Nie Xi glanced at Jiang Rong and asked, "Did you do this?"
Jiang Rong said innocently, "This lady insisted that I make breakfast for her. I have a strong taste for spicy food, and she didn't tell me in advance that she can't eat spicy food."
Zhuo Xiaotian said angrily: "Even people who can handle spicy food can't stand the spiciness of the devil pepper!"
Zuo Xiaqing wiped her tears and cried, "Xiaotian already has stomach problems. Eating something so spicy will definitely irritate her stomach and make her stomach problems worse...Xiaotian, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you to come with me."
Jiang Rong's eyes dimmed slightly, and he thought that this young lady was quite good at talking. She seemed to be blaming him, but in fact she put all the responsibility on her.
"So you should thank me." Jiang Rong said slowly under Zhuo Xiaotian's murderous gaze: "In the place where the devil pepper is produced, they use this thing to treat stomach problems."
"You're talking nonsense!" Zhuo Xiaotian cursed, "How can chili peppers cure stomach problems?"
Jiang Rong shook his head and sighed, "If you're ugly, you should read more. After all, a well-read person is naturally elegant. Won't your parents be embarrassed by you showing up like this?"
"You called me ugly!?" Zhuo Xiaotian ignored the burning pain in her stomach and throat, and was about to fight Jiang Rong again in anger.
Shang Shaoheng, who had been silent the whole time, said coldly, "Butler Lin, did you let her into the kitchen to cook?"
Steward Lin quickly said, "I'm sorry, Master. I didn't explain it clearly to the two young ladies. It's my fault."
Zuo Xiaqing tugged at the hem of her skirt and whispered, "Brother Shaoheng, don't blame Grandpa Lin. It was this young lady herself who said she was a chef, so Xiaotian..."
Shang Shaoheng glanced at her, a look devoid of emotion and nothing special, as if Zuo Xiaqing was just an ordinary passerby in his life. "Who the hell is Zhuo Xiaotian? Is she worthy of eating the food she cooks?"
Zhuo Xiaotian's face immediately turned pale.
She had met Shang Shaoheng several times before with Zuo Xiaqing, but Shang Shaoheng basically ignored her. Now he actually... actually humiliated her so mercilessly!
But she didn't dare to refute even a word.
After all, even if those parliamentarians were scolded, they had to endure it, simply because the one who scolded them was Shang Shaoheng, and no one in the entire Yancheng wanted to be his enemy.
Zuo Xiaqing's expression was not looking good either. She forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Shaoheng, I didn't know she was your distinguished guest."
She turned around and bowed earnestly to Jiang Rong, saying, "I'm sorry, I offended you. I apologize."
Jiang Rong said with a smile: "Why apologize? I'm not angry."
She warmly invited: "I made this sandwich for you too, want to try it?"
"..." Zuo Xiaqing said: "No, I'm not very hungry."
Jiang Rong looked at Zhuo Xiaotian: "What about you? Do you want another one?"
Zhuo Xiaotian wanted to eat the ginger raw, but because Shang Shaoheng was there, she could only endure it and said in a muffled voice, "No, I'm full."
Jiang Rong wanted to tease them a few more times, but suddenly a bony hand reached out and covered Jiang Rong's fair forehead for two or three seconds before withdrawing. Shang Shaoheng said, "The fever is gone."
Jiang Rong had a fever again last night, but it was not as severe as before. When she was half asleep, she remembered that someone seemed to have given her medicine again, and the action was very rough.
Zuo Xiaqing watched the interaction between the two, was stunned for a moment, and the fingers pinching the corner of her clothes tightened.
"What are you doing here?" Shang Shaoheng asked calmly.
"I...I'm here to get my brother's belongings." Zuo Xiaqing said quickly, "Brother Xi said before that my brother's belongings were all stored in Bailu Manor. I thought that now that I've grown up, I can take the things back to make a cenotaph."
Mentioning Zuo Xiaqing's brother, Nie Xi's eyelashes drooped and he said, "He's been dead for so many years, it doesn't make any sense."
Zuo Xiaqing said softly, "It's a thought at least."
The servant came out with something, and Zuo Xiaqing took it. She was about to see what was inside, but Shang Shaoheng had already ordered them to leave: "Since you've got the things, why don't you leave?"
"..." Zuo Xiaqing's eyes were about to burst into tears. She tried her best not to cry in front of so many people. She took a deep breath and said, "I'm leaving now."
The two of them left Bailu Manor in a hurry without asking Butler Lin to see them off.
Nie Xi said helplessly: "Even for her brother's sake, don't be so harsh to her. She's still a little girl."
Shang Shaoheng raised his eyebrows: "It was his brother who followed me through thick and thin, not her. I have given her such a good life over the years, and she still wants me to serve her like an old maid all day long? It would have been better for me to die back then."
Nie Xi: “…”
Nie Xi said, "You didn't realize that Xia Qing was interested in you at all?"
"Interested in me?" Shang Shaoheng sighed softly: "She's interested in me, so I have to be interested in her?"
He suddenly thought of something and glanced at Jiang Rong. He said, "Don't tell me about the little girl. Jiang Rong is the same age as her, but she's never cried like her all day. It makes me sick just watching her."
Having said that, he turned to Steward Lin and said, "Don't let her come to Bailu Manor casually in the future."
"Okay, Master."
Nie Xi's expression was hard to describe.
People outside say that Shang Shaoheng is not interested in women, but only those around him know that he is not interested in women at all. He almost wants to use his cold eyes and harsh mouth to scold away all humans who are interested in him.
"Xiao Jiang classmate." Nie Xi sighed and said to Jiang Rong solemnly, "It seems that I can only rely on you to help Shang Shaoheng find a way out of being single. He deserves to be single for so many years."
Jiang Rong was startled.
[Hey, hey, hey 022!] Jiang Rong said, [What does he mean by that? Did he know I'm here on a mission?!]
[……] 022 said euphemistically: [Outsiders will not know of my existence.]
Is there a possibility, it is possible, that Nie Xi means to let Jiang Rong and Shang Shaoheng be together to help Shang Shaoheng find a way out of being single?
Jiang Rong really never thought that she was a single woman and Shang Shaoheng was a single man, and they could get together and fall in love.
"Who was that girl just now?" Jiang Rong asked casually.
"Oh, her name is Zuo Xiaqing. Her brother was in Shang Shaoheng's team a few years ago. Later, he had an accident and died in the desert. We couldn't bring him out."
Nie Xi's expression paled a bit. "Their parents died early, and it was always the older brother who took care of the younger sister. After her brother died, Shang Shaoheng sent someone to take care of Xia Qing. She had been studying abroad before and rarely came back. I don't know what made her want to come back this time to study at the No. 1 Military Academy."
"Hey." Nie Xi winked at Jiang Rong and whispered, "At that time, I told Shang Shaoheng that this girl must have applied to the First Military Academy just for him. Do you know what Shang Shaoheng said to me?"
Jiang Rong asked with great interest: "What what?"
Nie Xi cleared his throat and imitated Shang Shaoheng's tone: "She's going to the First Military Academy? Then go tell her not to tell anyone about my relationship with her. It's embarrassing."
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