The smile on Jiang Li's lips froze instantly.

She said calmly, "A friend."

"When did you meet this friend? Why haven't I heard you mention him before? Where is he from? What does he do?"

Mother Jiang held Jiang Li's hand and looked at her expectantly.

Jiang Li: “…”

Mom, the excitement in your eyes almost blinded me...

Father Jiang's eyes rolled around, and he suddenly became confident despite being interrogated by Jiang Li. He walked up to Jiang Li and asked about this matter with Mother Jiang.

"Yes, girl, when did you make friends? Why do we seem to have never met before?"

Jiang Li looked at Father Jiang with a half-smile, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "Dad, you are also making trouble, right?"

Father Jiang, who had been pretending to be calm, was startled when he saw the look in his daughter's eyes. He leaned over to Jiang Li's ear and whispered, "How could that be? Your mother is always suspicious. Let's not argue with her."

Mother Jiang, who heard the conversation between the father and daughter clearly, said: "..."

OK OK, she is heartless, she is rude, she is unreasonable!!

Isn't she thinking about her daughter's lifelong event?! Father Jiang is a thick-skinned man, and he may not have noticed anything wrong with the conversation between Jiang Li and Shen Tingsi, but Mother Jiang, who is very attentive, noticed the strange atmosphere between them.

She knew very well the way the young master looked at Li'er just now. That was how the master looked at her when he was pursuing her! Could it be...

Mother Jiang's mind instantly became active.

She had just seen that young man and was very satisfied!!

If there really was something between Li'er and that young man... Mother Jiang suddenly burst out laughing.

Jiang Li widened her eyes: "?"

Father Jiang's face was full of question marks: "???"

"Madam, what are you laughing at?"

The father and daughter spoke at the same time, staring at Jiang's mother without blinking.

Mother Jiang coughed twice and quickly hid the smile on her face: "Nothing, Li'er, when are you going to invite your friend to our house?"

"Yes, my girl, didn't you like to bring your friends to play in the past? That young man just saved Dad, we have to treat him well!"

Upon hearing this, Father Jiang turned around and patted Jiang Li on the shoulder, smilingly urging her to bring Shen Tingsi to his house as a guest.

"Yes, the jars of wine that your father has treasured for more than 20 years have also been opened."

After hearing what Jiang's mother said, Jiang's father couldn't laugh anymore.

"Hey, Madam, why are you always thinking about my jars of wine? I can finish it myself!"

Mother Jiang glanced at Father Jiang with a gloomy look and said, "Why, you wanted to entertain them just now, but now you are reluctant to drink a few jars of your wine?"

Father Jiang was a face-conscious person, and his main concern was to have 99 kilograms of rebellious bones for every 100 kilograms of meat. When Father Jiang heard Mother say that he was stingy, he immediately quit his job.

"Drink! You must drink! When that young man comes to visit us, I will bring out all the dozen or so jars of wine I have collected!"

Jiang Li gave her mother a thumbs up. When it comes to controlling her father, her mother is the best!

Mother Jiang raised her eyebrows at Jiang Li and asked tentatively, "Li'er, I think it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. How about we go back now and ask that young master to go back with us?"

Jiang Li lied without changing her expression: "Mom, I have something to deal with. Let's wait for another day."

"Well, you must invite them to our house someday. Your father is a landlubber, and they just saved him. We must thank them in person."

After Jiang's mother repeatedly emphasized, Jiang Li had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Fearing that Jiang's mother would ask more irrelevant questions, Jiang Li quickly pulled Jiang's father to the bow of the boat and started talking while pointing at the fish in the lake.

Mother Jiang shook her head helplessly and was about to return to the cabin when she caught a glimpse of Qingzhu out of the corner of her eye.

"Qingzhu, I just saw you talking happily with that young master's attendant. Do you know when Li'er met that young master? Where does he live? What's his name?"

Qingzhu's face froze. It was over. She couldn't escape after all! Madam, guess why I am squatting here alone? ?

"Qingzhu? Qingzhu, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Qingzhu didn't say anything, Jiang's mother called out to him again.

Qingzhu turned her head away angrily, holding her stomach with a look of pain on her face: "Madam, my stomach hurts."

"My stomach aches. What's wrong? Did you eat something bad? Stop squatting here and go to the cabin to rest."

In the end, Qingzhu successfully escaped the questioning by saying that she had a stomachache.

When Qingzhu was supported by Jiang's mother to return to the cabin, she turned her head and exchanged glances with Jiang Li, with a smug look on her face. How could she look like she was in pain? Jiang Li blinked at her, "You are still the most cunning kid!"

——

The other side.

Jiang Li had originally agreed to take Shen Tingsi on a full day tour of Jiangnan, but due to the appearance of Jiang's father and mother, she now had to leave Shen Tingsi behind and leave on a boat with Jiang's father and mother.

Feng Jue threw the two big carps he caught with his bare hands back into the lake, and walked through the cabin from the stern to the bow.

"Master, Miss Jiang and Qingzhu are gone."

At this time, Shen Tingsi was sitting at the table drinking tea. His moon-white robe made him stand out from the beautiful scenery around him.

But no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it cannot compare to his charm.

Shen Tingsi held the teacup in one hand, his crow-feather-like eyelashes gently lowered, leaving a faint shadow under his eyes.

His thin lips curled up slightly, and his every move showed his dignity.

"Um."

Shen Tingsi nodded lightly, not feeling any regrets about Jiang Li's departure.

She said see you another day.

Thinking that Jiang Li did not reject him this time and agreed to meet again another day, the curve of Shen Tingsi's mouth widened a little.

Feng Jue naturally did not miss the joy on his lips. He blinked and walked to the opposite side of Shen Tingsi curiously.

"Master, you just said to Miss Jiang..."

Before he could finish his words, a carrier pigeon flashed past them.

Shen Tingsi put down the teacup in his hand and uttered two words calmly: "Here it comes."

After seeing the familiar carrier pigeon, Feng Jue's expression instantly became serious. He turned his head and said to the old man rowing at the stern of the boat, "Old man, we want to go somewhere else. Let's stop at the shore."

"Okay! I'll bring the boat to the shore right now!"

After the old man finished speaking, he used the oars to turn the boat's direction and docked it towards the lake shore.

Feng Jue and Shen Tingsi quickly got ashore. When they were walking among the crowd, someone accidentally bumped into Feng Jue. After that person apologized and left, Feng Jue had a small note in his hand.

Feng Jue looked around and calmly opened the small note in his hand. After taking in all the contents on it, he crumpled up the note and put it away.

"Master, there is news from Jinse Tower."

Feng Jue approached Shen Tingsi and whispered something.

Shen Tingsi narrowed his eyes: "It's time to close the net."

(End of this chapter)