Liao Fusheng said, "I told them, but they didn't come looking for me. Either they didn't want to see me, or they're no longer alive."
Li Ruo sighed and stopped talking about this upsetting topic. "Get a good night's sleep and don't think about anything. I'll give you a surprise tomorrow."
"Surprise?" Liao Fusheng looked at her cheeks, slightly flushed from the wind, so radiant, her bright eyes sparkling like stars, and looked away. "I'm going to sleep now."
Li Ruo went out to continue playing with everyone, while Li Yi said happily, "Sister, how about we stay up all night tonight?"
Grandma Li laughed and said, "I'm too old to stay up all night, you guys keep watch."
Just then, Li Qing and Xie Xiao returned. Li Ru went over and presented Li Qing with a gift, saying, "Big brother, this is for you."
Li Qing was pleasantly surprised when he saw it, "This looks a bit like a compass."
"This is a compass. With it, you won't lose your way, whether you're in the mountains or by the water." Li Ruo also taught her how to use it.
Li Qing clicked his tongue in amazement, "Another item from overseas?"
"It's Chinese New Year, so I only offered some things to my father and changed this one." There are so many new and interesting things, I don't care about this one.
Li Qing wanted to ask her what kind of boat was that that flew so fast on the water earlier, but Xie Xiao coughed and asked, "Do you get gifts for everyone?"
What about his?
Seeing his eyes fixed intently on her compass, Li Qing quickly tucked it into her sleeve. It was a gift from her sister, and no one could take it away from her.
Li Ruo deliberately said, "Oh dear, what should we do? It's all gone."
Xie Xiao's eyes widened. "What? There's no share for me?"
The resentment could be felt for miles around.
Xu Dafu smiled and showed off his telescope, "Sister, look at my treasure, it can see farther than the one you use to buy melon seeds."
Xu Wanting covered her mouth and laughed, "Yes, brother, look at my hand cream. My hands feel smooth and smell nice after applying it. Smell it."
Boss Xie's face turned black.
Xu Dafu still felt the attack wasn't powerful enough, "Boss, what did you give the Taoist priest? I saw he was wearing thick gloves? How thoughtful."
Li Ruoxin thought that if they continued playing like this, things would get out of hand. "Alright, alright, everyone go and rest."
Xu Dafu: "Hey, didn't we say we'd stay up all night together?"
Li Yi said, "Yes, yes, brother-in-law, you should come too—"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw his brother-in-law pull his sister over and hoist her onto his shoulder. "Brother, my wife and I have some things to take care of when we get back."
They just carried the person away...
Everyone: ...A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup!
"Hey, slow down, I was just kidding," Li Ru pleaded.
Sun Ergou and the others ran up from behind, laughing and saying, "Sister, you don't know, when we went back just now, Mu Yuanyuan suddenly tripped and fell on a pile of poop! She probably won't be able to eat or get out of bed for days."
Li Ruo exclaimed, turning her head to look at Xie Xiao, "What a coincidence!" The person who likes to punish people with excrement is very suspicious.
Sun Ergou: "It's a pity that the fourth leader still hasn't been able to find a wife."
Li Ruo said, "But to be honest, I feel that Fourth Master needs to work harder to become a better match for Mu Sisi. Don't you think so, husband? Hey, slow down—"
"You should worry about yourself!" Xie, the head of the household, still had a dark face, his mind preoccupied with the gift.
Back in the house at Black Wind Stronghold, before the lights were even turned on, Xie Xiao closed the door and pressed her against it, kissing her. In the darkness, only the sounds of their lips meeting and smacking against the door could be heard.
The sound was exceptionally clear in the dead of night, sparking the imagination. Chen He and Sun Ergou, who were outside the door, exchanged a glance, rolled their eyes, and ran away with their faces red.
"Alright, alright, I surrender. You'll get your gift." Li Ruo pushed him when she was almost out of breath. "Go light the lamp, or I won't give it to you."
Xie Xiao, still not satisfied, let her go and lit a lamp. The fire in his eyes was brighter and hotter than the light of the oil lamp. "Where?"
"What's the rush?" Li Ruo turned around, then turned back. "Ta-da, look."
Xie Xiao narrowed his eyes. "What is this?"
"A scarf."
"Did you make this yourself?" Xie Xiao took it, but Li Ruo wouldn't let him. "I'll wrap it around you myself."
She really did knit it secretly. "But it's my first time knitting, so it's not very good. Please bear with me."
Xie Xiao looked at it and saw a huge hole in the middle. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Is this a fishing net?"
"It's a net, specially designed to trap you. Will you give it to me or not? If not, give it back." Li Ruo felt a little hesitant to give it away.
Xie Xiao grasped her hand, his gaze intense. "Here, I'm completely trapped by you, inside and out. You can't escape. You can do whatever you want to me."
Li Ruo felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze. "Then I'll slice you into sashimi and eat you raw."
"Whatever." He said, wrapping the net-like scarf around her and pulling her into his arms, his eyes bright and deep as he laughed freely.
Li Ruo also looked at him and said, "Hey, how did you know that the Fourth Master wanted to propose, and that the Marquis of Xinyang was not very willing, so you asked Uncle Luo and a few others to help him out?"
Xie Xiao scoffed, "Everyone knows what the Fourth Master is thinking. I knew those people from the Marquis of Xinyang's mansion would cause trouble when they came. I'm doing this for the Fourth Master, for the brothers and sisters in the stronghold, and for—"
Li Ruo looked at him with sparkling eyes, "For me?" She wasn't modest at all.
Xie Xiao smiled and said, "I can't let you feel wronged. They're talking about the Sifang family, which is also about me, and they're talking about Miss Mu, which is also about you. How can I not fight back? Besides, I promised you before that women also have the right to choose."
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