Chapter 20: Denial
After being silent for a while, Huairou poured herself a cup of tea, and looked at the Persian cat who was stretching her waist and pretending to chat: "What is it called?" ”
"It's called Honey, and it's Meizi's pet."
Wang Feng rubbed the head of the Persian cat dotingly, and the Persian cat meowed and rubbed his palm, looking obedient.
"Oh, have you known Sister Mei for a long time?"
"Huh? I've known Meizi for almost half a year, so what about you and Shen Lang? Taking a sip of wine, Wang Feng looked at her.
"Less than a month. Can you tell me what kind of person Sister Mei is? Huairou looked directly at Wang Feng's gaze and went straight to the point.
"Smart and capable, a rare good woman. What about Shen Lang? ”
Huairou suddenly thought of what happened on the night she was molested, frowning and speaking in a bad tone.
"People are quite righteous, but they are rascals with good skins. Has Sister Mei been here all along? Has she ever been to Beijing? ”
"That's how you describe him?" Hearing Huairou's description, Wang Feng's expression was a little weird.
"As far as I know, Meizi opened an inn here about a year ago, and she has never left Jiangsu."
"So, what is Sister Mei's real name? Does she have any relatives? Or is some friend missing? ”
Wang Feng no longer spoke, but looked at Huairou with a scrutinizing gaze in his eyes.
"Why are you asking about plums?"
Huairou realized that she was too anxious, and the question she asked in a hurry was indeed suspicious, so she took a sip of tea and covered her hands and replied slowly: "Curious." ”
"Oh, little girl, do you think I'll believe it? Why do you care so much about the plum thing, and you have to get to the bottom of it? ”
Firmness flashed in her eyes, and she looked at Wang Feng with blazing eyes.
"Because I think she knows me and she's afraid of me."
"Meizi has always done things above board, why should she be afraid of you?"
As if hearing a joke, Wang Feng looked at Huairou's eyes a little mockingly.
"That's going to ask her."
Sister Mei's attitude when she saw her last night made her conclude that there must be something wrong with Sister Mei, but she didn't know why she was like this.
"Ahh
Putting down the wine glass, Wang Feng didn't bother to talk to Huairou anymore, turned around and opened the door and went to the back kitchen.
Huairou didn't hear too much news from Wang Feng's mouth, thinking that the best way was of course to ask Sister Mei in person, and after looking at the time, she should gather and leave.
She waited until everyone packed their bags and gathered in the hall, and even Brother Shan came to see them off, but she never saw Sister Mei's shadow.
"Brother Shen, do you really want to leave? Can't you stay with me for a few more days? Mengqi, aren't you in a hurry? ”
Zheng Qianqian looked at Shen Lang reluctantly, and then took Li Mengqi's hand and shook it and begged.
"Qianqian, we can't stay too long, Brother Shen and Huairou should still have important things."
Li Mengqi looked at Shen Lang who didn't speak, although she knew in her heart that what Zheng Qianqian really couldn't bear was that Shen Lang was not her, but she was a little soft-hearted when she saw Zheng Qianqian's pleading.
"Prodigal son, I think Meizi should be resting unwell, not angry with you and deliberately not coming to see you off." Brother Shan patted Shen Lang's shoulder.
"Brother Shan, you can help me talk to Sister Mei." Shen Lang frowned and looked upstairs, and finally sighed and walked in front of a few people: "Let's go." ”
Huairou intercepted Shen Lang at the door of the inn.
"Let's stay two more days."
Hearing her words, several people were stunned, and Huairou, who had always rarely had ideas, took the initiative to ask.
"What did you say?" Shen Lang thought he had heard it wrong, and looked at her suspiciously.
"Since you're here, it's better to play for two days before leaving. Besides, Zheng Qianqian was frightened, and she needed someone to accompany her, didn't she? ”
Huairou turned sideways and didn't look at Shen Lang, but her eyes looked upstairs, and she vaguely saw Sister Mei's figure just now.
Zheng Qianqian didn't expect such a thing to say, and she didn't know how to react, so she grabbed Li Mengqi's hand hard.
"Xiaorou, you...... You okay? Li Mengqi came back to her senses after being in pain, she still remembered the matter of the cat corpse in the hotel, and the two of them didn't like each other, how could Huairou take the initiative to care about Zheng Qianqian?
"Are you kidding?"
Shen Lang's face was a little gloomy, and he didn't understand what medicine was being sold in Huairou Gourd.
Huairou turned around, looked at Shen Lang and replied with a serious face: "I'm not joking. ”
Seeing that Shen Lang was about to get angry, Zhang Longfei took the first step in front of the two.
"I think it's good to stay for two days. Xiaorou is right, Qianqian was just frightened, and now she is left alone here without relatives and no reason...... Besides, we know each other once after all, so we should play here! We're really not in a hurry, right, Lu Yu! ”
Lu Yu saw Zhang Longfei glaring at him, and Li Mengqi was good with Zheng Qianqian, and immediately said, "Ah yes! If you're not in a hurry, Brother Shen, just stay for two days. Sister Mei's environment here is so good, we don't mind! ”
Zheng Qianqian saw this momentum, and immediately ran forward to grab Shen Lang, and pleaded in a tone to be pitiful.
"Brother Shen, just accompany me. All right? ”
"Prodigal son, I see, just stay for two days. They don't care, the traveler is God. Yes? ”
Brother Shan stepped forward and put his hand on Shen Lang's shoulder, patted him in a low voice, and then made his own decisions and said to Zheng Qianqian with a smile: "Come on, you can move freely." ”
Shen Lang didn't speak, as if he acquiesced, and several people carried their luggage upstairs with high spirits, Huairou also wanted to go upstairs, but as soon as he took a step, he was blocked by Shen Lang at the staircase.
"Why stay? Don't say it's for Zheng Qianqian or want to see it here, you don't even believe it. ”
Shen Lang felt that Huairou had something to hide from him, and he bumped into her and Sister Mei in the flower room yesterday, and he didn't know what happened to the two of them, Sister Mei's attitude has always been very strange.
"I'm going to find Sister Mei, do you know where she is?"
"She lives in Meiju on the third floor, what are you looking for her?"
Huairou's words made Shen Lang even more puzzled, Sister Mei didn't come down to see him off today, was it because of Huairou's relationship?
"I have something important to ask her to tell me."
"What's the matter?" Shen Lang was a little strange, the two of them obviously hadn't met.
"I'll tell you when I ask clearly, don't get in my way."
didn't want to talk nonsense with Shen Lang, pushed away him who was blocking the way, and Huairou went straight to Sister Mei's room on the third floor.
was pushed by her, Shen Lang's face became ugly and gloomy, and Brother Shan hurriedly stepped forward to grab him.
Wanting to ask clearly, Huairou quickly went upstairs to the third floor, raised her hand and was about to knock on the door, when she heard a voice coming from the house: "Meizi, do you know that girl named Huairou?" ”
"I ...... I don't know her, why do you ask this? Sister Mei's voice was a little flustered, and she questioned Wang Feng in turn.
"She asked me about you today and seems to be very interested in you. Did you go downstairs just now to see off Shen Lang, or to see if the girl was gone? ”
"What? What did you tell her? I just went downstairs and had nothing to do with her. ”
Sister Mei's voice seemed to be hiding something, and her tone was so unnatural that she could even hear Huairou at the door.
"Don't be nervous, I didn't say anything. Don't you really know her, though? I've never seen you so nervous, what are you afraid of? ”
Wang Feng looked at the abnormal Meizi, the Meizi he knew was indifferent when he encountered things, and this abnormality made him very worried.
"I'm tired, you go first."
Regarding Wang Feng's question, Sister Mei directly issued an eviction order, obviously not wanting to say more.
Not long after, the door was opened, and Wang Feng went downstairs with a sad face.
Huairou, who was hiding in the next room, walked out and pushed open Sister Mei's door to the hot air, which contrasted sharply with the cold outside the house.
The quaint room exuded a faint fragrance of flowers, and Huairou began to look at Sister Mei's bedroom, carved with a hollow barrier in the shape of peony flowers, curtains with light purple light gauze, and antique calligraphy and paintings, which at first glance looked like the boudoir of the ancient daughter.
Turning his gaze back to Sister Mei's body, the elegant white long lace nightgown with sleeves sets off the convex and concave figure, it is undeniable that Sister Mei is indeed a very classical beauty.
"I didn't say let you ...... first"
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Sister Mei looked back with a frown, and suddenly stopped talking after seeing the person coming.
Huairou closed the door with her backhand, and walked towards Sister Mei in front of the dresser step by step, as she approached, the wooden comb in Sister Mei's hand fell to the ground with a click, and the Persian cat at her feet arched her back in fright.
Bending down to pick up the wooden comb and putting it back in place, Huairou looked at Sister Mei with a look similar to horror on her face and said, "Are you afraid of me?" ”
Sister Mei suddenly came back to her senses and turned her head, she picked up a comb and combed her hair in a panic, her long hair covered half of her pale cheeks, but Huairou still saw the horror on Sister Mei's face from the mirror.
"Why are you afraid of me?" Huairou stared at Sister Mei in the mirror, for fear of missing an expression.
"I'm not afraid of you, I'm just not feeling well. Can I trouble you to leave? I want to rest. ”
After all, she is a woman who has experienced strong winds and waves, and Sister Mei quickly calmed down, and when she looked up again, she didn't have any panic.
"Sister Mei." Shen Lang pushed the door in, Sister Mei turned her head in shock, and found that she didn't know when Shen Lang entered the door, and saw him Sister Mei hurriedly tidying up her clothes.
"Xiao Shen, please ask this girl to go out. I wasn't feeling well and didn't want to talk. ”
Sister Mei stretched out her hand to touch her forehead, her tone was low and tired, obviously she didn't want to talk more.
For Sister Mei's categorical denial, Huairou only felt a little angry, obviously her attitude was so obvious, why didn't she refuse to admit it.
"Sister Mei, what are you hiding from each other?"
Huairou felt that her patience was about to run out, and she was upset by being perfunctory several times in a row, and the idea of wanting to know who she was was too strong, so she stepped forward and grabbed Sister Mei's wrist.
"I just want to know who I am and why you won't tell me!"
"It hurts......" Sister Mei was hurt by Huairou's strength, and couldn't help frowning and shouting softly.
"Huairou! Let go! Shen Lang couldn't stand it, and stepped forward to hold Huairou's wrist and shake her off.
Pushed away by Shen Lang's calf and hit the bed board, Huairou sat down on the bed, and stood up with her lips pursed.
Shen Lang saw that Sister Mei had a bruise on her wrist, and frowned and looked at Huairou angrily: "What the hell are you doing!" ”
The people downstairs heard the movement, and after a while, they all gathered in Sister Mei's room, and they stood in place for some reason.
"What's going on? What you yell, prodigal son, the hall can hear clearly, what can't be said well. Brother Shan opened his mouth to break the peace, and for a moment he didn't understand what was happening.
"You ask her what she's crazy about!" Thinking of the scene when he just entered the door, Shen Lang pointed at Huairou with anger.