"Beep—"
"Beep beep—"
"Beep beep beep—"
Finally, it's a "beep beep beep beep" sound.
"Sister, it's people from Black Wind Stronghold looking for you," Li Yi said.
Li Ruo replied indifferently, "Oh."
Grandma Li: "If they're blowing so much, something urgent must have happened. Why don't we go check on them?"
After all, we're all brothers and sisters, and the brothers brought so much wild game last time.
Li Ruo went up to the tower, and the whistle was still ringing.
The sound came from the slope above the waterfall. After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, Li Ruo could vaguely see a figure.
Who else but Xie Xiao?
Li Ruo looked around and, finding no danger, went outside.
"Impressive! You managed to sneak up here unnoticed, bypassing my eyes, ears, and dogs."
Could it be that he made the uphill road?
Thinking about this, Li Ruo realized that her defense still had weaknesses.
"I fed your two dogs when they were puppies. They've only been in your house for a short time, so why would they bark at me? As for Old Wang and his gang, they came from Black Wind Stronghold. It wouldn't be difficult for me to avoid them."
Xie looked at her quietly.
At this moment, he was sitting on a rock by the Heavenly Lake, with a small fire burning beside him. The firelight illuminated the shadows in his eyes, making them appear unfathomable.
He glanced at the stone beside him, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Come sit down."
"You're healed enough to get out of bed? You can't even come to dinner when I invite you."
After saying that, Xie Xiao looked like he was in pain all over. "Ouch, I can't sit still. Come and help me."
Li Ruo remained unmoved. "Stop pretending."
Xie Xiao wanted to grit his teeth again, but he held back. "It's true I haven't eaten. Do you have any steamed buns, friend?"
Li Ruo smiled and actually pulled out two steamed buns—wait, she pulled out the wrong ones, two steamed breads.
Xie Xiao's lips twitched. "What other treasures do you have hidden in your sleeves? Let me see."
Li Ruo ignored him and stuck the steamed bun on a tree branch. "You've never had a roasted steamed bun before, have you? Let me show you, it's delicious."
Thank you.
Li Ruo glanced at him, "How do you know this waterfall is accessible?"
“How could I not know this place? Didn’t I tell you before that Ziyang Peak is where I watch the sunrise? This is it.”
Li Ruo was somewhat surprised. "I thought you were joking. Someone as rough as you would do something so naive and innocent?"
"Where is it rough?" Xie Xiao grinned. "I can do a lot of innocent and romantic things too."
Li Ruo nodded, "That's right, only you, Xie Xiao, would stay here watching the dark clouds so late at night instead of sleeping."
Xie Xiao: Did I come here to see the dark clouds?
"Thank you for reminding Sun Ergou, which allowed us to catch a woman trying to infiltrate Black Wind Stronghold."
"woman?"
"She hooked up with one of our brothers in the village named Ma Feng, who was a spy." Perhaps there was more than one Ma Feng.
"Who sent them?"
“Your ex-husband, Song Zhijing.” The word “ex” was emphasized.
Li Ru frowned, "This scumbag is indeed insidious."
Xie Xiao said, "Right now we receive hundreds of people every day, so it's normal for a few spies to slip in. That's why I've come to remind you to be strict with the people you've recently recruited, unlike what we did."
So he didn't come to see her specifically; he had important business to discuss. Heh.
"Thank you for reminding me, I will."
That's such a lukewarm reaction.
Xie Xiao said with a half-smile, "I heard from Xiao Li that when you went to Qinghua Mountain to meet our ship attacking the Prince of Runan, you told Zhang Yun that you were Yang Ying, the old lover of the Prince of Jiangning?"
Li Ruo: ... "Can't you tell that I'm trying to sow discord among them?"
Xie Xiao pressed his tongue against his cheek and said, "Heh, when did you become so knowledgeable about Prince Jiangning? You know about his subordinate Yang Huan, and you even know about Yang Huan's sister Yang Ying. You even know that she has an affair with Prince Jiangning. Are you a fortune teller?"
Furthermore, she showed no surprise at all when it came to spies, as if she knew it would happen.
Li Ruo calmly replied, "Don't forget, I used to mingle in the social circles of noble ladies in Yuzhou. Although I didn't do very well, I could still hear some gossip."
I can't exactly tell him that I transmigrated into a book.
Xie Xiao looked at her for a while but couldn't figure it out. "Fine, if you don't want to say, then forget it, just like your all-powerful mysterious accomplice."
It didn't matter who it was; he just wanted to know how much he meant to her.
It doesn't seem that heavy.
The surroundings were quiet for a while, with only the crackling of firewood and the aroma of roasting buns.
Li Ru handed over the baked buns, which were golden brown and steaming hot.
"It looks delicious." Xie Xiao's lips curled up slightly. "Thank you, and thank you for looking for me in the wind and rain last time, even though you were only after that 20% of the grain."
He devoured a steamed bun in just a few bites, his eyes lighting up. "Delicious!"
Li Ruo laughed, "You're thanking me by eating my steamed bun? Is that how you thank someone?"
Why does that sound so familiar? Xie Xiao remembered the last time she thanked him with his tea, and he had said the same thing to her, "How about I treat you next time?"
"That's more like it." Li Ruo asked, "You robbed one of the Prince of Runan's granaries. Aren't you afraid that he'll join forces with Song Zhijing or the Prince of Jiangning to deal with you?"
Xie Xiao glanced at her sideways, "Didn't you sow discord between the Prince of Runan and the Prince of Jiangning? Although it was full of loopholes, those two are both shrewd people and have some concerns. They probably won't join forces for the time being."
As for Song Zhijing, he's a very pragmatic person. Once he sees that the Prince of Runan has run out of food, would he still give him the time of day?
“You’re right. You understand Song Zhijing quite well.”
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