Chapter 229 Incident

The short wait of a few minutes seemed like several years had passed.

If it exceeded a quarter of an hour, she might be discovered by the nanny for running away, and she would definitely be whipped when she returned. She had thought about turning around and leaving many times, but she couldn't move her feet.

Therefore, when the little girl reappeared in Liu Ruyan's sight, she not only did not feel relaxed, but her body became even more tense.

All her attention was focused on the other person's lips.

"I asked, and he said yes."

Yes.

Yes.

"Yes?" Liu Ruyan repeated subconsciously.

"Yes, yes." The girl's affirmative expression made her sure that this was not an auditory hallucination. "You can sign up now, the fee is one tael of silver. There will be special training after the review, and if you are finally qualified, you will have to pay another five taels of silver. But don't worry, the latter amount of money can be waived if you fail the training, and if you are qualified, it will be deducted from your salary after taking office."

"I... bring money." Liu Ruyan quickly took out her purse, fearing that she would change her words again.

Although six taels of silver is not a small amount, it is still far from the redemption fee. The money she has saved over the years can afford this expense.

After registering her information, the little girl handed her something.

It was a piece of wood polished into a sign, only two or three inches in size, which can be held in one hand. There is no mark or any text on the sign, just an ordinary piece of fragrant wood.

"This is..."

"Lord Xia asked me to give it to you." The other party said, "Change is not an easy thing, especially when facing many difficulties. You may not think so now. So during this period before the review, you can regret it at any time."

"What if I insist on doing this?"

"Then put the sign on the windowsill, it will help you."

Liu Ruyan bit her lip, "I saw the banner you hung next to the platform says... Becoming a candidate official of the Affairs Bureau is an opportunity for ordinary people to change their destiny."

"That's the slogan Lord Xia thought of." The little girl smiled softly. Before she could think about what the advertisement meant, the other party continued, "But no matter how exaggerated the statement is, as long as it is written in the announcement of the Affairs Bureau, it will definitely become a reality."

...

Liu Ruyan ran again.

She squeezed through the crowd, crossed the street, ran around the corner, and then rushed into the fabric shop.

"What's wrong with you?" Yan'er looked at her in surprise, "Why are you sweating after shopping for a while?"

Liu Ruyan realized that her back was already wet, and her forehead must not be much better. "Ah...haha," she wanted to cover it up with a smile, but she found that she couldn't stop laughing, "Ha, hahahaha...hahaha..."

"I know, you already have Mr. Zhou." Yan'er rolled her eyes at her unhappily, "Look how happy you are."

Liu Ruyan didn't explain.

What kept appearing in her mind now was the rapidly receding street scene and the little girl's words "OK".

It was only less than a quarter of an hour.

But the feeling of walking against the wind has been imprinted deep in her heart.

Mammy didn't notice Liu Ruyan's short and sudden departure.

Back at Zui Qinglou, everything returned to normal, as if the episode at the Affairs Bureau was just a dream.

But Liu Ruyan knew that the scene really happened.

The wooden sign she brought back was proof.

She carefully strung it with a rope and hung it around her neck. The silver chains and jade pendants prepared in the brothel lost their former color in front of this bare wooden sign.

Five days.

The first round of registration only lasted five days.

After that, the Affairs Bureau will announce the review results.

She may not be able to go to the scene, but she can ask someone else to go - there are servants in Qingguanlou who run errands for them. After all, no one can guarantee that the needs will be met in one purchase without any omissions. She also knows one who surrounds her and calls her Sister Liu and Sister Liu all day long, and looks very likable.

Although the servant can't read, it's always okay to copy.

After finally waiting for the announcement day, Liu Ruyan closed her eyes and asked herself again.

——"You may not think so now, but you may still think so at that time. So you can regret it at any time before the review."

The little girl's voice was still in her ears.

Liu Ruyan opened her eyes and replied frankly, "My thoughts have not changed."

Everything that followed was logical.

Calling the servant to the room, Liu Ruyan wrote her name stroke by stroke in front of him.

"Take this paper and go to East City for me. It's the street where the Privy Council is located, now called the General Affairs Bureau."

"Okay, Sister Liu, but what are you going there for?"

"Secret."

"Could it be... In addition to Mr. Zhou, you have other lovers?" The servant put away the note and said.

"Whatever you guess." Liu Ruyan smiled indifferently, "Listen carefully, you have to do me a favor. There should be a list at the door, you look at this paper and look for my name on the list. Whether you find it or not, you must tell me the truth."

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it." Liu Ruyan took out another tael of silver and put it in his palm, "This is your reward for helping me."

"Sister Liu, this is too much!"

"It's worth it. Even if it's... my respect for fate."

"Destiny?" The boy looked puzzled, but seeing that she refused to take it back, he also took the money into his arms, "Sister Liu, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this for you."

Liu Ruyan nodded, "Go and come back quickly."

…

In this way, most of the morning flew by.

She felt the anxiety and suffering of waiting again.

It wasn't until noon that the sound of footsteps could be heard outside the door.

"What's the result?" Liu Ruyan couldn't help but opened the door, only to find that the people standing outside the door were not the servant, but the boss's wife, grandma, and Zhou Sheng.

She froze on the spot, "Why are you..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhou Dacai had already thrown a note in her face.

It was the one she wrote in her own hand to the boy.

"What - what do you mean?" Zhou Sheng's voice was extremely cold, completely losing his usual humility. "Am I right? A person from a prostitute's family also wants to join the affairs bureau. Reserve officer? Just because we happened to discuss it a few days ago - what do you think of yourself? "

The moment she saw the note, she already understood many things.

But Liu Ruyan's first thought was no longer to give in.

"I...don't want..." She clenched her palms and wanted to express her wish when she suddenly felt a crisp sound in her ears!

In an instant the world was spinning.

When she regained consciousness, she found that she had fallen to the floor. One cheek felt like it had been burned by fire, it stung extremely, and there was a salty taste coming from the corner of his mouth.

Liu Ruyan stretched out her hand and wiped it, her fingertips turned bright red.

"Oh, Mr. Zhou, please don't slap me in the face. She has to come out to meet customers these days." The landlady said, "If you want to be angry, I have many ways to make her miserable without hurting her." It will leave too many traces.”

"Shut up!" Zhou Sheng yelled behind him, then walked to Liu Ruyan, squatted down, grabbed her collar, and lifted her up, "Why do you do this? Didn't I express my position clearly enough? I don’t like the ridiculous behavior that Mr.