"Cough cough" Suddenly a cough was heard, and the two looked towards the man sitting next to Xie Jin following the sound of the cough.

Zhao Nanyu saw that the two had come to their senses, so he stood up and saluted, saying, "I am Zhao Nanyu. Since the two ladies are here, why don't you come together?"

Zhao Shu bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir. We are busy and will not disturb you any longer." After that, she pulled Hu Jing out of the cabin.

Zhao Shu was stunned as she watched the boat moving farther and farther away from the shore: "What's going on?"

He turned back to the cabin and suppressed his temper and said, "Xie Shizi, could you please ask your boatman to stop at the shore? We will get off the boat now and it won't delay you for too long."

Xie Jin seemed not to have heard it, and picked up a candied date and fed it into Xie Baoer's mouth.

Xie Baoer's little mouth was puffy. Her brother fed her so fast that she could hardly hold back the food. Seeing her brother picking up another piece of osmanthus cake and about to put it in her mouth, Xie Baoer turned around and reached out to Zhao Nanyu for a hug.

Zhao Nanyu brought Xie Baoer over, wiped her little mouth with a handkerchief, then picked up the tea on the table and fed Xie Baoer a sip. After watching Xie Baoer swallow all the food in her mouth, he glanced at Xie Jin to see how he would deal with this matter.

Xie Jin took the handkerchief and wiped her fingers carelessly: "They are the ones who wag their tails at others after being fed. They have no conscience!"

Xie Baoer looked at her older brother, and Zhao Nanyu touched Xie Baoer's head: "Be good, I didn't say anything about you."

The handkerchief was thrown on the table. Xie Jin stood up and walked towards Zhao Shu, then walked around behind her and said, "We have something to do later, so we don't want to waste time. Either you take your time to go boating on the lake, and I will ask the boatman to stop the boat when the time comes. Or you can swim back by yourself. Choose one."

Xie Jin suddenly turned around and looked at Hu Jing who had been stealing glances at him, and said with a smile: "Isn't it, Miss Hu?"

Hu Jing was startled by the look and nodded rapidly: "Yes, yes."

Zhao Shu glared at the stupid teammate who suddenly turned against her. Where did the courage that led her into the crowd just now go?

Hu Jing's eyes were floating vaguely. When she saw Zhao Shu, she shrank her neck. She was afraid! She couldn't afford to offend anyone! Could you please let her go?
Xie Jin frowned and looked at the camellia in Zhao Shu's hair.

Why was Xie Jin standing behind her? Just as she was about to turn around to take a look, she felt a pain on her scalp. Xie Jin roughly pulled the camellia off Zhao Shu's head and said, "Such an ugly thing cannot appear on my boat. It affects my mood." He crushed the flower in his hand, walked to the bow and threw it into the lake.

Zhao Shu covered her scalp which was pulled so hard that it hurt. She was almost mad at him. He was meddling in everything and even wanted to care whether my flowers looked good or not. It would be fine if he didn't have to look at them. Did anyone ask him to look at them?

Hu Jing watched with fear and trembling hands as she tried to quietly take off the flower on her head. If Shu'er's flower wasn't even pleasing to Xie Jin's eyes, then her flower would be even worse off.

Xie Jin walked into the cabin and said, "Miss Hu's flower is very good, no need to pick it."

"Huh?" Hu Jing couldn't figure out whether there was something wrong with Master Xie's eyes or with her own eyes.

Zhao Nanyu looked at this scene and shook his head. It was simply unbearable to watch!
He ignored the four people with different expressions. Oh, three people. Xie Baoer didn’t count. She was still young and very innocent. She didn’t know what her brother had done!
Xie Jin poured himself a cup of tea and drank it leisurely. Why is the tea so fragrant today? He would have to buy more from the buyer next time.

Later, the tea vendor counted money until his hands cramped and his eyes were filled with tears. Master Xie was really a good man. He even paid for such unpalatable tea. What a good man!
Looking at Xie Jin who was leisurely drinking tea, and then at the two girls who seemed a little overwhelmed, Zhao Nanyu had no choice but to say, "Ladies, don't be so reserved. Come and sit down."

The girls looked at each other, then took small steps to the tea chairs and sat down.

Zhao Nanyu poured them both a cup of tea. Hu Jing was flattered and whispered while holding the cup, "Thank you."

Zhao Shu smiled at Zhao Nanyu: "Thank you, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Nanyu smiled and nodded without saying anything.

"Pa." Xie Jin put the teacup heavily on the table and said in a gentle voice, "I advise Brother Zhao not to be too attentive, lest some young ladies mistake your courtesy for admiration. Then, Brother Zhao, you won't be able to get rid of them even if you want to."

Hu Jing came close to Zhao Shu and whispered, "What did he mean by that? I don't quite understand."

Zhao Shu glanced at Hu Jing with a puzzled look and said in a low voice, "I didn't understand it either."

"Tsk." Xie Jin chuckled.

Hearing this laugh, Zhao Shu was so angry that she was about to explode, but she still looked calm on the surface.

......

"Look, there's a lotus carved on the bow of the boat. Look, there's a camellia carved on the bow. Ah! There's even a bird carved on the carvings on the boat. Wow." Hu Jing said excitedly, pulling Zhao Shu in surprise.

Hu Jing glanced at the bow of the ship they were on, and saw that there were no carvings on it.

Seeing her puzzled look, Zhao Nanyu kindly explained: "This boat is temporarily borrowed, so naturally there are no carvings on it."

"Oh." Hu Jing was a little disappointed, then went to look at other boats with great interest.

When Zhao Shu heard that the boat was rented temporarily, she felt something was wrong, but after seeing Xie Baoer, she thought that maybe Xie Jin and the others rented it because she wanted to have fun.

There were young men and women on the lake, some men were holding a book and reading to the women beside them, some men and women were sitting opposite each other, smiling shyly at each other and holding tea cups to hide their feelings, some men and women were playing chess...

Xie Jin's eyes fell on Zhao Shu vaguely, and seeing that she was eating candied dates, he reached out and pushed the candied dates towards her without leaving any trace.

Xie Jin noticed that his friend was looking at him, but he didn't care and continued to steal glances at Zhao Shu.

After the group had been boating for a while, Xie Baoer insisted on going to Shixiangzhai to eat roast duck. It was time for lunch, so Xie Jin nodded in agreement. Zhao Shu and the others were about to leave, but Xie Baoer had just had a fight with Hu Jing, and now they were good friends. Xie Baoer was reluctant to part with Hu Jing, so Zhao Shu had no choice but to follow.

When the waiter at Shixiangzhai saw five elegantly dressed people walking into the store, he hurriedly greeted them and asked, "What would you like to eat?"

Xie Jin said calmly, "We need a private room. I want one portion each of your restaurant's roast duck, Dongpo pork elbow, Longjing shrimp, white sauce round vegetables, stuffed eggplant, and pocket tofu. You can add a few more dishes as you see fit."

The waiter said: "Okay, please wait a moment."

When they arrived at the box, Zhao Shu found a seat and sat down. Hu Jing sat to the right of Zhao Shu, next to Xie Baoer.

Logically, Xie Jin should have sat down next to Xie Baoer, but he didn't. Instead, he sat next to Zhao Shu.

Zhao Nanyu shook his head and sat down next to Xie Baoer.

Hu Jing pulled Zhao Shu towards her and bit her tongue at her: "The dish Xie Jin ordered just now is exactly the same as what you usually order when you go out with me. Your tastes are too similar."

Zhao Shu: "It's a coincidence, maybe he just likes it. You know, the tastes of young masters from aristocratic families like them change every day."

Hu Jing nodded in agreement: "That's true."

The waiter brought the last dish and placed it on the table: "Sir, your dishes have been served. Please enjoy your meal."

Xie Jin rewarded the waiter with a silver ingot, and the waiter happily left with the silver in his pocket.

Apart from the sound of Xie Baoer ordering Zhao Nanyu to pick up some food for her, the rest of the people at the table were looking at each other in silence as they ate the food in their bowls.

"Ahem." Zhao Shu was eating too hastily and accidentally choked. Hu Jing quickly poured a glass of water for Zhao Shu, but when she looked up, she was stunned with her mouth slightly open. What did she see? !

Xie Jin was feeding Zhao Shu carefully with a cup of tea, while his other hand was patting Zhao Shu's back attentively.

After Zhao Shu recovered, she felt that the air was strangely quiet. She opened her eyes and saw that everyone was looking at her in surprise. What happened? No! They were looking at her. Who was the one who fed me the water? "Cough, cough, cough, cough." Zhao Shu coughed violently and pushed the hand around her mouth in panic.

Xie Jin was stunned by the push, and then coughed to cover up: "I was afraid that you would choke to death. After all, it was me who invited you to dinner. If you choked to death, I would have a hard time explaining myself when I go back."

Zhao Shu recovered again and said awkwardly, "Thank you, my lord."

Xie Jin calmly put his hand down, picked up the chopsticks and continued eating, as if nothing had happened.

After what happened just now, except for Xie Jin and Xie Baoer, no one else had any appetite to eat anymore.

Seeing that the brother and sister finally finished their meal and put down their chopsticks at the same time, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

After paying the bill, they stood in front of the restaurant in silence. Zhao Shu glanced at Hu Jing and saw that she had no intention of speaking, so she said, "Thank you, my Lord. We have been out for a while. If we don't go back, my family might worry."

"Then let Master Xie and I take you there?" Zhao Nanyu said gently.

Hu Jing said, "No, no, we have something else to do on the way back, so we won't bother you anymore."

Zhao Nanyu didn't force it and nodded.

When Zhao Shu left, she glanced at Xie Jin who had been silent the whole time, then lowered her eyes and walked away with Hu Jing.

"Don't look, everyone has gone far away." Zhao Nanyu joked.

Zhao Nanyu looked at Xie Jin with a smile: "So Brother Xie likes this girl, but from my observation, Miss Zhao doesn't seem to like you, Brother Xie."

Xie Jin glanced at Zhao Nanyu and said, "What does it have to do with you?"

Zhao Nanyu was not angry. Xie Jin should be angry. Who told him that he was not liked by the girl he liked? He deserved it!
Seeing Hu Jing's face looking for gossip but holding back the words, Zhao Shu confessed: "He's just afraid that I'll choke to death, that's all."

Hu Jing didn't believe it: "Really?"

Zhao Shu said firmly: "Why would I lie to you? He was just afraid that I would choke to death and it would be difficult to explain."

Hu Jing nodded: "That's right..."

(End of this chapter)

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