She hid alone in her room crying, desperate and lonely.

Hotaru endured a headache and tried to comfort her, but she found that she couldn't open her mouth and couldn't move, as if her soul was locked in the poor woman.

Her consciousness gradually blurred, and Yingyue couldn't see the person in front of her clearly, but the uneasiness made her hold the corner of Xie Jingyuan's clothes tightly, and refused to let go.

"What about decanting tea? Why haven't you come yet? ”

Xie Jingyuan was so anxious that he yelled at the housekeeper, and then guarded her worriedly.

Suddenly, Hotaru began to mumble unconscious again: "I can't help myself, don't force me to do things I don't want to do......"

Tears stuck to her eyelashes, and Hotaru clenched uneasily, like a man in the water grabbing driftwood.

"Okay, I won't force you."

Seeing her so aggrieved and uneasy, Xie Jingyuan said with pity, the lust in his eyes gradually surged, and he leaned over slightly uncontrollably, and carefully put his thin lips close to her forehead.

The distance between the two was only a short centimeter, and Yingyue closed her eyes full of uneasiness, and muttered to herself: "Master Hou is a good person...... Don't hurt him, don't ......"

Hearing this, the lust in Xie Jingyuan's eyes disappeared in an instant, and he looked at her with a complicated expression.

He's really crazy!

This is my father's continuation, my own young mother? He had a strange thought.

Closing his eyes, Xie Jingyuan took a deep breath, suppressed all the thoughts that were surging up, and when he opened his eyes again, he calmed down a lot, looking at Yingyue, she was still whispering: "Don't hurt him......"

"Who are you? What is the purpose? ”

Looking at her little face, which was not stable in her sleep and was full of tears, Xie Jingyuan was deeply in the pain of contradictions.

endured and endured, but in the end did not wake her up directly.

In my mind, I couldn't help but recall the last sentence with Qingyan: "Although Mrs. is the lady of the Hou Mansion, the days have never stopped. ”

"That's it."

Breaking off the fingers that were holding the corners of her clothes one by one, Xie Jingyuan was about to get up and leave, but Firefly suddenly sat up straight.

I didn't notice it for a while, and I was tightly wrapped around my waist.

With her eyes closed, Hotaru mistook him for Chunlan and said coquettishly: "Water, Chunlan, I'm thirsty." ”

The voice is soft and glutinous, making people powerless.

Xie Jingyuan never knew that she was so difficult and torturous when she was drunk, if she knew, she wouldn't have let such a thing happen, Chunlan, who had her head down, didn't dare to glance at the sobering tea.

Sighing helplessly, Xie Jingyuan slowly helped her to sit down, and personally fed her sobering tea spoonful by spoonful.

Seeing her squinting her eyes like a lazy kitten, obediently opening her mouth to drink sobering tea, Xie Jingyuan's heart was soft, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Huh?"

Hearing the voice, Hotaru Yue, who drank sobering tea again, opened her eyes suddenly.

When she saw Xie Jingyuan, her drunkenness dissipated a little, and she blurted out in shock: "Why are you?" ”

Thinking that she was holding him and asking for water when she was still confused just now, her cheeks were hot and red.

Seeing this, Xie Jingyuan knew that her wine was almost gone, and said with concern: "How is it, do you still have a headache?" ”

Shaking her head slightly, her head was almost completely buried in the quilt.

The tone softened unconsciously, Xie Jingyuan stared at her and said, "Today is my tone heavy, I apologize to you." ”

pursed her lips, Firefly was silent, and there was still some anger in her heart.

After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "Is it difficult for the crown princess to call you over today?" ”

Still a little confused, Yingyue gently rubbed her temples, thought for a moment and said, "No, compared to Ning Shuyao, she treats me much better." ”

This is also the truth, although the attitude of the crown princess did make her unhappy at first, but she didn't want to listen to her later.

Nodding slightly, the two sat together in a rare silence.

"Master Hou." At this time, Xu Shuochun walked in with a full face and said excitedly: "Someone has been caught." ”

Subconsciously looking at the firefly moon, Xie Jingyuan was worried that it would touch her bad memories, after all, in the backyard in the afternoon, she couldn't forget her drunken grievances.

was about to open his mouth to ask Xu Shuo to wait in the study, but he suddenly found that he seemed to care more and more about her, and even began to learn to think about things from her standpoint.

Before this, he was obviously the character who would prioritize business even if she died in front of him.

Is this still him?

After such a hesitation, Xu Shuo had already come in with a stack of papers.

"According to the portrait provided by Madame, we set up makeup remover at the city gate to pass the trial, and the man really came." After that, Xu Shuo looked at her with admiration.

Slowly getting up, Hotaru Yue hurriedly asked, "Is the interrogation clear?" Can you explain why you have so much hatred for me? ”

Xie Jingyuan saw that there was no fear on her face, and he was a little distressed.

So that's how she was pretending to be strong before?

"According to our investigation, this person is a brother named Qian Si who tried to assault his wife on the street before, but was controlled by Hou Ye." Xu Shuo replied: "However, other than that, he won't say anything. ”

Hotaru understood everything in an instant, and she also knew why Qian Si hated herself so much.

Frowning, Xie Jingyuan said unhappily: "Do you want me to go out in person for such a trivial matter?" ”

Xu Shuo lowered his head and looked like he was admitting punishment.

"Go and interrogate with Qian Sanwu, with someone you know, it's easier to break down the psychological defense." Xie Jingyuan said indifferently.

After finishing speaking, remembering that Hotaru was still there, he hurriedly looked at her, worried that she would think he was cold-blooded. How do you know that Hotaru just stretched, stared at the paperwork in Xu Shuo's hand, and asked, "What is it in your hand?" ”

Xu Shuo raised the document in his hand and said, "This is the account of the various grain, oil, rice and noodle shops that his subordinates personally printed. ”

With that, he laid the accounts on the table and motioned for them to look at them.

"Madame is really smart, we followed Madame's method to investigate the accounts of various grain, oil, rice and noodle shops in Beijing, and immediately found out which officials and wealthy businessmen had increased their spending on grain purchases." Xu Shuo praised without hesitation, it was really rare to see such a smart woman as his family Mrs. Yue.

Raising her chin, Hotaru said proudly: "Oh, really, I'm embarrassed to praise it, what?" You say I'm smart, then I'm not sleepy. ”

Look at the way she looks, she doesn't look like she's shy at all.

Xie Jingyuan couldn't help but be amused by her as he looked at her reaction.

"Laughing at what?"

Glaring at Xie Jingyuan, she was a little annoyed.

"Aren't you sleepy? I drank so much plum wine in the afternoon, or I would have gone to rest first, and I would have checked it here. With a smile on his face, he said intimately.

Hotaru Yue vaguely felt the difference in him, and shook her head: "No, let's go together, after all, I'm also very curious about this case." Xu Shuo, which ones bought grain in large quantities? ”