Bai Dalang wanted to call the three, but when he started to speak, he saw Second Miss Cheng standing nearby with a flushed face, so he held back his voice and only nodded, saying, "Okay, you all go back first."
The three of them turned around, exited the alley, led their horses forward for a bit, and when they confirmed that the people in the alley couldn't see them, they immediately abandoned the horses and ran back.
The two guards widened their eyes in disbelief and helped them hold the horses.
The three cautiously ran back near the mouth of the alley, not daring to peek out, sticking close to the wall to listen to the sounds inside.
Second Miss Cheng was very embarrassed, too. She didn't know what was wrong, just that she wanted to personally hand the items to him, but she regretted it when she got to Erhu Street.
Coincidentally, just as she wanted the carriage to turn back, she ran into Bai Dalang, who had just returned with meat pies.
