Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1367: Chapter 442: Slave Village, Nowhere to Turn, Xing’er’s Exquisite Mind

Several members of the Law Enforcement Team immediately rushed out and restrained Hu Tiejiang on the ground.

”I really know Hong Prince and Su Xing... mm... mm...”

The members of the Law Enforcement Team acted with extreme ruthlessness. Seeing Hu Tiejiang still chattering, they drew their daggers and pierced through his face, dragging him away directly.

Wang Long watched as the members of the Law Enforcement Team left, in a daze for quite a while. After finally calming down, he turned and sighed, ”I have heard the elders in the Slave Village say that the Noble Mansion has no servants, but I never understood what it meant. Today, I truly understand.

The members of the Law Enforcement Team, even the captain, actually saluted us.

If we tell others, they’d probably think we’re crazy, right?”

After Wang Long’s question, he received no reply from Du He for a long time. Turning his head, he found Du He deep in thought. Wang Long immediately guessed, with a strange expression, ”You don’t think that guy really knows Lord Hong, do you? Look at his attire, his age, and his strength at the 5th level, which doesn’t even match ours. He probably heard the names of the Lord and the Fourth Miss from somewhere and was desperate, trying his luck under pressure from the Law Enforcement Team.”

Du He nodded gently at these words, his brows gradually relaxing.

......

At midnight, on the left side of the main building of Hong Mansion, the fourth auxiliary building

”Yu’er, are you going to deliver food to the young lady?”

”Yes, the young lady hasn’t eaten since the last meal. I just warmed up a dish in the kitchen and am preparing to take it to her.”

”I happen to have nothing to do, so let me help you deliver it!”

”Thank you, Sister Xiao Rou.”

Du Rou took the lunchbox from Bai Yu’s hand and walked gracefully into the auxiliary building. She passed through the main hall and arrived at the door of the quiet room, where her expression revealed a hint of unease.

”Miss, the meal has been delivered.”

”Come in!”

Du Rou opened the door with the lunchbox in her hand, walked inside, and saw Su Xing’er still sitting cross-legged on the soft couch cultivating. First, her face showed a touch of admiration, and then she placed the lunchbox on the table, taking out the food items one by one and arranging them properly.

The master of the house is formidable, and these four little disciples are not simple at all!

Since the eighteenth, whether it was Su Xing’er or the three Su Jing brothers, they hadn’t left the quiet room at all. Their cultivation efforts were to the point of neglecting sleep and food.

Neglecting sleep and food is not just a metaphor, but a reality.

Su Xing’er barely ate one meal a day, and her sleep lasted no more than two hours, pushing her cultivation to the limits of Cold Resistance Level.

Naturally unaware of Du Rou’s thoughts, Su Xing’er completed her cultivation, a hint of melancholy appeared in her eyes first, and then she went to the table, eating at a pace that seemed to race against time, without the slightest trace of a young lady’s demeanor.

However, after only a few bites, Su Xing’er noticed Du Rou’s expression hesitant to speak and couldn’t help but ask curiously, ”What’s the matter, Rou’er, is there something you want to tell me?”

”Miss, I...”

Su Xing’er frowned, pondering for a moment, thinking that Du Rou was concerned about the Slave Status matter, shook her head, and said, ”Rou’er, as I mentioned before, the matter of buying your Registration Book is not something I can decide. We must wait for Master to come out of seclusion and consult him...”

With that, she paused slightly, thinking about Du Rou’s caring nature over the past seven days, her gentle and kind character, and couldn’t help but continue, ”Don’t worry, I will speak with Master properly. Your Registration Book isn’t expensive, only costing thirty thousand silver taels, so Master should agree.”

The master-disciple relationship was something Xia Hong fabricated for the four of them to close and cultivate in peace, and Su Xing’er quite naturally accepted it, the words coming easily to her.

As for thirty thousand silver taels, in the past, Su Xing’er couldn’t possibly utter the words ”not expensive,” but now it was different. Before going into seclusion, Xia Hong, for simplicity, entrusted part of Hong Mansion’s financial power to her. She held over three million silver notes stamped by Cai Qiu, so to her, thirty thousand silver taels wasn’t much.

Though she had only interacted with Du Rou for seven days, among all the maids in Hong Mansion, only Du Rou suited her taste the best. As long as Xia Hong agreed, she would certainly buy Du Rou.

However, Su Xing’er was mistaken; Du Rou’s hesitation wasn’t because of the Slave Status matter.

”Miss, how could I trouble you with the Slave Status matter? The main thing is, I just heard something and I’m not sure if I should tell you.”

Su Xing’er slightly furrowed her brows, looking at Du Rou, her eyes displaying a scrutinizing gaze, and whispered, ”What is it? Just say it directly!”

Though only fifteen years old, in terms of mind and thought, Su Jing’s three brothers couldn’t compare to her. Du Rou’s hesitant expression clearly aimed to indirectly prompt her to ask, something she immediately spotted.

As Su Xing’er took the initiative to inquire, her mind had already dismissed the idea of redeeming Du Rou’s registration—she previously thought Du Rou was simple and kind, but now it appeared she had misjudged.

Unaware of this, Du Rou continued, ”Today, the city’s Law Enforcement Team pursued an escapee to the mansion’s gate. The escapee claimed to be Hu Tiejiang and not only knew the master of the house but also mentioned the young lady’s name.”

Upon hearing this, Su Xing’er was momentarily stunned, then quickly recalled the name Hu Tiejiang, her expression subtly changing.

”Was he injured and also captured by the Law Enforcement Team?”

Seeing Su Xing’er’s change in expression, Du Rou immediately realized that the person indeed knew the young lady, nodded repeatedly, with a look of joy, secretly delighted that she might earn merit.