Ye Suo reached out to remove it but was slapped back by Zhang Meiren. His brow furrowed deeply, complaining like a child, “Long’er says it’s heavy!”
“You child, do you want a wife or your life?”
“What does that mean?”
“After disguising, you’ll leave immediately and go as far as you can,” Zhang Meiren covered my face with a wet soft leather mask. “I heard yesterday that officials are searching house by house, and I heard Chen Wang mourning Night Mountain King, sensing something was wrong.”
“Night Mountain King’s death was probably spread by Rainbow Clothing’s dead soldiers. Chen Wang will search for us, likely informed by the world’s first divine doctor, Shui Ruo Han,” Ye Suo began to engage in the conversation, as the serious matters were more important now.
Zhang Meiren raised an eyebrow, “Why not kill him? At least Chen Wang won’t come looking for you.”
I was about to tell about Ye Suo’s heart-piercing incident but was stopped by his hand, signaling me not to elaborate.
“I don’t want to hide,” Ye Suo simply and firmly maintained his decision.
“You agree?” Zhang Meiren shifted her gentle gaze to me. I shook my head like a rattle drum. She sighed, “Go to the inner room and change clothes.”
The outer room was silent for a long time. As I hesitated about coming out after changing, a loud noise suddenly came from the front shop, like a door being kicked, followed by Yan Sha and Shui Sha’s screams.
“What are you doing, gentlemen? Our shop has only been open for a few days.”
“Don’t waste words. Immediately call out everyone in the shop – old and young, male and female.”
“Yes, yes, please sit and have some tea, gentlemen. Don’t frighten our customers.”
…
They actually found us so quickly? I hurriedly pushed the door open. Ye Suo was wearing a woodcutter’s outfit, lying on the table. Zhang Meiren was quickly putting a fake head covering on him, covering it with a face mask so ordinary it was extreme.
“Zhang Meiren… no, Mother-in-law, what did you do to
Ye?”
