Full of doubts in his mind, he couldn't help but pace back and forth in the room.
【The old patriarch is not a good person.】
This rule made it impossible for Zhou Bai to think as simply as before when judging the behavior of the old patriarch.
Is safeguarding the interests of the family his most important mission?
Or does he also have his own selfish motives?
Zhou Bai thought about the conversation he just heard.
The old patriarch focused his search outside the old house.
So, he really thinks that what happened last night was done by outsiders.
Even if Zhou Bai hadn't stuffed the form into the crack of his door last night, as the manager of a big family, it wouldn't feel unreasonable to respond so arbitrarily.
Does he really have no doubts about the people in the Wu family?
Or does he know that there is a traitor in the family and is deliberately protecting him?
When this last guess came to Zhou Bai's mind, he himself was shocked by his own guess.
If even the old patriarch might be a traitor, then the difficulty of clearing Zhou Bai's dungeon would simply skyrocket.
How should he use the power of a kitten to protect the Wu family, which seems to be impregnable but is actually riddled with holes?
Zhou Bai felt a little headache when he thought of this.
At this time, Wu Ying rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed.
When she woke up, the first thing she saw was the kitten walking around on the ground.
"Little black cat, are you awake so early?"
Wu Ying stretched out, put her feet into the cotton slippers on the floor, picked up her toiletries, and prepared to go out to the toilet outside.
"I can't sleep in today. I have to go out to collect more herbs for my second brother."
Wu Ying seemed to be talking to the kitten, or to herself.
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out of the room.
Zhou Bai was worrying about how to get out of the Wu family's old house and see what was going on outside.
Now that I heard that Wu Ying was going out to collect herbs, I thought this would be a good idea.
So, he walked to Wu Ying's row of backpacks.
I looked at the biggest and tallest one, and then jumped in.
Zhou Bai guessed that when Wu Ying went out today, she should carry this backpack.
In order to fear that Wu Ying would refuse to take him out, he decided to lie down in the backpack first.
Wu Ying came back from the toilet, found a thicker floral cotton-padded jacket for herself in the closet, put it on, and then walked to the row of backpacks.
"Hey, where has the little black cat gone?"
She asked in a low voice while reaching for the largest backpack.
Then, she saw that the kitten she was looking for just now was actually lying in the carrier in her hand.
Wu Ying immediately laughed.
"Little black cat, do you want to go out with me?"
Zhou Bai lay down in the backpack, while Cat Claw quietly grasped the basket, for fear that Wu Ying would carry him out.
Fortunately, Wu Ying had no such plan.
He found another piece of cloth and put it on the backpack, then took Zhou Bai with him and walked downstairs together.
Zhou Bai was carrying a basket and saw pedestrians passing by Wu Ying from time to time.
However, they all seemed to have ignored Wu Ying's existence.
When he saw Wu Ying, he didn't stop to talk passionately like he did when he saw others.
Wu Ying seems to be very used to this.
On the other hand, Zhou Bai, the little black cat, was lying in the carrier, looking at the indifferent tribesmen, feeling unhappy for Wu Ying in his heart.
At this moment, a gentle female voice finally sounded and stopped the little girl who was walking down the stone stairs.
"Wu Ying, are you going out to collect medicine again?"
Zhou Bai quickly moved closer to the backpack, trying to see through the gap in the backpack to see who the woman who was talking to Wu Ying was.
Then, he saw a middle-aged woman with an oval face, delicate facial features, but full of wrinkles, standing next to Wu Ying.
"Yes, auntie."
Zhou Bai remembered that she was Wu Chong's mother.
And the night before yesterday, Zhou Bai saw her chatting with Wu Chong in their room.
"Wu Ying is so diligent."
Zhou Bai saw the woman in front of him and showed a kind smile to Wu Ying.
"Also...it's okay.
The old patriarch criticized me yesterday for not being diligent enough."
Wu Ying felt a little embarrassed when she was suddenly praised.
"how could be?
Wu Ying always picks a lot of herbs and brings them back to Wu Chi. She is a diligent sister who is also very kind to her brother."
Wu Ying felt even more embarrassed after being praised.
"By the way, I heard that recently there is an old man who always comes to sell sesame cakes nearby, and they are delicious."
When Wu Ying heard about her favorite sesame seed cakes, the expression on her face immediately became excited.
"Are you talking about Mr. Wang?
The sesame cakes he makes are delicious, and he is also a very nice person.
It’s a pity that his legs and feet are not very good and he is limping. It’s really pitiful that he has to walk such a long mountain road to sell sesame cakes.”
Zhou Bai saw that the expression on the eldest aunt's face had changed significantly after hearing about Old Man Wang.
It seems that talking about this old man Wang is the real reason why Auntie stopped Wu Ying today.
"Yeah, he's limping, so pitiful."
The eldest aunt lowered her eyes and her voice became much softer.
"Then... when Wu Ying comes back today, can you buy me a sesame seed pancake?
I heard it's delicious.
And...and...hearing you sound so pitiful, I should also take care of his business."
After the eldest aunt finished speaking, she took out a large amount of money and stuffed it into Wu Ying's hand.
Wu Ying looked at the extra money in her hand and hurriedly wanted to return it to her aunt.
"It's too much. One sesame seed cake doesn't cost that much."
As for the eldest aunt, she turned around and wanted to walk back.
"No more, no more. Isn't that old man Wang very pitiful?
Just give him all the money."
The eldest aunt didn't wait for Wu Ying to continue answering, and walked up the stairs without giving Wu Ying a chance to refuse her.
Zhou Bai looked at this aunt's behavior and felt vaguely that something was wrong.
Are there any normal people left in this Wu family’s old house?
And Wu Ying was holding a lot of money in her hand, and the expression on her face was a little embarrassed.
However, since the eldest aunt asked her for help, it was hard for her to refuse.
Moreover, the eldest aunt has already run away, and it is too late to refuse now.
I could only stuff the large pile of money into my pocket, then carry the backpack on my back and continue walking down.
At the entrance of Wu's old residence, there are now a row of people with weapons standing on both sides.
Zhou Bai thought, if the old patriarch was really acting for the clan members, then his posture would be quite sufficient.