CHAPTER XXIV

Lan Xi leisurely carried the basket of wild vegetables and returned to the small courtyard!"Mother-in-law!" Lan Xi called!

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"Mother-in-law, I'm back!"

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Lan Xi was curious, and said in her heart: Strange, where did my mother-in-law go? Inside the small grass house, it was no different from usual, Lan Xi looked around, and pressed a letter under the teapot on the wooden table, Lan Xi felt faintly uneasy. Open the folded paper: "Xi'er, forgive my father-in-law and mother-in-law for saying goodbye, my father-in-law and mother-in-law have their own mission, and when the task comes, we can only leave, we can no longer protect you and accompany you, I thought I could watch you get married, but unfortunately I can't wait for that time." Don't look for us, don't be sad, there is a box ten steps back from the thatched hut, three feet deep underground, and the money in it is left to you by your father! Enough for you to have food and clothing for the rest of your life! Take care of yourself, remember, don't look for us, don't go to investigate, your parents-in-law can't stand you!"

Lan Xi read the letter with tears streaming down her face, she felt that her sky had fallen, what should she do without her parents-in-law? Should she go to them? Where did they go? Will their mission be dangerous? A lot of questions lingered in her mind, and finally turned into silent and helpless tears on her face that slipped down like broken threads! Lan Xi sat at the door of the small courtyard with blank eyes, looking into the distance stupidly, as if as long as she waited here, her father-in-law and mother-in-law could come back! The sky gradually fell, and she dragged her chin on her knees, buried her head in the crook of her overlapping arms, and cried loudly, venting her helplessness and sorrow! She had no relatives in this world! It was as if the whole world had abandoned her! It was dark all around, there was no moon or stars, which made her loneliness and fear aggravate a little! As if she was tired of crying, she raised her head and saw a little fox who tilted her head and looked at her. Lan Xi asked tentatively: "Silent, is it you?"

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Lan Xi picked up the fox in front of her, the fox's body stiffened, and a warm current went straight to the bottom of her heart, and there was an inexplicable heartbeat, let her hold it!

Stroking the fox's back, with sadness in his eyes, he said: "Silently, my father-in-law and mother-in-law don't want me anymore, what should I do in the future?" The big tears hit the red fox fur, Lan Xi continued to take care of himself: "Why did all my relatives leave me? Is it because of what I did not do well?" Lan Xi smiled bitterly, as if she didn't need the fox's response, she just needed someone to listen! All this came too suddenly, and she was at a loss in her heart and needed to vent:" I didn't have parents or friends since I was a child, but I had parents-in-law, and now I have nothing, and they have abandoned me......"

"Gollum ......" Lan Xi was reminded by the hungry voice in her stomach, and only then did she remember that she hadn't eaten dinner! She got up and went back to the house with the fox in her arms, and in the grass hut where she couldn't see her fingers, it was so quiet that some people were terrible, only one after another insects chirped! Lan Xi hurriedly ran to the bed with her feelings, put the quilt on her head, and covered the quilt with the fox in her arms, until there was a feeling of suffocation when the air was blocked, and then she tore off the quilt on her head and fell asleep tightly with the fox in her arms......

The next day, Lan Xi was woken up by hunger, and got out of bed in a trance, only to find that she was still wearing yesterday's clothes, so she hurriedly washed. But she found that she had an extra fox pendant around her neck, Lan Xi pinched the pendant and looked at it carefully, twisting her brows and thinking, she didn't come up with a reason, but she didn't take it off! In a moment, the steaming breakfast was ready! Only then did she think of Zimo, and when she woke up, she didn't see him, he was a fox, he should go foraging, right? Without thinking much, she was eating by herself! What she didn't know was that the torment of Zimo this night, she hugged her tightly, and the flesh was next to the meat, and this feeling burned a fire in his heart. Although he hadn't experienced it, a reaction somewhere in his body told him that it was a desire to huo, and he had to go out to calm down! After dinner, Lan Xi played with her flowers and plants as before, she had to take care of herself and wait for her parents-in-law to come back at home! After finishing the flowers and plants, she took a shovel and dug behind the grass hut. Zimo came back and saw that she was full of Han, her face and hands were full of mud, and she suddenly said, "What are you doing?"

"Ah......" Lan Xi dug his concentration, and was startled by the sudden voice, seeing that it was Zimo who grinned a little in surprise: "Silent, I thought you were gone!" and said: "My father-in-law and mother-in-law said that my father gave me a sum of money, and I was digging the money they left for me!"

Zimo looked at her dirty face, handed her the roast chicken in his hand and said, "Go wash your face, and then eat!"

Lan Xi nodded obediently, and suddenly remembered the pendant around his neck: "Silent, did you put it on for me?"

Zimo let out an unnatural "um!", a little unnatural, took the shovel in her hand and continued to dig!