"What did this Tongzhi Gao do wrong? Why is he tied up like this?"
"Why is the prefect still being so respectful to that young man?"
"Miss Gao, is it impossible to find a husband in this colorful building?"
"Of course I can't confess. Mr. Gao has been arrested."
“…”
After listening to some gossip, Sui Zhao left. The Mingchasi secretly collected evidence before taking action, and if there was sufficient evidence, they would succeed.
It's nothing more than that Mr. Gao has done something corrupt again, and Shen Siwei should be interrogated in the provincial prison now.
At dusk, there was another knock on the door of the inn. Shuang Xu went to open the door, saw the person coming, and said, "Master Shen, please come in."
Chen Siwei nodded and walked inside.
Sui Zhao was reading a book of strange stories that he had bought not long ago. When he heard the voice, he looked up at him.
Shen Siwei put the oil-paper bag in his hand on the table and said, "I brought food for the girl."
"What girl? What do you want to call me?" Sui Zhao looked at him with a smile.
He pursed his lips, "An An."
"Why did you bring me food?"
Shen Siwei stared at her with his dark eyes, "I want to bring it to you."
Shuang Xu glanced at them and tried his best to make himself invisible, acting as a human screen with no sense of existence.
"Oh, thank you." Sui Zhao walked to the table and sat down.
Chen Siwei breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately she didn't ask why he wanted to bring it to her.
But she asked, "Didn't you say before that you were short of money and went hunting in the mountains? How come you have money to buy me food now?"
Shen Siwei's expression was unnatural for a moment, but he still said honestly: "I am not short of money. I want to see His Highness. Hunting is an excuse."
Listening to his words, Sui Zhao's heart beat faster.
She suppressed the corners of her lips that were about to rise, looked at him for a while, and finally decided not to "embarrass" him anymore. It would be bad to scare him away again.
Sui Zhao took out the five-spice beef jerky from the oil paper bag and asked, "Chen Luyuan, do you want to eat it?"
“No.”
"Then you drink tea."
"Um."
Sui Zhao tasted a piece and said, "It tastes better than the one I bought in Lizhou."
Chen Siwei's gaze turned to her from the mist of tea, and he looked at her in a daze.
She tilted her head, was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Chen Siwei, you peeked at me."
"No."
"there is nothing?"
He poured her a cup of tea without replying.
Sui Zhao didn't try to get to the bottom of the matter. He also wanted to save face, so he just stood up and sat next to him.
Seeing her approaching, Shen Siwei's body tensed up.
She seemed to be unaware of it, picked up a piece of dried meat and handed it to him, "Are you really not going to eat it? It's delicious, just have a piece."
Chen Siwei stared at her for a moment, thinking that she was really pushing her luck, so he lowered his head and bit off the jerky in her hand.
His warm breath fell on the back of his hand, and Sui Zhao pulled his hand back in fright.
Chen Siwei looked up at her, a smile flashing across his eyes.
I thought she was so bold.
Shuang Xu turned her back. This was not something she should see or hear, but she couldn't leave the young lady and a stranger alone in the room.
Sui Zhao coughed and glanced at him.
Chen Siwei looked calm as he slowly chewed the jerky in his mouth and gave a fair evaluation: "It has a moderate toughness and a good taste."
Seeing that she didn't say anything, he brought the tea opposite to her. Sui Zhao glanced at him again, picked up the tea and took a sip.
"When will we leave Fengzhou?"
Sui Zhao brought the chair and sat down a little further away from him, "It depends on my mood. If I'm in a good mood, I'll stay longer. If I'm not in a good mood, I might go back tomorrow."
Seeing her busy moving around, Shen Siwei took a sip of tea and asked, "What will make me feel better?"
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