The system asked me to chase his wife

Xia Mang spoke to Xiang Xiu'an for the Nth time: "My Lord, why don't you go sit there and wait?"

Xiang Xiu'an glanced at her sideways and didn't bother to pay attention to her. He thought that this little girl was too annoying.

Xia Mang was not discouraged even though he got a cold shoulder.

After all, she came with a mission.

Just now, Qiao Yuandong had just entered the main courtyard of the lady's house when the young master Xiang Xiu'an followed in.

He walked in a hurry, and his royal blue brocade robe fluttered like a butterfly. When he passed by the corridor, the jade pendant on his waist almost broke against the pillar.

Lian Bi was standing at the door and saw him coming. He greeted him and opened the door for him.

As a result, Xiang Xiu'an stopped at the door with an uncertain expression on his face.

Lian Bi asked him curiously, "Second Master, you're not going in?"

Xiang Xiu'an restrained his expression and took a step back, waving his hand and said, "I'm not going in, and don't tell anyone that I'm here."

Lian Bi nodded in agreement and did not inform the inner room. However, seeing that Xiang Xiu'an was standing at the door in a daze, which was not appropriate, she invited him to wait in the next room.

Xiang Xiu'an entered the side room, but did not sit inside. He just leaned against the door, his head staring towards the main house.

Originally, this had nothing to do with Xia Mang, but just as she was about to go back to her own courtyard to eat, a "ding dong" sound rang in her head.

'System task released: Please go to the wing room and talk to Xiang Xiu'an.'

Xia Mang: '! ! ! '

She was stunned for just a moment before she started ranting in her mind.

"Thunder won't strike people who are doing nothing. Don't go too far!"

"I have nothing to do with that prince, what can I talk to him about? Talk about his brother or his mother who is gone? ! "

The system was silent for a moment, and then gave a prompt: "Learn about his recent situation."

Xia Mang managed to detect a certain meaning from the serious mechanical sound.

She rolled her eyes and asked, "Isn't this a private job? It sounds like you know the prince?"

After a busy beep, the system mechanically said: "Warning the host not to speculate. The task has been issued. Please complete it as soon as possible!"

Xia Mang: '.'

Xiang Xiu'an had just finished school when the servant Shuanglu came hurriedly to tell him that someone from his sister-in-law's family had come.

Xiang Xiu'an immediately lost his composure and went straight to Qiao Yuandong's yard without even asking for leave from his teacher.

After hearing from the maid that she had gone to the lady's courtyard, she hurried to the main courtyard.

But when he arrived at the main courtyard, he didn't dare to go in.

My sister-in-law was my brother's legal wife. After losing his mother and brother, Xiang Xiu'an was only eleven years old.

With only an elderly grandmother to take care of him, life in the Duke's Mansion was really difficult at that time.

My grandmother was so heartbroken that she fell seriously ill and ignored household affairs. People in Beijing with ulterior motives were ready to make a move, and some unscrupulous relatives who were already five generations apart wanted to take over the family.

The whole house depends on my sister-in-law alone to run it. If it weren't for her, this family would have probably broken up long ago.

But my sister-in-law was only a sixteen-year-old bride at that time. She was at the age of blooming flowers in her prime, but all these things made her become indifferent.

If the Qiao family really wants to take my sister-in-law back, it will be a good thing for her.

But secretly, he didn't want his sister-in-law to leave. In the three years since his mother passed away, his sister-in-law was his mother and a family member whom he couldn't bear to leave.
Xiang Xiu'an leaned against the door frame and stared at the main house, his mind full of thoughts, one idea after another.

Just as he was lost in thought, a girl came over, holding a blue and white bowl and trying hard to eat rice.

At first, Xiang Xiu'an just glanced at her and let it go. After all, there were many servants in the mansion and they would meet each other often.

However, the girl stopped moving when she reached the door of the wing room. She slurped the rice and stared at him with her round eyes.

The blue and white porcelain bowl, which is bigger than her small face, is even more eye-catching.

When Xiang Xiu'an heard that someone from the Qiao family was coming, he rushed over without even having lunch.

He was also afraid of hearing his grandmother and sister-in-law say something he didn't want to hear, so he didn't even go into the main house. He just waited for news with an empty stomach.

At noon, the kitchen received instructions from the lady's dowager to prepare a banquet, so they prepared more meat dishes, so that the servants in the lady's dowager's courtyard had more meat in their bowls.

There was a greasy and fragrant chicken leg in the girl's bowl. For Xiang Xiu'an, who was used to eating delicacies from land and sea, this was not something strange.

But he hadn't eaten yet, and the smell of meat wafted over, making him hungry.

After all, he is just a fourteen-year-old boy, and no matter how calm he is, it is just superficial.

The girl kept eating rice, which made him impatient and asked, "Why don't you eat the chicken leg but only the rice?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Xiang Xiu'an wanted to bite off her tongue. He clearly intended to let her stay away from him.
Xia Mang was holding the bowl and eating while thinking about what to say, but she didn't expect the prince to speak first. She raised her head from the bowl and didn't even notice a grain of rice on her face.

"Of course, the delicious food should be saved for last, otherwise there will be nothing to look forward to in this bowl of rice."

Xiang Xiu'an, who never lacked food, didn't understand Xia Mang's logic: "There are so many delicious foods, why would you eat something you hate?"

Xia Mang scooped up a large lump of rice with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. He looked at the prince who asked "Why don't you eat meat porridge" with contempt and said, "A full man really doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man."

As soon as she finished speaking, the stomach of the "full man" she was referring to made a growling sound.

Xiang Xiuan: “.”

Xia Mang was delighted when he heard this. It turned out that the prince hadn't eaten yet?

Xiang Xiu'an was already embarrassed, and when Xia Mang smiled at him, his face suddenly turned red, and he turned away and didn't look at Xia Mang. "Go away quickly, don't bother me here!"

Xiang Xiu'an tried to drive the man away in a muffled voice, but a chicken leg with rice grains stuck on it was thrust in front of his face.

The girl's crisp voice came from behind: "Here, this is for you to eat."

Xia Mang thought to himself that he was already an adult in his twenties before he traveled through time, and even in this body now he was sixteen years old, so he was definitely older than Xiang Xiu'an.

Since you are an older sister, you should take care of others.

So she generously gave the chicken leg in the bowl to Xiang Xiu'an. Anyway, she usually ate delicious food when she went to the kitchen.

"I do not want!"

As a result, Xiang Xiu'an didn't appreciate her kindness at all. He stretched out his hand to block the chicken leg that she stretched out in front of him. However, Xia Mang's hand slipped and the chicken leg fell to the ground.

Xiang Xiu'an felt more and more embarrassed. Looking at the chicken leg on the ground, he felt very sorry for the girl.

He was about to apologize when he saw the girl quickly pick up the chicken leg, tear off the outer layer of skin and put it back into the bowl.

Xiang Xiu'an looked at this scene in shock, but after meeting Xia Mang's calm gaze, he fled spinelessly.

Seeing Xiang Xiu'an walk away, Xia Mang shrugged and went to eat.

After finishing her meal, the system urged her to complete the task again. Xia Mang had no choice but to bite the bullet and talk to Xiang Xiu'an again.

As a result, Xiang Xiu'an ignored her completely. Xia Mang didn't feel embarrassed and continued to talk to him, which led to the scene at the beginning.

"My Lord, why don't you go sit there and wait?"

Xia Mang had no idea that Xiang Xiu'an was squatting in the corner of the room to avoid him, so she sincerely invited Xiang Xiu'an to sit down at the table.

Xiang Xiu'an was embarrassed for having lost face in front of the maid, and also felt guilty for having knocked away her chicken leg.

The person he least wanted to see at this moment was Xia Mang, but Xia Mang didn't know it.

Unfortunately, his servants and page boys were not allowed to enter the main courtyard at will, and there was no one to come to the rescue at this time.

Seeing that Xiang Xiu'an ignored her, Xia Mang thought for a moment, turned around and walked out.

Xiang Xiu'an was squatting in the corner packing mushrooms. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that annoying girl leave.

Just when I was about to let out a sigh of relief, the girl came back.

She walked in with a plate of delicious snacks and said happily, "My Lord, please eat something. Don't starve yourself!"

Xiang Xiu'an's strong psychological defense finally failed when he saw the plate of snacks. He raised his head and asked, "Where did it come from?"

This snack is so delicious!
A layer of honey is brushed on the tender yellow pastry, and a few sesame seeds are dotted on the top. You can smell the tempting sweet fragrance from a distance.

Xia Mang smiled and said, "I went to the kitchen to get it!"

No wonder!
This was what she exchanged for from the mall with 60 points, and it was worth two pairs of "old smelly socks"!
"Eat it quickly, it's freshly baked and smells delicious!"

Xia Mang said as he handed the plate to Xiang Xiu'an.

Xiang Xiu'an was already so hungry that he was feeling acid reflux. He no longer cared about being reserved and took a bite of a snack.

When he bit into the puff pastry, he saw the runny egg yolk inside. Xiang Xiu'an's eyes lit up. He ate one in three or two bites and took another one.

He choked because he ate too quickly, so Xia Mang quickly brought him a bowl of water to drink.

After eating three snacks, Xiang Xiu'an became more polite when eating. He glanced at Xia Mang and said shyly, "You, you eat too."

Xia Mang honestly took a snack and ate it without any hesitation.

Xiang Xiu'an felt less embarrassed because of her honesty, and since he had accepted her kindness, he blushed and apologized to Xia Mang: "Gang, I'm sorry for what happened just now."

Xia Mang said casually: "It's just a small matter."

In fact, she didn't even remember what Xiang Xiu'an was apologizing for.

Xiang Xiu'an started talking and then continued: "Well, the chicken leg has fallen on the ground. Why did you pick it up and eat it? It's so dirty."

When he was young, his grandmother and sister-in-law taught him that dirty food should not be eaten, as it would make him sick.

Xia Mang's face was full of surprise: "My mother said that if something falls on the ground for no more than three seconds, it can be eaten. We can't waste food."

"Three seconds?"

"Tsk, three breaths."

"Oh, what's your name?"

"Xia Mangxia."

"Oh, my last name is Xiang Xiu'an."

"How fresh! Who in this mansion doesn't know you?"

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Xiang Xiu'an entered the mushroom state again.

Xia Mang belatedly realized that he still had a task to complete.

The system asked her to find out about the child's recent situation. She thought about it for a while and then scratched her head and asked, "Is he doing well recently?"

(End of this chapter)