Chapter 1923: Why Hasn't Chen Bing Slimmed Down? (Patreon)

Chapter 1923: Why Hasn't Chen Bing Slimmed Down?

Shu Yu was reluctant to see them go, especially when she noticed her father packing his belongings. She sighed softly.

Lu Erbai patted her head and said, "Take care of yourself. Once the shop here stabilizes, come home early. Your mother and the others miss you."

"Alright."

"Don't worry about the shop's renovation. He Gong is skilled, and the shop is already taking shape these days. It won't be long before we can open for business."

That evening, the whole family sat in the inn's backyard and had a meal together, then went to bed early.

The next morning, Grandma Lu and the rest of the group prepared to depart.

There were six people traveling together: Grandma Lu, Grandma Fang, Lu Erbai, Lu Sanzhu, Yuan Gui, and Hua Xian.

In addition, there was a group of escorts, as well as Meng Pei.

Shu Yu had been surprised to see him yesterday, thinking that Meng Pei would be accompanying them back to Dong'an Prefecture.

However, Meng Pei explained that he was going to Tianning County's Quansheng Escort Agency in Huajiang Prefecture. The Quansheng Escort Agency had been rebuilt under Yanbo's supervision after it was destroyed.

But the incident with the Xuan Yuan Sword still troubled Meng Pei. The sword had nearly cost Meng Xiaoshu his life at the hands of Jiang Kuanyu, and Tao Feili had also lost his life because of it.

Meng Pei had mentioned previously that he wanted to dig up the Xuan Yuan Sword from the ground and give it to the appropriate person to prevent any more disasters for the Meng family. In addition, he wanted to investigate whether there were any clues regarding the person who had tried to buy their old escort agency. He couldn't help but feel uneasy until he solved this mystery.

So he would travel with the Lu family for part of the journey and then part ways when they reached Huajiang Prefecture.

Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng, along with others, saw the old lady and her group off at the city gate. The old lady instructed them, "Listen to your older sister and Big Brother Meng, go everywhere together, don't get separated, understand? Take Ying Dong with you, and don't cause any trouble."

"We understand, Grandma," Da Bao replied impatiently.

Grandma Lu picked up a small cloth doll from the carriage and threw it at him, hitting him on the head. "Especially you, behave yourself."

Da Bao looked wronged and turned to his father, who just averted his head, avoiding getting involved in the dispute.

Grandma Lu had more to say, but in the end, she sighed and told Shu Yu, "Alright, you can go back now. We're leaving."

Lu Erbai tightened the reins in front, but suddenly stopped and exclaimed, "What's going on, Second Brother?"

Lu Erbai pointed ahead and said, "There's a group of official escorts with prisoners leaving the city. I thought I saw... Chen Bing."

"Chen Bing? Where?" Everyone turned their heads to look at the group of prisoners.

Lu Erbai rubbed his eyes, having caught a glimpse by chance earlier. But now, when he tried to identify the person carefully, he couldn't find him.

This group of prisoners consisted of more than twenty people, all shackled and dirty. When they lowered their heads, it was impossible to tell who was who.

However, as the group was about to pass by them, Shu Yu, with her keen eyes, managed to spot him. "The fifth one on the left, that's definitely Chen Bing. It seems today is the day they are being exiled."

Everyone's gaze focused on that person.

"He deserves it," Grandma Lu coldly snorted. But then she frowned and observed Chen Bing closely. "How can he look like he hasn't lost any weight at all after being locked up for over half a month?"