Li Xiu was dragged forward by Qi Niang, but unexpectedly Qi Niang stopped suddenly and called Li Chengdao's name. At first, he thought Qi Niang was talking nonsense. After all, he had only met Li Yuan and the bearded guest yesterday. Although he knew from them that Li Chengdao was coming, it could not be so fast. Moreover, with Li Chengdao's personality, he should not appear in Yangzhou so recklessly. .

However, what Li Xiu never expected was that when he followed Qi Niang's gaze, he actually saw Li Chengdao standing in front of a stall selling fried millet not far away, holding a portion of Qi Niang's favorite fried millet in his hand. At this time, he also saw Qi Niang and Li Xiu, and his face also showed a shock and ecstasy expression.

"Chengdao!" Qi Niang was also excited to see Li Chengdao, and tears were in her eyes. You shouted and quickly stepped forward to meet him.

But at this moment, a familiar voice came from beside him, saying, "Sir, why are you coming out? I just looked for you and Sister Qi Niang to prepare for dinner!"

Li Xiu looked at him, but he saw Li Ke coming from behind with a smile, which scared him. He hurriedly reached out to stop the excited Qi Niang, and then turned his head to signal Li Chengdao to leave quickly. After all, Li Ke was his cousin. Although Li Ke was still young when Li Chengdao left, he might be able to recognize him.

At this time, Li Chengdao also saw Li Ke walking from behind Li Xiu. Although Li Ke had grown up, his appearance was vaguely as if he was a child, which made him immediately recognize his cousin. When he also winked at Qi Niang, he lowered his head and turned around and left. However, after just two steps, he turned his head reluctantly and looked at Qi Niang, and then he made up his mind to leave with big steps.

"Hey, that person..." However, it was Li Chengdao's reluctance and Qi Niang's infatuated gaze that made Li Ke discover Li Chengdao who was leaving not far away. However, he probably did not recognize Li Chengdao, but he felt that the other party's back was very familiar, and Qi Niang's gaze at the other party was very strange, so he took a few more glances at him.

"Ke'er, are you done?" Li Xiu was shocked when he saw Li Ke actually seeing Li Chengdao leaving, so he hurriedly changed the subject.

"I'm done, but I'm so sorry to say that sir. I didn't even have time to entertain you and Sister Qi Niang. Now I have someone to prepare a table of wine and food, and I'm waiting for you sir!" Although Li Ke looked at Li Chengdao's back for a few more times, he didn't care too much and replied with a smile.

Speaking of which, Li Chengdao and Li Ke had a very good relationship at the beginning, and among the third generation of the Li family, Li Chengdao was the oldest. Li Ke and Li Chengqian played with Li Chengdao's butt since childhood. However, when Li Chengdao was forced to leave, Li Ke was only six or seven years old. In addition, Li Chengdao has changed a lot over the years, so although Li Ke felt familiar to Li Chengdao's back, he could not recognize that the other party was the cousin who had taken him to play with since childhood.

"That's great. Qi Niang just now called her hungry, so I took her out to buy some food to fill her stomach!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time, and quietly pulled Qi Niang's sleeves, which made Qi Niang, who was stunned, finally react, and nodded gently, but still didn't say anything.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Li Ke immediately invited them back to the trading company. Behind the trading company was a very spacious yard with many separate rooms built to facilitate business dealers. Li Ke also set up a banquet in one of them and personally hosted Li Xiu and Qi Niang. After all, he invited the two of them today, so he couldn't even ignore lunch, right?

Originally, Li Xiu and Qi Niang were both hungry. Although they planned to buy something to eat before, they met Li Chengdao before they could buy it. So now they are both hungry and the banquet prepared by Li Ke is also very rich. It is logical that they should have had a big meal to fill their stomachs, but when faced with such a sumptuous meal, both of them had no appetite, and finally they barely ate some under the warm reception of Li Ke.

"Cough~ Ke'er, are you going to stay here this afternoon?" Li Xiu suddenly coughed dryly at this time, then raised his head and asked Li Ke.

"Yes, the trading company has just opened. Although we have made a lot of preparations before, we still found many problems in actual operations, so I may find it difficult for me to walk away these two days." Li Ke nodded as if it were natural.

"I guess it's the same. It happened that I still had some things to deal with in the afternoon, so I won't be here to accompany you. You don't have to worry about me. When I leave, I will say goodbye to you!" Li Xiu smiled and said, his current thoughts were all on Li Chengdao, so he was anxious to leave here to find Li Chengdao.

"This..." Li Ke hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally nodded, "Okay, sir, go and do it if you have something to do. If you have any places to need students, don't be polite. After all, I still have some influence in this place in Yangzhou!"

"Haha~, I won't be polite to you even if I have something to do, so let's do it. Qi Niang and I will leave first. You should also pay more attention to your health and not be too tired!" Li Xiu said and stood up, Qi Niang next to him followed closely behind.

Seeing Li Xiu leave, Li Ke also stood up and saw him off. He stopped at the outside of the trading company under Li Xiu's dissuasion, and then watched Li Xiu and Qi Niang disappear into the sea of ​​people at the dock with their own eyes.

After Li Xiu and Qi Niang left, Li Ke returned to the room alone, then closed the door and sat down. After a while, he whispered: "Sir, leaving so anxiously, is it related to the person just now? In addition, Sister Qi Niang's reaction, and why do I feel very familiar with that person?"

Li Ke has always been very smart, so he naturally noticed Qi Niang's abnormality. At the same time, Li Xiu was also anxious to leave. All this was obviously related to the back I saw on the dock before, which made him feel extremely curious about the familiar back. He also quickly recalled where he had seen the other person. Why did the other person feel so familiar just by a back?

At this moment, Li Ke recalled the people he was familiar with one by one. Speaking of which, as the prince, he was usually protected, so most of the people he could contact were people around him, and his social aspects were not as wide as those of ordinary people. So he quickly recalled Qiushu people, but he did not find such a familiar back in his memory.

"This is impossible. When I saw his back just now, I felt very familiar. Even the other party was a very close person. How could I forget such a person?" Li Ke couldn't think of who the other party was, and he couldn't help but say strangely to himself.

However, Li Ke is not a person who is easy to give up. He passed all the people he knew again, and even the relatives and friends he met in Chang'an City thought of. As a result, when he thought of some of his unusual relatives, he suddenly stood up and said with a shock on his face: "How is it possible? It's him!"

At the same time, Li Xiu and Qi Niang hurried to the location where they met Li Chengdao before. However, although there were still a crowd here, Li Chengdao was gone. This made Qi Niang whisper to Li Xiu in disappointment: "What should I do with my brother? Chengdao hasn't left, right?"

"Don't worry, with Chengdao's personality, even if he leaves, he will definitely send someone to report to us. And he should be chasing his uncle and the others, so Chengdao's ship should be in the port!" Li Xiu said with great certainty, and his eyes kept scanning the surroundings when he spoke, because he felt that Li Chengdao should not have gone far.

"Then let's go and take a look. The last time I confessed that the boats they wanted were all designed by me. Maybe he still came on my boat this time." Qi Niang immediately pulled him to the dock to see the boat, but this made Li Xiu smile helplessly, because there were more than a thousand ships on the dock. If they looked over one by one, they might not be able to see far until dark. Moreover, there were so many ships designed by Qi Niang, how could she remember one of the ones she built?

However, Qi Niang had lost her mind at this time. Li Xiu knew it was useless to persuade her, so he could only let her go to the dock. There were many people and goods here, and sometimes there were no places to walk. From time to time, there were large trucks of goods passing by, which even blocked the road, which also caused them to walk very slowly and they should be careful not to be squeezed into the water.

Just as Li Xiu and the others looked at a few boats, a boy suddenly came over. The other party looked about six or seven years old. Although he was a little dark and thin, his eyes were big, his clothes were worn but neat. He was probably a child from a poor family on the dock, and his family was well disciplined. He was not as dirty as the children on other docks and looked cute. In addition, he was young, so the guards around Li Xiu didn't care much about it.

However, just as the child walked to Li Xiu, he suddenly stuffed something into Li Xiu's hand, then turned around and ran away, but was caught by the guards, and the other guards looked panicked. After all, they were worried that the child would be unfavorable to Li Xiu.

"It's okay, let him go!" Li Xiu felt that the other party was stuffed into his hand, which made him happy, and then ordered the guard to release the person. As soon as the guard let go, the other party ran away like a flash.

Li Xiu turned his head and looked around, then called Qi Niang to a secluded place, and then opened the ball of paper in his hand. As a result, when he saw the handwriting on it, Qi Niang was so happy that she almost jumped up because it was Li Chengdao's handwriting.
Chapter completed!