Xie Nanyou looked at Xie Yuchen. Her legs were already trembling, but she gritted her teeth and stood firm. "Zhang Qiling, take Xiaohua to wash up." As she spoke, she saw Xie Yuchen about to collapse, but Zhang Qiling leaped onto the stage and caught him steadily.
Watching Zhang Qiling pick up Xie Yuchen and walk into the room, she couldn't help thinking that this Mute actually had a bit of a nurturing streak in him.
"Is he badly hurt?" Xie Nanyou asked as she stood up, ready to go see what that stinky blind man was up to again.
Xiao Jiu looked at Xie Nanyou, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke, "The wound is on his left flank. He must have lost quite a bit of blood, but it shouldn't be a major issue." After all, he still had enough energy to mumble about wanting their Young Miss to keep him as a wife.
Xie Nanyou glanced at Xiao Jiu. "Let's go take a look." With that, she strode out the door.
Just as the two of them stepped onto the platform and reached the doorway, they heard Black Glasses groaning in pain. "I say, Xiao Si, can't you be a bit gentler?" "This is my waist, you know how important the waist is to a man!" "This favor is way too costly to repay. When is Youyou coming? Blindie got hurt for her, hiss..."
Xie Nanyou stood in the doorway, looking at Black Glasses, who was wincing and pulling a face as he sat in a chair. Beside him, Xiao Si was holding a bandage and wrapping it carefully, while Xiao Ba was leaning against the bedside watching the two of them.
Seeing Xie Nanyou walk in, Xiao Si paused in his movements. "Is the injury serious?" Xie Nanyou walked up to Black Glasses, her gaze sweeping over the pink-stained bandage around his waist.
Xiao Si continued wrapping the bandage. "Just superficial wounds, not very deep. I've applied medicine, and if he doesn't thrash around, it should scab over by tomorrow." With that, he secured the bandage, picked up a towel from the tray to wipe the blood off his hands, and left with the tray. Bandaging was a minor matter; his ears had taken quite a beating, though.
Xie Nanyou looked at Xiao Ba. "Young Miss, I found him two alleys away." When he received the news and went over, he hadn't expected to find the man injured. Who would have thought that the renowned Master Hei would go investigate something and return wounded? He even suspected this guy had gotten hurt on purpose just to sponge off their Young Miss.
Xie Nanyou sat down on a nearby chair and looked at Black Glasses, who was wearing a smile on his face. "Well?"
"Don't worry, Youyou, it's just a small injury. This little..." Before Black Glasses could finish, he felt a finger press directly onto his wound, and a wave of pain shot through his entire body. "Hiss—"
"Blindie, how about telling me what I want to know?" Xie Nanyou looked at the grimacing Black Glasses, completely ignoring his cries of pain, and spoke leisurely.
Black Glasses looked at the expressionless Xie Nanyou and wanted to ask Xiao Jiu, who was standing nearby, who on earth had offended their Young Miss, but now clearly wasn't the time. "Don't rush, Youyou. I'll talk, I'll talk, alright?"
While warding off Xie Nanyou's probing hand, Black Glasses looked at her with an aggrieved expression, though all of that grievance was hidden behind his dark glasses.
"I took a trip to the Huo Family and found something strange about a secret room in their estate. Moreover, I've seen that woman from the Huo Family who was fed the Corpse Beetle Pill. She said the Matriarch Huo hadn't given her any instructions."
"I also went to the Undersea Tomb. Aside from Xie Lianhuan's group, there were only those other people who took them away. Nothing out of the ordinary."
"However, I did find two rather suspicious lackeys at the Huo Family. I just don't know if they have anything to do with what you're looking for."
Xie Nanyou rested her hands one over the other on her knees, her fingers tapping casually against the back of her hand. "A secret room..." "Xiao Ba, go investigate the people of the Huo Family thoroughly. As for the secret room..."
"Don't worry about it for now."
"I'll go."
Two voices overlapped.
Hearing the other voice, Xie Nanyou raised her head and saw Zhang Qiling standing at the door. "We'll talk about the secret room later. If the Huo Family isn't involved, leave them be. Where is Xiaohua?"
Zhang Qiling walked over to Xie Nanyou, took her hand, and pulled her to her feet. "Waiting for you to eat pastries." With that, he glanced at Black Glasses, his gaze sweeping over his bare upper body and the wound on his waist and abdomen, before pulling Xie Nanyou and striding out of the guest room.
It wasn't until the two of them left that Black Glasses stiffly turned his head to look at Xiao Jiu and Xiao Ba standing together. "Was that the Mute just now? What is he doing in the Xie Residence?" He hadn't been investigating for that long, had he? The Mute had already managed to move right in ahead of him. Could it be that he really was too slow?
Xiao Jiu suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. "Since the time the Xie Family held the funeral."
He actually wanted to tell this unlucky bastard that he was being hurried along by their Young Miss, and it was likely because he was being dragged down by Zhang Qiling. But looking at his desolate appearance, he decided against it.
He walked over to Black Glasses and patted him on the shoulder. "Blindie, get me the map and structural layout of the secret room as soon as possible." With that, he turned and strode away.