After Xia Xia returned to the room, Zheng Zhuzhu also walked towards the front yard, and the smell of fragrant rice porridge wafted in, and she stopped at the door of my room, probably to see if I was awake.

I was about to go out to call her, but she muttered, "I am tired from sleeping so quietly." ”

Didn't notice I was already up in bed? Maybe I didn't fold the quilt in a daze, but the figure arched out of the quilt was still there, and she thought I was still sleeping.

I walked out of the water room, but Zheng Zhu didn't stop long, and brought the breakfast back to the kitchen, so I had to follow slowly.

There was a strong smell of meat buns in the kitchen, and I usually had a great appetite when I smelled it, but now I don't know what's wrong, I feel nauseous and want to vomit when I smell it, so I haven't even entered the kitchen, so I desperately took a few steps back, and I tripped over the fence of the corridor and fell to the ground, hitting my head on the pillar, and I almost fainted in pain.

Zheng Zhuzhu still didn't notice me falling outside the door, and walked out of the kitchen again, and the smell of meat buns followed her into the distance.

Where did she go with the meat bun?

"Knock knock knock - Yan Gongzi, are you?" Zheng Zhuzhu knocked on the door of the tail room, Yan Cuo did not answer the door, and he didn't know where to go early in the morning.

Zheng Zhuzhu didn't give up, and continued: "Is Young Master Yan here? It was going to be cold in the kitchen early, so I stopped by and brought it over. ”

Yan Cuo still didn't answer the door, forget it, you don't have to serve him like this, you won't get any good faces. I suddenly felt distressed for this gentle and meticulous daughter.

"Squeak", Zheng Zhuzhu not only did not leave, but pushed the door in, which made me feel too different from the usual shy and shy her.

She didn't come out soon after entering, but searched back and forth for a while, and there was a slight sound of clothes turning, as if she was looking for something inside.

What is she doing? Why are you rummaging through the wrong room in Yan?

After a while she came out, feeling a little nervous at the sound of footsteps, she trotted to the edge of the small flower bed in the corner of the courtyard, as if to remove something heavy, and then the sound of shoveling and digging earth sounded—

Is she going to bury something in the ground?

It's weird.

After burying the things, Zheng Jewel clapped his hands, seemed to have completed a task, and sighed comfortably.

"How is it here? Stumbled? Don't call me either—" Zheng Jewel left the backyard and saw me stiff in the corner of the corridor, and desperately stepped forward to help me up.

I smelled the dirt on her hands, mixed with the stench of rusty iron, which made me feel sick and want to vomit, so I desperately turned my face away.

"What's wrong? Did it hurt somewhere? Zheng Zhuzhu's voice was full of concern.

"No, no. I didn't see you when I came out in the morning, I thought you had gone somewhere. "I suddenly felt that Zheng Jewel was not as intimate and familiar as I thought.

"Why, even if I have to leave, I will come to tell you, I will not say goodbye - I just come to the backyard to see what to do. By the way, I'm ready early, have you washed up? ”

I shook my head, not wanting her to know that I was already up and that she was doing little things in the backyard.

Zheng Jewel smiled: "Then let's go wash up and eat first." ”

"Where's Xia Xia?" I asked.

"She was earlier than you, ate and drank the medicine, and probably fell asleep again."

"I want to see her—"

Zheng Zhuzhu pulled me tightly and pulled me towards the kitchen: "She is suffering from the cold, not to mention, she needs to rest more, and she may be dyed to others before she gets better, Miss Song told me to let you contact you after it is all - don't worry about it for a day or two, right?" ”

"Did Song Lingjian say that?"

"Yes."

Will Song Lingjian say these trivial things?

The rice porridge is fragrant and warm, with a moderate consistency, and it seems to have some lotus seeds added, which is very refreshing and delicious.

"How? Is it still appetizing? ”

I nodded and said, "It's so delicious, is there a new porridge coming out of the building?" Haven't drunk it before. ”

Zheng Jewel chuckled a few times, and said shyly and happily: "This is not bought by a restaurant, this is what I tried to make according to the taste I used to love, it is refreshing and not greasy, and it is most suitable for patients with a dull mouth." If you like it, there's still in the pot—" She got up to serve me more.

"Don't bother, the porridge is still a little hot, I can't drink it so fast - thank you for everything you did for us." I say this with all my heart.

Zheng Zhu said: "Don't tell me this, I can do something for you, I'm very willing-as soon as you say toast to the building, I remember, yesterday's meal money has not been settled, you drink the porridge slowly, go back to the room to rest after drinking, and I will bring you the medicine when I come back." She got up to leave.

"Miss Zheng, why are you so good to me?" I pulled her by the hand and asked in a strange way.

"There's no why, be good to a friend, need a reason?" Zheng Zhuzhu patted me gently and walked outside.

Not long after Zheng Jewel left, I immediately put down the bowl and went out, because I didn't think she really wanted to go to the toast to settle the bill, just to find an excuse to leave temporarily-

She has something to hide from me.

I touched the yard, and I didn't have to leave the courtyard door to know what Zheng Zhuzhu was doing.

There is also a very narrow alleyway behind my house, which was deliberately left empty in the courtyard built by my father, so that the thatched house at the end can be opened to have some air, and the backyard will be much brighter. Because it's the bottom of the alley, it's a dead alley, so no one ever walks around.

At this time, on this alleyway where no one walked, Zheng Zhuzhu's light voice sounded, which I would definitely not be able to hear in normal times, but I was blind and couldn't see those disguised faces and diverted attention, so I could hear it so clearly.

"I found some more this time, and I've buried them in the backyard as you said." Zheng Jewel whispered to a certain person, I didn't hear footsteps passing by the courtyard before, in this back alley, there are already people waiting?

I thought that Zheng Zhuzhu was only familiar with me in this town, and it turned out that there were other people I knew.

"I'm tired." What I didn't expect was that she secretly met a young man, with a gentle and polite voice, and he seemed to be smiling when he spoke.

Miss Yan asked about the murder, and her tone seemed to be very surprised and frightened by this matter, she ...... Does it really have anything to do with the murder? Zheng Zhuzhu said hurriedly.

"The murder is still under investigation – but I know a lot of people are looking into it, and with the strength of all parties, I believe it will soon come to light.

"Miss Yan is worried, I'm really afraid that this truth will hurt her again. If the murderer has a hard time, can he be dealt with lightly? ”

The man said: "The rules of the family have their own rules, and it is not up to me to call the shots." ”

"I understand, I understand......"

"These troubles Miss Zheng continue to make up, before the matter is investigated, I hope Miss Zheng can continue to take care of this yard, soon, it will be over soon."

The man sighed, as if this so-called "end" was not easy for him either.

The two said goodbye briefly, and the man walked out of the alley, although his steps were light, but he still fell on my heart like a thousand catties.

Zheng Jewel didn't come out, probably to prevent being bumped into, I can't imagine her expression at the moment standing alone in the bottom of the alley, is it also like the female ghost I saw in the middle of the night last night, laughing at the corners of her mouth hideously.

I clutched my throat so I wouldn't spit it out—

Last night, we also had a deep conversation with the moon, talking about her unsatisfactory childhood, why did she wake up and everything changed again? How many other disguises are there around me that I don't know about? In other words, what is the purpose of her approaching me to stay in Xiuzhuang? Is it just that you want to make me a friend and do something to help?

As soon as the man came out of the alley, I immediately turned around and touched Xia Xia's room, I don't know if it was unintentional or intentional these days, I always can't see Xia Xia, and Xia Xia always avoids me, is it really like Zheng Zhu said, do you don't want the death case to affect me? Xia Xia is not such a forward-looking person.

"Xia Xia, Xia Xia." I whispered.

Suddenly there was a sound in Xia Xia's room where the panicked bowl was not placed on the table and swirled, maybe I scared her into drinking medicine.

"W-what?" Xia Xia's voice was also panicked and guarded.

"I'll come to see you-"

"I've just fallen asleep—" Xia Xia didn't come to open the door, anxious to make an excuse.

"It's okay to sleep, I'll talk to you."

"I'm not good for the cold, I'm afraid of dyeing you. Let's go in the afternoon - after drinking this medicine, I will be able to get better, and I will go to find you in the afternoon. ”

Xia Xia refused my request, obviously she was still arguing with Zheng Jewel in the kitchen just now and said that she wanted to see me, did Zheng Jewel's words really make her convinced? It's just a meeting, why is it so difficult? What is she running away from?

In the past two days, Xia Xia's estrangement from me has gone beyond the scope of anger, and I always feel that she is afraid of something, what is she afraid of? Did you find the body of the golden lady? But no matter how scared you are, why refuse to meet me? Am I the source of her fear?

My mind was so upset, I had no eyes in this yard, and suddenly I realized that everyone was pretending to lie to me, who else could I trust?

Zheng Zhu came back soon, and when he looked for me, I had already gone back to my room, lying on my side on the bed and meditating on the strange things that were disorganized, and I really had nothing else to do except for my thoughts.