"Mrs. Yang, oh, the cloth you asked for last time has arrived, the cloth is very afraid of moisture, I put it upstairs, you wait first, I'll go upstairs to get it-" Li Xue greeted the guests, warm and familiar, so that she could not even speak.

She walked out of the store, went around to the back of the store and went upstairs to get a cloth, the storefront in front of the street in order to vacate the area as much as possible, so the stairs were placed at the back, Li Xue's footsteps were getting closer and closer to me, I hid in the corner of the alley, waited for her to hurry through, and then slowly followed her.

I heard her go upstairs with her teeth, and soon came down again, and I smelled the brocade cloth, floating in the wind with her footsteps, blowing away the appearance of Li Xue in my memory.

I leaned on the corner of the alley, listening to Li Xue's ease when greeting guests, all these years when I met her, I suddenly bowed my head, never carefully observed her changes, I was indeed very cruel.

After the customer left, the store was quiet, Li Xue's breathing fell somewhere, and she didn't move quietly, and she didn't know what she was doing now?

Someone walked into the store, and Li Xue didn't say hello, she must have been stunned again.

"Sister Li."

Someone called her—

This voice, very familiar, is Zheng Jewel.

"Oh, Miss Zheng, when did you come?" Li Xue stood up, and the sound of a stool dragging sounded.

Zheng Jewel said softly: "It just so happened that I made up a gap - you have heard about the embroidery village, right?" ”

Li Xue said softly: "Well, she...... Are you alright? ”

"What do you say?"

Li Xue said: "Go into the side room and talk about it, and people outside will ask more when they see it." ”

They walked to the hut behind the bunk, which was only separated by a wall, and I pressed my face against the wall, and I could hear the dull conversation inside.

Li Xue said: "With so many people by her side, she will be fine, right?" ”

Zheng Zhuzhu sighed and didn't say much.

Li Xue said: "After so many years, everything has always changed. ”

Zheng Zhuzhu said: "Sister Li still cares about Miss Yan so much, but why does she keep hiding it? ”

Li Xue sighed lightly and muttered: "Some things, some people, have changed once they have passed, even if we have not left the gap all these years, but they are not the original us." Not bothering is also a kind of waiting, right? ”

I felt that a thousand pounds of stones fell on my heart, and the love was true and righteous, and the tears could not stop falling.

Li Xue smiled bitterly and said, "I've been bothering Miss Zheng these days, has Mrs. come to look for you?" She had already returned home a few days ago. ”

Zheng Zhuzhu said lightly: "I went back in the morning." ”

"Oh?" Li Xue seemed a little surprised, "Go back so soon?" ”

Zheng Zhuzhu said: "For Miss Yan, as a friend, I am not so pure, especially now that things are like this, I feel very guilty. ”

Li Xue said: "You don't have to feel guilty, compared to me, you have done a good job." ”

Zheng Jewel's voice was full of sadness, and said: "That's it, I'm always just Zheng Jewel, and I can't find my old self again." ”

After a pause, Li Xue said strangely: "You went back in the morning, how could Madam let you come out alone again?" ”

Zheng Zhuzhu's voice was very wooden: "After arguing with her for a few words, I came out, facing her, I felt very tired and scared, even the previous aunt didn't make me feel so afraid." ”

Li Xue said: "Madame is always your mother, and she is harsh on you because of her love." ”

Zheng Zhuzhu smiled sadly: "If this love makes me have no freedom, no friends, or even lose myself, then I would rather not." ”

Li Xue said: "Why do you want to debate with your wife? She has never liked to be contradicted by others, don't you think it makes sense, miss? ”

"She blames me for destroying the false thread, I have to investigate this matter, how did she become like this, everything has to fight for right and wrong, someone is dead, someone is sick, in her eyes it is just someone else's business, those old hairpins that she threw in the box and don't use, just a stick is worth these threads of silver, but she has to care about these things, do something unpleasant to everyone."

"Probably...... Maybe Madame just wants an explanation, after all, it is your great joy, and Madame's character must not allow the slightest flaw. Li Xue persuaded and said.

Zheng Zhuzhu said: "This is just an excuse, she has long been dissatisfied with my cold attitude towards happy events, and she is just using the topic to play." She always wanted me to marry into the Huang family, to marry the Huang Gongzi, who was four years younger than me, she never asked me if I liked it or not, and she never even thought about her daughter's lifelong happiness like a normal mother. ”

It turned out that Zheng Jewel was resistant to this fateful marriage, but Mrs. Zheng insisted on going her own way - I didn't expect that the rumored Huang Gongzi was so much younger than Zheng Jewel.

Li Xue said: "That's a family affair between Master Huang and your father, maybe Mrs. can't be the master......"

I don't know why, Li Xue has been saying good things for Mrs. Zheng.

"She just wants to win the eldest mother, the eldest mother has died a long time ago, but she has always been haunted by the past, she won everything that the eldest mother has, but lost her soul."

Li Xue sighed, not wanting Zheng Jewel to be more resentful of Mrs. Zheng, so she pulled out the topic and said, "Hey, although it's only been a few days, I think you've changed a lot, is it their affairs that make you have any ideas?" ”

Zheng Zhuzhu said: "If you really have an idea, Sister Li will be happy for me, at least prove that my heart is still alive......"

I feel even more uncomfortable in my heart, these days her dedication, I and Xia Xia secretly questioned, Xia Xia showed her face, I even pushed her to scold her, recalling the scene when I first met, she was like a graceful lotus blooming gently, every word showed nobility and elegance, how beautiful it was, how could I do this to her?

I've been making mistakes, and although I know what I'm wrong, I'll never be able to change this cloudy problem. I held back my crying, didn't dare to listen to it anymore, didn't dare to know more, and walked away briskly by touching the wall.

My heart is very chaotic, I am in a hurry, the tearful faces of Li Xue and Zheng Zhuzhu are intertwined in my mind, and their slight and forbearant cries are also hovering in my ears, I am so confused!

I ran as I ran, and I didn't know which alley I had walked to, and by the time I calmed down, I couldn't find my way - where was this?!

I listened and smelled as hard as I could, trying to hear if there was any shouting in the street outside, or the smell of goods from the vendors, when a strong smell of alcohol and rotten flesh suddenly crept into my nose and choked on me several times.

"Who? Who's there? "I tilted my ear and heard the sound of heavy footsteps somewhere at the bottom of the alley, not the sound of walking at all, but the sound of dragging at all—the sound approaching me......

"Who, who's there? Speak up! "I'm a little scared, who's coming up to me? Why do you use such a strange walking sound? Why is there such an unfamiliar smell? Why don't you answer me?

The voice was still approaching me, and there was a heavy, hoarse "hey", and I panicked a little and stepped back—

"Knock knock!"

Suddenly, there was a banging sound, interrupting the eerie atmosphere, as if someone had thrown a stone or something into the alley, and the footsteps that had been approaching me suddenly turned in the direction and ran out, and there was a low panicked sound.

A footstep outside approached me briskly, and I was wary, cowering and listening.

"Big sister is okay, right?" It's a teenager, immature with a little naïve, so eary? Haven't heard of it.

"It's okay to pull, the bad guys have been scared away by me, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." The boy said cheerfully.

"Thank you...... Thank you. ”

"Oh, big sister, so you're blind - oh, I mean, you can't see, no wonder." The boy seemed to be talking with a spurted mouth.

"Which kid are you?" A kid of this age, if it was the town, I would know it.

"I ...... My house is so far from here, so far away. I don't know where I am......" The boy's voice choked up, and his mood suddenly changed from cheerful to sad.

I reached out and touched it, thinking it should be a teenager in his teens, but I didn't expect this young man to be much taller than me, like he was seventeen or eighteen years old: "Are you separated from your family?" ”

The young man suddenly grabbed the corner of my clothes, and he was so excited that he even sighed: "-You-Are you a mother?" ”

What the heck?

The boy took my hand and shook it like a child, saying, "You are my mother, my mother in the portrait." Mother-a-"

"You've mistaken someone, I-I'm not your mother-" I retracted my hand desperately, thinking that the boy was weird.

"Mother-mother, don't you remember me? I'm Dabao, it's your son—" The boy took my hand and touched his face.

I was terrified, my eyes widened inadvertently, and I twitched my hand vigorously and said, "You recognized the wrong person—I—"

"I ...... Ahh The boy suddenly threw my hand and ran away crying.

Ghosts?! What did he see? Where are the ghosts? Where are the ghosts? Don't leave me!

I'm messing around to get out of the alley!

In a hurry, I didn't know where I had run to, I just knew that it was an alley, it was so quiet, there was no sound at all, I only heard the sound of my own wheezing and heartbeat, whew...... Call...... Call...... Bang...... Bang...... Bang......

I didn't dare to scream for fear of attracting unknown people to approach, but if I kept walking blindly in this alley where I didn't know where it was, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to go home all day.

"Is the girl lost?" Suddenly, a man's voice sounded beside me, but it didn't scare me, because the man's voice was so soft and warm, as if he was afraid that it would scare me, so he deliberately lowered the volume and tone.

I turned my head, and although I couldn't see it, I could hear his faint breathing, and from the sound of his breathing, the man was about half a head taller than me, in his early twenties, and less than thirty.

Who is he? Another stranger?