It was almost midnight before Shen Zhixi set off back to the bamboo hut.
At such a night, there were no pedestrians even in the city, let alone in the mountains, where the moon couldn't shine and everything was dark. The nightingale kept singing, which made people panic, and even the driver of the car was a little scared.
In the carriage, Yuanyang huddled up next to Shen Zhixi. The curtains of the carriage would occasionally blow up in the night wind, which would startle her.
Only Shen Zhixi, as motionless as a mountain, was calmer than anyone else.
She closed her eyes and fell asleep. The carriage inevitably shook as it moved, but it did not disturb her at all.
"Miss, are you really not afraid?"
"I'm walking at night, what's there to be afraid of?"
The night she learned that Qin Mu had betrayed her, she sat alone in front of her mother's grave all night and didn't encounter anyone. The most terrifying thing in this world is people, the human heart.
When I was ugly, I finally returned to the cabin in the forest.
It was difficult to leave at night, and he was afraid that the sound of driving away would arouse Tang Zhou's suspicion, so he asked the coachman to stay in the carriage for the night. The two coachmen were also servants born in the Shen family, and his tone was strict.
After giving instructions, Shen Zhixi entered the courtyard.
Just like last night, several rooms were dimly lit. Looking at Tang Zhou's house from a distance, the doors and windows were closed and no one could be seen. He didn't wait at the window like last night. He thought he couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep.
"Young Master Tang Zhou should have rested, right?" Yuanyang felt the same way.
"Yes." Shen Zhixi stood under his window, looked at it twice and then turned around, "Let him rest, there is no need to disturb him at this late hour."
Go back and walk up the steps to the opposite door.
Just as he was about to push the door open, there was the sound of the door opening behind him.
She paused and looked back, and saw Tang Zhou stepping out of the threshold. His clothes and hair were neatly dressed, and he didn't look like he had slept. The moon-white clothes worn on him were inexplicably brighter than the moon in the sky.
"Master Tang Zhou, it's already been a long time, why haven't you rested yet?" Yuanyang asked him in surprise.
"When you are ugly..."
He murmured softly, then frowned, and repeated, "It turns out that it's already the time for ugliness."
His eyes are blind, and he cannot tell the difference between day and night, so the time is also blurred.
"Yes." Shen Zhixi also answered the question and asked, "Are you hungry because you didn't have dinner? I'm going to get you some food now. I didn't take any medicine today. Since you didn't sleep, then Just wait a minute, being hungry is not good for your health."
After she finished speaking, she decisively walked down the steps to the kitchen.
"Lily of the valley."
Tang Zhou called her, but she seemed unable to hear him.
"It's okay, Mr. Tang Zhou. I'm going to help. Food will be ready soon. You go back to the house and wait."
Yuanyang chased after Shen Zhixi, leaving Tang Zhou alone at the door with his eyebrows furrowed.
He always felt that something was wrong, especially the tone of Shen Zhixi's speech was very different from the past, and he sounded very disappointed. They set off very early this morning, and even if they came back late in the evening, they would not come back until they were ugly. It was obvious that something had happened.
Not long after, the aroma of food and medicine floated out of the kitchen and into Tang Zhou's house.
He sat at the table with his head down, jelly beans in his hand.
I don't know what I was thinking about. I didn't come back to my senses for a long time. When I heard Shen Zhixi's footsteps, I suddenly stopped my hand and hid the jelly beans tightly in my hand.
"Tang Zhou, I cooked a bowl of noodles."
The noodles in Shen Zhixi's hand were really cooked by her own hands, and were taught by her mother. However, not many people had eaten the noodles made by her own hands. Apart from herself, only her mother had eaten them, and even Qin Mu had no chance. .
I don’t know why, but I suddenly want to make a bowl of noodles tonight.
Xu was in a good mood. She was happy to see Qin Mu, who betrayed her, being beaten so hard that he couldn't get up.
It could be said that he was happy, but there was no smile on his face.
Of course, this is her acting.
"You can eat." She put down the bowl, lit the candle, and left immediately.
"Linglan." Tang Zhou called her.
She turned her head, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong with you?" Tang Zhou asked her, the bad premonition getting stronger and stronger. When she talked to him a few days ago, her words were always relaxed and eager, but tonight, her tone sounded extremely unnatural.
"I'm fine. You can eat. I'll collect the bowl later."
"But I don't think you sound like you're okay."
Seeing that he took the bait again, Shen Zhixi raised his eyelids, but suppressed his emotions to prevent his inner joy from being exposed.
"You think too much, nothing happened to me."
"Miss Lily of the Valley."
"I'm really fine. Just eat quickly. I'll have to drink medicine later. After drinking the medicine, go to bed quickly."
She raised her feet and was about to walk out. Tang Zhou stood up in a hurry and knocked over the bamboo stool behind him, and said: "It seems that I'd better say goodbye tomorrow. I am very grateful for your sisters' care but I really can't feel at ease. "
If you don't talk about dragging them down, you can't even help them if something happens to them.
"Tang Zhou, why are you like this?" Shen Zhixi deliberately raised his voice and looked anxious.
Tang Zhou took two steps toward her, frowned and said, "Then tell me, what happened?"
"No, no, no!"
Shen Zhixi still refused to say it. She just wanted to make Tang Zhou anxious. The more anxious he was, the stronger and more interesting the drama would be.
"Don't ask me anymore. What do you want me to tell you about something that doesn't exist? You'd better eat noodles quickly. You're so seriously injured that you won't get better without a good rest."
She walked back to pick up the bowl of noodles on the table.
He was going to hand it to Tang Zhou, but he accidentally knocked it over and fell to the ground.
The broken porcelain bowl was accompanied by her exclamation, and Tang Zhou's heart tightened.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll just take care of it." Shen Zhixi squatted down, still comforting Tang Zhou.
At this moment, Tang Zhou's uneasiness reached its peak.
If she hadn't been in an extremely bad mood and state, how could she have accidentally overturned the bowl?
Looking for the sound, he knelt down next to Shen Zhixi and stretched out his hand to pull her. He was worried that she might hurt her hand due to her poor condition, but as soon as he touched her, he heard her "hissing" in pain and was immediately startled.
"Did you scratch your hand?" He was nervous, thinking that it was his touch that caused her to be scratched by the porcelain shard. "I'm sorry."
"No, I didn't shave my hands. It's not because of this..."
Tang Zhou immediately caught the message in her words and asked again: "Did you suffer other injuries?"
Hearing his question, she hesitantly denied it again, "No, no, I'm not hurt."
A long silence followed, and no one spoke again.
Tang Zhou's face was indescribably ugly.
The cry of pain she heard just now was so clear, but she still denied it. Unfortunately, his blind eyes couldn't see anything, otherwise he wouldn't be so passive.
He forced himself to calm down and took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry, I was too impatient and had a bad attitude just now."
Finally, he apologized again.
