Not long after breakfast, the nursing staff had to practice morning exercises. Of course, Xu Qingchen didn't need to practice together. Kung fu such as horse stance, kicking, and stone rolling were too childish for him, and it was useless to practice them. But Zhang Tou assigned him other tasks and asked him to guide other nursing homes. The other nursing homes privately called him Xu Ertou.
Xu Qingchen was supervising the nursing staff's practice when he felt someone poked him in the back. When he turned around, he saw Yao Xinxin standing behind him, smiling sweetly.
"Miss, is something wrong?"
Yao Xinxin replied: "My father asked you to come over."
Xu Qingchen did not dare to neglect when the head of the family explained the matter and followed Yao Xinxin to see Boss Yao. In fact, Boss Yao arranged for someone to call him Xu Qingchen, but that person was stopped halfway by Yao Xinxin.
At this time, Boss Yao was drinking tea in the lobby. Seeing Xu Qingchen come in, he smiled and said, "Qingchen, are you busy this morning?"
Xu Qingchen replied: "I'm not busy. It's been quite relaxing these days."
"This is why I asked you to come. In the next few days, during the August Festival, I have to give a gift to Xinxin's grandpa. I have a lot of things to do here, so I can't leave. In the afternoon, you take a few people with you and your wife and young lady to visit her. Grandma’s house, you can escort them back tomorrow.”
This was Xu Qingchen's responsibility. He clasped his fists and said, "We must bring the madam and young lady back safely."
Boss Yao smiled and said, "I trust your skills. Pack up quickly. We will set off after lunch."
It's not far from my father-in-law's house. The road is peaceful and there's no chance of anything happening. Anyone can escort me. But Boss Yao has a plan. Since his daughter likes this boy, it’s better to let the two of them have more contact.
Yao Xinxin listened to the conversation between her father and Xu Qingchen outside the lobby, feeling secretly happy that she now had the opportunity to be alone with her brother Qingchen.
Not only Boss Yao and his wife could tell that Miss Yao liked Xu Qingchen, but everyone else in the Yao family knew about it, except Xu Qingchen and Yao Chongshun. Yao Chongshun was carefree emotionally and never paid attention to these things, while Xu Qingchen simply thought Miss Yao was cute and had no other ideas. After all, his current goal is to do his job well and save some money... although he doesn't know what to do with the money.
After lunch, Xu Qingchen personally ordered twenty people, and the Yao family's motorcade set off toward Boss Yao's father-in-law's house. Boss Yao has always been generous, and the gift he gave his father-in-law was even more generous, including five carriages. The land of Runan was relatively peaceful, but with so many expensive gifts and his own wife and daughter, he felt uneasy if he didn't find a few more people to protect him.
The road was very peaceful, and Xu Qingchen rode a horse to protect the carriage of the madam and the eldest lady.
Every once in a while, Yao Xinxin would open the curtains and say a few words to Xu Qingchen. It wasn't anything important, it was just that the family was neither prosperous nor short-lived. But every time she couldn't say a few words, Mrs. Yao would pinch her daughter gently to ask her to pay attention to her status as a lady.
Mrs. Yao hadn't spoken much to Xu Qingchen, but listening to his conversation with her daughter, it seemed that the child knew how to speak appropriately. Mrs. Yao nodded secretly, this child, okay.
Arriving at Boss Yao's father-in-law's house, Xu Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing happened on the way, that's good.
Boss Yao's father-in-law was also from a wealthy family. Seeing that his uncle had given so many gifts, the old man was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. When he saw his daughter and granddaughter coming, the old man's face blossomed with joy. Before dinner, I gave each of the nursing staff who came with me a red envelope. The red envelope was very generous.
After dinner, the madam and the eldest lady had already rested. Xu Qingchen couldn't sleep and wandered around the courtyard alone. While walking, I saw a light pink figure jumping towards me like a deer.
It’s my eldest lady, Yao Xinxin.
"Brother Qingchen, are you awake?" She asked knowingly. All the maids in the house knew that Xu Qingchen slept very late.
Xu Qingchen replied: "Not yet, Miss, you haven't slept either?"
Yao Xinxin said embarrassedly: "I don't know the bed, I can't sleep."
Xu Qingchen felt that talking to his young lady in the courtyard this late at night would have a bad influence. Although my eldest lady doesn't care much about this, this is her grandpa's house after all. It would be bad if someone saw her. If word spread, it would affect the girl's reputation. So he wanted to persuade Yao Xinxin to go back and rest early, but this girl had no intention of resting at all.
"Brother Qingchen, can I ask you a question?"
"What do you want to ask?"
Yao Xinxin was a little nervous, lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers. After a long time, she asked timidly: "That's it, that's it, do you have a sweetheart?"
Xu Qingchen was stunned for a moment, thinking that he should have started a family long ago at his age. After staying in the mountains for more than ten years, there were no elders around to urge him when he came down from the mountains. Naturally, he never thought about finding a sweetheart.
He thought for a moment and replied: "No."
"Then, will you find one?"
Xu Qingchen smiled and said, "Anyone can find one, right?"
"What are you looking for?"
Xu Qingchen looked up at the sky and replied: "Someone with a better temperament, neither tall nor short, it doesn't matter if he looks good or not."
Yao Xinxin asked hurriedly: "What if a girl who is good-looking, has a good temper, but is a little willful likes you?"
After Yao Xinxin said this, she regretted it. She said it as soon as her head was hot and she didn't think about it at all.
Xu Qingchen was not a fool, so he naturally heard the overtones of the words. Thinking about the fact that the eldest lady had been chatting with him these past few months when she had nothing to do... Xu Qingchen did not dare to think further. He knew that the status of the two was very different. Yao Xinxin is very good, very beautiful, and has a pleasant temperament. Boss Yao is a nice person, but will he marry his daughter to a servant?
Xu Qingchen felt that he could not continue chatting, as if he continued chatting, he might delay the eldest lady.
He hurriedly said: "Miss, it's getting late. Go back and rest early."
Xu Qingchen didn't answer this "girl risking her face" question at all, which made Yao Xinxin very disappointed. After all, she was a sixteen-year-old girl with simple emotions. Her happiness and sadness were all written on her face. The little face was red and the circles under the eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.
"Oh..." Yao Xinxin replied, "Brother Qingchen, you should also go to bed early."
After saying that, he walked to his bedroom in despair.
Xu Qingchen looked at Yao Xinxin's leaving figure and let out a long breath.
When he was ugly, outside the door of Yao's house, several pairs of eyes stared at Yao's house.
A deep male voice said: "Have you touched it clearly?"
Someone replied: "It's clear."
"Let's start in half an hour, let the brothers recruit their talents and show their talents."
"Chief," someone asked, "Mrs. Yao and the eldest daughter are not here."
"It's okay, they are not on the list."
It was late at night, and there was only the sound of the watchmen's bangs in the streets. The wind blew, and bloody murderous intent surrounded the entire Yao Mansion.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Yao and Miss Yao set off back to Runan. Mrs. Yao bid farewell to her father in tears, and the Yao family's motorcade set off on its way home.
The weather is not good today, it's cloudy and a bit hot. Xu Qingchen still rode beside the carriage of his wife and the eldest lady. However, unlike yesterday, the eldest lady did not open the curtains to talk to him from time to time.
Xu Qingchen thought it would be good to let the little girl give up this idea early, so as not to delay it for a long time, which would be bad for everyone.
Mrs. Yao was a little angry in the carriage. Looking at her daughter's red and swollen eyes, she must have cried last night. I don’t know what this Xu Qingchen said to his daughter, which made her unhappy. I must tell my man clearly when I go back. This Xu Qingchen is so ungrateful that he dares to refuse his daughter’s kindness. Therefore, Mrs. Yao had never looked at Xu Qingchen seriously since she left home in the morning.
The convoy had been walking for a long time, and Xu Qingchen saw a horse running towards them from a distance. It was only when I got closer that I could see clearly that there was a person on the horse, but the person was lying on the horse, so he was far away and couldn't see it.
Xu Qingchen was shocked when he saw the person on the horse. The person was wearing the clothes of the Yao Family Nursing Home, which was nothing, but the person was covered in blood. Xu Qingchen hurriedly waved to stop and ran over to check the man's injuries.
When he ran to the horse, the man on the horse turned out to be Fatty Liu.
"Fat Liu! What's wrong with you?" Xu Qingchen shouted loudly.
Fatty Liu had lost too much blood and fell into a coma. When he heard someone calling him, he weakly opened his eyes and felt a hint of joy when he saw Xu Qingchen in front of him.
"Light...dust..."
"Fat Liu! Who injured you?!"
"Hurry...go home quickly...there is...a bad guy...the master...the eldest son...he..." Halfway through, Fatty Liu lowered his head and lost his vitality. Xu Qingchen touched Liu Pang's pulse gate and found that it had stopped beating.
Several nursing staff had already surrounded him and worked together to lift Liu Pang off his horse. Seeing their former colleagues die in front of them, these nurses who had never seen blood felt unspeakable horror in their hearts.
Xu Qingchen was the only calm person, and he became the backbone of everyone. After placing Liu Pang's body, Xu Qingchen ran to his wife and young lady's car and told his wife what Liu Pang had said.
After listening, both Mrs. Yao and Yao Xinxin were shocked.
Xu Qingchen comforted: "Madam, eldest lady, don't be afraid. There are so many nursing homes in the mansion, Zhang Tou is good at martial arts, nothing will happen to him."
Mrs. Yao suddenly burst into tears. She grabbed Xu Qingchen's arm and said, "Qingchen! You must save your master!"
Xu Qingchen looked at the nursing home around him and said to Madam Yao: "Madam, your safety is the most important thing now."
Yao Xinxin was also frightened and cried. She also pulled Xu Qingchen and said: "Brother Qingchen! It doesn't matter to us! You are good at martial arts! Come home quickly! See how my father and brother are doing! My brother is so bad at martial arts... He...he..." At this point, Yao Xinxin was already crying.
Xu Qingchen thought for a while and said to the other nurses: "You escort the madam and the eldest lady to her grandma's house. I will go back and take a look."
After saying that, he got on his horse.
Yao Xinxin opened the car curtain and shouted at him: "Brother Qingchen! Be careful!"
Xu Qingchen didn't care about that and rode towards Runan.
