Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Therefore, at this time, he really needs something good to dilute his bad luck.

Seeing Xie Chengan nod, Xi Cui's cheeks turned red with shame. She turned around and went into the kitchen with the basin of water.

"Knock-knock"

There was a sudden knock on the door, which froze the smile on Qian's face.

Before she could ask, Xie Cheng'an's face changed, because the knock on the door seemed to be the secret signal he had agreed upon when he met Hu Er.

He immediately pulled Qian and asked her not to speak. He then quickly walked to the door and opened it with a "clatter".

There was a man who looked like a beggar standing outside the door. His hair and clothes had not been washed for who knows how long, so his specific appearance could not be discerned. However, the eye that was exposed between his dirty hair proved that he was Hu Er.

After Xie Cheng'an confirmed this, he was horrified and looked around quickly. Finding that no one else was paying attention to Hu Er, he pulled Hu Er into the yard and quickly bolted the door.

Then, regardless of Qian's inquiring look, he directly pulled Hu Er into the small room where he lived.

"Hu Er, why did you come to Beijing? Where have you been hiding these days? Why didn't you contact us?" Xie Cheng'an asked several questions in succession.

He blamed all the things that happened to him later on Hu Er. If he hadn't disappeared suddenly, how could he have ended up in such a miserable state?

Hu Er used his hands to push aside some of his hair, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes. "Something did happen. I hid outside for a while. Now that the wind has died down, I secretly came back to take a look."

"How come Mr. Xie has fallen into such a state of desolation now? I had to ask around and finally found this courtyard."

Xie Chengan's expression also turned ugly, but he didn't want to say anything more to him. So many things had happened during this period, what was the point of telling him.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you in detail when I have a chance. What brought you here today?"

"I want to meet...Sister Si'er." After a little hesitation, he still mentioned Gu Qiongsi.

After all, if I directly ask to see my son, Xie Cheng'an might find something wrong.

"Gu Qiongsi? She is not in the yard now. If you want to find her, you can go to Yipinxiang." Xie Cheng'an became a little angry when he heard it. He remembered that Gu Qiongsi had avoided him just now.

When Hu Er heard this, he nodded as if he suddenly understood something. When he turned around and was about to leave, he heard the voice of Nanny Li coaxing a child.

"By the way, I heard that Si'er's baby was born. As his uncle, I have also prepared a red envelope for the baby. Please let me see the baby."

Hu Er seemed to suddenly remember something, so he stopped and asked Xie Chengan.

Such a request was quite normal, and Xie Cheng'an did not think much about it. He called out Nanny Li who was holding Xie Rui.

Hu Er looked at Xie Rui, who was looking at him with wide eyes in Li Ma's arms, and his heart softened.

This is my son. He is so handsome. His eyebrows and eyes are very much like Gu Qiongsi, while his chin and nose are like mine.

He almost stretched out his dirty hands to touch the child's face, but fortunately he stopped in time, praised the child symbolically, and then took out a red seal that he had prepared long ago from his arms and placed it on the child's belly.

Before leaving, he turned back to look at Xie Rui once again, then closed the door with a happy look on his face and went to Yipinxiang to find Gu Qiongsi.

Xie Cheng'an inside the door felt that something was strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Qian sighed at this time and said, "I didn't expect that Hu Er is such a kind and righteous man, like an uncle."

Xie Cheng'an looked at Xie Rui without comment, said nothing, and went into his room.

When Gu Qiongsi was thinking about how to negotiate with the pawnshop owners at Yipinxiang, Jinzi came back and told him that there was a man named "Hu Er" at the door looking for her.

Gu Qiongsi's heart skipped a beat and she quickly leaned out of the window to look at the store door, just in time to see Hu Er standing there.

The figure was too familiar. Even though he was wearing dirty clothes, she recognized him at a glance.

"What did those pawnshop owners say?" Gu Qiongsi asked about Jin Zi and asked him to find those pawnshop owners.

"Boss, there are five pawnshops that are very interested and will come on time at 5 p.m. today," Jinzi replied.

"Well, okay, please invite Hu Er up." Gu Qiongsi breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Jin Zi's words and asked him to call Hu Er up.

Although Hu Er had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked to see Gu Qiongsi now. "Si'er, you...what's wrong with you? Why do you look so haggard?"

Not only did he look haggard, he didn't even have any of the youthful vitality. His already slim figure looked even thinner.

Gu Qiongsi had no intention of telling him in detail what had happened recently. He just glanced at his dirty clothes with disgust, covered his nose and took a step back, "Cousin, what are you doing..."

"Oh, haha, I came to Beijing in disguise because I was afraid of attracting those people's attention." Hu Er explained quickly.

"What on earth happened? Why did you suddenly..." Gu Qiongsi opened his eyes wide in disbelief. That's not right. The last time I heard was that Hu Er was arrested by Yan Nangui. Did he escape from prison?

Hu Er was puzzled and didn't understand why Gu Qiongsi had a look of fear on her face. He then explained, "I was hiding outside and was taken in by a kind old man. That's why I wasn't caught by them."

"No one caught you? What exactly did you do? Why did they arrest you?" Gu Qiongsi asked several questions at once, just like Xie Cheng'an.

Hu Er walked directly into Gu Qiongsi's study and sat down on a chair. He sighed comfortably and said,

"I don't know who it was. At first they said it was because of gambling debts. After they arrested me, they kept interrogating me about the imperial examination. Fortunately, I found a chance to escape, otherwise I would have been beaten to death by them."

"Imperial... Imperial examination? What did they ask? Do you know who they are? Are they from the Dali Temple?"

Gu Qiongsi's brain was racing. How could the information be so different from what he had heard?

"Dali Temple? This matter should have nothing to do with the Dali Temple. After all, if the Dali Temple knew about the imperial examination, would it still be so calm?" Hu Er immediately overturned Gu Qiongsi's guess.