Gu Jingzhi assessed the danger of the person in front of him in his mind, but it didn't show on his face. Instead, he looked at Li Xi gratefully.
This girl is young, about fourteen or fifteen years old. She has a beautiful appearance. She is wearing coarse linen clothes and a hair tie on her black hair. However, her whole person has a special temperament that I don't know how to describe for a while.
"It was you who saved me. Thank you. I apologized for being on the mountain earlier." He said as he glanced at Li Xi's slender neck, which was covered with his own finger marks.
"It's okay, I almost got strangled to death." She didn't think this man was as harmless as he showed, but he wouldn't expose him even if he was willing to pretend.
Li Xi glanced at the location of his wound without leaving any trace. People like him were too dangerous. If it weren't for the doctor's evil intentions, she wouldn't care about him at all.
Gu Jingzhi didn't expect this girl to be so choked when she spoke, "Sorry, it's my fault."
"Forget it." Li Xi waved his hand, "I've already taken care of your wound. Just rest for a while and then leave. It should be fine."
Li Xi didn't ask him how he got hurt, because it was unnecessary. Sometimes knowing too much was not good for him.
Gu Jingzhi didn't expect to receive an eviction order so soon. He was injured now and didn't know if the group of people were still searching him. He couldn't reveal his whereabouts at this time.
"Thank you very much, Miss. Gu Yin, thank you very much for your kindness. However, I am seriously injured now, so I don't know if I can bother you for a few days."
Li Xi had checked his wounds. Although his wounds looked serious, they were actually not serious injuries. With his physique, it was only a matter of time before he could recover.
But there was nothing she could do at this time. She couldn't let him hide in her bedroom all day. Although the kang was big, she didn't have the habit of sharing a bed with anyone else, especially a strange man.
And Li Xi knew in his heart that it was only a matter of time before such a big living person was discovered hiding in his home.
"No." Li Xi decisively rejected him, "There are few rooms in the countryside, so there is no place for you."
"I can give you money." Without too much observation, Gu Jingzhi could tell that his savior's family was not rich.
"It's not about money." She just didn't want to cause trouble for herself.
She has never eaten pork but she has seen pigs running away. Although he looks pitiful, his clothes and the mask he wears are not cheap. Ordinary people cannot afford to wear such expensive clothes. .
There are also injuries on his body, which were obviously stabbed from the back by someone familiar. The identity of such a person obviously cannot be simple.
The enemy forces behind him are definitely not weak either, and she doesn't want to provoke those people.
"Fifty taels."
"I already said it's not about money." Despite Li Xi's righteous words, she was lamenting in her heart: fifty taels, which is more than what she earned last time when she went to Yong'an City to sell medicinal materials.
Forget it, if you have a life, you can take a life flower, it’s only fifty taels, she can earn it by going to the back mountain a few more times.
"One hundred taels." There was no change on Gu Jingzhi's face. He looked at Li Xi with a slight smile, as if he was sure that she would compromise.
Li Xi didn't take off the mask on Gu Jingzhi's face. She just couldn't help him. She didn't want to explore his secrets. After all, curiosity killed the cat.
But at this moment, Li Xi looked into his eyes and suspected that he was laughing at her. Li Xi looked at him with a sneer, "No."
Powerful and unyielding, she only has one hundred taels, but she regards money as dirt!
"Two hundred taels." Gu Jingzhi's tone remained the same.
Two hundred taels, Li Xi began to waver in her heart. If she wanted to start a medicine business, she must have funds on hand. Madam Liu would definitely not be able to count on it.
Although she could collect her own medicinal materials and sell them, it would be too time-consuming and expensive.
In fact, the money in Lady Liu's hands was still a bit low for Li Xi. Her original plan was to use the thirty-odd taels as funds first, and then purchase medicinal materials on a small scale to accumulate start-up funds.
"Five hundred taels."
While Li Xi was thinking, Gu Jingzhi spoke again, this time he added three hundred taels at a time.
"Deal!" Li Xi extended his right hand towards Gu Jingzhi without any hesitation.
Gu Jingzhi looked at Li Xi's hand with some confusion, what is this?
Seeing that Gu Jingzhi didn't respond, Li Xi reached out and held his right hand, shook it up and down twice, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
It's not that she is weak-willed, it's just that he gave her too much.
With these five hundred taels, she can expand her stall and achieve financial freedom as soon as possible.
"I have something to ask you. I don't know how you plan to settle the money?" Li Xi smiled and showed eight teeth.
Gu Jingzhi looked at the fake smile on Li Xi's face and raised the corners of his lips under the mask, "Silver notes."
After speaking, Gu Jingzhi took out a purse from his pocket, took out a stack of banknotes, took out five and handed them to Li Xi.
When Li Xi saw the pile of money in his hand, he regretted that he had agreed too early. This guy was obviously stupid and had too much money.
Hearing the sound of the door opening from outside, Li Xi stood up and said, "You rest first, I'll go out for a while."
Gu Jingzhi nodded towards her and closed his eyes.
"Sister!" Huzi's voice came from the yard, and Li Xi opened the curtain and walked out.
Li Xi's footsteps gradually faded away. In the room, Gu Jingzhi opened his eyes. His eyes were clear and not sleepy at all.
When Li Xi came out, he saw Madam Liu following Hu Zi, as if she hadn't seen her, she lowered her head and entered the kitchen.
Seeing his mother leaving, Huzi asked in a low voice, "Sister, where is that person?"
"Rest in my room now." Li Xi did not hide Hu Zi's thoughts. The man obviously wanted to stay in their house for a while, and he needed an ally.
"Oh, when will he leave?"
"Let's watch again." She didn't know when he would leave, "By the way, my mother's expression didn't look good just now. What happened?"
Huzi told Li Xi everything that had just happened.
It turned out that they met Aunt Ma when they were going out. Aunt Ma said something strange to Mrs. Liu for a long time. Mrs. Liu wanted to leave, but she stopped her from leaving. If Huzi hadn't pushed Aunt Ma and let her go, Let go of your hands, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back now.
Li Xi: What can I say, it’s not too surprising.
People like Aunt Ma are afraid of bullying. If she met her today, she might not dare to take action.
He only dared to show off his power in front of the young and old in his family.
"Huzi has done a great job, let's keep up the good work in the future!
It's Huzi's birthday soon, and my sister will take you to the city then. "
"Really?" Huzi's eyes lit up. He could also go to the city? !
"Of course it's true." Li Xi said with a smile, "But Huzi has to do a favor for his sister."
"What's the trouble? I'll take care of it!" Huzi was very excited now, and he jumped up and down when he walked.
"Don't tell mom about the people in sister's room. You have to help sister hide it from mom, you know?" Li Xi said.
Li Xi didn't intend to tell Mrs. Liu about that man. She was too timid. If he told her about it, there would definitely be complications.
Based on her temperament, she would definitely not agree to leave that person at home. She might even tell the village chief about the matter, and then things would become a big deal.
Li Xi guessed that the reason why the man stayed with them was to avoid his enemies. She took his money, and now they were like grasshoppers on a rope. She didn't want anyone to know his whereabouts even more than the man did.
If his enemies find out that he is now in her house and send someone to assassinate or take revenge, their family will obviously not be able to handle it because they are old, weak, sick and disabled.
Lunch was spent in silence. After Mrs. Liu finished cooking, she shouted "It's time to eat" and didn't speak again.
At the dinner table, Huzi looked at the mother on the left and the sister on the right, and then sighed. It seemed that the sister and mother had not reconciled yet.
After the meal, Li Xi took the initiative to pick up the dishes and go to the kitchen to wash them. Hu Zi took a rag to wipe the table. Madam Liu turned back to the bedroom without saying anything.
The table was wiped quickly. Huzi entered the kitchen with a rag and asked Li Xi in a low voice, "Sister, what does he eat?"
"Then, just like us, Wo Wotou." Li Xi gestured to Huzi to look at the plate on the stove, which contained three golden Wo Wotou and a small chopstick of pickles.
"Oh." Huzi nodded.
"Okay, let's go, let's go with my sister to deliver food to her." Li Xi picked up the plate and walked towards the bedroom. There was only a hall between her and Madam Liu's bedrooms, so she subconsciously moved lightly when entering the room. .
After entering the room, Li Xi put the plate on the Kang table and said, "Eat."
Gu Jingzhi, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed to relax, opened his eyes. At this time, Li Xi and Hu Zi were already sitting on the edge of the Kang.
Gu Jingzhi moved to the Kang table, looked at the three steamed buns on the plate and said nothing, then reached out and took off his mask.
When he took off the mask, Li Xi was thinking about something with his plan, and didn't even notice that Gu Jingzhi took off the mask.
But Huzi saw it. Huzi didn't expect that the man his sister picked up was so good-looking.
Gu Jingzhi lowered his head and started eating. Huzi came close to Li Xi's ear and whispered, "Sister, he is so good-looking."
"What?" Li Xi turned his head subconsciously, and then saw the handsome man eating steamed buns.
The man must have noticed his eyes and raised his head to look at her. His eyes were staring at her quietly, and he saw that his black hair fell behind him, his skin was like jade, and his eyebrows were picturesque.
Although there were bloodstains and wounds on her face and forehead, it added a different feeling. Li Xi couldn't think of how to describe it for a moment, but she soon thought that it was Zhan Shang Feng. Needless to say, this man looks really cool.
Gu Jingzhi was not unfamiliar with this kind of eyes that looked directly at him, but when their eyes met, he didn't see the same look in her eyes as others.
Although she looked directly at herself, her eyes were more filled with admiration.
"Have you eaten?" Gu Jingzhi asked.
Li Xi felt that her eyes were a bit squinted by the beauty. She didn't feel this way when she faced him with a mask. He couldn't be a male vixen.
"After eating, you can eat it yourself."
