Chapter 18 Misunderstanding Why She Keeps Looking at Him

Ningshuang just said that the meal portions at Xian Yi Ju include three hot dishes and one cold dish, three meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and one or two soups.

Ningshuang hesitated for a moment and glanced at Xie Yunshuo.

The way Madam ordered dishes, with more vegetables and less meat, is not to the eldest son's taste.

She was just a maid, unable to make a decision and dared not agree.

Beside Xie Yunshuo, Qiu Ze and Jiao Shan looked at each other and both raised their brows slightly.

The lady had been married for only half a day and had already occupied the principal room, while the eldest son had moved into the study.

The sleeping quarters were occupied, and now it seemed that the dishes on the table would be replaced by my wife, and the meals would be prepared according to her own preferences.

The eldest son guarded the border with his grandfather and father to resist foreign invasion of the country. However, he did not expect that just by marrying a wife, his Xian Yi Residence was occupied.

It's a bit funny.

The two of them were very cautious and lowered their eyes to look at the young master's face, and found that there was no fluctuation on his face.

Ning Shuang didn't know how to respond. After looking over, Xie Yunshuo said, "Serve her whatever she wants to eat. My meals will continue as usual."

He didn't realize that Jiang Si did it on purpose.

Because in his opinion, this matter was not difficult to handle. Although there were certain rules, what was wrong with adding two dishes?

Jiang Si was given whatever she wanted to eat, and it had no effect on him.

The difficult problem that troubled the maid was solved by Xie Yunshuo with ease. Ningshuang nodded in agreement, walked out of the room, and called the little maid to go to the kitchen to pass on the message.

Jiang Si leaned against the table on the kang, fiddling with the things in her hand and admiring them.

Xie Yunshuo's response was pretty much what she had guessed. Both of them were stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat. Unless the situation was irreconcilable, they would each stick to their own opinion.

Just as Xie Yunshuo arranged, it would be better if no one affected anyone else.

Jiang Si liked to eat vegetarian food, so he gave her vegetarian food, and Xie Yunshuo presented his own dishes as usual.

Xie Yunshuo was not pretending to be indifferent. No matter what Jiang Si wanted to eat, he let her eat it. After marrying into the general's mansion, did he have to treat her badly?

But he himself cannot be influenced.

As a result, when lunch was delivered to Xian Yi Ju around noon, the table was filled with food even though it was clearly only for the two masters.

Four dishes and eight bowls. Three meat dishes, four vegetable dishes and one soup. Two kinds of food, almost too much to eat.

The same dish was stacked on other plates before it was placed.

Xie Yunshuo immediately ordered: "Switch to a bigger eight-immortal table."

Jiaoshan responded and immediately went to prepare.

The maidservant standing nearby, Yan Qing, reported to him, "Master, I've reported the menu to the kitchen and also to Madam. Madam said that she would add two more dishes to Xian Yi Ju's menu. She also instructed that an additional 100 taels of silver be allocated each month for nourishing foods, seafood, and other ingredients, so that the young lady can have them more easily."

"I understand." Xie Yunshuo responded.

He looked at Jiang Si and saw her sitting down gracefully with a smile on her face. There was no difference between her before and after listening.

Worried that she hadn't heard, I specifically asked her, "Did you know? Mother has given you an extra portion."

Jiang Si nodded: "I heard it. I will thank mother in person tomorrow when I offer tea."

Xie Yunshuo nodded.

Jiang Si was not vague about many things; she was a smart person.

He is just too smart, with his eyes above his eyebrows, so his nose is not a nose and his eyes are not eyes.

The two of them sat at the same table for lunch, and Xie Yunshuo sat facing due north as usual.

But Jiang Si did not sit on the east or west side. Instead, she walked a few steps and sat on the south side, facing him.

This was something Xie Yunshuo had not expected.

Normally, when two people dine together, especially at the octagonal table facing each other in the hall, one person sits on the north side while the other sits on the east or west side. It is rare to see Jiang Si sitting opposite each other like this.

The confrontation while sitting opposite each other was extremely intense. The two people could not avoid looking at each other. They could see each other every time they looked up or down. Their every move was in the other's peripheral vision, which was not only unsightly but also uncomfortable.

If it was someone else doing this, Xie Yunshuo might not think too much about it and would just think that the other person was just sitting there casually and doing whatever they wanted.

But this person was Jiang Si, so he couldn't help but think that she did it on purpose, and she deliberately sat opposite him.

With this thought in mind, when Xie Yunshuo saw Jiang Si's eyes looking towards him again, it was like seeing a sharp blade shooting towards him.

Xie Yunshuo held his breath, calmed the turbulent waves in his heart, and forced himself not to pay attention to the person blocking the way ahead.

He took the chopsticks handed to him by Qiu Ze and started eating, trying his best to ignore the people who were always in his peripheral vision.

Jiang Si also took the chopsticks and picked up the food herself.

When the couple ate together, the rules were different from eating with the whole family. There were no maids or servants to serve the dishes, and the two of them had to cook everything themselves.

Jiang Si ate the food as if she were having a meal alone in her own room.

She did deliberately sit in the south seat, facing Xie Yunshuo.

If she sat on the east or west side, she always felt a little weird.

When dining out with friends, sitting on either side of each other with sleeves touching will make you appear closer.

Being with Xie Yunshuo, she wanted to be more efficient and decisive, so she sat opposite him.

Sure enough, sitting here made her feel much more comfortable.

Even though the annoying Xie Yunshuo was always in her sight, the alienation and confrontation brought about by impartiality was a familiar feeling to her.

But because they were sitting opposite each other, when Jiang Si raised her eyes when looking at the dishes, Xie Yunshuo always thought she was looking at him, so he looked at him frequently.

This sight made him feel uneasy.

The strange thing is that Xie Yunshuo is not actually afraid of other people's gazes. He is a flamboyant person and has been to the battlefield and seen big scenes. How could he be so flustered by a few glances?

But Jiang Si is the only one who is different in this world.

Out of the corner of his eye, he could see her beautiful face.

Her gaze was not as timid, gentle, modest, or calm as water as others.

Her eyes were always filled with aggressive cunning, a hint of shrewdness and sharpness, as well as a confidence that could not be concealed, and her eyes were shining brightly.

Xie Yunshuo repeatedly felt that he was being stared at by her, and he always felt that there was something extra on his body, which made him more and more strange. He couldn't sit still, and it was as if a rope was tied to his arm when eating, making it difficult for him to move.

When he could no longer bear it, he looked up and wanted to say to Jiang Si, "Eat your meal well and don't look around." But when he looked up, he found that she was not looking at him, but at the steamed chicken in lotus leaves in front of him.

It was just because she had big eyes, so when she raised her eyes it was as if she was looking at him.

Xie Yunshuo's breath was stuck in his throat, and he choked.

The momentum that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly froze and came to an abrupt end.

In order not to appear abrupt, he pretended to look at the vegetarian dishes in front of her and slowly shifted his gaze away.

However, his aura just now could not deceive anyone. Jiang Si looked at him, puzzled.

She reached out her chopsticks and took a piece of leg bone from him. She asked him, "What are you looking at? What's the problem?"

Xie Yunshuo muttered, "No."

In order to cover up, he also took a piece of stewed melon from her with chopsticks.

Jiang Si taunted him, "I thought you were something special, but it turns out you just wanted to eat the food I ordered. If you want to eat it, just take it. Why are you hesitating for so long? Are you afraid that I'll laugh at you?"

Xie Yunshuo was choked to the point of numbness, but he couldn't argue because he didn't know what response would dispel Jiang Si's desire to laugh at him. He felt that the more he explained, the more confusing it would become.

It would be better to let her think that he was just looking at her.

This misunderstanding made Xie Yunshuo speechless and depressed.

Although he was not very smart and wise in the past, he was also a smart man with sharp eyes and ears. However, whenever he met Jiang Si, he always encountered various accidents and suffered losses and misfortunes. He almost lost face in front of her again just now.

Fortunately, the situation was resolved and he didn't realize that she was looking at him. Otherwise, he would not only have been laughed at by her for these two sentences, but would have been ridiculed by her for a while.

Xie Yunshuo decided to stay away from her, not look at her, not ask her, treat her like air, stay away from her, and take precautions before anything happens.

Is this okay?

Next, Xie Yunshuo didn't even raise his head. After finishing his meal and rinsing his mouth, he stood up and walked out of the room without even sitting down.

Jiang Si looked at his hurriedly leaving back, with a puzzled look on her face.

She laughed, "What happened to your eldest son?"

Who among the servants in the room dares to speak?

Jiang Si laughed and said, "It's not that he ate too much at lunch and couldn't sit still in the room, so he went to digest it."

In fact, Xie Yunshuo couldn't eat much for lunch.

The food he put into his mouth tasted like chewing wax, and there was a lot of leftover meat on his side.

This was the first time Jiang Si sat at the same table with him to eat. She was puzzled to see that he ate so little.

As a military general, he eats so little, how can he have the strength to draw the bow and practice sword?

After eating, he hurried out again, so she said that to him.

Instead, she ate a lot of the food in front of her.

The cook at the general's mansion was quite skilled and the dishes she made were very much to her taste. Her mood had also improved, so she ate a few more bites.

Seeing Xie Yunshuo leaving, she also wanted to go out for a walk to digest her food and take a look at Xie Yunshuo's Xian Yi Residence.

The yard where he lived was twice as big as the yard where she lived.

There were many banana trees planted, rockeries and flower beds built, connected by corridors, and a flower vine.

There is a large bamboo forest outside the yard, which is quiet and comfortable and everyone likes it.

So Jiang Si got up and went out with the maid and the nanny.

Xie Yunshuo left not because he had eaten too much to digest the food.

Today he didn't even eat half of what he usually eats. He went out only because he was feeling guilty and didn't want to sit in the same room with Jiang Si, so he went out for a walk.

Unexpectedly, when he was standing under the pergola, he saw from afar Jiang Si also coming out with some people.

This first day after marriage made Xie Yunshuo feel very uncomfortable.

In the past, if you were unlucky enough to meet her, or something went wrong in your marriage, you could just separate and the relationship would end.

It's like a jinx, it disappears when it falls, it comes in waves.

But now this unlucky star has become Taibai Star, which exists forever with the rising sun and setting moon.

Walk into the house, she is in the house.

When I walk out of the house, I can see her, as if she is following me everywhere.

Realizing that they would be inseparable from now on, Xie Yunshuo's eyes darkened.

Especially during this period, although he had nothing to do, because this marriage was important, he could not go anywhere and could only stay at home with her.

In the distance, Jiang Si found a laurel tree in full bloom. There was also a jar of koi under the courtyard wall. She and her maid were smiling.

"Go find a reclining chair and tea table and put them here. I'm going to read here."

There is only one lounge chair in Xian Yi Residence, which is used by Xie Yunshuo under the porch.

Now she will occupy the recliner.

Xie Yunshuo slowly closed his eyes.

He originally thought that he would just marry her into the house. Anyway, the two of them had no feelings for each other, and Jiang Si was even annoyed with him.

No one can dislike anyone else, but they can keep to themselves and not disturb each other.

But now it seems that getting married is not as simple as he thought.

Jiang Si broke into his life, and everything that should have belonged to him was gradually spread and occupied by her.

As long as she was at home, it seemed difficult for him to have some peace and quiet.