Chapter 63: A Guest Arrives

  A cold gaze swept towards her, and Xi Mei withdrew her small paws, saying with a pout: "Brother, look at you, your body isn't fully recovered yet. The biggest taboo after a serious illness is overeating."

  Looking at the person in front of her who still didn't get it, she really had to remind him this much before he reacted. Xi Mei continued to scratch her head and opened her mouth: "You see, why don't you let me have this one, let me come and solve it for you?"

  "Hey, look at how thick your skin has become! If you want to eat, just eat, why do you need to find such an excuse? Are you ashamed or not? But there's no other way, if she really doesn't open her mouth, I reckon this person won't even leave any leftovers for her!"

  Xuanyuan Lie took a look at the earthen jar in his hand, then looked at Xi Mei who was pitifully standing before him. Rarely in a good mood, he replied to her with a sentence, "I can eat it, you don't have to worry."

  The girl opposite, who was pretending to be Xi Zi with a weak and gentle expression, really fell down. This can't be him, she must have misheard and misseen, how could he say something like that? It doesn't match his character at all.

  Besides, this chicken wasn't caught by her, nor was it handled by her, but everything else is her masterpiece.

  How can this person be so heartless and not leave anything for her? I stared, I stared, I stared hard, I don't believe you still have the nerve to swallow it all by yourself. After a moment of silence, Xi Mei burst into tears, and you still have the nerve to swallow it all by yourself.

  Looking at the person in front of her, who was contentedly putting down the tile jar, Xi Mei was suspicious. Was this person really as simple as he appeared on the surface? How did she feel that this person was intentionally fooling her? This careful person, wasn't it just using a 'cloth' to apply medicine to his forehead and taking internal medicine externally?

  Why be so petty and calculating, really narrow-minded.

  The corners of his mouth were all curled up, and he stood up in anger, about to leave. Unexpectedly, just two steps away from the back, that cold voice came: "Where are you going?"

  "Ah, that temperature, it made Xi Mei, who was still on the edge of summer, shiver. She turned around with a smiling face and said: 'I'm not afraid you're thirsty, I'll go outside to get some water for you, right, get some water.'"

  He said and ran out of the cave, but in less than a moment he came back with a smile, "Hehe, I got the jar, the jar."

  The sunlight shone on her small face, clearly revealing a pair of dimples. Her big eyes were smiling so hard they almost became slits. Seeing such a joyful younger sister, Xuan Yuan Lie suddenly felt it was very dazzling. He let out an indifferent hum.

  But Xi Mei, who was holding the jar and walking out of the cave, suddenly sat down on the ground, blocking a small ant and starting to vent her grievances. "You say, I serve him well with good food and drink. What's not satisfying for him? Why does he have to give me a dirty look?"

  Three fingers grabbed the ant that had almost successfully escaped from the "claw" and pulled it back, saying: "I'm only four years old, not forty. Why do I have to take care of him so diligently? Not getting paid, humph. Most importantly, it's all hard work for nothing."

  "Hey, why do you always want to run away? Just honestly stay here with me." She trapped the ants in a small pit she had made. Xi Mei started nagging again, "I mean, he's a man, how can his heart be so petty? I just used a dirty cloth to apply medicine to his head and fed him some other medicine. Is it worth being so calculating?"

  She was delighted to talk about it herself, but the more Xuan Yuan Lie listened, the darker his face became. "Shut up! If you say another word, I'll throw you down the mountain."

  The happy sister outside the cave heard that the person inside had failed and patted the dust off her buttocks, quietly gesturing with a "yes"

  "Hmph, I don't dare to vent my dissatisfaction in front of you, and I can't say it behind your back either. Whether you listen or not is your business, whether I speak or not is mine. Huh, this little girl, no wonder she specially found a place near the cave entrance to 'pour out her heart', the reason lies here."

  Acting as if nothing had happened, Xi Mei filled a large jar with water and gathered some firewood in one corner. Finally, she covered Xuan Yuan Lie's body with her colorful small flower blanket. After finishing all these tasks, she stood up and said to him.

  "Brother, I should go home for dinner." Emphasizing the two words 'eat rice', as if reminding him that it's all because he didn't give me food to eat just now, causing me to be exhausted for such a long time and still have to go home for dinner.

  Unfortunately, even birds didn't bring her with them. Not a single glance was spared for her. With a huff, she stamped her foot and turned to leave the cave.

  "Hmph, you can just stay here and fend for yourself then. I won't be coming to see you tomorrow." As for what tomorrow will bring, neither of us knows anyway.

  Hungry and exhausted, Xi Mei dragged her tired body down the mountain step by step. When she finally arrived at her own doorstep, she was surprised to see a familiar horse carriage parked there. After circling around it twice, she suddenly realized that this was none other than Zhang Jia's young overlord's vehicle.

  Xi Mei immediately ran in the opposite direction, but it was too late. Xiao Bao Wang's loud and excited voice came from behind her, "Xi Mei, you're finally back! I've missed you so much!"

  After finishing speaking, he rushed over as if he hadn't seen her in decades, and warmly hugged her. "Xi Mei Mei, why haven't you come to see me for such a long time? I've missed you to death."

  Xi Mei's face stiffened, and she asked in a wooden tone: "Hehe, Shang Gege, how did you come?" Without noticing the change in Xi Mei's expression, Xiao Ba Wang began to talk endlessly about what had happened.

  "I've been wanting to come over for a long time, but my mom never agreed. Yesterday, my cousin, who is Wang Zihan's older brother's younger sister, came to our house and kept hearing us say how great your family is, so she insisted on coming over. My mom couldn't resist her, so I was sent here today."

  Although his tone was very wronged, the excited look on his face could be seen by even a fool. Xi Mei rolled her eyes and said: "Alright, alright, I know, let's go home and take a look at your cousin."

  "Alright, alright." Zhang Zishang, in an excited state, nodded repeatedly and exerted all his strength to carry the not-so-light Xi Mei towards the Chen's house. At this time, Xi Mei didn't dare make a sound either, fearing that she would distract him and he would drop her.

  Soon after arriving at the Chen's house, Wang Wanying met Xi Mei in such a state, and Xi Mei was completely unrecognizable.

  "Xǐ mèi, how did you bully Young Master Zhang again? Come down quickly." Before the words had fallen, an even louder voice came from behind, "Xǐ mèi, you little girl, I just changed your clean clothes for you, how did you get them into such a state in just one afternoon?" Two different voices came at the same time.

  The little girl faced her mother and second sister, helplessly saying: "Oh dear, I thought everyone was used to it after so many times. Mom, second sister, calm down."

  Due to the presence of guests, Zhao didn't continue either, but used her clear and bright eyes to express herself, hinting that there would be a good show later. Seeing this, his sister had no choice but to lower her head and pretend not to see anything.

  "Are you Wang Zihan's sister?" Friendly walked up to Xiaoyao and greeted her.

  "Yes, I'm Wang Wanying. My older cousin brought me here." The little girl had two small buns on her head, each with a delicate fabric flower inserted into it. Both the style and color of the flowers made it clear that they were not cheap.

  Moreover, they are all wearing proper silk clothes, with a face as bright and white as jade, and on top of that, they have an introverted and timid demeanor, it's obvious at a glance that she is a young lady from a good family.

  "Are you Shang Gege's cousin? That is, Wang Zihan's own sister?" Someone asked curiously, while asking, they walked around the person in two circles, imitating a hooligan's movements, stroking their chin, making a hissing sound, and saying "Hehe, cousins are an eternally wonderful topic!"

  Unfortunately, before she could finish her teasing, a loud crash hit the top of her head. "What kind of behavior is that for a young lady? You're just making a fool of yourself."

  After scolding Xi Mei, Zhao Shi turned her head and said kindly to Wang Wan Ying: "Don't be restrained at Auntie's house, if you want to eat or play something, ask Xi Mei to take you."

  After the girl nodded slightly, she again loudly and coarsely instructed her sister-in-law: "You take good care of our guest, don't be too arrogant, wait until everyone leaves and I'll deal with you properly." After saying that, she smiled at Wang Xiaojie and left.

  The sister who was left standing with a broken glass heart in the original place, oh mother, you changed your face too quickly. You are so gentle and soft-spoken to others, but rough and harsh to your own daughter. Alas, she must not be her real mother's child.

  Just when I was sighing, I suddenly found a gaze staring at me. When I looked over, the little girl lowered her head again with a blush.

  Look, this is what a young lady should look like. Xi Mei adjusted her own shattered heart after being hit by her mother and then came forward to greet them.

  "My name is Xi Mei, welcome to my home. From now on, we're good friends, you can come and play with me anytime." Her tone was quite big-sister-like, but she didn't notice that after she said that, the little girl's head hung even lower.

  That little overlord blocked Xi Mei's path, asking in a displeased tone: "I wrote you a letter that day and told you to meet me in town, why didn't you go? You made me wait for you all day for nothing." The tone was as if he was questioning 'why didn't you show up to our date'.

  Xi Mei didn't even lift her head, perfunctorily saying "I don't have as much time as your big brother, can't you see I'm busy?" After finishing speaking, she didn't even bother to acknowledge him and went back to her own room, leaving Xiao Bao Wang jumping up and down in the same spot.

  Haha, this person is really something. Clearly can't get along with her second sister but still insists on being stubborn and unyielding. Tsk tsk, so pitiful.

  The little girl next to me asked with a smile: "Is your brother doing well?"

  "Ah, okay, Brother always treats me well." Wang Wan Ying replied with a slight relaxation, yeah, brother being good to sister is the way it should be.

  She was extremely happy by herself, looking at the guests who were still a bit uneasy, her younger sister took the initiative to invite them to see that lovely chick, and sometimes the friendship between girls develops so quickly.