Chapter 143 Holding Hands
Jin Sui saw his lips slightly raised, and felt relieved, but soon felt aggrieved again. The two of them kept asking riddles back and forth, and it was unknown how many rounds it would take before they got to the point.
She suddenly figured it out. What was there to be afraid of? The Yan family had to go through me for any business they wanted to cooperate with. If the negotiations failed, I could find another company. You couldn't find another person with the secret formula for perfume!
Thinking of this, she naturally picked up her chopsticks to eat the food and said with a smile, "I'm so hungry. I'll eat first. You're welcome, Jiulang."
The smile on Yan Jiu's lips turned into a slight twitch. This is the dish I ordered.
But he poured Jinsui a cup of tea gracefully: "Slow down."
The Persian cat jumped off his legs, and Jinsui quickly grabbed it into his arms and stroked it hard twice, causing the little fat cat to meow like a girl who was molested.
Smiling, she put it back into Yan Jiu's arms: "How cute! Give me one when you give birth."
"The white lion is male."
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Jin Sui coughed lightly, put down his chopsticks and said thoughtfully: "I understood the story Jiulang told last time, but Jiulang seems to have forgotten one thing."
"Not only did the tiger fall into Pingyang, but a group of implicated small animals also fell into Pingyang. These small animals, like the tiger king, are not native to Pingyang.
In addition to surviving together with the Tiger King, there are other reasons why I have to stay with the Tiger King."
Yan Jiu's eyes narrowed slightly, but there was a hint of joy in his eyes that no one could see. As long as he was willing to talk, then he would be given a chance.
What he was most worried about was the King of Li in front of him, who was determined to follow Gu Changxiao and would not give him any chance.
"Little Beast, why don't you look for someone from Pingyang? How do you know that others can't help him?"
Jin Sui sighed softly, "You really can't help me! You are indeed very strong in Yandi, but I have to overturn the case for Father Shen, so I can only rely on Gu Changxiao."
If your boss finds out about taking private work in the future, he may turn a blind eye if you are capable, but if you are mediocre, at most he will fire you.
But in this era, neither Gu Changxiao nor Yan Jiulang would allow their subordinates to take private work.
If she is not careful, she might lose her life! After joining Yan Jiu's army, she and her grandfather Jin An finally settled down in Yanzhou, and lived the life she longed for, living in a mansion, wearing gorgeous clothes, and eating delicious food.
She only needed to help Yan Jiu make money, and her life was quite easy. Even if her identity as Ling Jinsui was exposed, Yan Jiu could cover it up for her with his ability.
As for her and Jin'an's status as fugitives, that was nothing under the protection of the Yan family. There was no way the imperial court would go to the Yan family to ask for them.
To sum it up in one sentence, by joining Yan's Company, you can start living a happy life of lying down and enjoying your retirement in advance.
What about following Boss Gu during his start-up period? Haha, I earn my own salary. No, I also earn my colleagues’ salaries. Even the boss has to rely on me for a living!
Food, clothing and shelter are all poor, and personal safety is not guaranteed. The number of enemies in the open cannot be counted on one hand, and the number of enemies in the dark cannot be counted either.
She also works as a stand-in for her boss. Not only does she do the work for him, she might even risk her life.
But if you ask her to abandon Gu Changxiao and Biancheng, and go to Yan Jiu's command to enjoy a good life, not only her, but also Grandpa Ling will feel uneasy and unable to sleep all night.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the current border town loses its golden years, many projects will be suspended immediately and it is unknown when the new urban area can be completed.
Is there only one Gu Changxiao in Border Town? No! There is also Han Xing, who has been with her through thick and thin, a young but conservative patriarch.
She points at and hits Hei Hu, who is only interested in getting married, and Cheng Yu, who is willing to sell his life to her.
Chen Yunniang led a group of self-reliant women, who gradually became independent and strong under her influence.
The soldiers in the military farming camp looked at her eagerly, working hard without any complaints, just to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.
The refugees who had just cautiously emerged from the mountains were willing to beg for food under the King of Li.
As for the orphans of the martyrs who died in the battle against the Tartars, she had sworn in the cemetery that she would make sure those orphans could survive in the border town.
In the past, she had always believed that these people were in the border town because of the King of Li, but now she was proud to say that it was because of her, Ling Jinsui! You took the lead and encouraged them, and everyone trusted and admired you, but you turned around and joined the Yan family, leaving them in the dark and dilapidated border town to fend for themselves? If she really did this, Jinsui felt that she would never be able to sleep peacefully in her life!
She looked into Yan Jiu's eyes sincerely and smiled: "Thank you Jiulang for thinking highly of me, but I am born to work hard and cannot enjoy a peaceful life."
"I'm sorry, although my future is uncertain if I follow the Tiger King and I don't know when I will die, this is my choice. As a friend, I hope you can support me."
Yan Jiu met her gaze, and stroked the back of the Persian cat in his arms over and over again with his bony fingers, and the little kitten made a comfortable purring sound.
Jinsui really admired this kind of people, as if nothing could make them have too much emotional fluctuations. If it were me, I would definitely use more force and hurt the kitten.
Yan Jiu looked at her quietly for a long while before speaking: "Can you tell me your name?"
Jin Sui was stunned for a moment, the words Ling Jin Sui and Ji Sui swirled around on her tongue, but she soon swallowed the name Ling Jin Sui. For the safety of Grandpa and Jin An, she couldn't say it! She chuckled and said, "Ji Sui, my name is Ji Sui."
Yan Jiu stretched out his hand in front of her: "How to write?"
Jin Sui raised her finger as a pen, and her fingertips were about to fall into his palm. Looking at the pair of white jade hands, she couldn't bear to let her fingers fall.
He poured some tea on the table, smiled and dipped the tea in the water to write the word "Ji Sui".
Yan Jiu was still as calm and composed as ever. He used his fingers to write the words "Return to the South" next to Jin Sui using the tea poured by her.
"This is my handwriting, Brother Ji, it's polite."
Jin Sui smiled, this time with a much more sincere smile, completely letting go of the anxiety in his heart for many days, and bowed and said, "Yan Nangui, that's nice to hear! Brother Yan, you are so polite!"
The two smiled at each other. Just at this moment, Jin An brought a big bowl of steaming hot stew and said with a smile, "Grandpa said your food is cold. Eat hot food."
Steaming mist rose between the two of them, and Yan Jiu's face seemed like a banished immortal seen between the clouds and mist, making people reluctant to desecrate it.
Jin Sui lowered his head to eat the food, and turned back into the carefree Taoist priest Ji:
"As for the coal briquettes business that Jiulang mentioned, we should open a shop and sell them before the first snow comes. Once the snow starts, the roads will be difficult to travel on and it will be difficult to deliver them to the city."
Yan Jiu nodded: "I will ask the housekeeper to go to the workshop to discuss the sea salt business later. Let's finalize it while I'm in the border town."
Jin Sui's heart skipped a beat: "Are you going back? You don't want to watch the game anymore?"
Yan Jiu shook his head slightly. The competition is not as important as you. I didn’t stay here for the competition, I stayed here for you.
But since you have made up your mind, I can't force you, so there is no need to stay in this city.
"The Yan family still has some trivial matters to attend to. Yan Jiu will come to watch the finals."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "That's fine. I'll invite you to the award ceremony then."
"I'm full. I'll leave first. Enjoy your meal, Jiulang!"
Jin Sui waved at him, then waved and smiled at Yan Shier Niang at the other table, then strode away.
She didn't notice that Gu Changxiao was standing behind a wooden beam not far away, watching the whole scene.
But he couldn't see the table of the two people clearly. He only saw Yan Jiu reaching out to Taoist Xiao Ji, and Taoist Xiao Ji used his finger as a pen... did he write on his palm?
Gu Changxiao clenched his fists, and his palms hurt from his nails.
What he didn't know was that Yan Jiu glanced at where he was hiding and calmly drank tea from the cup.
Who told you, Ji Sui, I will only rob once? There is a long way to go.
Jinsui, playing with the accessories around her waist, walked and jumped towards the polo field, waving and greeting acquaintances on the roadside from time to time. Everyone could see that she was in a very good mood.
Everyone thought that the prince was in a good mood because the Black Feather Team won a beautiful game in the morning, except Gu Changxiao, who clenched his teeth and had bloodshot eyes.
Are Taoist Xiao Ji and Yan Jiu so happy together?
Yan Shiyi asked his brother nonchalantly, "We'll watch the game in the afternoon, so we can only train at night. I'll go borrow the venue. Brother, have you figured out how to beat the Black Feathers and the big black guy?"
Yan Jiu glanced at him calmly and said, "This question should be thought about by you as the captain. Twelve Lady and I will return to Yanzhou this afternoon. The housekeeper will stay to take care of you. Fight well."
Yan Shiyi was very anxious, this was different from what we had agreed!
"Brother, why are you going back on your word? You said I would help you, but you gave us special training!"
Yan Jiu's eyes narrowed, Yan Shiyi shrank his neck, retreated to a place where his brother couldn't kick him, and said stubbornly: "You just go back on your word!"
Yan Jiu sneered: "I promised to give you special training, but I didn't promise you that you can win the championship. I have already trained you. Whether we can beat the Black Feather Team is something you, the captain, should worry about."
Yan Twelve Niang whispered, "Brother, I have several businesses to take care of, I can't leave!"
Yan Jiu knew that she and Jin Sui had opened a theatre together. Different from traditional theatres, they sang new plays, which were very popular among young people.
But now there are too many people in the border town, and Yan Shiyi is a person who only cares about the present and not the future, so he really doesn't feel comfortable leaving his sister behind.
Besides, as soon as he left, Yan Twelve Niang would definitely go to see King Li every day. There would be many people around, so she still had to care about her sister's reputation.
There is no need to explain too much to them at this time, just... He swept a cold look across their faces and said in a firm tone: "You will give you half a day to hand over the matter to the steward. I will pick you up at 3 p.m." Then he left with the white lion in his arms.
Yan Twelve Niang was furious. Big brother was too bad and too domineering! Why did you have to take me with you if you wanted to go home! She and the second brother looked at each other and encouraged each other with their eyes: "You go!"
But the fact is that no one dared to talk back and could only swallow their anger.
Because the eldest brother will only hold the white lion in his hand when he is very angry or suppressing some emotion.
When he was in this mood, the dog at home didn't dare to bark! As for the two of them, they didn't dare to talk back at all.
They say that an elder brother is like a father, but when your father hits you, he will show some mercy, but when your elder brother hits you, he really hits you...
He was clearly having a good chat with the King of Li just now, they were talking and laughing, and they were even telling stories! Who had offended him again?
After Yan Jiu walked away, the two cowards did not dare to come forward to express their opinions. They just complained in a voice that Yan Jiu could not hear: "Why? I still want to cheer for the second brother!"
Yan Shiyi didn't appreciate it at all: "You want to go play with King Li after Big Brother leaves, right?"
Yan Twelve Niang was very angry: "I treated your entire team to milk tea yesterday! And you didn't even say a word for me."
Yan Shiyi's facial features were almost twisted into a ball: "Brother doesn't care about us, how can I beat the big black guy!"
The brother and sister were on different wavelengths and both thought the other was a coward, unable to even say "no" to their eldest brother.
With a heavy snort, one continued to eat the chowder, I haven't had enough food yet! The other went to find reinforcements, I earn so much money for the prince every day, the prince will definitely not let me go!
Yan Shier Niang walked all the way to the racecourse and saw Jin Sui laughing and talking with a group of cleaning workers. The prince was not arrogant at all and even helped hand tools to the workers.
When a brave child ran over, he took out malt sugar from his waist pouch and handed it to the child, touched the child's head and chatted with him.
If other children of noble families did this, people would definitely laugh at them for lowering their status and being unbecoming.
But the prince did it so naturally.
Yan Shier Niang even felt that the prince’s smile now was very nice, and it was much more sincere than when he was facing her.
She suddenly felt a little afraid to go forward and disturb them. Sure enough, when a worker saw her, he hurriedly saluted respectfully, not daring to speak anymore, bending his waist very low, not daring to look at her face at all.
The refugees all knew that they should not look at the young ladies of wealthy families. Sometimes if you accidentally glanced at her, her servants and guards would rush over and beat you up.
After Jin Sui spotted her, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Miss Yan, why are you here so early? The game is still half an hour away!"
Yan Twelve Niang said anxiously, "My Lord, I have something I would like to ask for your help."
Jin Sui patted his chest and said, "You said, as long as I can help you, I will do my best."
"My eldest brother asked me to go back to the Yan family with him, but I don't want to leave for the time being. I want to stay and watch my second brother's competition, our Liyuan and Yanzhizhai."
"Can you please talk to my brother for me and let me stay?"
Jinsui's smiling face turned into embarrassment. Well, that's why I rejected your brother. I'm really embarrassed to see him!
"Yes, Border Town is too chaotic right now, and your brother is doing this for your own good. Why don't you go back with him first and come back to watch the finals."
Yan Twelve Niang's face was full of disappointment. How could even the prince be like this? Does my eldest brother eat people? Everyone is afraid of him!
Just as he was about to say something else, Han Xing came over quickly: "Your Majesty, I have a secret report."
After hearing this, Jin Sui's face changed drastically, and he bowed to Yan Twelve Niang and said, "I'll take my leave first."
"By the way, Han Xing, you personally escort Miss Yan to the inn of the Yan family master."
Having learned from the previous experience, she was afraid that Yan Shier Niang would run away and hide again.
She hurried to find Gu Changxiao. It was strange. Gu Changxiao seemed to be around her all day long. She could always see him at any time, but today she hadn't seen him for half a day.
Just as he was getting anxious, Gu Changxiao came over leisurely: "Brother Ji..."
Before he could finish, Jin Sui anxiously grabbed his sleeve and said, "Hurry, Huo Zian is back."
Gu Changxiao's expression also froze instantly. They all thought that Huo Zian, who had escaped from the Zheng Yun case, must have gone to Chang'an. Why would he come back at this time?
He looked down and saw Jin Sui's hand pulling his sleeve, her fingers were white and slender.
The image of this small hand writing on Yan Jiu's palm kept flashing through his mind, and his big hand would touch the skin of this small hand from time to time as he walked.
His hands were warm, hers were slightly cool.
Suddenly, his hands became out of control, his palms turned upwards, and he held Jinsui's hand.
Jinsui seemed not to notice at all and still led him to the stable.
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