Chapter 2269 Confusing
"careful!"
At this lightning-fast moment, a man suddenly rushed out from the roadside, hugged Ran Xiaoyu in his arms, and dodged, and the horse's hoof barely brushed past the sides of the two people as it fell!
Immediately afterwards, the carriage passed by the two of them like a gust of wind.
“……!”
Ran Xiaoyu was still a little dazed. She just opened her eyes wide and looked over the shoulder of the person in front of her at the snowflakes falling in front of her.
After a while, a familiar voice sounded in my ears.
"Are you okay?"
“…”
She slowly raised her head and met a familiar face.
"Xu, Xu——"
She couldn't even call out the other person's name, and Xu Shifeng's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked again: "Are you okay?"
“……!”
Ran Xiaoyu suddenly came to her senses and quickly pushed him away.
Her strength was naturally not comparable to that of an ordinary girl. This push pushed Xu Shifeng back two or three steps, and he staggered and almost fell.
Xu Shifeng also shook for a moment before he stood firm.
Looking at the woman in front of him whose face turned red and white, he also felt that something seemed wrong just now.
However, there is no better way.
When he saw her standing blankly on the street, not reacting to the carriage that was so close to her that it was about to hit her, he had no time to think about anything else, not even to think about whether he would be in danger if he rushed forward.
That's how she was saved.
Thinking about it now, I still feel scared - after all, the horse's hooves don't care who is rich or powerful, who is strong or strong, once they kick you down, you will either die or be injured.
But fortunately, he saved her.
At this moment, Ran Xiaoyu finally sobered up a little. Recalling what had just happened, she blushed and asked, "Xu, Master Xu?"
"……Um."
Although it was freezing cold and heavy snow was falling, Xu Shifeng felt very hot, especially the hands that had just hugged her. It seemed as if the blood in her body was boiling and her palms were sweating.
However, the two of them were not familiar with each other after all - although Ran Xiaoyu's figure had appeared in his mind more than once, which was why he recognized her in that split second just now - but when the two of them really met face to face, he didn't know what else to say to her.
Just looked up.
The carriage had disappeared at the end of the long street.
He frowned and said in a deep voice, "That's too rude."
Ran Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment, then she followed his gaze and realized that he was talking about the carriage. Thinking back to how she had been distracted just now, it was really wrong.
She said softly, "Master Xu, thank you for saving me."
"You're welcome."
"Sir...why are you here?"
After the initial shock, Ran Xiaoyu immediately became alert and glanced at the jade shop behind her. You know, she had been waiting here for several days, waiting for someone from the Xu family to show up.
Now, it finally appeared.
But it was not Xu Shizong as they had guessed, but Xu Shifeng.
Although she was not very familiar with him, she still found it hard to believe that given Xu Shifeng's identity as a military man and his loyalty to the emperor and empress, would he do something like putting musk beads in the Guanyin Bodhisattva?
"I--"
Xu Shifeng was about to answer when he suddenly remembered something. He looked down at the ground and cried out, "My book!"
Ran Xiaoyu also looked down and saw several books on the ground.
Xu Shifeng immediately squatted down and picked up the books one by one, but at this time, the originally brand new books were almost all stained with mud and water, and were so dirty that they could not be read.
His brows furrowed.
what to do?
Ran Xiaoyu also squatted down, helped him pick up a few books and handed them to him, asking, "What's wrong? Are these all yours?"
Xu Shifeng smiled bitterly and said, "It's my elder brother."
"Uh, Mr. Xu?"
"Yes, he ordered this set of books from the Yayi Zhai across the street a few months ago and asked me to come pick it up today. I didn't expect that—"
Having said this, his brows were already twisted into knots with worry.
You have to know that this eldest brother of his never loved money or power, he only loved books. Normally, no one was allowed to enter his study, and even if he needed to clean it, he would do it himself.
If someone made his "favorite book" dirty or wrinkled, he would get even more angry.
I was thinking of helping him get the book, being cautious, but I didn't expect -
Seeing his troubled look, Ran Xiaoyu felt a little guilty. If he hadn't saved her just now, he wouldn't have scattered all these books on the floor.
She thought for a moment and said, "How about I accompany you to Yayi Zhai and ask. Maybe they have more than just this one in their shop?"
"That's right."
Xu Shifeng immediately stood up and walked with her to the Yayizhai restaurant across the street.
The study was about to close, and the owner was about to leave when he saw Xu Shifeng come in again, accompanied by a pretty woman. He hurried forward and asked, "What else do you want, sir?"
Xu Shifeng asked, "Boss, the set of books I just picked up got dirty accidentally. Do you have any new ones in your store?"
The boss immediately said, "There's another set."
Xu Shifeng heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this and said with a smile, "Please give me that set."
"Okay, please wait."
The boss immediately asked the waiter to go to the warehouse to get it. Xu Shifeng was a little worried and wanted to go with him. He turned to Ran Xiaoyu and said, "Wait here for me."
Ran Xiaoyu nodded.
After Xu Shifeng followed the waiter to the warehouse, she walked up to the boss and asked, "Boss, I heard that this set of books was ordered by Mr. Xu a few months ago. Is that true?"
The shop owner looked her up and down and said with a smile, "Yes."
"What kind of book needs to be ordered so far in advance?"
"Miss, you may not know this, but this set of books is the latest edition of The Bamboo Annals, collated by Yuyuan Academy. It's almost sold out in Jiangnan, and ordinary small shops can't even get it. If Mr. Xu hadn't paid so much for it, we wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to get it."
“…”
"Fortunately, when I went to order it, I thought, since I've already ordered it, I might as well order an extra set. Otherwise, Mr. Xu wouldn't be able to get it today."
"That's it..."
Ran Xiaoyu thought about it, but still felt uneasy, so she asked again, "Is Mr. Xu your old customer?"
The shop owner laughed and said, "Although Mr. Xu has only been here for a few months, he has bought more books in those few months than others have bought in years. He's not just a regular customer, but a major one."
"oh……"
Ran Xiaoyu then nodded with a little relief.
She was originally a little worried that Xu Shifeng was following her because of the matter of Guanyin, but now it seems that is not the case.
It was only because Xu Shizong ordered this set of books that I came here by chance.
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