After getting along with Xu Saburo for so long, Cheng Xi is still more familiar with Xu Saburo's handwriting, just looking at the words on it, he knows that it is Xu Saburo's handwriting, but there are only four simple ones on it, "Take care and wait for return".

Cheng Xi stared at the note and frowned tightly, what do you mean? Is this inexplicable just left like that?

Left without saying a word, and then left her a note like this? It's not just a bright one, or a sneaky midnight.

Cheng Xi crumpled the note with a calm face, threw it out angrily, and after a while, picked up the note from the corner again, and put it on the table with a sigh.

Looking at the stone that had been on the table, Cheng Xi picked it up and looked at it carefully with the oil lamp, but it was a strange stone, dark and swarthy, and I didn't know what the texture was.

After studying for a while, Cheng Xi hung the stone around his neck, put it in his underwear, and then looked at the tied door before blowing out the oil lamp and getting up and lying down.

In the dark, Cheng Xi closed her eyes, but she couldn't sleep for a long time, and all kinds of questions filled her head, constantly circling in her mind.

The meaning of the note is that you are going to leave like this? So where the hell did he go? Was he forcibly taken away or did he follow him? If someone forcibly took it away, why did they send it back? Since he was sending a letter back, why didn't he dare to meet her secretly?

And that waiting, which means waiting for him to come back, but when will he come back?

Thinking that if Xu Saburo really left, wouldn't she be the only one who would depend on her for a hundred years old in the future? Thinking of being 100 years old, Cheng Xi gritted his teeth a little, and was annoyed that Xu Saburo actually said goodbye without saying goodbye.

But she was a little worried, she felt that Xu Saburo was not such a person, could it be that he was forcibly taken away, and if he was forcibly taken away, would there be any danger?

And what was the purpose of those people taking Xu Saburo away? Cheng Xi felt at this time that he seemed to know too little about Xu Sanlang, and it was impossible for those people to take him away for no reason, but for most of the past six months, Cheng Xi had always thought that Xu Sanlang was the simple and silent ordinary boy in Shiqiao Village.

Lying on the bed with cranky thoughts, Cheng Xi didn't fall asleep again until he heard the rooster start to croak in the distance, and then the sky was white again.

There was a noise in the courtyard outside, Cheng Xi knew that it was the Liu family who got up, and he couldn't sleep anyway, Cheng Xi simply got up, saw the note on the table that was crumpled by himself, or picked it up and put it in his pocket, so he went out.

The busy butcher Liu and his wife in the courtyard saw Cheng Xi coming out, their eyes were red and they must not have slept much, so they asked worriedly, "There is still no news from your family?" ”

Cheng Xi tried hard to show a smile and responded, "Let Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu worry, Xu Sanlang sent a letter last night and came back, he has something to go out for a while, and he will come back when he is done." ”

Butcher Liu and his wife were relieved when they heard Cheng Xi's answer, and Aunt Liu said, "That's good, it's just that you're suffering, so I'll take a child by myself, just open my mouth if there is anything in the future, don't be embarrassed to be polite to us." ”

Cheng Xi replied with a smile, "Thank you, I'm going to make breakfast." ”

Aunt Liu looked at Cheng Xi's smile and said with some distress, "Don't be busy, I steamed a lot of steamed buns, I'll fry two more dishes in a while, eat together, look at your face, I didn't rest yesterday, it's still early, you hurry up and go to sleep for a while, I'll call you when the meal is ready." ”

Cheng Xi shook his head, "I can't sleep when it's dawn this day, I can't keep bothering you to eat yours, I'll do it myself." ”

After speaking, she didn't wait for Aunt Liu to speak again, and went to her own stove.

As soon as Cheng Xi finished washing up and was ready to cook, Xu Lan followed.

After entering the stove room, Xu Lan saw Cheng Xi sitting on the small bench behind the stove, his eyes were slightly red, and he didn't know if he hadn't slept well or cried, and he seemed to be preparing to make a fire a little absent-mindedly.

Xu Lan said with some worry, "Let's let me cook, the third sister-in-law will go and clean up, and the carriage will come in a while." ”

Cheng Xi didn't stop moving, and replied softly, "Don't go." ”

"Oh." Xu Lan responded casually, and only then did she react, staring at Cheng Xi behind the stove with wide eyes, "Not going?" ”

Cheng Xi sighed and responded, "Your third brother is fine, I sent a letter back last night, saying that I had something to leave and would come back after a while." ”

"Last night?" Xu Lan looked at Cheng Xi with an expression of disbelief, looking completely disbelieving, "Then have you seen the third brother?" ”

Cheng Xi's movements in his hand paused, and he was silent for a while before nodding.

Xu Lan said with a puzzled face, "Why don't I know?" ”

But she thought that Cheng Xi couldn't lie to him about this, so she carefully recalled the events of last night, last night Mileage Xi did get up and woke her up, but then she heard her say that she forgot to bolt the door, and she woke up worried, she also thought that it might be that Cheng Xi was worried that the third brother would come back at night, so she deliberately did not bolt the door, and then she fell asleep in a daze, and when she fell asleep, Cheng Xi seemed to be still sitting at the table.

Could it be that the third brother came back after he fell asleep, but why didn't there be a sound at all? I didn't hear the door open at all.

Xu Lan looked at Cheng Xi with a puzzled expression, "You got up in the middle of the night last night, did you see the third brother?" ”

Cheng Xi nodded and replied casually, "He said that he was in a hurry, and he came back in a hurry and left, for fear of making noise to you, so he only stood at the door for a while." ”

Xu Lan felt like it was real at this moment, but after listening to Cheng Xi's words, she had doubts again, and asked, "What is the urgency of the third brother?" ”

Cheng Xi frowned slightly, "I don't know either." ”

Xu Lan saw that Cheng Xi's face was not good, and seemed to be a little impatient, so she didn't ask anymore, and only began to help Cheng Xi cook.

Not long after that, Cheng Xi and Xu Lan were still busy in the kitchen, Yu Zhaocai personally came over with the carriage, the carriage couldn't enter the small courtyard, and stopped at the door, Yu Zhaocai took a few people into the courtyard, and saw that Cheng Xi was still wearing an apron in the kitchen, so he said, "Are you still cooking?" Can you pack it up? ”

Cheng Xi smiled apologetically and beckoned Yu Zhaocai, "Let's talk about it first." ”

Yu Zhaocai beckoned the people who came with him, went to wait outside, and only called a leader to follow him into the house, Cheng Xi beckoned the two to sit, poured water for the two of them, and said to Yu Zhaocai very apologetically, "I won't go to Fucheng for the time being." ”

Yu Zhaocai heard Cheng Xi's words, and he was also puzzled, "Huh? Why don't you go? ”

Cheng Xi thought that Xu Sanlang's matter should not be publicized, and glanced at the person behind Yu Zhaocai, but did not speak, that person was very eye-catching, and hurriedly said, "Childe, my subordinates will wait for you outside." After that, he went out of the door consciously and helped bring the door to it.

After the man left, Yu Zhaocai urged again, "What's the matter?" ”

Cheng Xi didn't intend to hide Yu Zhaocai, so she took out a crumpled note from her pocket and handed it to Yu Zhaocai.

Yu Zhaocai took it with a puzzled expression, opened it, and stared at the words on the note for a while before looking up at Cheng Xi, "This note?" ”

Cheng Xi took out the black stone from his arms, pinched it in his hand, and said, "This note and this black stone appeared silently on the table in the room in the middle of the night, and I slept in the house, because I felt that there seemed to be someone in the room, but after waking up, I didn't, I only found these two things on the table." ”

Yu Zhaocai looked at the black stone hanging from Cheng Xi's neck, "This black stone is so strange, why are you still hanging on your neck?" ”

Cheng Xi opened his mouth and continued, "I know the handwriting, it is Xu Sanlang's handwriting, and this stone is Xu Sanlang's, I disliked the ugly stone hanging around his neck at the beginning, and he said that this is a relic left to him by his mother." ”

Yu Zhaocai looked at the stone on Cheng Xi's neck, then shifted his gaze to the note in his hand, and said, "What do you mean, it was sent back by Brother Xu?" I don't think it was he who sent it back, if he came back, it was impossible not to see you, it must have been sent back by someone else. ”

Cheng Xi responded, "Whether he sent it back or not, there will be no mistake in the handwriting that is definitely his, and since there is news sent back, I don't have to look for it." Just ......"

Yu Zhaocai looked at the simple note in his hand, frowned slightly and said, "Are you worried that Brother Xu's departure is not his intention?" Maybe someone coerced someone into writing a note and sending it back? ”

Cheng Xi remained silent, and Yu Zhaocai continued, "If you are coerced to leave, then Brother Xu must have something they want to get, you and Brother Xu are the closest, do you know what is worth it for others to take him away?" ”

Of course, Cheng Xi also thought about this question, and had thought about it many times, as far as she knew, there was no such thing at all, unless Xu Sanlang had something to hide from him before she married him.

Seeing that Cheng Xi's denial was very decisive, Yu Zhaocai said, "Then could it be that he likes Brother Xu's talent like me and wants to keep it for his own use, but Brother Xu is unwilling, so he makes this decision to take people away?" ”

Cheng Xi looked at Yu Zhaocai speechlessly, "Fancy his talent?" Where do you think his talent lies? Fighting? Is it worth it for someone else to take him away directly? ”

Yu Zhaocai finally said the answer that Cheng Xi didn't expect to hear, and it was also the answer she felt might be closest to the truth, "Then there is only one possibility, Brother Xu is still carrying unknown secrets that you don't know." ”

Cheng Xi sighed and responded, "If it's an unknown secret, it's better not to know, since I've already sent the news back, I won't follow it, so as not to cause trouble for him, so forget about going to Fucheng." ”