Chapter 1240 The Twisted Lord Xie

Yao Man was very angry, but she had never seen such an eerily handsome man before. After taking a few more glances, her anger subsided considerably.

Qi Yun was right; she had indeed reached the age where people would call her "auntie."

It's just that no one usually calls her that.

Hearing this suddenly made me feel very uneasy.

Especially when she saw Song Chunxue, who used to be so much younger than her, now looking slimmer and younger, it felt like a thorn was stuck in her heart, making her extremely uncomfortable.

She's in her forties, but she's considered young by her peers; at least her face hasn't been exposed to the elements and is still delicate and fair.

But her figure had changed; the flesh on her abdomen would bulge out when she sat down. Many of the clothes she hadn't been willing to wear were now too tight for her to wear.

Without a lot of hard work, her body will never be able to return to what it was when she was young.

"Master, here, have a steamed bun, it smells pretty good."

"Master, would you like some tea?"

"Master, this almond pickled vegetable looks good. Do you know how to make it?"

Soon, Yao Man couldn't sit still any longer. Seeing such a young man serving tea and water to Song Chunxue, she felt she would inevitably say something.

"You all enjoy your meal. I'm going to get busy. We have important guests coming today, so I'll go and supervise them as they tidy up the house." Yao Man stood up and said to Song Chunxue, "You rarely come all this way, so don't spend any money. Just hang it up."

“No need, I already gave it to them last night, and I also asked for two new quilts,” Song Chunxue said. “But I will take the new quilts with me.”

“Oh,” Yao Man forced a smile and slowly went upstairs. “Just call me anytime if you need anything.”

"Okay, you go ahead and do your thing." Song Chunxue wasn't planning on talking to her anyway and was hoping she would leave as soon as possible.

Watching Yao Man disappear at the top of the stairs, Qi Yun asked curiously, "Master, don't you like her?"

Before long, Xie Zheng brought a bowl of clear soup noodles and sat down next to Qi Yun.

"Thank you, sir." Qi Yun wanted to say something more, but then felt he was being a bit superfluous, so he stood up on his own initiative. "I'll go and deliver breakfast to my master."

"Mm," Song Chunxue responded, sipping her tea and glancing up at Xie Zheng.

He was eating his noodles with his head down, looking very focused.

"I'm going to see my master."

"Mm." Xie Zheng nodded at her and continued eating his noodles.

Song Chunxue couldn't quite describe her feelings. Saying too much or too little would be wrong, so she ultimately didn't try to start a conversation with him.

She went upstairs to ask her master how he had stayed the night before. He was very satisfied and said he wanted to stay another day and go back with Xie Zheng.

“Alright, so will you continue to stay here tonight, or go to the fort?” Song Chunxue asked. “There’s no one else in the fort. My daughter and son-in-law went back to another courtyard.”

“Then let’s go to your place. It’s too noisy here with people coming and going,” said the Moon-Companion Immortal expressionlessly. “You’ll always hear things you shouldn’t.”

Song Chunxue nodded, "Then I'll go back and pack my things."

"Then I'll help Master." Qi Yun lowered his voice. "Your negotiations with Lord Xie broke down?"

"Actually, I think that since Lord Xie has traveled so far to see Master, and he'll be leaving in a few days, Master shouldn't be too harsh on him," Qi Yun sighed earnestly. "I feel quite sorry for Lord Xie; even after losing his emotional ties, he still came to see you, which shows..."

“I know,” Song Chunxue said irritably, “Don’t help me. Either stay with your master or go to the county government with Lord Xie.”

"Oh?" Qi Yun suddenly laughed. "Alas, it's all my fault. I forgot about that. Well then, I'll follow my grandmaster."

"Why?" The Moon-Accompanying Immortal, always eager for drama, asked.

"Seeing Lord Xie like that makes me sad. I feel like he's not having an easy time either," Qi Yun sighed. "Why did you have to put me through this kind of test?"

"Grandmaster, what do you say?"

The Moon-Accompanying Immortal stood up, his whisk draped over his forearm, and walked straight out. "I don't know, I don't understand. You'll have to experience it for yourself. Don't worry about it."

Qi Yun pursed his lips, followed behind him, turned around and raised his hand to greet Song Chunxue, "Then why don't you go find Lord Xie, Master?"

"..." That's right, worrying unnecessarily.

After she went downstairs, she saw Lord Xie take a sip of tea and prepare to get up and leave.

Just as he was about to speak, Xie Zheng had already placed the stool down and turned to walk out.

Song Chunxue put the two beds into her storage ring, calculated the price with the cashier, and received sixty-eight coins in change.

She felt that Yao Man hadn't given her any discounts at all; for just one tael of silver, she had asked for two extra new quilts.

Well, Yao Man is angry.

After leaving the house, Song Chunxue headed towards the county government office.

Regardless, although they don't know how to get along now, given Xie Zheng's personality, if things didn't go well today, he would definitely rather sleep on the streets tonight than go to her house.

He's just that kind of conflicted person, just like her.

As she walked through a narrow alley, she saw Xie Zheng's lonely and thin figure.

I hadn't noticed before, but he'd lost weight.

Have I been practicing too diligently lately?

As they walked, a few shady-looking men approached from the opposite direction, chewing tobacco leaves and cursing.

"Hey, can't you see where you're going? You're blocking my way!"

The leading man shoved Xie Zheng.

Song Chunxue walked over slowly, thinking that Xie Zheng should no longer need her help, right?

But Xie Zheng didn't retaliate. He simply said gently, "You're the one who hit him. If anyone's in the wrong, it's you. Why are you so self-righteous?"

"Hey, you!" The man looked Xie Zheng up and down. "Judging from his accent, he's from out of town. He looks pretty rich. Search him for anything valuable and teach him a lesson. He has no sense at all."

Xie Zheng stood still, his eyes lowered, waiting.