Xue Zhiyi listened with contempt in his heart: Fu Zixian seemed to be giving a lot of profit, but in fact, according to this calculation, by the tenth day, all the money earned by Huo Wuyou would belong to him. After a few more days, even if he lost everything, he would not be able to pay back the money he owed him.
Fu Zixian is treating them like pigs to be slaughtered.
But Huo Wuyou agreed immediately and said that he would come to get the grain in two days and sign the contract in black and white at that time.
After leaving Dingfeng Grain Store, the two walked in the street.
Although Jiangzhou was affected by the disaster, it is the provincial capital after all, so there are not victims everywhere. It just so happened that the rain stopped today. In the prosperous areas, there are still many merchants selling their goods, and many local people are strolling around.
"The food in Dingfeng Grain Store is not carried in by people." Xue Zhiyi asserted.
Huo Wuyou sneered, "Even if it's five stone of grain, it would take a lot of manpower to carry it along such a difficult mountain road. But on the way to Jiangzhou, we didn't see so many people carrying fine grain."
"The food must come from somewhere else." Xue Zhiyi said, "Now that Fu Zixian is profitable, the next step is to prepare for the food. This way, we can know where Fu Zixian's food comes from."
"Do you suspect that the Fu family was involved in robbing disaster relief grain?" Huo Wuyou asked him.
"It's hard to say." Xue Zhiyi said, "I always feel that it has something to do with them, but I also feel that the Fu family is so wealthy and powerful that they don't need to put all nine clans on the line. There must be something else going on."
Huo Wuyou held up his chin and nodded: "As expected of my wife, we are truly in tune with each other."
Xue Zhiyi was thinking seriously, but when he heard this, he stopped and looked at Huo Wuyou beside him. Being stared at by her, Huo Wuyou also stopped.
It would have been fine if he had just said these words to Fu Zixian, but he actually dared to bring them up again.
"Don't say these words in front of others, lest you ruin the reputation of the Marquis."
Unexpectedly, Huo Wuyou said, "I'm serious."
Xue Zhiyi didn't respond to him, but just withdrew his gaze and walked forward on his own.
Huo Wuyou kept pursuing her: "Don't you think that I haven't thought about marrying you for all this time? Do you think that when I said I liked you, I was just saying it casually?"
Regarding her relationship with Huo Wuyou, Xue Zhiyi had indeed not thought about the distant future, nor had she considered marrying him.
There were too many trivial matters at the moment, and her mind was no longer that of a teenage girl. She just enjoyed the ambiguity with a person she liked while taking every step carefully, and she felt that cooperation between the two could make their plans go more smoothly.
She hadn't even thought about the future after her revenge was successful, nor had she thought about where she would go in the future, let alone who she would marry.
Besides, even without any vows of love, she could get enough pleasure from their relationship, but when she really thought about her life after marrying Huo Wuyou... maybe it wouldn't be so smooth and perfect.
"Zhiyi, can you be serious?" He grabbed Xue Zhiyi's arm from behind, forcing her to stop and turn to look at him.
Huo Wuyou was filled with grievance and unwillingness at this moment.
Xue Zhiyi just smiled calmly: "Marquis Lin'an, I will not be your concubine."
Seeing that she was about to leave again, Huo Wuyou was puzzled. He walked around in front of Xue Zhiyi and blocked her way: "Nonsense, I won't do it either."
Seeing Xue Zhiyi speechless, he mumbled and explained: "When did I say I wanted you to be my concubine?"
Tilting his head, Xue Zhiyi asked him with a smile: "Please make one thing clear to the Marquis of Lin'an. You are the Marquis, and I can only marry you as a concubine."
"Who said that?" Huo Wuyou said arrogantly, "Who I want to marry is not something I can control. Even gods can't control me."
"What if the emperor doesn't agree?" Xue Zhiyi just looked at him with a faint smile.
Xue Zhiyi looked at him as if he was looking at a naughty child, as if Huo Wuyou was not telling her that he wanted to marry her, but was asking for something he liked from a roadside vendor.
He didn't understand why Xue Zhiyi, who was two years younger than him, didn't have the mentality of a little girl at all. Instead, she seemed to have seen through the world.
He hated her calmness and composure.
Huo Wuyou's expression suddenly turned serious. He said earnestly, "If that day ever comes, I will use every possible means to marry the woman I love. But you seem to have immediately anticipated the worst possible outcome, as if you've never considered it before. I will do everything in my power to be by your side, even if I don't get what I want in the end, that's only afterthought."
He turned his head away: "But you act like you've never taken me seriously. That's really too much."
After he finished speaking, he let go of Xue Zhiyi's hand, turned around and left.
Looking at Huo Wuyou's back, Xue Zhiyi's smile disappeared. He felt mixed emotions and suddenly felt that he had really hurt others.
But suddenly, Huo Wuyou's slowly leaving figure stopped, his head tilted slightly, as if he was glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, then he turned around dejectedly and returned to Xue Zhiyi angrily.
Just when Xue Zhiyi was confused, Huo Wuyou collapsed: "You really didn't catch up!?"
“…”
So he walked so slowly just now, was he waiting for her to catch up?
Xue Zhiyi sighed, feeling mixed emotions and a slight headache.
Suddenly, the back of her hand felt warm, and Huo Wuyou held her hand without saying a word.
Xue Zhiyi instinctively wanted to break free. She looked around and said, "Stop pulling and tugging."
"It's not like we haven't held hands privately before." He clenched his hands tighter.
"We even kissed in private!" Xue Zhiyi almost gritted his teeth, so angry that he didn't even realize what he said.
"It's not impossible to kiss again in public."
"Of course not!"
She couldn't stand it anymore, it was really annoying!
But Huo Wuyou was extremely proud and satisfied, and he just walked through the city holding her hand.
...Whatever.
Xue Zhiyi lowered his head, trying his best to appear like an ordinary couple, so that his expression would not be too noticeable on the street.
Anyway, I am in Jiangzhou, far away from Huajing, so I don’t have to be shy about putting on a show in front of Gu Shichong.
As the two walked like this, their hands clasped together under their sleeves were slightly damp, yet somewhat burning.
The embarrassment in Xue Zhiyi's heart gradually dissipated, but the blush on his cheeks and ears did not disappear.
Beside me, the young man raised his chin slightly, and his previous resentment and grievance gradually softened in a smug smile, and a confused throbbing arose.
At this moment, the two of them did not notice that a pair of eyes were staring at this place from the window of a restaurant on the street.
Gu Shichong had a blank expression on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold.
Then, he suddenly sneered, and a feeling of humiliation and resentment of being deceived filled his heart.
He was the dignified Prince Gong, and he had no shortage of supporters around him, let alone a mere Xue Zhiyi. But at this moment, he did not expect that he would be so angry, so angry that he wanted to kill the man and woman with his own hands.
The attendant noticed his strange expression and advised, "Your Highness has come here in secret this time, so you must not reveal your whereabouts."
Gu Shichong narrowed his eyes: There is no need to expose his whereabouts. It is just a matter of convenience to get rid of someone who betrayed him.
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