Tang Zhou's apology made Shen Zhixi's eyes light up, and stars seemed to flash in his eyes.
No matter how hard it was to suppress the joyful mood, he still curled his lips.
I thought to myself, he has a pretty good temper.
"Actually, my attitude just now was not good, and I was impatient." Following Tang Zhou's words, she also apologized.
Tang Zhou wanted to pull her up, but he was afraid of accidentally touching her injured area again, so he just said: "Don't pick it up. The soup is too hot, and the broken porcelain pieces will hurt your hands. Just sweep them away."
"Okay, I'm going to get the broom. There happens to be some noodles in the pot. I'm going to get you a bowl."
"Actually, I'm not hungry. The pot of porridge in the morning was enough for three meals. Besides, I didn't use up much energy from lying in bed all day long. But you and your sister had a hard time traveling. You..."
"Don't talk about this, I'm going to serve the noodles."
Shen Zhixi didn't allow him to refuse and walked out, leaving Tang Zhou where he was, with uneasy eyes and brows that never relaxed.
Soon, Shen Zhixi came back with noodles and a broom.
"Tang Zhou, I'll just sit here and watch you eat. I won't leave until you finish. We'll just waste it here."
Tang Zhou felt that such childish expenditure was meaningless.
He didn't push it anymore, took the chopsticks and started eating the noodles. Shen Zhixi just looked at him with her chin on her face, a deep smile on her face.
After Tang Zhou finished eating, she went to get a basin of hot water for him to wipe his body with.
During this period, the two of them had a surprisingly tacit understanding and didn't mention what happened just now.
After Tang Zhou finished wiping his body, Shen Zhixi came in with ointment and applied it to him as he did last night. During the process, the two of them remained silent. After applying the medicine, Yuanyang arrived with the prepared medicine.
"You can go to bed after drinking the medicine. I won't disturb you anymore."
Shen Zhixi stuffed the medicine bottle and turned around to leave. Unexpectedly, Tang Zhou, who had endured it for a long time, couldn't hold it back and grabbed her hand. She reacted quickly and immediately started crying out in pain again.
"Hey, it hurts!"
Tang Zhou was startled and quickly retracted his hand.
He just grabbed her wrist casually, but he thought he wasn't strong enough to scratch her painfully.
"Do you still want to hide it from me?" he asked.
Shen Zhixi took two steps back and held the wrist he had grabbed, as if that wrist was really injured.
But what about reality?
The skin on the wrist is white and tender, and there is not even a red mark, let alone any injuries.
Calling out pain is all lies.
She couldn't be deceived this time. She no longer denied it but still didn't make it clear. She just replied unclearly: "This matter has nothing to do with you. It is all my private matter. You don't need to worry."
"No need to worry?" Tang Zhou laughed.
"Suzuland, tell me, how can I feel at ease? I know something happened to you, but I don't know what happened. I don't know how I should feel at ease. You came back so late tonight, what about tomorrow night? "
"Tomorrow night? Are you afraid that I won't be able to pick you up tomorrow night?"
Tang Zhou's silence was already his answer.
"Don't worry, you are still seriously injured at home. Even if it is for you, I will crawl back."
"..." Tang Zhou opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
After a long while, he finally said, "I'm not kidding you."
"I'm not kidding you, Tang Zhou, don't worry about this matter. In fact, it's not a big deal. It's a matter of a relative of mine. I met an aunt of mine in the city, and she pulled me to talk more. , it’s too late to come back now, don’t think too much about it, just..."
"Just what?"
"It's best if nothing happens tomorrow...what if tomorrow...but what if...no matter what happens tomorrow, no matter what you hear, don't go out. I hope you can promise me."
“……”
Tang Zhou sat on the bed, looking up at her with confusion in his eyes.
"Tang Zhou, can you promise me?"
"No." He refused coldly.
"Tang Zhou...don't be stubborn with me."
"The stubborn person is obviously you, Bai Linglan. If you want me to choose to ignore anything that happens to you, I can't do it."
"You..." Shen Zhixi looked angry, but in fact he was hiding a smile, "You have to do it even if you can't do it. You have to listen to the words of your savior even if you don't listen!"
After saying that, he turned around and strode away, finally closing the door with a bang.
Tang Zhou sat motionless, only his left hand holding the jelly beans tightened tighter and tighter.
It was the second candy given to him by Shen Zhixi, who had just given it to him before applying the medicine, telling him to drink the medicine and then eat it.
Not to mention eating sweets, he can't even drink medicine at the moment.
Shen Zhixi's secretive words really made him uneasy, but it didn't matter. Since she said something might happen tomorrow, he would just wait and see what big thing she was hiding.
But what he didn't expect was that Shen Zhixi would lock his door in order to prevent him from going out tomorrow.
While he was lying on the bed in a daze, he was awakened by the sound of the door being locked.
When the sound disappeared, he got up from the bed and groped behind the door. He opened the door and found that it was locked tightly from the outside.
But he didn't respond. He just turned back to the bed and sat down calmly, with a frighteningly cold face.
What happened, he couldn't wait to see more.
*
the next day.
Shen Zhixi got up very early. He originally went to bed late last night, so he didn't sleep for a few hours and couldn't fall asleep.
Before going to bed last night, he locked Tang Zhou's door.
But she guessed that if Tang Zhou really wanted to open that door, he would not be able to trap him.
Soon, Cui’s mother will be here.
She was so excited that she couldn't lie down.
Yuanyang also got up early, but because she was nervous, she had a sad look on her face when she came to see Shen Zhixi.
"Miss, I'm scared."
"What are you afraid of? Tang Zhou's eyes are invisible to both sides. Cui's mother is so old and has more life experience than us. When it comes to acting, she must be better than us and won't expose her secrets. Don't worry. Don't think about it. Let’s go to the kitchen and see what we’re going to have for breakfast.”
Just after breakfast was finished, the sound of carriages and horses was heard outside the courtyard gate.
"coming."
Shen Zhixi raised his eyebrows and looked instinctively towards Tang Zhou. The doors and windows of his house were still closed, and the locks outside were also in good condition.
"Bai Linglan, come out!"
Outside the hospital, Cui’s mother’s voice was full of anger.
"I told you last night, whether you want it or not, you must come with me today. I have promised Yuan Liu that I will send you to your door tonight. You damn girl, if you dare to harm me I won't let you eat and walk around. It's not just what Liu Yuanwai wants to do as a concubine. If it weren't for how pretty you are, Liu Yuanwai would not look down on you as a village girl. "
"You two go in with me, find that girl and tie her up for me."
Here, Shen Zhixi hadn't made any movement yet. Tang Zhou, who was locked in the room, had already gone to the window and gently opened the window a crack so that he could hear more clearly.
"You're a damn girl and you don't even know who you are. Are you wronged by being asked to be Liu Yuanwai's concubine?"
"Bai Linglan, let me tell you, this is the thirteenth concubine outside Yuan Liu, you have to do it even if you don't want to do it!"
