Nanny Qi lived in a separate side room behind the Side Hall. It was not very close to the Side Hall, but it was closer to the Main Hall than the Side Hall was, originally for the convenience of the master of the Main Hall to summon her.
Lian Hua, accompanied by Xiao Qing, walked toward the side room.
At that time, the courtyard was silent. Xiao Jizi and the others must have known her routine and were not walking around in the courtyard.
When they reached the door of Nanny Qi's room, Lian Hua saw a rattan whip and uttered a surprised, "Huh."
This rattan was long and thick, made of a bunch of dry vines bound together, stiff like a stick and not the flexible kind. It even had some thorns and looked very familiar.
Wasn't this the very whip that Pang Ya had used to scare Xiao Jizi and the others?!