Even though it seems to be light and light at the moment, Chen Ying feels that Guo Wan's heart must be very uncomfortable.

That dowry, she must have been trying her best to protect it before, but now she finally didn't keep it, and anyone would be unwilling to change it.

"Good or bad, what's the difference?" Guo Wan smiled lightly, looked up at the sky, and looked stunned: "Being born in such a place, what is good and what is not good, it is really difficult to say, but it is to do what I should do and get everything I want." ”

Chen Ying looked at her for a while, but still didn't answer.

This kind of Guo Wan is really worrying.

can be put another point of view, Guo Wan and her Chen Ying are actually no different.

Knowing the path you want to take is also clearly aware of what kind of consequences this reckless behavior will bring.

But he refused to give up.

Guo Wan took out her deceased mother's dowry and used it as a stepping stone to open the door to that road.

It's her choice.

It's her way.

Chen Ying felt that she was not qualified to judge arbitrarily.

"Don't worry, I have my own reasons, and I won't be able to live in this mansion for long." Guo Wan's voice came, and there seemed to be a smile in her voice.

Chen Ying's heart was relieved, and he nodded: "That's good, Xingjibo Mansion is not very safe after all." ”

It is likely that the murderer of the corpse sinking case is hidden here, and it is good that Guo Wan can leave as soon as possible.

Seeing her say this, Guo Wan seemed to remember something, and her face suddenly changed.

"Is there something?" Chen Ying immediately asked.

Guo Wan shook her head and smiled, and the expression on her face became darker: "I'm fine, I just found out a piece of news." ”

She sighed and said in a very soft voice, "Smoke willow...... It's really missing, just four years ago. ”

"Oh?" Chen Ying looked at her, and her face became solemn: "Is the source credible?" ”

"It was Sima who inquired about it personally, and there will be no mistake." Guo Wan affirmed that she was authentic, and then explained: "Sima is the woman from the rivers and lakes I invited. ”

It turned out that the female steward from the rivers and lakes was surnamed Sima.

It's a pretty rare surname.

Guo Wan said at this time: "Sima inquired about the news from an old lady in the house, who once took care of the sprinkling and sweeping in Xianci's yard. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?" Chen Ying asked.

Guo Wan brought a strand of wind-blown hair behind her ear and said softly: "According to the old lady, four years ago, when my grandmother was forty years old, the house gave her old man a birthday and invited many guests. Yanliu was in charge of the tea that day, and the steward asked her to go inside to deliver tea, but she never came back, and the steward really complained for a long time, and it happened to be heard by the sprinkler Mama. ”

"Didn't they look for it? Otherwise, it should be reported to Mrs. Guo? Chen Ying frowned.

Even if Yanliu is a maid, it can't just disappear without knowing it, and the house always has to find it.

When Guo Wan heard this, a trace of ridicule crossed her face, and she said lightly: "This matter is naturally to be reported, and my grandmother was very angry when she heard it, and even though she sent two errand runners to Dengzhou Mansion, she planned to find someone to ask me for." ”

Chen Ying looked at her in amazement.

"Isn't that ridiculous?" A smile floated on Guo Wan's face, and soon dispersed again, and her eyes were desolate: "Grandmother probably thought that Yanliu was quietly coming to me taking advantage of the chaos, and her old man was concerned about important matters and would not let Yanliu join me, so she sent someone to me to ask for her guilt as soon as possible." ”

At this point, she couldn't help but sigh: "At that time, I was preparing to get married, and the two errand cats were in Penglai County for more than a month, and I didn't see Yanliu appear, until I married into the Qiu family, and they reported to my grandmother." I suspect that my grandmother was convinced that Yan Liu was going to have a private meeting with me, and secondly, she was afraid that I would find out something, so she kept it under her control, and simply kept it from anyone."

Chen Ying understood this, so he said, "You don't have to say it, I understand." ”

The next development of things is easy to guess, Qiu Shilang died of illness, Guo Wan became a widow, lived in a simple house, and did not go out at all, it is obvious that there is no contact with Yanliu, and as the years go by, Cheng is likely to forget about it.

And just last year, the body of an unknown woman surfaced, and at that time, Cheng was likely to think of Yanliu, who had been missing for many years, but for some reason, she refused to reveal the identity of this woman, and intentionally or unintentionally concealed the news.

If it weren't for Guo Wan's return to Beijing, Yanliu's identity would never be known.

"Smoke Willow has always kept a list in his hand." Guo said suddenly.

Chen Ying looked up at her and happened to meet her eyes without sadness or joy.

"Grandmother left the smoke willow, just for the list in her hand, but unfortunately she missed a trick back then, did not get the smoke willow deed, her old man also sent someone to Penglaile to force me, if it wasn't for my grandfather to stop the head, maybe I can't keep the deed of the smoke willow." Guo Wan's voice was very flat, as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with her.

Chen Ying stared at her and asked softly, "Old Madam Guo didn't tell the identity of Yanliu, is it also for this list?" ”

"Who knows." Guo Wan smiled, "After all, her old man has her own ideas, and now that I have handed over the list to her, she won't think much about the share in Yanliu's hand, whether this girl is dead or alive, how can she take it to heart?" ”

Chen Ying's eyebrows frowned.

She always felt that Cheng's move made some sense.

Previously, she concealed the identity of Yanliu, because she did not want people to know about her plot against her daughter-in-law's dowry.

Although there are rumors about this matter in Beijing, it is only a rumor in the end, and once the identity of Yanliu is made public, the rumors are likely to be true, where can Xingjibo Mansion afford to lose this person?

However, Guo Wan has now handed over the dowry, and Yanliu's identity will no longer affect the Cheng family, why does she still refuse to inform Guo Wan of Yanliu's death?

Did you really just forget?

Chen Ying was silent.

"In addition to the incident of the smoke willows, I also heard another interesting thing." Guo Wan said again.

Chen Ying woke up from her contemplation and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm distracted." Then he asked, "What have you heard?" ”

Guo Wan smiled faintly: "I heard that two corpses were fished out of the lake, one of them was a maid named Jiao Xing, and the news I heard was related to her." ”

She lowered her voice a little and said as briefly as she could: "I heard that on the night Jiao Xing 'threw herself into the lake', someone saw a sack being carried out of my uncle's room. ”

Chen Ying was stunned, and only after a few seconds did she react that the "uncle" Guo Wan said was the son of Xingjibo.