Chapter 343 Didn’t we agree to decline politely?

Sang Zhixia made an excuse that she was not feeling well and stayed in the house. Xu Yu prepared two side dishes and was about to leave.

Jiang Yubai stretched out his long legs to block the road: "How are you going to eat that watery soup?"

"I specially brought some local specialties from my hometown to make soup for my sister-in-law. Can you bring them over later so that she can have a taste of my cooking?"

Xu Yu paused slightly, looked at Jiang Yubai's smiling face expressionlessly, and said word by word: "Jiang Yubai, don't set your sights on her."

"You misunderstood, I am..."

"I don't care what your intentions are."

Xu Yu interrupted Jiang Yubai and said in a cold voice: "Don't set your mind on her."

"If she gets into any trouble because of you, even if it's just a hair that falls off, I can pin you to the ground and beat you up back then, and I can twist your head off now."

Jiang Yubai raised his hands to cover his face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said jokingly, "I heard that the grain harvest in the northwest is quite good, all thanks to my sister-in-law's merits. I have only respect for my sister-in-law, and no other intentions."

"You better not."

Xu Yu ignored Jiang Yubai's attempts to keep him and walked away. Jiang Yubai covered his painful shoulder and laughed sadly, "Look, I told you this guy is a stubborn one, wasn't I right?"

The man in black who had been hiding in the dark appeared, landed behind Jiang Yubai, saw the blood oozing from his shoulder, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

"Master, Xu Yu is shameless. Why do you have to..."

"You were the one who called Xu Yu?"

Jiang Yubai's eyes flashed with a cold look. He rubbed the blood from his fingertips nonchalantly and said slowly, "The old man of the Xu family was once a mentor to my father. When the Huiwang Mansion was in trouble, Jiaxing Hou and the old man also ran around for my father."

"Even if the Xu family has fallen on hard times, he's still the young master of the Xu family. How can you challenge this man's pride?"

The man in black knew he had spoken out of turn and immediately knelt down: "My words were offensive, Master, please forgive me."

Jiang Yubai dusted his fingertips without saying anything. He listened to the bubbling soup on the stove and said jokingly, "Before I came here, I thought Xu Yu's words about his deep love for his wife were just rumors. I didn't expect them to be true."

"Don't have any bad intentions. Xu Yu won't tolerate any coercion."

With the joint efforts of Chen Nianhe and Xu Yu, the fact that the wasteland in the northwest had been turned into a granary was hidden very well. Even Jiang Yubai found it unbelievable when he learned about it.

Everyone knows that the Northwest is desolate. Who would have thought that this land of ice and snow that has been barren for thousands of years could burst into life and turn wasteland into treasure?

Jiang Yubai was even more surprised when he learned that the changes in the northwestern wasteland were related to Sang Zhixia.

A woman who looks so frail actually has such an amazing ability?

Before meeting Xu Yu, Jiang Yubai's staff even proposed an idea: they could secretly invite all the Xu family members, young and old, to Lingnan until the Xu family was willing to hand over the grain.

But as soon as this statement was put forward, it was rejected by Jiang Yubai on the spot.

Xu Yu is not the kind of person who can be easily bullied.

What's more, the Xu family has an old man who has experienced countless storms.

The Xu family is not that easy to control.

Jiang Yubai lowered his eyes, concealing his thoughts, and stood up and said, "I want to order food from the northwest, but it's not that urgent."

"No rush, take your time."

Jiang Yubai made a move to leave, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned back and pointed at the pigeon soup with purple ginseng on the stove. He said, "That pot is full of good things. Don't waste it. I'll send it to my sister-in-law when it's ready."

The man in black said in embarrassment: "Master, the Xu family's young lady probably won't touch anything that has been touched by our hands."

"What's wrong with not eating?"

Jiang Yubai said nonchalantly, "If you don't eat it once, I'll send it to you a few more times. Anyway, my thoughts have been conveyed. What do you think?"

The Xu family is weak now, and the ones they have fallen into are all tough nuts to crack.

King Hui is far away in Lingnan, and while he is lying in wait to gain power, he should not be too ostentatious or forceful.

Jiang Yubai thought about it and felt that it was a good idea. He shrugged and said, "A good woman is afraid of a man who is clinging to her. This is an old saying that has never changed."

"I don't know if Xu Yu is annoying right now, but after so many years, I don't feel annoying at all when we meet again."

Isn’t Xu Yu refusing to respond now?

Then just keep pestering me.

He just didn't believe that Xu Yu could endure it.

Half an hour later, Sang Zhixia looked at the extra bowl of hot soup on the table with a worried look on her face.

"What did you say to that person?"

Didn’t we agree to decline politely?

Why are you serving soup again?

Xu Yu obviously couldn't see through Jiang Yubai's intentions for a moment, and after a pause he said, "I politely declined."

"Jiang Yubai may not understand what I'm saying."

Sang Zhixia was amused by the irritability in his words and said helplessly, "Looking at this guy's posture, it doesn't look like he intends to stop."

To be fair, if someone else came to ask for grain seeds and tips for increasing production, Sang Zhixia might consider it.

But the problem is: Jiang Yubai took so much food to feed the rebels, and they were clearly preparing for a rebellion by raising the flag.

Marquis Jiaxing was falsely accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy. The hard work and achievements accumulated by several generations of the Xu family outweighed the crime, but in the end, the entire family was exiled to the northwest.

If he was involved in the rebellion, Sang Zhixia really didn't dare to imagine what would happen if his head rolled to the ground.

Sang Zhixia said: I actually still want to live and I am not in a hurry to die.

Xu Yu's gaze slid coldly across the soup bowl, and he closed his eyes and said, "Let's stay here for a few days. When we find the right opportunity, I'll send you off first."

Since Jiang Yubai was able to stop them halfway accurately and was also very clear that the grain issue was related to Sang Zhixia, it proved that his roots in the northwest had penetrated so deeply that it was difficult to predict.

Xu Yu didn't dare to take the risk.

Although Sang Zhixia was worried, she could only nod after thinking about it.

Sang Zhixia looked at Xu Yu with a look of melancholy, "I left quietly. Will that person cause you any trouble?"

"Was I afraid of him?"

Xu Yu snorted disdainfully and said coldly, "Just keep walking ahead. I'll come find you once I've shaken off my tail."

In this case, this is indeed the best solution.

Sang Zhixia reached out to smooth the wrinkles between Xu Yu's brows and whispered, "Don't worry, there will be a way."

If the cow doesn't eat grass, can Jiang Yubai force it to do so?

Xu Yu shook Sang Zhixia's hand, smiled, and extinguished the candle on the table with a wave of his hand. He said, "Rest first, and we'll talk tomorrow."

Xu Yu only said that he would stay for a few days, but he could stay for more than ten days.

During the past ten days, Sang Zhixia tried her best to stay indoors and never go out, and always claimed to others that she was not feeling well, not giving Jiang Yubai any chance to meet her and get close to her.

Jiang Yubai was not in a hurry at all.

Apart from occasionally meeting Xu Yu who was cooking at the stove every day, the rest of the time he would bring various specialties from his hometown and present them to Sang Zhixia's table in different ways.

Today it was purple ginseng, yesterday it was deer antler, and blood swallows were stewed in a pot. Big bowls of noodles were filled up and served like a buffet for free.

Even though the boxes were delivered intact every day, he was not discouraged at all and was even more enthusiastic about delivering them the next day.

Seeing Song Liu and Ling Chu picking up scraps every day, and their faces becoming white, rosy and rounder due to nourishment, Xu Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore in the middle of the night.

Sang Zhixia closed her eyes and let Lingchu play with her face. She grabbed Xu Yu's hand and said, "Is it tonight?"

Xu Yu slid his fingertips across Sang Zhixia's palm and wrote a few words. He whispered, "Zhizhi, I've arranged everything."

"Wait for me here. I'll join you in five days at the latest."

Sang Zhixia's eyelashes trembled, and she hummed and hooked Xu Yu's fingertips: "Be careful."

Xu Yu looked at the hand that was hooked around his and smiled barely audible.

"Okay, I know."

The door of the inn, which had been quiet for many days, creaked.

Because Sang Zhixia lived on the second floor, Jiang Yubai lived downstairs to avoid suspicion.

Jiang Yubai slowly sat up after hearing the news, his eyes looking playful: "Can you finally hold it in?"