Xia Shang frowned and looked inside the study. There was no bed, only a few benches, and a set of mattresses thrown on the benches.
"Not so good?"
Xia Shang hesitated.
Xiao Keer ignored Xia Shang's words at all, dragged another bench to the entrance, and simply covered it with a quilt.
"Okay, that's it."
After saying that, Xiao Keer lay down directly on her bench, tilting her head so that she could see the stool prepared for Xia Shang.
There is a desk between the two benches. The desk is very high and the gaps in the four corners of the desk do not affect each other's view.
Xiao Keer smiled and seemed very satisfied with the night, urging Xia Shang to come over and lie down.
Seeing Xiao Keer's cheerful look, Xia Shang followed his wishes, took off his shoes and slept on the bench.
Looking at each other from a little distance, I have to admit that this feeling will make people feel at ease and make it easier to fall asleep.
"If there is a member of the Xiao family looking for you recently, you'd better avoid it."
After a while, Xiao Keer suddenly said something without beginning or end, which made Xia Shang a little confused.
"What does the Xiao family have to do with me? What do you want from me?"
"Anyway, just remember it yourself. Don't blame me for not reminding you."
"..."
Xia Shang naturally didn't know what Xiao Keer meant. He was in a daze for a while and didn't know when he fell asleep.
When she woke up the next day, Xiao Keer was no longer in the study room and had an extra layer of blankets on her body.
Xia Shang stood up, stretched his muscles, and was about to open the door to go out, but someone pushed the door open first.
There were four people standing at the door, three elders and a young man.
"This is Mr. Xia from the capital, right?"
Xia Shang was stunned and nodded: "Exactly."
The four people looked happy and quickly saluted: "Xiao Yang, a common man."
"Xiao Yunsheng, a grassroots man."
"Grassman Xiao Teng."
"Xiao Yusheng, a grassroots man."
"See my lord."
"No gifts, no gifts... here are some of you."
"We are all relatives of Xiao Ke'er. I heard that Mr. Xia's visit to the Xiao family has made the whole Xiao house shine. I am really grateful. I came here uninvited today because I wanted to have a few drinks with Mr. Xia.
Landlord friendship
, I’m sure Mr. Xia won’t refuse.”
When Xia Shang heard the word clan relatives, he suddenly thought of what Xiao Keer said to him in a daze last night.
Why does Xiao Ke'er want him to avoid relatives in the Xiao family?
It's okay not to say it. After Xiao Keer said it, Xia Shang was really curious and wanted to know what these people wanted to do with him.
After thinking about it for a while, I agreed.
The four of them were very happy to hear that Xia Shang agreed to the invitation. They said they would have a small gathering in the small pavilion in the back garden of Xiao's house at noon, and they had prepared fine wine and food.
Looking at the sky, Xia Shang realized that he had overslept and the sun had risen above his head.
Usually someone wakes me up, but yesterday I went to a remote study to sleep without anyone disturbing me. I didn’t even know the time when I fell asleep.
Xia Shang said that he wanted to wash up for a while, and then the four of them left, saying that they were waiting in a small pavilion in the garden.
Xia Shang was still confused. After agreeing, he thought of asking Xiao Keer to see if he could know some inside information.
I returned to Xiao Keer's boudoir from the study and met several maids. They all said that the eldest lady had gone to deal with the last servant's funeral early in the morning.
Yoshiko is still in the room and has changed into the clothes of a maid from the Hua Dynasty. She looks no different from a woman from the Hua Dynasty. It’s just that her noble temperament gives her a sense of nobility that others don’t have. Even if she wears the clothes of a maid from the Hua Dynasty, she is not
No other maid can compare.
Seeing Xia Shang, Jizi immediately ran over and caught him: "I... follow... you..."
In a strange environment, women are always afraid. Among the people around them, the only one who can make Jizi feel at ease is Xia Shang.
"You start to believe me now?"
Jizi nodded firmly: "You are different from...them, I...I'm afraid..."
"If you believe in me, you must also believe in my arrangements. It is much safer to stay here as a maid than to stay with me."
"Uncle, what should I do if she doesn't eat?"
A maid came to Xia Shang and said this.
"Don't eat..." As he said it, Xia Shang suddenly felt something was wrong, "Uncle?"
"Ah..." The maid quickly covered her mouth, not knowing how to explain.
The more Xia Shang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: "Did you hear something?"
"No...no, I don't know anything."
"Say quickly, be careful I'm here
If you say bad things about you in front of your lady, ask your lady to deal with you."
The little maid was startled: "Everyone knows that the eldest lady likes you, so let the relatives of the Xiao family prepare to marry you on behalf of the eldest lady's parents. If this happens, you will naturally become your uncle.
.”
So that’s what happened!
The little maid was not satisfied: "Yesterday, the eldest lady originally changed her mind. This morning she was so happy that she said she would not change her mind. She invited three uncles early."
"This bitch!" Xia Shang cursed, "She tricked me. She left an unfinished sentence at night to arouse my curiosity. She slipped away early in the morning to deliberately avoid this move.
Play hard to get is to get me into the circle. In the Xiao family, Xiao Keer alone has the final say. Naturally, she will not let her uncle make the decision on her marriage. Those four people must have come because of Xiao Keer's wishes. Later
The dinner party must have been set up, leaving me with no way out."
As expected of a businessman, he looks quite innocent, but he is very smart behind the scenes!
Xia Shang complained silently in his heart, but he couldn't say he was angry. It's just that he couldn't let Xiao Ke'er get his wish.
Let’s not talk about the lack of emotional foundation. The purpose of coming to Xuzhou this time cannot involve the personal relationship between children. Now we are facing a powerful enemy and we haven’t done anything serious. What’s the point of bringing a woman home?
And now my wife must have arrived in Yuzhou with disaster relief supplies. She will be very hard every day. It’s okay if she can’t help share the burden. How can she be unclear with other women at this time?
Xia Shang looked back at Ji Zi and caught her: "It seems that you are indeed not suitable to stay here. From now on, you can be my personal maid and follow me."
Being able to follow Xia Shang was exactly what Jizi wanted, so of course he was very happy.
The two hit it off immediately and secretly left the Xiao family through the backyard and fled towards the military camp.
Xiao Ke'er hid in the dark and watched Xia Shang's every move. It wasn't until she saw Xia Shang leaving the Xiao family that she wiped the corners of her eyes and squeezed out an unspeakable smile.
Returning to the military camp, Xia Shang found General Lou.
"Master Xia, you have nothing to do today. Why are you here at the military camp?"
Xia Shang wiped his sweat and said, "Quickly, prepare a room for me, a military tent or something. I won't live in Xiao's house anymore."
"What? You can't stand Miss Xiao's tenderness in just these few days? I heard that there are many maids in the Xiao family's backyard."
Xia Shang waved his hands and didn't bother to explain: "Just do it."