Chapter 19

On the day when Fang Shuhuai arrived in Yangzhou, it was raining, and it drizzled on their shoulders.

The closer they got to Yangzhou, the more solemn Fang Shuhuai's face became. In the past three days, except for stopping for an hour or two to rest during meals, they were always on the road without stopping. Even now when they arrived in Yangzhou City, Fang Shuhuai still refused to relax.

Turning around the main street, he finally turned into Wutong Lane, where the Xu family was located. Qin Zhan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally arrived. He, a martial arts practitioner, couldn't bear the drive day and night. His master looked at him with a look on his face.

He's a bit paler, but there's nothing else unusual about him.

Fang Shuhuai got off his horse, strode up the steps, walked through the door, and headed straight towards Lanyin Courtyard.

The gate of Lanyin Court was very close at hand, but Fang Shuhuai's steps became slower and slower, and he gradually stopped. He glanced at the gate, turned around and headed towards Minghui Hall.

Minghuitang had already received news of Fang Shuhuai's return, and Qiao Zhi and Chen Fengling had been waiting in the study.

Qiao Zhi looked at the door and said, "Chen San, we probably don't have to wait any longer. The master should go back to Lanyin Academy first."

Chen Fengling shook the folding fan in her hand, glanced at him, and said lazily: "Maybe, let's wait first."

Qiao Zhi smiled a little narrowly, "I guess the master will not leave Lanyin Academy today."

Chen Fengling saw that he was smiling obscenely and sneered lightly, not wanting to pay attention to him, so she walked to the window and looked at Fang Shuhuai striding towards the study under the pattering rain.

Chen Fengling smiled, turned to Qiao Zhi and said, "Two hundred taels, I guess the master will come over."

Qiao Zhi was delighted when he heard it and readily agreed, but after a moment he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

When Fang Shuhuai stepped into the study room, he saw Qiao Zhi's bitter expression, which made his already cold and stern expression even more difficult to look at.

Qiao Zhi saw that Fang Shuhuai's expression was not good, so he put away his expression and saluted Fang Shuhuai solemnly.

Fang Shuhuai sat in an armchair, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Has anything happened in the house recently?"

Chen Fengling and Qiao Zhi looked at each other, and Chen Fengling stepped forward to report: "Except that Xiao Duo has left the house, there is nothing else."

"What did the people who followed him say?" Fang Shuhuai asked.

"I didn't have any contact with anyone. After leaving Xu Mansion, I went directly towards the city gate. After leaving the city, I went west."

Chen Fengling raised her eyes and looked at Fang Shuhuai's expression. She couldn't see anything else except that he was in a hurry.

Fang Shuhuai was silent for a long time and then asked, "Is there anything else?"

The two people who were asked looked at each other in confusion. They didn't know what the master meant by this question. Did the master receive any other news?

The two of them exchanged glances. If something happens, report it quickly!

Chen Fengling had no choice but to report something that she thought was not a big deal, "A few days ago, Xu Ming had contact with his wife. My subordinates were worried about what she would think of, so they transferred Xu Ming away."

When Fang Shuhuai heard this, his brows wrinkled slightly, his face suddenly turned cold, a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he stood up and strode out of the study.

Qiao Zhi saw Fang Shuhuai quickly leaving the study with an unkind look on his face, and looked at Chen Fengling in confusion, "Master, what's going on? Madam, nothing serious happened there!"

Chen Fengling spread her hands and left the study with her hands behind her back.

Fang Shuhuai stepped into the gate of Lanyin Court and saw two maids, Yuqiu and Yuchun, tying their knots under the corridor, but Xu Miaoyin was not there.

He looked at the open door again, and suddenly felt timid and did not dare to approach, so he gradually stopped.

Yuqiu raised her eyes and saw Fang Shuhuai standing at the door. She smiled and asked Yuchun to go in to report the news to Xu Miaoyin. She stepped forward to greet her. As soon as she saluted and called her uncle, she heard Fang Shuhuai ask: "She

Something has happened recently..."

Yu Qiu was a little confused as to why her master asked such a question, when she saw Xu Miaoyin coming out to greet him. She wisely stepped away, and went into the room with Yu Chun to prepare things for Fang Shuhuai to wash.

Xu Miaoyin looked at him with a smile, seeing him staring at her in a daze, his eyes full of smiles, "What's the matter? I don't recognize my wife after traveling far away."

Fang Shuhuai saw that her eyes were like autumn water, her eyebrows were soft, and there was nothing strange about her. He felt relieved and smiled.

Xu Miaoyin saw that his face was pale, his eyes were sunken, and his clothes were soaked by the rain, so she pulled him into the house, and he followed her obediently.

Bathing supplies had been prepared in the clean room. When Xu Miaoyin came in with a change of clothes, she saw him standing motionless in front of the screen, looking at her eagerly.

Xu Miaoyin pitied him for his hard journey, so she walked over, blushed and unbuttoned his clothes, and when they got into the bathtub, she loosened his hair and poured water into it to wash his hair. For a moment, neither of them had anything to say.

As they spoke, they could only hear the splash of water from the spoon, and both of them enjoyed this warm moment after a long absence.

After washing, Fang Shuhuai changed his clothes and left the clean room feeling refreshed. Xu Miaoyin prepared a meal for him and came in to call him, only to see him sitting on the soft couch in a daze with wet hair.

She shook her head, went into the clean room, took out a clean cotton towel, and said with a smile: "Look, your hair is still wet and you haven't wiped it dry. What if you catch a cold later?"

Fang Shuhuai smiled childishly and didn't say anything, just waiting for her to wipe his hair.

Xu Miaoyin shook her head helplessly and joked: "Why do I feel like I have raised a son?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Fang Shuhuai grabbed her wrist, pulled hard, and sat sideways on his lap. Before she could react, Fang Shuhuai kissed her on the lips.

Fang Shuhuai kissed her deeply and urgently. When Xu Miaoyin was almost out of breath, he let go of her. He looked at her with a half-smile, his voice was a little hoarse, "Do you still look like your son?"

Hearing this, Xu Miaoyin blushed with embarrassment, struggled to get off his lap, and wiped his hair without saying a word.

After seeing that his hair was dry, he combed it and then the two of them sat at the table to eat.

When Fang Shuhuai came back, it was just after noon. Xu Miaoyin had already eaten, and now she only ate some casually with him, mostly picking up food for him.

After the meal, he seemed a little sleepy, so he asked him to go back to the inner room and lie down.

Fang Shuhuai took her hand and said, "Madam, please stay with me for a while!"

Xu Miaoyin had nothing to do anyway, so she stayed with him for a while.

Fang Shuhuai was sleeping outside, holding Xu Miaoyin's waist closer to his chest, closing his eyes, and asked softly: "Miaomiao, do you miss me?"

Xu Miaoyin rested her head in his arms, curled her lips slightly, and said softly: "I think about it, I think about it every day."

Fang Shu held her in his arms, and now he felt more at ease. The panic along the way seemed to have disappeared. He rubbed the top of her hair, relaxed his body and fell asleep.

When Xu Miaoyin heard his gentle breathing, she slowly raised her head, reached out to touch his face, and looked at his peaceful sleeping face for an unknown amount of time before lying back down again.

After driving for three days and three nights, Fang Shuhuaiben was able to reach Yangzhou with just one breath. When he returned to the Xu Mansion, he saw that Xu Miaoyin didn't feel anything strange. He relaxed and slept until the next morning.

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When Fang Shuhuai was half asleep and half awake, he felt that his arms were empty, so he stretched out his hands to hold Xu Miaoyin in his arms, but his hands were empty. He suddenly opened his eyes and saw that one side was empty, and he felt a little panicked.

When he opened the bed curtain and saw Xu Miaoyin sitting in front of the makeup mirror, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He got up and got out of bed, came behind Xu Miaoyin, leaned over and kissed her on the face. Xu Miaoyin blushed and pushed her gently, then turned around and went to the clean room with a smile.

After the couple washed up and had breakfast, they went to Minghui Hall together.

Xu Rennian, who was pretending to be Qiao Zhi, was eating meat buns casually when he heard the footsteps of the two people coming towards the bedroom. He immediately sat upright, pulled the white porridge beside him and drank the porridge slowly, just in time.

At this time, Fang Shuhuai and Xu Miaoyin walked in.

Xu Miaoyin held a food box filled with medicine in her hand. She had prepared the medicine herself in the morning and delivered it to her every day. Qiao Zhi was used to it.

When Xu Miaoyin took out the medicine from the food box, Qiao Zhi naturally picked up the medicine and drank it. After drinking, he said with a loving face: "Thank you for your hard work, Miaomiao. I'll leave the cooking of the medicine to you."

Come on, I'm already fine, I don't need you to work so hard every day."

After Qiao Zhi finished speaking, he glanced at Fang Shuhuai's face and saw that there was no anger on his face, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that he left the study with a cold expression yesterday, he thought he would be cold-faced today as well.

Seeing Xu Renian finish drinking the medicine, Xu Miaoyin looked around and asked, "Dad, I haven't seen Xu Ming in the past two days. Where has he gone?"

Qiao Zhi laughed and said, "I saw that he seemed to be feeling a little unwell these past two days, so I asked him to rest for two days." He paused and asked, "Why do you want to ask him?"

Xu Miaoyin clenched her hands and said with a smile: "It's okay, Xu Ming has always won your heart and served you attentively, so I just asked."

Fang Shuhuai said at this time: "Father, since Xu Ming has served him well these days, we should also ask the doctor to take a look at him, don't you think so?"

Does this mean that Xu Ming should come over? Qiao Zhi thought to himself.

Qiao Zhi nodded repeatedly and praised Fang Shuhuai for his kindness.

A few people chatted for a while, and Fang Shuhuai said at the right time: "Miaomiao, father seems a little tired. Let's go back and let father rest."

Xu Miaoyin saw that Xu Renian's face was indeed a bit tired, so she stood up to greet him and followed Fang Shuhuai out of Minghui Hall.

The two of them were walking side by side. Xu Miaoyin turned her head and looked at Fang Shuhuai and said, "Husband, did your trip to Yancheng go smoothly this time?"

Fang Shuhuai looked forward and said warmly: "It's going pretty smoothly. Although there are some obstacles, it's not a problem."

Xu Miaoyin added: "Thank you, husband. The Xu family has a lot of property, and my father is ill again. Recently, I looked at the account books, and there seems to be some problems. I can't get away to check, so I can only go and check, husband."

Fang Shuhuai's eyes flashed, he stopped, took her hand, and said softly: "We are husband and wife, and the Xu family is also my home, so why bother?"

He smiled fondly and continued: "Besides, with Miaomiao taking care of me, I won't have to work hard."

After saying that, Fang Shuhuai took her hand and continued walking to Lanyin Academy.

Fang Shuhuai glanced sideways at Xu Miaoyin and asked casually: "Have you been reading the account books recently?"

Xu Miaoyin tightened her hands hidden in her sleeves and said calmly: "I couldn't bear daddy's hard work, so I asked the boy in the study to send the account book to me."

Fang Shuhuai said with understanding: "Miaomiao has been with her father since she was a child, so it will not be difficult for you to read the account books."

Xu Miaoyin said nothing more and lowered her eyes to hide the strangeness behind her eyes.

Fang Shuhuai said again: "Miaomiao sees something wrong, I will go check it out tomorrow."

Xu Miaoyin looked up at him, trying to see some guilt and panic in his eyes, but all she saw was magnanimity and indifference in his eyes.

She subconsciously clenched her hand again, but didn't realize that it was the hand held by Fang Shuhuai. She replied: "I have marked all the account books I have read, and I have asked Yuchun to take them to the study."
To be continued...