"Husband, when did I become so weak that I actually made you so worried that you didn't want me to go out?"

The words were meant as a joke, but Fang Shuhuai was stunned for a moment. An indescribable bitterness arose in his heart, and he didn't know how to answer her.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a daze, she pulled his arm and said, "Why are you in a daze again! Did you listen to what I said?"

He shook his head and looked up into the distance, his voice slightly hoarse due to the lingering bitterness, "Maybe that falling into the water really scared me!"

Seeing that he was thoughtful and depressed, she became even more confused. She just fell into the water and was rescued immediately. She didn't wake up the next day. How could he be so scared? Could it be that this

Was there anything else that happened in the middle that she didn't know about?

"Husband, are you hiding something from me?" She hesitated and asked tentatively.

Hearing this, he smiled, fearing that she would think more about it, so he leaned forward and whispered in her ear: "Yes, I just want to lock you up so that only I can see you."

After saying that, he pressed a kiss on the shiny earlobe.

Xu Miaoyin shuddered and looked up shyly to see if the two girls behind her had seen her. Fortunately, the two girls lowered their heads, as if they had not seen the scene just now.

Yuchun and Yuqiu, who lowered their heads, couldn't help but feel in their hearts: they saw nothing, not the master's own girl, nor did the girl hit the master's chest with a small fist.

Fang Shuhuai held her shy little fist in his hand and pulled her forward, hoping that this quiet moonlit night would last longer.

Xu Miaoyin, whose thoughts were diverted, no longer thought of the doubts rising in her heart.

In the afternoon of the next day, a carriage was ready outside the Xu Mansion, just waiting for the two masters to ride out.

Qin Zhan stood aside and always felt like someone was looking at him. He turned his head and saw the driver of the car smiling honestly at him and said, "Hey, Qin Zhan!"

Qin Zhan watched him without moving, waiting for his next words.

The coachman Fushou laughed so obscenely that he really looked like Boss Qin. He couldn't hold back a single word with three sticks!

Qin Zhan's ears twitched and he looked toward the gate, and saw Fang Shuhuai and his wife walking out of the gate hand in hand, and his wife also had a curtain hat on her head.

Xu Miaoyin looked at the street not far away and felt a sense of long absence.

During the years when the accident happened to the Xu family, she was busy running around asking for help. It had been a long time since she had gone out on the street so leisurely.

Fang Shuhuai was about to help her get into the carriage, but he saw her looking sideways at the street for a long time, her hat blocking his sight, so that he could not clearly see her expression at the moment.

That feeling of uncertainty made him tense up and clenched his fists, wanting to turn around and take her back to the house.

Fortunately, Xu Miaoyin only felt grateful for a moment, then held his hand and got into the carriage without noticing anything strange about him.

Fang Shuhuai took a deep breath, relaxed his tense body, and stepped into the carriage.

When Xu Miaoyin entered the carriage, she discovered that although the entire carriage was spacious, there was only one door and one vent, and the usual small windows of the carriage were closed.

Is this a new style popular in Yangzhou City since I haven't been out for a long time?

After Fang Shuhuai came in and sat down and told Fushou to set off, she asked: "Is this carriage a new style? Why doesn't it even have a small window?"

Fang Shuhuai's eyes flashed with surprise, and he said with a smile: "Yes, ladies are afraid of the sun, so they sealed up the small windows, and worried about the stuffy heat, so they put ice under the seat to keep it cool.

I’m not afraid of getting tanned.”

Even though it’s a bit cool after putting ice on it, why do I always feel like he’s talking nonsense?

Seeing his frank look, I didn't ask any more questions about what kind of carriage I was riding in.

Qin Zhan, who was riding on the horse and accompanying him all the way, twitched his mouth slightly and couldn't help but think about his calf belly. What a popular style, this is the result of his hard work all night!

The carriage swayed all the way through the busy city and arrived at the canal pier.

Most of the workers on the dock make a living by selling their labor, and most of them are strong laborers from their families working here. Not far away, there was a thin figure asking the foreman if he could work here.

The foreman saw that he was small and thin, and he didn't have much meat in his arms, so he wanted to send him away casually, but he didn't want the young man to be reluctant. He said that his sister was about to die of illness and begged him to take him in. The foreman was impatient, so he asked someone to take him in.

The young man fought him off, but while he was struggling, he almost hit the carriage of Xu Miaoyin and his group.

Fortunately, Fushou pulled the reins in time, preventing the thin young man from dying under the horse's hooves. However, the carriage suddenly stopped, causing Xu Miaoyin in the carriage to suddenly hit the wall of the carriage.

In the carriage, Fang Shuhuai stabilized Xu Miaoyin's body and watched her rubbing her forehead. He saw that her plump forehead suddenly turned green. His eyes instantly turned cold and he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Fushou also broke into cold sweat on his forehead, and replied: "Uncle, a beggar bumped into me suddenly."

Suddenly? Humph, it was a bit of a coincidence to choose today when he was taking someone out.

He asked Qin Zhan in a deep voice, "Go and have a look."

Xu Miaoyin was a little surprised when she saw that Fang Shuhuai's face was as cold as ice. This was the first time she had seen him like this in the year since they got married.

Seeing him sullenly rubbing his forehead, he said softly: "Actually, it's nothing. Just go back and ask Yuqiu to rub some medicinal wine on me. Don't be nervous."

He raised his eyes and saw her looking at him softly, and smiled.

After a while, Qin Zhan reported back across the carriage: "Uncle, that young man wanted to work at the dock, but was pulled out by the foreman, and then he hit the carriage. However, although he was dressed in rags, he was quite fair. I guess

He is the lost young master of some wealthy gentry."

When Fang Shuhuai heard this, he said casually: "Since the young master is missing from some house, Qin Zhan, you should accompany that young master to look for him and see which house he is missing from."

Qin Zhan took the order, picked up the struggling young man and disappeared into the crowd.

Xu Miaoyin agreed very much with Fang Shuhuai's approach. Since he had ordered Qin Zhan to help the young man, she didn't say anything and just waited for her father who was about to come back.

Fang Shuhuai lowered his eyes and played with her fingers, a little carelessly.

If you want to follow his path, you have to see if he is willing.

This episode was soon forgotten by Xu Miaoyin due to the arrival of Xu Mansion's merchant ship. She happily prepared to get out of the car to meet her father, but was stopped by Fang Shuhuai.

"Hey, have you forgotten what you promised me yesterday?" he teased.

The memory of last night in the garden instantly flooded into her mind, and then two red clouds floated on her cheeks, and she sat back down with her eyes lowered.

Her shy demeanor made him look hot, and he couldn't help himself for a moment.

Just when he was about to do something, Fushou reported outside the car that the family leader had already disembarked.

He came back to his senses, his throat rolled, he closed his eyes and stopped looking at her. After taking a few breaths, he got out of the carriage.

Xu Miaoyin sat in the carriage with her eyes lowered, but her heart was beating like a drum. Just now she could feel his hot breath approaching her.

It's okay to be in the boudoir, but this is on the dock with people coming and going, not to mention dad is coming soon, since he wants to...

No, he didn't think about anything...

The more she thought about it, the more her face burned, so she simply put on the curtain hat again. She had to slow down.

After calming down a little, he heard the intermittent greetings between Fang Shuhuai and his father coming from outside the carriage. After a while, he saw Fang Shuhuai returning to the carriage, and the carriage started moving and headed towards the city.

Xu Miaoyin didn't see her father getting on the carriage, so she asked: "Dad, why aren't you with me?"

When Fang Shuhuai saw that she was actually wearing a curtain hat, he smiled hoarsely, being so shy.

Afraid that she would be bored, he took off the curtain hat for her, with a smile in his eyes but a very serious tone, "Don't worry, everything is fine, father. It's just a hard journey, so I prepared another carriage for father."

Seeing that what he said was serious, but there was a teasing look in his eyes, he glared at him, turned sideways, and stopped talking to him.

It was all caused by someone else, not him!

Fang Shuhuai couldn't help but laugh when he saw her somewhat angry face, and shook his head silently, feeling that her talking to him lively at this moment was what he wanted in this life.

Xu Miaoyin was not such a petty person, and she was chatting and laughing with Fang Shuhuai when the carriage arrived at the Xu Mansion.

Fang Shuhuai helped him out of the carriage. He turned around and looked behind the carriage, but his father's carriage was nowhere to be seen. Qin Zhan stepped forward and said, "The master of the house temporarily changed his route to go to the bank. Madam, don't worry."

Xu Miaoyin felt relieved. Seeing Qin Zhan come back so quickly, she thought of the young man and asked, "But did you help find his family?"

Qin Zhan replied: "On the way back to the city, I happened to meet his family who was looking for him. I returned him and the villain came back."

Xu Miaoyin nodded and told him and Fushou to rest, then walked back to Lanyin Courtyard with Fang Shuhuai.

After returning to Lanyinyuan for a short rest, she went to the kitchen again and ordered some of her father's favorite dishes before returning to Lanyinyuan.

Fang Shuhuai saw that she was like a spinning top and had to do everything by herself, so he wanted to persuade her to take a rest and just ask her servants to go if she had something to do. But seeing how happy she looked, he just let her go!

Xu Miaoyin carefully prepared a table of dishes, but she didn't see her father return home. Fortunately, she finally saw Xu Renian before the dishes were served.

Seeing that her father was as energetic as before, she finally felt a little more at ease. When the meal was over and the maid was serving tea, she asked, "Did your trip go well?"

Xu Rennian took a sip of tea and replied with a smile: "It went well, the journey up the canal was smooth, and the food arrived at Liyang smoothly. The grains were not missing, and the other side of Jinshui Village did not use their brains to rob the food. You can rest assured!

"

"How did daddy know that Jinshui Village would rob food?"

She had never mentioned the food robbery in Jinshui Village to her father. An idea flashed through her mind, but it was so fast that she couldn't grasp it.

Fang Shuhuai picked up the tea at hand, coughed lightly, glanced at "Xu Rennian", took a sip of tea and said, "I told my father to beware of the people in Jinshui Village. Jinshui Village is doing business of robbing families and houses. My father himself

He knew better than me, he had guessed it a long time ago, and made redeployments."

"Xu Rennian" smiled awkwardly, and then agreed: "Yes, your father and I have been in business for many years, so we have already made preparations."

Seeing that Xu Miaoyin still looked suspicious and wanted to ask something, she looked tired and continued: "Miaomiao, daddy is tired. Let's talk about anything tomorrow. You and Shuhuai should go back and rest.

"

After saying that, he got up and left the flower hall and returned to Minghui Hall.

Seeing that her father looked tired, Xu Miaoyin stopped asking questions and watched him leave the flower hall, then returned to Lanyin Courtyard with Fang Shuhuai.
To be continued...