Early the next morning, Jian Xingshang walked out of the room with a pair of dark circles under his eyes. Qian Shengxue, who had gotten up early and passed by the door, saw him and asked with concern: "You didn't rest last night, okay? Why do you look so tired?"
Jian Xingshang rubbed his brows tiredly, "It's okay, it's rare to see Miss Qian Sheng get up so early today, but what's the matter?"
Qian Shengxue motioned for him to look at her hand. It was the breakfast she made specially when she got up early today, and she wanted to share it with her Xi'er.
"Did you do this? It's really hard work. Go quickly and don't be cold." Jian Xingshang made way for Qian Shengxue as he spoke.
Qian Shengxue carried the food box to Xi Duanhong's yard. Xi Duanhong happened to finish dressing up and saw Qian Shengxue coming when he came out. He immediately stepped forward to hold Qian Shengxue in his arms and said, "Xue'er, what's in the box?" It’s something delicious, it smells so good, I’m almost hungry.”
"These are various kinds of thin porridge and some side dishes I made." Qian Shengxue opened the food box, and the aroma immediately hit her nostrils, "Xi'er, I see that you haven't eaten much in the past few days, so I specially prepared this for you today. It’s made, try it quickly.”
"Um."
Xi Duanhong looked at the bowl and picked out a bowl of fine porridge sprinkled with osmanthus. He took a bite and felt the fragrance of osmanthus in his mouth. It was neither salty nor bland and it was also served with various fruits. "Yeah!" Xi Duanhong took a bite. Hong's eyes flashed, "It's delicious. Xue'er, your cooking is very good."
Seeing her eating so happily, Qian Shengxue also happily sat down and ate together, "If it tastes good, eat more. These tastes are different. Try them all. I will often make whichever one you like." you eat."
"Wow, Xue'er, you're so nice."
The two of them were walking in the garden after breakfast. Qian Shengxue suddenly remembered something, "I met Mr. Jian when I came here this morning. It looked like he didn't sleep well last night. You guys are always too busy to get away. I’m the only one who’s free.”
Xi Duanhong took Qian Shengxue's hand and said, "Xue'er, you are our God of Wealth. How can I make you tired? But I'll go check on Ah Sui later. Don't be burdened."
Qian Shengxue didn't say anything. She and her cleverness just pretended not to understand anything in their eyes.
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When Xi Duanhong saw Jian Xingshang, he carefully observed him. He really thought that Qian Shengxue said that he didn't have a good rest last night, but she didn't know what to say.
"Did you hear everything I just said?" Jian Xingshang saw that she was staring at him and subconsciously cleared his throat, raised his hand and flicked Xi Duanhong's forehead, "What's wrong with you today? Is there anything wrong with you being on me all the time?”
Xi Duanhong covered his forehead and muttered: "It's okay, I heard what you just said."
Jian Xingshang helplessly raised his forehead and shook his head, "It's good that you heard it. Remember not to act rashly. When you have time to go to Jia Ping's house, take Miss Qian Sheng with you. She will be your best helper."
Xi Duanhong said displeased: "Why, Xue'er can't be so public. Her identity is just my friend. This is related to the personnel affairs of the DPRK and she cannot be involved. This is my bottom line."
"I knew you would say that," Jian Xingshang handed a letter to Xi Duanhong, "Read it for yourself. This is from Dongli."
Hearing this, Xi Duanhong opened the envelope with uneasiness. When she saw the whole person, everyone stayed where they were. It took a long time to realize, "If they do this, Xue'er will not go with them."
"It's natural, but how do you want to keep her? You should know that you can't keep her just because she is your friend. I let her stay with you just so that she can stay legitimately."
Xi Duanhong looked at the letter in his hand and clenched his hands tightly, "I won't let her be taken away. I'll take care of both things. Don't reveal the information to her."
"How can you have both? That's all. I'll just do it for you." Although Jian Xingshang wasn't very optimistic about her idea, he still wanted to make it happen.
"Ah Sui, do you think Jia Ping will meet me if I break into Jia's house at night?"
"Okay, it's all in vain. You want to break in at night. How can you break in with your own strength? How can you get away if he accuses you of treason? You have already committed a crime and you still want to cause trouble for yourself. ?”
Xi Duanhong lowered his head and looked at himself: When did I become powerless? By the way, he was taken away at that time. Naturally, I don’t know what I learned later. “Ah Sui, don’t be too one-sided in looking at people. I decided to go to his Jia’s house tonight to find out the truth. As for what you said, I have I've already committed one crime, so I'm not afraid of more. I can come and go freely, who can stop me?"
Jian Xingshang was really speechless with his fearless appearance. Behind him, Ting Yu and Ding Xue came up and handed over an invitation, "Miss, someone came to send an invitation outside the door. The person who came said that he was sent by Xu Feng. I would like to invite you, Miss, to visit the Xu family."
Xi Duanhong and Jian Xingshang looked at each other, "Why did the Xu family come to their door? They really know how to pick the right time."
"If you don't want to go, just refuse."
Xi Duanhong interrupted him with a wave of his hand. His eyes were full of joking. He took the invitation from Ting Xue and opened it and looked through it. "Go, why don't you go? The Xu family is the number one in Jiangnan. If you don't go, wouldn't you be beating someone up?" His face? Not to mention that there will be many places to deal with the Xu family in the future."
Tingyu and Dingxue looked at each other, "Then let's arrange the carriage now?"
"Go ahead, Ting Yu, go and ask Zhou Xu to accompany you."
The two of them followed the order. Jian Xingshang came to Xi Duanhong and glanced at the invitation in her hand. "This looks like a Hongmen Banquet. Is there any festival between the Xu family and you?"
"How do I know? It's probably because I robbed their trade. It's normal for people to want to embarrass me if I cut off their financial resources. Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. Wait until I come back." Xi Duanhong stuffed the invitation in his hand as he spoke. Once in Jian Xingshang's hands, he left without looking back.
Jian Xingshang stood there and looked at the invitation in his hand. The next moment, someone took the invitation and put an arm on his shoulder. A familiar voice sounded in his ears, "What is this stinky girl thinking? Don't stop me." For a moment?"
Jian Xingshang was not angry and swatted the future man's hand away, "Stop? No one who can stop her is here in Kyoto, but why don't you leave and still want to stay here?"
Yan Yang smiled maliciously and put the invitation on the table, pulled Jian Xingshang up and walked out, "Didn't I just say that the smelly girl went to the Xu family? I know you are worried about her, so I will take you there to have a look."
"Not going."
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Xi Duanhong was sitting on the carriage. It was not far from Xi Xue's Mansion to Xu's house across South Street. Zhou Xu was driving with Ting Yu and Ting Xue.
Ting Yu asked curiously: "Miss, we can actually refuse, why do we come?"
"I told you when we were in the mansion just now that the Xu family can be regarded as the largest family in Jiangnan. Before we came here, they had a lot of goods in their hands. It would be fine if we intervened in this family without directly blocking the door. , and besides, they specially sent someone to deliver the post, so if we reject it directly, it would seem that we are too arrogant."
The two looked at each other without saying anything. Xi Duanhong suddenly remembered something and looked at Ting Yu and Ding Xue, their eyes narrowed slightly, "How are you two's martial arts?"
The two of them were a little confused but still answered, "Barely, just average."
The anger in Xi Duanhong's eyes flashed, but for just a moment, Ting Yu and Ting Xue knew in their hearts that the young lady was angry. The two of them quickly lowered their heads and changed their words, "My subordinate Ting Yu is a bloodthirsty deputy commander." , in terms of rank, my subordinates are above and below the sixth rank."
"My subordinate Ting Xue is the descendant of Yao Lao from the Medicine Pavilion. He is good at pharmacology and martial arts and is above the seventh level."
Hearing this, Xi Duanhong blinked innocently and looked at the two of them with a smile, "What about the other six people? How are they?"
"Miss Hui, Meier is above the fifth grade, Tong, Shisan, and Yifan are at the sixth grade and close to the fifth grade, and Shifeng Shifeng is around the sixth grade."
Xi Duanhong nodded and suddenly said, "What rank is your master?"
Ting Xue said excitedly, "The master's rank is at least the first rank. There are only ten Potian masters in this world. It is said that there are only three in our Daqi. The master is one and one of the other two is Chen." The elder doesn’t know about the third subordinate.”
"Yes, Miss, and there is no intersection between the masters, so there is no way to know."
It was extremely quiet in the car for a while, until the carriage stopped
"Miss, Xu Mansion has arrived." Zhou Xu said outside the carriage.
Xi Duanhong straightened his clothes and got out of the carriage: Xu family, here I come.
