Fu Hui went and didn't come back for a long time.

Fortunately, the chicken soup in the pot has been seasoned enough, just watch the heat, and when the chicken is simmered soft, it can be put into the soup pot.

As the night gradually darkened, Xie Jinci came to the bedroom with a food box and called Uncle Shen to eat in a soft voice.

The beautiful young man was sitting crookedly in front of the bookcase, reading a book with relish, deaf to her words.

If it was the book next to her, Xie Jinci would have gone up to grab it a long time ago, but it was a book with beautiful spring flowers and a red cover, and she struggled for a long time, and found that she didn't even dare to get close to the book.

As long as she thought of the contents of the book, she was so ashamed that she couldn't even lift her head.

"Little brother, it's ...... dinner"

The little girl stood far away, leaned her neck and shouted again.

Shen Changfeng glanced at her, "Why is my sister so far away from me?" Am I a flood or a beast? ”

Xie Jinci stiffened his little face and stood still.

"Come here."

The young man's voice was clear, with three points of coaxing, "As long as my sister comes, I will go to dinner." ”

Xie Jinci was helpless, so he had to step forward hard, his eyes always looking at the ground.

Shen Changfeng narrowed his peach blossom eyes, stretched out his long arms, pinched her chin, and forced her to raise her face.

"Tsk, what's wrong with my sister? Good and dignified, why are you blushing? ”

Thinking that the little girl was the same last night, his eyes darkened, as if he remembered something, and deliberately raised the book in his hand forward.

Sure enough, the little girl's eyes dodged, and her fair face turned a little redder, like a ripe apple.

The young man was at ease, raised his eyebrows and said, "Hasn't my sister always been curious, what kind of book am I reading?" Now that I'm in a good mood, why don't my sister take it and take a look? ”

He closed the book and handed it out generously, his lips curled with interest, "This is the latest volume." ”

"Me, when did I become interested in this book? The little brother must have misremembered! ”

Xie Jinci took a few steps back, almost tripping over himself, "If the little brother doesn't go to eat again, the soup will be cold!" ”

She was ashamed and angry, and after saying that, she turned around and ran outside, sat down at the round table with her back, and stared sullenly at the chicken soup on the table.

Shen Changfeng walked out slowly, with a smile in his peach blossom eyes, "Didn't my sister secretly read my book?" ”

The little girl immediately denied: "I didn't!" ”

There is quite a bit of the taste of three hundred taels of silver here.

Shen Changfeng chuckled lightly twice, rubbed her head, and didn't ask any more questions.

He slowly poured a bowl of chicken soup and pushed it in front of the little girl, "My sister has been busy for so long, and there is hard work without credit." ”

Xie Jinci was a little surprised, this guy would serve soup to himself, and raised his clear deer eyes to look at the young man.

As soon as I was a little moved in my heart, I heard the young man smile and say, "You take a sip first, taste how it tastes, if it doesn't taste good, the rest will be yours." ”

Xie Jinci glanced at him and took a sip of soup very spinelessly.

Such a fragrant chicken soup, don't drink it for nothing!

Seeing the little girl puffing up and drinking one sip after another, without the slightest intention of telling him what it tasted like, the corners of the young man's lips hooked slightly, "I saw my sister drinking so happily, it should barely be able to enter her throat?" ”

"This is the soup stewed by Brother Fugui, I'm just helping to watch the fire for a while!"

Xie Jinci put down the soup spoon angrily, and a worried look appeared on his face, "Brother Fugui went out to find Sister Xihan, why haven't you come back yet?" Could something really be wrong? ”

Shen Changfeng relieved himself a bowl of soup, and said indifferently: "What if you can't find it?" What if something happened? My sister can't even manage herself, so she always thinks about what others do? It's really salty and don't worry about eating radishes. ”

"Little brother! Brother Fugui is from Ling Heng Courtyard, how can you say that? ”

Xie Jinci was annoyed by his indifferent attitude, his thin eyebrows frowned, and there was a little more accountability in his angry tone.

Shen Changfeng didn't move his eyelids, and drank the chicken soup elegantly, "To put it mildly, even if Fugui dies outside, what does it have to do with you and me?" ”

"You! You ......"

"What am I? It would be a pity if he didn't have the ability to save his beloved girl and die together. ”

"Save?"

The little girl cleverly grasped the key word, "Little brother, do you know something?" What happened to Sister Xihan? ”

Shen Changfeng chuckled, took a sip of soup, and did not answer.

"Little brother!"

Xie Jinci was so anxious that he was about to cry, and his little hand grabbed the young man's sleeve, "What happened?" Don't sell it anymore! ”

"The little words are really too simple."

Shen Changfeng sighed halfway, "Those twists and turns in the courtyard, how can they be said clearly in a few words?" There is such a housewife who can't even tolerate a concubine in the wisteria courtyard, and a maidservant girl is really not worth mentioning. ”

"Yes...... Big lady? ”

Xie Jinci muttered softly, and a layer of mist gradually appeared in the deer's eyes.

In the end, she is young, although she has seen Mrs. Guo's methods, but when she heard that she intended to harm people again, the little girl still felt that she couldn't accept it.

She looked at the young man, "Brother Fugui said, the eldest lady sent Sister Xihan to visit Chaoyu Courtyard early in the morning, little brother, why don't we go to Chaoyu Courtyard to have a look?" ”

"Hehe, don't go."

Shen Changfeng pinched his eyebrows, and his slender fingers lazily pushed the bowl in front of him forward, "After dinner, Wen Shu is the right thing next." ”

With that, he got up and walked towards the bookcase, and no matter how much the little girl persuaded him, he was unmoved.

"Little brother, it's a shame that Brother Fugui treats you so well on weekdays, but now that something has happened to him, you are so ignorant!"

Xie Jinci didn't know where he got the courage, so he rushed forward and snatched the book from his hand, and his tone softened a lot angrily, "Let's go and have a look, okay?" ”

The little girl, her eyes are red, and her pale pink lips are slightly pouted, looking so pitiful.

Shen Changfeng smiled and took the book back from her hand, and said word by word: "If you want to go, my sister will go by herself." ”

Xie Jinci looked at him in disbelief.

A gentle and elegant young man, with distant mountains and spring water rippling in his peach blossom eyes, affectionate and overflowing, but without the slightest worry.

He's true,

I don't care about the life and death of Fugui at all.

A wisp of coolness slid across his thin white cheeks, Xie Jinci wiped the corners of his eyes, and his voice choked, "I misjudged you......"

Without further ado, she slowly turned her slender body and walked towards the door step by step, firmly and resolutely.

On the bookcase, the lights were shining, and the wick of the candle was silently burning out half an inch.

The boy held the book for a long time and never turned another page.

After a while, he let out an inaudible sigh, put the book on the desk, and got up helplessly:

"I can't even say that I can't go, my sister still wants to go, it's really stupid...... It's better to say that if you can't find someone, if you really find her, it will be worth the loss if you spoil my good deeds. ”

The young man sighed again, took the embroidered silver crane Wanglan and draped it over his shoulders, and slowly pushed away the fan.

He glanced at the moonless night dome, and his figure quickly flashed, disappearing into the inky winter night.

The wind was cold and the darkness was boundless.

In the courtyard surrounded by a promenade, evergreen vegetation and craggy rocks are erected, and under the background of the wind lamps under the eaves, the shadows are full of shadows and slightly gloomy.

Xie Jinci glanced at it a few times, then didn't dare to look at it anymore, stared at his feet all the way, and walked quickly.

She had never been to Chaoyu Courtyard, but she only knew that the ladies of the big house lived in the south, and she could always find a place all the way south.

Turning down a hand-copying verandah, in front of which is a stone path next to the courtyard wall, looking up, it is pitch black, as if there is no end.

The little girl set foot on the road with trepidation, and the round fawn eyes looked uneasily from side to side.

On both sides are tall and thin red maples, and their jagged branches stretch out in all directions, covering the shallow lights, like ghostly arms and minions.

The cold wind blew, the branches swayed, and there was a strange rustling sound, which made people's scalps tingle when they heard it.

In this treacherous and terrifying atmosphere, a cat meow sounded suddenly, Xie Jinci was so frightened that his steps stagnated, he didn't dare to move, and listened to the movement with bated breath.

"Meow-"

With another meow, a black shadow sprang out of the grass and swooped into her arms.

The little girl was knocked over, subconsciously hugged the soft little guy in her arms, looked down and saw that it was a beautiful white cat with different pupils, and the fear in her heart suddenly disappeared.

She plucked the dead leaves hanging from the cat's body and said with a smile: "Kitten, where did you come from?" ”

The white cat barked twice, rubbing her cheek affectionately, and seemed to enjoy being close to her.

Xie Jinci stroked the cat's soft hair, "It's so late, go back to find your master, I still have something to do, I can't play with you." ”

The white cat licked the back of her hand and purred in comfort, her jewel-like eyes half-narrowed, and she was in her arms and refused to leave.

Xie Jinci's heart was soft, and he couldn't bear to abandon it here, so he had to walk with the cat in his arms.

"Well, I'll take you on a walk for a while, and when I meet someone, I'll find out who your master is, so that I can return you."

"Tsk, my sister is kind-hearted, and she is busy looking for people on the one hand, and she has to find a master for the cat on the other. is so single-minded, and I'm not afraid of picking up watermelons and losing sesame seeds, and in the end I can't do anything? ”

A familiar voice as warm as wine came from behind her, and the little girl paused, and instead of looking back, she quickened her pace angrily.

Shen Changfeng had long legs, and caught up with her in three or two steps, stretched out his big hand into her arms, and gently lifted the soft flesh of the cat's neck.

The white cat hung in the air, curled up on all fours, and meowed pitifully.

Xie Jinci angrily took back the cat, and glared at the young man with a little face, "Didn't the little brother not come?" ”

Shen Changfeng looked at the soft and cute girl who was not as good as his shoulder, and chuckled: "Aren't I afraid that my sister won't know the way?" ”

The little girl tilted her head, "I don't seem to be going the wrong way, right?" ”

"Naturally, I made a mistake."

The young man grabbed the back collar of the little girl like a cat, and led her to the verandah on the left, "This cat was raised by my second sister, and it is precious." Since the little word has been picked up, it should be returned quickly, otherwise, if someone with a heart sees it, maybe you will be framed for stealing the cat, and your kindness will be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and you will be beaten upside down, then it will be worth the loss. ”

Xie Jinci frowned and retorted: "I am not afraid of shadows, I am doing a good job, I have not done anything to steal, why should I be a thief?" ”

Having said that, she didn't resist in the end, and obediently led the way by the young man, but she thought in her heart that when she was done with the cat, she had to rush to Chaoyuyuan as soon as possible.