In the quiet early morning, there were not many pedestrians on the street. There were only a few breakfast vendors selling various breakfasts. A luxurious carriage drove quickly through the street, raising puffs of smoke and dust.
Just as the carriage passed a restaurant that opened early, a low hoarse voice was heard from the carriage, "Stop!"
The carriage slowly stopped, the old coachman jumped out of the carriage, and saw a man getting out of the carriage. His arm was bandaged, and he seemed to be injured. The man respectfully rushed inside and said, "Madam, we are here.
We are at the restaurant, come down and have a rest for a while and have something to eat. We have arrived at the southwest border now and can reach the Miao border in the evening."
The curtain was opened, and a woman with a delicate face and pale face was seen getting out of the carriage with the help of a girl dressed like a maid.
That's right! This group of people is our protagonists, Su Xiaoxiao and Qiu'er.
Su Xiaoxiao was frightened by the last robbery on the way. She looked around carefully and then looked into the restaurant worriedly, "Will we be targeted by robbers and bandits again? Could this restaurant be a black shop?"
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"Don't worry, Madam, this is our own restaurant!"
After hearing what Ah Cai said, Su Xiaoxiao felt a little relieved, but still looked around uneasily, checking for any suspicious situations. As soon as he found anything, he would fight with all his strength.
"Madam!"
As soon as the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw a carriage parked at the door of the restaurant, he ran out to greet the guests. When he saw Su Xiaoxiao, he screamed in surprise and enthusiastically welcomed Su Xiaoxiao and the four of them into the restaurant.
The shopkeeper took Su Xiaoxiao and the four of them into the most elegantly decorated private room on the second floor, and asked the waiter to bring the best breakfast in the restaurant. Then he respectfully led the waiter out and closed the door sensibly.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the luxuriously decorated restaurant, frowned, and said unhappily, "Aren't there people from the Ding family in the southwest border? Why don't you look for them? Are you going all the way back to the capital to find me? I'm not a doctor! And
I don’t know how to treat a doctor!”
Hearing this, Ah Cai stood up and opened the door. He looked around cautiously, and when he saw that no suspicious person appeared, he closed the door again. Seeing Ah Cai being so careful, Su Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow in disapproval.
Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao was disapproving, Ah Cai lowered his voice and explained in detail, "There are two reasons. One is that the eldest young master kept calling the eldest young lady's name when he was unconscious. Ah Cai thought that the eldest young lady must be extremely towards the eldest young master.
More importantly, when the young master was awake, he also asked Ah Cai to write a letter asking the young lady to come to Miao territory, so Ah Cai went all the way to pick up the young lady."
"Secondly, when the eldest young master was awake, he asked Ah Cai not to tell anyone about his illness, lest the news leak out and attract conspiracy from rival merchants. Therefore, Ah Cai did not dare to find people in shops and restaurants to take care of the eldest young master.
, I just secretly placed the eldest young master in the quietest, most remote and unobtrusive house in the Miao border town, and also paid for a doctor and several maids to take care of the eldest young master day and night."
After listening to Ah Cai's words, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help feeling that the shopping mall was like a battlefield, and he had to be careful all the time. Ding Shaoze's worries were not wrong. If the rival merchants knew that he was about to die, he probably would not survive. Together with the Ding family,
The businesses of the Ding family will also be destroyed, and even the businesses that cooperate with the Ding family will seek other partners and abandon the Ding family.
After hurriedly eating breakfast, Su Xiaoxiao took Qiuer and the three of them on the road.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't know what it felt like to be getting closer and closer to Ding Shaoze. Although she was tired from the journey for days, her spirit was still very good. She didn't know if it was stimulated by the night owl who abandoned her that day.
The carriage was driving quickly on the official road, and outside the window was the unique scenery of the southwest, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, green water and red flowers, but A Cai said that those seemingly ordinary plants might contain highly toxic substances in their leaves, petals, and rhizomes.
Looking at the endless mountains outside the window, Su Xiaoxiao sighed, feeling very melancholy.
"Miss, are you still thinking about Ye Xiao?"
Qiu'er has been with Su Xiaoxiao for such a long time, and she can still guess a little bit about Su Xiaoxiao's worries. After seeing the owl leave with that ugly girl named A Zhu that day and night without looking back, the young lady's mood has always been...
It's very bad, I sigh a lot from time to time.
The young lady had told her the story of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu before. Lin Daiyu died because of a heart attack. Qiuer did not want her young lady to be so depressed and eventually fall ill and die.
"Qiu'er, do you think he hates me that much? He would rather forget me and everything, and start over? Do I only bring him pain?"
"How could it be? The young lady is so good to Ye Xiao and treats him as a good friend. He always comes to our hotel to eat and drink, and the lady doesn't even take his money. Moreover, when he first became friends with the lady, he seemed
I'm very happy, how can I be in pain? Miss, don't listen to the nonsense of that person named Azhu. I think she must have done something to Ye Xiao to make Ye Xiao forget the past and the lady. She is afraid that the lady will snatch Ye Xiao away.
I came back, so I lied to the lady, saying that it was because the past was too painful, so Ye Xiao chose to forget the past and start over...Miss, you...why are you looking at me like that?"
Su Xiaoxiao stared at Qiu'er, as if she wanted to take off Qiu'er's clothes. Qiu'er embarrassedly tightened her clothes, hugged her chest with her arms, and gave Su Xiaoxiao a flirtatious look.
"Miss, don't look at Qiu'er like that, Qiu'er will be shy..."
"Damn Qiu'er, where did you think you were?" Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Qiu'er angrily and sighed deeply, "I just want to say why did you tell me now and why didn't you tell me then?
If you had told me at that time, you would have risked my life to get the Night Owl back."
"Miss, I didn't dare to tell you at that time because I was afraid that you would try your best to grab the night owl!"
"Am I still unable to beat that pig? Qiu'er, how can you look down on your young lady? That's so ungrateful! You are trying to embolden other people's ambitions and destroy your own prestige!" Su Xiaoxiao stared at Qiu'er unhappily.
Qiu'er followed Su Xiaoxiao's example and sighed quietly, and then said slowly, "Miss, do you know? When I was wrestling with the pig, I saw a pair of shining eyes observing us in the car.
,So, I think, there must be a master in the car. If we fight hard, we will definitely die without a burial place!"
"We have a night owl! We're afraid of him!"
"Miss, you forgot, Ye Xiao doesn't remember you! Ye Xiao pushed you because of that pig! He even said he wanted to kill you! He is neutral and won't help them settle the matter, so how can he help us?"
After hearing Qiu'er's words, Su Xiaoxiao went limp like a deflated rubber ball, drooping her shoulders feebly, and kept sighing.
"Miss, don't think about it. Anyway, you don't like Ye Xiao. If he marries someone else, he will marry someone else. It has nothing to do with you. Now our first task is to go to Miaojiang, rescue the eldest young master, and then marry him.
Return to the capital with the eldest young master, and then ask the eldest young master to give you a divorce note, and then you can elope with the second young master!"
"Qiu'er!"
Su Xiaoxiao shouted loudly, and then Qiu'er remembered that there were other people in the carriage and hurriedly covered her mouth.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly glanced at A Cai, and saw that A Cai had closed his eyes with no expression on his face. He seemed to be asleep. Su Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Qiu'er. Qiu'er vomited naughtily.
Sticking out her tongue, she seemed to be saying, Miss, please spare Qiu'er, Qiu'er will never dare to do it again.
"Qiu'er, I'm afraid the road ahead for him and me won't be that easy!" Su Xiaoxiao said quietly, looking at the beautiful scenery receding quickly outside the window.
"Why? You like him and he likes you, isn't that okay?"
"If two people want to be together, how can just having feelings be enough? The most fickle thing in the world is feelings, and the most unreliable thing is the human heart. Today he likes me, and tomorrow he can also like someone else. Moreover, worldly rumors and rumors are not human.
Can anyone bear it? I am willing to bear the eyes and scorn of the world, but what about him? I don’t know! Furthermore, if something happens to Shao Ze, how can I have the face to be with him?"
"Miss—" Qiu'er clenched Su Xiaoxiao's cold hand distressedly. Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Qiu'er faintly, "When I learned the truth, I was very angry. I almost couldn't help but want to stab him to death.
! We are born from the same roots, so why rush into each other! Shao Ze is his biological eldest brother. Even if there was anything wrong with Shao Ze in the past, blood is thicker than water, and flesh and blood are close to each other, how could he treat Shao Ze like this? After leaving the Ding family
, I have been wondering whether the person I like is a good person. I remember it was written in a book that if two people want to be together for a long time, they only need two conditions. First, choose a good person, and second,
Be a good person yourself.”
"Although I am greedy for money and willful, I am still a good person. I hope he is also a good person, but I didn't expect him to be so cruel, ruthless, cold-blooded, and so scheming. Qiu'er, let me tell you the truth, I am shaken
I don’t know if I should go on with him.”
Qiu'er listened quietly and saw that Su Xiaoxiao's face was getting paler and her eyes were getting sadder. He was afraid that she would be too sad, so he quickly changed the topic, "Miss, let's talk about something else? For example, His Highness Prince Xu, such as Ye
Xiao, such as the eldest young master."
"Azhu? There's nothing to say! Shaoze, I'm about to see him, and there's nothing to say! Only Ye Xiao is left." A trace of sadness appeared in Su Xiaoxiao's eyes, "Maybe I will snatch him away at all costs
Come back, but, but..."
"But what? Miss."
"But, my heart is in pieces, how can I give him happiness? I want to lock him by my side and surround me. I don't want him to leave, let alone him like other women. I'm too selfish."
"Miss, you said that love is inherently selfish! You also said that men and toothbrushes cannot be shared!"
"Love? Man?" Su Xiaoxiao felt like a tear falling gently from the bottom of her heart, "She is right, if you can't give him happiness, why bother trapping him?"
It is better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to help each other.
It is a very simple sentence, but why is it so sad that I want to cry when I read it in my heart?