half thorns, half joy

The small yard is quiet, and occasionally a few birdsong can be heard.

After Cai Lin looked around, she was about to turn back, but when she turned around, she suddenly heard a woman crying.

The crying was incoherent and intermittent, as if he was about to be out of breath.

Cai Lin's heart was lifted immediately, and she followed the cry and walked towards the small courtyard until she reached the door of the main hall.

The voice of being out of breath came from inside.

If it wasn't for broad daylight, Cai Lin would definitely be startled by this weird panting sound, especially if she was still in this quaint and strange house.

"Hello? Are you okay? Are you sick?" Cai Lin's voice didn't sound like a cry at all, but more like a sick cry for help.

The enthusiastic Cai Lin couldn't turn a blind eye to this voice no matter what.

After a brief pause in the room for a few seconds, the sound of sobbing mixed with panting became clear again.

Cai Lin looked around, but she didn't see the nanny and servant. She was anxious and didn't call for someone, but stretched out her hand to push the door.

The wooden door creaked, but was not pushed open.

Cai Lin took a closer look, only to realize that the door was actually locked outwards!
However, there are clearly people in the house!

At that moment, a conjecture flashed through Cai Lin's brain. She guessed that the person locked up in this room must be the nanny or servant who was punished. Maybe they did something wrong or said something wrong, so they were locked up. up.

But no matter what the reason is, something happened to the people here. If you don't look at it, it will be too late for something to happen.

It has to be said that there is a reason for Cai Jinyu's worry about Cai Lin. Cai Lin has too little social experience, and she is too sincere and enthusiastic. It would be fine if she is always protected, otherwise, she would be too easy to suffer and too easy to encounter danger.

Cai Lin didn't have time to think about it, she just unlocked the door and pushed the door open.

"Ah..." The painful groan immediately became very clear.

"Are you okay?" Cai Lin strode into the room, looked around, saw a person lying on the carved wooden bed in the room, and rushed over immediately.

However, the moment Cai Lin rushed to the woman, the woman suddenly reached out and grabbed Cai Lin's wrist!
Cai Lin was startled suddenly, and wanted to back away, but the woman's hand was surprisingly strong, grabbing her so tightly that she couldn't move for a while.

"Don't bark." The woman's voice was so low that only Cai Lin could hear it.

Cai Lin stared at the woman's abnormally fair skin and the iron chain on the woman's wrist. Before recovering from the panic, she kept swallowing her saliva.

"Deng Langyue brought you here?" the woman asked Cai Lin.

Cai Lin nodded numbly.

"Are you Cai Jinyu's sister?" The woman stared into Cai Lin's eyes like a falcon, not letting go of Cai Lin's micro-expression.

"Yes... I am..." Rao was acting weird, and the other party was a woman after all, Cai Lin gradually calmed down, and she couldn't help asking the woman, "You... why are you locked up here?"

The woman bit her lip and said nothing.

Cai Lin cautiously glanced outside, seeing that no one was coming, she quickly said, "Did you do something wrong? They are punishing you. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

No matter what the woman did wrong, being chained like an animal is already a violation of humanitarianism for Cai Lin, who has lived abroad for many years in a country that advocates individual freedom and power.

Even though this is Deng Langyue's home, the kind Cai Lin can't allow this kind of thing to happen under her nose, she can't see it as if she didn't see it.

"Are you really willing to help me?" the woman asked Cai Lin.

"As long as I can do it, I can help you. You tell me first, what is going on. I don't know anything now, and I can't help you at all. Shall I call the police for you?"

The woman shook her head immediately, "No, you can't call the police."

"Then what should we do?" Cai Lin was anxious.

"You know Xiao Zihan, right?" the woman asked again.

Cai Lin nodded immediately, "Yes, let me help you find Brother Zihan for help?"

The woman didn't answer, but asked, "Who is the woman next to Xiao Zihan now? Is it Tang Xuan?"

"You know Miss Tang Xuan?" Cai Lin was even more shocked.

It seems that the person in front of him is not as simple as he imagined.

"Sister Tang Xuan..." The woman's dark eyes suddenly brightened, and she squeezed Cai Lin's wrist even more excitedly, "I'm her friend, tell her something for me, tell her to find a way help me."

Cai Lin was confused, "I can send a message to Sister Tang Xuan, but who are you?"

The woman suddenly took a look outside, and said quickly, "She knows who I am, you go away, don't tell anyone about what happened today except Tang Xuan, otherwise Tang Xuan and I will be in bad luck! Go away!"

Cai Lin was pushed away by the woman, she stumbled out of the room and closed the door in a panic.

Just when she was about to buckle the door back, a nanny trotted into the yard, saw Cai Lin, and immediately called out to Cai Lin: "This guest!"

Cai Lin was so nervous that her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She pretended to be calm and turned around, "Huh?"

"Sorry, this is a utility room. It has accumulated dust for a long time, and it will stain your clothes." While speaking, the nanny ran to Cai Lin, stretched out an arm, and blocked the crack in the door.

"Ah, that's it. I just heard a sound and came here to have a look. I thought it was a cat or a dog. Hearing what you said, it can't be a mouse." Cai Lin took a step back pretending to be disgusted, and frowned. brow.

Hearing what Cai Lin said, the nanny relaxed her tense nerves, "Maybe it's a mouse, it will scare you, Miss Cai."

Cai Lin pouted, "That's right, I'm most afraid of mice."

"Miss Cai, young master, wake up soon." The nanny deliberately glanced at the side door and reminded Cai Lin.

"It should be, then I'll go back." Cai Lin turned and left, her footsteps and the expression on her face were brisk and lovely.

In fact, the palm of my hand was already full of sweat.

The nanny watched Cai Lin go out the side door, then opened the door and walked into the room.

She looked at the person on the bed vigilantly. Seeing that the person on the bed was lying still, she took a few steps towards the bed.

At this time, the person on the bed suddenly turned his head and looked at the nanny viciously.

The nanny was taken aback, and she took a few steps back warily, before saying to the person on the bed: "Be honest and settle down, don't have any illusions, don't cause us trouble."

When the person on the bed heard these words, he started to giggle, and the nanny was so flustered by the tragic smile that she had goosebumps.

She shivered in fear and left the room immediately.

While knocking back the door button, the nanny said to herself, "She's just a lunatic, I really don't know what the master likes about her."

As for the woman in the room, after hearing these words, her laughter stopped abruptly, and her expression returned to normal, only her teeth were gritted.

There was clearly hatred in those eyes.

……

When Cai Lin returned to the courtyard, Deng Langyue hadn't woken up yet. She was sitting on the chair next to Deng Langyue, and the crystal clear grapes under the sun were at her hand, but she didn't have any intention to eat them.

The scene just now was too shocking for her.

The woman's appearance, expression, and words seemed to be engraved in her mind, and they played back over and over again.

The woman looked like she had been imprisoned for a while, but apart from being in a bad mood, she looked normal and her skin was as white as snow, she didn't look like she was being punished by lynching.

Moreover, Cai Lin thought of the silk quilt on the bed. Even though she only glanced at it, she could still recognize that it was top-quality silk.

If the Deng family wants to punish someone, there's no need to wait for the punishment like this.

Could it be... is it a robbery of a civilian girl?

Cai Lin really couldn't think of the reason, so she could only start thinking wildly.

Also, the woman said she was a friend of Sister Tang Xuan, but Sister Tang Xuan's life was extremely simple, she didn't even have many acquaintances, how could she have such friends?
What the hell happened?
Cai Lin has never been like this before, her mind is almost a mess, she really can't figure it out, she sighed heavily.

"Didn't I just fall asleep? You don't need to sigh like that."

When Cai Lin heard Deng Langyue's voice, she looked up and saw Deng Langyue's eyes narrowed with a smile.

Very boyish and innocent.

Cai Lin couldn't help thinking, would Deng Langyue also know about the women locked up in the inner courtyard?
After all, this place is Deng Langyue's home.