Xie Jiang was almost crushed to death in Yi Yanguan’s arms.
What was he doing? Xie Jiang tilted her head to look at him.
“Are you alright?” His dark expression made him look like a debt collector.
“What could be wrong with me?” Did he need to look so worried? These trash on the ground? They weren’t even enough to fill Big Hammer’s teeth.
He hadn’t heard she was being targeted by Lu Baofang’s people and rushed over, had he?
When they first met at the foot of Xian Mountain, hadn’t he already seen her in action? Did he think she was constantly taking medicine and maintaining her health, and couldn’t even handle these weaklings?
He wasn’t worried that she couldn’t handle these people.
What he had seen at the foot of Xian Mountain often appeared in his dreams.
The more decisive and fierce her actions, the more accustomed she seemed to these matters, the more it tore at his heart.
She must have witnessed more brutal, more terrifying killings and acts of violence to consider these things ordinary.
As a girl, she should have been pampered and cherished, raised with the utmost care.
She didn’t know what this man was imagining now, his eyes were so red they looked like he could devour someone.
If something was wrong, he should just say it.
Was he incubating chicks in his heart?
Seeing Shan Bai look over, Xie Jiang nodded, “My people.”
Yi Yanguan’s arm squeezed her so hard she could barely breathe. Then he looked up and found Yi Yanguan’s face even darker.
What did she mean, “my people”?
Shan Bai, Wen Feng, and the other guards retreated to the side.
Big Hammer climbed up from the ground, scratching his head and chuckling.
Yuan Liu rolled his eyes a full 180 degrees.
Only this guy, with his naturally simple appearance, could chuckle like that. Anyone else doing so would look incredibly lewd.
Thank heaven, thank earth, thank his parents for giving him a fierce, dark face with a pair of deep dimples.
However, Xie Mo Tou’s guard looked like this?
Big Hammer fawningly approached Xie Jiang, thinking the pretty boy Yi Yanguan was so annoying, why was he hugging Jiang Jiang so tightly? He’d choke Jiang Jiang to death like that.
Big Hammer wanted to remove the bothersome arm, but he was afraid the pretty boy would become disabled and look bad, polluting Jiang Jiang’s precious eyes.
Big Hammer was conflicted.
Wen Feng and the others stared intently at Big Hammer! What kind of look was that to give their master? It was utterly deserving of death! Try to touch their master!
Xie Jiang was also annoyed by Yi Yanguan. He kept squeezing her with his arm. If she hadn’t already gotten him under control, she would have had Big Hammer remove it.
Yi Yanguan glanced at Big Hammer, then looked at Xie Jiang again.
Did he think she didn’t know what they were thinking?
Xie Jiang felt the hair on her head prickle as if it were about to stand on end.
She forcefully pried Yi Yanguan’s arm open, took out an envelope, and shoved it into Big Xiong’s arms. “This is the consultation fee paid by the Duke of Wei’s mansion, a residence on Yuqiao Street, good location and suitable size.”
Big Hammer held the envelope and looked at it left and right, then said aggrievedly, “It’s not edible.”
“Keep it to get married, you’re already in your twenties.” Although Xie Jiang frowned and looked disgusted, there was a smile in her eyes, a familiarity that others couldn’t match.
Wen Feng and the others were stunned.
In his twenties?
They looked Big Xiong up and down again.
Standing beside Xie Mo Tou, he was like a mountain. Xie Mo Tou, so tall, was made to look like a little chick by this man, his body covered in muscles like solid iron.
He had a round face, large ears, a straight nose, and a square mouth, with a full beard around his cheeks. His dark, shiny skin made his teeth appear dazzlingly white, blinding people.
Some would believe he was forty.
What astonished them most was that Xie Mo Wang was so good to the people around her, giving them residences to get married!
They secretly glanced at their own master.
Uh.
Their master didn’t seem to have grasped it.
Big Hammer mumbled, “A wife isn’t edible either.”
Two light pieces of paper, not as substantial as two pounds of wine and meat.
Xie Jiang: “How can a wife not be edible? A wife is even more delicious when eaten.”
Big Hammer blinked his bull-like eyes and thought for a moment, then quickly spread his two palm-like hands. “Then I can’t learn from that Lu, Lu something. I don’t eat people, and Jiang Jiang, you can’t eat people either…”
He said the last sentence very quietly, “Eating people makes your teeth turn black, and it looks bad…”
“I don’t eat people.”
“Then how do you know a wife is delicious when eaten?” Big Hammer’s face was full of the expression – you can’t fool me, I’m very smart.
Wen Feng and Shan Bai exchanged glances, finally confirming that Xie Mo Tou’s subordinate had a screw loose, the kind that could drown him if he fell in.
Xie Jiang was exasperated and snatched the envelope back from Big Hammer. “Do you have any money left on you? If not, go ask them. You can go play by yourself now, you don’t need to follow me.”
“They won’t let me drink!” Big Hammer seized the opportunity to complain.
Xie Jiang tiptoed and patted his head. “It’s not allowed for you to drink.” Alcohol isn’t good for your brain.
Before she could reach him, her hand was caught.
And she was dragged away from Big Hammer.
Xie Jiang frowned and looked at Yi Yanguan.
Yi Yanguan also looked wronged. “I didn’t eat lunch.”
Did she have so much to say to an unintelligent subordinate!
Was talking nonsense interesting!
Was he invisible!
Xie Jiang looked at him strangely. “I didn’t stop you.” Why so wronged?
One moment she was worrying about whether her subordinate had a wife, the next she was worrying about whether her subordinate had money, and then she was worrying about whether her subordinate wanted to drink!
Didn’t he deserve a word of concern, having not had a drop of water since morning!
Yi Yanguan stared at her stubbornly.
Xie Jiang: “…” Crazy!
Yi Yanguan took a deep breath and didn’t argue with her.
What he couldn’t stand even more was her staying amidst these scattered remains.
Big Hammer rubbed the back of his head with his palm-like hands, looking enviously as Jiang Jiang was forcibly hugged and taken away by the pretty boy.
Every time he hugged Jiang Jiang like this, he got hit. Why didn’t Jiang Jiang hit the pretty boy?
He couldn’t figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. Eating was the most important thing. “Where are we going to eat?” Big Hammer cheerfully followed behind.
Yi Yanguan stopped, glanced at Big Hammer following closely behind, then looked at Xie Jiang. Didn’t she tell him to go play by himself? Why was he still following?
What if he followed? Xie Jiang was indifferent. Let’s eat first, Big Hammer hadn’t eaten either.
Yi Yanguan’s face turned as black as charcoal.
Xie Jiang found a restaurant casually to have lunch.
She could hear Big Hammer’s stomach rumbling.
As soon as the food was served, she frowned slightly, but said nothing, silently picking up her chopsticks to eat.
However, there were a few dishes she didn’t even want to look at.
“We could have eaten at the mansion.” Was it necessary to make compromises for a subordinate?
“It’s too far, I’m too lazy to go.” Big Hammer was most afraid of being hungry; filling his stomach was the most important thing.
While Yi Yanguan was secretly feeling jealous, he also heard something else in her words. “Since the Duke of Wei’s mansion paid your consultation fee, it’s likely you won’t be living at the Duke of Wei’s mansion anymore. If you’re not living in my mansion, where do you plan to live?”
“There are many places I can go.”
“My courtyard has been restored to its original state.” It’s perfectly fine to move in tonight.
“Oh, I’ll go when I have time.” Xie Jiang was very perfunctory.
“Isn’t it good to live at my place?”
“You’re too annoying, I want some peace and quiet.” Who was it that resisted her and told her to stay away from him before? Men were so contradictory! It was the same when they first met at the foot of Xian Mountain; one moment he avoided her like the plague and kicked her out of the carriage, the next he went along with it and brought her home. When she wanted to have something indescribable happen between them, he acted like a chaste man guarding his purity.
What kind of reason was this? In over twenty years, he had never received such an evaluation. “How am I annoying?”