"Shu'er." Mianru called at the door.

Zhao Shu turned around when she heard the voice, and when she saw it was Mianru, she immediately wanted to stand up.

The moment Zhao Shu stood up, Xie Jin suddenly stood up and bent over to twist the quilt for her: "The doctor said that you are not well yet, and you should not walk around."

Seeing this, Mianru quickly said, "Don't get up, I'll come over here." As she spoke, she walked over.

Mian Ru sat down beside the bed, looked at Zhao Shu and said worriedly: "You scared me to death!"

After saying that, he looked Zhao Shu up and down carefully, his eyes turning red several times during the process.

Seeing that Mianru's eyes were getting redder and redder, Zhao Shu quickly grabbed her hand and comforted her, "I'm fine!"

Knowing that Zhao Shu was trying to comfort her, she forced a smile: "Yeah."

Mianru looked at Zhao Shu hesitantly, wanting to say something. Zhao Shu immediately understood that she had something to say to her.

Zhao Shu turned her head and looked at Xie Jin who was sitting at the table drinking tea. She said rather embarrassedly, "Cousin Jin, can you help me buy some red bean cakes?"

Xie Jin looked at her for a while, then nodded: "Yeah."

After Xie Jin went out, he closed the door considerately.

Zhao Shu looked at the closed door and felt strange. She felt as if Xie Jin knew that she had deliberately sent him away.

"Shu'er?" Mianru raised her hand and waved in front of Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu came back to her senses: "Hmm?"

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Mianru looked at her worriedly.

Zhao Shu waved her hands awkwardly: "No." She was just thinking about someone else.

After hearing Zhao Shu say that it was okay, he relaxed his frown and looked at her face thoughtfully for a while. Well, she was indeed pretty.

Zhao Shu noticed the confusion on Mian Ru's face and smiled at her comfortingly: "There are only two of us here, go ahead and talk."

Mian Ru's expression relaxed after hearing her say this, but she still lowered her voice and asked, "Are you familiar with that person just now?"

Zhao Shu was stunned. Is he familiar?

They played together when they were young. Later he went to the border and she stayed in the inner house. They didn't meet again until now. Are they familiar with each other?
Zhao Shu pursed her lips: "Not very familiar."

Mian Ru breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, we are not familiar with each other. Stay away from him in the future."

"What's wrong?" Zhao Shu was puzzled.

Mian Ru turned her head to look at the door, then whispered to Zhao Shu, "It's obvious that he's not someone you want to be with!"

Zhao Shu didn't say anything, and Mian Ru explained, "He tortured the person who bullied you to death, and dug out his tongue, eyes and other organs."

"When he was doing this, there was no expression on his face, as if he was not killing a person but a live animal. His expression was so calm that it was frightening."

Mian Ru shuddered as she thought of the scene at that time. She held Zhao Shu's hand and said, "Don't get too close to him. It's too dangerous."

Listening to Mianru's words, Zhao Shu did not feel afraid, and instead, she felt a little relieved by Xie Jin's actions.

For a kidnapper who abducted innocent women and brought disaster to countless families, and even intended to bully her, such a death was considered a light punishment for him.

She was not a saint and would not feel pity for someone who almost bullied her. All she felt was pleasure, a sense of comfort all over her body.

But Zhao Shu didn't say what she was thinking, she just nodded in agreement: "Yeah."

Late in the evening, the shops on the street closed and packed up their stalls one after another. Although he knew that Zhao Shu was trying to get him out of the way, he still couldn't control his legs and ran through the streets and alleys just to buy that damn "red bean cake".

Right in front of Xie Jin, a puff of hot white smoke rose up. The white smoke seemed particularly abrupt in the empty street at night. He was delighted and walked over with big strides.

"Auntie, give me a pack of red bean cakes." Someone spoke before Xie Jin.

Xie Jin was about to speak. The lady at the stall glanced at the handsome young man in front of her through the hot air and smiled: "Sir, you came at an untimely time. The last bag was bought by the young man next to you."

The man paid the silver to the old lady and was about to take the red bean cake when a slender big hand grabbed his arm.

Xie Jin pursed his lips and looked at the man. The man who had stopped moving stared at him unkindly.

Xie Jin looked back at him steadily: "I'll pay you twice as much for this cake."

The impatience in the man's eyes grew stronger. If there was such a good thing under normal circumstances, he would have accepted it happily. But he just wanted to have a taste of it tonight, and he would not exchange it even for gold!
Just as the man was about to shake his hand away, Xie Jin's eyes flashed with anxiety, and the strength he held on the man's arm involuntarily increased a little.

Just as the man was about to get angry, he saw two suspicious blushes appear on the face of the cold and noble man in front of him.

Xie Jin opened his mouth, and for what he was about to say, his heart was mixed with two parts of shyness, two parts of guilt, and six parts of self-righteousness: "My wife is sick at home and can't eat. Now she is finally willing to eat a bite of this cake." Xie Jin's face was full of love for his wife: "I hope you can help me."

After hearing what Xie Jin said, the lady selling cakes looked at him with even kinder eyes, but she was also in a difficult position. After all, the cake had already been bought by another young man. Otherwise, it would be fine for her to give it away for free to this young man who loved his wife.

The old lady said kindly: "Sir, how about you come over tomorrow morning? I will set up the stall an hour earlier and make it for you right away?"

Before Xie Jin could say anything, the man next to her waved his hand impatiently: "Auntie, give me another paper bag!" "Oh." Seeing the man's impatient face, the auntie quickly responded.

Since things had come to this, Xie Jin didn't want to argue any further. She gave the old lady and the man an understanding smile, then turned and left.

One step, two steps.
The smile on Xie Jin's face gradually disappeared. He frowned and wondered secretly how he could "buy" the man's cake without anyone noticing.

Put a sack on the man, drag him to a dark alley, beat him up, rob him, scam him, and make him pay for his physical and mental damages with a cake? Or...

When Xie Jin was worryingly choosing a plan to "buy" cakes, a voice called out from behind: "Master! Master, wait a minute!"

Xie Jin had no choice but to stop thinking about the myriad of things in his mind and turned to look at the source of the sound.

The old lady caught up with him, panting, and stuffed a paper bag into Xie Jin's arms: "This is what the young master just gave you. The young master said: I can only give you one with reluctance."

The heat from the red bean cake passed through the paper bag to Xie Jin's hands. He looked behind the old lady, but found that there was no one in front of the steaming stall.

Xie Jin took out a silver ingot from his bosom and handed it to the old lady, who pushed his hand away: "I can't take this, I can't take it!"

Xie Jin explained: "It's not for you, it's for the brother just now. If you see him next time, please help me give this silver to him."

When the old lady heard that the money was not for her, she stopped refusing and took the money readily: "Okay."

Xie Jin said goodbye to the lady, and after walking a few steps, the lady behind him said loudly: "Sir, what if you can't see that young master?"

Xie Jin said without looking back: "Forget it if I can't see you."

"Oh." The old lady turned and walked towards the stall, ready to close the stall and go home, but before she did anything, she sighed loudly and patted her knees with both hands: "What should I do with the money?"

I looked up again, but there was no one there.

Xie Jin walked quickly and hurriedly. It only took him a quarter of an hour to get from the stall to the inn. The time spent on the return journey was more than half the time it took to go out.

Xie Jin walked up the stairs step by step and came to Zhao Shu's room. He didn't rush to knock on the door. He looked forward and backward, left and right, then bent down and put his ear to the door.

He listened attentively and made sure that the conversation had nothing to do with him before he stood up and knocked on the door.

The conversation between Zhao Shu and Mianru was interrupted by a knock on the door. Mianru glanced at Zhao Shu and got up to open the door.

The door was opened, Xie Jin walked in, came to Zhao Shu, took out the cake in his arms and handed it to her.

Zhao Shu stared at the paper bag in Xie Jin's hand in shock. She didn't expect that she could still buy red bean cakes at this time.

Seeing Zhao Shu stunned, Xie Jin handed the bag forward and said, "Are you hungry? Eat it while it's hot."

Zhao Shu took the bag in her hand, stared at it silently, then turned her head and called out, "Mianru, come and eat with us."

Xie Jin suddenly turned his head to look at Mianru at the door. Mianru shrank back at the look in his eyes, as if he would come over and eat her alive if she agreed to Zhao Shu's words.

She shook her head slightly and refused: "No, I just ate."

Xie Jin turned back with satisfaction, looked at Zhao Shu and said, "You eat, she has already eaten."

Zhao Shu was a little disappointed, but she didn't force her. She nodded, opened the paper bag directly, lowered her head and took a bite of the still warm pancake. It was soft and sticky, sweet and very refreshing.

Xie Jin went to the table and took the teapot and cup in his hands. He then dragged a chair over and sat down beside Zhao Shu's bed. He poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her: "Eat slowly, don't choke."

Zhao Shu paused while eating, and then started coughing as if to please the occasion.

Xie Jin looked anxious: "Look at you, you're still like a child!" Xie Jin wanted to reach out and pat Zhao Shu on the back, but he couldn't pull his hand away, so he could only look at her anxiously.

"Cough, cough, cough." Zhao Shu coughed even harder, her entire face turning red.

Xie Jin quickly handed the cup in his hand to Zhao Shu's mouth. Zhao Shu coughed even harder and dodged the cup in his hand left and right.

Xie Jin sighed helplessly, reached out to take the red bean cake from Zhao Shu's hand, and stuffed the cup into her hand.

Zhao Shu held the cup in both hands and quickly lowered her head to take a sip of tea.

After drinking several mouthfuls, he finally calmed down. He looked up at Xie Jin, wanting to say something, but in the end he only said two words: "Thank you."

Xie Jin took the cup from Zhao Shu and handed the red bean cake back to her: "Eat slowly, don't choke again."

Zhao Shu lowered her head and bit the cake, and responded muffledly, "Oh." Her eyes were fixed on the bed curtains, not daring to look around.

(End of this chapter)

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