The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

After returning to Xinyuan, I slowly began to feel indescribably flustered and irritated.

She came to the study and randomly picked up a book, but after a long time, because she was absent-minded and her attention was distracted from time to time, she didn't read many words at all, and the book always stopped at the page she first opened.

Huanhuan simply pushed the book aside and went to the kitchen again, hoping to learn cooking and chat while working to relieve her boredom.

Hearing Huanhuan coming to help and learn cooking, Wei Mama, the chef, welcomed her sincerely and taught her attentively. But Huanhuan, who was upset, dropped a plate, broke two bowls, and crushed three eggs, which really made things more chaotic and annoying. Looking at Wei Mama's forced smile, Huanhuan apologized awkwardly and left the kitchen very consciously.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west. She returned to the main room and looked at the dimmed light in the room. The troubles in her heart gradually disappeared, but a sense of depression rose in her heart. She sat at the round table and poured herself a full cup of water, but she was not in a hurry to drink it. She just stared at the green Yue Kiln tea cup in a trance, and silently said: "Xu Qu, Xu Qu, what is in your heart? Could it be that you have seen the sea and nothing else can compare to it?"

After a while, a little maid came in and said to Huan Huan, "Madam, the meal is ready. Please move to the side room."

Slowly she moved her eyes away from the teacup, looked at the little maid and replied, "No hurry, wait for the master to come back."

The little maid said, "The young master is already in the side room."

Huanhuan was surprised, because Xu Qu usually went back to his room first. So Huanhuan went to the wing room with the maid out of curiosity, and indeed saw Xu Qu sitting at the table, but he did not eat, but just stared at the food with his eyes downcast in thought.

Sitting down slowly, the candlelight cast her shadow on the table. Xu Qu raised her head and asked slowly, "Why didn't you go back to the house, but came directly to the wing room?"

Xu Qu smiled faintly and said, "When I came back, I happened to see Nanny Chang and the others serving food, so I followed them in."

Seeing that Xu Qu seemed to be worried, Huanhuan asked tentatively, "Did everything go well with Manager Cao today?"

As expected, Xu Qu shook his head and said, "Manager Cao still refuses to give in, and they will leave the day after tomorrow."

He asked slowly, "Mother, can't you give in a little?"

Xu Qu looked at him and answered slowly, "Mother did make some concessions and no longer sought to be the general merchant, but Manager Cao still refused to give in on the purchase price."

Huanhuan couldn't help but frowned and said, "This is really difficult. This shopkeeper Cao looks easy to talk to, but I didn't expect him to be so stubborn."

Xu Qu said coldly, "I'm afraid it's because we were too sincere and eager before, which gave him a handle, so Manager Cao felt confident and dared to ask for a high price. I've already told my mother that it's better to just leave them alone for a day tomorrow and let them figure out the price themselves."

Huanhuan said with some worry: "Although it is a method, what if it really fails?"

Xu Qu was silent for a moment, then said, "It's true that this is hard to grasp. My mother said she would think about it. I am also worried about this."

Huanhuan looked at Xu Qu like this and comforted him, "No matter what, eat first. Only when you are full can you have the energy to do things." After that, he handed him the chopsticks.

Xu Qu took the chopsticks with a faint smile, nodded and said, "Okay."

After eating two mouthfuls of food, Xu Qu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did you take your medicine today?"

He replied slowly: "Drink it, don't worry."

Xu Qu added, "You need to rest more. Suzhu and A Shun are both reliable and capable people. There is nothing important in the shop recently, so you can just go for half a day. Miss Shen's birthday party can also be arranged at home, right?"

He nodded slowly and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go to the shop after lunch tomorrow."

After hearing Huanhao's answer, Xu Qu also smiled, and then the two of them lowered their heads to eat in tacit understanding.

The room was quiet, but Huanhuan's heart was surging. Xu Qu's concern made her get rid of all the gloom she had before. She couldn't help but smile while eating. It seemed that she would have a good sleep again today.

The next day, Huanhuan was awakened by the chirping of birds outside the window. She looked around the room and found Xiaoyu sitting at the round table, dozing off with her chin in her hands. Huanhuan walked over to sit opposite Xiaoyu, in a very good mood, and just looked at Xiaoyu without disturbing her.

Suddenly, Xiaoyu's hand slipped and she opened her eyes. She saw Huanhuan sitting opposite her and laughing at her. She scratched her head and said angrily, "Miss, you are bad. I am here to protect you, but you still laugh at me."

She smiled slowly and walked forward to hold Xiaoyu and begged for mercy: "Good Xiaoyu, good Xiaoyu, the lady was wrong." Only then did Xiaoyu straighten the corners of her drooping mouth.

Then he asked again, "Why didn't you go to the shop?"

As Xiaoyu prepared her toiletries, she replied, "Miss, my uncle specially asked me to stay and take care of you."

He asked slowly, "Xu Qu left early in the morning?"

Xiaoyu replied, "My uncle came back from sword practice early in the morning and didn't even have dinner, so my wife called him away."

Huanhuan couldn't help but worry. Manager Cao would be leaving tomorrow, and Madam Xie must be anxious today. If the Xiangyunsha issue couldn't be negotiated, all the efforts in recent days would be in vain.

After washing up slowly, eating and taking medicine with an uneasy heart, he came to Xu Qu's study to sort out the birthday party of Miss Shen San. Before he knew it, the whole morning had passed.

Xu Qu unexpectedly came back at noon. He pushed open the door of the main hall with some force. When he heard the sound slowly, he felt that Manager Cao's matter was not going well. She came to the main hall from the study and saw Xu Qu sitting on a round stool next to the round table. He did not change clothes as usual when he entered the room, but was still wearing a navy blue cloak, his left fist was placed on his lap, his right fist was placed on the round table, he lowered his head and looked down, thinking about something silently.

He slowly came over, poured a glass of water and handed it to Xu Qu.

Xu Qu raised his head, and the moment he saw Huan Huan, the originally cold eyes became calm. He took the cup and said only one sentence: "You are here."

He slowly looked at Xu Qu and asked, "Is it that things are not going well with Manager Cao?"

Xu Qu was silent at first, then he opened his thin lips and said calmly: "The negotiation has completely failed."

Although she had considered this situation before, she was still very shocked when she heard the news. She asked with some concern, "What's going on?"

Xu Qu's face was grim, and he said, "My mother called me over early this morning and took Manager Cao and his wife to Yongshengfang and the workshop. Manager Cao praised us with glib words, but he still insisted on the price of Xiangyunsha and refused to give in. My mother tried to negotiate with Mrs. Cao in a nice way, but Mrs. Cao spoke rudely. My mother said angrily that since that was the case, let's just leave it at that!"

He took a deep breath and said, "How did the Cao couple respond at that time?"

Xu Qu said coldly, "When my mother said that, Manager Cao and his wife looked at each other in bewilderment, and then they said, 'Forget it, forget it. We have been bothering you for so many days. It is time to go back and pack our bags. We will leave tomorrow.' I guess they are packing in Jingyuan now."

He frowned slowly and said, "I don't know how my mother is doing now. I have to find time to go see her."

Xu Qu nodded and said, "Let's eat first and then go visit mother in the afternoon."

He nodded slowly and said yes, then helped Xu Qu change his clothes and they went to eat together.