Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 37 Impunity

Thump! Wen Qinghong's chair tipped over, and he was so startled that he sat down on the floor with a thud.

Gu Qingyue gasped.

Wen Qinglan maintained a calm and expressionless face.

Rong Qingqing: ······

Gu Qingyue: "Why? What mistake did they make?"

Rong Qingqing: "Why are you asking such detailed questions when you're just a little kid?"

Gu Qingyue: What did she ask wrong?

Wen Qinghong grimaced, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Rong Qingqing cleared her throat again: "They said we offended the Pan family, and business will definitely be difficult in the future. They have elderly parents and young children to support, so I... resigned."

Gu Qingyue and the other two: ......

So, actually, our inn was rejected? And they quit?

"So what are your plans next?"

In fact, Gu Qingyue wanted to say that the Pan family had already been raided, and it was unknown whether Pan Xiangye had been arrested or not, but at least the possibility of him committing evil deeds in Liquan County in the future was relatively small.

Rong Qingqing looked triumphantly at the three neatly dressed young men in front of her—oh, no, the one with the grimacing teeth could only be considered half a man—and said with great pride, "Aren't you guys ready-made helpers?"

All three of them gaped in astonishment. Wen Qinghong and the other two were excited; they had wanted to help for a long time, but Sister Rong had only told them to take good care of their health. Now they could finally repay their benefactor.

Gu Qingyue was shocked.

"You actually use child labor?" Gu Qingyue asked without thinking.

As soon as she asked the question, she regretted it. How could she forget that this was not the world she had lived in before? In this world, apprentices and servants were trained from a young age.

At eleven or twelve years old, they are already considered half adults, and it's perfectly normal for them to become shop assistants or apprentices.

They also completely forgot that she, the "child laborer," had just performed surgery on someone yesterday.

Gu Qingyue quickly coughed, "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, I meant don't you think we're too young and seem unreliable?"

After a moment of confusion, Rong Qingqing came to her senses: "Are you still young? Master Huang's apprentice has been helping him wash and chop vegetables since he was seven years old, and he can already flip the wok before he's even thirteen."

As she spoke, she glanced at the tall and burly Wen Qinghong who had just stood up: "Look, he's almost as tall as me now, he's not young anymore. Didn't you all work together to save people? You did such a bold thing well, let alone something as mundane as sweeping the floor, making beds, and greeting guests."

Wen Qinghong immediately chimed in, "We're all adults now. Leave this to me, Sister Rong, don't worry." She patted her chest as she spoke, displaying great generosity and enthusiasm.

Wen Qinglan, standing behind him, nodded with an indifferent expression, indicating her agreement.

Rong Qingqing looked up at Gu Qingyue: "What do you want to do? Sweep the floor, fold the quilts, make the bed, or greet the guests? Don't worry, I've specially arranged for someone to clean the quilts and sheets. Your main task is to greet the guests."

Gu Qingyue paused for a moment, then said, "I want to be the accountant."

Rong Qingqing: Vomiting blood...

Inside the small inn, several people started arguing over the division of labor, while somewhere in the heart of Meigu Mountain, a young man swept all the teacups on the table onto the ground.

He roared, "This is outrageous! You dare touch my people? You're asking for death!"

Outside the stone gate, a tall woman in a long, sheer dress, with a slender waist, gracefully pushed open the door, holding a silk handkerchief in her hand, her eyes sparkling.

"Is Master Pan really angry? That's rare."

The furious man was none other than Master Pan, whose hideout had just been wiped out by Mu Yun Chu a few days ago.

Upon hearing this, he smoothed his sleeves, turned his head, and looked at the woman who had entered, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, tall and slender, with a cold and stern look, thin lips pressed tightly together, and a pair of long, narrow eyes that were ever-changing. When they were slightly curved, they gave people a gentle and peaceful feeling, but when they were raised, they were filled with endless coldness and storm.

Of course, he was also a rare and handsome man. In this woman's eyes, his perfect appearance was the only reason she was willing to submit to him temporarily, nothing else.

"It's just a few women who were lost, and they were rescued. What does it matter? Surely Master Pan doesn't care about just a few people?" The woman's exotic face was full of spring, and she didn't seem to care at all that the man in front of her was angry.

"Just a few women?" Upon hearing this, Pan Xiangye's lips curled into a strange smile. "Don't you also have your great wizard's right-hand men and those medicinal ingredients? Aren't you worried about them?"

The woman scoffed, "Master Pan, you're joking. Those few medicinal ingredients are nothing to our Wizard Hall. We can get them whenever we want. As for Mr. Ye, the Grand Wizard's right-hand man... I have no right to pity him."

She moved gracefully towards Pan Xiangye, a unique fragrance emanating from her skirt. She raised her slender hand and touched the man's chest, her eyes revealing a captivating charm.

Pan Xiangye narrowed his eyes, stretched out his long arm, and the woman was already in his arms. The two bodies were pressed tightly together, leaving no gap.

"Miss Yu is still so beautiful. Compared to you, those medicinal ingredients are nothing," he said with a cold smile. In the next instant, the woman's clothes were torn to shreds, exposing her fair skin to the air, which was filled with fragrance.

The woman looked at Pan Xiangye's handsome face, giggled, and clung tightly to his neck with both hands.

Pan Xiangye closed his eyes, sniffed, and bit the woman's shoulder, causing her to gasp in surprise.

The guards outside the door heard the sound but remained motionless, as if nothing had happened, not even blinking.

"Ah! Be gentle..." A moment later, a woman's panicked voice rang out, but this was followed by an even louder commotion in the room...

If Gu Qingyue were here, she'd be furious enough to vomit blood. What was Mu Xiaoqi doing? How could she let Master Pan get away with it so easily?

Of course, she had no idea whether Mu Xiaoqi's actions that night had actually caught Pan Xiangye.

Rongjia Xiaoxi Inn.

Rong Qingqing narrowed her fox-like eyes, "Can you do accounting? Can you keep accounts? This is different from knowing a few words, and it's different from giving someone acupuncture." Rong Qingqing suppressed her expression of wanting to vomit blood and asked seriously.

That brat, he's got too big for his britches and wants to kick me out too. As the manager, my main job is to also be the accountant. If that brat does that, what am I supposed to do?

Well, in fact, Rong Qingqing only has a superficial understanding of doing business.

Back when she was the young lady of Mingjing Manor, managing her dozen or so estates, the task of reviewing the accounts was handled by her stewards. She only needed to listen to reports; she didn't know how to actually keep accounts. It was only last night, after flipping through the account books for half the night, that she gradually began to understand some of the details. Of course, she hadn't put it into practice yet, and she felt quite uneasy.

Gu Qingyue straightened her small frame, her nostrils flaring upwards, "I'm fine!"

She knew her weakness; she wasn't good at making the bed. In her previous life, she always left it to hourly workers. She simply didn't have the time or energy to worry about these things. Only once did she personally decorate the villa in the mountains, which her grandfather had left her. It was very simple and grand. But she passed away before she could enjoy it.

Thinking about this brings tears to my eyes!