Chapter 399 Walking the Dog
Li Taohua had just returned home and had not even had time to catch her breath when the housekeeper handed the note to her for review.
"Is the old lady at the Imperial Censor's residence celebrating her birthday?"
"That's right." The housekeeper said, "The Imperial Censor is our master's superior. If the gift is too heavy, it will be seen as flattery. If it is too light, it will seem that we don't value him."
"No rush, there are still five days left, you can take your time to choose." Li Taohua put down the teacup in her hand, "I've been away for half a month, how is everything at home?"
"The young masters are just like usual, nothing special, it's just that the master is always out, and the money spent from the account office has been increasing recently, so the servants can't ask about it."
"Okay, I get it." Li Taohua said, "Back off!"
After the housekeeper left, the maidservant next to him, Runiang, said, "Madam, would you like me to go to the accounting office and get the account book?"
"If the master comes back, send someone to tell me. I'll take a break first. I don't need to look at the account book." Li Taohua pressed her eyebrows. "The trouble with the Zhu family has not been resolved yet, so I can't take care of anything else."
Tang Dafu returned home at night. When he entered the Tang residence, he immediately noticed something different.
"Is the lady back?" Tang Dafu asked the doorman.
"Yes, sir."
Tang Dafu straightened his clothes, touched his hair, and trotted in after he was done.
"lady……"
When I pushed the door open, I saw Li Taohua lying on the couch, her long legs like white jade faintly visible under the gauze. As the wind blew, the gauze fluttered, and the bells on her ankles made crisp sounds.
She heard Tang Dafu's voice, opened her eyes slightly, and turned her eyes slightly: "Finally you decided to come back. It's so fun outside, I don't even want to step out of the house."
Tang Dafu swallowed and blushed.
"Madam, I was really bored when you were not here, so I went out for a walk. I swear, I'm very well-behaved." Tang Dafu stroked Li Taohua's jade feet, his eyes full of obsession.
Li Taohua lifted her foot slightly, and lifted Tang Dafu's chin with her pretty toes, and said with seductive eyes: "Is there any man who is content in this world? Tell me, how did you stay content?"
Tang Dafu's breathing became heavier, and he pounced on her like a wolf: "Madam, I will prove it however you want me to..."
The maid was standing outside with bird's nest porridge. When she heard the noise inside, she quickly sent all the other servants out.
I was worried that the master would take advantage of the lady's absence to make trouble, but now it seems that this thought is unnecessary. The master can't escape the lady's control at all. If she wants him to escape, she can just move her fingers.
At night, Xia Ruwan invited Qin Huiyin to have dinner. Tang Luwu and her little follower went out to the night market. Qin Huiyin left a message for Li Taohua and went to the opposite door with two maids.
Xia Ruwan was cooking a small hot pot in the yard.
Qin Huiyin tilted her head to look at Xia Ruwan's cheek, reached out and touched the place where she was originally injured, and said in surprise: "It really worked, it has faded a lot, and now there is only a thin line left."
Xia Ruwan touched her cheek, a look of joy flashed in her eyes: "Yes! It's only been half a month, and the effect is really good."
"I'm starving. I'm starving." A figure climbed over the wall.
The man strode over, sat next to Xia Ruwan, picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up the mutton slices in the pot.
"How could you come here uninvited?" Xia Ruwan glared at him.
"Auntie, I've been ordered around by you all day, and you couldn't even give me some food?" Li Congxiao made a bitter face, looking aggrieved.
Xia Ruwan: “…”
Her cheeks felt hot and she turned her head away awkwardly.
Qin Huiyin's eyes wandered between the two of them: "A lot of things seem to have happened in the past half month when I was away. Can anyone tell me about it?"
"It's nothing, actually. There was a spy at the military factory. In order to investigate the spy, Chairman Rong and I almost died from the spy's conspiracy." Li Congxiao said, lifting his sleeves to reveal the wound on his arm. "The spy was sent by the enemy country. If we hadn't been alert and noticed his existence in advance, the secret of our military factory would have been exposed."
"Why are you so careless?" Xia Ruwan frowned.
"The previous manager was sent by President Rong. I have replaced him with my own people. Such things will not happen again. Rong is still unwilling to accept it, but this time it was him who made the mistake, and he has no face to object. Now that the power is in our hands, we don't have to worry about Rong making any moves in secret. It will be more convenient to do things in the future."
"I mean, you... why are you so careless? Don't you think highly of yourself? A small spy left you with such a long wound. Your ability is not as good as you say!"
"She is worried about you, and wants you to be careful in the future and not get hurt again." Qin Huiyin said in a low voice beside her.
"I can hear you." Xia Ruwan stepped on her foot.
"Hiss...Okay, okay, I was wrong. If you don't worry about him, he will be hurt worse next time..."
Before Qin Huiyin could finish her words, Xia Ruwan had already covered her mouth.
Li Congxiao looked at Xia Ruwan with a smile.
Xia Ruwan's face flushed as she stirred the ingredients in the pot, saying, "Why don't you spend your time talking nonsense? Hurry up and eat what's in the pot. It's almost burnt."
Qin Huiyin said to Zhilan beside her: "Am I very white today?"
Zhilan didn't understand what Qin Huiyin meant, so she said honestly, "Miss is very white every day, like white jade."
"No, I'm extra white today." Qin Huiyin gestured at herself. "Because I'm extra bright today, it's a bit redundant."
"Yinyin..." Xia Ruwan said coquettishly.
Li Congxiao saw that Qin Huiyin was teasing him too much, so he didn't dare to let her tease him any more and changed the subject very firmly.
He mentioned the military factory and also that Rong Wenxuan went to Beijing to look for her, but she ended up staying in a temple for half a month. He should look for her in the next few days.
Li Congxiao was really tired, so after eating hotpot with the two sisters, he went back, leaving the space to the two sisters.
Qin Huiyin then asked Xia Ruwan about her thoughts: "I think you and Master Li are just about to break the window paper. Since you are in love with each other, why don't you take it a step further? At your age, you can also consider your lifelong affairs."
"It's not my place to consider this kind of thing. If he's a man and he doesn't ask, do you think I should take the initiative to pay for him?" Xia Ruwan said, "I don't care. It doesn't matter whether I get married or not."
Qin Huiyin understood.
There was no problem with Xia Ruwan's feelings for Li Congxiao, now all that was left was for Li Congxiao to take the initiative. But Li Congxiao was usually quite straightforward, so why was he dragging his feet on this matter?
"Miss, the eldest master is back, but he is drunk and sitting under the eaves and refusing to go in. No one can persuade him. The master and the mistress... have already gone to bed, so it's not good to disturb them." said the butler.
Xia Ruwan burst out laughing and said, "This eldest brother of yours is really interesting."
Qin Huiyin was helpless: "Another idiot who loves to play. I'll go take a look."
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