"Exactly." Xiao Ji nodded, agreeing with Bai Furong's statement.

Bai Furong was even more shocked. Her eyes lingered on Cheng Shuiyao and Xiao Ji. After a long time, she pointed at Xiao Ji with trembling eyes and said, "You can't be Young Master Xiao."

"Yeah." Xiao Ji nodded, not hiding his identity.

After all, none of this matters to him now.

This news was obviously beyond Bai Furong's understanding. Bai Furong was stunned for a few seconds, and finally sighed leisurely.

Things in the world are unpredictable. Who would have thought that the once-prominent Guogong Mansion would now end up like this?

"Things have passed, and it's good to be here now," Bai Furong comforted the two of them, "At least it's much safer."

"Yeah," Cheng Shuiyao sighed and looked down at the two children.

The two girls are very smart. Cheng Shuiyao can teach them 70% to 80% after just one lesson. Cheng Shuiyao pointed out some of their problems, and that’s pretty much what they learned today.

On the way home, Cheng Shuiyao held Xiao Ji's arm, and his condition was much better than at this time yesterday.

"With yesterday's experience, I feel a lot more relaxed today," Cheng Shuiyao said with a smile, "I guess I will be more relaxed tomorrow."

Xiao Ji said nothing and nodded slightly in reply.

While Cheng Shuiyao was talking, two men passed by her. Cheng Shuiyao seemed to feel something and looked back.

The two men went straight into the most prosperous inn here. Judging from their attire, they must have come from the capital.

"Did I bump into you?" Xiao Ji simply said that the two men bumped into Cheng Shuiyao by mistake, and raised his hand to rub her shoulders.

"It hurts a bit." Cheng Shuiyao turned her head, her expression still a bit stunned.

Xiao Ji didn't think much, rubbed her shoulders again, and quickly led her back to the inn.

Entering the inn, the first thing you see is Xie Yin sitting in the hall embroidering. Looking at the handkerchiefs she has accumulated, it looks like she must have been embroidering all day long.

"Mother-in-law, what are you doing?" Cheng Shuiyao tilted her head and walked over slowly.

"Today I happened to see a job helping with embroidery, so I took it. It just happened to be able to supplement the family income." Xie Yin looked up at the two people while embroidering.

"Thanks to my good embroidery skills, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find this job now."

Cheng Shuiyao frowned and turned over the embroidered handkerchiefs with her hands. The more she looked at them, the more surprised she became, "How much do you need to embroider?"

"The shopkeeper said that the Li family in the city has a happy event coming up recently, and they have ordered a batch of large and small handkerchiefs. The quantity is very large."

to this kind of work."

That being said, the number cannot be smaller.

Cheng Shuiyao felt a little distressed and quickly said, "Mother-in-law, you don't have to do anything. My husband and I will just find a way to make money."

"How is this good?" Xie Yin shook his head in disapproval, "We can't just eat for nothing."

"This..." Cheng Shuiyao hesitated a little and didn't know how to dissuade her.

"It's okay, let mom do it," Xiao Ji said slowly, "It just so happens that mom is bored every day, so at least this can kill time."

"Ji'er is right." Xie Yin nodded, then lowered his head and embroidered the handkerchief on his hand.

Cheng Shuiyao had no choice but to nod silently and follow Xiao Ji back to the house.

"It would be great if I could do embroidery, so that I could help my mother-in-law take care of her worries." Cheng Shuiyao was in a low mood and seemed to blame herself.

"It's okay, my mother is bored sitting in the inn every day," Xiao Ji rubbed Cheng Shuiyao's hair, "This will give her something to rely on, and save her from always feeling like a burden."

Cheng Shuiyao tilted her head and couldn't find anything to say to refute him for a while, so she could only nod.

"I'll go out and get you a bun to eat." Xiao Ji left the room without saying anything.

After asking the waiter to boil the water, Cheng Shuiyao sat in the tub and looked down at her ankles.

There was no trace of injury on the white skin, and it looked as if the incident had never happened.

"What should I do?" Cheng Shuiyao knocked on the wall of the barrel, always feeling that she had to find a chance to tell them that she was fine.

While thinking about it, two figures suddenly appeared in Cheng Shuiyao's mind.

According to the story in the original book, Xiao Ji met his two personal guards here after experiencing various hardships.

This was also a turning point in Xiao Ji's fate.

"If those two people are his personal guards, should I think of a way for them to meet early?" Cheng Shuiyao murmured to himself, falling into his own thoughts.

When she came to her senses again, she was surprised to find that the water in the bucket had become cold, and she quickly stood up.

"Shui Yao, are you okay?" Xiao Ji's voice came from outside the door, "Why haven't you come out for so long?"

"Ah, that's good!" Cheng Shuiyao agreed, got dressed in a hurry and opened the door.

"Are you okay?" Xiao Ji glanced at the room suspiciously, but didn't find anything wrong.

"It's okay," Cheng Shuiyao shook her head, but she couldn't find any reasonable explanation for a while, so she could only change the topic, "You should wash it quickly, I want to go shopping later."

Although he felt something was wrong, Xiao Ji didn't say anything more and just followed Cheng Shuiyao's words.

On the other side, in the Li Mansion, Miss Li Li Fangfei was sitting on the bed weeping silently.

"Miss, please stop crying," Mammy said distressedly, "I have bought a good dowry for you, and I guarantee that you can marry in glory."

"What's the use of this?" Li Fangfei suddenly raised her voice, "That means marrying a barbarian! They are fierce and rude. Once I marry one, my life will be over."

"This..." Grandma was speechless, suddenly not knowing how to speak.

Li Shanhai, the master of the Li Mansion, brought a batch of goods to the barbarians for trade a few days ago. However, due to different customs, he got into some trouble and finally had to choose to marry his daughter there.

Li Fangfei fainted twice after learning the news, and then cried every day, losing a lot of weight.

Everyone in the Li family felt heartbroken when they saw this, but there was nothing they could do.

"Miss, I'll go to the kitchen and bring you some of your favorite pastries." Grandma sighed, turned and left.

Outside the house, a sneaky woman raised a proud smile on her face, then quickly turned around and left.

If Cheng Shuiyao and his family were here, they would quickly recognize this person as the eldest lady who suddenly disappeared after entering the city.

On the day she entered the city, she met the Li family who was recruiting someone to teach Li Fangfei etiquette. Then she revealed her identity and successfully entered the Li family.

She has been living like a fish in the Li family these days. Although her life is not as good as her previous life in the capital, it is still extremely luxurious.

"Let's see if I don't kill you, you bitch!" the eldest lady thought angrily, and then pushed away Master Li's house.


Chapter completed!