"yes."
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Qin Xi tidied her clothes and carefully applied her makeup before getting up to leave the mansion, only to run into Lu Huai, who was returning home.
For some reason, Qin Xi felt a little nervous, and the two of them remained silent for a moment.
Qin Xi broke the awkward silence by speaking first, "You're back."
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lu Huai's forehead, his chest heaved, and he gave a slightly hoarse "hmm".
"What's wrong with you..." Lu Huai's eyes were stung by her bright red clothes, and he turned his head away, not daring to look again. "Where are you going?"
"Ah..." Qin Xi scratched at the hem of her skirt, lowered her eyes, and lied as if possessed, "I'm going out to buy some things, I'll be back soon."
Normally, if she said she was going shopping, Lu Huai would obediently wait for her to return at home if he didn't go with her. But today, for some reason, he asked, "What are you going to buy? Don't you have anything at home?"
Qin Xi was startled by his flustered tone and laughed, "It's just something for women. I'm used to using it, so it's better to buy it myself than to buy it from the manor."
"..." Lu Huai opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't utter a single word.
Seeing his reaction, Qin Qi felt inexplicably guilty. She didn't want to deceive Lu Huai, but she also didn't want to tell him about this.
She admitted that she was somewhat jealous of Princess Zhaoyang, jealous that she had spent so much time with Lu Huai before she met him, and that they had been childhood sweethearts. This was her little secret, and she didn't want him to know it, didn't want him to think that she was a petty and jealous woman.
She pursed her lips and said, "Then... I'll go first."
"Is it absolutely necessary to go?" Lu Huai asked, his voice unusually hoarse, which even Qin Xi noticed was wrong.
She frowned slightly. "What's wrong? Have you caught a cold? Should we call the family physician to come and take a look?"
Lu Huai shook his head. "No need. I'm just asking you, is it absolutely necessary to go?"
Qin Xi bit her lower lip and hesitated, "I...I'm used to the things from that shop, so..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Huai smiled and stepped aside to make way for her, saying, "Go ahead, and come back soon."
call--
Qin Qi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "I'll be right back. If you feel unwell, please ask the physician to come and take a look."
"Yes, I know." He tugged at the corner of his mouth, then suddenly called out to her, "Qin Xi."
Qin Xi: "Hmm?"
"It's nothing." He smiled casually. "Come back soon."
Seeing that he seemed to be fine, Qin Xi smiled and nodded, "I know."
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Qin Qi arrived at Yuxianzhai as promised, but received another letter from Princess Zhaoyang.
The letter said she had just returned to Kyoto, exhausted both physically and mentally, so she temporarily changed locations to a villa on South Street. There, she could rest and chat with her.
That makes sense, but Qin Xi still kept a watchful eye on things.
She told the manager of Yuxianzhai that she was going to South Street to buy snowflake pastries and would be back for dinner within half an hour. If she hadn't returned by then, she asked the manager to go to Shangshu Fu to find Lu Huai and ask him to send a sedan chair to pick her up.
Qin Xi was already a distinguished guest of Yu Xian Zhai, and now she also carried the title of Little Tyrant's wife. How could the manager dare to be negligent? He quickly nodded in agreement and carefully noted down the matter.
Qin Xi gave him a silver ingot as a reward, and then, under his grateful yet fearful gaze, went to the villa on South Street.
Speaking of South Street, everyone is probably familiar with it. That's right, it's the place where Butcher Zheng accidentally injured someone. Although he committed suicide out of guilt, the incident still left a mark on everyone's hearts.
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