Chapter 244: Chapter 241: Mrs. Leng Witnesses the Scene, Stunned as She Turns to Ruan Jiao

However, after walking out of the yard, she felt uncomfortable inside and still wanted to have a good talk with Hui’er.

But when she turned back to the courtyard entrance, she suddenly saw Ruan Jiao looking disdainfully at that sachet.

She smelled a familiar scent, which immediately reminded her of Ruan Mian and the others!

Who knows where this General’s wife got these things from, they are almost identical to what Ruan Mian used to make.

Could it be that her business has reached Liao Lie?! Where did she get such impressive skills?!

She couldn’t believe it!

Just felt that these scents made her nauseous, so she disdainfully threw those things onto the ground, stomped on them a few times before sneering and walking away.

Mrs. Leng, who saw this, just felt a chill all over and looked incredulously at Ruan Jiao’s room.

Just now, her daughter whom she treasured as precious, actually threw away the things she had carefully brought for her...

Where was the considerate, sensible, and gentle Hui’er now? When she was first recognized, she clearly wasn’t like this...

At the same time, Ruan Mian didn’t expect a blessing to come so unexpectedly.

This small border town in Lanqiang was not very big, and bustling markets were even fewer.

She originally planned to move to the house tomorrow, settle Xiza, then go to the barracks to ask Baal for help.

Yet the next morning she unexpectedly met Li Mao at the inn.

Back then, Mr. Li and his nephew acted as spies, fleeing to Lanqiang during the military coup.

At that time, they were biting each other like dogs with Qi Nanfeng’s family, the Qi Family returned complaining bitterly with dog fur in their mouths, and after that Li Mao went missing.

Ruan Mian thought, relying on Ruan Jiao’s little tricks, wanting to cross the border from a refugee woman criminal and become a General’s daughter was too difficult.

Without some people greasing the wheels behind the scenes, it’s practically impossible.

Though she only speculated that this might have some connection to Li Mao, since if Ruan Jiao escaped to Lanqiang, the only person she knew would be Li Mao.

To eliminate any chance, she wanted to start with Li Mao, while at the same time gather some news from the General Mansion.

In the original novel, Ruan Jiao didn’t have much of a name, yet now she had changed her identity and surname, there must be some connections to King Yan’s faction behind this, that’s why she appeared in the main storyline and encountered her.

When she met Li Mao, she had just gone to the market with Lisi to buy some necessities, planning to bring them back to the house.

And Xiza was sitting at a dining table on the first floor of the inn, waiting for Ruan Mian to return for breakfast.

Li Mao swaggered in at this moment, now he was someone who could walk with authority in this border town.

Back then, after running out of Wuheng with his nephew, he had sought refuge beside General Hu Lie’s master strategist, becoming his confidant.

By relying on the relationship between the strategist master and Ruan Jiao as the surrogate Commandery Princess, he had done some trading business in the town, earning quite a bit. He and his nephew had also secretly done a lot, quickly building some influence.

When Li Mao entered the inn, he unintentionally saw Xiza, and thought he was mistaken, wiped his eyes and looked again.

Once he recognized her, he was suddenly stunned in place.

This woman?! Wasn’t her face destroyed by burns and thrown into the refugee slave group to await death?!

How was she still alive?!

The scars on her face were all gone?

At that time, he heard about a search affair, and conspired with Ruan Jiao to kill this woman and let Ruan Jiao replace her.

Yet, the woman who should have died miserably on the streets appeared right in front of him?

Li Mao was shocked and immediately walked over to Xiza without a word, Xiza turned pale with fright and instinctively turned to run.

But was grabbed by Li Mao by the collar, and a fierce gaze projected over!

"Well, you wretched woman, what great fortune you have!! Still not dead?"

Li Mao pulled her closer, reexamined Xiza’s beautiful face, reached out to touch those shallow scars, and couldn’t help but marvel.

"What kind of Divine Doctor healed these burns of yours in such a short time?"

"Back then, the Miss Commandery Princess personally used a torch to scorch your face!"

Xiza trembled with fear, she wanted to struggle, but was tightly restrained by Li Mao.

Lisi saw this, prepared to rush over to save her, but was stopped by Ruan Mian.

She was surprised to see Li Mao here but was also grateful for such fate.

Given Li Mao was brought before her, how much trouble was she saved from.

Ruan Mian temporarily considered these blessings granted to her by the system.

She smiled lightly, quietly watching Li Mao take Xiza upstairs to a room.

Lisi became anxious at this moment: "Sister Mianmian! The girl’s in trouble, that person was so rude, how can you still..."

"No rush, I know that person."

"Lisi, wait for me here, I’ll go have a talk with him."

She soothingly patted Lisi’s shoulder, walking up the stairs with utmost calm.

Inside the room, Li Mao threw Xiza onto the bed.

He rolled up his sleeves viciously: "Since you’re so capable, dare to show yourself in broad daylight, not taking us seriously, then today I’ll thoroughly take away your hopes!"

He suddenly lunged forward, Xiza couldn’t help but scream in fear.

At that moment, the room door was kicked open by Ruan Mian.

With one look behind her, those almond-shaped eyes immediately made Li Mao panic.

He looked over unbelievably, vigorously blinking his eyes to find that it truly was Ruan Mian! Instantly becoming alert, he couldn’t help but reprimand.

"Ruan Family?! You really have amazing skills, coming to Lanqiang?"

During the Wuheng coup, so many people died, yet here she was, unharmed.

Li Mao’s heart skipped a beat, but before he could say another word, Ruan Mian’s eyes darkened, swiftly stepped forward and sliced his ear with a knife!

So fast he didn’t even react in time.

Seeing his ear fall to the floor, only then did Li Mao feel the pain, and as he was about to cry out, Ruan Mian stuffed his mouth directly with a belt.

While he was too pained to resist, she swiftly bound him.

Li Mao’s face turned pale with fright, trying as hard as he could to yell.

But with his mouth stuffed, no matter how much force he used, only faint whimpers could be heard.

After tying him to a chair, Ruan Mian took the bloodied dagger.

With the bright blade ahead, Li Mao couldn’t stop trembling, immediately acknowledging defeat, whimpered with tears flying.

Ruan Mian calmly looked at Xiza, then gently tapped his face with the dagger.

This terrified Li Mao into wetting his pants.

Letting him whimper for quite a while, as he gradually lost strength, Ruan Mian finally pulled the belt away.

"Mr. Li, long time no see."

At this moment, Li Mao was already tormented by pain with little strength left, fearfully shaking his voice and begging for mercy.

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