Xia Qiu was locked in the room for three days, but he still chose to stay and repair the well water with Lu Ting without violating the river water.

He still goes out early and returns late, and occasionally eats at the same table with her, but the two are mostly silent and can't say a few words.

In addition to having nowhere to go, Xia Qiu breathed in her heart, she believed that what Wu Yu could do, she could do herself.

She took back a shop and planned to do a grain business, although she had never done it, but with Wu Yu's memory, she also found some doorways, and then dug up a shopkeeper from other grain merchants.

The shopkeeper can speak well, and at a glance he knows that he is a shrewd and sleek person, who has been in the grain business for more than 20 years, and the purchase channel is of high quality and low price.

Xia Qiu looked at the source of goods, and there was no problem with the quality, so he gave the shopkeeper a sum of money to purchase.

The guys have been recruited, just wait for the auspicious day to arrive, and the goods can be pulled over to open the door to welcome customers.

But she never expected that on the day the door opened, the guys would arrive early, but the goods that were promised never arrived, and even the shopkeeper was gone.

"The owner, the shopkeeper won't run away with the money, right?"

Xia Qiu sighed, how is this possible? I have deliberately inquired about the character of the shopkeeper before, and there will be absolutely no problem.

Until noon, even the auspicious time has passed, and no one has seen the goods.

Xia Qiu panicked and hurriedly ran to find the upstream source boss, who knew that the Shangjia had not received the money at all, and had already sold the goods to others.

After talking, she realized that the price of the purchase negotiation was not as low as the shopkeeper said.

"Miss Xia, have you been deceived, I can't get the purchase price you said, how can I sell it to you at a loss?"

Xia Qiu felt that the sky had fallen.

The first time I did business, I bet all the money in my hand, but I was deceived and lost everything.

Afraid of being embarrassed by the spread of the news, she didn't even dare to report to the official, for fear that Lu Tingxiu would see her jokes.

But paper can't contain the fire, and the news quickly reached Lu Tingxiu's ears. He didn't expect that she would easily trust others and lose all her net worth with a single gamble.

He immediately launched an investigation and sent the arrester to inquire about the shopkeeper who had run away. This person's reputation in the industry is very bad, he has been expelled from several grain shops, and he also has a case record in the yamen, all relying on a mouth pit to be abducted.

The shopkeeper's deception is not clever, but Xia Qiu is inexperienced and eager to succeed, so he will be deceived.

With Lu Tingxiu's move, the case quickly came to a conclusion. The shopkeeper was caught, but more than half of the defrauded money had been squandered.

At first, he wanted to quibble, but Lu Tingxiu's methods of judging the case were so clever that he couldn't resist it at all.

Involving the reputation of the prefect, Lu Tingxiu didn't want to make a big deal about it, Xia Qiu didn't even enter the yamen, and the case was closed directly.

Afraid of damaging Xia Qiu's face, Lu Tingxiu didn't want to return the recovered stolen money to her, but he calculated her money, and there should be no money left in his hand.

Liangzhou left in a hurry, Xia Qiu still has most of the family property in Lin County that has not been sold, and now she has no plans to return to Lin County, but she is already stretched.

Lu Tingxiu weighed it, scraped together the money out of his own pocket, and returned the money to Xia Qiu, "Miss Xia, people are born different, and what they are good at are different, you don't need to compare with her." You have a few shops outside to collect rent, and your life is more than enough, so you can do what you want to do in the future. ”

The money was lost and recovered, but Xia Qiu was not happy at all, she stared at Lu Tingxiu, "Lord Lu, do you also look down on me?" ”

"I just want you to be yourself and please yourself." What she wanted, Lu Tingxiu couldn't give it, "Xia Qiu, let's be under the same roof, I will treat you as a relative, just tell me if you have difficulties in the future." ”

Xia Qiu watched him leave, tears streaming down his face.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and it's more than March.

Lu Tingxiu received an invitation, which was sent by the Li family in Bibo Lake, and the marriage between Li Jingxuan and Jin Xuan'er will be held in the middle of next month.

Liangzhou was busy with official business, coupled with the unstable situation, Lu Tingxiu couldn't spare time to participate, and wanted to go over with the big gift, but he put away the invitation again.

After eating at the same table in the evening, Lu Tingxiu handed over the invitation, "Gongzi Li and Miss Jin are married, do you want to go out for a walk?" Jin Xuan'er named in the letter, hoping that Xia and Qiu could participate.

Last time in Phoenix Mountain, Li Jingxuan invited the two of them, saying that the autumn of Bibo Lake is particularly beautiful, and the mountains surrounding the lake are full of red maple leaves, which are in full swing and breathtaking.

This wedding happened to be held at the most beautiful time.

You remember that Xia Fatpang packed tickets again and again, and he also promised to take her to see it if he had the opportunity.

Now, it's like a human being.

Since being deceived in opening a grain store, Xia Qiu has become more and more depressed, locking himself in his room all day long, and rarely talking to his subordinates, and over time he has become cowardly and withdrawn.

Lu Tingxiu knew that she was unhappy and knew what she wanted, but he couldn't give it. Instead of that, let her go out and see more and make more friends.

When the horizon is wide, the heart is naturally broad.

Xia Qiu didn't think so, and his eyes immediately turned red, "Lord Lu, do you want to drive me away?" ”

"I didn't mean that, I just wanted you to be happy."

Maybe even she didn't know how long it had been since she had laughed. Even if she is not Xia Chubby, Xia Chupang has existed in this body after all, and her smile used to be so bright.

Seeing her depressed, he would subconsciously wonder if Xia Chupang was also in a corner of his unknown world, gloomy and sad.

"I don't know them and I don't want to go." The longer she stayed in the house, the more afraid she became of leaving.

Lu Tingxiu didn't force him, and asked the housekeeper to go to Bibo Lake with a congratulatory gift.

The autumn dew is getting thicker, and the weather is getting colder.

Lu Tingxiu still went out early and returned late, and accidentally contracted the wind cold.

The wind and cold came very violently, no matter how much he took medicine, he didn't get better, and the high fever was intermittent, so he had to take leave to rest in the house.

Xia and Qiu often come to visit Lu Tingxiu and cook some good dishes. When Lu Tingxiu was in a daze, she didn't stop guarding for a moment.

There is no shortage of people in the house, and the housekeeper is also very thoughtful, but she is very stubborn to come. Lu Tingxiu was lacking in spirit, and after saying it a few times, he followed her.

Strange to say, the condition is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it seems to be getting better, but it suddenly worsens.

Lu Tingxiu was a careful person, and he quickly noticed that something was wrong, and he told the housekeeper a few words.

In the evening, Xia Qiu came to deliver the medicine, Lu Tingxiu talked nonsense, he had a long dream, dreaming of being with Xia Chubby, the distress and depression in the past, but now it is the most precious memory.

Listening to the whispers in his mouth, Xia Qiu couldn't help but lean over and hug him, "Lord Lu, I'm Xia Chubby, I'm Xia Chubby." Why didn't he look at her more?

The high fever faded, and when he woke up, he found Xia Qiu lying asleep on his chest, and Lu Tingxiu struggled to move his body.

Xia Qiu woke up, sat up awkwardly, and disguised: "Lord Lu, I brought you medicine." ”

The medicine was already cold, and she wanted to warm it up again, but it was raining heavily outside, and she couldn't stop listening to the battle for a while.

Lu Tingxiu didn't take the medicine, but looked at her intently, "Why do you add something to the medicine?" ”

Xia Qiu was stunned, "My lord, what did you say?" ”

"You should know very well what you have done."