Chapter 491 Shiro

Hu Xiner's whole body froze, not for any other reason, but because the thing she kicked with her feet actually moved!

Perhaps because it was kicked, the "thing" let out a cry of pain, and then actually grabbed her foot tightly.

Hu Xin'er's excellent imagination made her think of many horror movies she had seen before the moment she was hugged. She was so scared that she screamed, "Husband, help me!"

Mu Qing quickly protected her and kicked the "thing".

After careful identification, they discovered that the "thing" was actually a person.

At this moment, the man began to sob, his cry sounding extremely aggrieved: "You are going too far."

Hu Xin'er recognized the man by the voice: "Are you... Zhao Si?"

The young man slowly climbed up in the fog. He moved with some difficulty, perhaps because he was frozen or because the kick just now had hurt his joints.

It seemed that because of crying, his eyes were swollen and he looked miserable.

Hu Xin'er thought about how she was almost attacked yesterday and took a step back cautiously. "Why are you squatting at the door of the inn so early in the morning? Are you waiting for us?"

Zhao Si said aggrievedly, "Sister Fairy, I already know I was wrong. I will never test you again."

Hu Xin'er wasn't buying his story this time. "If you still don't believe my identity, you can go to the Princess's residence and verify it yourself. Of course, that assumes you're not afraid of being caught by the Princess and facing an even more tragic fate."

Seeing that she had misunderstood his meaning, Zhao Si quickly said, "No, no, no, I trust you very much now."

Hu Xiner was a little surprised. How come this guy changed his temper after being kicked?

The young man leaned closer, his expression looking very sincere: "Yesterday, I was obsessed with money, so I failed the fairy sister's kindness. Fairy sister, please forgive my youth and ignorance!"

Seeing him shivering from the cold, Hu Xin'er didn't want to blame him: "You've been squatting here all night, you must be tired. Come in and have a bowl of breakfast before leaving."

Zhao Si's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

He followed her into the inn with his sleeves tucked in, and Hu Xiner ordered a bowl of plain noodles for him.

Zhao Si never treated himself badly in his daily life, but he had been hungry and cold all night. When he ate the hot noodles, he felt warm in his stomach.

His eyes were red from the heat and he couldn't help but wipe his face, but he didn't act pitiful like before. Instead, he sniffed and continued eating.

However, this makes him more sympathetic than just playing the victim directly like before.

Hu Xin'er suddenly remembered what Lu's mother had said last night, and asked tentatively, "Zhao Si, you're not from here, are you?"

Zhao Si glanced at her, unsurprised by her question. "Did you hear everything they were talking about yesterday? I was born without a father or a mother. After making a little money trad- ing around, I came to Qingzhou to do business."

He rarely showed any frankness.

Hu Xin'er pondered, "Have you ever been to the capital? Have you ever worked as a servant in a high-ranking official's household?"

Zhao Si buried his head in his noodles and said, "I haven't been there."

If he had ever done something for a noble in the capital, there would be no need to cover it up, unless he was driven out because he had committed a crime.

At this time, he said that he had never been there. It might be because he had something to hide, or it might be because Lu's mother and others remembered it wrong.

This wasn't a big deal. Hu Xin'er just mentioned it casually because she was bored and had nothing to do while watching him eating noodles.

But when she thought about Zhao Si's perfect almond-shaped eyes, she somehow felt that he should be more than just a servant.

He didn't look like a child from a poor family. Although he was smart, he didn't look like the kind of person who was forced to make a living and learned worldly calculations early on.

Instead, it's a bit like... a playboy who secretly runs out to start a business in order to prove his ability?

Hu Xin'er smiled at her sudden thought and asked casually, "A friend of mine saw you in the capital. Could you be some young master?"

Zhao Si was stunned. "Sister Fairy, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want. If a young master from a certain family is scammed by someone like me, I will definitely tear my tendons and skin off my body."

Hu Xin'er comforted him, "Don't underestimate yourself. I believe you will achieve great things in the future."

If that didn't work, she would introduce him to the eldest princess's backyard as a male concubine.

While comforting the eldest princess's wounded heart, it also gave the misguided teenager Zhao Si a chance to find another job.

Zhao Si only sighed when he heard this, and buried his head in eating noodles, but he did not let anyone see the guilty feeling hidden in his eyes.

He now truly believed that Hu Xin'er came from the capital.

Otherwise, how would you recognize him?

Hu Xin'er had no idea that her unintentional trick had made Zhao Si nervous.

She then asked, "Your name is too ugly. Is there any origin for it?"

Zhao Si had originally eaten a bowl of noodles and was quite happy in his heart, but now he just wanted to escape.

He said vaguely, "There's no reason for it. I just thought it came to my mind."

Hu Xin'er joked, "Other people are called Zhao Silang or something like that because they're the fourth child in the family. Why haven't you thought about changing your name?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that Zhao Si didn't even eat the noodles and just stared at her blankly.

She was a little confused: "What's wrong with you?"

Could it be that she accidentally mentioned Zhao Si's sad story?

Zhao Si swallowed the mouthful of noodles in his mouth and silently put his chopsticks into the bowl: "Nothing, I just remembered that people used to call me Silang."

Hu Xiner chuckled. She didn't realize it when she said it just now, but when she heard the word "Silang", she thought of the various time-travel dramas in her previous life.

"Your name is quite noble!" she said, suppressing a laugh. "I like it!"

Zhao Si suddenly felt like he couldn't even eat the noodles. "Sister, please stop teasing me. Can you tell me the truth? Did you know me before?"

Hu Xin'er looked at him blankly: "Huh?"

What does this have to do with whether she knows Zhao Si?

Zhao Si said hurriedly: "Nothing."

He pretended not to see Mu Qing's inquiring gaze, quickly finished his noodles, and said, "Sister, let's discuss something."

Although Hu Xin'er was in a good mood, it didn't mean that she would be fooled by him. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "If you have something to say, please say it quickly."

"I don't dare to think about that one thousand taels of silver anymore." Zhao Si looked at her, his eyes full of hope. "Then can you... help me manage my business?"

The boy was fair-skinned, and his cheeks and nose were red from a night of cold, which made his eyes look even clearer and brighter.

The light is contained in those almond-shaped eyes, which makes people feel good about them.