covering her face. If not for those stunning long legs and that eye-catching crimson horse, Chen Ke would not have been able to confirm it was her.

  Even if she recognized him, Chen Ke had planned to pretend not to know him, but she also saw herself, so she had to put down the book and waved her hand.

  She rode over on her horse and asked in a cold voice: "What's going on?"

  "Just saying hello." Chen Ke smiled and said, "Why do I always run into you? It seems we have some fate. If you're not in a hurry, come in and let me treat you to a cup of melon juice." After finishing speaking, he thought to himself, why bother teasing her when he's so bored?

  What was even more astonishing was that the woman thought for a moment, handed the horse over to her attendant, and then sat down in front of Chen Ke with her two long legs stretched out.

  The maid brought a cup of melon juice and presented it in front of the woman.

  The girl picked it up and took a light sip, nodding her head and saying, "Thank you."

  "Polite." Chen Ke grinned and made small talk, "Speaking of which, the capital city is really small. I've only been here for less than two months, and this is already the fourth time we've run into each other."

  "Normal." The woman's face was expressionless as she said: "Your waist?"

  "Ah... " Chen Ke was taken aback, but he quickly thought of an excuse and let out a sigh, saying: "A hundred days for a sprain to heal, how can it recover so quickly? But if I don't move too much, it's no different from being fine."

  "Be still." The woman said coldly, and after a long silence, she continued: "The people from Worry-Free Cave have come looking for you again?"

  "I can still sit here and talk to you," Chen Xiao's heart moved, and he smiled: "That means there isn't."

  "Don't be careless." The woman said, then focused on drinking her papaya juice. It seemed to agree with her stomach quite well.

  "Drink more, it's good for you."

  "What does it mean?" The woman raised her head suspiciously, with a stunning face and clear eyes, but there was always a hint of gloom in them, making her whole person unapproachable.

  "The weather is getting hot, and the melon can clear the heat." Chen Ke said seriously.

  "Hmm..." The woman believed him and continued to sip the melon juice in small mouthfuls. Her posture while eating soup was very elegant, not making a single sound, nor would she let anyone see her lips move. For such a rustic man, it was clearly not something he could fake.

  This can only show that she has good family education. Looking at that red Ferrari again, it's hard to associate it with the carefree cave people.

  Chen Ke finally couldn't help but ask: "You must be a young lady from which family?"

  The woman didn't answer, but instead stared at him steadily, waiting for the second half of his sentence.

  "How can you know Wuyou Cave so well?" Chen Ke smiled and said: "Those stinky beggar gang disciples, should be with someone like...". He didn't know how to describe this little girl, so he just lightly coughed and said: "You understand."

  The girl's face, which had just relaxed a bit, was again covered with frost, and she said with a hateful expression: "They are my enemies."

  "An enemy?" Chen Ke Xin said, "The enemy of our enemy is our ally."

  "They took away my maid," the woman said with a deep breath, calming her emotions: "Never mind, who would care about the fate of a servant girl."

  "What's the difference between a maid and a noble lady?" Chen Ke shook his head and said: "In my eyes, they're all the same."

  The woman gave him a somewhat unexpected glance, this was the most pleasant thing he had said since they met: "Being a rogue also has its advantages, at least I still know how to cherish and appreciate beautiful things..."

  "Hey......" Chen Ke's anger rose as he said: "How can you talk like that? Do you know how I feel?"

  "Both eyes have seen it." The woman stared with her clear black and white eyes.

  "That was a misunderstanding. I didn't think she was in that line of work..." Chen Ke said with a straight face, "I don't need to explain it to you."

  "Right." The woman nodded curtly.

  "......" Chen Ke almost spat out blood, but he still hoped she could help him confirm the bandits, and could only swallow a mouthful of blood foam and say: "How did your maid get taken away by the people from Worry-Free Cave?"

  "This year on the Ghost Festival, we made an appointment to go out and watch the Nuo opera...” The woman's face showed regret as she said: “We were all having so much fun, everyone wore Nuo masks, at the time it seemed like no one could recognize anyone else, it was very entertaining. Who knew that when we went back, my maid Xiaohuan and another sister's maid were gone."

  "After waiting for two days without seeing her return, we reported to the Kaifeng Prefecture," The woman's expression turned angry and said: "The prefecture sent people to help search for several days, but still couldn't find them. They told us that they might have been kidnapped and sold out of the capital, and asked us to be patient while the officials conduct a thorough investigation." As she spoke, she tightly grasped the white porcelain cup, her hand becoming as pale as the cup itself. She gritted her silver teeth and said: "The government is so heartless, can they bear to wait, but can our daughters?"

  "It's just official language." Chen Ke sighed and said: "How can you be sure it was done by the people of Worry-Free Cave?"

  "The government didn't take any action, so we had to investigate ourselves," the woman said. "Later, after inquiring around, we found out that they would kidnap people during the lively nighttime hours, which was a usual trick of Worry-Free Cave."

  "Could it be that they have already been sold elsewhere?"

  "It's impossible," the woman said. "The price of a person in the capital city is far higher than elsewhere, and on the black market it's even more so." The woman replied: "They told me that no decent family would dare to buy people who have been kidnapped and sold, as there will be endless troubles. It's very likely that they were taken into the Ghost Tower or some other underground brothel..."

  "We reported the results of our investigation to Kaifeng Prefecture, but unexpectedly, Wang Fu said that if it was Gui Fang Lou, he couldn't do anything about it. The Kaifeng Prefecture can only govern above ground and not underground!" The woman snorted in anger: "I had to find the people from Wuyou Cave myself, but after searching for two months, I still didn't have any leads. The only time I encountered them was when they ambushed you."

  "Thank you." Chen Ke bowed his fist and thanked him for that matter: "In these two months, are you just wandering around by yourself like this?"

  "At first, those sisters were helpful and even had family members following them, but that time they secretly rode Little Red, which startled the horse in the bustling city, and eventually ended in disarray. They didn't come out again... I knew their novelty had worn off, and they'd been complaining earlier, so it was a good opportunity to escape."

  "Was it that time?" Chen Ke asked.

  "Uh, sorry about that." The woman nodded and said: "Later, my family didn't let me 'cause trouble' again. They couldn't control me, so they wouldn't let the servants follow me, wanting to make me a lone woman know difficulty and retreat." As she spoke, her face showed stubbornness: "I won't, I must find Ghostly Mansion, and rescue them!"

  "You're really stubborn..." Chen Ke shook his head and sighed.

  "If your sister were kidnapped by a wicked person," who knew that the woman's willow eyebrows rose and said, "Would you give up?"

  "No." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "I will find her even if I have to search the whole world."

  "That's right," the woman nodded: "Xiaohuan and I are like sisters, they can treat her as a servant, but I won't! Besides, she got lost with me......" Her pretty face was filled with determination: "So I must rescue her!" After finishing speaking, she let out a long sigh and suddenly showed a smile: "I don't know why, but my mood has improved a lot..."

  "You should smile more, it's only when you smile that you look like a girl..." Chen Ke discovered that teasing this fiery girl was extremely interesting.

  "Hmm..." The woman's slightly relaxed mood vanished, she suddenly stood up and said: "I'm leaving."

  "Do you know why you can't find the Worry-Free Cave?" Chen Ke asked seriously.

  "Why?"

  "Sit down and talk," Chen Qiao said with a smile: "I'm not used to looking up."

  The woman sat down with a snort.

  "Firstly, you ride such a majestic warhorse everywhere, and all the evil spirits and monsters see you from afar and dare not approach."

  "...The woman thought for a moment and said: "That's right, then I won't ride."

  "It's too late, wandering around for two months, who doesn't recognize your face?" Chen Xiao shook his head and said: "So even if you wander for another two years, you still won't be able to find them."

  The woman's eyebrows were tightly knitted, and she lightly bit her lower lip, saying: "What can be done?"

  "First answer me a question," said Chen Ke: "If you find Wuyou Cave, what do you plan to do?"

  "I have my own way." The woman said coldly, then immediately felt that this attitude was not suitable, and softly added: "As long as the location is confirmed, the Imperial Guard will come to eliminate them."

  Chen let out a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "Luckily you didn't say anything, or I would have continued beating him all the way." Then he said, "Listen to me, stop wasting your time wandering around like this. Go back and rest for two days. Wait until nightfall and then sneak into the market, start from the beggar's place, follow the clues, and you'll be able to find the rat hole."

  "This method, I've thought of it before." The woman gave him a glance, implying "You think I'm that stupid in your eyes?" She said: "I've been to several night markets, but they're crowded with people, how can you tell the fake ones apart?"

  "With your intelligence, it's pointless even talking about it," Chen Ke sighed and said: "I'll humor you, let's go through the motions."

  "She..." The woman looked at him suspiciously.

  Tonight the moon is above the willow tips, the bridge and pavilion are in sight. Chen Xiao said: "I won't see you off." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head to read a book.

  The woman thought to herself, "I haven't even agreed yet," but Chen Ke had no intention of paying attention to her, and she wouldn't take the initiative to ask him either. She took a deep look at him and then walked away.

  The girl walked away soon, Chen Ke also bid farewell and left, returned to the school, Song Duanping just came up and said: "Do you really want to put your hopes on that little girl?"

  "Otherwise, what can we do? Young Master Wang doesn't dare to make a move rashly, and none of us can rely on each other," Chen Ke said calmly: "In the past few days, I've thought about it. Being passive is not our style, we must take the initiative to attack!"

  "Is what that little girl said reliable?" Song Duanping asked: "Can she really summon the Imperial Guard?"

  "If she didn't have this confidence, she'd be wandering around on the streets like a fool," Chen Ke pointed to his head and said: "That can only prove that she's not an ordinary idiot." With a smile, he stated his basis: "Her war horse, her entourage, even her style, all carry the style of the military. I think she should be the daughter of some high-ranking general."

  Sigh, fell asleep again, but my body is fully recovered now. Worked hard with full strength today.