"Oh, is that so?" Xiao Jue picked up the letter, turning it over and over. It might as well have been written in plain text: *I'm telling you what I encountered here, yet you haven't told me a single thing about what's been happening in the capital.*
Xiao Jue couldn't help but find it somewhat laughable. He thought to himself that Young Master Xu was clearly behaving suspiciously, yet she insisted on drawing closer to him. Had she forgotten that she was a married woman? Did she not know how to avoid suspicion? And what was this about Su Jinyu inviting him over for a meal? What was that supposed to mean? Did they all think he was dead?
If it was just money and grain he had donated, they should have come to him! They should have asked him directly. He had as much as they needed.
Chapter 256