Hong Ye paused and said, "There's no need to be this urgent. You can take your time to investigate, Miss."
With that, she picked up a pen and paper, sat aside, and selected a ledger to peruse.
Cui Ming slowly tidied up the needlework in her hands.
Outside the room, in the courtyard, Gu Jinghui, just stepping onto the covered bridge, halted his steps, hiding his figure in the shadows to avoid being seen by the young maids standing under the corridor.
He also wanted to hear Qin Yuan's response.
Inside the room, Qin Yuan said, "How can I not be anxious? The ledgers are all here now. If I carefully examine them, I can definitely find the errors. The things I want won't just land in my hands."
Gu Jinghui plucked a leaf from a tree, fiddling with it in his hand, his narrow eyes firmly fixed on the window of the main room.
The window screen faintly showed the silhouette of a person moving inside.
