Chapter 61: Promise
Liu Youran waved the spatula in his hand in an orderly manner, without even raising his eyelids. "Tell me, why should I give up the opportunity that was given to you? Just because you're pitiful? I have to be sympathetic? Why? Do I know who you are?"
"Just do what you need to do. I won't let you go. Just give up on this idea!"
What a joke! Is she the kind of person who will be soft-hearted if someone says something nice to her and kowtows twice?
Let them think whatever they want, let them resent if they want, it won’t cost them anything anyway!
Hadn't she given enough in the past? But what did she get in return?
Liu Youran ignored the jealous, envious, and resentful looks from those around her and said calmly to Zhang San, "I'll just be in charge of the cooking. You guys take care of the ingredients and bring them over. I'll cook for you."
Hearing Liu Youran's agreement, Zhang San's brows immediately lit up and he thanked her happily: "Madam Xia, I'll tell the brothers right away to prepare the ingredients and send them to you. Please be the chef!"
The officials whistled and bustled about happily. Some started the fire, some cleaned the pots, some washed the vegetables, some washed the rice, and some chopped the meat...
There were so many officials that the old lady steamed two large pots of rice and fried five pots of vegetables for them.
To be honest, I am really tired. If I hadn't taken some powerful pills, I would have been exhausted. Thank you again, my daughter, for a wonderful day.
The officials were all very satisfied with their meals.
This meal was the most delicious and satisfying one they had ever had since they became escort officers.
I feel that the food at Wangjiang Tower in the capital was not as delicious as the food cooked by Old Madam Xia!
Everyone started to imagine that it would be great if they could eat such delicious meals every day in the future.
If Liu Youran knew what they were thinking, he would definitely say, “What the hell are you dreaming about!”
You still want to eat the meals I cook every day, it’s good enough if I can let you guys have a meal once in a while!
Xia Xing'er has eaten food cooked by many people, but she likes Liu Youran's food the most. It tastes like her mother's.
In the past, Liu Youran acted like a marquis’ wife, and was very strict in everything she did, with a lot of rules.
Look at the person now who can joke and laugh with the officers. She is completely different. This should be the real her.
Xia Xing'er likes a mother like this!
After the meal, the officials did not dare to ask the Xia family to clean up the dishes, and washed the pots and pans on their own initiative!
Zhang San was quite trustworthy and directly sent a bag of rice to the Xia family, as well as some vegetables and meat.
When everyone saw that the Xia family had a good relationship with the officials, they all became restless.
The Xia family members were now even more regretful. If they had been nicer to Xia Chengsheng's family, would they have received some benefits? Would the officials have been nicer to them?
Uncle San felt resentful towards Master Xia's family who caused all this!
"I respectfully call you Second Master Xia. Look at what your family has done. If it weren't for you, the Xia Chengsheng family would have been isolated."
"If you hadn't been leading the whole thing astray, our relationship with Xia Chengsheng's family would have become so strained that we wouldn't be able to gain anything from it!"
Dong was simply shocked by their shamelessness. There were actually people in this world who were even more shameless than her!
Just as she was about to open her mouth to refute, she heard someone actually turn their anger on Third Uncle: "Third Uncle, after all, you are the patriarch of our Xia family. When Xia Chengsheng's family wanted to expel themselves from the clan, why didn't you stop them and even agree?"
Third Uncle just hummed a few words and didn't say anything.
Mrs. Dong: Well, now someone is taking the blame with their family, and they feel much better.
She looked at Xia Chengsheng's family with mixed feelings, then looked at her own home.
It's karma, karma!
Their current situation is so similar to that of Xia Chengsheng's family before!
They have the courage to be expelled from the clan, and even after being expelled, they can still live a prosperous life in exile.
What about their family? How will their lives be like after being exterminated?
They don't have the abilities of Xia Chengsheng's family, and their lives will only get worse.
Looking at the Xia family members now, they are so similar to my past selves!
Mean, selfish, hypocritical, unreasonable...
Old Madam Helian looked eagerly at where Xia Xing'er and the others were.
He said lightly, "If Xing'er were still our daughter-in-law, then among those treated with courtesy by the officials, our family would be included, and I could ride in a donkey cart and eat white rice and meat."
"She must have been reluctant to let me, an old woman, drag a huge iron chain around with me every day, so she found a way to remove it long ago!"
Helian Zhi was also thinking in his heart: What would have happened if he and Xia Xing'er had not divorced.
For some unknown reason, she felt her health deteriorating day by day, and her internal energy was also decreasing...
Xia Xing'er didn't care what they were thinking. She was taking the three little ones for a walk to help them digest their food. The food was so delicious that they ate a little too much.
When Xia Xing'er was about to go back to the house, she passed by a tall and thin official. The man turned back to look at Xia Xing'er, and when his eyes met Xia Xing'er's, the man immediately lowered his head and quickened his pace.
Xia Xing'er was suspicious and said to the three children, "Hurry up and go in. I'm going back to find something!"
After watching the three little ones enter the house, Xia Xing'er turned around and chased in the direction of the tall and thin official.
She caught up with him in less than a moment. She followed him quietly and saw the man turning around and entering a dilapidated house?
Xia Xing'er quietly approached the house and saw the tall, thin official pull out a notebook from his bosom and hand it to the person inside. "Since leaving the capital, the Prince of Zhennan's every move has been recorded here. After repelling the bandits this morning, I don't know what he said to the leader, but he left with his men and said they would meet up at the next town."
"When can I return to the capital? Didn't you tell me that as long as I carefully record the actions of the Prince of Zhennan along the way and hand them over to you, I can return to the capital to take up my post?"
"Don't worry. I will definitely do what I promised you. You still have to stay in the team and continue to monitor Xuanyuan Yi's every move. In addition, the master also said that every move of Xia Chengsheng's family must be kept an eye on."
"You guys are trying to kill me. Targeting Xuanyuan Yi alone is risky enough, and now you're adding the Xia family to the mix. Don't you know how brutal those Xia siblings are?"
"What are you afraid of? You are just delivering a message. I am not asking you to kill or burn anything. Think about the 1,000 taels of silver. Once the task is completed, you can go to Jingzhao Prefecture to work."
Yes, as long as I hold on a little longer, I won’t have to travel outside all year round. The salary will be high, it will be safe, and I can spend time with my family.
After just a moment of thought, he knew what to choose. As the saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger.
"All you need to do is report every move of the two families and find out the location of the Black Potassium Army behind Xuanyuan Yi as soon as possible. As long as you complete the task, you will have beautiful women, high-ranking officials, and money!"
When the tall and thin official heard this, his heart was filled with emotion. These were things he had never dared to think about before, but now they were just one step away from him.
He suppressed his excitement and said, "Don't worry, I will keep a close eye on them and complete the mission as soon as possible!"
"Okay, then go back quickly. Be careful not to be discovered."
The tall, thin official walked back with his hands and feet trembling. He felt like he was floating in the air. Before his eyes were golden ingots and various beauties...
As long as he was extra careful, he wouldn't be discovered and could complete the task quietly.
The tall and thin officer's body seemed to be hit by an invisible force, and he staggered forward a few steps. The severe pain in his abdomen made him lose his balance in an instant. His eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.
In the moonlight, Xia Xing'er's figure was like a cheetah in the dark night, swift and deadly.
She leaped lightly and landed behind the officer. One hand accurately grabbed the back of his neck, and the other hand silently grasped the slender dagger that she had pulled out at some point. The tip of the knife was pressed against his spine, and the chill was intimidating.
The officer's face was twisted with pain and fear, and he made a struggling sound of "ho ho" in his throat, but he couldn't utter a word.
There was no hesitation in Xia Xing'er's eyes, only coldness and determination.
She tilted her head slightly, the moonlight outlining her firm jawline, and a faint, almost invisible sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, as if mocking the fragile life that was about to come.
The jailer in the house wanted to escape by jumping out of the window. As soon as his toes touched the window frame, he felt a sharp air rushing towards him. He looked up suddenly and saw Xia Xing'er appearing in front of the window like a ghost. A slender hand firmly pressed down his shoulder as he was about to jump out. The force seemed to nail him to the spot.
Moonlight filtered through the window lattice, casting a dappled shadow on the two men, adding a touch of strangeness to the sudden confrontation. Xia Xing'er's eyes were as cold as ice as she stared at the jailer. Her voice was low and powerful, "Want to escape? That won't be that easy."
The jailer's face was pale and cold sweat covered his forehead. He tried to struggle, but found that the seemingly weak palm was like an iron clamp and did not move at all.
There was a flash of determination in Xia Xing'er's eyes, and she cut his neck with a dagger. The postmaster died with his eyes open.
She took the notebook directly from the postmaster, opened it and took a quick look. It was really recorded in great detail, even the actions of their family members were recorded in detail. However, the handwriting was really ugly!
She threw the notebook directly into the space and asked the system in her mind: "System, can you help me deal with the body?"
The little white tiger lying down and drinking milk tea in the system space suddenly sat up and asked: "Host, have you killed someone again?"
Xia Xing'er: "What do you mean by killing someone again?"
System: "You killed so many men in black yesterday, and so many thieves this morning. Who did you kill this time?"
Xia Xing'er: "System, you're quite human now. You even ask three questions in a row?"
System: "I've upgraded, so it must be different from the initial system!"
Xia Xing'er: "Okay, I didn't tell her last time. I just killed an official and a postmaster, and helped to deal with it."
system……
Xia Xing'er directly looted all the money from the two corpses. Not to mention that there was quite a lot, the two of them had more than 800 taels of silver in total.
Throwing the corpse into the system space directly blocks the connection with the system.
They returned to their house as if nothing had happened.
When everyone in the Xia family saw that she had returned safely, they all went back to their beds and began to sleep.
At midnight, when everyone was asleep, Xia Xing'er quietly got up and used her lightness skills to fly to the clinic where Liu Dameng was recuperating.
Half an hour later, they found the clinic where Liu Dameng was.
Looking at him lying quietly on the bed, his eyes had been treated and bandaged.
When Xia Xing'er took out a dagger from the space and was about to go forward to deal with this person, Xuanyuan Yi in black clothes also jumped in from the window.
Moonlight filtered through the half-open window lattice into the house, adding a silver edge to the tense confrontation.
Xuanyuan Yi stood tall and straight under the window, his black clothes blending into the night. Only his eyes flashed with determination in the darkness.
The dagger in his hand flashed coldly, as if ready to cut through the silent night at any time.
Xia Xing'er stood beside the bed, a few steps away from Xuanyuan Yi. Her face looked particularly cold in the moonlight, and her eyes showed both wariness and confusion.
The dagger in her hand swayed gently, reflecting a cold and sharp light, echoing with Xuanyuan Yi's dagger in the distance. An unspoken tension filled the air.
Xia Xing'er recognized the man as Xuanyuan Yi and asked, "Prince Zhennan, why are you here so late at night?"
Xuanyuan Yi looked at the woman in front of him, suppressing the joy in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Xia, what brings you here so late?"
Xia Xing'er felt upset: This bastard took my medicine, was able to stand up, and his martial arts skills were restored, but he didn't even know how to say thank you and didn't even answer my questions. He was really hateful!
"It seems that I was the one who asked the Prince of Zhennan first. Your Highness, shouldn't you answer my question first?"
"I'll send him off." Xuanyuan Yi's voice was low and resolute, and every word seemed to hit Xia Xing'er's heart like a heavy hammer.
Could it be that Liu Dameng also offended Xuanyuan Yi? If I had known this, I would have slept in my warm bed and not made this trip.
"Your Highness actually has the same goal as this little girl. Then I won't argue with you. Your Highness, please..."
Xia Xing'er took a step back and gave up her seat, and made a gesture of invitation to Xuanyuan Yi.
Xuanyuan Yi looked at the woman in front of him with amusement. She was still as cute as before.
He walked around Xia Xing'er and went to the bed, and stabbed Liu Dameng in the throat with a sword. The person on the bed died.
Xia Xing'er watched Liu Dameng die, then turned around and prepared to leave.
Xuanyuan Yi shouted, "Miss Xia, please stay!"
Xia Xing'er stopped walking when she heard the voice, turned around and asked in confusion, "Is there anything else, Your Highness?"
Xuanyuan Yi: "Miss Xia, can I call you Xing'er?"
He thought he would never be able to stand up again in this life, so he reluctantly broke off the engagement with her.
But God took pity on him and let her heal him. Now he wanted to get her back, to stay by her side and protect her (even though she didn't need it).
Xia Xing'er really couldn't understand what was going on in this guy's mind, but he had the title of prince, was a good friend of her second brother, and was the god of war who had lost his territory due to his belly contraction, so she had to give him some face.
"Yes, a name is just a title, it's for people to call."
Xuanyuan Yi said happily: "Xing'er, thank you for giving me medicine twice. If it weren't for you, I would never have been able to stand up in my life. I don't know how to thank you!"
Xia Xing'er muttered casually, "Shouldn't I repay that life-saving favor with my own body?"
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