Nan Feng innocently said, "But this morning, she told me she wanted to shop for clothes here. Could it be she's done shopping and left already? How about this, you come with me to check that tofu pudding stand up front. I remember Auntie Yun really loves their tofu pudding. She might be taking a break to eat some after being tired from shopping."
"Which one?" the leader said, already irate.
Nan Feng replied, "Just follow me."
She was intentionally dragging these people around, buying time for Lin Qiaoyun to hide. This leader had said Lin Qiaoyun signed a deed of sale to their household. Nan Feng knew what that entailed and thought that she could just buy back Lin Qiaoyun's freedom. But she also suspected the matter wasn't so simple.
First off, if it was possible to buy Qiaoyun back, Qiaoyun would tell this to Nan Quanyou. But she didn't, and instead was thinking about escaping. They must be hiding something.