Do you still want it, son?

"A Yuan said when he got up early today that he wanted to eat meatballs. I won't go back at noon. Remember to ask the kitchen to make them for him." Ji Xiao asked Jinchun who was beside him while helping Ding Xiang down from the carriage.Ji Xiao pretended not to see Mrs. Wang standing at the entrance of the alley and peeking this way.

Jin Chun nodded in agreement, and asked again, "You really don't need me to wait here?"

Ji Xiao looked up at the small courtyard that he had lived in for two years, and said with a smile, "What is there to accompany, at most it will be a morning thing, but A Yuan, he has lost both me and you." I don't know how to make a fuss."

Thinking about A Yuan's appearance this spring, his heart softened, and he also agreed with Ji Xiao's statement, "Master is thoughtful, so the servants will go back first."

Ding Xiang stood aside with a brisk tone, and assured her, "Sister Jinchun, don't worry, I will take good care of you."

Jinchun took a look at her and knew that Ding Xiang had always been a smooth talker, so she didn't take it to heart, she just nodded casually, then turned around and got into the carriage, and headed back on the way back to Prince Ping's mansion first.

Both Xiao Wu and shopkeeper Zhao were standing at the gate of the courtyard waiting early.Seeing Ji Xiao get off the carriage, they all stepped forward.Shopkeeper Zhao was a little surprised, not to mention anything else, just wearing the same clothes was enough for Shopkeeper Zhao to understand that Ji Xiao's status is either rich or noble now, and he is not the little Ji boss in the past.

It's just that since Boss Ji is willing to come to this business, he will always do it with sincerity. With this level of confidence, shopkeeper Zhao is determined.

Shopkeeper Zhao took a step forward, showing a three-point smile, and said, "Boss Ji, please."

Ji Xiao said, "Shopkeeper Zhao, you don't have to be polite."

Shopkeeper Zhao suddenly said, "Look at my memory, I suddenly forgot that this was Boss Ji's residence, but it's too much of a distraction, please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Ji Xiao smiled and shook his head, "Shopkeeper Zhao is too polite."

The two were talking and walking in, the courtyard door was open, and there was already a young man standing inside.When he saw someone approaching from outside, he was also very enthusiastic. He stepped forward three or five times to stand still, and then saluted properly, "Boss Ji, it's better to see once than to hear."

When he spoke, it was Ji Xiao's familiar Hangzhou accent.

Ji Xiao was a little surprised, "From your accent, are you from Hangzhou?"

"Yes," the man admitted without hesitation, "I am a native of Hangzhou. Why, Boss Ji is also a Hangzhou native?"

Ji Xiao paused for two or three breaths, then nodded lightly, "I grew up in Hangzhou in my early years, and I haven't been back for a few years."

He paused at this point, not wanting to talk about the Ji family's background in detail.

"Oh," the man nodded, followed by a smile, "It's really due to fate." The conversation stopped here, but he didn't ask Ji Xiao whose family it was in Hangzhou.

Ji Xiao didn't have much communication with Ren Duo from his hometown, so he naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with this place.He only breathed a sigh of relief, the Ji family in Hangcheng, everyone knows about it, although he is not the same as before, but compared to that Ji family, Ji Xiao can't wait to get rid of it completely.

"Boss Ji's wine this year, I heard shopkeeper Zhao said that it's gone, so can I count the batch that will be released next year?" The young man's tone was soothing, and his words were extremely polite.

Boss Zhao said with a smile, "No, they drank this year's wine, and they only said it was better than last year. Boss Xiaoji's craftsmanship is nothing to say, and there are eight shops in ten villages. You have already ordered it now. It was really a clever calculation."

Several people entered the room one after the other and sat down at the small table.

Ding Xiang brought in the snacks and fruits from the outside, and Xiao Wu put the boiled tea from the kitchen on the table.

Warm tea poured down from the spout of the pot and poured into the narrow cup, steaming out.

Ji Xiao picked up a cup of tea, and was about to sip it, when the young man hugged his arms and said, "The weather is so cold today, the wind blows in and makes you shiver."

Ji Xiao looked down at his clothes. When Shen Huai came back from the martial arts training ground this morning, he specially picked out some clothes that had been smoked in the stove for him. Not dissipated.There was a hint of sweetness in his heart, and seeing the young man's thin clothes, he told Ding Xiang, "Close the door first."

Ding Xiang went down to meet her in a low voice, Xiao Wu and she both retreated outside the door and waited.

"Thank you Boss Ji for being considerate." The young man smiled, tapped his toes on the ground three times as if unintentionally, and made three soft popping sounds.

In the corner of the room, a puff of white smoke emerged from the cracks in the bricks. It was colorless and odorless, and gradually spread to the whole room. No one noticed it inside or outside the room.

"I don't know how much wine you need for the order you want to place?" Ji Xiao asked carefully, and the young man answered every sentence.Xiao Wu and Ding Xiang stood outside the door, they heard these words clearly in their ears, so they didn't have any doubts, they just stood and waited patiently.

I don't know when he became dizzy and dizzy, Ji Xiao's eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he was hugged suddenly.The scenery on the table suddenly turned into several beams, and the last face broke into his half-closed eyelids.

Ji, Ji Chang..., why is he here?

This is Ji Xiao's last sober impression.

Xiao Wu and Ding Xiang waited outside the door, only listening to the young man talking about the situation of his own business, and then said, "Look at my memory, what year was that?" His voice dropped as he spoke. , seeming to be thinking of that exact year.

Both Xiao Wu and Ding Xiang listened carefully. He didn't say anything for a long time, and Ding Xiang muttered, "What year is it?"

Only then did Xiao Wu feel something was wrong, he pushed open the door from the outside, only to see a shopkeeper Zhao lying on his stomach lying in front of the table, and the rest of Ji Xiao and the young man looked like Just disappeared out of thin air.

But this disappearance is not really out of thin air.Xiao Wu walked into the room quickly, and after turning around for a while, he saw something was wrong.There were two floor tiles floating in vain at this time, and when they were pushed away, a big hole had been dug out, enough to accommodate a sleeping person and be carried away.

Ding Xiang followed Xiao Wu into the room, and was scared out of her wits on the spot.Ji Xiao was robbed right under their noses, if this got into the prince's ears, who of them would have a second life?

Xiao Wu didn't care about the limp Lilac behind him, and just whistled to wake up the hidden guards outside.The secret guard was not disturbed during this matter, so it must have been done very secretly, Xiao Wu didn't care about anything else, just jumped down the secret passage by himself and tried to go out.

It took about two quarters of an hour before the secret passage came to an end, and the place where it came out was a small wasteland only a few dozen battles away from the gate of the city.Xiao Wu glanced at the city gate that was close at hand, and the alarm bells rang in his heart. There was no need to think about Ji Xiao's whereabouts, as he had already been arranged to leave the city at this moment.

It took a lot of effort to dig out the secret passage and arrange the plan, just to take away Ji Xiao who was beside King Ping, what was this for?No matter how you think about it, you can only escape by threatening Shen Huai.

Xiao Wu gritted his teeth, knowing that he had made such a big mistake today, he didn't think about anything else, he just turned his head and went back to Prince Ping's Mansion, intending to tell Shen Huai these things first.

In the main courtyard of Prince Ping's Mansion.

A Yuan was wearing a small exercise uniform, the cuffs and ankles were tightly tucked, and it was tightly attached to his wrists and ankles.He didn't want to take it off when he came back from the martial arts training ground, Bajiao thought it would be just for A Yuan to play and then change it after a nap.

A Yuan squatted on the ground, patted the little black dog's head, then turned to look at the little cat nestling in the corner basking in the sun with squinting eyes, satisfied, rubbed the little black dog's head and said, "Fat, Meatballs."

Standing aside this spring, when he heard this sentence, he immediately responded with a smile, "I have ordered you to make meatballs for the young master at noon today."

The little black dog was startled when he heard the words, and hastily pulled his dog's head out of A Yuan's palm, barked twice and hid to the side.

A Yuan looked at his empty palm, feeling a little strange, but in a blink of an eye, he narrowed his eyes again, nodded with a smile and said to Jinchun, "Okay, okay."

When Shen Huai came back from the outer courtyard, seeing A Yuan squatting alone, he stepped forward and kicked A Yuan's little butt, saying, "Why don't you go change your clothes?"

A Yuan pounced forward, and supported the ground with his two small hands neatly. He had a small face, and was about to scold, but turned around and saw Shen Huai, and stopped abruptly. Waiting for Ji Xiao to come back, he will sue in one go.

Bajiao's heart skipped a beat when she heard the words, and she didn't care about halfway through the salute, so she quickly explained, "Reporting to the lord, the servant wants to let the young master have lunch before changing, otherwise he will change three or five sets of clothes a day," she paused, and then Thinking of moving Ji Xiao out, "The old master also said that there is no need to change the young master's clothes all the time, the servant wants to..."

"Understood." Shen Huai waved his hand, too lazy to listen to the star anise, and only said to Jinchun on one side, "Ah Xiao will come back in the afternoon, remember to ask the doctor to come and show him."

This spring was a little surprised, "Is your body not comfortable?"

Shen Huai walked in while holding A Yuan's hand, and said, "He seems to be a bit greedy these days and nights, and for some reason he eats less for dinner, but he always wakes up in the middle of the night? What he wants to eat are all weird things. I saw him drooling so greedy, but the kitchen couldn’t make it, I wanted him to eat more during the day, but he didn’t like it anyway.”

Just hearing these few words, Jinchun's eyes lit up, no matter what the symptoms were, she seemed to be pregnant.

"My lord, you don't need to worry," she stepped forward, "This symptom doesn't look like anything else, it just seems like you're pregnant..."

"I thought about it too," Shen Huai shook his head, "I asked A Xiao last night, but A Xiao said it wasn't like that. When he had A Yuan, it didn't look like it at all. Besides, counting the time, if he had it, It didn't show up so early."

Doing the math, the two of them had skin-to-skin contact for less than a month, and even if they were hit for the first time, it would be difficult for them to have such a quick reaction.

She was picked up by Shen Huai and placed on her lap, she looked up and listened to him talking with Jinchun.

"It's hard to say," said Jinchun Hui, "everyone reacts differently to pregnancy, and each time reacts differently, so it's impossible to generalize."

Hearing this, Shen Huai's interest rose, and he suppressed the joyful reaction in front of him, "Anyway, please invite the doctor to take a look first, among other things, A Xiao's appetite must be adjusted, otherwise it will be really bad for the body. good."

Jin Chun nodded in agreement, then bowed and walked out slowly, keeping this matter in mind by the way.

Only Shen Huai and A Yuan were left in the room. He raised his hand and tapped A Yuan's cheek, and asked with a smile, "If A Yuan has a younger brother or sister, do you like it or not?"

A Yuan tilted his head, he didn't understand Shen Huai's words, "Didi, sister?"

He has only seen younger brothers and sisters in the alleys, older brothers and older sisters, and if he really wants to talk about it, he still doesn't know the concept of detail.

Shen Huai didn't care whether he moved or not, he just kissed A Yuan's cheek intoxicated, pressed his head into his chest, and said cheerfully, "Whether it's a younger brother or a younger sister, people like it very much. If you want me to say , I already have a slippery head like you, next time I have a daughter who will be considerate..."

He babbled and said, A Yuan only frowned and listened, when Shen Huai was talking, suddenly there was a voice of transmission from outside.

The carriage staggered and ran forward quickly, regardless of the bumps and rocks on the ground that made the carriage almost jump up.

Ji Xiao's head hit the bottom of the car, and he slowly recovered his sanity from the dizziness.He moved his fingertips without attracting the attention of the other people in the carriage.

"It's not a waste of time to go back this time." The young man's voice fell into Ji Xiao's ears, and his brows frowned.

"Go back to Hangzhou first, and what you plan to do later, it all depends on what the master wants." The impression of this voice came from the depths of Ji Xiao's memory, and his heavy eyelids instantly lost their burden, and they opened suddenly.

"Third Young Master, you're awake." Ji Chang sat on the side, saw that Ji Xiao was already awake, raised his hand and took out the water bag on one side, "Take a couple of sips of water, it will make you feel better."

Ji Xiao didn't answer, but slowly propped up his upper body and sat aside, looked at Ji Chang defensively, and said, "What's the use of taking me back?"

He has already been with Jin, and he really can't figure out what he is useful to Ji's family now.

Ji Chang heard the words, "I know that the third young master is getting along very well with people in Pingyang City now, but the master said, you are from the Ji family after all, and your father's order must not be violated. You were sent to King Ping before, but now How can you hang out with other people at will? When we get to Hangcheng, we will tell King Ping and let him take you back."

Having said this, Ji Xiao finally realized that although the Ji family had taken him captive, they still didn't know his current relationship with Shen Huai.Presumably it was also because the news was so tightly blocked that people outside had no way of knowing it.

Knowing the plan of the Ji family, Ji Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, and the panic in his heart was reduced by half.His temperament has always been restrained and dull, and now he keeps silent and doesn't make Ji Chang feel that there is anything wrong.

The carriage sped all the way, only heading towards Hangzhou.