Chapter 1052 You forgot about such an important thing?
Chapter 1052: You forgot such an important thing?
Ganquan County Government Office, Inner Courtyard.
Situ Jing was copying scriptures when Xiao Huan suddenly came back happily.
"Miss, I'm back!" Xiaohuan pushed the door into the room and said happily as he closed the door.
Situ Jing stopped writing for a moment, turned to look at Xiaohuan, and asked, "Where have you been? What are you so happy about?"
Xiaohuan quickly came to the desk and whispered excitedly: "Miss, I just went to see Brother Cheng!"
"Ah?" Situ Jing was startled and said, "You...how did you..."
Xiaohuan immediately said: "Don't worry, miss, the master doesn't know. I went quietly to avoid other people."
Situ Jing paused for a moment, put down his pen and said, "Why are you looking for him?"
Xiao Huan said confidently: "I just went to ask him why he didn't tell him when he came back whether he still has you in mind!"
"Boring!" Situ Jing frowned and scolded, then glared at Xiaohuan.
Xiaohuan didn't take it seriously, and even covered her mouth and laughed softly.
"Okay, stop laughing, what did you tell him?" Situ Jing asked.
Xiaohuan already knew what the lady was going to ask, so he immediately told the truth about how he met Cheng Jiu...
But when Xiaohuan mentioned that he had made an appointment for the young lady to meet Cheng Jiu in the woodshed tonight, Situ Jing's expression suddenly changed.
Situ Jing asked angrily: "Who asked you to make the decision to meet him privately?"
Xiaohuan was startled, and her voice suddenly weakened: "Miss, I just feel that you and Brother Cheng haven't seen each other for a long time, so..."
"Shut up!" Situ Jing immediately stopped her and said angrily: "Xiaohuan, you are too courageous. You dare to make the decision on this kind of thing without authorization. It seems that I am too arrogant on you!"
Xiaohuan became anxious as soon as he heard this. He quickly bowed and apologized, admitting his mistake and saying, "Miss, please calm down. Xiaohuan knows that I was wrong. Xiaohuan is willing to be punished."
Although Situ Jing was angry, he also understood that Xiaohuan was thinking about herself, and it was understandable.
"Xiaohuan, I'm not telling you that you asked him to meet at this time. What if someone sees you and dad finds out?" Situ Jing said with a calm face.
Xiaohuan lowered his head and whispered: "Miss, it shouldn't be possible. By Haishi, everyone is asleep, and the master is also asleep. As long as we act gently, no one will know."
"You still say that!" Situ Jing glared.
Xiao Huan hurriedly shut up, not daring to speak for the time being.
After being quiet for a while, Xiaohuan saw that the lady didn't seem that angry, so she asked cautiously: "Miss, what should we do tonight? Are you still going to see Brother Cheng?"
Situ Jing frowned and said, "You have to go!"
Xiao Huan muttered to himself: "What's the point of me going? Brother Cheng doesn't want to see me."
Situ Jing heard the voice and immediately asked: "What did you say? Please speak clearly!"
Xiaohuan quickly changed her words and said, "I'm telling you, I'm going to tell Brother Cheng that the meeting in the evening is cancelled."
Situ Jing nodded and warned: "Then go quickly and remember to speak clearly, otherwise I won't spare you!"
"I understand, Miss. I will make it clear to Brother Cheng that the whole thing is my fault." Xiaohuan said.
Then, Xiaohuan left the room and went to find Cheng Jiu.
But when Xiaohuan came to the house, Ge Hong and the other five were not there. When he asked, he found out that the five of them had already gone out.
Xiaohuan couldn't find anyone to talk to, so she couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so she had no choice but to go back to the inner courtyard first, but Xiaohuan didn't tell Situ Jing about the situation, thinking that she would go there later when Cheng Jiu and the others came back.
Just one trip.
Time soon arrived in the evening. After copying the scriptures, Situ Jing left the room and called out loudly: "Xiaohuan, Xiaohuan?"
"Here you go, miss..." Xiaohuan ran over in a hurry.
Situ Jing waited for her to approach, and then asked, "Has the message you were asked to pass on reached?"
"Ah!" Xiao Huan was startled, her face suddenly changed, she covered her mouth and said: "It's not good, Miss, I...I, I...I forgot...
..."
"What did you say, you forgot? You forgot such an important thing?" Situ Jing was very surprised and felt a little annoyed.
Xiaohuan lowered his head, shrank his neck and admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, miss, I didn't mean to do it. I went to see Brother Cheng earlier, but unfortunately they happened to go out, so I wanted to go there again after a while, but...
....But then when I was busy with other things, I just...forgot about it..."
Situ Jing was a little angry, but knowing that it was useless to teach him a lesson now, he said: "Don't be stunned, go quickly!"
"Oh..." Xiao Huan nodded quickly, turned around and ran out.
But as soon as he reached the corner of the verandah, Xiaohuan bumped into Situ Zhou.
Situ Zhou saw Xiaohuan's face flustered and asked, "What's wrong with you? You're so flustered..."
"No, no, sir." Xiaohuan shook his head and denied.
Situ Zhou glanced at Xiao Huan, but did not continue to ask. He looked up and saw Situ Jing standing not far away, and said: "Just in time, Jing'er, let's have a meal with dad and talk..."
"Okay, Dad." Situ Jing agreed obediently.
Xiao Huan was about to take the opportunity to leave, but was stopped by Situ Zhou: "It's time to eat, where are we going?"
Xiaohuan cried out in her heart, knowing that she couldn't leave because she had to wait beside the young lady and the master during the meal.
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In the dining room, the father and daughter sat across from each other. Xiaohuan quickly brought rice and delivered it to them.
Situ Zhou didn't move his chopsticks, thought for a while and said: "Xiao Huan, go get a pot of wine..."
Situ Jing asked curiously: "Dad, why do you think of drinking today?"
Xiaohuan was also puzzled. The master rarely drank during meals on weekdays. It seemed that something was bothering him today.
Situ Zhou said, "I'm a little upset about something, so I want to take a few sips."
With that said, Situ Zhou glanced at Xiao Huan again and motioned for her to go quickly.
Xiaohuan didn't dare to delay, so she immediately went into the back room of the dining room, got a bottle of wine and a small wine cup, and then carefully filled it up for the master.
Situ Zhou picked up the wine cup and drank it in one gulp. As soon as he put it down, Xiao Huan immediately filled it up again.
Situ Zhou drank three cups in a row before picking up the food with chopsticks and putting it into his mouth.
"Dad, what's bothering you?"
Situ Jing also picked up the chopsticks, but was not in a hurry to eat. Instead, she cared about her father first.
"It's about... No, I can't say it yet. I promised Mr. Chang..." Situ Zhou was about to say it but then changed his mind.
Then, Situ Zhou drank another cup of wine.
Situ Jing did not ask further questions. As soon as she heard this, she knew that it must be about more important official matters, so she promised to keep it confidential.
"Dad, please eat more vegetables. If you drink too much, you will get drunk easily." Situ Jing advised.
Situ Zhou nodded and started eating.
Then, Situ Zhou asked about the progress of copying the scriptures. Situ Jing answered truthfully. After hearing this, Situ Zhou advised her not to be too tired and copy slowly. It doesn't matter if she can't finish it.
Situ Jing had her own insistence, but she still obeyed her father's words twice.
Because of drinking and talking, this meal took longer than usual. The time passed by Xu without realizing it. Situ Zhou was already tipsy and his eyes were turning red.
"It's getting late, Xiaohuan, let's go back to the room with the lady to rest." Situ Zhou himself had no intention of getting up.
Situ Jing asked: "Dad, what about you?"
"Don't worry about me. I want to sit for a while and think about something. You can go back first." Situ Zhou waved his hand.
"Then dad, you should go to bed early." After Situ Jing said that, she took Xiaohuan out of the dining room.
After leaving the dining room and coming to a corner, Xiaohuan said hurriedly: "Miss, you go back to the house first. I'll inform Brother Cheng and tell him not to come at night."
Just as she was about to leave, Situ Jing grabbed her, shook her head and said, "Don't go, it's already dark. If you run over at this time, you'll be embarrassed if others see you!"
"Then... what should we do in the meantime? We can't keep Brother Cheng waiting." Xiaohuan asked anxiously.
Situ Jing thought about it carefully and nodded: "That's all, I'll go see him when Haishi comes!"
"Really? Miss, it would be great if you are willing to go." Xiaohuan was extremely happy.