Chapter Twenty-Six: Midnight Detectives
Xi Xiaohui knew that Mu Bai strongly objected, just out of concern for her, but she was the shopkeeper of the nameless restaurant, how could she watch the restaurant go bankrupt!
As soon as she thought of this, she stretched out her hands and hugged the handrail of the stairs tightly, and said her thoughts loudly, "As long as I can keep the restaurant, no matter how dangerous it is, I am willing to do it!" This is not only my responsibility as a shopkeeper, but also to fulfill my promise to you!"
Hearing her say this, Mu Bai's hands let go, and he was even stunned for the night.
They all looked at Xi Xiaoshen, only to see her patting her chest and making a bold statement, "I said, I want to make the nameless restaurant a golden signboard of three things! Since you hired me as the shopkeeper, I will not let you down!"
"But......" Mu Bai was moved by her firm eyes, but she still had concerns in her heart, "What if...... You really met that flower thief......"
"How can there be such a coincidence!" Xi Xiaoshen saw that Mu Bai was shaken, and took the opportunity to persuade, "No matter how many families there are, how can the flower thief just target Miss Yan? Boss Yan is not short of money, so he is willing to reduce the rent and buy a rest assured! I will work hard at most, and there is no loss, this is a sure deal!"
Mu Bai hesitated slightly, and leaned next to him to watch the lively Qiqi Morning and Eve Xiao Ash gave a thumbs up, "The new shopkeeper is still shrewd and will do business!"
Xi Xiaoshen got Qiqi's support, and felt more and more that she had made the right decision, and looked at her confident appearance at night, lazy to speak, shrugged her shoulders and went upstairs to sleep.
"Xiao Ash, do you really want to do this?" Mu Bai didn't know if he was too sensitive, but Xi Xiao Ash's determination to protect the restaurant made him deeply moved.
In fact, Mu Bai's mood was quite complicated, he didn't want Xi Xiaoshen to deal with the flower thief, but he was even more afraid of seeing her disappointed appearance.
The name of the ecstasy flower thief is quite gimmicky! Pretending to be a ghost will only bully innocent girls!
Mu Bai groaned for a while, but decided to help Xi Xiaoshen.
Whoever makes Xi Xiaoshen unhappy, he will beat him down! Even if the other party is a three-headed and six-armed monster, he, the dog demon, will never admit defeat!
The evening breeze is gentle, the shadows of the trees are mottled, the doors and windows of every house are closed, and there is not even a single figure in the streets and alleys.
Xi Xiaoshen vigilantly poked his head out of the corner of the wall, looked back and forth, and patiently waited until the special demon patrolling the demon prison walked past the intersection, and then beckoned to Mu Bai behind him.
She squatted down, mysteriously took out a squarely folded piece of rice paper from the placket of her clothes, and explained softly: "This is the topographic map that I carefully depicted when I inquired about the news. I have marked all the houses near Yan's house that need to be investigated. You take a look first, and you're prepared. ā
Xi Xiaogray unfolded the topographic map like a treasure, and his smart eyes were like a clear spring after the rain, shining brighter than the North Star in the sky.
Mu Bai stood in front of Xi Xiaoshen, staring intently at her bright smile, and his heartbeat unconsciously accelerated again.
"Let me take a look, let's start with this street first......" Xi Xiaoshen spread out the topographic map and studied it intently, looking quite engaged in serious appearance.
Mu Bai withdrew his gaze from her face and looked down at the topographical map carefully depicted by Xi Xiaoshen. Just by looking at it, he felt a strong shock from the depths of the demon soul.
Xi Xiaoshen is definitely an impressionist painter of the past and the present!
The style is unique, the creativity is shocking, and there is no outstanding artistic cell, so I really can't appreciate it.
The so-called three streets and nine alleys on the map are like rows of crooked fences, and the black circles marked in the gaps of the fences are filled with all corners of the paper, leaving no blanks.
She painted very hard, without wasting a single stroke of ink, and the black pressure on the paper made sure that you couldn't see the slightest clue, and you couldn't tell the difference between southeast and northwest.
"What's the matter, isn't it clear at a glance?" Xi Xiaoshen had an inexplicable confidence in her painting skills, she looked at Mu Bai, who was stunned, and smiled proudly, "Haha, there's no need to be so surprised, who hasn't had any special skills these days." You can praise me as much as you want, I can afford it. ā
Mu Bai met her confident gaze and smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
Xi Xiao Gray Quan was shocked by her astonishing painting skills, and comforted thoughtfully: "It's okay, it's normal that you can't appreciate it, after all, geniuses are lonely." ā
Mu Bai looked at Xi Xiaoshen, who was smiling like a flower, and couldn't bear to hit her inexplicable confidence, and said with a wry smile: "That's, our little gray is the most amazing." But don't forget, our mission is to protect Miss Yan, not to catch the flower thief!"
"IāI know!" Xi Xiaoshen hurriedly restrained his enthusiasm, "I'm familiar with the terrain, just to take you to avoid those special demons, lest you haunt in the middle of the night and be mistaken by them for a flower thief!"
"How can it be ......" Mu Bai was speechless, "Little Ash, what are you thinking in your head!"
In order to prevent Xiao Ash from making more earth-shattering "feats", Mu Bai hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way, and when he went around, he found that there were unusual breath fluctuations in the courtyard wall of a certain house.
There is a demonic spirit! Could it be that the flower thief who everyone talks about is really a mysterious demon?
Xi Xiaohui saw Mu Bai stop, she realized that there might be a problem, and raised her eyes to look at the door plaque that read "Banquet House".
This is Boss Yan's mansion! Xi Xiaoshen had an appointment with him beforehand, and she was more concerned about public and private.
"Mu Bai, do you think there is something suspicious here?" Xi Xiaohui didn't wait for Mu Bai to respond to her, and then continued to talk to herself, "Then how can we enter the Yan Mansion safely, and knock on the door directly? No, it will not only startle the snake, but also cause unnecessary misunderstandings." Otherwise, let's find a wooden ladder and climb over the wall......"
Xi Xiaoshen didn't finish speaking, and was suddenly taken into Mu Bai's arms, only to see him make a "shhh" gesture, under the background of the Qingming moonlight, he looked more and more warm as jade, Xiao Ash couldn't help but see his eyes straight, and his heart "bang" straight up.
It turned out that the special demon patrolling nearby heard a movement here, and quickly chased after him, only to hear a sharp voice from afar: "Who is it?"
Xi Xiaoshen trembled with fright, suddenly sobered up, and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands, she didn't leave, she didn't stay, she was stunned and didn't know what to do.
Mu Bai raised his fingertips and shot a silver light towards the courtyard door, hugged Xi Xiaoshen and jumped up the steps, opened the courtyard door with a slight touch, and hurriedly flashed in sideways.
Xi Xiaoshen didn't notice the hazy silver light entwined on the door latch, and her head was so nervous that she was dazed, lest she be caught by those special demons outside the door.
However, things went much more smoothly than she expected, and those special demons did not find anything suspicious, and pushed the closed courtyard door without disturbing the owner of the house.
Xi Xiaoshen lay next to the crack in the door, heard the footsteps gradually moving away, and sighed with palpitations: "I'm scared to death, I'm afraid that they will arrest Mu Bai as a flower thief!"
She looked back and forth and sighed: "The people of the Yan family are really big-hearted, and there is no family guard in the courtyard. Mu Bai, why don't we go to the backyard first, there is no situation, just squat here for a night. ā
Generally speaking, the backyard of a large family is inhabited by young ladies who have not been out of the cabinet, and they are also a high-risk group that needs to be protected. Xi Xiaohui took Mu Bai straight to the backyard, and where the moonlight behind her could not shine, the crooked family members gradually woke up.
They looked at each other sleepily and inexplicably, "What's the matter?" Suddenly we fell asleep, if this was discovered by Master Yan, we would definitely be driven to the street to drink the northwest wind. ā
"Hurry up, get up, keep an eye on it, don't let that flower thief take advantage of ......"