CHAPTER XXXI

An Ge finally saw a change in Shi Manman's calm expression, although it was only a fleeting moment, but he still caught it. He guessed right!

"I can't do it." Shi Manman's answer was also expected by An Ge.

"Since you came out of Cangjie, how can you not go back." Even though he expected Shi Manman's answer, An Ge still stepped forward excitedly and grabbed Shi Manman's arms.

His hands were bruised, and each knuckle was pale as dry bones.

"Let go!" Shi Manman was caught in pain, but secretly relieved. She once made a rough mention of "Cangjie" in the book, which was a gathering place for immortal cultivators. He's afraid he's mistaken about his identity, but that's fine.

"If you don't say it, I will do everything I can to destroy the Xiao family." Once the word "Cangjie" was mentioned, An Ge couldn't suppress the violence in his heart, and he almost gritted his teeth and said this paragraph.

"I don't know what Cangjie you're talking about." An Ge's threat darkened her dark eyes even deeper, and if An Ge really did that, she wouldn't mind making a killing ring in the world.

Shi Manman shook An Ge's hands open, and his cold gaze was like a sharp ice blade condensed in the depths of winter hovering around An Ge.

"It's a gaffe." How long had it been since he seemed to forget what it was like to be afraid. The time when my mother died, the time when my master was angry...... And the woman in front of her. An Ge exhaled a deep breath of turbidity and flattened the two slightly wrinkled sleeves.

"It's abrupt to ask the girl to take me there so rashly." An Ge smiled self-deprecatingly, and every time he mentioned that place, he felt an irrepressible urge in his heart. Shi Manman was the only hope he could find, if he offended the other party, how could he find a cultivator who could take him to Cangjie?

Having understood An Ge's purpose, Shi Manman still couldn't let down his guard against him, and took a step back with all his vigilance to keep his distance from him. If he pounced like he did just now, Shi Manvine would definitely do it.

"Girl, you're here. The table has already begun. Yalian was finally busy with everything and wanted to find Shi Manman, but found that she was no longer in the courtyard, although she complained that Shi Manman made her unable to find the shadow, but still went out to look for it.

When the two were at a stalemate, Yalian appeared at the right time to break the deadlock. An Ge's eyes flashed with a hint of being disturbed.

"Let's go." Shi Manman Shi Ran passed by An Ge's side, and secretly gestured to the little hooked snake, if An Ge blocked it, he could attack the other party without worry.

An Ge didn't stop Shi Manman, since she chose to stay in the Xiao family, didn't she come to the future? And he didn't come to the Xiao family for Shi Manman, but it was also related to Shi Manman.

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Different from the noise at the banquet of the male guests, the table of the female guests was much quieter, only talking softly, talking and laughing.

When Shi Manman arrived, he only heard the second aunt laughing the loudest, beckoning everyone to eat and drink like the head of the house.

"Yo, the prospective niece and daughter-in-law are here." The second aunt kept an eye on the entrance, and when she saw the arrival of the stone vine, she shouted loudly, and her tone was teasing.

Her voice drowned out the conversation on the table, and they all stopped looking at the stone vine.

"Stone girl, here." Xiao Jin smiled and beckoned to Shi Manman, there was an empty seat next to her, which should be prepared for Shi Manman.

After the second aunt only called like this, she didn't pay attention to Shi Manman. seemed to forget that he had lost face because of Shi Manman that day, and even smiled at Shi Manman when he watched her pass by, but that smile was not kind.

"I heard Xiao Lei's voice just now." Shi Manman looked at the curtain that was deliberately separated from the table, and there was a sound of cups colliding and shouting from the other end of the curtain.

"I'm afraid Lei'er was dragged by Xiao He's cousin to eat." Xiao Jin talked to Shi Manman, and when he came just now, he saw Xiao Lei's face flushed after being poured a few glasses of wine, and the smile in his eyes was even stronger.

Shi Manman nodded, and put a piece of meat in his sleeve when no one was looking.

"Miss Shi, let me introduce you, this is Xiao He's cousin's sister, Xiao Shuanglin. Sitting next to her was her cousin, Qian Xue, the niece of her second aunt. Xiao Jin introduced Shi Manman one by one.

Xiao Shuanglin saw Xiao Jin introduce himself, and picked up the cup with a smile and said to Shi Manman: "Hello sister, you can call me Sister Lin." In the future, they will all be their own family, so they will come to me more to play. ”

Shi Manman carefully looked at the little girl in front of her who was combing her hair in a drooping bun, and she should not have reached Hui yet.

As for the other woman next to her, she sat straight upright. Xiao Jin also sat upright, but compared with the woman called Qian Xue, it seemed that the other party was deliberately restrained, and even the movements when eating vegetables were mechanically like copied from the etiquette book that Shi Manman read, which was a little less casual and natural.

Seeing Shi Manman looking at her, she also looked at Shi Manman, from the hairpin on her head to the brocade shoes on her feet.

Xiao Jin introduced the other women at the table one by one, except for Xiao Shuanglin and Qian Xue, they were just neighbors who had no relatives.

"That Qian girl, the second aunt has always wanted to marry her to Lei'er." Xiao Jin whispered in Shi Manman's ear, and showed a mischievous smile to Shi Manman after speaking.

"Cher, come here." The second aunt sitting at the side table beckoned to Qian Xue.

Qian Xue got up and went over, and the second aunt said, "You go outside the door to see if your mother has arrived, this table is half eaten, why hasn't she arrived yet?" ”

"Mother should be almost there, I'll go outside and wait." Qian Xue promised to leave.

"Huanyan, you go and exchange Yunxi for it. It's time for her to be fed, too. "The maid is not qualified to sit at the same table with the master, Xiao Jin brought Huan Yan to stay in Yunxi, and now he will exchange with Huan Yan after having lunch in the courtyard.

"Yes." Huan Yan looked at the dazzling array of delicacies, and the gluttonous worms in his stomach were already ready to move.

"Do you have to wait until the table is over to leave?" Shi Manman put down the cutlery in his hand and asked.

"Miss Shi is full?" Xiao Jin asked.

"Well, I can't eat it." She was talking about the little hooked snake. Its body was almost filled with food, and it was almost unable to hang on its hands.

"I also think it's boring and panicked here, Miss Shi will accompany me for a while." Xiao Jin said and put down the spoon in his hand.

"You can go back to the courtyard and get something to eat." Shi Manman said to Yalian. If it weren't for Xiao Jin's reminder, she really forgot Yalian, who had been waiting by her side, and she hadn't eaten a drop of water more than halfway through the banquet.

"Yes." She was indeed hungry too.

The second aunt saw Xiao Jin and Shi Manman get up, and also left her table and walked in front of the two of them and said, "This table is not over yet, why don't you drink two more glasses?" ”

"Jin'er is weak, so she won't sit much." Xiao Jin said.

"Isn't Miss Shi also weak?" The second aunt's ridicule made the smile on Xiao Jin's face disappear.

"Auntie, is this sarcastic about Jin'er's body?" Xiao Jin said quietly.

"What's the matter, don't worry about Jin'er, my aunt is just fast-talking." The second aunt sneered.

"I asked Miss Shi to accompany me to go outside for a walk and eliminate food, do I have to go through my aunt's same before leaving?" Although Xiao Jin was smiling, the meaning of his words was no longer polite. This is her home, and she even needs an outsider to tell her where to go?