When Lu Hanxiao said this half-jokingly and half-seriously, Si Ning was stunned.
She stared at the person opposite her without blinking, and the person opposite was also looking at her.
Their eyes met, and the atmosphere was no longer the same as before.
Si Ning's heart was beating very fast. He didn't know the intention of Lu Hanxiao's words. When he didn't know how to answer, Uncle Li brought his face to him and broke the silence.
"What's wrong? The food doesn't suit your taste?"
Sensing the abnormality between the two of them, Uncle Li asked worriedly.
Si Ning hurriedly denied it, lowering his head and picking at the noodle soup in the bowl.
The noodles had just been cooked and were still steaming. This time it was so hot that she took a breath.
The person on the side quickly handed over a cup of herbal tea, "Slow down."
Si Ning casually took it and drank it, and then he felt a little relieved.
But the burned area still hurts.
The noodles were originally quite fragrant, but now they taste bland.
Si Ning thought it must be because his tongue was burned. This had happened to him before, and nothing he ate tasted good after being burned.
His eyes secretly glanced at the people beside him, and he saw that Lu Hanxiao was eating a big mouthful. He was talking to Uncle Li while eating, and the noodles in Si Ning's bowl lost even more flavor.
After only eating half of it, I couldn't eat anymore and put down my chopsticks.
"Is it not to your liking?"
Uncle Li looked at Si Ning expectantly, and Si Ning quickly picked up the chopsticks with a smile.
"No, it's delicious. I..."
"She has a small appetite and doesn't eat as much as the dog at home. She always says she just can't change it."
Si Ning, "..."
She wanted to argue with Lu Hanxiao, but when she saw Uncle Li's expectant eyes, she had to nod.
"Yes, I have a small appetite."
Aunt Li happened to hear this and advised, "This is not possible. The body is too weak to bear children. Only by eating more and fat will the children be born healthy."
Si Ning blushed when he was told that, and he didn't know what he had gone through during this meal.
Lu Hanxiao looked at her and smiled, making Si Ning blush even more.
When she was embarrassed, she saw Lu Hanxiao stretched out his hand in front of her again, and naturally took the remaining bowl of noodles in front of him and started eating with his own chopsticks.
"Don't……"
Si Ning wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
Lu Hanxiao didn't mean to dislike it at all, and ate all the noodles into his stomach in a few strokes.
Although he ate quickly, it did not affect his wealth at all.
Si Ning saw that Lu Hanxiao had already stood up.
"Uncle Li and Aunt Li, it's too late, let's go back first."
Si Ning stood up, and for the first time, his hand was held by someone, but he didn't pull it back.
Lu Hanxiao kept a piece of silver, but Uncle Li and Aunt Li refused to accept it. Lu Hanxiao deliberately kept a straight face.
"You, the second elder, don't want me to come over to eat noodles."
Seeing what he said, the two of them had no choice but to collect the money.
After watching Si Ning and Lu Hanxiao leave, the old couple went back to clean up the dishes, praising Si Ning while doing so.
"There's a lot to eat, feel free to wander around."
Leaving the noodle stall, Lu Hanxiao took Si Ning to wander on the street.
As he said, he should have sneaked into the city often before and knew the streets of the capital very well.
Si Ning suddenly became very interested in this person. Why would a dignified general sneak into the city to visit these places?
I was confused, so I asked.
Lu Hanxiao was not surprised by her question and replied calmly.
"I want to see the prosperity of the capital city, and also want to stabilize the border in the future and repair it according to the appearance of the capital city."
Si Ning looked at the people next to him in surprise. Lu Hanxiao didn't feel there was anything wrong with what he said.
"What's wrong, do you think I'm delusional?"
"No." Si Ning replied.
Lu Hanxiao smiled and didn't care much, "There will be a day."
This topic is too heavy. Border harassment has been going on for hundreds of years and cannot be solved overnight.
The people at the border have experienced wars for generations. They have never thought about leaving there, but that is their home. Where can they go if they leave?
When two armies go to war, it is always the people at the bottom who seek to survive in the cracks.
Si Ning thought of the peace in the future and had to look at Lu Hanxiao a few more times.
It is precisely because of the existence of soldiers like Lu Hanxiao that the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
Si Ning is also a soldier, but there are many differences between soldiers in peacetime and troubled times.
She admired Lu Hanxiao in her heart, and her tone became a little more serious unconsciously.
"Will do."
Lu Hanxiao glanced sideways, and suddenly a carriage passed by quickly. With quick eyes, Lu Hanxiao quickly pulled Si Ning into his arms.
The sudden temperature made both of them stiff.
After reacting, Si Ning hurriedly withdrew from his arms and walked quickly forward.
Until they returned to Ning'an Hou Mansion, the atmosphere was still awkward.
Si Ning got off the carriage first and strode inside before Lu Hanxiao could wait.
She lowered her head, as if avoiding the plague, and happened to bump into the maid who was waiting at night.
The maid dropped the soup bowl in her hand and screamed in fright.
Si Ning felt apologetic and regained his composure a little.
"Sorry, it was sent somewhere. I asked the kitchen to make one. Just say that I accidentally knocked it down."
The little maid was so frightened that she knelt down and said, "Third Young Mistress has broken my slave."
"What happened?" Lu Hanxiao's voice sounded from behind.
Si Ning's heart sank, and he planned to leave first, but the man had already arrived beside her.
"Why are you walking in such a hurry again? Be careful."
Only then did Si Ning react, a look of weakness appeared on his face.
"It's out of the way."
Instead of continuing to rush back to the room, he calmly asked the maid kneeling on the ground.
"Get up first, who wants to drink this?"
It was this time. Except for Wu Qianqian who was pregnant, no one should be eating at this time. Si Ning felt strange and asked casually. She didn't want the little maid's answer to make her stunned for a moment.
"Who did you say you were?"
"Back to the third young lady, it's your sister, Miss Si."
Si Ning looked at Lu Hanxiao beside him in confusion, and Lu Hanxiao also frowned a little.
"Who asked her to stay in the house?"
The little maid was so frightened by the momentum of the two men that she dared not hide anything and told everything she knew.
"I heard that Miss Si had an old illness and happened to meet the Second Young Mistress. The Second Young Mistress begged the old lady to keep him in her yard."
"Old disease?" Si Ning narrowed his eyes and said with interest, "What a coincidence."
She didn't understand whether Si Wan's decision to stay was the Duke's idea, hers, or just Li Xutang's trick.
But no matter what, Si Wan's stay was not innocent.
Lu Hanxiao naturally understood this, "Go tell Second Sister-in-law that I'm not used to having outsiders at home. If Second Sister-in-law is so hospitable, why not live outside with the guests?"
The little maid was shocked when she saw Lu Hanxiao pulling Si Ning away. She panicked and went back to the second room, where she tremblingly relayed Lu Hanxiao's words to Li Xutang.
