Tao Yu knew that she had hurt Yue Linze badly today, and she didn’t want to argue with him, so she could only sigh and say: “I’ll go back to my room first.” Finding someone wasn’t something she could do openly, and if she could use Yue Linze’s help later, it would definitely be faster than searching alone.
She needed to think about how to do this, and before figuring it out, she had to appease Yue Linze first. Tao Yu thought while walking towards her room, planning to coax him when he returned.
As a result, she waited until late at night, but Yue Linze never came back.
Tao Yu gradually went from boredom to anxiety. If she didn’t know about the mysterious person’s existence, she wouldn’t have worried so much, but now that the murderer of Zhou Ying was still at large, she was afraid that person might harm Yue Linze.
Unable to wait any longer, Tao Yu put on her clothes and went outside. The maidservant sitting outside the door, seeing her suddenly appear, quickly stood up and asked: “Madam, why are you up at this hour?”
“Is the city lord back?” Tao Yu asked with a frown.
The maidservant looked confused: “He probably hasn’t returned. If he had, he would have come to you first. Perhaps he was held up by matters at the prefecture.”
Wu Huan City was highly autonomous, and the prefecture now had nothing else besides Zhou Ying’s case. Whether because of Zhou Ying or the mysterious person, Yue Linze hadn’t returned so late, and she couldn’t just sit at home and wait.
“Prepare a carriage. I’m going to find him,” Tao Yu said coldly.
The maidservant was stunned but quickly went to prepare. Tao Yu took the opportunity to get herself ready, simply tying up her hair and heading to the front yard. But before she could enter the main gate, the maidservant came back breathless and hesitated before softly saying: “Madam, please rest. The city lord has already returned.”
“…He’s back?” Tao Yu’s frown didn’t disappear.
The maidservant carefully nodded and after a while said: “He returned an hour ago… he went directly to the study…”
