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While Su Zhi was in a trance, a giggle came from outside the courtyard.

She hurriedly went out to check. When she saw that her daughter was carrying a tall and mighty man, revealing two rows of front teeth, she smiled extremely happily.

The man who was entangled by the little girl didn't have the slightest dislike for her. He picked her up and put her in his arms to tease her.

That's right, the person standing outside was no one else but a fully dressed Xiao Qian.

Su Zhi jumped in shock and hurriedly went forward to greet him, "General, why are you here?"

Xiao Qian was getting more and more familiar with how to carry children. The small bean bag was resting on his shoulder without the slightest discomfort.

"I came to see you."

Look at the ground?

Xiao Qian pointed at the empty space not far from Su Zhi's door and said with a half-wry tone, "The Emperor bestowed upon me a mansion and told me to find a place to build it myself. I've taken a fancy to this place."

Huh? How could he have taken a fancy to such a lousy place?

It seemed that the idiotic official who Aunt Bai complained about yesterday was Xiao Qian himself?

"Xiaosu, can you see this?"

Liu Yuan's question came from inside the house. Su Zhi then hurriedly turned around and entered the house. Seeing that the broken parts had been repaired, the bricks and tiles fit together extremely well. There was no need to worry about leakage of water during a rainy day.

"Very well, thank you very much. Big Brother Liu is truly a great craftsman. You must have worked hard. Come down quickly. "

Aunt Bai pulled on Su Zhi's sleeve and asked, "Little Su, I didn't hear wrong just now, right? Why did Little Dou Zi call that Daddy outside?"

Su Zhi's expression froze and became somewhat embarrassed. "It's like this. Didn't I go find my husband earlier? He died in battle, unlucky. It was that general who took us in. Perhaps Little Dou Bao thought he looked like my late husband and mistook him. "

Aunt Bai suddenly nodded.

However, he felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Xiao Qian had ridden over to check on the situation of the land and the construction process. Actually, he didn't need to worry about that. The craftsmen who built the house were from the royal family, and had high craftsmanship and meticulousness.

But he just had to come, and he even came up with a grand excuse.

When he rode over from afar, he saw the man on the eaves of Su Zhi's room. He thought he was the craftsman she had hired to repair the house.

However, when Xiao Qian saw that man, he realized that he was wrong.

The man called Liu Yuan was tall and big. Although he had experienced some hardships, from a man's perspective, he could be called a real man. What made Xiao Qian uneasy was that when the man was facing Su Zhi, there was a ball of fire hidden in his eyes.

Liu Yuan carried the wooden ladder out and saw Xiao Qian. Although he wasn't from a wealthy family, he could tell that Xiao Qian was extraordinary.

Both sides were silent. Liu Yuan was the first to open the conversation, "Who is this?"

Su Zhi took the bean bag from Xiao Qian's arms and said calmly, "This is our neighbor, Great General Xiao."

"So it's General Xiao. I've heard a lot about him."

Liu Yuan carried the wooden ladder on his shoulder. It was inconvenient for him to clasp his hands together in a bow and give him a friendly smile.

Xiao Qian nodded and didn't say anything else.

Su Zhi only introduced Xiao Qian, but didn't explain where Liu Yuan came from. This inexplicably made Xiao Qian uncomfortable, seeing Su Zhi carrying the child and leaving with Liu Yuan.

He pulled her back and asked in a low voice, "Who is he?"

There was a hint of uncontrollable unhappiness in his tone. It seemed that Su Zhi had done something to let him down.

"General, are you asking about Brother Liu?" He's Uncle Liu's nephew. "

They only explained their kinship, but did not explain the reason why the man had come to Spring Leaf Lane.

Xiao Qian felt even more uncomfortable as he let her go.

Seeing that everyone had left, A Jin ran out from the other side of the door and grabbed his clothes. "Uncle Xiao, you're here."

Xiao Qian squatted down to rub his little head and gently smiled, "What happened to A Jin? She doesn't look too happy."

"Uncle Xiao, that uncle was invited by Grandma Bai. He's going to be A-Jin's stepfather."

When Xiao Qian heard this, his tiger body shook and a wave of nameless fire rushed up to his head.

When he saw the child's wronged expression as if he had been abandoned, the anger in his heart had yet to subside, but his heart softened a bit.

"I heard from the big brother Shen next door that mother wouldn't love my sister and me anymore if she found her stepfather. Uncle Xiao, what happened to A Jin? "

Xiao Qian himself also felt baffled. It really wasn't easy for a woman like Su Zhi to drag two children around. It was normal for her to look for her husband. However, for some reason, he was just angry for no reason at all. Even he himself did not understand.

"A Jin is not afraid, your mother has always loved you, she will not change her mind."

A Jin was on the verge of tears as she refused to believe Xiao Qian's words of comfort. "If that's the case, then if mother and uncle had a baby brother, would they still like A Jin this much?"

Xiao Qian couldn't guarantee this.

It wasn't so much that he didn't dare to guarantee it, but rather that he wasn't willing to see Su Zhizhen's second marriage.

Today, Japan came to see the two children. She didn't expect that it would be such a coincidence.

Xiao Qian comforted the depressed children as he felt the two children's gifts in his arms. He felt a bit disappointed.

Su Zhi couldn't see A Jin, and worried that something might happen to her child. She came back to look for him, but seeing that Xiao Qian hadn't left yet, she hugged A Jin who wanted to cry but had no tears to comfort him.

She thought it was strange. Little Dou Zi was clearly the child who relied on Xiao Qian the most. How come A Jin's mood had also changed today?

"A Jin, don't disturb the general's official business, come over quickly."

The last time Xiao Qian had helped to find the child, Su Zhi hadn't had the time to thank him. Coincidentally, it was inconvenient today, so she couldn't keep him any longer.

Unexpectedly, the child in the man's arms didn't listen to him. He whispered in his ear, "A Jin doesn't like that uncle of hers. She doesn't want him to be my father."

Xiao Qian was surprised for a moment. His expression was strange. He felt both amused and helpless.

"Jin, come here."

Su Zhi could not understand Xiao Qian's expression, and she did not know what the child had said to him. Afraid that it would make him unhappy, she went up and pulled A Jin away.

"Sorry for the trouble, General. I didn't expect that in the future, we will be neighbors. When General Qiao Qian comes, this humble woman will definitely bring her child to congratulate you."

Xiao Qian looked at her with a complicated expression as he shook his head. "It's not a big deal. We just have a new house. In the future, our two children will be much closer to each other."

Su Zhi really didn't understand the meaning behind Xiao Qian's actions. The houses bestowed by the royal family would definitely be extremely luxurious, yet he had already prepared them for her and wanted to create a new house for her? New and new, but he had to pick this place again.

Spring Leaf Alley was inferior to the Royal City in any aspect. After all, under the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Xiao Qian held a high position of authority. There was no need for him to fight over a place with a lowly official. Even if he liked quiet and quiet places, there were still plenty of good places around.

"General, you have not thanked me for helping this humble woman find the bean bag last time. "Let's wait for you to come to the courtyard, then we'll have to trouble you."

"You're welcome."

His expression was indifferent, and his slightly raised eyelashes covered the profoundness in his eyes.

Su Zhi nodded and brought A Jin through the door, leaving Xiao Qian alone.

He was accompanied by the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry. Seeing that he was busy greeting people, he looked at the terrain and ran over to report, "General, are you sure you want to choose this place?"

The subtext is, this place is really not very good, you be careful.

Xiao Qian turned around and looked at the barren land behind him.

"Since the construction has already begun, we will leave it here. I will have to trouble you with the rest."

"General is too polite."

In the end, Xiao Qian decided to set up the house here. Even though the Assistant Minister of Work didn't understand General Xiao's intentions, he still didn't dare to neglect his work.

Compared to the confusion of the others, Madam Xiao was more meticulous. She immediately understood what her grandson meant and slapped the table in anger.

Xiao Qian wandered alone in Spring Leaf Lane for a while. Since he could not see Su Zhi, he could only ride his horse back to his house.

Not long after they entered the courtyard, the personal attendant came in to report that the madame had an invitation.