Chapter 13 Favorability Values Increased
The bamboo chopsticks fell on the table, making a light sound.
Xie Suzhou slowly raised his eyes, a dark light welling up in his eyes, and he spoke word by word, "What did you say?"
Xie Ming coughed lightly, nudged his cheek with the tip of his tongue, and whispered, "I quit my job at the escort agency and want to... join the army to support the king."
Xie Suzhou placed the bowl heavily on the table, his handsome face covered with dark clouds, and his tone was frighteningly cold, "I don't agree."
"Second brother, if I can take advantage of this situation..."
"What if you can't do it?" Xie Suzhou interrupted him, staring at him with a cold tone, "Xie Ming, do you want to have one less person in your family?"
Xie Ming opened his mouth, wanting to argue for himself again, but when he met his second brother's eyes, he was unable to speak.
"Let him go." The door of the west room was opened from the inside. Su Cheng, holding the dishes in one hand and the little girl in the other, looked at the two people at the table and spoke calmly.
Xie Suzhou's thin lips turned pale, and there was a sinister look between his brows. "I said, no."
"Since he has talent, why bury him?" Su Cheng sat at the table, glancing at Xie Ming, who was like a quail in front of his brother. "I understand your feelings. On the battlefield, swords are blind. The least you can do is get injured, and the worst you can do is die. But since Xie Ming has spoken, it means he is well aware of this."
Xie Suzhou remained silent, his dark eyes sending chills down people's spines.
"Are you willing to let him stay on the farm for the rest of his life, working hard?" Su Cheng said calmly, his expression unchanged. "You are Xie Ming's brother. You know his abilities best. Even so, are you going to stop him?"
Xie Ming stared at her for a moment, his expression a little stunned.
[Host, Xie Ming's favorability has increased by three points.]
Xie Suzhou closed his eyes, his face pale. "In your opinion, is it a good thing for him to join the army?"
"Xie Ming is quite accomplished in martial arts, so it's natural for him to join the army, but not the army that supports the king."
As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, the three men in the yard looked at her.
Xie Suzhou was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Why can't the army supporting the king be used?"
"King Qin was granted the title of King of a different surname based on his military achievements, which shows that he is naturally brave and skilled in battle. Such a person would inevitably arouse the fear of the higher-ups. Now he is openly recruiting soldiers, how could the higher-ups allow it?" Su Cheng said softly, his gentle features becoming more shrewd. "He is making such a big fuss right now, but the higher-ups haven't made any move. They are just waiting to find him and catch him in one fell swoop."
In the book, the original body took away all the savings of the Xie family. Xie Suzhou gave up the imperial examination and went to the streets all day to inquire about the whereabouts of the two children. Xie Jinyu almost died of illness in bed. Xie Ming knelt all over the village but could not raise a hundred dollars, so he had to shamelessly ask the Zhou family for medicine. Coincidentally, a flood hit the sky, and the three brothers were forced to separate for seven years. When they met again, they had already become gods.
In other words, Xie Ming's opportunity came after the flood.
Xie Suzhou half-closed his eyes, his gaze suspicious, "Why do you know so clearly?"
"It's just a matter of using your brain." Su Cheng chuckled and looked at Xie Ming, who had been stunned beside her. She opened her pink lips and said, "Tomorrow you will go with me to the government office to take back the three plots of land of the Xie family. Help me plant the land first to solve the livelihood problem of our family. When the orthodox army recruits soldiers in the fall, I will definitely send you to the barracks."
"The government?" Xie Ming was stunned and asked hurriedly, "Are you really going to sue your mother's family?"
Su Cheng's eyes flickered. "If we don't show some real skills, how can they surrender? They will have occupied those lands for a lifetime in vain."
Xie Ming came back to his senses, feeling somewhat disappointed. "That's easy to say, but if I were busy with the crops, where would I get the money to buy medicine and see my third brother?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Jinyu's face instantly turned pale. She stood alone in the yard, looking at the three people at the table, her dark eyes completely devoid of light.
He is indeed a burden.
"Xie Jinyu has me to take care of him. I will never abandon him."
Xie Jinyu suddenly raised his handsome face and looked at the beautiful figure beside the table. There was a faint red at the corners of his eyes, and panic and surprise flashed in his eyes. Even his heart skipped a beat.
"I will also find a way to make money. Whether it's the Suzhou imperial examination or Jinyu's medical treatment, it's not something you should worry about." Su Cheng smiled indifferently, picked up the dirty dishes and went into the kitchen, completely unaware that the three men behind her were still looking at her.
These two simple sentences stirred up huge waves in the hearts of the three people, making them unable to recover for a long time.
[Host, the favorability of the three male protagonists has increased, especially Xie Jinyu, who has increased by five points.]
Su Cheng suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth and secretly gave himself a thumbs up.
Xie Chen clutched his sleeves tightly and looked cautiously at the man beside him, "Third...Third Uncle..."
Xie Jinyu's Adam's apple twitched slightly, her gaze still fixed on the kitchen, but she was addressing Xie Chen, "You'd better get her forgiveness, otherwise, I'll beat you to death."
Outside the kitchen, Su Cheng looked down at the child standing in front of him, his face expressionless. "What are you going to do?"
Xie Chen closed his eyes tightly, bent his knees, and knelt down in front of Su Cheng. In front of Su Cheng's shocked eyes, he kowtowed three times to his stepmother and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
From a distance, Xie Jinyu was standing there holding a rattan stick.
It seemed as if if Su Cheng said he didn't forgive him, he would beat this troublesome nephew to death.
Su Cheng raised an eyebrow, "Do you know you're wrong?"
"I understand." Xie Chen nodded, his face downcast as he said, "I shouldn't have joined others in blaming you."
"Wrong." Su Cheng stretched out a finger and shook it, meeting Xie Chen's puzzled gaze, and said softly, "You were wrong in misunderstanding me without saying anything. Did you see Song Gang trying to harass me today by the river? I beat him up and kicked him into the river instead?"
Xie Chen was stunned for a moment and shook his head.
"Although I don't know when you followed me, you were standing in the wrong place and couldn't see the whole picture. I tried to explain, but you turned around and left. Later, you helped Zhou Beibei to deal with me." Su Cheng crossed her arms and stared at him with interest. "I know you want to drive me away and think I have impure intentions, but I am now a wife of the Xie family. You are undoubtedly bringing shame to the Xie family by slandering me."
"You can apologize, but I also have the right not to forgive you." Su Cheng stared at him, the corners of his lips slightly raised, "If you want to avoid that meal of stir-fried meat with rattan sticks, then pick up the broom and sweep the yard, and then go pour out the slop. From now on, these two jobs will be yours. I will check every day. If I find you slacking off, you will be punished by your third uncle!"
"I..." Xie Chen opened his mouth, but knew that there was no point in saying more, so he stood up angrily, picked up the broom beside him and started sweeping the yard.
Seeing his nephew being humiliated, Xie Jinyu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. His eyes fell on the slender figure with a bit more inquiry.
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The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, someone knocked on the door of the Xie family's house.
Xie Ming was still asleep. He opened the door with a sullen look on his face. "Who?"
Outside the door were two men and one woman, led by Tian, whom I had met yesterday.
Tian grinned, the smile not reaching her eyes, "We are here to return your land."
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