Fix Smile Order Chapter 21
Translated by Pure
Chapter 21: Evidence
The next day, Tang Tianyuan and Tan Lingyin got together again. Tan Lingyin was thick-skinned and had put the unhappiness of yesterday behind her. She firmly believed that her guess was correct, and she wanted to convince Tang Tianyuan.
Tang Tianyuan thought that it was a possibility. He sent all his people out to inquire about the Qi family's situation. There are some things the involved parties are reluctant to say that others may know. Currently, evidence was needed to further confirm or deny that Qi Hui had voluntarily escaped from home.
Now that they couldn’t think of any more leads, it was better to go out to look around. Tang Tianyuan and Tan Lingyin went to the official road outside the city together. If one wanted to leave Tongling County as soon as possible, this official road was the best choice. This location was very close to Tianmu Mountain. If a murder happened here, Tianmu Mountain was indeed convenient to discard the body.
Next to the official road was a lake, and there were many lotus flowers in the lake. It had rained all night yesterday, so the lotus flowers were in full bloom against the early sunshine. Red, yellow, and white, the flowers scattered high and low, like smiling maidens, waving their waists in the breeze, greeting the pedestrians.
Tan Lingyin stood in the shade of the tree, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said intoxicatedly, "This should be the meaning of 'The lotus wind fragrance'."
Tang Tianyuan's eyes fell by her feet, there was a snake coiled by her side. Snakes were sensitive to heat, and were probably hiding during these past few days. The weather had finally cooled off, so they came out to take a breath.
The snake quickly spotted Tan Lingyin, it spread out its entrenched body, laying low on the ground while flicking its tongue. It was watching Tan Lingyin with vigilance.
"Tan Lingyin, don't move." Tang Tianyuan whispered.
"Ah?" Tan Lingyin was surprised, she made a wrong step unconsciously, and stepped on the snake's head under her feet.
Snake: "…"
Even if he didn't like this person, Tang Tianyuan had to admit that Tan Lingyin was a heroine among the women.
The snake was not willing to resign like this, so it tightened its body and twisted around Tan Lingyin's foot.
Tan Lingyin lowered her head and saw the snake on her foot. She was so frightened that she screamed strangely. She frantically called out, “Snake! Snake! Snake!” Tan Lingyin swung her foot hard many times, but to no avail. In desperation, she ran around. The ground was littered with water and moss, and it was very slippery. Tan Lingyin wasn’t careful and slipped; whoosh, plop, and splash!
There was a big splash of water on the lake.
It turned out that the girl was just slow to respond. Tang Tianyuan stood on the shore. He watched her splash around, but quickly started sinking. His heart sank, and he hurriedly dived into the lake to save her.
Tan Lingyin had already fainted by the time Tang Tianyuan had bought her upshore. He made her vomit out water, but she still hadn't woken up.
Did he have to give her mouth to mouth?... Tang Tianyuan felt awkward.
Although reluctant, a human life is at stake, and it is impossible to ignore those in mortal danger. So Tang Tianyuan pinched Tan Lingyin's nose and slowly lowered his head.
Puff--!
A stream of water hit him in the face. Tang Tianyuan couldn't dodge in time because they were too close. This felt as if someone had thrown a bowl of herbal tea on his head. Tang Tianyuan suspected that Tan Lingyin reserved this saliva, just to spray him.
Tan Lingyin opened her eyes and saw the county magistrate staring expressionlessly at her face, and she seemed to hear him clenching his teeth.
"What are you doing?!"
Tang Tianyuan sat back and replied, "I saved you."
"Oh, thank you. Actually, I can swim. The snake on my foot caused me to panic." Tan Lingyin said, sat up, only then did she realize that she seemed to be holding something in her hand.
Well, drowning people always instinctively grab things, that's normal. But what she was holding was a bag.
Tang Tianyuan only paid attention to Tan Lingyin's life, and didn't pay attention to other things, and so he also only noticed the bag now.
Tan Lingyin was very pleasantly surprised, "Aiya, isn't this a gift from the Water Dragon King? It must be because I have accumulated too many virtues and good deeds, so he wanted to give me a gift!"
Tang Tianyuan quietly retorted, "The Dragon King must be blind."
Tan Lingyin was in a good mood, so she ignored him. She excitedly opened the bag and saw several gold bricks, multiple soaked silver notes, and several pieces of gold jewelry inside. Tan Lingyin's eyes widened with shock.
Tang Tianyuan picked up a golden hairpin, looked at it carefully, and suddenly smiled, "A constant search will bear no fruit, but one may find it by fluke."