After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 316: An Unexpected Joy

Lin Rusi had no idea which pharmacy the person behind it all would go to.

So after much deliberation, she and Su Xiangqing chose the largest pharmacy in the city and waited attentively all day, but they did not find any suspicious people.

At night, everyone remained huddled in the inn, too afraid to go out.

Li Jingyang and Ye Ruoruo went up the mountain to collect herbs, but there was no news of them. Even by nightfall, they were still nowhere to be seen.

Lin Rusi was not worried about this.

If even those skilled enough to be in danger, the people of this city, who usually just keep their doors closed, would have been massacred long ago.

Fortunately, the pharmacies were still closed late at night, so even if the mysterious man came, he couldn't buy any medicine, so he wasn't worried about it affecting his business.

The next morning, Lin Rusi and her friends got up before dawn and eagerly went to stake out the herbal medicine shops, even before the shops opened.

By noon, the mysterious man still hadn't appeared; instead, Ye Ruoruo returned from the mountain.

Lin Rusi looked behind her curiously: "Why is it only you who came back? Where are the others?"

Speaking of this, Ye Ruoruo's face fell: "Those guys are despicable and shameless. They promised to take me with them, but it turns out they just wanted me to identify some medicinal herbs."

"As soon as I identified all the medicinal herbs, they kicked me off the mountain."

Ye Ruoruo gritted her teeth as she said this: "I wanted to see what kind of wild animals were in those mountains, but now that's all gone."

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi couldn't help but burst out laughing, expressing deep sympathy for Ye Ruoruo, who was just a tool.

Seeing this, Ye Ruoruo made a face and squeezed closer to the two of them in a huff: "Make way, how about it? What did you find here?"

"No."

"no!"

Without a second thought, the two spoke in unison.

Thinking of this, Lin Rusi couldn't help but sigh.

Ye Ruoruo instantly felt better: "I didn't expect that after rushing down from the mountain, I would still be able to catch up with the mysterious person."

The three of them exchanged a glance, all feeling helpless.

I'm just destined to be a workaholic; I can't believe I ran into this while traveling.

And they squatted there until nightfall.

Lin Rusi and the others heeded Li Jingyang's orders and stayed in the inn that night.

But Ye Ruoruo was different. She had enough self-defense capabilities at night and carried plenty of medicine, so she became more energetic as it got darker.

Lin Ruosi was worried because Ye Ruoruo was alone that night.

But Ye Ruoruo wouldn't listen to advice, so she had no choice but to hand over two bamboo tubes to her.

"Take these two things. If anything happens, let us know."

She explained carefully, afraid of missing anything: "This blue tube is a distress signal, and the other one is a non-distress signal. If anything happens, be sure to tell us immediately, and I will get there as quickly as possible."

Ye Ruoruo readily agreed, stuffed the two bamboo tubes into her bosom, and then picked up her bags and prepared to leave.

Lin Rusi couldn't help but feel worried about this, so although she didn't go out, she asked the innkeeper to book an extra room.

That room was in another corner of the inn, opposite her current room, one to the south and one to the north. With the window open, she could see a general view of both sides of the city.

Tonight, the city seems to be unusually noisy, with crowds of people and constant sounds.

Before leaving today, Ye Ruoruo specifically told Lin Rusi the direction she would be going, and Lin Rusi and Su Xiangqing then quietly observed from the newly opened room.

To her surprise, only a short time had passed when a beautiful blue firework burst into the sky.

"It's Ruoruo's signal!"

Lin Rusi suddenly stood up and looked in the direction where the fireworks had just started.

Absolutely right, it was one of the two signal flares she gave Ye Ruoruo.

"Great, it wasn't the one that called for help."

When she could see the exact shape of the fireworks, Lin Rusi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Su Xiangqing, who was obediently standing to the side: "Qingqing, you wait here, I'll be right back."

Su Xiangqing originally wanted to follow Lin Rusi, but upon hearing her words, she subconsciously pushed open the window.

She looked up at the solemn Lin Rusi, knowing that she was not planning to go through the door and that her going would only be a burden, so she gave up her plan to go with her: "Asi, you must be careful. I'll wait for you to come back here."

Lin Rusi nodded emphatically to reassure her, then pushed open the window and carefully climbed out.

Her skills were no match for those of Li Jingyang's guards; a small second-floor window was no problem for her.

After leaving the room, she didn't go downstairs. Instead, she carefully followed the direction of the signal flare along the rooftop.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance of the pharmacy where the two had been staking out during the day.

Several people were lying dead in front of the pharmacy; judging from the rise and fall of their chests, they should still be alive.

"Ruoruo?"

Seeing that no one was around, Lin Rusi called out softly.

Suddenly, the door of the pharmacy opened, and Ye Ruoruo poked her head out and cautiously waved to her: "Asi, come quickly."

Seeing that she was safe and sound, Lin Rusi breathed a sigh of relief, quickly jumped off the roof, and darted into the pharmacy.

Ye Ruoruo closed the door instantly and breathed a sigh of relief: "You're really lucky. There were no patients outside when you came."

"What are those things lying on the ground outside?" Lin Rusi pointed in the direction of the door.

"The patient I knocked unconscious."

Ye Ruoruo's seemingly casual reply stirred up a storm in Lin Rusi's heart.

Everyone was at a loss with these patients, but Ye Ruoruo had only been there for a few days and had already developed a drug that could make them faint.

"And what about these?"

Lin Rusi looked around the pharmacy and saw that there were people lying all over the floor.

Counting them up, there are five.

"Them? They're not patients."

Upon hearing her mention these people, Ye Ruoruo's face flashed with barely concealed excitement: "If I'm not mistaken, these people should be the masterminds behind this."

"what?"

Lin Rusi felt that the surprises she had received in this short period of time were more than all the surprises she had received in the previous month combined.

What a coincidence!

"How could it be fake? I, Ye Ruoruo, have always been very capable in getting things done."

As Ye Ruoruo spoke, she casually kicked one of them.

Lin Rusi clearly noticed that the man was actually awake, but he was pretending to be dead. He was kicked and grimaced, but he didn't utter a sound.

"How do you know they are the mysterious people behind it all?" Lin Rusi asked suspiciously.

They'd been waiting for so long without finding her, and it had only just gotten dark. Ye Ruoruo had only been out for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and they'd already run into her?

Lin Rusi felt a sudden sense of loss wash over her.

"These guys are up to no good, sneaking into this pharmacy in the middle of the night."

Ye Ruoruo casually kicked again: "I was wondering which thief was so bold as to steal something when he was fearless, and then just knocked him down."

"We were originally planning to hand them over to the authorities, but after casually checking their belongings, we found exactly the medicinal herbs we needed," Ye Ruoruo said, pointing to a corner.