Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

Shi Bai and Xiu both looked surprised when they heard Noah's question. Xiu glanced at Shi Bai, whose cheeks flushed, and he said in a fluster, "You two talk, I'm going to find Brother Qi!"

Noah watched Shi Bai dash out like a gust of wind, then looked at Xiu and asked, "Have you done everything you were supposed to do?"

"Of course, Shi Bai and I are an old married couple, and there are no obstacles. We've done everything we should. But, Patriarch, how could you be inexperienced?" Xiu asked jokingly.

Noah's face turned cold. "Do I have to be very experienced?"

"No, no, I'm just a little surprised. The patriarch is very different from what people say. Before I knew you, I thought you were cruel, cold-blooded, and ruthless, without any weaknesses or knowledge. After getting to know you, I realized that you're not as exaggerated as people say. In fact, you're just an ordinary person with things you can and can't do, things you like and things you dislike."

"I don't want to know your opinion of me. I just want to learn from you about that kind of thing. If you want a second arrest warrant, just tell me right away. Don't give me any nonsense."

Noah had already been told once today that he lacked experience and didn't know how to do it, and he didn't want to hear it a second time. The word "inexperienced" was just too grating.

Xiu was Noah's senior in this matter, with rich practical experience. He was very open with his knowledge and told Noah everything he knew in order to get the second wanted poster.

Noah was hearing this kind of knowledge for the first time. Like a curious child, his eyes would widen and he would exclaim "Wow!" when he heard certain parts. When he understood something, he would pretend to be profound and give a calm "Hmm".

One of them dared to speak, and the other dared to listen.

As Bai left, he knew what the two were going to say next. The wind and snow outside couldn't blow away the blush on his cheeks. Although he had experience with this, he was too shy to share these things with anyone other than Xiu, no matter how many times.

Upon arriving at the main house, he glanced around the living room but couldn't find Qi Yuan. Just as he was about to ask a servant where Qi Yuan was, he heard Petty's voice coming from the kitchen.

Wherever Petty is, Qi Yuan will surely be there too.

Shi Bai turned and walked towards the kitchen, where he indeed found Qi Yuan and Petty.

Qi Yuan was wearing an apron with his sleeves rolled up. He put a basket of bright red strawberries into the basket and washed them with clean water. Petty followed behind Qi Yuan like a little tail, holding a strawberry in each hand.

Shi Bai walked over and asked, "Brother Qi, what are you doing?"

"Candied hawthorn." After saying that, Qi Yuan felt that there was something wrong with what he said, and said, "There are no hawthorns here. The only fruit that the butler could find for me was strawberries, so using strawberries instead of hawthorns can also be considered a kind of candied hawthorn."

Shi Bai said that the food he missed most in Dongzhou was candied hawthorn, so Qi Yuan thought of making it for him. However, there were very few fruits in Beizhou in winter, and the only fruit the butler could find for Qi Yuan in a short time was strawberries.

Once he found strawberries, Qi Yuan started making candied hawthorn skewers.

Shi Bai was shocked that Qi Yuan would actually make candied hawthorns for him. He was speechless for a moment. He thought it was just a casual remark, and since Qi Yuan didn't make them right away, he didn't take it to heart.

But Qi Yuan didn't make it for him immediately because there were no raw materials. He would make it for him as soon as he had the raw materials.

Thinking of this, Shi Bai's eyes reddened.

"Brother Shi Bai, are you crying?" Petty noticed Shi Bai's red eyes and asked.

Qi Yuan looked over upon hearing the sound and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Brother Qi, you are the second person, after the young master, to treat me well," Shi Bai said.

Qi Yuan said calmly, "I'm not just making this for you; Petty should like it too."

"Pettiy loves strawberries, Brother Shi Bai. Here's a strawberry for you, so don't cry."

Petty took a strawberry from the basket and popped it into Shi Bai's mouth. Winter fruits are expensive, and strawberries, being such a delicate fruit, are even more expensive this season.

The strawberry Shi Bai was holding could probably sell for 120 yuan in a shop. Shi Bai was a little reluctant to eat such an expensive fruit and planned to take it back for Xiu to eat.

Qi Yuan had no idea how much this basket of strawberries cost; he focused all his attention on boiling the sugar coating the strawberries.

Making sugar can be quite difficult; if it's too thin, it will be like water, and if it's too thick, it will be hard.

Qi Yuan tried three times before finally succeeding.

Take the skewered strawberries, coat them with sugar, and set them aside.

Wrap them all up and let them air dry outside; the sugar on the strawberries will freeze solid immediately.

This was the first time Petty had ever tried candied hawthorns. The sweet and sour strawberries coated in sweet sugar were a unique combination that quickly won over the little girl, Petty, who happily ate a bunch of strawberries.

Shi Bai also took a bite of the candied hawthorn. After just one bite, his eyes reddened slightly, and he blinked, trying hard not to cry.

Qi Yuan discovered that Shi Bai, being a boy, really cried a lot. Even a small thing could make his eyes well up with tears. He didn't know whether to say that he was easily moved to tears or something else.

However, although Shi Bai is prone to crying, he is also very brave.

When he was sold, one of the escapees embarked on the road back to Juecheng.

Upon returning to Juecheng, he did not immediately go back to Xiu's side, but instead hid around Xiu and secretly observed his situation.

He was forcibly separated from Xiu, and if he rashly approached her, they would definitely be separated again. So, he observed the situation around Xiu, trying to see if the two of them could still be together.

After all, if he gets caught and separated a second time, he might not be able to escape.

If Xiu hadn't been stabbed and injured, he wouldn't have been caught sneaking off to the hospital to visit someone.

Qi Yuan didn't dislike Shi Bai, who was prone to crying. Looking at Shi Bai, who was trying hard to control his emotions, he asked, "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Shi Bai suppressed his emotions and smiled at Qi Yuan. "I don't remember the taste of that candied hawthorn before I left Dongzhou, but Brother Qi, you made it really well. And the Dongzhou dishes you made before were also ones I had never eaten in Dongzhou."

At this point, Shi Bai's sadness vanished, and his smile brightened considerably. "Although my past was not good, I met Young Master, who has always been very good to me. And now Brother Qi is also very good to me. I will not talk about the past anymore, and I will look forward!"

Perhaps it was because of his reunion with Xiu that Shi Bai was certain that they would not be separated again, so he was less worried and his mood improved.

Qi Yuan's lips also curled up slightly as he said, "Yes, we should look forward and forget about the unpleasant past."

Qi Yuan felt as if he was saying these words to himself.

Upon hearing this, Shi Bai nodded emphatically and smiled broadly.