Chapter 105 - 104: She Still Cares About Him (Second Update)

Chapter 105: Chapter 104: She Still Cares About Him (Second Update)

Xianyun keenly sensed the turbulent undercurrents among the masters, and couldn’t help but look at Xu Jing tearfully, then at his own lord, and finally, couldn’t help but daringly glare at Zhao Jingming and Xiao He not far away.

It’s all their fault!

Originally, when Lord sent someone over, saying to assign another team to escort Miss Xu to the Western Capital, he was overjoyed to the core, and even volunteered to come along. Thinking that with Lord’s wooden head, if Miss Xu was scared off before he enlightened, he had to keep an eye on things.

But who would have thought, Xiao Erlang and Zhao Liulang followed along too, and even irritated Miss Xu.

Miss Xu seemed to have taken out her anger on Lord! Miss Xu didn’t hold Lord in high regard to start with, and now she probably despises him even more from the bottom of her heart.

Zhao Jingming and Xiao He: "..."

Seeing the atmosphere, they inexplicably didn’t dare to say anything. The two exchanged a glance, and silently sat down at a table not far from Xu Jing and Xiao Yi.

Seeing Lord sit down at a table next to Miss Xu, Miss Xu didn’t even glance at Lord, as if they were mere strangers. Xianyun pinched himself secretly, raised a natural and brilliant smile, and walked over saying, "Lord, the table on Miss Xu’s side is so big, it can accommodate several people. Since you and Miss Xu are together, why sit at two separate tables? The innkeeper would have a headache seeing this."

The nearby waiter quickly wanted to say something, but Xianyun sensed it and immediately gave him a fierce look.

Waiter: "..."

Actually, he wanted to say, there aren’t many guests in the store now, so if these two esteemed guests want to sit at two tables, it’s not impossible!

When you have money, you’re the boss. As long as both esteemed guests are satisfied, even if two people want to occupy ten tables, it’s fine!

Xu Jing’s expression became somewhat subtle upon hearing this.

She was in business too, and it was still early, with few guests in the shop. But later, if more people came and they occupied three of the inn’s tables, it wouldn’t be very considerate.

However, weren’t those two men Xiao Yi’s friends? Xiao Yi could have just sat with them.

Xiao Yi glanced sideways at Xu Jing, saw that she still wasn’t looking at him, but didn’t say anything, hesitated a bit, then tentatively got up and took a step towards her side.

Seeing no reaction from Xu Jing, he pressed down his somewhat nervous heart and naturally pulled out the chair opposite her and sat down.

Xu Jing, who was hesitating whether to take the initiative to speak, was stunned, realizing the man had already sat down without her noticing, so she stopped hesitating and glanced at the table not far away, saying, "Mr. Xiao, won’t you sit with your friends?"

Xianyun, brimming with joy, quickly picked up a cup, poured tea for his lord to secure the seat.

Xiao Yi, pretending to be calm, picked up the cup and took a sip, his voice slightly deep: "They are not my friends."

The mouthful of tea Zhao Jingming had just drunk burst out with a "pfft," he stood up abruptly pointing at Xiao Yi: "Xiao Yanci, are you playing the favor over friends card now!"

They were concerned about him, took leave early in the morning to rush over.

Their poor attitude towards that woman was also standing up for what she had done to him before!

Xiao Yi calmly took another sip of tea, saying, "Two insignificant people, just treat their words like dog barks."

Xu Jing: "..."

Zhao Jingming: "..."

This somewhat rogue side of Xiao Yi they were seeing for the first time.

The silent Xiao He suddenly burst into laughter, amidst the puzzled and uncertain gazes of the others, right hand clenched into a fist resting against his lips, laugh growing more uncontrollable.

Though he wasn’t fond of that Xu Siniang,

But such a Yanci truly made one nostalgic.

Xu Jing really didn’t want to have any more entanglements with these people. From their perspective, disliking her because of past events was normal, but she didn’t need to knowingly seek them out when she knew they didn’t like her.

She raised a hand to signal a waiter and was just about to ask when breakfast would be ready to finish and go find Chen Hu and Cheng Xianbai, when a faint scream suddenly came from the back of the inn.

Though the scream wasn’t very clear, everyone there was sharp enough to immediately sit upright and look in the direction of the sound.

Xu Jing immediately turned to the approaching waiter and asked, "What’s behind the inn?"

Not that she was overly sensitive, but having just gone through yesterday’s events, she was still a bit shaken.

The waiter was a bit stunned, not understanding why Xu Jing suddenly asked, and replied, "That’s where our boss lives, is something wrong?"

Xiao Yi also called over a guard, whispered a couple of things, then the guard nodded and promptly ran towards the back of the inn.

Just then, the breakfast Xu Jing had ordered arrived, and Xiao Yi glanced at her, seemingly knowing what she was thinking, lowered his voice and said, "Let’s have breakfast first, even if something happened, it’s not related to yesterday’s group."

Seeing his certainty, Xu Jing couldn’t help but look up at him.

She had already had suspicions; the group that chased them yesterday was probably related to this man.

Otherwise, how could he have known she was in trouble and arrived just in time to save her?

But in any case, the matter wasn’t clear yet, and since she and Cheng Xianbai were indeed saved because of him, Xu Jing temporarily put aside the minor gap that had arisen due to the two men earlier, and said calmly, "I ordered quite a bit for breakfast, Lord Xiao should join in."

This wasn’t the place to discuss serious matters. If she wanted to ask him in detail, it would have to be somewhere private without outsiders around.

Xiao Yi was taken aback but felt a warmth in his heart.

Though she wasn’t happy, she still cared about him.

He gave a low "hmm," picked up the chopsticks in front of him, and joined her in having breakfast.

Off to the side, Zhao Jingming found it unbearable to watch. Since when did Xiao Yanci become so docile and obedient? He never acted this way facing those old men in court or while driving them out of his home!

He couldn’t help but nudge silent Xiao He with his elbow, whispering, "Jingchen, won’t you say something? I think that woman must have fed Yanci some love potion; he looks like he’s lost his soul in front of her!"

What made it unbearable was that the woman’s attitude toward Yanci was so cold. If Yanci behaved with even a tenth of how he did in front of her, why would the renowned daughters of Western Capital avoid him like the plague? What sort of woman couldn’t he get?

This Xiao Yanci is so... so disappointing!

Xiao He still didn’t speak, just watched the two not far away with his long, deep eyes, emotions within them complex and unreadable.

Xiao Yi and Xu Jing had breakfast for a while before the scout returned, leaning over to whisper something to Xiao Yi, whose brows immediately furrowed.

Xu Jing, who was watching his expression, couldn’t help but ask, "What happened?"

"There’s been a murder case."

Xiao Yi set down his chopsticks, stood up, and said calmly, "It seems the wife of this inn’s owner has been killed; I’m going to take a look."

Xu Jing was slightly taken aback.

Xiao Yi had specifically said it was the inn owner’s wife who was killed, not allowing for possibilities like suicide or accident, which meant there was ample evidence at the scene to prove it was a murder case.

And although this was Jingning County, with its County Magistrate handling such matters, being the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, murders happening outside the Capital fell under Xiao Yi’s jurisdiction.

Xiao Yi was about to leave, but then thought of something and paused, "Would you like to come and see?"

Out of her professional instincts, having a murder in proximity, Xu Jing couldn’t say she wasn’t interested.

She quickly nodded, "Sure."

After all, everyone here was Xiao Yi’s person, and that she was assisting him in investigations at Anping County was something they probably knew about, so she didn’t need to worry about revealing anything.

Seeing Xu Siniang indeed follow Xiao Yi, Zhao Jingming and Xiao He exchanged a glance and stood up to follow as well.

The back courtyard of Xinghua Inn was where the owner lived, and at the moment, it was in chaos. Although servants tried to stop them, Xiao Yi’s token from the Ministry of Justice quickly cleared the way.

The crime scene was the deceased’s bedroom. As soon as they reached the bedroom, the scene inside gave them a shock.