Actually, provided she's good-looking, she likes both chili peppers and bananas.

Men's attraction to women is complex yet simple—they are attractive and presentable.

Women didn't have many social activities in this era, so Jiang Yong'an's women were probably all good-looking.

As for hobbies, we both like spicy food.

Gu An'an couldn't analyze the rest for the time being.

As for whether he prefers a fiery personality or a gentle, tender nature...

That's irrelevant.

Gu An'an made a casual guess, which dispelled the gloom in Jiang Yong'an's eyes, and he no longer looked at Gu An'an with the same wariness as before.

“But since I didn’t ask at noon, I naturally won’t say these things in front of the child again, so you can rest assured about that.” Gu An’an felt that there was nothing more to say to them. “I’ve eaten too much and am going for a walk, so I won’t say anything more. If you want to see the child, go see him yourself.”

After saying that, Gu An'an walked forward without any intention of stopping.

Jiang Yong'an watched the departing person. His eyes were no longer as serious as before, but his brows furrowed.

"By the way, if you really want the children to have some meat, I think it would be better if you just sent it back next time. The carriage is going back and forth, and in the end, it's still hard on the children."

Gu An'an added that she felt Jiang Yong'an, as a father, had quite a few tricks up his sleeve, trying to lure the children back with his body.

But who cares?

This sentence made Jiang Yong'an's expression slightly serious, and even a little embarrassed.

His secret was seen through but he didn't say anything. He was embarrassed, but his gaze towards Gu An'an was also somewhat scrutinizing.

Did this person genuinely misunderstand, or did they see through my thoughts and deliberately say something in a different direction?

The figure gradually receded into the distance, and after turning the corner, it disappeared completely from sight.

Jiang Yong'an pondered for a moment and was about to turn around and head towards the small courtyard when he caught a glimpse of a furtive person heading in the direction where Gu An'an had disappeared.

This made Jiang Yong'an frown and hesitate for a moment.

The man walked over there.

As soon as I got there, I saw the two men lying on the ground, screaming in panic, "A ghost!"

"What the hell? You mean I'm a ghost? Please, have you ever seen such a beautiful ghost?"

Gu An'an didn't expect that someone would try to rob her, but luckily she reacted quickly and took the person down with an entrenching tool.

But what she didn't expect was that Jiang Yong'an followed her.

Fortunately, I put the entrenching tool away quickly, otherwise it would have been difficult to explain if I had been seen doing so.

Jiang Yong'an was a little confused; he really hadn't realized this woman had such good skills.

"No, they were just feeling guilty and suddenly slipped and fell, then they started shouting about ghosts or something. They must have something to hide."

Jiang Yong'an neither agreed nor disagreed with the explanation. He picked up the two people who had fallen to the ground and noticed the bloodstains on their arms. His gaze then fell on Gu An'an's sleeve, where bloodstains were also dripping down.

Gu An'an pretended not to see, "Do you think I'm lying?"

"Of course not." Jiang Yong'an kicked out, and the two men flew a long way like sandbags, landing on the ground. Now it was much quieter.

Gu An'an: "...My benefactor has excellent skills."

Good heavens, if he kicked her, Gu An'an felt like he could break seven or eight of her ribs.

pain.

She developed this habit of feeling sorry for others.

Jiang Yong'an remained expressionless. "It's not safe for a woman like you to live here with several children. It's best not to wander around after dark."

These words carried a heavy weight, and Gu An'an wholeheartedly agreed, "My benefactor is right, I'll go back now."

She was only thinking about knocking the two guys unconscious; she never expected that the entrenching tool would draw blood.

This thing must not be some kind of evil or heretical thing, with a bloodthirsty fetish.

Jiang Yong'an watched the people leave, but this time he didn't follow them. Instead, he walked up to the two petty thieves.

The sole of the shoe ground into the thief's face.

The person who was previously unconscious felt a pain in their cheek and woke up.

"Great hero, spare my life! Great hero, spare my life!"

"Who sent you?" The emperor's men, or the Marquis of Pingyuan's men?

Or perhaps, it's an enemy we don't even know ourselves?

The man felt as if several of his teeth were falling out, and the pain made him beg for mercy repeatedly, "We, we just took the money and came to cause trouble for this woman."

He struggled to take out the silver, saying, "We were blind to your greatness, please don't hold it against us, sir."

They wanted to cause trouble for Gu An'an.

Jiang Yong'an thought of the archers lying in ambush at Luofeng Slope.

"Whose money did you take?"

"Tai, Taibai Restaurant, Mr. Lin..."

"Lin Zixing?" Jiang Yong'an was surprised that it was Lin Zixing's doing. Lin Zixing's younger sister is now a favored concubine in the palace.

Previously, Lin Zixing had gone to the three border cities to supervise the troops.

The Lin family is very well-informed, but it's hard to say whether they are friend or foe.

Lin Zixing's move—could it be a new way to curry favor? Is it that the concubine in the palace wants to remove this obstacle for the old emperor?

Jiang Yong'an smiled contemptuously, "If he were a man, he would come to me. What kind of skill is it to take his anger out on a woman?"

Having said that, he strode away.

The thief, upon hearing this, didn't know how to explain himself.

He was referring to Miss Bai, the young master of Taibai Restaurant. How could this gentleman take things out of context like that?

But, but this has nothing to do with him, right?

The two petty thieves staggered away, not daring to go back to Jiang Yong'an to explain anything.

When Bai Qiaoyin saw the two of them return looking disheveled, she pointed to a pot of wine on the stone table and said, "This is the finest Shaoxing wine. Try it."

The man who had been beaten didn't want to drink, but he couldn't resist the girl Bai staring at him.

The two of them reluctantly drank some, but found the smell of alcohol still strong in the pavilion, and they didn't know where it was coming from.

Bai Qiaoyin sat there carefully washing her hands. When she heard the two talking about the hero saving the beauty, a smile appeared on her face. "Is that so? It seems that Madam Gu is quite popular. Now she even has an admirer."

The two men were at a loss for words. "Miss Bai, the money you gave us was robbed by that hero, look..."

Bai Qiaoyin laughed, "You good-for-nothing, more trouble than you're worth, do you still have the nerve to ask me for money?"

Her charming smile was the best weapon.

The two were suddenly pushed into the basin of water, and only then did they realize why there were two copper basins here, and why the basins were full of the smell of alcohol.

This is clearly alcohol.

The men struggled desperately, but they were like two fish caught in a trap, powerless to fight back.

It was all in vain.

A cool breeze blew by. Watching the drunken man fall into the water, Bai Qiaoyin's smile widened. "So what if the young master is back? I don't believe he would risk everything for a woman."

Gu An'an, does she even deserve it?