"Two sons, I can be considered to have found you. Huang Pan gently pulled Ye Yinan's sleeve, and his eyes were so rich that he couldn't dissolve the melancholy.

When Ye Qing saw him like this, his expression was grim: "Could it be ......" He didn't finish his words, but he had obviously guessed what was going on.

Huang Pan nodded bitterly, and said with difficulty: "Today...... Today, another female corpse was found. The successive murders of women in the village made him, as the village chief, feel very remorseful, and his heart was extremely tormented, and the whole village was even more panicked.

After finishing speaking, he bent down suddenly, his face almost parallel to the ground, and pleaded: "The two sons were able to catch the thief last night, which is enough to show that the two are profound, my fathers and villagers in Shikou Village of Huangpan Dynasty ask the two to help us catch the remaining thieves, and as a token of gratitude, those medicinal materials are used as a thank you gift!"

In fact, there were some other martial artists in the village, but Huang Pan preferred Ye Yinan and the two, not only because the latter was close to Xiaolan, but also because he had found a sense of reliability from this young man early on.

Ye Yinan helped Huang Pan up, shook his head lightly and said: "Such a small man who does evil by force, my generation of martial artists should get rid of it, don't worry, Village Chief Huang, you don't need to treat business as a thank you gift, Ye Qing and I will help Shikou Village in this matter." ”

Xiaolan, who was sending off the guests behind her, heard that another girl had died, and she clenched her little hands tightly, feeling sad.

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew through the girl's cheeks, and the girl reached out and gently stroked it, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a petal that fell to her shoulder at some point.

Although the petals withered, the girl still recognized it at a glance, it was the four seasons begonia that she planted in the yard, and there was a slight doubt in her heart, the old woman who sold the seeds clearly said that the flower would bloom all year round, but why did it begin to wither?

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Two days have passed, and Ye Yinan and Ye Qing have already obtained the medicinal materials that need to be brought back for this mission in the clan, but the two of them are still staying in Shikou Village, for no other reason, just because the two of them promised Village Chief Huang to get rid of the flower thief named Qian Mazi for Shikou Village.

The two acted separately, one in the south of the village and the other in the north of the village, hiding in the dark and observing, but the disappointing thing was that the flower thief was like suddenly evaporating from the world, and never showed his head again, and the two did not close their eyes for two nights in a row, but they did not even see a figure.

In the room of the inn, Huang Pan sat on the chair with a sad face, sighing again and again, he really couldn't figure out why as soon as he and the others were ready, the thief never appeared again, as if he had predicted.

"Brother Ye Yinan, Brother Ye Qing, you haven't rested for two nights, this is the ginger soup I cooked with my grandma, drink it while it's hot." Xiaolan thoughtfully handed the two steaming porcelain bowls in front of the two, and a small head suddenly poked out behind her, and a pair of watery eyes stared directly at Ye Yinan.

Miao Qianqian rarely goes out on a regular basis, but this time when she heard that her sister was going to deliver ginger soup, she followed her sister, and Xiaolan could naturally guess the reason.

"Qianqian, didn't you say that you have something to say to Brother Ye Yinan?" Xiaolan gently tugged at her sister's braid and said softly.

Miao Qianqian sighed, walked out slowly from behind her, and stood beside Ye Yinan, but didn't say a word, just stared at him.

Ye Yinan smiled knowingly at the ginger soup, leaned over, and put his ear to it.

Xiaolan gritted her teeth angrily on the side and said, "Hmph, the little girl has learned to whisper!"

Miao Qianqian made a trumpet shape with her small hand, covered Ye Yinan's ears, stood on tiptoe and pasted it, and after a while, she took a small step back, looking at him expectantly, waiting for his reply.

Ye Yinan reached out and pinched her delicate little ears, and smiled: "Yes, but I have to wait for you to grow up a little more." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Qing looked over, his gaze seemed to be about to kill, it seemed that this guy was thinking about it in a crooked place again, for example, the ignorant little girl said that she wanted to marry someone, but someone not only did not refuse, but also shamelessly told the little girl "Wait for you to grow up a little more".

Miao Qianqian pouted, obviously not very satisfied with such an answer.

At this moment, Huang Pan didn't care about anything else, he glanced at the two people who were drinking ginger soup, and only felt sad and embarrassed, after all, the two sons of the family were not from Shikou Village, and they had their own tasks, so it was not a matter to stay here all the time.

"Or ...... Two Ye Gongzi, you go back first to resume your life, the thief has not appeared, maybe he has already left Shikou Village. ”

Ye Yinan doesn't think so, that Qian Mazi shouldn't know that the flower thief who made a gambling contract with him has been caught, and he will definitely not leave easily in order to win the gambling contract.

He thought for a moment and muttered, "Village Chief Huang, I have some opinions on the situation in the past two days. ”

When Huang Pan heard this, he hurriedly leaned forward and said nervously: "Son, please speak!"

Ye Yinan held the porcelain bowl in the palm of his hand, and his fingers gently rubbed the shallow pattern carved on the wall of the bowl, "According to the first two times, the rat called Qian Mazi likes to attack a lone woman at night, and when the sky is not dark in the past two days, there are no women on the street." ”

Huang Pan's face was abrupt, since the thief couldn't find a target for the time being, of course he wouldn't jump out. It's just that now the whole Shikou Village is panicked, how dare the women in the village go out at night, I'm afraid that even Izuku Gong will have to stay in the house.

Ye Yinan saw that his face was embarrassed, and he proposed again: "Or you can release the news that the thief was arrested before, and after Qian Mazi hears it, it is very likely that he will leave here." ”

Huang Pan lowered his gaze slightly, and the scene of the families of the two women who had died before kneeling in front of their house came to mind, and they begged him to catch the thief who killed their relatives, and the crying made his heart ache like a knife.

However, the reality made him have to do this, since he couldn't catch the thief, he could only hope to scare the thief away.

"Alas...... The safety of the village is the most important thing. He sighed in his heart.

Just as he was about to get up to go to Zhang Luo, suddenly a crisp voice sounded in the house, like a raindrop that splashed on the surface of the pond with a ripple.

"Well, let me lure that thief out!"

Huang Pan turned his head sharply, looked at the girl who spoke with a surprised expression, and after a while he reacted, and immediately reprimanded: "Nonsense! It's too dangerous to do this, that kind of person is a heartless beast, if you have three long and two short, how can I explain to your parents?"

Xiaolan jumped to Ye Yinan's side in one step, and said to Huang Pan with a smile on her face: "With Big Brother Ye Yinan and Big Brother Ye Qing protecting me, where is there any danger." ”

Huang Pan wanted to say something, but when he saw the sadness hidden in Xiaolan's eyes, his lips moved for a long time and he was still speechless.

Yes, that Zhang girl is her good friend since she was a child, why doesn't she want to be ambushed by the thief who hurt her best friend?

Ye Yinan heard that Xiaolan wanted to use herself as bait, and just wanted to speak, Ye Qing spread his hands on the side, and said with a relaxed face: "A guy like that kind of guy who hides his head and tail is definitely not strong, let alone me and Brother Nan, even if it is just me, it is enough." ”

Seeing the glimmer of hope gradually rising in Huang Pan's eyes, Ye Yinan thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then reminded Ye Qing: "Having said that, don't be careless, this kind of shady person likes to prepare some shady tricks in secret, don't follow the way of others." ”

Ye Qing smiled and nodded.

Hearing this, Huang Pan finally completely relieved his heart, although this young man did not swear so much, but he had an extremely powerful self-confidence in his bones, which made him feel like he had swallowed a reassuring pill.

"Sister, don't go, don't go, okay. Although Miao Qianqian didn't know what was happening in the village, she vaguely felt that this was not a good thing, and her little hand grabbed her sister's sleeve and shook it gently.

Xiaolan looked at her with doting eyes, squatted down, and held her fleshy face: "Little stupid girl, it's okay, good girl!"

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Not surprisingly, when Xiaolan returned home and told her parents about the incident, she was strongly opposed, and it was only under her bitter pleading that her parents' reaction was barely so fierce.

"You stupid girl, even if the two of them protect you, who can say that you will be safe?" Even though she knew her daughter's thoughts in her heart, Aunt Li was still trying to persuade her to give up her plan to be bait.

Miao Bo sighed deeply on the side, he knew his daughter's temper, and he didn't listen to persuasion at all.

"Grandma, it's really okay, Big Brother Ye Yinan and Big Brother Ye Qing are amazing, you haven't seen it with your own eyes, so you don't know much about it. And...... And I don't want the wicked who killed Reiko to get away with it. Xiaolan shook her head and forced a smile as she said the last sentence.

She looked out the window at the sky, it was almost time to plan, and then left the house with a small bamboo basket on her shoulder.

Before leaving the door, she glanced into the courtyard again, and the last petal of the begonia that had been carefully cared for a long time fell off the calyx and slowly floated down, which made her feel a little sad.

As night fell, there were hardly any people to be seen on the streets, and it was deserted, Xiaolan walked alone towards the village temple at the west entrance of Shikou Village, and the sound of clear footsteps echoed around the empty area, slightly gloomy.

This small temple can be regarded as a witness of Shikou Village, from the initial extremely simple niche, to the gradual expansion later, now it is a village temple that can accommodate more than a dozen people.

Xiaolan walked into the small temple according to the plan, although she knew that the two eldest brothers were secretly protecting herself, but after all, she was a weak girl, and she still couldn't help but be a little scared in her heart, which could be seen from the fair face.

She looked at the statue of the god of the land in front of her, slowly knelt on the cushion, took out the pre-prepared fruits and other offerings from the bamboo basket one by one, and placed them neatly under the statue, and kept whispering in her mouth: "Grandpa the land, Xiaolan invites you to eat delicious food, you must bless the peace of Shikou Village~"

"Bless Abba and Aunt with good health, Qianqian must also grow up well, and Uncle Huang and Granny Zhang ......"

"Bless Brother Ye Yinan and Brother Ye Qing with a safe life and good luck!"

She said a lot of people, but she didn't say herself, Ye Qing, who was hidden in the shadows, wanted to laugh at her for being naïve at first, but when she finally heard her mention herself and Ye Yinan, she couldn't help but fall silent, and looked at the girl who was praying with her hands folded with warmth.

PS: To be honest, I don't really want to write about this plot, but, alas, forget it, let's write it head-on.