Lin Xi and the others left, leaving Su Qinghe alone in the restaurant lobby.
Out of boredom, she went to check on the fertile fruit tree again. She had noticed that several more flower buds had grown on it when she was dealing with the body of the man in black last night, but she hadn't counted them carefully.
"There are actually six flower buds!" Su Qinghe murmured.
"Boss Su! What? Six flower buds?"
The sudden voice brought Su Qinghe back to her senses. She looked up and saw someone standing next to her. It was Manager He. She quickly greeted her.
"Manager He, what brings you here today? Please have a seat!" Su Qinghe smiled and poured her a cup of tea.
He Bai grinned when he saw that Su Qinghe had come to her senses.
"Hehe! Boss Su! I just heard you mention six flower buds, does that mean the fruit-bearing tree is about to bear fruit again?"
He Bai's voice became noticeably louder as he spoke, and he looked at Su Qinghe with some excitement.
"Yes!" Su Qinghe nodded, not hiding anything, since He Bai already knew about the fertile fruit tree.
"Manager He, is there something you need today?"
"Yes! Oh dear! I almost forgot the important thing in my excitement!" He Bai slapped his head in annoyance.
"Boss Su! It's been almost a month and a half since my captain ate your golden pregnancy fruit!"
"The physician in the manor examines the young men's pulses every day, and in the past few days, he has detected four pregnancies, which has made the Commandant extremely happy."
He Bai spoke of the happy events in the manor, his face beaming with joy.
"I had wanted to invite you to my residence a few days ago, but you were busy, so I'm only coming today! If I wait until your restaurant opens, it will be quite a while longer!"
"I wonder if Boss Su is free tonight?" He Bai looked at Su Qinghe expectantly.
"Yes! I just don't know if we can bring our families?" Su Qinghe asked He Bai with a smile.
We still need to meet him; there are many benefits to building a good relationship with the captain of Tianhe County.
But after what happened last night, she hasn't dared to leave three men alone in the restaurant at night lately.
"Mr. Su, you're too kind! We invited you to our home, so it's only right that you bring your husband along!"
"The captain's sons will be there too, so they'll have company! You don't need to worry!"
Seeing that Su Qinghe mentioned her family, He Bai quickly offered a few words of comfort, fearing that she might have concerns.
"In that case, I'll have to trouble Commander Qin!"
After the two finished drinking a cup of tea, Su Qinghe stood up and politely saw them out.
She sat in the lobby for a while longer before a large pile of fresh ingredients arrived.
After paying for the vegetables, Su Qinghe carried them into the kitchen and took the opportunity to touch each vegetable she hadn't touched before.
Surprisingly, she actually found several more types of fruit-bearing trees that needed them.
Su Qinghe put half of those vegetables into her spatial storage. Regardless of whether the fertile fruit tree would be over-nourished, she just left them aside, and the tree would pull them over itself when needed.
After dealing with the fertilizer, Su Qinghe sat back down on the stool.
At this moment, Baili Honglan came downstairs. She walked up to Su Qinghe and clasped her hands in a fist salute.
"My name is Li Honglan. May I ask Your Majesty's name?"
She didn't want to reveal her identity, so she didn't use her real name.
“Su Qinghe!” Su Qinghe said calmly.
Baili Honglan bowed to her again.
"I am deeply grateful to Lady Su for saving my life. I have come to say goodbye." As she spoke, she took out several silver notes from her bosom.
"Here's two thousand taels! I just withdrew it from the bank, here you go!" She handed over the silver notes.
"You're pretty quick!"
Su Qinghe smiled and reached out to take it, but she couldn't budge the silver note no matter how hard she tried.
"Hmm?" She raised an eyebrow at the big, dumb guy in front of her.
Baili Honglan gripped the silver note tightly in her hand, staring at it without blinking.
Waaaaah... This is her savings for this trip to Tianhe County!
She looked up and gave Su Qinghe a big smile.
"Hehe! My benefactor! Can't you really lower the price a bit more? I'm really poor!"
Su Qinghe felt a chill run down her spine from the woman's lewd smile and slapped her hand without hesitation.
"Let go!"
"I can give you less, but would you mind if I crippled one of your arms?"
"Even those who are missing limbs or have lost an arm or a leg, we still need to save them!"
Su Qinghe looked at her with a smile and spoke softly.
"Fine! You can take the two thousand taels!" Baili Honglan immediately let go.
She's no match for Su Qinghe; she'll really be crippled!
Not long after Baili Honglan left, Lin Xi and the others returned carrying large and small bags.
"My lady! We're back!"
Lin Xi excitedly ran up to Su Qinghe and put the things in her hands on the table. Ji Qingyu followed closely behind, while Ji Yuan remained composed and did not run wildly.
"Did something interesting happen outside? You seem so excited!" Su Qinghe reached out and smoothed his disheveled hair.
"Yes! To be precise, we encountered spies from the enemy country. There were a lot of soldiers and officers there!" Lin Xi calmed down, but still couldn't hide his excitement.
"Are you all injured?" Su Qinghe asked anxiously, pulling the group around in a circle.
"We're all fine! Don't touch me!" Ji Qingyu awkwardly pulled away from Su Qinghe's hand and hid behind Lin Xi.
"Don't worry, my lady, we're all fine. We just watched a bit of a show!"
Ji Yuan was pulled around several times by Su Qinghe, and he quickly began to explain.
"At that time, the spy was fleeing and almost kidnapped Yu-ge'er, but fortunately a young master was a skilled archer and shot her dead with an arrow!"
"Are you really alright?" Upon hearing that Ji Qingyu had almost been kidnapped, Su Qinghe pulled him out from behind Lin Xi again.
Seeing that he was about to move, she had no choice but to use one hand to tightly grasp his two wrists together, so that she could easily check him with her other hand.
"I'm really fine! You...you let me go!"
Ji Qingyu tried to pull the hand away, but couldn't budge it. In front of the two men, he couldn't help but blush.
Su Qinghe checked him carefully again, and only let go after confirming that not a single hair on his body was broken.
With a quick release of his wrist, Ji Qingyu immediately moved far away from Su Qinghe, this time hiding behind Ji Yuan.
Lin Xi remained enthusiastic and started chattering away again.
"My lady! Do you know who that archer is? He's actually the leader of that troop of soldiers! I heard them all calling him 'boss'!"
Lin Xi spoke of this with a look of longing.
"I've never heard of a man joining the army, let alone rising to the position of leader. He must be incredibly capable!"
"Hmm... he just doesn't look like a man!"
Lin Xi looked regretful.
"Look at the way you're looking, it's like you wish you were a woman so you could marry him!"
Su Qinghe chuckled and flicked his forehead.
"Pfft!" Ji Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"My lady, you really guessed right! Xiao Xi did mention this on her way back!"
"Really?" Su Qinghe asked, somewhat surprised.
She had always thought Lin Xi was a rather introverted person, only occasionally acting coquettish with her, but she never expected her thoughts to be so unconventional.
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