She may not even notice the problem.
Yingniang raised her eyelids and said, "Miss, if your brother is not feeling well, please bring him in."
She opened the door a crack, leaned sideways, and prepared to let Li Xia in.
When Li Yousheng heard Ying Niang's words, he reached into Li Xia's sleeve and gently pinched her hand.
"Sister, I feel better now." He slowly raised his eyes, drooping eyelids, looked at Li Xia weakly, raised his hands, and spoke to her in sign language.
Seeing this, Li Xia also realized that Li Yousheng must have done that on purpose.
She licked her lips and collected her emotions.
"No, boss, thank you for your kindness. My brother said he is feeling better now, so there is no need to trouble you." Li Xia swallowed her saliva, blinked her eyes, looked up at Ying Niang, and thanked her with her mouth open: "Thank you for the kettle. Can you see how much the broken cup is worth? You Sheng accidentally broke it just now. Do you think this silver is enough?"
She took out a piece of silver from her sleeve and placed it on the tray.
As the saying goes, do your best to perform.
You can't reveal any flaws at the most critical moment.
Although Li Xia knew that Li Yousheng was pretending to be sick, for the sake of both of them being able to escape safely, she had no choice but to turn the fake into reality and confuse the shopkeeper's attention.
"Yousheng, hold onto your sister's neck and I'll carry you on my back."
Li Xia carefully placed Li Yousheng on her back.
Her heart was pounding and she didn't have the courage to look at Yingniang's expression.
Just now Li Xia asked the shopkeeper how much silver the cup cost, and she did not wait for her answer.
The cup the shopkeeper gave her was just an ordinary cup, and the silver he had was enough to buy her a complete set of tea sets.
But this place is deserted and if the teahouse owner insists on extorting them and asks for an exorbitant price, they will have no way to reason with him.
So Li Xia simply didn't wait for Ying Niang to answer.
Since the shopkeeper didn't say anything, she just assumed that she agreed.
Li Xia prayed in her heart, hoping that they could get away with it.
Yingniang saw Li Xia carrying Li Yousheng on her back and walked two steps. She narrowed her eyes and opened her mouth and said, "Girl, you acted well. It's a pity that you can't leave."
The reason why she was not in a hurry was that she estimated the time and the bandits on the mountain would be here soon.
The little girl is a weak woman and has to take care of a child.
No matter how hard she ran, she couldn't escape.
When Li Xia heard Ying Niang's words, her heart skipped a beat, but she still needed to remain calm at this time.
She blinked her eyes, licked her lips and said, "Boss, what do you mean by this? Why don't I understand?"
Even if the teahouse owner had doubts, she would never admit it herself until the last moment.
Otherwise there will be no chance at all.
"Girl, don't blame me. I gave you a chance. It's fate. You can't leave today. Even if I wanted to let you go, you can't escape."
As Yingniang was speaking, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard not far away.
From the sound, you can guess that a group of people are running towards this direction.
Li Xia instantly understood what the teahouse owner meant.
No wonder she was so calm just now.
It turned out that she had already expected that no matter how they ran, they could not escape from her grasp.
It seems that what the innkeeper said was right.
There must really be bandits outside the city.
"Boss, we have no grudges against each other. We will not interfere with what you want to do. I don't know either." Li Xia bit her lip and tried to make a final effort.
She felt that she would never make a mistake in choosing someone.
The teahouse owner doesn't look like a bad person.
She just said that she intended to let them go.
"Little girl, you don't have to say anything more. It's too late for you to say anything now. It's not up to me to decide whether you can leave or not."
Yingniang shook her head.
She raised her eyes to look at Li Xia, and said, "Although you can't leave today, don't worry. We are not the kind of bandits who take human lives lightly. You just need to be obedient and I can plead with them on your behalf. We will never harm either of your lives."
This is the last guarantee I can make.
"Girl, you are very smart, and the kid next to you is even smarter. I don't know how you can tell that there is something wrong with my teahouse, but since you can see it, I have seen all kinds of people, so I can naturally see your abnormality."
Yingniang raised her eyebrows and licked her lower lips.
"elder sister……"
"Yousheng, it's okay, my sister is here."
Li Yousheng naturally also heard the footsteps getting closer.
He bit his lip, his heart tensing up as he heard the footsteps.
Li Xia raised her hand and patted the back of Li Yousheng's hand.
Even at this time, she tried her best to calm Xiao Yousheng's emotions.
Keep him from getting too scared.
At this point, they had no power to resist and could only surrender.
Now they had no choice but to believe what the shopkeeper in front of them said.
There is no better way.
Since she could say such words, it must be that the shopkeeper's words carry some weight among those bandits.
At least someone will listen to what she says.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to make such a boast.
"Sister-in-law, who are these two people?"
"Yingniang, what's going on?"
Before Li Xia could think any more, a group of masked men came up to them.
The bandit leader frowned slightly when he saw the two unexpected people.
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