Time Travel Adventure

Chapter 154 Breaking the Contract

This disrupted Hongdou's thinking and she began to answer my questions seriously.

"Mr. Bai is resting in his room. By the way, miss, this is given to you by Miss Bai." I listened to Hongdou starting to talk about Xiaobai's own room and it sounded weird.

Following the movements of Hongdou's hands, I was attracted. Miss Bai, isn't that Bai Yiren? Bai Yiren didn't rush in directly, but wrote to me directly?

I felt something hard inside the envelope, opened it and saw that it was an invitation, exactly the same as the last time, but with a different time. The corners of my mouth twitched and I wanted to refuse.

Before I could refuse, Hongdou added, "Miss Bai also said that if you don't go, you'll have to have a good chat about that paper."

My heart tightened when I heard this. It turned out that this guy was setting a trap for me, waiting for me to fall into it.

After Hongdou finished speaking, she looked at the invitation in her hand over and over again and then asked me.

"Miss, there is no paper here. What is that piece of paper?"

When I heard Hongdou ask this, I realized that when signing that day, Hongdou did not see clearly what was written on the paper.

She seemed to have thought of something and looked at me as if she understood everything.

"Miss, is that you?" I nodded, confirming Hongdou's idea. However, Hongdou really didn't see what contract I signed. She was still very considerate and told me that if I didn't want to go, I didn't have to go.

She can't do anything to me, which makes sense. But I still feel bad about what she can do to my money. I haven't even started spending a penny of this money. No, I have to go on a shopping spree.

I took Hongdou out to buy clothes, saying that I didn't have any clothes to wear for a party. Hongdou looked at my closet strangely, which was about to burst. She looked at me in confusion and wanted to point at my closet and ask me if I had enough clothes.

I pressed down Hongdou's arm, which had not yet been raised. "Hongdou, you have to know that a woman's wardrobe is always missing a piece of clothing."

Without waiting for Hongdou to understand and digest what was said, I dragged her out of the house and we went shopping on the street. I even bought a few pieces of clothes from my own shop to boost my sales, and I bought them at the most expensive price.

Seeing that the carriage was almost full, and counting the money left and that it was almost dark, he changed into his favorite clothes and headed for Bai's house. New clothes always looked the best.

I looked left and right in the carriage. If I wasn't on the carriage, I would have stood up and turned around. When we arrived at the place, a girl got into the carriage.

I was startled and realized it was Shannai. She was holding an exquisite veil in her hand. On the veil there were gold hooks that could be hung on the ears.

I took it, put it on my face, and looked at myself in the mirror. It looks pretty good. From the looks of it, is we going to have a masked ball today?

After getting off the car, I saw that everyone coming and going was wearing the same mask, and I felt relieved. This is really different from TV dramas, where you can roughly tell who is who at the masked balls.

It's not possible here. If the veil wasn't worn obviously under the clothes, it would be impossible to tell whether it's a man or a woman. I followed Shannai's instructions and came to the old seat where I sat before. Because of the veil, it was inconvenient to drink water and eat.

I thought it was too troublesome and decided not to eat. Then I looked at the others and it seemed like they hadn't eaten yet. They were all chatting in groups of three or four, or sitting aside, as if they were waiting for something.

Shannai brought me here and then disappeared. Finally, Hongdou disappeared too. What a sight. She seemed to be missing. I don’t know if it was because I waited too long or if the show started earlier this time.

After a while, the troupe started performing. I felt sorry for spending money, so I was absent-minded and couldn't concentrate on watching the show. Waiting was really boring, so I stood up and looked around.

While walking around, I found a storyteller. It sounded quite interesting, so I sat down and listened. After a while, the storyteller left and a girl came.

The girl had a great figure, which couldn't be hidden even by so many clothes. She was wearing a veil. She first greeted us, and then started talking. I was stunned when she opened her mouth.

Why does this voice sound so familiar? Isn't this Zhuzhu? Why is she here? I don't know if my reaction is too obvious or it's my illusion, but I always feel that Zhuzhu has been looking at me since just now.

This gaze was so hot that it directly took me away. When I returned to the place where I was just now, I saw that the three of them were waiting for me. As soon as they saw me, Hongdou came up to pick me up and asked me where I had been.

"Walk around, I should be the one asking you this question, where have you been? I haven't seen you for such a long time." This question made me angry, if these people didn't disappear to play, I wouldn't have been unable to stay.

Sitting there, Bai Yiren sent Shannai and Hongdou away. The excuse she gave was really lame, "Shannai, I forgot to water the flowers in my garden. You and Hongdou go check on them."

I looked at the dark sky and couldn't help but want to sing a line. The dark sky is low, followed by bright stars. Watering, watering, the flowers will bloom tomorrow.

Tsk tsk tsk, I'm such a genius. Hongdou was also weird, but after being pulled away by Shannai, she didn't say anything. After everyone left, Bai Yiren took out the contract from her sleeve.

She angrily slammed the paper in front of me. I raised my eyebrows and asked Bai Yiren what she meant. "You said you wanted to be my sister-in-law just after signing this with me. Impossible! Pay me! Double the money!"

I rolled my eyes and asked Bai Yiren speechlessly, "Look at what's written on it, which one did I break?"

This is true. All the nonsense above means that you can't just come to the Bai Mansion casually.

The problem is that I haven’t been here either. Didn’t I write these down when I came here before?

Bai Yiren was stunned for a moment, took the paper back, looked at it over and over again, and thought for a long time.

I took out a banknote and placed it in front of Bai Yiren. "I wanted to give you this before, but I forgot. This is my money now. I'm giving it to you."

This money made Bai Yiren stunned for a long time. Finally, this money seemed to touch her weak spot. When she reacted, she just had a sullen face and refused to take the money.

Bai Yiren looked at the contract with a sullen face and rolled her eyes at me from time to time.

Finally, Bai Yiren slammed the contract on the table, took a silver note from the table, and rushed to the storyteller.

I didn't react and didn't know what this guy was going to do. I saw Bai Yiren approaching.

He crumpled the banknote in his hand into a ball and threw it over Zhuzhu's head.

Zhuzhu saw Bai Yiren's actions. Even though she was hit on the head, she continued to tell the story without moving.

Bai Yiren didn't care about Zhuzhu's reaction, as if she had seen this kind of thing many times.

He left a message saying "reward for you", then came back with the contract in his hand, with the corner of the paper placed on the candle.

I just watched the paper burn. There was a slight breeze today, so the paper burned particularly quickly.

When it was about to burn Bai Yiren's fingers, Bai Yiren threw it into the sky.

This is really quite beautiful. The remaining ashes look like black snow falling from the sky.

Part of it fell on Bai Yiren's head, and as the ashes fell, my sight also fell on Bai Yiren's face.

"Don't even think about marrying into our family. I wanted you to be more obedient before, but now you'd better sleep with your eyes open."

After saying that, Bai Yiren took Shannai away, taking the same route as before, running towards the kitchen.

I shook my head helplessly. You said you are not afraid at all? That's unlikely.

I don’t know if Xiaobai will stand on my side. I seem to think too highly of myself.

After all, Bai Yiren is Xiaobai's brother, how could he possibly help an outsider?

Hongdou was frightened and was shaking a little as she held me and looked around.

I patted Hongdou's hand and said, "What are you afraid of? What kind of storm can a little girl stir up?"

These words seemed to be meant to comfort Hongdou, but actually they were meant to comfort myself.

Hongdou Anquan didn't take this sentence to heart and started looking around, just like the thief, feeling guilty.

Looking at the guards in the yard, Hongdou felt scared no matter how she looked at them.

I patted Hongdou's little head and said, "What are you thinking about? Even if she wants to do something, she can't do it in her own home."

This is a good sentence. Who would bully others in their own room? Besides, there are so many noble people here today.

Isn't it just writing "sinner" on your face?

Hongdou got nervous after hearing this, "Well, well, Miss, what should we do when we go back? On the way back, and our guards are all from the Bai Mansion, there's no way, halfway..."

Hongdou didn't finish the rest of the words. After hearing what Hongdou said, my heart tightened.

But this place is still very close to our home, so I pulled Hongdou and prepared to go to the backyard.

I am very familiar with the way back from here. It’s okay if I die, but I don’t want to implicate Hongdou. Hongdou is still so young, and nothing must happen to her.

We took a detour through the small path to the back door and clearly saw a woman sitting in the bamboo pavilion at the back door. "Oh my god, the real owner is still running around outside, and the robot dares to come out? So rampant? Or does she know about the existence of the robot?"

As soon as this thought popped up, I interrupted it. How could someone as proud as Bai Yiren tolerate the existence of another self? Xiaobai must have used some kind of sleight of hand to prevent Bai Yiren from seeing the robot that was exactly like herself.

Seeing that the robot was still in the same posture, I confidently pulled Hongdou out through the back door. Hongdou didn't know the existence of the robot, and didn't understand what I said to myself just now.

He just knew that Bai Yiren was sitting there and he couldn't go over there. I wanted to pull Hongdou away, but she pulled me in the opposite direction, pointing in Bai Yiren's direction and shaking her head at me.

I assured Hongdou and pointed to the bushes in front. "This place is far away from her. She can't hear us. Besides, she can't imagine that we will leave from here."

No matter whether Hongdou believed it or not, he had to leave quickly. If he didn't leave, Bai Yiren would be suspicious, and the servants would be surprised. If they came in to see, the truth would be revealed.

The two of us started walking on our stomachs very slowly. Finally, when we saw the door very close at hand, we picked up Hongdou and rushed towards the door. Sure enough, the robot saw our action.

Maybe the robot knew we were there and started the same process for the day. I pushed Hongdou out at the last moment. As soon as Hongdou went out, the door closed. I shouted at Hongdou, "Go back quickly. I will go back soon and everything will be fine."

Hongdou ran away after hearing that. Before leaving, she told me that she would find someone to rescue me. I wanted to say no, and I could leave after the robot finished its show. Sure enough, a few more people appeared in the yard.

This time I wanted to go faster, so I sat directly at the chessboard and studied the chess pieces. It was like I was studying a level. I was wondering how I could suppress her in one go.

The others acted as if they didn't see me and continued with their actions and conversations until the robot sat opposite me and said, "Come out, I know you are here."

I complained in my heart for a long time. Xiaobai is too unintelligent. Everything it says and does is repetitive without any variation. It can't be called a robot but a repeater.

As I was thinking, the robot started to make tea, but the tea was still delicious. I suddenly asked, "Is there any milk?" The robot stopped moving, as if thinking about what milk was.

After a while, it smiled and said, "Yes, wait." The robot got up and left. I saw a good opportunity and made a move. I was sure I could block the chessboard. I was quite confident because this was a method I had studied for a long time.

This is like Gobang, but a little different. Just connect the pieces in a line. I got up and rushed to the door, and found that the door could be pulled open.

He was very happy and was about to open the door to go out. However, it would have been better not to open the door. There were a bunch of servants standing outside the door with torches in their hands. Wasn't the one in the front one Bai Yiren?

I smiled awkwardly, "Miss Li, where are you going so late? Do you want me to take you there?"

I waved my hands and said no, I can do it myself, then I immediately closed the door and leaned against the door, starting to think about what to do. My mind was racing as I thought of a solution.

Finally, he decided to rush into the crowd. Bai Yiren didn't need to search so openly. After making up his mind, he bolted the door and closed it, then ran towards the courtyard.

When I ran to the courtyard and saw the crowd inside, I felt a little relaxed and started thinking about blending in with the crowd. Seeing that Zhuzhu was still there, I subconsciously ran in that direction.

Before sitting in the storytelling room, I took off my outer clothes, which looked like a different color, in order to delay the time as much as possible.

I waited nervously for a long time, but I didn't hear anyone coming. I looked back from time to time. When Zhuzhu finished the last story and got up and left, I didn't see Bai Yiren and the others come in.

There wasn't even an extra servant. It was over, it was over. They wouldn't be waiting for me at the door. As I watched the crowd start to go out, I became even more panicked, as there were people blocking the front and back doors.