Chapter 265
What Yang Kuer is obsessed with is not her husband who died early, but the hope of living a good life.
Just like Shen Jiao, what she really misses is not Putao Town... right?
Shen Jiao didn't know either.
She felt that there was a little bit of noise on the boat. Xue Shun loaded all the old, weak, women and children left in the city onto the boat, ready to take them away, as well as the bandits who were still clean and the women who depended on the bandits.
With so many people suddenly getting on the boat and having to move things, it was inevitable that there would be some noise.
Shen Jiao lay on the bed and rolled her eyes.
Xue Shun: "Are you in a bad mood? Feeling guilty? You and I must have met more than just once or twice, right? There must be something else going on."
He is also very perceptive.
Shen Jiao nodded: "Yes, I did. I ate that bag of food. I took it. Guilt...? No."
"How do you know where the food is?"
"I'm smart~" Shen Jiao looked at him with a smile, "What are you thinking about, sir?"
"I wonder how many people you've harmed."
"That's too many to count."
Shen Jiao said nonchalantly, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't respond, so she had to say it herself:
"Sir, if you want to be a good person, you really shouldn't keep me here."
"I know," Xue Shun paused, "you seem to be looking for death. You weren't like this before."
"People always change, and you have changed too. Now I want you to join me in the evil ways and harm others. Are you willing?"
Shen Jiao had no intention of explaining the matter clearly.
So Xue Shun could only guess that she might have seen the mother and son hiding food and then stole it.
Shen Jiao is totally capable of doing such a thing.
Regardless of whether she did it intentionally or not, she did harm people. There must be many people who have been harmed by her overtly or covertly over the years.
Xue Shun patted her head and said incoherently, "It's okay. You won't have such an opportunity again."
"Master, are you planning to lock me up until I die?"
"Don't say such harsh words. I just want you to be comfortable in prison."
Shen Jiao: ...then they are all the same.
"Young Master, did you ever catch a bird when you were a kid?" Shen Jiao sat up, looked Xue Shun in the eye, and said seriously, "Some birds can't be kept tied up. Even if you tear their legs off, they'll still try to escape. They'll die if they're kept locked up. Some people are just like birds."
Xue Shun also shook his head seriously: "That's true, but you are not among them."
Shen Jiao: ...
There's no need to say it.
"What if I am too?"
Xue Shun: "Then you'd better really die, Shen Jiao. That would be more hateful than running away."
When Xue Shun called her name in the past, Shen Jiao could feel the affection in it.
But now, Shen Jiao touched his arm.
Her hair stood on end.
"Why scare people when you're just telling a good story?"
Shen Jiao complained for a moment, and Xue Shun said calmly, "Let's eat."
Shen Jiao also had a rebellious heart: "I have never forced you to eat."
"That's because you don't care."
"Sir, what you said is..." Shen Jiao seemed to have caught him.
"I'm afraid you'll die," he suddenly smiled softly, then instantly frowned, "Who will I torture then?"
Xue Shun seemed determined to lock her up for life. He never let her go out during the entire journey and even covered her head when she got off the boat.
Shen Jiao returned to Liao'eyuan in a daze.
Fruits, vegetables and medicinal herbs are still grown here. Nothing seems to have changed. Even the furnishings in the house are the same as before.
Shen Jiao let Qiongzhi tie her up, and looking around, she said, "I thought this would be inlaid with gold."
Xue Shun was now like a peacock with its tail spread out. His clothes and jewelry had rarely been the same throughout the journey, yet his residence was still so simple...
"Could it be that he spent all his money on clothes and jewelry?"
When Xue Shun had no money, he did this, spending all his savings on clothes. Maybe old habits are hard to change now?
No wonder they cook their own food on the road.
I guess they can't afford a cook.
Most of these subordinates stayed because they wanted to get a bargain.
"Good sister, say something. I won't laugh at him."
Shen Jiao said this without smiling, but her face was full of joy.
Qiongzhi glared at her fiercely: "How could someone like you understand..."
She stopped talking halfway.
Shen Jiao: "It's really hard for me to understand. Is he nostalgic? Did he use the money to do good deeds? Or... is he doing this for me? Seeing these old things reminds him of me, as if I were still here?"
"Qiongzhi, get someone to tear this place down tomorrow and renovate it properly," Xue Shun said as he came in. "No matter how much she tries to save face and pretends to be poor, I don't mind a little bit. This person always has wishful thinking. Let's not give her that chance."
"Yes, sir." Qiongzhi was happy.
Shen Jiao is not happy!
"Young Master, you're back really quick," Shen Jiao said sheepishly, "Didn't you say you were going to see the Madam? Why didn't you stay a little longer?"
"It's strange that a mother would be in the mood to talk right now after losing her son."
Xue Shun waved his hand and asked Qiongzhi to go out.
The only people left in the room were Shen Jiao, who was gossiping behind her back, and Xue Shun, who had overheard everything. No one spoke for a while.
If he remained silent any longer, Shen Jiao would think that he was feeling sorry for Xue Lang.
"Why don't I see Xuan Xiao and the others?"
Xue Shun said: "Dead, their lifespan is not that long."
"I see," Shen Jiao said, "I think the vegetables and herbs in the yard are growing well."
"Well, it's not bad." Xue Shun looked out the window and nodded.
Shen Jiao praised: "Young Master, your crops are really good."
"I don't have the time. They're all made by the lower class."
Xue Shun said.
Shen Jiao was speechless again.
Xue Shun: "Why don't you say anything? I remember you used to be quite good at talking."
"You are too kind, sir." Shen Jiao perfunctorily replied, thinking: Xue Shun was never this difficult to deal with before! He would listen to anything I said.
Shen Jiao thought and thought, and finally brought up something he hadn't mentioned all along: "Young Master, are you feeling better now? Doctor Wei left me a prescription, but since I saw you didn't seem to need it anymore, I didn't mention it. Would you like me to write it down?"
"No need, you can keep it."
Xue Shun seemed tired. After talking for a while, he lay down on the couch and fell asleep.
I just got up in the afternoon and I look pretty energetic.
It seems that he is really well. After all, he is the son of Tongcai Villa and is still very useful. It is not difficult to find another famous doctor for him.
Shen Jiao withdrew his gaze from Xue Shun, looked out the window and said, "It seems that there are not many people in the yard."
Tianlongdimu, Jin Shuisheng and the others are all gone.
"I have other errands for them to do, and you two are not meant to be together."
"Sir, you are so thoughtful."
Shen Jiao was really worried when he thought about Tianlongdimu and Li Li'niang. He was always thinking about how to eradicate the problem completely.
It’s great that Xue Shun transferred the person away.
"But then who will do the yard work? Qiongzhi can't do it all by herself, right?"
Shen Jiao said doubtfully.
That Xu Ri doesn't look like he can do any work.
Xue Shun said in a cheerful tone: "I still have you."
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