Back at the General's Mansion, Du Xiaomeng's mind kept thinking about Lin Xinru.

I can't understand why Lin Xinru came to the capital. She eloped with Xiao Gongzi in order not to marry Zhan Qi, according to the general way of thinking, she must have run to a place where she would never have the opportunity to meet Zhan Qi, but she ran to the capital with her lover. Did she think that the more dangerous the place, the safer? However, with Lin Xinru's timid and cowardly personality, how could she do such a risky thing?

It is likely that it was Xiao Gongzi's idea to come to the capital.

Judging from the situation just now, Lin Xinru did not have a good time after eloping with Xiao Gongzi.

At that time, Du Xiaomeng gave most of the valuable dowry jewelry to the two of them and eloped. Although those jewelry are not priceless, if they save money, the two of them can live a comfortable life even if they don't have to work, how can they get to the point where Lin Xinru wants to go to the small shop to wash dishes?

However, Lin Xinru is a young lady who has never seen the world in the boudoir, and Xiao Gongzi is a powerless scholar, and neither of them is good at making a living. There's nothing surprising that they've gotten to this point.

The more she thought about it, the more relieved Lin Xinru became, and Du Xiaomeng couldn't wait to go to her immediately to ask the questions in her heart. But she couldn't do that, she couldn't do anything unusual that would cause people to do so.

She kept thinking about things, worried about Lin Xinru, and seemed a little absent-minded.

At the dinner table, Old Man Zhan noticed her strangeness and asked with concern: "Little cute girl, your face is not very good, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

Zhan Qi, who was concentrating on cooking, heard his father say this, stopped his chopsticks and looked at Du Xiaomeng, who was sitting beside him; The other members of the Zhan family who were sitting also looked up in unison.

Du Xiaomeng came back to her senses, touched her face casually, and replied with a smile: "Father-in-law, Xiaomeng is not uncomfortable. It's just that I've been out of a lot of places today, and I'm just a little tired. ”

Old Man Zhan seemed to be relieved, with a loving smile on his face, and said, "It's okay." If you're tired, then you can go back to rest quickly after dinner. ”

Du Xiaomeng nodded obediently in response.

Zhan Di glanced at Du Xiaomeng uneasily. After seeing her sister-in-law sell jewelry last time, she always felt that something should have happened to her sister-in-law, although her eldest brother said that her sister-in-law was okay afterwards, but only Qiusha's eldest brother was neither considerate nor concerned enough about her sister-in-law, even if her sister-in-law really had something, he didn't necessarily know, and even if she knew, she wouldn't be at ease!

Because of the old man's concern, it became the focus. Du Xiaomeng didn't like to be surrounded by all kinds of eyes with different meanings, so after she hurriedly finished eating, she excused herself and left the dining room first.

Watching her leave, Old Man Zhan turned his head and nagged his son: "Xiaomeng, she came all the way to the capital as a girl, and she has no relatives or friends here, so it's pitiful." Qi'er, if you have time, spend more time with her, care about her, don't always ignore others. ”

"Got it." Zhan Qi responded to his father very obediently. In the past, if his father said this, he would definitely agree on his face, but he would be very unhappy when his father's words were the wind in his ears, and he would never go to Du Xiaomeng's residence according to his father's wishes. Today, however, he agreed willingly. After he had dinner and walked with his father to send him back to Nian Ciyuan, he really walked in the direction of Jicui Garden automatically and consciously.

When he arrived at the gate of Jicui Garden, Zhan Qi stopped and looked up at the word "Jicui" above his head. The way he is now, doesn't he look like someone said before, "Nothing to do, nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief"?

Elephant, very like.

So, Zhan Qi hesitated. He never hesitated to charge and kill the enemy, and he repeatedly stood in front of the door of the little woman with sharp teeth and strange ideas, hesitating whether to go in or not.

Looking into the garden, I saw that the house was already lit up with warm lights, and the light reflected the thin window paper warmly. Through the thin layer of window paper, two figures could be seen moving around in the room, and suddenly, one of them walked towards the window and pushed the closed window open.

Zhan Qi subconsciously dodged and hid to the side.

Either go in or leave, he couldn't figure out why he was sneaking around, standing outside someone's girl's door like a voyeur.

"Madame!" Liu Lu's angry voice came from inside the house to outside the garden gate, "Why did you put out the lights?" ”

Du Xiaomeng said calmly: "Xiaoliu, the surrounding darkness can see the stars in the sky more clearly, tonight the moon is dark and starry is a good time for stargazing!" ”

The willow green in the house looked at her lady with incomprehensible eyes in the night, and said, "Madam, what is there to see about the stars?" "Aren't all the stars in the sky like that? What else can you see?

Du Xiaomeng did not answer Liu Lu's question. She leaned on the windowsill and looked up at the starry night sky, at the stars that sparkled like jewels, and was distracted.

After seeing Lin Xinru today, maybe she couldn't see her downfall, Du Xiaomeng's mood has been a little depressed. When she wasn't in a good mood, she liked to look at the stars as she is now, blow the night breeze, think about nothing, and let the vast night sky soothe her mind.

Seeing that Du Xiaomeng didn't speak, Liu Lu didn't go to light the lamp. She also looked up at the night sky, looked at it for a while, and then asked, "Madam, the slave maid heard from Granny Chen in the kitchen that after death, a person will become a star in the sky, guarding the people he loved during his lifetime." Madame, do you say that people really become stars when they die? ”

Du Xiaomeng's eyes froze as she looked at the night sky. When people die, they will become guardian stars to light the way of the living, and once, a long time ago, she was very stupid and naïve, and she believed in this. Now, she is no longer stupid or naïve, of course, she knows that this is just a lie for the living to comfort herself. However, she didn't plan to debunk this lie in front of Liulu, a simple girl. She looked back and said vaguely, "Either it will or it won't." After all, neither you nor I have been to the afterlife, and no one knows what it is like. ”

Zhan Qi, who was hiding outside the park, slowly raised his head and looked at the boundless starry sky. The stars are shining, and the twinkling starlight is like a pair of bright eyes looking at the earth of the world. Zhan Qi looked at the starry sky a little distracted, and gradually, the little starlight gathered together and turned into a pair of eyes that were deep in his mind and could never be forgotten. His heart snapped back, and when he came back to his senses, his eyes turned into stars scattered across the sky again.

"Mother, have you become a star in the sky, guarding your husband and children?" Zhan Qi muttered to himself, withdrew his gaze to the sky, and turned his head to look at the inside of the Jicui Garden.

I don't know when the open window closed, and the lights in the room came back on.

Zhan Qi glanced at the closed window and turned to leave.