Before fleeing famine, marry a playboy!

"You're back?" Li Yuening had just sat down when Xie Shi came in. She put down her rolled-up sleeves and talked to Xie Shi, "What did the old man say that made you so angry?"

Xie Shi smiled, "I didn't..." He was angry and stopped talking before he finished speaking, "How did you know?"

Li Yuening glanced at him and said, "Do you want me to give you a mirror to take a good look? Your smile is so fake. If you can't smile, don't smile. It's creepy." After saying that, she continued to lower her head to tidy up her clothes.

Xie Shi suppressed his smile, and suddenly smelled something strange. He sniffed the air and asked, "Why does it smell like mutton?"

Li Yuening had a stack of sheepskin in her hand. "I hunted a sheep, but you look like you have no appetite. Let's forget it."

Xie Shi, "We still have to eat, let Baiyi deal with this." Then he took the sheepskin and went out to find Baiyi.

Li Yuening covered her mouth and laughed.

When Xie Shi came back, the two of them entered the space. The table in the dining room was full of things and a bit messy. Xie Shi rolled up his sleeves and started to get busy.

Li Yuening moved two round stools and sat near the door. Next to her was a needle and thread basket with a stack of blue and pink cloth in it.

Li Yuening measured the size with her hands and began to cut. In the kitchen, the only sounds were the scissors cutting the cloth and the sounds of pots and pans colliding. No one spoke for a while.

Finally, Xie Shi spoke, his tone a little aggrieved, "Yuening~ why don't you ask me?"

Li Yuening was threading the needle with her finger on the end of the thread. After hearing this, she glanced at Xie Shi and casually said, "I thought you didn't want me to know."

Xie Shi stopped what he was doing, walked over, squatted at Li Yuening's feet, looked up at her, and said, "I'm not hiding anything from you."

He looked like a dog that had lost a fight and was returning home to look for his owner. How pitiful.

Li Yuening inexplicably wanted to touch Xie Shi's head. She put down the needle and thread in her hand, held Xie Shi's face, watched his eyes turn from black to blue, and his palms go from warm to hot. Xie Shi became shy again.

Li Yuening didn't let him go, and said softly: "Go on, I'm listening."

Xie Shi swallowed his saliva, his tongue was a little tied. It was not like they had never been close before, but the first time they could feel each other's breath this close was when Li Yuening was injured.

Xie Shi, "Grandpa, let me find the Black Jade Ointment for Xie Zhan."

"Can the Black Jade Ointment heal Xie Zhan's wrist?"

Xie Shi wanted to nod, his head resting on Li Yuening's hand, and said, "Well, Feng Qian said that this thing is only available in Jianghu Baihua Divine Doctor Valley.

I am the only one in this family who can deal with the gangsters.

Feng Qian wanted to defend me and make things difficult for Grandpa, but he probably didn't expect that this job would fall into my hands."

Li Yuening rolled her eyes. "I told him he couldn't talk too much. Did he say a time limit?"

"Two months."

Li Yuening, "Where is Hundred Flower Valley? If I really need to go there, will two months be enough for a round trip?"

"It's not far from Nanshan, so it's on the way."

Li Yuening, "No, I'll ask Feng Qian tomorrow. I want to confirm whether Xie Zhan is really useless. I'll see if he can prepare the Black Jade Ointment. We can look for any herbs we need in the space, but whether to give it to Xie Zhan is another matter."

Li Yuening's eyes rolled around, it seemed that some things could still be done.

What made Xie Shi angry was not this, but, "Grandpa, you plan to use the entire Xie family to exchange for Xie Zhan to stay in the main family."

"What? Is he crazy? He's going to sacrifice all of you for a useless person?" Li Yuening had just come back to her senses when she heard Xie Shi's words. She exerted force with her hands and her voice was a little high.

Xie Shi said sarcastically, "I didn't expect that. Not to mention me, all the people in the second house combined are not as good as Xie Zhan's hand."

Xie Lin's original words were, 'I will propose to the master to voluntarily withdraw from Jinling and give Zhan Ge'er a place in Yecheng.'

"He is really old and confused. He is pushing all of you out." Li Yuening couldn't think of any reason why the old man did this. What ability did Xie Zhan have that made him value him so much?

Just because he is good at studying, but don’t there have two other scholars in the second house?

"It seems we can't stay in this house anymore. When we go to the northwest, we have to stay away from him." Li Yuening said.

Xie Shi nodded.

Li Yuening asked, "Are you angry about this?"

Xie Shi didn't say anything.

Li Yuening, "Five fingers have different lengths, and it's normal to be biased. Didn't you know that a long time ago?

People like the old man, except for being criticized for their etiquette during festivals, just stay away from them at other times. There is no need to keep them in mind.

You care so much, are you still holding on to some fantasy?"

Xie Shi closed his eyes and said, "I was just daydreaming."

Li Yuening rubbed Xie Shi's cheek with her thumb, "You said it was tough, but you were the one who said you wanted to leave the family, and you were the one who couldn't bear to leave. You have the mentality of a child."

How could a man's face be so tender and smooth? Li Yuening couldn't help but kiss Xie Shi on the forehead. "Okay, I'll be with you from now on. Don't be angry."

After saying that, she let go of the hand that was holding Xie Shi’s cheek and continued to do needlework.

Xie Shi squatted there motionless as if someone had pressed acupoints on him, his blue eyes as deep as the sea, staring at Li Yuening's lips.

Li Yuening saw that he hadn't moved, so she asked, "What's wrong? Are your feet numb?"

Xie Shi shook his head mechanically.

"Oh, then go and cook. The sheep has been dead for a long time and is waiting to be put into the pot." Li Yuening looked at the cloth over and over again, wondering what pattern to embroider for Xie Shi.

Xie Shiyini's thoughts were shattered by Li Yuening's words, like a mirror that had been hit in the middle and could not be put together again.

With a long sigh, Xie Shi stood up and walked to the stove with his soft feet.

Li Yuening caught a glimpse of him and breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't know why she had kissed him just now. She was extremely flustered.

The young man was not easily teased. The look in his eyes just now seemed as if he wanted to eat her alive. Li Yuening thought she had to be more careful next time, as it would be easy for something to get into trouble if it happened too often.

His mind returned to the sachet and no one spoke in the kitchen for a while, as the two of them each had their own thoughts.

Li Yuening thought about it and decided to embroider a pair of windmill jasmine on one side. The white flowers were shaped like a swastika, hence the name windmill jasmine.

The other side was embroidered with a moon over a lotus pond. It was simple and not likely to be the same as others. After sketching it out in her mind, she took out the silk thread and started to match it. She was so immersed in it that she didn't even notice Xie Shi looking at her from time to time.

Xie Shi looked at the blue cloth in Li Yuening's hand, knowing that it was made for him. A faint smile appeared on the corners of his mouth. The frustration caused by the old man had long since disappeared with the wind.

When the sachet took shape and the aroma of meat in the pot wafted out, Li Yuening touched her stomach and realized she was really hungry.

"Are you hungry?" Xie Shi had been paying attention to her. Seeing Li Yuening touching her stomach, he asked.

Li Yuening nodded, "How long will it take?"

Xie Shi, "Half a minute later, I don't know where the fur ball has gone."

"I asked it to keep an eye on the cubs. Don't worry, it will come back following the scent." Li Yuening stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."