"Ahem, I...... I don't want to be ransomed by you......" Liu Ruyan coughed twice, and whispered with a hot pain, "I don't want to be raised like a caged bird by you......"

"Silly girl, I really don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings. Mama sneered, "Do you know that this is something that many people can't envy? Not to mention that the other party is a talented man of Zhou, it is your luck to be able to take a fancy to you!"

"So you lied to me before?" Zhou Sheng's voice became even angrier, "Don't worry about food and drink, don't worry about clothes, what's wrong with you?

In a fit of rage, he thumped her back to the floor, tearing her collar open and sending the wooden sign around her neck flying.

Is that...... What the little girl gave her!

Liu Ruyan couldn't care about half of his body, and he was in severe pain, and he moved to take the wooden card back into his hand.

But the other party took the first step, stepped on the back of her hand with one foot, and then bent down to pick up the wooden card.

"What is this?" Zhou Dacai looked at it over and over again, "a bare piece of wood?"

"Also...... Give it to me!" Liu Ruyan struggled to get up.

"Looks like you're pretty rare for this. Tell me, what's different about it?" Zhou Sheng looked at her for a while, shook his head and sighed, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't ask anymore." However, what you can bring with you will have to be decided by me in the future, understand?"

He threw the wooden sign on the ground and stepped on it with his foot up—

The wooden sign shattered!

"No......" When Liu Ruyan put it back, there were only a few sticks of wood and a piece of debris left in his hand.

Her tears welled up instantly.

"Boss, what I said before should still be valid, right?" Zhou Sheng didn't bother to look at her, and said directly to the bustard, "Don't let her come out to welcome guests during this time." ”

"But...... It's the spring of the following year when you come back from Gyeonggi, and we'll lose a lot if you keep the girl in your room all the time. The other party rubbed his hands and said, "You also know that there are still many adults who usually name the girl who is like a cigarette to accompany her to drink and sing poetry." ”

"Hmph, I'll pay for it. Zhou Sheng took out a bag of coins and threw it on the table, and said unceremoniously, "Aren't you just trying to do this?"

"Zhou Gongzi is really generous!" the old bustard smiled and put the money bag into his arms.

"I also have the conditions, lock her up, and send someone to deliver three meals a day. I don't want this to happen a second time!"

"Of course, of course. The old bustard replied, "There is a grandmother watching, I promise that she will not be able to get out of this room." ”

"So be it. Zhou Sheng glanced at Liu Ruyan, who was lying on the ground, and said with a sneer, "It won't do you any good to annoy me, you should reflect on it these days! As for the affairs bureau, I advise you to dispel this idea, they are eager to expand their influence, how can they let a woman in a green mansion ruin her reputation and provoke criticism in vain? Don't forget what your identity is!"

With that, he strode out of the house.

After the bustard followed and left, there was only one grandmother left in the house.

"I have a few more things to do before I lock you up again. She pulled out a short whip with a gloomy face, "Sneak away, I didn't expect you to have this ability." It seems that the admonition I gave before was still too easy, I haven't trained for more than half a year, I'm afraid you've forgotten it, right? Let me embarrass myself in front of everyone? I'll let you know today what happened to you!"

With that, she swung her whip at Liu Ruyan.

......

What day is this?

It seems to be the fourth day after the announcement, and it is also the day when the training scheduled by the Secretariat will begin.

Liu Ruyan sat under the window in a daze, looking at the iron chain on her feet in a daze.

Ever since the proprietress found her running away, her range of motion has been limited to six feet by a rope, almost enough to move from the window to the door.

These days, Mama's punishments can be described as varied, but whether it is humiliation or pain, she feels that it doesn't matter.

When the wooden sign was broken, her hopes were shattered with it - although that may have been a psychological consolation, after all, what could a sign with nothing inscribed on it do?

Liu Ruyan tried everything she could, but she couldn't restore the wooden card, so she had to pile the cracked pieces of wood and debris on the windowsill.

In fact, she didn't know why she was doing it.

Just because the little girl mentioned it?

No matter how naïve Liu Ruyan was, she knew that this thing would not be able to take her away from Zuiqinglou.

She didn't even dare to think about it - did the girl really understand the meaning of handing over the "token" to herself......? She was just joking on a whim, so didn't her choice become a joke?

It was even more uncomfortable than her dying with hope.

Gradually, the sun sets, the day passes quickly, the light coming in from the window gradually dims, and the night is about to cover the sky.

If the training of the Secretariat really started today, it should have ended by now.

Liu Ruyan raised her head slightly and looked at the corner of the table next to the bed.

It's not sharp, but it's thick, and if it's strong enough, it might work—

I'm afraid it will hurt.

But this may also be the only way for her to break free.

At this moment, Liu Ruyan heard a cat meow.

By the way, if she is okay at this time, she will feed the wild cat something to eat, is this the cat in the yard calling her?

It's a pity that she can't get out of the house, and naturally she can't get to the yard.

"Meow ————"

The meow of the cat sounded again, as if it were coming from overhead.

Liu Ruyan couldn't help but be stunned, she lived on the third floor, and she could only see the roof of the podium on the second floor outside, how did the wild cat climb here?

She stood up and looked out of the house, only to see a flower cat standing by the windowsill, which seemed to be the one she had fed.

"I don't have anything to eat here, so let's go. Liu Ruyan said in a low voice.

"Meow ————!" Wildcat jumped up and jumped towards the second floor.

Then came the second one, the third one.

Liu Ruyan was surprised to find that cats were everywhere! They crawled out of the ridge and the edge of the house, and merged into the tide like a spring, condensing towards the same place. Black, white, flowers, in the courtyard of the drunken green building, outside the courtyard, she can't count!

What the hell is going on here?

Liu Ruyan looked at the place where the cats gathered dumbfounded.

At the point where the sunset was about to dissipate, a dark shadow silently walked onto the roof. The purple sunset obscured the other party's upper body, and she could only see the other's striding legs with the help of the orange-yellow afterglow.

Wherever the man went, the wild cat consciously parted the two sides and made way for them.

It's as if they're welcoming an uncrowned king.

Walking to the edge of the roof of the podium, the black shadow suddenly jumped lightly, directly stepped over a distance of nearly ten feet, and stepped on her windowsill in one step!

Liu Ruyan was so frightened that she took a few steps back and accidentally fell to the ground.

At such a close distance, she noticed that the other party was a woman, but there seemed to be something different.

In the dim light, the visitor's eyes stood out most - they were a pair of golden pupils, slender and erect like the stars at night.

"Found you. She spoke.

In an instant, Liu Ruyan's ears sounded the little girl's warm laughter.

"Put the sign on the windowsill, it will help you. 」

"Even if it is an exaggerated statement, as long as it is written in the bulletin of the secretariat, it will definitely become a reality. 」