Chapter 43: Chapter 43

“Alright, Zhi’er, call out the person inside, it’s time for dinner.”

Xu Qiu came out and saw Xu Zhi talking to Zhang Xi, couldn’t help but urge.

“Oh, dinner, okay, I’ll go call him right away.”

Originally, Xu Zhi had come back around mealtime, knowing that Zhang Xi and Zhang Qing must not have eaten, so Xu Qiu had hurried to prepare the meal.

Xu Zhi hurried back to the room, Zhang Qing was still lying on the bed, sleeping in a restless manner, his hands moving unconsciously, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.

“Um, Qing, it’s time for dinner, wake up.” She leaned closer and said softly.

The person on the bed woke up as soon as he was called, his eyes still blurry. Before he could see clearly who was in front of him, he was lifted up in the air, and he hurriedly reached out to hold onto the person’s neck.

“I, I… where, where are you taking me?”

After some hesitation, Zhang Qing finally remembered that he still didn’t know how to address Xu Zhi.

So he had to ask like this first.

“Oh, my brother’s meal is ready, I’ll take you to eat. Do you want to change your clothes?”

It’s not that she minded, it’s just that these clothes were a bit dirty along the way, and mainly they didn’t cover much.

Zhang Qing lowered his head and couldn’t see his expression clearly, but he vaguely felt that he looked very obedient and obedient, “Qing has no clothes.”

“Oh, I see. I’ll lend you mine first, and I’ll take you out to buy some later.”

Xu Zhi put Zhang Qing on a stool, turned to the wardrobe, and picked out a white long shirt with decent fabric.

Handing it to the person on the stool, Zhang Qing didn’t dare to reach out to take it. The clothes were snow-white, almost new, with a nine-tenths-new appearance. The fabric was not top-notch, but it could be considered medium.

In the past, he wouldn’t even look at such clothes, but now…

“Qing hasn’t cleaned himself yet, he’s afraid of dirtying the clothes.”

“It’s okay, the clothes can be washed if they get dirty. You wear them first, it’s not good to eat when the food gets cold.”

Just as she was speaking, there was a knock on the door, and Xu Qiu’s voice came from outside, “What are you doing in there? Xu Zhi, stop bullying people and let them out to eat.”

In his eyes, if people hadn’t come out to eat by now, it must be his troublesome sister keeping them inside.

“Ah, coming, coming right away.”

“Hey, hurry up and change, my brother is urging.”

Zhang Qing grabbed the clothes with both hands, looked somewhat embarrassedly at Xu Zhi, but after a while, he remembered that he was bought here, and the other party bought him for that purpose. Whether he showed her early or late, it was all the same.

He stood by the table, untied his clothes, and the somewhat tattered clothes on his body fell off along his slender body.

“Gudong” Xu Zhi couldn’t help swallowing saliva. She hadn’t expected it just now, but now she didn’t want to leave.

The person in front of her body still had scattered scars, dividing the snow-white body into sections, making people feel heartache when they saw it.

“Are these… from being beaten with a cane?”

Xu Zhi remembered the cane that Zhang Qing had mentioned.

Zhang Qing lowered his head to see his scarred body, pursed his lips, and his face turned a little pale.

“Yes, it’s from the cane.”

“Who beat you? Why did they beat you?”

Xu Zhi was a little unhappy. Why did they beat him? And they beat him so severely, didn’t they see that he was a fragile man?

“It was, it was my father who beat me, Qing’er did something wrong and deserved to be beaten.”

This was when he had dared to offend the prince and was required to be punished by the prince.

It was understandable for the prince, who was noble, to punish him. He had never felt wronged by these injuries, but now, when he saw the woman in front of him looking at him with tender eyes, for some reason, he felt a sense of grievance.

When the two of them were really ready to go out for dinner, it took a while. The reason was nothing else. Xu Zhi was comforting her new husband in the room, cursing the person who had hurt him with a mouthful of abuse.

She didn’t have the ability to really fight, but she could still curse a few words.@@novelbin@@

Xu Qiu was a little impatient waiting at the table. Finally seeing Xu Zhi, he frowned disapprovingly at her, “If you don’t eat, others still need to eat! Did you bring a husband back just to let people go hungry? What can’t wait until it gets dark?”

As she grew older, Xu Qiu occasionally became more bold. The new woman and man present blushed shyly.

Especially Zhang Qing, his face was so red that it was almost bleeding, and his hands were nervously clasped together. He knew that the man in front of him was his mistress’s brother who had bought him and was also the master of this house.

He had no place to stay, so he was afraid that the master would drive him out, and he worried that he would be displeased, feeling himself… coquettish.

“Oh, brother, why are you thick-skinned to everyone, stop it, they’re embarrassed.”

Xu Zhi had a delicate mind since she was a child, and she could see Zhang Qing’s discomfort at a glance, so she hurriedly said to Xu Qiu.

Xu Qiu frowned and picked up a dish for Zhang Qing, “I’ve always depended on Zhi’er, so I may speak a little coarsely. Brother-in-law, don’t mind.”

Xu Zhi’s face turned black. Wasn’t he implying that she always spoke like this?

How could there be such a brother! Deliberately smearing his sister in front of the person she favored!

Zhang Qing looked a little nervous, waved his hand to explain, “I, I’m fine.”

Xu Qiu smiled, this brother-in-law of his, strangely clever.

During the meal, Zhang Xi didn’t talk much and ate in silence. Xu Zhi was very talkative, sometimes she wanted to take Zhang Qing out to buy clothes, sometimes she wanted to go eat pastries, she couldn’t stop talking. Xu Qiu knew that this was the normal state after the single dog’s seal was lifted, so he didn’t stop her, just let her talk.

Thinking of the single dog… this term was also taught by Xu Qi, and now she should be back.