Chapter 542: Escape (1) (1/2)

“Ah? But you haven’t changed out of this dress!” Wenlan was currently using a handkerchief to soak up as much of the wet stain as she could.

“There’s no time for that. We have to leave now.”

Ever since that maidservant had bumped into her and gotten her clothes dirty, she had been feeling that something wasn’t right.

She wasn’t seated at the main table and her table was placed right along the side of the hall. Even the maidservants serving tea wouldn’t walk right by her. Furthermore, with Miss Su’s warning still fresh in her mind, the whole incident seemed even more fishy.

Although Chu Lian had brought Wenqing and Wenlan with her just in case, there wasn’t an absolute guarantee of her safety even with their martial arts skills.

This was the Ying Estate, not the Jing’an Estate.

She wasn’t the original ‘Chu Lian’ and she wasn’t familiar with this place. There was still Xiao Bojian waiting somewhere in the shadows too. She couldn’t be sure that she wouldn’t get into trouble.

Thus, the best way to avoid any unfortunate accidents was to leave right now!

When she thought back to the incident at Defeng Teahouse and how Wenqing and Wenlan combined hadn’t been enough to stop Xiao Bojian, a wave of fear swept over her.

Chu Lian was starting to regret attending Chu Yuan’s coming-of-age now.

Of course, Wenqing and Wenlan obeyed Chu Lian’s orders unconditionally.

The three women immediately got up to prepare to leave the secluded room.

When Chu Lian pushed the door open, she spotted a plain-looking purple-clothed maidservant standing guard right outside.

Various thoughts flew lightning-fast through her mind. There weren’t any guards outside when they had entered the room. When had this maidservant appeared?

In the time it took for those thoughts to pass through her mind, she shot Wenqing a meaningful look.

Wenqing flew forward with an outstretched claw, ready to capture the maidservant. The purple-clothed maidservant subconsciously reacted to the attack and bent over, managing to dodge Wenqing’s grasp.

Alarms blared in Chu Lian’s head.