My rigid, jealous husband has fallen for me, even though I'm a hopeless romantic.

Chapter 180 Foresight

Over drinks, Qian Rong managed to extract most of what he had to say.

The discussions among those around them also reached Gu Peiyan and her companions' ears.

Gu Peiyan and Qian Duoduo silently wrote down their conversation, and then gave Qian Rong a secret signal.

He quickly finished what was in front of him and went upstairs quietly.

Qian Rong understood.

After they left, and about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he pretended to be unable to hold his liquor, and slowly got up to say goodbye to the man: "Brother, you have a good capacity for alcohol. I can't take it anymore and need to go back and rest."

"Go ahead, I didn't expect someone as small as you to be able to drink so much." The man raised his glass to Qian Rong, "If we have the chance to meet again, I'll definitely have another good drink with you."

"Inevitable, inevitable."

Qianrong perfectly mimicked the state of a drunk person, staggering up the stairs while holding onto the handrail.

The waiter, worried that he might fall, went to help him up, but he waved him away, saying, "It's alright, I can walk by myself. You go about your business."

Seeing this scene on the screen, Wei Dongning's eyes widened slightly as she looked at Xiao Wu beside her in disbelief: "I didn't know Qian Rong's acting was so good. If he were in modern times, he would become a powerful actor sooner or later."

Xiao Wu seemed to have a new understanding of Qian Rong: "Indeed, the assistants around a strong person are no pushovers either. Shall we continue watching?"

"Look."

Wei Dongning answered decisively, and the video on the screen continued to play.

Once Qian Rong was sure the people downstairs couldn't see him, he returned to his normal appearance and slipped into Gu Peiyan's room: "Young Master, I'm back."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work. I'll have someone bring you some hangover soup later."

"It's alright, I didn't drink much." Qian Rong said proudly, "That little bit of alcohol is nothing at all."

His drinking capacity is his most impressive skill.

Besides, he was well aware that being drunk could lead to trouble.

Even so, Gu Peiyan was still worried and had the waiter bring up a bowl of hangover soup.

Qian Duoduo gave Qian Rong a thumbs up: "Qian Rong is really amazing."

When Qianrong was chatting with that person, she deliberately guided him, asking him all the questions they wanted to hear.

Otherwise, they might waste a lot of time.

Now that they know so much, their investigation will have a direction when they arrive in Ningcheng.

Qian Rong scratched his head modestly: "I learned it all from my young master."

"No matter what, you deserve all the credit for today. It's getting late, let's get some rest, we need to set off as early as possible tomorrow."

“Alright, we’ll set off tomorrow at 5:00 AM after breakfast,” Gu Peiyan replied.

After a long day of running around, he was exhausted and all he wanted to do was wash up and go to bed as soon as possible.

After everyone left his room, Gu Peiyan finally stopped restraining himself and let out a big yawn.

Yawning is highly contagious.

Even through a screen, Wei Dongning was affected by him and yawned as well.

Clearly, being "infected" has nothing to do with species.

Wei Dongning had just closed her mouth when Xiao Wu followed suit with one too.

Seeing that Gu Peiyan in the video had already fallen asleep, Wei Dongning changed her position while holding Xiao Wu: "Let's not watch anymore. Are there any good variety shows lately? Let's watch for a while and then go to sleep."

"Let me see. There really are some. There are reality shows about couples, celebrity detective shows, and comedy shows about daily life. Which one would you like to watch?"

"Life is funny, isn't it?"

"Got it."

Xiao Wu uploaded a recently popular variety show, and the attention of both the cat and the person was quickly drawn to it.

The only downside is: "It would be great if there were potato chips, spicy strips, and cola right now."

Wei Dongning sighed.

Watching variety shows without eating anything always feels like something's missing.

Turning around, she found Xiao Wu had pulled herself out of the kitten's body: "Xiao Wu, where are you?"

The next moment, Xiao Wu appeared in her mind holding a big bag of snacks: "You said it, now I want to eat those things too."

So, not wanting to treat itself badly, it quickly went and got some food.

"You brat, you're definitely here to be jealous of me."

The things Xiao Wu took were things she could only look at but not eat.

In other words, they're all cyber snacks.

It's true, all my sincere feelings were misplaced!

"Oh, just pretend you're still on a diet." Xiao Wu said, then unscrewed the can of cola and took a big gulp.

The icy drink, mixed with lots of bubbles, went down my throat, followed by a long string of burps.

Xiao Wu was so excited that he shuddered.

Enraged, Wei Dongning hugged the kitten and bit its face twice.

Despite the fighting and commotion, we still have to keep watching the variety shows.

After venting their frustrations, Wei Dongning and Xiao Wu reconciled and watched the entire episode of the variety show together peacefully before finally getting ready to go to sleep, completely satisfied.

If I don't sleep soon, I'll probably have to repeat today's routine again tomorrow.

At dawn the next day, Gu Peiyan and her three companions gathered at a table downstairs, each of them looking very serious.

Qian Duoduo frowned: "Brother Gu, did you hear any noises last night?"

Gu Peiyan's brows were also furrowed: "No. But this morning, I noticed that someone must have been in the room."

"I discovered it too; all the money in my wallet had been stolen."

Even Qian Man, who was the least talkative, nodded in agreement.

Before they set off, he made sure to bring extra silver, but unexpectedly, they were robbed on the very first night.

Qianrong also took out her battle-damaged purse and showed it to everyone, on the verge of tears: "That person not only stole money, but also ruined my purse. Baoxing sewed it for me herself."

He didn't have much money on him to begin with, less than five taels of silver at most, so it was just gone.

But the purse that Bao Xing sewed for him was priceless to him.

"Report it to the authorities," Gu Peiyan said calmly after calculating the time in her mind.

He and Qianrong didn't lose much money, but Qianduoduo lost a considerable amount.

If they could find the thief today, their mission would be accomplished; if not, they could hand the matter over to the magistrate and continue on their way.

After all, the thief didn't notice the silver notes that Wei Dong had hidden inside his clothes.

At this moment, Gu Peiyan couldn't help but feel fortunate.

Fortunately, Wei Dongning had the foresight; otherwise, their journey would have been fraught with difficulties.

"Okay." Qian Duoduo, who had been holding back her anger, naturally agreed with Gu Peiyan's decision wholeheartedly.

After breakfast, the group of people went to the county government office in a grand procession.

Since it wasn't yet time for the county government to open its offices, the magistrate initially had no intention of paying attention to them.

Upon learning of Gu Peiyan and Qian Duoduo's identities, he immediately changed into his official robes and hurriedly came out to greet them: "This humble official greets the two lords. Please come inside."

When Wei Dongning woke up in the morning, she heard Xiao Wu tell her that Gu Peiyan and the others had their money stolen.

The steamed bun in his hand almost fell from his hand in surprise: "Whatever I say comes true, is my mouth blessed or something?"