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"I'm already working for Second Master. In a few days, when they leave Guanshan Town, your sister Siqing and I will also leave. He asked you to come and discuss this with me, so he definitely wants you to come with him too."

"Moreover, we have to be the ones to bring it up with Madam Fan and have her go to him again."

Siqing didn't quite understand. "If Second Master wants Xiaoxu to follow him, he can just say so directly. Why go through all this trouble?"

"There are two reasons for this. First, Feng Xu doesn't know that we have already followed the Second Master. If he had brought it up directly, Feng Xu might not have been willing. But since Feng Xu came to discuss it with me and knows that we have followed the Second Master, he will definitely be willing."

"Secondly, if we go and bring it up with Madam Fan, she certainly won't refuse us. If she goes to Second Master, it means Second Master agreed because of her, which is different from him directly letting Xiaoxu follow him."

After hearing this, Siqing exclaimed that Li Chenbi was deeply scheming.

Feng Ji looked at Feng Xu and asked, "What do you think? Are you willing or not? If you are not willing, I will go and talk to the Second Master."

"I think the Second Master doesn't really have any interest in you. He's probably just trying to spite Lord Qi. If you're not willing, he won't force you."

Feng Xu spoke without hesitation: "If you're all going with him, then I'm going with you too. I want to go with you."

"Have you thought this through? Staying by Second Master's side is not as peaceful as staying in Guanshan Town."

Feng Xu nodded, "Actually, I also want to go out and see the world. If it weren't for the fact that you're no longer a镖局 (bodyguard agency) member, I would have liked to go and follow you."

Feng Ji did not immediately agree, but instead told Feng Xu to go back and discuss it with his parents.

The next day, after breakfast, Fan Liuer took the hairpin that Feng Xu had given her the day before and went to Siqing's house.

Before she even stepped inside, her voice rang out, "Siqing, I brought you something."

Siqing came out of the house. "Perfect timing, I was just about to look for you."

Fan Liuer smiled. "Because of Feng Xu's matter?" As she spoke, Fan Liuer handed over a wooden hairpin. "He carved this. This kid's craftsmanship is quite good."

Siqing took a look at it and smiled, "It's pretty good. It seems that even if he continues to be a carpenter, he will be able to live a good life in the future."

Fan Liuer found a chair and sat down. "From what you're saying, is he planning to join the army?"

Siqing shook her head. "No, he came over yesterday and knew that my brother and I were leaving with you, so he wanted to come too."

"He wants to follow Li Chenbi?" Fan Liuer raised her voice a little, then thought it made sense. After all, Feng Ji and Si Qing were there, so it was normal for Feng Xu to want to follow them.

Siqing sat down next to Fan Liuer and looked at her. "Sister Liuer, this matter is actually the Second Master's idea, but we'll just go through the motions as he wishes. So we'll have to trouble you to mention it to the Second Master."

Fan Liuer narrowed her eyes slightly, figuring out the meaning behind Siqing's words, then scoffed lightly, "I knew it. He's been behaving himself a bit too much lately. So that's what he was waiting for me to do."

"You want me to owe him a favor, right?"

Siqing chuckled, "You can't let Second Master know that I told you, okay? I'm really afraid of him."

"Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped, but..." Fan Liuer looked at Siqing, "Does Xiaoxu really want to go or is he being threatened by Li Chenbi? If he doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to go. I'll talk to Li Chenbi."

"The one who wanted to go came to see me early this morning and just left."

Fan Liuer nodded, "Okay, then I'll go find Li Chenbi now."

As Fan Liuer was about to leave, Siqing stopped her, saying, "Sister Liuer, when we get to Xingzhou, can you still let me serve you?"

"What do you mean by serving me? I treat you like a younger sister now, why would I let you serve me? You'd be the one feeling awkward."

"What's the big deal? It's not like you're not paying me a monthly allowance. It doesn't matter who I serve, I'd rather serve you. At least you won't punish me if I make a mistake," Siqing said with a grin.

Fan Liuer shook her head, "No, no, I feel something's off. Just listen to Li Chenbi's arrangements, do whatever he tells you to do."

"Ah..." Siqing said with a pained expression, "Please don't~"

"Oh dear, I need to talk to Li Chenbi about this. You guys should also hurry up and take care of what needs to be done at the shop. We have to leave in a couple of days."

After saying that, Fan Liuer left without giving Siqing a chance to speak.

She went out of the shop and walked a short distance, and she could still hear Siqing calling her from the door frame.

She found it amusing. She didn't let Siqing serve her because she had other plans, but she just wanted to tease Siqing now.

So this is how fun it is to tease people. It seems she's learned bad habits from Li Chenbi.

Fan Liuer found Li Chenbi in his room. He was sitting on a recliner by the window, with the window open to let in the breeze, and two servants were standing behind him fanning her.

Fan Liuer thought to herself that this person really knew how to enjoy herself wherever she was, even though she was the head of the family.

As she entered, Li Chenbi opened his eyes and looked at her. "You're here because of Feng Xu?"

Fan Liuer was somewhat surprised. Didn't this person want her to owe him a favor? Why did he bring it up so directly?

"You guessed it?"

Li Chenbi smiled and said, "I was just testing Siqing's loyalty for you."

Fan Liuer blinked, and understood everything.

Li Chenbi deliberately misled them like this, just to see if Siqing would tell her.

Fan Liuer was a little unhappy and sat down next to him. "You're so cunning. Aren't you tired of scheming like this?"

"It's precisely because you're so naive that I'm keeping an eye on things for you."

Fan Liuer disagreed, "Siqing doesn't need your approval. Our relationship is great."

Li Chenbi did not refute her. "Now it seems that's true." After confirming her words, he added, "I was just worried that if you hadn't sought refuge with her and hadn't developed a sisterly relationship with her, I wouldn't have tested her like this."

"But you two have been like sisters for so long, and now that she's back in the master-servant position, it's inevitable that she'll feel disloyal due to the change in roles."

"If she didn't tell you this time and chose to be loyal to me instead, then she can't stay by your side."

Fan Liuer was fairly satisfied that Li Chenbi didn't deny her good relationship with Siqing, and her tone softened considerably, "Do you think I haven't thought about this? That's why I never intended for her to be my maid anymore; I want her to be my manager!"

Fan Liuer raised her chin, a hint of smugness in her eyes, "Didn't you say you were going to give me a shop? I've already decided on the location and the business I'll be doing."

Li Chenbi raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What's on your mind?"

Fan Liuer made an outrageous demand: "I want the shop in the very center of Shunxing Street."

Shunxing Street is the busiest street in Xingzhou City. A single shop there can buy several houses in Xingzhou City.

Li Chenbi laughed, "You really have quite an appetite."

Fan Liuer said confidently, "Since we've already taken it, we should naturally take the best."