Xiao Yanzheng turned back, puzzled, and looked into the room, tilting his head as if deep in thought. Xiqiu and Tong Xiyan paused outside the courtyard near the soft sedan chair and said to Xiao Yanzheng, "Second Miss, you'd better go back. We'll take the soft sedan chair home."
"Alright, I won't escort you then." Saying this absentmindedly, he turned and entered the alley leading to his own courtyard. Xiqiu and Tong Xiyan got into their respective sedan chairs and returned to Tong Xihua's courtyard.
As soon as they entered the door, Qiuping seemed to have been waiting for them at the entrance, greeted them with a smile: "The Second Madam said she's feeling a bit unwell, so she won't be dining with the two misses tonight!"
Tong Xiyan asked nervously, "Is sister unwell? Where is she unwell? Did you call the doctor?"
