Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1694: Chapter 1693: This is Really a Tough Problem

But he didn’t want to return to the Bei family and accept their control. He was used to being free and unfettered. If he stayed in the Capital City any longer, he would have no choice but to return to the Bei family.

The Bei family resided on a remote island overseas, and it was nothing short of a cage.

The poison in his body had never been fully resolved. Life was already hard enough for him; he didn’t want to be imprisoned by the Bei family on top of it.

He would rather die free and unrestrained than live a life shackled by poison and humiliation.

So he had to leave.

What’s more, he had long since made plans with the Three Kingdoms. Qiao Xiaomai was an important hostage; at critical moments, she could leverage Daqi’s fears. For this reason, he brought Qiao Xiaomai to Longshi Country.

Along the way, while there were occasional threats, he had never really subjected Qiao Xiaomai to true suffering.

Now, hearing such words from Qiao Xiaomai, to be honest, he was somewhat aligned with her sentiments. Even with the Duan family, he had never truly trusted them. To leave Qiao Xiaomai alone in this wolf’s den…

“Go tend to your business matters first.” Bei Yun tossed out this sentence and stepped toward the small courtyard gate. “Your name is quite well-known in Longshi Country. The Duan family has spread the word. Soon, you’ll have guests coming to your doorstep.”

A woman who could throw off Prince Fengbao—it was only Qiao Xiaomai. Back then, she was already famous among the nobility of Longshi Country. Over the past two years, the waves she stirred had grown even larger, and the aristocrats of Longshi Country had all taken an interest in her.

“Hey, wait up.” Qiao Xiaomai caught up to him. “I have something to ask you. Back then, when you had me prepare medicinal cuisine for you, what exactly were you up to?”

“For beauty,” Bei Yun hesitated for a moment, “and also to detoxify Aunt Lingsu.”

After Qiao Xiaomai’s medicinal cuisines were sent over, he had added his own materials to them. In this way, eating while experimenting, he managed to neutralize the poison that Bei Lingsu had inflicted on him.

The effects of Qiao Xiaomai’s medicinal cuisine were far superior to those of the God Catfish.

“Oh, so you really were using me!” Qiao Xiaomai said angrily.

“Why call it using? I paid silver.”

“And your so-called silver is worthless! Do you know how many people with chests of silver beg me to cook, and I don’t even spare them a glance?”

“So, what’s your point now…”

“Be nicer to me! Back then, I helped you out a lot! If something happens to me, you’ll have no more medicinal cuisine to eat or Floral Dew to drink!”

Bei Yun: “…”

Now, this was a real headache.

Bringing Qiao Xiaomai to the frontlines—it was no different from sending her straight back to Daqi.

But leaving her with the Duan family? It wasn’t just Qiao Xiaomai who didn’t trust them; in truth, neither did he.

“Go focus on your business.” He continued toward his courtyard, his head throbbing.

Such a bother.

Was she really just a hostage?

With his head aching, Bei Yun walked away. Qiao Xiaomai, too, was distressed. She was genuinely afraid Bei Yun would abandon her.

As she watched Bei Yun leave, she stomped back to her room in frustration and threw herself on the bed.

She couldn’t fall asleep—she had slept too much the previous night. Idly tugging at her blanket, she was startled to hear someone outside.

It was a maid from the Longshi Country king’s entourage. Duan Tian had already gone to the Imperial Palace, and upon receiving the news, the Longshi Country king immediately sent someone over.

The maid presented an entire banquet table’s worth of dishes—eight plates and two soups—and asked Qiao Xiaomai to demonstrate her skills.

The maids had brought large chests along with them, filled to the brim with silver. Longshi Country lacked neither gold nor silver.

Eight dishes and one soup, prepared freely however she wished. The Longshi Country king was testing her out by ordering something casual for now.

Qiao Xiaomai called on the maids serving her in the courtyard, instructing them to ask Duan Tian for ingredients.

She was determined to showcase her signature dishes and make a name for herself in Longshi Country once and for all.

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