"What are the conditions?" Xiu asked, frowning.
"Until you pay me back for the vegetables, you'll have to work for me every day without pay, one person each day," Xia Xiang said.
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Seeing their troubled expressions, Xia Xiang impatiently added, "If you don't agree, I'll report you to the authorities immediately."
"Okay, I'll go," Xiu said, clutching his chest.
"Brother Liu!" Cao Cao called out anxiously.
"Brother Liu, you're still injured," Gan Zhaolie said with a guilty expression. "I'll go instead. I stole her vegetables; it's my responsibility."
"I'll pay you back whatever they owe you," Da Qiao said.
"Da Qiao, no need," Xiu advised, "This is our business."
"Yes, sis, we'll figure something out," Xiao Qiao politely declined.
"Sister, but you all..." Da Qiao looked at everyone helplessly, but seeing Xiao Qiao's insistence, she didn't say anything more.
"Hey, miss, can I go first?" Zhuge Liang said, raising his fan. "After we finish paying the interest every day, could we do a little more work to get your vegetables in return?"
That way, he can take them outside to sell and save money to pay back his brother!
"What do you think?" Xia Xiang glanced at him sideways, her gaze dangerous.
"If it's not okay, then it's not okay." Zhuge Liang was startled by her gaze and stepped back.
"Don't delay, come with me." Xia Xiang picked up her hoe and walked outside.
"I'll go first today, my older brother is injured," Zhang Fei said.
"No, I'm the creditor, my word is law, it's him!" Xia Xiang pointed at Xiu with the Supreme Ring in her hand.
Xiu saw it immediately and stopped Zhang Fei.
Cao Cao also noticed the ring in Xia Xiang's hand and looked puzzled.
The style of this ring doesn't match her red floral shirt and blue polka-dot cotton trousers at all.
"I'll join you too, it's all my fault," Gan Zhaolie said to Xia Xiang with remorse.
“…” Xia Xiang paused for a moment, then said, “Okay.”
Xia Xiang turned and left, with Xiu and Gan Zhaolie following slowly behind her under their worried gazes.
Unlike Gan Zhaolie's anxiety, Xiu was much more at ease.
Xia Xiang leaned the hoe against the wall, stood on the steps of the villa, crossed her arms, and looked down at the two of them.
"You, go cook, and finish preparing all the ingredients on the island," Xia Xiang said, pointing at Gan Zhaolie. "If I find the food unpalatable, all the cost of the dishes will be added to the money you owe me."
"Yes," Gan Zhaolie glanced timidly at Liu Bei, then went to the kitchen as instructed by Xia Xiang.
"You, bring your tools and come with me." Xia Xiang pointed with her chin at the hoe next to her and walked straight towards the farm behind.
Xiu silently carried the hoe and followed behind Xia Xiang.
——
"What exactly happened at the Dong Han Academy? What about Guan Yu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, and Diao Chan?" Xia Xiang asked.
"So it is, and so it is," Xiu said with a worried expression.
"Principal Wang Yun is dead, Yu sent Diao Chan back to her hometown, and Ma Chao and Huang Zhong returned to Liangzhou Army."
"Ah Xiang is under house arrest by Ye Si Ti and can't come back."
“Your injuries are quite serious. I’ll bring Liu Bei back first, then you can retreat,” Xia Xiang said solemnly. “Prepare to face Ye Siyi later.”
"No, this is a critical moment for the survival of Donghan Academy. I can't abandon my brothers and leave," Xiu refused.
"Moreover, Ye Siti wants to kill Liu Bei. If he is brought back, Liu Bei will surely die."
“Alright,” Xia Xiang conceded, her expression softening. “I’m the least likely to force anyone, especially not my own people.”
"I won't be able to help anymore, I can only offer some material assistance. Good luck to you guys."
As he spoke, he took out a lot of bottles and jars and handed them to Xiu.
"For treating internal injuries"
Xiu suddenly blurted out, "When have you ever made a move???"
"When you were saving Guan Yu at the sacrificial ceremony, when Dong Zhuo was capturing people and taking them into the wormhole, when you were snatching Ah Xiang back, when the White Wave Golden Thieves were fighting, when you were saving Gan Zhaolie, when you were dealing with Dong Zhuo, were I protecting dogs?!" Xia Xiang was completely enraged.
"You're punished by having to write this report for me after you return to the Iron Dimension. You have three days to submit it to me. If there's even a single punctuation mistake, you'll have to rewrite it!"
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Xia Xiang handed him the guitar in a rather annoyed manner, calling it a "copy of Qinghong Zidian".
Xiu's eyes lit up instantly—
"I've risked everything for this guitar, you're driving me crazy!" Xia Xiang complained.
"Thank you, Commander," Xiu said excitedly, then looked at the familiar strings and asked, "Is there anything special about these strings?"
“This is made of the same material as the one I gave you before, it’s incredibly tough,” Xia Xiang said. “So you can’t play this instrument with your bare hands, you need to use your special ability to wrap your fingertips.”
"Of course there are other effects, but given your nasty remarks just now, I refuse to tell you!" Xia Xiang finished speaking, snorted at him, and turned back.
——
After the two returned to the villa, they saw that Gan Zhaolie had prepared a large table of delicious dishes. She stood in the corner, swallowing her saliva incessantly. She seemed to feel that she shouldn't be doing this, so she simply covered her eyes with one hand and her mouth and nose with the other.
Xia Xiang found it amusing and sat down to tease her. She took a bite and said with an unpleasant expression.
"It's just so-so, not bad, so we won't charge you for it."
Xia Xiang picked at the two dishes in front of her a few times and then stopped eating. She asked Gan Zhaolie to pack up and dispose of the dishes she hadn't touched, as she found them annoying.
Gan Zhaolie's eyes suddenly flashed with a hungry tiger-like light, startling Xia Xiang and Xiu.
After complaining about her, Xia Xiang went upstairs and left them to clean up on their own.
The fresh food the two brought back, bag after bag, finally brought the students of Donghan Academy back to life after two days of hunger.
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