accomplice

into the night.

They go to dinner together.

Zuo Ji didn't expect that this meal was not eaten at Qinnanxuan, and he felt quite uneasy along the way.

When he arrived at the place, he got out of the carriage and looked up at the big golden lacquer plaque above his head. The words "Li Mansion" were strong and powerful. Thinking of the slap Li Xi received, he was really a little scared.

He tentatively asked Li Xi: "Has your mother ever tried to beat anyone outside your family?"

Li Xi raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard that, and wanted to understand why he asked such a question, so he couldn't help laughing.

"afraid?"

"Of course!"

Zuo Ji first declared: "Honestly speaking, I'm super afraid of pain, so I won't help you when I get beaten and scolded."

"Don't worry." Li Xi leaned in front of him: "How can I give up."

Hearing this, Zuo Ji's heart thumped.

He obviously didn't have that kind of thought, and his mouth was still teasing so much, he gave Li Xi an annoyed look, his hand was suddenly grabbed, and Zuo Ji was startled again.

He wanted to withdraw his hand, but Li Xi clenched it tightly.

The person who greeted them came forward.

The old servant frowned when he saw Zuo Ji.

At the end, he respectfully said to Li Xi: "Third Master, the old lady has been waiting for you inside for a long time."

"Who's there tonight?"

"Only Master Lu and his little daughter." The old servant said to Li Xi, "Everyone is waiting for you alone."

There is something in this.

Even Zuo Ji could hear it.

This is to ask Li Xi not to take him in.

Li Xi glanced at the old servant indifferently.

In the end, she turned to Zuo Ji with a soft smile and said, "Go in."

Li Xi took Zuo Ji away.

The old servant is in a hurry.

But dare not stop.

can only follow.

Going all the way to the living room, Mrs. Li's face immediately changed as soon as they stepped in.

But it was only for a moment.

Soon, she returned to normal, and even smiled kindly.

"Why did you come back so late?"

Li Xi bowed respectfully and replied, "Something happened on the way and I was delayed."

Mrs. Li didn't believe it.

But she wouldn't be so stupid as to ask why the delay.

She smiled and said, "Come on, meet your Uncle Lu soon."

"Li Xi met Uncle Lu." Li Xi immediately saluted the old man.

Seeing that he was a good-looking talent, gentle and polite, Mr. Lu was very satisfied, he showed crow's feet with a smile, and nodded: "Okay, okay."

Mrs. Li continued to introduce, saying: "This is your younger sister Lu, she used to play with your brothers when she was young, do you still have memories?"

As soon as the woman saw Li Xi, two red clouds flew up immediately.

Those eyes were watery and sparkling, with peach blossoms and timidity, Zuo Ji, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but let out a low "Yo~".

Hearing the sound, Li Xi glanced at him.

At the end, Li Xi smiled lightly and nodded to her: "Miss Lu."

The woman hurriedly stood up and saluted him back: "Mr. Li."

Mrs. Li smiled.

She said, "Just call Brother Xi."

When Lu Yunting heard this, her face turned even redder.

After hesitating shyly for a while, she obediently called out to Li Xi: "Brother Xi."

Zuo Ji laughed when he heard it.

It caused Li Xi to glance at him again.

He blinked one eye at Li Xi and whispered, "Not bad~"

After being "shocked" by him for a while, Li Xi was slightly taken aback, and finally smiled dotingly.

Zuo Ji really thought that the little girl was beautiful, and teased Li Xi, but was stunned by Li Xi's smile, and was a little embarrassed for a moment. He quickly looked away, and said to everyone: "Hi everyone! .”

Looking at the expressions of everyone present, he suddenly realized that he was being too casual, and immediately imitated Li Xi, and bowed to them respectively: "Hello old lady, hello Uncle Lu, and sister Lu."

After all, he raised his eyes and saw the old lady's suppressed disgust, he smiled cheerfully and shrugged.

and then?

Li Xi looked at him.

Then?

Zuo Ji frowned at him.

The two of them winked, which confused Mr. Lu.

Mr. Lu felt that Zuo Ji's behavior was frivolous, but he looked familiar. He couldn't remember it for a while, so he narrowed his eyes and asked curiously, "This young master is..."

"Friends!"

Mrs. Li was about to answer, Zuo Ji rushed to talk, and seized the opportunity, with a hoarse voice but a serious face, emphasizing: "The kind that is very sincere."

After finishing speaking, he touched Li Xi with his arm and said with a smile, "Right?"

Li Xi didn't know how to answer him this time.

Li Xi looked at him helplessly.

Seeing his eyes, Zuo Ji frowned again.

wrong?

This remark satisfied the old lady's wishes.

The old lady followed these words and explained to Mr. Lu: "Yes, he is the son of a Jinlan sister of mine. He has been friends with Xi'er since he was a child. Recently, he has something to live in Qinnanxuan temporarily. Yesterday a In the evening, it was because of his playfulness that he was detained in the men's court, and Xi'er brought money to redeem him, which made the city full of disturbances and was widely rumored."

"Oh……"

After listening to the old man, he didn't say whether he believed it or not.

He really felt that Zuo Ji looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

Li Xi also saw his doubts.

Li Xi began to worry because of this.

The old man still wanted to ask Zuo Ji in detail, but the old lady who was at the side didn't give him this opportunity because she was afraid of asking too much, and said: "Since everyone is here, the wine and dishes are ready, let's go to the table and talk while eating. "

This stuck, the old man couldn't ask, so he had to give up and nodded to her: "Okay."

Everyone moved inside and came to the dining table.

Zuo Ji touched the stool and wanted to sit down there, but was staggered by Li Xi and bumped into Lu Yunting.

Lu Yunting, who was originally instructed by the old lady to sit next to Li Xi, was knocked into a stagger, and was immediately at a loss.

Zuo Ji was quite embarrassed, and greeted Lu Yunting with a smile: "Sister Lu, sit, sit."

Zuo Ji was very good-looking, and his smile was even sweeter than honey. Lu Yunting's eyes were attracted by him, and she sat down as he greeted her, her face blushing again.

The girl is pretty good.

Zuo Ji liked it more and more.

I don't know what's wrong with Li Xi's brain circuit, so he hates him so much.

Otherwise, make him cheaper?

He consciously sat next to Lu Yunting.

In this way, as Li Xi wanted, Lu Yunting and Li Xi were separated.

Both Mr. Lu and Mrs. Lu noticed Zuo Ji's initiative.

Mr. Lu looked at the old lady.

The old woman was rather embarrassed, and secretly took a look at the ignorant Zuo Ji.

"What does Sister Lu like to eat, can I pick it up for you?"

When Zuo Ji saw the table full of delicious food, his eyes were filled with stars.

But the elders haven't picked up their chopsticks yet, so he can't eat, so first find a topic to tease Lu Yunting.

Lu Yunting smiled shyly, and just as she spoke, she heard Li Xi: "Sit here."

Lu Yunting was slightly startled.

Zuo Ji turned to look at him, and he said, "Don't bother sister Lu."

Does Sister Lu find him annoying?

He looked at Lu Yunting for proof.

Seeing Li Xi like this, Lu Yunting was at a loss.

She wanted to say it's not annoying, but Li Xi insisted: "Sit down."

He is serious.

There was even a hint of warning in his eyes.

Zuo Ji gave a "tsk" and had no choice but to move away.

"What are you doing?"

You don't mean to say that you don't like it and you like it again, and you're jealous, right?

Complaining in his heart, Zuo Ji distanced himself from Lu Yunting and sat close to Li Xi, dissatisfied: "Is it alright?"

"Brother Xi..." Lu Yunting looked at her, really at a loss. As soon as she opened her mouth, Li Xi turned to her father: "Uncle Lu, Li Xi respects you."

These old men saw it all.

He couldn't read it a little bit.

If Li Xi likes his daughter, he sits away on purpose, but if he doesn't like it, he doesn't allow others to get close to her.

Looking at the wine glass that Li Xi held up to him respectfully, and then looking at his daughter, the old man thought about it with a smile, and raised the wine glass as well.

Among the men, after a few glasses of wine, the embarrassment just now disappeared.

Greeting each other, the old lady and Lu Yunting chatted about family affairs, and the old man and Li Xi also chatted a lot. After drinking for three rounds, he became interested in Zuo Ji's identity again.

He asked, "Young man, what's your name?"

Zuo Ji, who was eating to his heart's content, raised his eyes when he heard the sound, put down the chicken leg in his mouth, thought for a while, and replied: "Zuo Ji."

He speaks without honorifics at all, which makes people look at each other in dismay.

But the old man's focus is not on this.

"Surname Zuo?" He frowned even more, and continued to ask: "Then your father is..."

"He has no parents and is an orphan."

Li Xi's vigilance suddenly rose, and he immediately answered for him.

What nonsense.

Zuo Ji glanced at Li Xi.

When did he tell him that his parents died?

"Oh……"

The old man nodded.

However, a pair of old eyes stared at Zuo Ji, full of suspicion.

With the old man like this, no matter how stupid Zuo Ji was, he would still feel that something was wrong, and he always felt uneasy, so he asked Li Xi in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Li Xi glanced at him, and finally smiled slightly.

It's his fault.

Originally, he just wanted to bring Zuo Ji back to have a meal, to keep the peach blossoms away, but he didn't expect that the old man had met Zuo Ji before.

Seeing the way the old man looked at Zuo Ji, he should have recognized who he is.

But looking at Zuo Ji, his eyes were full of doubts, as if he hadn't realized that he had caused trouble.

I can't sit like this any longer.

Today, I was planning to bring things down, so let's end this trouble together.

But what to do.

Li Xi picked up the wine and took a sip.

At the end, he looked at Zuo Ji, smiled softly, and gently wiped off the chicken fat from his mouth with his thumb, saying: "Every time I eat, I eat so sloppily."

This sudden ambiguous behavior surprised Zuo Ji.

Zuo Ji looked at everyone with a guilty conscience, and found that everyone was also staring at them.

What is this for?

Drink too much?

He was embarrassed.

Just when I was about to ask, I saw Li Xi approaching a little closer, and said in a low voice, "100 taels."

Zuo Ji was slightly taken aback.

Is this asking him to make trouble?

He looked at Li Xi, and after Li Xi finished speaking, he also looked up at him.

Li Xi's eyes clearly wanted to see what he could do to ruin the situation.

Don't believe he can do it, right?

He sneered secretly, rolled his eyeballs, and his smile became sly.

He suddenly raised his neck and smacked Li Xi's face.

The meat off Lu Yunting's chopsticks.

Even Li Xi was dumbfounded by what he said.

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