While engrossed in watching the drama unfold, Su Hua suddenly caught the man's gaze sweep over her. She couldn't help but swallow hard and murmured, "This guy seems a little bit handsome right now..."
But what does "his person" mean?
She's not his woman.
Chunhua poked out her fluffy little head and nodded seriously.
"Auntie is right, Uncle Jinhan is incredibly handsome!"
Not far away, the man's jade-like ear tips twitched, quickly turning a blush.
A barely perceptible smile flickered at the corner of his mouth.
"Miss, save me..." Qiu Shuang looked at the man's smile and subconsciously glanced at Wei Jianjia. She had been slapped once and then hit in the mouth with a stick, knocking out a tooth. She was really afraid of this man.
Now, this smile is even more ferocious.
But she refused to apologize to that country girl.
Wei Jianjia narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly. The dozen or so servants she brought were still lying on the ground groaning. Xiao Jinhan, on the other hand, had a cold and ruthless expression, while the girl leaning against the oxcart not far away looked like she was listening attentively.
It really is extremely unlucky.
She took a deep breath and moved her red lips slightly, "Go!"
"Miss!" Qiu Shuang was startled by the voice, but Wei Jianjia had already pulled down the curtain.
She knew her mistress's temper; if she dared to disobey, she feared she would suffer a terrible fate upon returning home.
She could only grit her teeth, slowly walk up to Su Hua, lower her head, and speak in a voice barely audible, "I'm sorry."
"What did you say? Your voice is too soft! I can't hear you!" Su Hua picked at her ear and brought her face closer.
"Ah!!!" Qiu Shuang was so frightened by the enlarged face in front of her that she let out a wolf howl. "Why are you so close? You're scaring me to death!"
Su Hua covered her ears, raising her eyebrows slightly. "That's right. You should apologize using the same voice you used to swear earlier."
Qiu Shuang took a deep breath and said loudly, "I'm sorry!"
"Louder!"
"sorry!!"
"Louder!"
"sorry!!!……"
Only when everyone around could hear it clearly did Su Hua finally nod in satisfaction, "That's a good boy/girl. Don't keep swearing like that! You're embarrassing your master!"
Qiu Shuang lowered her head, looking exactly like a defeated hen that had squawked until its throat was hoarse, and didn't utter another word.
"What are you dawdling about down there for? Hurry up and come up! Do you want me to help you up?"
The carriage curtains swayed slightly.
Wei Jianjia's voice clearly carried a hint of exasperation.
"Auntie, she called us dogs before, but I think she's the dog!" Chunhua stood on the carriage shaft, glancing at Qiushuang's hurried climb onto the carriage and pursing her lips.
"Her mistress tells her to apologize and she tells her to go back, and she goes back. Isn't that even more of a dog than our little black dog?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Hua saw Qiu Shuang stumble, and the breathing inside the carriage became even heavier.
Before Qiushuang could even settle in, the coachman cracked his whip, and the carriage clattered off toward the east of the city.
The servants who had been lying on the ground groaning also staggered to their feet and ran after the carriage.
“Chunhua is right, but our Xiaohei is a good dog, he never bites people randomly.” Su Hua ruffled her hair, a slight smile playing on her lips. “Come on, let your aunt take you to buy some candied hawthorns!”
Unexpectedly, the little guy pointed to the side and grinned, "Uncle Jinhan has already bought it!"
Su Hua turned her head and saw the man walking towards her against the light. His large, well-defined hands were holding five strings of bright red candied hawthorns. His sky-blue robe billowed, and his angular face was gentle and handsome. There was a hint of a smile in his deep eyes, making him look completely different from his cold and ruthless self just now.
"Here you go!" Xiao Jinhan handed a string of them to Chunhua, and stuffed the rest into Su Hua's hands.
"Why did you buy so many? Chunhua can't eat so many, she'll get cavities!" Su Hua said helplessly, holding four skewers of candied hawthorns. The hawthorns here were big and coated with thick sugar flowers. If Chunhua ate them all at once, she would probably be complaining of toothache tomorrow.
“Dalang, Erlang, Chunhua, and you, one string each, you won’t get cavities.” Xiao Jinhan’s lips curved into a smile.
Su Hua was taken aback by the voice, then smiled and said, "I'm way past the age of eating candied hawthorns."
However, she didn't expect that this guy would be so thoughtful, even considering the little kids in the house.
No wonder Su Bai likes him so much.
“There’s no age at which you can’t eat something. You can eat it as long as you like it.” Xiao Jinhan raised an eyebrow, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and led the two of them onto the oxcart, leaving behind a crowd of astonished people.
"This young man spoils his wife way too much. Just now, this Miss Wei from the capital city was clearly of noble birth, but he didn't give her any face at all and just started hitting her."
"He's clearly buying candied hawthorns to spoil her! What kind of wife is this old and still eating candied hawthorns! No wonder she's so fat!"
"Aside from his bad legs, this young man has a much better presence than Miss Wei from before. He also dotes on his wife. If I weren't married, I would want to marry him."
"Stop talking! If you keep going, I'm going to divorce my old bastard. Comparisons are really odious..."
Su Hua sat in the carriage, and the whispers behind her came like a tidal wave, making her ears burn.
She was about to lift the curtain to explain when she heard the sound of ox hooves pounding, and the oxcart started moving quickly.
Never mind, she has good hearing and can hear it, but others may not be able to hear it clearly.
But as soon as this thought crossed her mind, she saw Chunhua, while chewing on a candied hawthorn, quietly lean over and ask, "Auntie, are the young man and woman they're talking about Uncle Jinhan and you?"
After these words were spoken, the air fell into an inexplicable silence for a long time.
Su Hua chuckled awkwardly, "How could that be! You must have misheard."
Having said that, before she could continue speaking, she raised her voice slightly and asked the man on the carriage shaft, "Young Master Xiao, have you heard of the Wei family of the capital that the master and servant were talking about just now?"
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