Traveling to ancient times to sweep the catering industry

Chapter 158 Protective Shell

"Just follow me!"

Xie Shiyu raised his hand and snatched Jiaoyue's bag, holding it himself, then led her out.

When Jiaoyue saw the bag on his back, her heart warmed up and she followed him out.

Unexpectedly, Xie Shiyu also hired a carriage and stopped it outside the inn. Xie Shiyu got on the carriage first, then stretched out his hand to Jiaoyue, motioning him to get on.

Jiaoyue saw the hand he extended to her, but did not take it. Instead, she lifted her skirt and climbed into the carriage.

Xie Shiyu withdrew his hand with a somewhat lonely look and sat in the carriage.

Awei sat next to the coachman very consciously. When the coachman saw that everyone was seated, he drove away. Not long after, the carriage stopped outside a small house in the west of the city.

It's quiet here, but not remote either.

"Come in, see if you like it here."

Xie Shiyu was the first to jump off the carriage, and then he opened the door and looked at Jiaoyue from the door, eager for Jiaoyue to come in.

Jiaoyue felt that it didn't matter where she lived, so she didn't have any major emotional fluctuations. She just followed him in and saw pots of gardenias in the yard of the small house, which were particularly fragrant.

In addition to the flowers, there were two women and two men standing in the yard. Judging from their clothes, they seemed to be maids and servants.

"I don't know what kind of flowers you like, so I asked someone to buy some to dispel the bad smell in this house. The house has been cleaned."

Jiaoyue didn't agree, but just listened to him.

Xie Shiyu continued to introduce: "These are the maids and servants I bought for you. If you need anything, just tell them to do it. If you encounter any problems that are difficult to solve, you can also ask them to come to the Duke's Mansion to find me, and I will come to help."

Jiaoyue felt a little annoyed and flustered listening to the chattering in her ears. In order to hide these feelings, she walked towards the yard and sat down in the flower hall.

Seeing that she seemed to be more annoyed than usual, Xie Shiyu wondered if it was because he talked too much, but then he remembered that she was wronged in the morning and naturally felt bad, so he said, "You must be tired too, have a good rest, I'll go back first and come to see you another day."

It was only at this moment that Jiaoyue looked at him and replied after a long while: "Yeah!"

Seeing her like this, Xie Shiyu felt uncomfortable, as if his hot blood had been poured on ice and frozen. However, he couldn't be angry with her, and he could understand her unhappiness. He also wanted to make her happier, but he didn't know how to do it. He had no choice but to leave first to avoid making her even more unhappy.

"Cai Xing and Cai Yue, take good care of the girl, understand?" Xie Shiyu instructed the two maids, and then said to the two servants: "You too, guard the door well, and report to me immediately if anything happens!"

"Yes! Don't worry, sir!" the four people said hurriedly.

After Xie Shiyu gave his instructions, he looked at the bright moon again before turning around and leaving.

As Jiaoyue looked at his departing back, she felt a little complicated.

Cai Xing said: "Miss, if you don't want the young master to leave, why don't you keep him for a while?"

Caiyue also echoed: "Yes, yes! I see that the young master likes the young lady very much, and the young lady also..."

"Shut up!"

Jiaoyue frowned and scolded the two talkative maids.

What's the point of liking her or not? It's not even a question of liking her. She's just a toy.

Besides, liking someone is not like this. Liking someone should be a pure emotion, and not exist in such a filthy relationship and situation.

People like her are no longer worthy of talking about likes and dislikes. Just being alive is enough.

The two maids were scolded and were afraid of displeasing Jiaoyue, so they quickly shut up.

Jiaoyue felt a little tired, so she said, "Take me to the room. I want to rest for a while."

"Yes!"

Caixing brought Jiaoyue into the house. Everything in the house had already been arranged, and Jiaoyue could fall asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.

Caixing asked, "Girl, it's hot, do you want me to fan you?"

"No, you don't have to worry about me, just do your own thing."

"Yes!"

Cai Xing stepped back, feeling that this girl was being too cold.

Although they didn't know Mr. Xie's identity, judging from his attire and temperament, he was not an ordinary person. And he kept a girl outside, so she must be his confidante or mistress, right?

But looking at the girl's attitude towards the young master, it doesn't look like the attitude of a mistress at all. It's as if Young Master Xie is the one who owes the debt.

Cai Xing didn't think any more about it. Her main task was to do her job well, so as not to displease her boss and get kicked out and lose her job.

……

Jiaoyue fell asleep, but she felt an extremely uneasy sleep. In her dream, she seemed to be shrouded in an impenetrable blood net, and no matter how hard she tried to escape, she could not get out.

She could only suffer and endure the agony.

Caixing was waiting outside, thinking that maybe something happened to the girl, but when she heard the girl's uncomfortable voice inside, she was afraid that something had happened, so she tiptoed into the house.

All she could hear were uncomfortable noises and some murmurings coming from the bed. Cai Xing couldn't hear clearly and whispered, "Girl? Are you okay?"

Caixing's words were not answered, so she had to slowly walk to the bed. As she got closer, she could hear the girl's murmurs clearly.

"No, no! Let me go!"

Caixing saw Jiaoyue's distorted face and thought it was a nightmare, so she hurried to wake Jiaoyue up.

"Girl, wake up. It's okay. It's all a dream. Just wake up and everything will be fine."

Caixing gently patted Jiaoyue's arm, trying to wake her up slowly, but Jiaoyue seemed to have fallen into a deep dream. Caixing's gentle shouts did not wake her up at all. Instead, it made her even more uneasy, and she began to push Caixing with both hands.

Cai Xing was helpless. Seeing the girl like this, it was obviously not going to work.

Caiyue heard the voice at this moment and walked in and asked, "What's wrong?"

Caixing replied: "The girl is having a nightmare! No matter how much we call her, she won't wake up!"

Caiyue stepped forward and said, "I'll do it!"

Caiyue was very strong and she restrained Jiaoyue's arm in a few moves, then raised her hand and patted her on the back.

At this time, Jiaoyue suddenly woke up from her dream.

Jiaoyue was now sweating profusely. She stared blankly at the reluctant person and slowly woke up.

Caixing quickly explained, "Girl, you had a nightmare, and we had no choice but to disturb your sleep."

It took Jiaoyue a while to react. She frowned, slowly wiped the sweat off her face, and said, "All of you get out!"

Caiyue reminded: "Girl, do you want to get up and eat? It's time for dinner. You won't be able to sleep at night if you sleep any longer."

"No! I don't want to eat! You all go out, I want to be alone."

"But it's not good for your health if you don't eat!"

"Get out!" Jiaoyue said coldly.

Caiyue and Caixing saw that Jiaoyue's attitude was very firm, so they had no choice but to leave the room.

Jiaoyue lay down. She was clearly covered in sweat, but she just felt extremely cold physically and mentally. She tried to wrap herself tightly in the quilt, as if she had a hard protective shell that would protect her from being harmed by others.

But this is just a little illusion. She doesn't have any protective shell.

Jiaoyue's eyes became colder and colder, as if she had made a decision.