Xiao Xu was stunned for a moment, raised his eyes to look at her, and his eyes seemed to contain a sea of stars.

This lonely, strong, and unapproachable man showed a gentleness that was completely different from his temperament at this time.

Chu Junlan couldn't help but relax his guard, and couldn't help but want to tease him with other expressions.

"Last time I said let Shizi play a fool and show me, did Shizi figure it out today?"

"Not really."

"Did you not pretend to be stupid, or did you not figure it out?"

"The former."

Chu Junlan was amused by his concise and serious appearance.

"I seem to understand the way you speak," she said with interest, leaning against the bedpost, "it's not that you don't talk much, but you don't like to say things that you find useless." You said that since you and I first met now, have you ever said nonsense that you think is useless? ”

Xiao Xu shook his head and added, "It's always been like this." ”

"You know, you've been like this, and it's not against me." Chu Junlan sat up straight, "So I'm really curious, what are you like when you pretend to be stupid?" ”

Xiao Xu's expression, which was originally quite kind, immediately became a little tense, and he stood up and tied his clothes before leaving.

Chu Junlan looked at his back and didn't move.

"You don't have to worry about the treasures." Xiao Xu's footsteps paused slightly, and he didn't look back, "No one will rob you." ”

"You know that? Looks like you're concerned about me. Chu Junlan's eyebrows raised slightly, and he didn't know how much eyeliner he had left beside her.

Xiao Xu pursed his thin lips and said, "There are also four new arrivals in your yard, if you don't like it, I can help you think of it." ”

Chu Junlan's smile remained unchanged, and a pair of beautiful eyes carefully examined his expression, confirming that he was completely out of concern and not fake, and couldn't help but chuckle out loud.

People are not plants and trees, and she is not iron-hearted, even if they have not known each other for a long time, and the details of each other are not clear, this does not prevent her from feeling Xiao Xu's kindness.

"Those four don't matter, I just don't want to get them out so quickly, it's still useful to keep them. But there's another thing I want to trouble you. ”

"You say." Xiao Xu turned around and returned three steps away in front of Chu Junlan.

"I have a maidservant, named Ziyuan, my family name is Chang, I am eighteen years old this year, I was born with a petite figure, I look very beautiful, there is a small mole under the corner of my right eye, when I was in a coma, she was sold by Aunt Wang in order to protect me, and it has been almost half a year. She grew up with me since she was a child, and she treats me like a sister, and she is also burdened by me, I want to find her, but my ability is limited, I don't know if you can help me. ”

Xiao Xu was a little surprised, Chu Junlan would speak because of this kind of thing. As far as he knew, Chu Junlan had a lot of troubles at the moment, and since they had reached a cooperation, as long as she spoke, he would never stand idly by.

But she didn't ask for anything, only asked him to help find a subordinate who was sold half a year ago.

"Okay." Xiao Xu looked at Chu Junlan's eyes becoming deeper and deeper, and nodded in response.

Chu Junlan got up with a smile and solemnly blessed him, "Thank you." ”

"Not necessarily." Xiao Xu's gaze swept over her delicate body, her face stiffened, and she turned around and left.

Chu Junlan looked at his back as he "fled from the wilderness" again, and said with a smile: "Show me the stupid next time I see the performance." ”

As soon as the back window opened and closed, the figure disappeared into the night.

When she came to the outer room, Zi Yan had already woken up, her hair was a little messy, and she looked at Chu Junlan with tears in her eyes.

"Third Miss ......"

Chu Junlan touched her head, "Don't worry, Ziyuan will find it." ”

"Hmm." Zi Yan nodded heavily.

But they all knew in their hearts that what they were doing at this time was nothing more than "living to see people, and dead to see corpses".

After fainting the next day, Chu Junlan went to Chu Hua's courtyard to administer needles to him.

"Big brother, how did your mother die back then, and when did it happen, do you remember?" The jade fingers twisted, with a slight internal strength, and the silver needle made a buzzing sound at an acupuncture point on the side of Chu Huating's ear.

Chu Huating said: "I naturally remember that on the first day of the lunar month in the seventh year of Jinghong, it snowed a lot in the capital. My mother fell in the small garden and hit the rockery with the back of ......her head."

Thinking of the experience at that time, Chu Huating clenched his fists, "I was too young at that time, and my memory is not real, I only remember that this incident was very troublesome, and it also alarmed the government." The catcher of Shuntianfu came to investigate in person, and later concluded that the mother's slip and hit the rockery was purely an accident. Later, the rockery stone was unlucky at home, so it was replaced by the current Taihu stone. The layout of the garden has also been completely renovated since then. ”

"Was it my father's idea to renovate the layout?"

"It should be."

"Does that brother remember who the catcher was back then?"

"Lan Lan, do you want to investigate what happened back then?" Chu Huating did not answer the rhetorical question.

Chu Junlan neatly inserted the needle and replied without hesitation: "Yes, I didn't have the ability in the past, but now that I have the ability, I naturally have to find out." Aunt Wang, Aunt Sun He, and Aunt Su have indeed done many unclean things, even if my mother's death and your eyes have nothing to do with them, I will not spare them. But there is a debtor and a debtor, one yard is one yard, and I don't want to miss anyone who has harmed you. ”

Chu Huating turned to Chu Junlan's direction, his brows tightened: "Lan Lan, these things are not something that you should take care of as a girl, I will find out from the meeting, you should live your life happily, and don't get involved in these troubles." ”

"Big brother, I understand your kindness." Chu Junlan smiled and began to pull out the needle for Chu Huating, his tone was gentle and firm, "Don't worry, I won't push you out of the matter, my mother is the mother of the two of us, if she really died unexpectedly, we should also know the truth, otherwise wouldn't we be suspicious of being someone for the rest of our lives?" But if the mother really died in vain, then this revenge must also be avenged by our brothers and sisters. ”

The younger sister has become so strong and confident, even if he can't see it, just listening to her voice, Chu Huating can feel the vigorous vitality emanating from her body.

This is a strong and confident aura, which can infect the people around her, as if as long as you are with her, anything is no longer difficult and can be done.

Chu Huating pondered for a moment, and finally showed his face: "You are right, my mother is the mother of you and me, and her affairs are decided by the two of us." ”

As she spoke, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, followed by Zi Yan's dissatisfied complaint: "Third Miss, they are also too deceitful!" ”

"What's wrong? What are you doing with such a big anger? Chu Junlan packed up the silver needle.

Zi Yan pouted, "Aunt Wang prepared rouge gouache, head and face accessories and other things for the girls and young masters to use in the Juya Society, and let each room pick them up." The slave and maid went, but they refused to give it to me, and the mother-in-law in charge of the treasury also stabbed me, saying, 'Your master has silver, where can you still see the things in the house, and you can buy what you want', I see that the second lady and the fourth young master have a lot of things, but you and the eldest young master have nothing here. Aunt Wang clearly hated those treasures and refused to give you anything! ”