TFWYH – Chapter 369 Running Around

Tang Wan looked at her speechlessly and deliberately lowered her voice: “It’s me!”

Ye Shi froze at that voice and tentatively asked, “Master?”

“Mm!” Tang Wan nodded. “What are you doing here? And the others?”

Ye Shi relaxed her stance, staring at Tang Wan in astonishment. She clearly hadn’t yet processed the fact that their male master had turned into a female master.

No wonder — whenever Tang Wan visited the courtyard before, she was always in disguise. But now, appearing as her true self, how could the Ye siblings recognize her?

Tang Wan walked up to her and waved her hand in front of her: “What’s the matter?”

“Uh… nothing.” Ye Shi quickly looked away, embarrassed. “I just… didn’t expect that you, the master, are a woman, and… cough cough… so pretty!”

Tang Wan raised an eyebrow. “I never said I was a man.”

Ye Shi: …

Technically true, but she always dressed in men’s clothing and even altered her appearance!

Ah, forget it — that didn’t matter. Whether male or female, she was still their master.

Ye Shi quickly adjusted her mindset and began reporting seriously: “Sister Yuan Yuan is upstairs, and all the other girls are there too. The male master asked us to protect Miss Yuan Yuan, so that’s why we came.”

Tang Wan nodded and stepped inside, muttering, “Why were you so fierce when you first saw me?”

Ye Shi frowned. “I wasn’t fierce. It’s just that these past couple of days, with the land tremors, a lot of civilians broke into Qingyuan Yashe trying to steal things. You don’t know, but my brothers and sisters have already thrown out several people. Now they’re all guarding other parts of Qingyuan Yashe, and I’m watching this spot.”

“Then keep guarding here. I’ll go find Yuan Yuan myself!” Tang Wan waved her hand, not letting Ye Shi follow.

Ye Shi obediently nodded and continued guarding the back courtyard.

Tang Wan made her way to the fourth floor. Qingyuan Yashe was quiet, almost deserted; every girl was hiding in her own room, clearly following Yuan Yuan’s instructions.

Little did she know, at that very moment, both Aunt Hong and Yuan Yuan were worried.

With the land tremors over the past couple of days and so many mouths to feed in Qingyuan Yashe, the food supplies upstairs were running low — at most enough to last one more day.

They had to find a way to get more food.

Just then, Tang Wan arrived.

Mother and daughter were overjoyed to see her and hurriedly invited her in.

“Why did you come? It’s so dangerous outside, how can you be wandering around?” Yuan Yuan said, half happy, half worried.

Aunt Hong quickly added, “Exactly! You have no idea — the people outside have gone crazy. Many have no home and no food, so they’re running into our brothel, trying to steal. Luckily, Ye Yi and the others are here, otherwise, with just the few old eunuchs in the building, we wouldn’t have been able to handle it. Next door at Qunfangyuan, everything got stolen — the madam there cried all night. It was terrifying.”

“No ordinary person can touch me. Don’t worry.” Tang Wan sat down and poured herself a cup of tea, taking a big sip before continuing: “With Ye Yi and the others here, I’m at ease. Sir Su has been very responsible — he already sent a message to the capital via pigeon, and will soon issue official regulations.”

Hearing this, mother and daughter finally exhaled in relief.

Aunt Hong said, “That’s good… thankfully, Young Master Yu was so farsighted, having us reinforce Qingyuan Yashe when we repaired it, otherwise we would have been buried alive. Judging by the chaos outside… so many people just gone in an instant.”

Tang Wan thought to herself, No wonder Lady Ling trusted Ye Yi and the others enough to send them here.