Chapter 9: Night Terrors
Situ Yanxiang, who was beside Situ Ying, was only eight years old, how could he resist such a peerless beauty, his heart was pounding, and when he saw that his sister was silent, he stammered: "...... Yes...... Yes...... There's food here. With that, he was going to take Zheng Hao and them to eat.
Zheng Hao glanced at her with a smile, stretched out a finger and shook it, and then pulled Situ Yingsleeve's arm, "You take me to eat." β
Situ Yingsleeve opened his mouth, about to let him go.
Zheng Hao glanced at her, leaned into her ear, and whispered, "...... Ebony wood, do you still want it? β
Sure enough, it's a disciple!
He actually threatened her with ebony wood......
Situ Ying dusted off his shirt, took his arm out of Zheng Hao's hand, turned around and said indifferently, "Let's go." β
Zheng Hao smiled again, and led people to the dining cabin with Situ Yingsleeve.
They entered the cabin, Zheng Hao ordered the entourage to eat at the table at the door, and he followed Situ Yingsleeve to the private room behind the screen to eat.
It was also the place where Situ Yingsleeve and his family ate.
The mother-in-law who was cooking on the boat brought a few side dishes.
They are all river fresh, small yellow fish stewed with dried plum vegetables, stewed tofu with loach, braised crucian carp, plus a plate of garlic vegetables, a bowl of water hyacinth leaf egg soup, accompanied by white rice.
Zheng Hao saw that his index finger moved, and he didn't care about teasing Situ Ying's sleeves anymore, so he tried the poison with a silver needle, and then buried his head in eating hard.
Situ Yingsleeve didn't speak, and sat on the side to watch him eat.
ββ¦β¦ You took off the bones of this crucian carp for me. Zheng Hao was halfway through eating, and habitually knocked on the vegetable bowl with chopsticks.
Situ Yingsleeve raised his eyebrows, "I won't pick thorns." β
Zheng Hao came to his senses and said with a smile: "I'll come by myself, I'll ...... by myself."
After eating a meal like a storm, Zheng Hao took the tea that Situ Yingsleeve had just made for him and nodded, "Thank you." ββWhat's your name? β
Situ Yingsleeve glanced at him, with a slight contempt: "My surname is Situ, you can call me Miss Situ." β
Zheng Hao: "......" isn't it?! This little girl is bigger than his shelf!
But when people are on the human ship, they have to bow their heads, Zheng Hao is as good as a stream: "Miss Situ! β
Situ Darkincense walked in with a food box and said to Situ Yingsleeve: "Sister, this is the snack that my father ordered for this son." β
Situ Yingsleeve took it and looked at it, and saw that it was a plate of water chestnut cake and a plate of taro cake, so he took it out and put it on the table, and said to Zheng Hao: "Eat some pastries, these two snacks are my chef's specialty." β
Situ Yanxiang smiled and nodded, "It's very delicious, why don't you give it a taste?" β
Zheng Hao turned his head away, looked at Situ Yanxiang and glanced up and down, and asked Situ Yingsleeve: "Your sister?" Much prettier than you, not a mother? β
Situ Yingsleeve just wanted to stroke his forehead. - Sure enough, there is no stupid little white rabbit from the royal family, how can this guy see at a glance that Situ Dark Xiang is not the same mother as her?
Situ Yanxiang blushed suddenly, hid behind Situ Ying's sleeve, and whispered, "No, no!" How can I have a beautiful sister! Don't talk nonsense about this son! β
"It's quite timid...... Zheng Hao stroked his chin with his right hand and groaned: "Concubine? β
Situ Yingsleeve pulled Situ Dianxiang out from behind and patted her back, "Stand up straight." You are the daughter of our Situ family on the family tree, what are you dodging? β
Situ Yanxiang took a deep breath, glanced at Situ Yingsleeve, stood up like her, and plucked up the courage to say to Zheng Hao: "No, my mother is my father's house, I ......"
"Oh, it turned out to be a stepdaughter." Zheng Hao nodded, not interested in her, turned his head to stare at Situ Yingsleeve, and wanted to talk to her, but Situ Darkincense always felt that it was an eyesore when he stood aside, Zheng Hao's eyes rolled, and said to Situ Darkincense: "Little sister, you go out and ask your father, has our accommodation been arranged today, okay?" β
"Well, okay, okay!" Situ Yanxiang nodded violently and walked out quickly.
After Situ Darkincense left, Situ Yingsleeve said to Zheng Hao: "She is my sister, you can't be unreasonable to her." β
Zheng Hao picked up a piece of horseshoe cake and took a bite, pursed his lips, and said: "I hate all the people who are better looking than me, I can't eat when I see them!" β
Situ Yingsleeve: "Hehe...... Childe is really too modest. Although my sister was born well, she is still much inferior to her son. - Childe can't eat without seeing my sister. β
"Oh?" When Zheng Hao heard this, he slowly put down the pastry in his hand, leaned in front of Situ Yingsleeve, and opened a big smile, "So, Miss Situ also thinks I'm better-looking, doesn't it?!" β
Situ Yingsleeve: "......" really lost to this narcissistic dead peacock......
"Eat quickly, go to bed after eating, it's late." Situ Yingsleeve stopped talking nonsense with Zheng Hao, gave him a blank look, got up and knocked on the table.
Where did Zheng Hao eat this kind of pastry, he tasted two bites casually, and followed Situ Yingsleeve out of the cabin.
The two of them came to the deck in front of the cabin, looking at the dark night sky, the endless river, and occasionally the sound of the river sighing.
The wind lanterns on the boat cast a dark shadow on the river, and only the water in front of it could be seen, and it was even darker in the distance.
Heaven and earth are long, and it seems that only this one ship is floating between heaven and earth.
The depression in Zheng Hao's chest suddenly disappeared without a trace under the blowing of the night wind.
He stretched his waist and was about to speak to Situ Yingsleeve, but Situ Yingsleeve walked quickly to the stern.
Zheng Hao's heart tightened: Could it be that they have already found out?
Fortunately, if they find out on their own, they don't have to think of excuses, otherwise this is really difficult to help......
Zheng Hao regretted for a while that he had promised others to come over to help, and for a while he felt that it was worth the trip.
In a moment's thought, he had already followed Situ Yingsleeve to the stern of the boat.
He saw Situ Yingsleeve patting his chest, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Hao looked curiously.
There was nothing in the stern, except for the awning boat they had been riding in when they came.
Situ Yingsleeve smiled and said, "I'll see if the ship you used to pay for the ship is still there." β
Zheng Hao: "......" little lady loves money! Can't she see that she's the big golden turtle?!
Zheng Hao straightened his chest and coughed, "Miss Situ, don't pay too much attention to things outside your body. -- Besides, the ship is a dead thing, so how can it be a living thing? As he spoke, he just pointed his finger at his own face, asking Situ Yingsleeve to "Look here!" Look here! β
Situ Yingsleeve didn't look at him, just lowered his head to examine the cable tied to the canopy boat, and said casually: "Who said that? Silver is not everything, but no silver is impossible. Can you live without the dead? β
This sentence was so justified that Zheng Hao was speechless.
He stared at Situ Ying's side face for a long time, and said stupidly: "...... Count you ruthless. β
"What did you say?" Situ Yingsleeve concentrated on tying the cable, and did not hear Zheng Hao's last sentence clearly.
"It's nothing, it's nothing...... Zheng Hao was irritable, he opened the folding fan in his hand, fanned the wind a few times, and said, "It's late, go to sleep." β
Situ Yingsleeve nodded, "Let's go." My brother had just given him ginger soup after menstruating at night, hoping that he would not have a high fever at night. β
"Through the water?" The folding fan in Zheng Hao's hand stopped, "What's wrong?" β
"I fell into the river, and I just got rescued." Situ Yingsleeve said briefly and walked to his cabin.
Zheng Hao stopped and did not continue to follow.
He stood on the aft deck of the ship and watched the river for a while before following the entourage who had come to find him to the cabin that Situ Jianren had arranged for him to rest.
The ship quickly fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.
There was a commotion in the dark bilge, but it soon fell silent again.
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"Ahh
In the darkest hour before dawn, a scream pierced the silent night sky and reached the ship.
Situ Yingsleeve didn't fall asleep, but as soon as he heard the scream, he immediately sat up and looked around nervously.
The dark cabin slowly lit up.
It turned out that the celery picker had twisted the oil lamp on.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
At that moment, "Ahhh Another scream was heard.
Situ Ying lifted the thin quilt, got up from the deck, put on his long coat, pulled his hair together, and walked to the window of the cabin to look outside.
Soon, there were more footsteps on the deck, running, shouting, screaming, and the sound of plopping, plopping, and from time to time someone falling into the water.
ββ¦β¦ Miss Situ, close the cabin tightly, and the son ordered, let you not come out! A man's voice came from the window of the cabin where Situ Yingsleeve lived.
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