In the distance, on the river, a few small boats occasionally rowed by.

Cross under the stone bridge, cross the distance and turn a corner and disappear.

I took a sip of tea and stared at the stone bridge outside the window for a while, and when I saw that there were few people above, I turned my head to meet the young man's gaze.

He kept looking at me, even when he saw me turn my head to face him, he didn't look away.

I was a little uncomfortable with him.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, I plan to find a topic, it is better than him staring at me like this!

Glancing at the young man opposite, I casually asked him, "Hey, are you okay with me all day here?" ”

When I went to look for him in the morning, I saw a thick stack of ledgers on his desk.

Some of them were piled up by him after reading, but there were still several, which should be the account books that he needed to straighten out and deal with immediately after he arrived in Suzhou City.

Is it really okay to leave all of them behind and just sit in the teahouse with me?

"Won't the people in the courtyard come to you? If I can't find you, it's time to worry. ”

I reminded him, because I couldn't guess what was going on in his heart, and I just thought it would be a bit of a waste of time for him to stay here with me!

He didn't come to Suzhou City to play, I know a little bit, and he also showed his mouth a few times on the road.

After a long journey from the south of Zealand to get here, and the kidnapping was delayed for a few days, I think he should have been in a hurry at this time, so why would he be idle enough to wait here with me?

The boy looked at me with a stiff expression, but did not answer me immediately.

His gaze also turned to the window. What I said has nothing to do with the question I asked!

"Xiaoling, if you haven't waited for the person you are looking for all day today, you might as well listen to my advice."

I was stunned. The hand that had just picked up the cup was lowered again.

I don't know why, but he said this to me because I had been thinking about it for a long time, and I wanted to hear his thoughts.

I looked at him and asked, "What advice?" ”

"Xiaoling, I've thought about it, it's a stupid way for you to find it after all, you can tell me the details."

The young man raised his eyes and looked at me and said, "Xiaoling, the senior brother you are looking for." What does it look like, if you tell me about your age, I will let the people below help you find it. ”

"There are a lot of people in the house." The boy glanced at me out of the corner of his eye. Said in a light tone.

He explained to me: "Although the eastern boundary of Suzhou City is large, but the people below will shoot Xiaoling together, I don't think it will be too difficult!" ”

"That's what I mean," I said, looking at him. A thought crossed my mind. After a pause, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I said earlier that I owe a lot of favors, and I can't afford to pay it back!" "At this time, we have to mobilize your family's manpower, or all of them."

I looked at the young man and said with a slight smile: "Such a big battle, how do you want me to answer?" ”

"I want to agree in my heart, this method must be more efficient than me waiting, but after thinking about it, I still don't feel good!"

I thought about it for a moment, but still refused. "I have your heart, I think. If I really can't find it, I can make other arrangements. ”

This is the meaning of the clear attitude, that is, the rejection.

The young man raised his head suddenly, and asked me with disappointment and uncertainty in his tone, "Xiaoling, are you going to leave Suzhou City?" ”

I looked at him with wide eyes and said, "Hey, what you are asking, Suzhou is not my hometown." “

I stared at the boy twice: "You say, why should I stay here all the time, how can I have a reason to stay and not leave?" "I came to Suzhou just because it was a stop on the road."

As I spoke, I paused and looked at the young man's face with a soothing expression. "I came out of the national capital, and my final destination was not Suzhou." I said in a calm tone, "It's casual to leave or stay." ”

"If I can't find it, I won't look for it!" "I'm going to think of another way."

The young man's expression was a little strange, and when he heard the person sitting across from him say the phrase "Senior brother can't find it, he won't look for it", which seemed to mean that he didn't take that person very seriously!

It's not the kind of indispensable importance anyway.

The young man actually had a faint joy floating up from the bottom of his heart.

However, when he thought about it, his heart was not good.

In this way, Suzhou City's stay in the eyes of the people sitting opposite it has become even less important!

Even the senior brother can say that if you don't look for it, you won't look for it, so what's the important point of staying here, the young man's heart sank in an instant.

He held the cup, his fingers tightened, and he thought to himself what to say.

The debt has already been taken out to be blackmailed, and it seems to be a bit of a thing, not to mention that the person in front of him and himself know that this money is really not that important.

The boy fell into deep thought for a while, and was in a dilemma

I looked at the person opposite and fell into silence again and didn't speak, didn't I say the wrong thing just now, did I offend the third young master?

Why did he look unhappy, and now he didn't say a word after listening to it, what did he mean?

My thoughts flashed back, and I suddenly said, "I said you were worried about the money?" “

I can't think of a reason for it, but I vaguely feel that the stingy guy on the other side has thought of this again!

It's still the same sentence, the richer you are, the more you pick!

After groaning, I said: "Well, it's actually true, it's really difficult for me to have the opportunity to return to Suzhou after I leave." “

He feared that his money would go down the drain, not without reason. "Then for the money I owe, I'll stay for a few more days, and find a way to earn it and pay you back."

I said in a cheerful tone.

The young man's eyes moved, and when he heard the sentence that he had found a way to earn, he immediately asked out loud: "Xiaoling, how are you going to earn it?" ”

"It's my business," I replied, glancing at him disapprehantly, "and besides, the worst is the plan, and my brother can find it without accident." ”

"Not so unlucky!"

"If I'm really that unlucky, I won't be too late to think about it!"

"Wait until it happens!"

Between words. The knock sounded again at the door of the private room.

The knock on the door made me stunned, and I looked at the boy and asked, "What else did you order?" ”

I remember the guys from the teahouse coming in several times.

On the table in front of us right now is a plate of tea cakes and a plate of preserved fruits. Plus a plate of silver silk rolls and a few pieces of steamed cakes, the point is that he and I ate less than half of them.

Something else to send in? Is there any mistake?

The young man was also stunned and said, "No, I only ordered these." ”

It seems that he also did not know.

"Come in." He replied in a deep voice.

The person who pushed the door in made me as stunned as him, it was none other than Ah Fu who found it here!

How did that guy get here? He must have come to find the third young master of his family!

"Third Young Master," the expression on Ah Fu's face was happy and indescribable. "The little one went around the street, went to several shops and couldn't find it, and then the little one had an idea. I remember that you were drinking tea here yesterday. ”

"I'm not sure, let's try my luck here." Ah Fu said with a little joy in his tone.

"It's not bad luck!"

"Fortune Steward!" I laughed and shouted, and Ah Fu turned his head to look at me, and he couldn't take his eyes off it. He immediately stared at me with wide eyes, looking me up and down.

It took him a while before he took over with a complicated look in his eyes. "Young Master Lin, you are really wearing this dress."

"Really?" I responded with a smile, but saw that Ah Fu's eyes were a little meaningful when he looked at the young man, and he winked at him.

What kind of reaction was that, my eyes fell on the two of them one after another, and I was suspicious.

The young man coughed and said, "Ah Fu, what are you anxious to find me?" ”

"Third Young Master," Ah Fu said. "The incident on the river is a bit eyebrow-raising."

"Oh." The young man suddenly sat up straight, looked at him and asked, "Say." ”

Ah Fu moved his gaze to me in embarrassment, and his lips twitched a few times without making a sound.

I saw his thoughts, and hurriedly said to the young man: "Okay, I'll stay away for a while, and after you finish talking, I'll come in again." ”

I wanted to tell the boy to help watch the people passing by on the stone bridge, but I thought that he didn't know my black-bellied senior brother either, so it was in vain.

I decided to go down and stand outside the teahouse for a while, and when Ah Fu was gone, I would come up and sit again.

As soon as I got up, the young man immediately reached out and pressed the back of my hand and said, "Xiaoling, you don't have to go, it has something to do with you anyway." ”

"Third Young Master," Ah Fu saw the situation clearly, smiled at me meaninglessly, and then looked at the young man and said, "Those people are from Tianyin Pavilion. ”

"Tianyin Pavilion?" The young man frowned, lowered his eyelids, and thought for a while before asking, "Did anyone catch it?" ”

"I only caught a little minion who works in Tianyin Pavilion," Ah Fu replied clearly, "According to his confession, the people of Tianyin Pavilion have disappeared a lot in the past few days!" And there are no clues at all. ”

"The people of Tianyin Pavilion have been very uneasy these days, for fear that the next missing person will be their turn!"

The boy asked with surprise in his tone, "Did you make a mistake?" ”

"I haven't done it yet, but I've just started to investigate, and they're missing?"

This thing sounds too weird, it was originally a bandit who took over the kidnapping and hijacking mission, but the person was not tied, and the bandits themselves disappeared one after another?

I lowered my head and sipped my tea, and the conversation between the two of us was in my ears.

After a few sentences, I can guess the meaning based on what they say.

Why is the name of Tianyin Pavilion so familiar, it seems that I have heard it somewhere?

After thinking about it, I remembered that the place where I live now, isn't it called Qingyin Pavilion? It feels weird, what's wrong?

The young man said in a deep voice: "What about people? ”

"In our yard, when you go back to deal with it, the little one knows that the third young master will definitely have to ask questions."

Ah Fu replied very quickly.

"However, the little one came to you because of this," Ah Fu looked at the boy again with a twinkle in his eyes, and then lowered his head and stopped talking.

The young man nodded and said, "I know the rest, you don't have to say it." "Third Young Master," Ah Fu was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered something, "Yes, you may have seen the small one here, and the small one doesn't need to be said." "Well," the young man picked up the teacup, and his gaze paused on me and him, "I'll go back later, you just said that I went out on errands, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come back today." "Just say that, if you can, send people away, out of sight."

The young man emphasized thoughtfully, and Ah Fu hurriedly nodded and said, "The little one understands." “

I can understand what they mean.

But the last few sentences are like playing dumb riddles.

I sat and listened in a fog, completely unaware of what they were talking about. "Third Young Master, that little one will go first."

Ah Fu nodded at me and exited the door.

"What did he just tell you?"

Seeing that Ah Fu was far away, I came closer, raised my eyes to look at the young man and asked in a low voice, "I heard you right, did I hear you right?" ”

The boy nodded and said, "That's what I mean." ”

"What about the latter words, what does Ah Fu mean?" I asked curiously.

The young man lowered his head and coughed and said, "Xiaoling, where did you come from so many problems, in short, it has nothing to do with you." ”

"Good!"

I'm not going to delve into it, everyone has their own things they don't want to say, so why bother to force others?

However, there is one more thing that I am curious about.

Curious enough to ask!

I pulled the sleeves of my shirt and looked down at the robe on my body carefully, and then asked the young man, "My dress was sent by Ah Fu, is there anything wrong?" "Uh," the boy looked out the window and said, "It's good, didn't you hear him say it fits and suits you well?" “

When I put it on, I found that it was a very good fabric.

I suspect that it is difficult to find a few such clothes in this Suzhou city, and the national capital city is easy to say.

Because it was sent by the host's family, it was very late last night.

I didn't think much about it, I wore it, and besides, I didn't have any other change of clothes, and I didn't have any money, so where did I go to change my clothes?

But the scene just now impressed me deeply, I think Ah Fu's expression and words seem to be a bit of other meanings that I don't understand!

I think the problem should be with the boy, his subordinates, that reaction must have something to do with him.

I was going to ask for clarification, but this time, the teenager pushed the question away like a tai chi.

Obviously, the clothes are on my body, but I don't know the inside story, this feeling is a little unpleasant!

I made up my mind and decided to ask Ah Fu when I went back, maybe I could ask.

"I went to your study in the morning and saw the account books piled up on the table," I turned the subject back to what he was going to do, and asked him, "There is no one in charge of the accounts in the house here in Suzhou?" ”

The young man raised his head to look at me, and vaguely saw the corners of his mouth move, and he asked in a low voice, "Xiaoling, what do you want to say?" ”

I stared at him for a few seconds and said, "What I want to say is naturally good for you." (To be continued......)