After Yun Bi's death, Su Jin was really lost for a while. No matter how Su He, Su Miao, and Su Weaving comforted her every day, she had to insist that Yunbi did not fall into the water by mistake, but that someone pushed her into the water, and called out the whole house for her to interrogate and identify one by one.

When Chu Changting heard about this, he was playing chess with Han Miao. Han Miaoting didn't know how to play chess, but she was very smart, Chu Changting taught her not long to learn like a fish in water, although compared to Chu Changting's chess skills are still much worse, but she never allows Chu Changting to let go, so she often plays a few games and loses a few games, of course, there are occasional times when defeat turns into victory, at this time she will look at Chu Changting suspiciously, wondering if she has given herself chess again.

Chu Changting would protest against Han Miao's behavior at first, but slowly chose to shut up.

At this time, she pinched her chess, and while thinking about whether to kill her with one move or let Han Miaoxi take a few more steps, she made her own remarks: "These four young ladies must have noticed something, or seen something, otherwise she wouldn't have made trouble for so long." ”

"In my opinion, it's the young lady's temper, which is used to it." Han Miaoji also seriously thought that she would be killed by Chu Changting who looked like a human spirit in a few steps, and said with a little disdain, "That Yunbi is just a little maid, how can someone deliberately take her life, it is a pity to fall into the water and die, and the sadness can be understood." But mourning for a few days is fine, and I don't think it's necessary to make such a big move. ”

Hearing Han Miao's sarcasm about Miss Su Jin's temper, Chu Changting stiffened slightly in embarrassment. After playing a few more rounds of chess absentmindedly, she raised her eyes and glanced at Han Yaoxi, seeing that Han Yaoxi's face was as usual, as if she didn't know the hidden waves, so she didn't plan to talk to Han Yaoxi about this topic again. Chu Changting knew in his heart that Yun Bi's death must be because she had seen herself with her own eyes who was very similar to Su Jin's appearance, and told Su Jin about it. Thinking that he had wiped mud on his face that day and half-covered his face, Yun Bi could still think of Chu Changting in the past, and felt a chill on his body.

If Yunbi doesn't die, then the next one to die may be herself. Thinking like this, a layer of frost suddenly formed at the bottom of Chu Changting's clear eyes, and his slender fingers snapped down, and the sound of tapping the chessboard was crisp and cold, shaking off the lights and killing the chess game.

Seeing that he was killed by Chu Changting again, Han Yaoxi pursed her lips slightly, put down the chess pieces she was holding in her hand, lowered her head and carefully looked at this intricate chess game, then raised her head, and the lazy sleeping phoenix eyes opened slightly, revealing round and delicate pitch-black pupils.

"Li'er, have you noticed that you are murderous in this game of chess?" Han Miaoji smiled, and an arrogant look appeared on her delicate face. Every now and then, Chu Changting would wonder if Han Yaoxi was the eldest lady who was left behind, and she was not an angry bag who was bullied and raised by her aunt at all.

Stared at by Han Miao's insightful and smiling eyes, Chu Changting had to pretend to be stupid. She smiled, wanting to hurry up and perfunctory: "Why don't I feel it, you are wrong." ”

"Don't you try to fool me." Han Yaoxi narrowed her eyes and smiled, "You used to play chess with me in a roundabout way, trapping step by step, leading me to trap myself in a dead game and lose invisibly." You are 'the mountain and the water are doubtful, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village', which often makes me look as if I am going to win, and finally the bamboo basket is empty. And in this game, you are pressing step by step, every move is coming to my side, there is no defense, no strategy, just a simple charge into battle, head-on killing, and your previous style is very different. ”

"Is there one?" This Han Miaoxi learned the verses and language that she casually taught her on weekdays, and she learned it quite quickly. Chu Changting smiled awkwardly, thinking that his mind was all involved in Yun Bi's death just now, and he was not on the chessboard at all, and those little Jiujiu in the past had no brains to use it. Chess is born from the heart, and what the son thinks, he naturally plays straight and unreserved, but he didn't expect to be noticed by Han Miao.

Han Miaoji is really smart. Chu Changting sighed slightly, thinking secretly.

"Did you get stimulated by anything today?" Han Miaoxi suddenly smiled, through the milky white veil, she couldn't see Changting's expression clearly at this moment, but she could feel the stiffness exuded by her body at the moment, and the bold conjecture in her heart was a little more convinced.

"No, it's you who want more." Chu Changting prevaricated while stretching out his hand to try to destroy the evidence, but as soon as his hand touched the chessboard, he was tightly held by Han Yaoxi, she looked up in shock, and saw Han Yaoxi's sleeping phoenix eyes wide open, her pupils were dark and deep, and her eyes were cold and cold.

"Li'er, who the hell are you?"

Chu Changting's muscles suddenly tensed, she subconsciously straightened her spine, revealing a slender and white neck, the smile on the corner of her lips disappeared silently, and her eyes swept coldly towards Han Miao, her eyes were clear and sharp, flashing with a hint of vigilance.

"I just can't leave." Chu Changting smiled, his eyes crooked, but he didn't smile.

"You don't tell me the truth, I think there must be your troubles." Han Miaoxi retracted her fingers, held Chu Changting's hand in her hand, lowered her body and leaned over to Chu Changting's side, and whispered, "I don't believe that you are just an ordinary young lady from a declining family, you must have a prominent background, and you have a deep friendship with Lord Su He, otherwise he would not have spent a lot of money to redeem you in Qinglou, nor would he treat you politely after redeeming it, and he has never done anything wrong." ”

"But Master Su also ransomed you back, and treated you with courtesy." Chu Changting also lowered his voice, and reacted quickly to change the name of Su Gongzi to Master Su.

Han Miaoji smiled lightly and ignored Chu Changting's clever rebuttal. She squeezed Chu Changting's hand a little harder, and then said word by word, slowly and clearly: "You are the Chu family, or rather, you are Chu Changting." ”

Han Miao's voice was clear and floating, like a snowflake slowly falling from the world, freezing the sky and freezing the mountains and seas.

But it was as amazing as thunder roaring overhead.

Time flowed silently and slowly between the entangled gazes of the two.

Feeling the obvious tightness of the palm of her hand, Han Yaoting raised her eyes to stare at Chu Changting's blurred eyes behind the veil, through the thin veil, she could still feel that Chu Changting's gaze looking at her had brought a cold air.

"I don't understand what you're saying." After a long silence, Chu Changting smiled softly and spoke, trying his best to make his tone sound soft and calm. But it was still difficult to hide the icy hostility in the depths of the voice.

"Li'er, don't be nervous, I definitely don't mean anything else." When Han Miaoji said this, she focused on the word Li'er, and showed Chu Changting that she would still treat her as Li'er in the future, and there would be no other evil intentions. And after hearing Han Miaoting still call him to leave, Chu Changting's shoulders were obviously loosened, but his body was still straight.

"You don't have to hide anything from me, I will never do anything against you. We've known each other for a while, and you should know that I'm someone you can trust. ”

Holding Chu Changting's hand rubbed slightly on the back of her hand, she could still feel the roughness mixed with the soft touch of the cocoon as it slowly faded, and she could also feel the heavy work that these hands had experienced. Suddenly thinking of the first meeting between her and Han Miao, who was full of flowers in the dark house, she clearly taught herself the way to make a living in the Qinglou in a few words, and sharply pointed out her future survival path in a few words, Chu Changting's clear and sharp eyes like sharp blades slowly became misty, she stretched out her other hand and stroked Han Miao's hand, her voice trembled slightly: "For... Why. ”

"I happened to see you drop the cup outside Master Su's door, the atmosphere was very depressed and serious, and several of you had heavy expressions, and at that time I guessed that you and Master Su must have some common emotional intersection to make you silent and sad for the same thing. Later, one day, I got up early and wanted to have dinner with you, and found that you went out early in the morning, so I went to look for Master Su again, and found that Master Su also went out early in the morning. Then the two of you came back together, and it rained heavily, and you were soaking wet, and your face was full of sorrow and weariness, and you knew that something was very sad. Later, I learned that day was the day when General Shen's coffin passed through Qingyi, so I suddenly remembered that the day you dropped the cup was also the day when the news of General Shen's death came to Qingyi. ”

"Master Su and General Shen have a deep relationship, everyone in Liangnan is known to everyone, and General Shen's parents died early, and it is also a matter that everyone in Fengzhao knows that there is no relatives and no reason, so why are you so sad for General Shen."

"When we first met, you had been looking for your brother like crazy, and at that time, the whole day was a wanted warrant for the little prince of Chu Mansion. Yes, everyone in the world says that Miss Chu is dead, but the wealthy family, in order to ensure that the children and grandchildren are worry-free, which family has no backhand, and the corpse is unrecognizable in the firelight, who knows who died. ”

"You have always been veiled in Su Province, and I believed that you and I had a rash from allergies. But I happened to see Miss Four and that Yunbi a few days ago, and found that Miss Four looked very similar to you, and I even recognized her as you in a trance for a while, so I knew that you wore a veil not because you had a rash, but because you had a face exactly the same as Miss Su Fu. And when the news of Yunbi's drowning came today, you were in a trance, and I felt that you were much more relaxed through the veil. I don't understand why, but there must be something about it. ”

Chu Changting had been silent, lowering his head, quietly listening to Han Miao's words, and when he heard her mention Shen Liangchen, his shoulders would shrug slightly, and there were dots of light in his eyes flickering.

"Han Miao, you are so smart." After listening to what Han Miaoting said, Chu Changting slightly hooked the corners of his mouth and muttered in a low voice.

"But sometimes this cleverness can really kill people." Chu Changting raised his head again, and looked at Han Miao's gaze a little hot.

Han Miaoting was not afraid, she let go of Chu Changting's hand with a smile, got up and sat around the chessboard and sat beside Chu Changting, her bamboo-like figure stretched out in the late spring wind, and the sound of colliding with each other clanged.

"Li'er, now that I know Yunbi's fate and am willing to have a showdown with you, it shows that I have full sincerity and certainty."