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Xu Zi opened the refrigerator and saw that it was empty, and couldn't help frowning.

Wu Gou stood half a meter away from Xu Zun, not daring to say a word.

Xu Xi took a deep breath with his back turned to Wu Gou, closed the refrigerator, and asked him what he planned to do for dinner.If it was Wu Gou himself, it would naturally be solved with a takeaway meal, but Xu Zizai, he instinctively didn't want to say that.

Even if what Wu Que said to Xu Xun when his mind was not clear before was so terrible, he didn't even dare to look back, let alone guess how Xu Xun thinks of him now.But even so, Wu Gou still instinctively wanted to conceal peace.Without waiting for Wu enough to think about what to say, Xu Xi said again: "I didn't even bring any clothes."

Not to mention how outrageous Xu Xun's current appearance is, even if Xu Xun's costume is washed and dried, it is unrealistic to wear it out.A small county is no better than a big city, even if there are fewer people who know them in a small county, with Xu Zi's face and wearing a set of dazzling costumes, it is a ghost if the rate of turning heads is low.How could Wu Gou be willing to let Xu Zun be so shabby that he didn't even have a piece of clothes to wear? He gritted his teeth and wanted to say that he went out to buy for Xu Zun, but he didn't expect Xu Zun to tilt his head and ask him in a tone similar to discussion: "I Can someone bring it over?"

Wu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded restrainedly.

So Xu Zi made a phone call, explained the good things vigorously, hung up the phone, and looked at Wu Gou: "This is the first time I've come to your hometown, can you go out for a walk with me tomorrow?"

"Uncle Xu will go back tomorrow, just the two of us, no one else." Xu Zi said again.

"Just go to a place where there are not many people in the countryside."

Wu Gou lowered his head, and slowly listened to Xu Xie, enduring the sore nose.

Perhaps it was because of his sensitive mind that for no reason he could hear some caution that did not match his own from Xu Xun's tone.But whether it was his delusion or not, without him there wouldn't be so many things, but it was a certainty.

Wu Gou didn't know that Xu Zi was far less determined than usual when his mind was turning bitterly.

From Wu Gou's retirement to the end of the finals, Xu Xun understood the whole story while preparing for the performance.He only investigated the place where Wu Gou was hiding on the eve of the group night, and every word he said after seeing Wu Gou was not rehearsed in advance.Wu is enough to be the biggest uncertainty factor in his 20 years of stability.He has never been so careful to figure out the non-superficial meaning of each sentence of the other party, and has been so uncertain to carefully organize his own words according to his guess.

Wu enough not to speak, but this reaction is enough to prove his resistance.In just a few seconds, Xu Xun's heart was shaken several times.

Once the idea of ​​"let's forget it" was born, it lingered in Xu Xun's mind, like an echo in the valley, and lingered for a long time.When Wu Gou finally raised his head and his eyes met, the two spoke at the same time.

"never mind."

"Then go."

Xu Zi subconsciously wanted to evade, but when Wu Gou tried hard to smile at him, he couldn't say anything.

Wu Gou's hometown is a little-known small county. Xu Xie has never heard of its name before, and even where to go is a temporary decision.Even so, when Wu Gou saw the car in the underground garage the next day, he was still on the spot.

Xu Xie had already sat in the driver's seat. Seeing that Wu Gou didn't respond for a long time, he got out of the car again, sent him to the co-pilot, and fastened the seat belt for him before Wu Gou could react, and then returned to his seat. Block the start.

Wu Gou brushed his fingers over the seat belt, and then he came to his senses, and asked him dryly, "Are you driving?"

"Otherwise? Uncle Xu has already gone back." Xu Zi set the destination and turned the steering wheel skillfully: "My driving skills are not bad. You wake up after sleeping, and I will call you when you arrive."

What Xu Xi said was "okay" is obviously self-effacing. In a completely unfamiliar environment that relies entirely on navigation, his driving is absolutely stable.After driving to the rural area, a considerable part of it is winding mountain roads. The nine bends and eighteen bends are a bit scary to look at, and Xu Zi is not timid at all, as if he is walking on the expressway.Wu was not asleep, but the two of them didn't say anything along the way. The one-hour drive seemed as short as ten minutes.Two minutes after asking for directions, Xu Xun successfully found his destination.

Strictly speaking, the place Xu Zhan picked was not even a scenic spot, but he just asked someone to find out if there were any places to visit in the nearby countryside and chose the place based on his name.Following the only path, within a few meters, I saw a wide open door.

This is an old house. There is a green tank full of water in the middle of the courtyard, facing a stage. The stairs next to it are full of tables and chairs. There is a thick layer of dust on it. It seems that it has not been seen for a long time. The way people use it.

Although it is not as grand as in the costume dramas, it is definitely not what ordinary people would look like.

"This is the Xu family's compound, and it has been hundreds of years now."

The sudden sound frightened Wu Gou's face to turn pale.Xu Zun walked up to Wu Gou in two or three steps, and looked in the direction of the sound source.

The visitor was wearing a white sleeveless vest and holding an old cattail fan, walking towards them leisurely.

Even the mask couldn't stop Wu Gou from flustered, but when Xu Zi stood in front of him, everything got better.

Seeing that the man didn't appear to be malicious, Xu Zi relaxed a little, and asked the man, "I heard that this is a house from the Ming and Qing Dynasties?"

"Yes, the house in the Qing Dynasty has not been touched at all." The man nodded, and his eyes fell on Xu Wei: "You are not like the locals, who came to play in the city?"

Xu Xi simply followed his words and admitted: "My surname is Xu. I heard that there is a courtyard of the Xu family here, so I came here out of curiosity."

"That's it, what a coincidence," the man nodded, pointing to the side: "The Xu family is a big family here."

Only then did Wu Gou and Xu Xun notice that there was a row of character introductions next to them.Wu Gou approached silently, reading word by word.

Xu Xi frowned subconsciously when he saw Wu Gou leaning very close and squinting his eyes slightly.

The man didn't pay attention to these small details, and talked to Xu Xun about the past a hundred years ago.

A family that has been a flower hunter, has been a Taoist priest, and has made some achievements in business. It has been passed down through several generations and is still strong.Coupled with the fact that the heads of the family have always been kind and generous, the Xu family used to be the most prestigious family in the village.Later bandits and robbers appeared, and the Xu family repelled the intruders many times with a village gate.It's just that I didn't think that there was an internal response at home. After pouring out the medicine, everyone in the Xu family opened the water cave door next to the gate of the village and let the bandits in.The Xu family was wiped out overnight, only one child was rescued by the maidservant.

Wu En was fascinated by what he heard, and after a long time, Xu Zun asked: "What happened next?"

"What can a little doll do? It's just a defeat." The man sighed.

The courtyard suddenly fell silent. Wu Gou and Xu Xi stared at the introduction of the characters for a while, exchanged glances, and left the compound.

Stepping over the threshold, Wu Gou slipped on the sole of his foot and almost fell, but was caught by Xu Zi with quick eyesight and quick hands.The man let out a "hey" and walked closer to them: "The moss on the ground has been around for hundreds of years, so be careful."

Wu Gou supported Xu Zi to stand firm, and then he noticed the scenery on the floor tiles: the fluffy emerald green almost covered the floor tiles in front of him, and the color was so bright that it seemed that water could drip.The people from a hundred years ago are gone, but the moss is still growing wantonly because no one cares about it.Wu Gou apologized silently in his heart, and walked out against the wall without stepping on a piece of moss again.

"This road was the official road at that time."

Xu Xun looked at the narrow path under his feet, with some suspicion in his eyes.

The man looked at Xu Zi's expression, smiled and shook his fan: "Don't you believe it? It's just a little wide, and it's official at that time."

Xu Zi squeezed Wu Gou's arm, and speculated, "This is the Li Yangsong who did the split."

"But it may be as wide as Ji Yingfeng with two splits." Xu Xie added, this time his tone was much more certain than before.Wu Gou couldn't help laughing, and walked deep with Xu Xun.The house next to the yard didn't even have a door, and there were neatly placed low tables and long benches inside, like a school or something.

The man came in after them, not making the introductions as before.Xu Zong looked around and asked the man, "Is the gate of the old village still there?"

"Yes," the man stretched out his fan and pointed in the direction of the official road: "Go in the opposite direction, there is a small path across the road, and you can see it after walking a few steps along the stream."

Xu Zi looked at Wu Gou: "Will you go and have a look?"

Wu enough naturally has no opinion.So Xu Xi thanked the man, and the man waved his hand, showing a simple smile: "It's okay, you guys have fun."

The man saw them in the courtyard and followed them to this place. Xu Xi thought he would continue to follow, but he didn't.When the two returned to the official road, Xu Wei and Wu Gou turned their heads and looked into the school. The man was sitting on a long bench shaking his fan lightly, with a horizontal door plaque hanging above him.The out-of-tune humming sound drifted long and short, and seemed to be fleeting, like hiding in a dilapidated house for hundreds of years.

With officials in front of him, when he saw the true face of the so-called "Village Gate", Xu Zun was not so surprised.Looking sideways, there is a half-person-high doorway beside the gate of the village.

"This is the water hole that uncle mentioned just now," Xu Xi said softly, "The bandits enter by water from here, and then the Xu family will be destroyed..."

"It should be," Wu Gou suddenly interrupted Xu Xun's words fiercely, Xu Xun was taken aback, and shook his head amusedly: "It's just the same surname, there is nothing to hide."

Wu Gou gasped twice, avoiding Xu Xi's gaze, and changed the subject extremely bluntly: "You are good at driving."

"Well," Xu Zi saw his intention to change the subject, but didn't expose it: "I learned it from Hawaii."

Wu Gou was taken aback for a moment, and the excessive emotions just shown were swept away.Xu Zi was caught off guard by this cold joke, Wu Gou came back to his senses, and chuckled softly.

This is the happiest time Xu Zun has ever smiled since he saw Wu Gou this time.Seeing that he almost bent over laughing, Xu Zi felt a little helpless, and squatted down more happily, putting his hand on his shoulder: "Is it that funny?"

Wu Gou laughed so hard that he covered his stomach, and it took him a while to recover, and he grabbed Xu Zi's arm, still smiling in his voice: "Suddenly I really want to laugh."

"Although I haven't read much, I've read some classic Japanese comics." Xu Xun pulled Wu Gou up from the ground and said in a flat tone.

Including but not limited to Detective Conan, Digimon, and Naruto, known as one of the three major migrant manga, many of these "classic Japanese manga" have seen some of them more or less, but they are not fanatics.He himself thought that he didn't have much memory, but after getting acquainted with Wu enough, these memories that had been hidden for many years emerged one by one vividly, probably this is the so-called near Zhu Zhechi.

"I still know some famous lines." Xu Ziyun emphasized again calmly.

"For example?" Wu Gou really raised some interest.

Xu Zi rolled his eyes, then shook his head suddenly: "I just thought of one, but let it go."

When Xu Xunzi asked Xu Xun if he was sure he was going to fight for Wu Gou, Xu Xun somehow recalled the famous scene between Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke for a moment.Leaving aside the literal meaning, Xu Zun more or less understood part of the meaning hidden in that simple and straightforward sentence at that moment.

Compared with the people and things that have passed away, this sentence is really unlucky for Xu Xun.

The two set off in the morning, and it was only after lunch when they returned to the county seat.Wu Gou behaved normally in the morning, but suddenly felt unwell after returning to the room.Not to mention sweating all over his body, he didn't eat two bites of the food he ordered, and he vomited it all up half an hour later.Wu Gou has always been obedient to Xu Zun, but this time he resolutely shut him out of the bathroom door.He didn't eat much, and only acid water remained after vomiting.After more than ten minutes, Wu Gou was sweating profusely, opened the door with a pale complexion, and met Xu Xun who was squatting at the door.

"Is it better?" Xu Xi's expression was more reserved than that of Wu Gou's reluctance, so there would not be too many people doubting that he was the sick one.Wu Gou instinctively wanted to comfort Xu Xun, but he really had no strength left, so he half-kneeled limply on the door frame, looking at Xu Xun at the same level.

"I'm much better." Wu Gou smiled at Xu Xun, trying to pretend that nothing happened: "Just take a rest."

Xu Xun can no longer waste time here with him, Wu Gou made a decision in his heart, and must find a way to make it clear to Xu Xun today.However, before he could think of how to say it, Xu Zi opened his mouth first.

"Just now, there was a call for you."

Wu Gou let out an "oh", but saw Xu Xi holding his own mobile phone and pressing the call back.

When the phone was connected, the voice in the handset was very familiar to Wu, but he was so caught off guard.

"... Miss Qiu?"