Hidden Marriage, Overbearing Love: Mr! Please Let Me Go

Chapter 1054 - 1058: Forbidden Zone

It was those haunting shadows again. Xia Qingqian shivered and turned to look at the bodyguards approaching her, saying softly, "No, I’m just wandering..." Her smile was forced, and her tone lacked authority, evidently guilty."This is a forbidden area. The Young Master ordered that no one should approach it. Miss Xia, you should leave as soon as possible." The head bodyguard spoke faintly, his gaze moving past Xia Qingqian to the forest behind her before resting on her.

Xia Qingqian looked at the bodyguards in front of her and quickly nodded, "Yes, I’ll leave right away."

What’s so mysterious about this? Maria said it’s a forbidden area, the madam’s forbidden area, and no one is allowed in. She thought, there must be someone who can give her answers.

Thinking of this, she smiled and quickly walked towards the house, knocking on Uncle Quan’s study door, "Uncle Quan, may I come in?"

Uncle Quan, who was bending over practicing calligraphy, heard the knock and replied, "Come in." Watching Xia Qingqian push the door open, he set down his brush and left the desk, offering Xia Qingqian a seat on the sofa beside him, "Girl, do you need something?"

Xia Qingqian glanced at the rice paper on the table and asked with a smile, "Uncle Quan, am I interrupting your practice?"

"Haha, I do this to pass the time, avoiding dementia from sitting around all day. Painting helps clear one’s mind and ponder life seriously. Although there’s not much to ponder about my life," Uncle Quan chuckled, dressed in traditional attire, his neatly combed white hair resembling a wise elder.

"Girl, is there something you need from me?" Uncle Quan returned to the point, brewed a cup of tea, and handed it to Xia Qingqian, "See if I can help you with anything."

"Thank you!" Xia Qingqian accepted the teacup from Uncle Quan with both hands, took a sip, and pondered aloud, "Uncle Quan, why has that forest become a forbidden area?" Before Uncle Quan, she always asked questions directly, never holding them back.

Uncle Quan responded with a long ’hm’, settled back onto the sofa, and after contemplating for a while, said, "Girl, how about a trade with Uncle Quan?"

Xia Qingqian, as if fueled with excitement, widened her eyes and stared at Uncle Quan, asking with a smile, "Uncle Quan, what are you talking about?!" A trade? Did she hear wrong? How did their conversation about the forbidden area shift to trade?

"Don’t you want to know the secret of the forbidden area? Wouldn’t that be better than seeing it yourself?"

Xia Qingqian blinked, thinking she misheard, pointing at herself, "Uncle Quan, did you say I should go see the forbidden area myself? But isn’t it forbidden? How could anyone just go in?"

If entry was casual, the bodyguards wouldn’t have shown her such stern faces. Was Uncle Quan confused? Why was Uncle Quan the only one encouraging her to visit the forbidden area? If Beitang Yao found out, wouldn’t she be doomed?

"Indeed, it is a forbidden area, but I have a way to let you in," Uncle Quan said mysteriously.

"Uncle Quan, what do I need to trade with you for you to let me into the forbidden area?" Xia Qingqian, not overthinking, considering she could recover someone’s belongings. If, in the future, she met that eccentric person to return their most important item and she couldn’t deliver, it would lead to much trouble. Besides, the most important item of that person was supposedly the Young Master’s inferior diamond ring.