Ambush from all sides
Chapter 11·
In the evening when it was almost time for dinner, Uncle Zhong wanted to go back, but Zhan Hao stayed behind, saying that he hadn't had dinner together for a long time, so don't be in a hurry to go back today.Uncle Zhong agreed after thinking about it—he still wanted to tease the awkward little fox, Dead Leaf.
As soon as the application time passed, the dead leaves arrived at the door.As soon as he entered the door, as soon as he saw Uncle Zhong beside Zhan Hao, his expression immediately darkened, and he subconsciously turned around and wanted to go back.But when I just stepped out, I felt wrong—why should I be afraid of him?For a while, neither entering nor exiting, he twisted his body and froze at the door.Seeing him like this, Uncle Zhong was so happy that he laughed on the spot, and said while laughing, "Hahaha, Xiao Cen, do you really hate Uncle Zhong? You don't even want to see me?"
Dead Leaf turned back stiffly, stood there grinding her teeth for a long time, and finally walked to the table and sat down.Uncle Zhong looked at him with a smile, waved to him after a while, and said, "Come here, don't sit next to the young master, sit next to me." After hearing this, Dead Leaf stared at Uncle Zhong with some resistance.Zhong Yunde was not in a hurry, so he reached out and patted the seat beside him, and said, "Come here, let Uncle Zhong take a good look at you."
Seeing the embarrassment on Dead Leaf's guarded face, Zhan Hao was afraid that he would feel embarrassed, so he softly said: "Uncle Zhong, stop making trouble, the food will be served soon."
Zhong Yunde stared at him half-truthfully, and said with some displeasure: "I just want to see him, why, are you still afraid that I will eat him?" I thought to myself, wasn't Uncle Zhong very calm before, why has he become difficult recently?Like an old urchin... While muttering, Zhan Hao heard a sound coming from the direction of the dead leaves.He raised his head and saw Dead Leaf walking over with a straight face across the table, and sat down beside Uncle Zhong.
Uncle Zhong looked at the dead leaves with satisfaction and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha.Withered Ye sat upright, expressionless.Zhan Hao watched carefully for a long time before he found a trace of stiffness in his eyes.
It is a good sign that the endurance has increased.Zhan Hao lowered his head and calmly suppressed a smile, but he couldn't help giving Uncle Zhong a thumbs up in his heart.
When the food was served, Zhan Hao thought it would be Yu Ke, but unexpectedly it was Min Wei who appeared with the food.He looked at them with wide eyes, and asked, "Where is Yuke, why are you here to serve the food?"
Min Wei put down the dishes without saying a word, and stared fixedly at him and at the dead leaves, making the three people at the table bewildered.After a long while, she snorted in a moderate tone, and said with a straight face: "You can go and see for yourself later, she is crying with Brother Ji Tangquan and the others in the west courtyard."
Zhan Hao stared at her, raised his eyebrows clearly for a while, and said, "I see, I'll go over and have a look later." He said, smiling at Min Wei, and said, "Take the other dishes Serve it up, after waiting for so long, Uncle Zhong must be hungry." Hearing this, Min Wei stared at him angrily for a while, then turned around and walked out.
Uncle Zhong blinked, then raised his eyebrows and shrugged helplessly, picked up his rice bowl and ate fish with his chopsticks, and muttered as he ate: "I told you to settle that little girl's matter earlier, and you still prefer to eat?" I don’t believe it, it’s okay now, I’m losing my temper.” There was a hint of gloating in his speech, and when he reached out his hand, he caught a piece of fat and tender fish belly on the dead leaf by surprise: “Come on, Xiao Cen eat this , you see you are so thin..."
Dead Leaf was stunned, her whole figure paused on the seat, her eyes struggled for a while, and then she began to eat the piece of meat slowly.Zhan Hao watched his movements quietly, and said absently: "I also want to solve it sooner, but it's a pity that kid Quan Jing doesn't take the initiative, and that girl is stubborn, what can I do."
Uncle Zhong curled his lips disapprovingly. Not long after, Minwei brought up two more dishes, one roasted duck and one belly-wrapped chicken. He neatly tong two pieces of the best and freshest meat and put them into the bowl with dead leaves , said: "What can't be helped, you don't care at all! It's not clean and tidy if you get a little emotional, and I'll see how you chase after your wife in the future."
Zhan Hao was drinking soup when he was choked by Uncle Zhong's words.He coughed twice, looked up at Uncle Zhong helplessly, and said, "Uncle, you don't have to curse me like that, do you?" Prospective daughter-in-law", I saw a smile in his usually deserted eyes!This is really strange, so I didn't control my eyes for a while, and took a second look.
Seeing his little gesture, Uncle Zhong couldn't help sighing, and said: "Nothing, everyone is worthless, your father is, your brother is, I thought you could be a little special, but I didn't expect you to be too... "That's what he said, but his eyes were full of smiles, and he didn't seem to blame at all, but he seemed very happy.
Seeing him laugh, Zhan Hao shook his head and put down his chopsticks, lowered his eyes and laughed too.
Until now, he finally knew what Uncle Zhong cared about all this time.It's not a way to deal with others, nor is it a way to make money.Seeing himself going smoothly and vigorously in the mall day by day, he can say that he didn't feel a little bit of comfort - what Uncle Zhong cares about is his humanity as a person.
I don't lack ability, I don't lack talent, what I lack is only true feelings.
Only when he has someone he admires and a person whom his heart longs for can he change from a "devil" in others' mouths to a person, and only then can he change from a beast to a person.Although the Zhan family is a family of merchants, they can't get up early without profit, and they always count every penny and every penny when doing things, but the Zhan family doesn't produce snakes and scorpions, and most of them are infatuated and lovers.
He Zhanhao is not a devil, he puts people in his heart only a little later than others.
After eating, Uncle Zhong heard that there was a cat in the dead leaf room, so he happily took the disheveled fox boy to the east courtyard.Zhan Hao smiled and watched the two of them walk out of the courtyard, then turned around and went to the west courtyard.
In the porch under the evening scent tree in the west courtyard, Ji Tang was sitting beside Yuke, supporting her shoulders, comforting her softly.Zhan Hao walked over quietly, and when Ji Tang turned around and saw it, he patted Yu Ke on the back and stood up understandingly.The little girl walked up to Zhan Hao lightly, and said softly, "I've been crying all the time. No one has been able to comfort me since I cried in the afternoon. I even scolded Brother Quan away just now. Now that I'm tired of crying, I'm calmer now. "
Zhan Hao looked at Yu Ke's small figure huddled beside the colonnade, then lowered his head and patted Ji Tang on the back of the head lightly, and said with a smile, "Please, please go eat first, don't be hungry." Tang looked at Zhan Hao, and nodded obediently.When she turned to leave, she seemed to have thought of something, so she turned her face back, with inexplicable excitement shining in her eyes, and said with a sly smile, "Sister Yuke said you like Brother Cen, is it true? Hehe, Sure enough, I guessed correctly, Big Brother Cen will be our young lady from now on, okay?"
Zhan Hao looked at her with a helpless smile, and finally stretched out his finger and gently flicked her brain: "You are the only one who is smart."
Ji Tang pursed his lips and shook his head triumphantly, stretched out a finger to cover his lips, and said mysteriously: "It's not just me, Sister Minwei also found out, hehe! Alright, master, I'm leaving now. Please persuade Sister Yuke well." After finishing speaking, the little girl hopped and ran away, with her long braid hanging down her head and flicking it, looking extremely happy.
Zhan Hao sighed with a smile, then turned around and walked towards Yu Ke.
Yu Ke turned her head and saw him just now, and the tears she had finally stopped burst into tears again.She has liked Zhan Hao for so many years, since he was rescued by the master at the age of 12.I thought that if I can't be the main room, I can be a side room anyway, but I didn't expect that the young master didn't think about her at all.Normally, although she kept talking and singing, Zhan Hao always put her off with some innocuous words.Before, she thought that the young master didn't want to start a family yet, and when he wanted to settle down, he would naturally think about himself, but, but...
He actually fell in love with a man, and he was still an ugly and incomprehensible cold man!
Thinking of this, Yu Ke felt extremely wronged in her heart - how could she not compare to that ugly monster?She is prettier than him, more gentle and considerate than him, and more importantly...she can give birth to the young master!That guy is a tough man, what can he do? !But the young master actually asked him not to want him... Thinking of this, Yuke's small mouth shrunk, and tears rolled down her face.
Zhan Hao walked up to Yu Ke, squatted down quietly, looked at her tear-wet face with gentle eyes, and coaxed in a low voice: "Oh, which bastard bullied our Zhan family's chief manager of the west courtyard? In this way, you will become a disfigured cat!" As he said, he stretched out his hand and gently wiped the little girl's flushed face, and wiped away the tears all over her face.
Yu Ke bit her lip, trying to play a little temper and turn her face away, but she couldn't bear to show her rare tenderness.She raised her wet teary eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Master, I... woo woo woo..."
Zhan Hao pinched her face lightly, and said in a low voice, "Don't cry, someone will be reluctant to cry any more."
"Anyway, anyway, you won't be reluctant, woo..." Yuke lowered her head in frustration, and wiped her eyes vigorously with her hands.Zhan Hao pressed her knees, and gently touched her head with the other hand, and said, "Of course I don't want to part with it, but it's not the kind you want. I've always regarded you as my sister, just like Minwei, Jitang and the others are the same."
"But I'm different from them! I, I, young master, I like you! I've liked you for five years, can't you like me a little more? Why, why do you like that dead leaf!" Yu Ke was sobbing and talking, holding Zhan Hao's face with both hands reluctantly.Zhan Hao took off her hand with a calm face and squeezed it into his palm.He looked at Yu Ke in silence for a long time, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Then...why do you like me?" Zhan Hao looked at her calmly, his handsome face looked more and more dusty under the moonlight, his clear eyes seemed to have hypnotic magic, people couldn't help but look deeper and deeper .
"I..." Yuke choked up, then stopped her voice in embarrassment.Yes, since when did she fall in love with Zhan Hao?Was it when you saw him for the first time?The first time I saw him... the young master was walking from the yard, under the sun at noon in winter—the young master was 23 years old at that time, handsome, gentle and calm, who would not fall in love at first sight?
"Yuke, if I wasn't what I am now, if I didn't have such looks and talents, would you still like me? Yan Heng, Wan Shu, Lin Zhihuan, Ma Qingyun, would they still like me?" Hao asked her firmly, his eyes were flat and shallow.Under the gazing of these eyes, Yu Ke felt a little guilty for some reason.Indeed, if the young master is not such a talented person, it is estimated that many people would not pay more attention to him, let alone fall in love at first sight.But, but... I, I am not those superficial guys who judge people by their appearance!
Yu Ke thought a little aggrieved, and her eyes gradually revealed the eagerness to clarify.Zhan Hao looked at her, smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Maybe at the beginning, you wouldn't like me, and later, you might fall in love with me because of this or that opportunity, but it's definitely not as good as me." I am so persistent now. The reason why I am attracted to them is that they can’t get me, and they can’t even get close to me. But you are purely because of admiration.”
Hearing this, Yuke immediately felt aggrieved and wanted to defend herself, but Zhan Hao stretched out his index finger and pressed her lips: "Don't be in a hurry to express your sincerity, your sincerity is not that important to me. What I need It is your loyalty, your dedication, and your normal heart."
"I've told you many times that I'm not the right person, but you don't listen to me. Yuke, you may fall in love with many people in this life, but you can't marry them one by one. I'm not that person, You should give up, otherwise you will definitely miss the right person. Love does not care about right or wrong, but it does care about timing. If you stick to the wrong timing for too long, the right timing will pass, understand? Someone likes it waiting for you, but it is impossible for others to wait for you forever."
"You will definitely marry someone, but as I said, that person will not be me. If you insist on spending time with me, then the person who likes you will not marry you in the end, understand?"
After finishing speaking, Zhan Hao held Yu Ke's wet and sticky face, looked at her peacefully, and said in a low voice, "I know it's hard for you to think clearly, but you have to take your eyes off me. Don’t look at me anymore, cheer yourself up, wash your face, sleep, wake up tomorrow, it’s still Sister Yuke, the chief executive of the West Courtyard who is vigorous, smart and capable of housework, you know?”
"I'm not your sister Yuke..." Yuke wrinkled her face, with tears in her eyes.She pouted, stretched out her hand to grab Zhan Hao's wrist, and sobbed in a low voice: "If I don't like the young master anymore, will the young master... still love me and pamper me?"
"Of course." Zhan Hao narrowed his eyes tenderly, rubbing Yu Ke's face with his fingers, "And I will love you more and spoil you more, so I don't have to worry about when you will yell about being my concubine."
Yu Ke was so annoyed by his words that she laughed aloud, but then sullen her face again, staring at her wet teary eyes and yelled unhappily: "Master bastard, you don't like me so much, I...I just don't agree I can’t figure it out! What’s so good about that dead leaf? Master, you can like Wan Shu, at least she’s gentle and beautiful. But you like that weird guy, so what’s the matter... He often treats you badly. Ignore it, it's not polite at all, young master, aren't you asking for trouble!"
Hearing this, Zhan Hao smiled softly under the moonlight.He stood up and sat beside Yu Ke, Yu Ke turned her face to look at him, looking at this... still as handsome and gentle as when she first met.The young man in the winter sun is still excellent now, even better than before. She likes him very much, but this person does not belong to her after all.The young master said it himself, he is not the right person... The little girl stared at him for a while, and finally her eyes were sore, she couldn't help reaching out to hug Zhan Hao's arm, and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"You're right. It's really not a good job to fall in love with him..."
Looking up at the night sky, Zhan Hao smiled lazily, not knowing what to say for a moment.At night, there was a slight wind blowing in the yard, and a small piece of cloud and mist was blown in front of the moon, and the night suddenly became a little hazy.
The night bug began to chirp in a low voice.Zhan Hao sat quietly, letting Yu Ke snuggle up to him, and without saying a word, he listened to the insect's cry gradually getting louder.Yu Ke was right, Dead Leaf was not a good person to pursue, fell in love with him, and was doomed to be tortured by his coldness and ruthlessness, and was doomed not to let her worry.So he has recently started to concentrate on dealing with business matters, just to save more energy and time for the future - he doesn't want to be disturbed by those grandchildren when he is pursuing his sweetheart.
As for why he fell in love with such a difficult person as Dead Leaf, he once asked himself this question.He has so many admirers, which one is not easy to get?He can choose any one of them to like, which is definitely easier than liking dead leaves.
——But the problem is that he just likes dead leaves.
Why on earth do people want to fall in love with another person?
He has lived for more than a dozen lives, has a memory of nearly a thousand years, and is busy in the past and present, but has never had the opportunity to think about this problem.Looking back on the past dozen or so lives now, I think of the people around me who used to come and go, people gathered and others scattered, it was just God's will, and the world was ups and downs.He has no worries or regrets about death or rebirth.Those people who have met may have had this kind of fetters, but with the passage of time, the meaning has disappeared, and now he is alone again.
But now, he fell in love with someone, the feeling of heartbeating for the other person, smiling for him, and thinking about him from time to time, Zhan Hao has never experienced before.It was as if this life was born for him, and in this life, God let him come to this world to let him realize the meaning of loving someone.
Falling in love with someone is a natural thing.Met, then became acquainted with each other, and then because of a certain opportunity, a certain moment, I was instantly moved by him.
If this question must require an answer, then—
Why do people like another person?
— because he was there.
The wind picked up at night, hula la, hula la, blowing the windows rattling.
Dead Leaf opened his eyes drowsily in his sleep, and felt a mass of warm fluff wriggling around his neck.He twisted his body, changed his position, and curled his arms around the cats.
In the dimness, a cat licked his forehead lightly.Dead Leaf opened her eyes, lay quietly for a while, and then sat up.
Can't fall asleep anymore... He rubbed his eyes and climbed out of bed, took out the flint and lit the lotus lamp by the bed.
Next to the pillow, several groups of black and white cats lay quietly in the arms of the little mandarin duck.Withered Ye sat on the bed and watched them quietly. After a long while, she took out the "Snow Drag Gun" and held it in her hand.
When Uncle Zhong came to see the cat last night, he ordered this kitten, and named it Qiangqiang, saying that he would come to pick it up in four months.Uncle Zhong liked cats. He was sitting at the table, hugging the litter of kittens and didn’t want to leave. He even asked him which one he liked with a smile.Dead Leaf pulled out the little horn expressionlessly, and said this one.Uncle Zhong looked at it carefully, then smiled and said that you are different from ordinary people.
Qiangqiang was woken up by him, lying in his palm, unable to smell mother's scent, she began to whimper and cry.Withered Leaf smiled faintly, put it into the pile of cats, and hugged Xiaojiao out again.
After a few days of growing up, the originally thin little Jiao'er actually looked good.Compared with brothers and sisters, it seems to be a circle older.Withered Ye hugged it, supported its small body, put it on its shoulders, and rubbed it quietly.Little Jiao'er's body squirmed for a while, and then he licked his neck affectionately, and made a soft "brew".
Among the cats in this litter, Xiaojiao is the closest to him.It is estimated that what I have smelled since I was born is the smell of dead leaves, so I feel at ease by his side.Withered Ye hugged the little guy and leaned against the head of the bed. Slowly, drowsiness gradually crept up... Just as the eyelids were about to close, suddenly, a gust of wind blew the two open windows and hit them hard, making a sound of " Bang".Xiao Jiao'er's body bounced faintly, and then began to cry in a low voice.
Withered Leaf stretched out her hand to comfort it softly for a while, put on a dress and got out of bed, walked to the window and tried to close the open window.But when he looked up, he saw Zhan Hao sitting motionless under the wisteria trellis in the yard under the quiet moonlight.
Dead Leaf was stunned, subconsciously stopped breathing, and her hand on the window also froze.
Zhan Hao faced him sideways, with his eyes open, just sitting quietly under the flower stand, looking at the ground in front of him, holding a small flagon in his hand.Dead Leaf stared at him for a while without saying a word, then slowly frowned.
What is he doing here in the middle of the night without sleep?Standing suspiciously for a while, seeing that Zhan Hao still didn't move, he frowned and lowered his eyes, then closed the window.
After a while, the door of the room opened, and the dead leaf came out quietly after getting dressed, and stopped beside Zhan Hao.Zhan Hao's head moved slightly, and then, Dead Leaf saw him raise his head.
Zhan Hao half-opened his amber clear eyes, quietly staring at his expressionless face.After a long time, he greeted him and said, "Why are you up?"
Dead Leaf frowned habitually, and said impatiently, "I still have to ask you, what are you doing sitting here in the middle of the night? Go back to sleep."
Zhan Hao lowered his head with a smile, shook the small flagon in his hand, and muttered softly: "...I even ordered the master to come."
While talking, another gust of wind blew in the yard, and a few Magnolia leaves were blown down, rustling to the feet of the two of them.Zhan Hao stared at the shriveled leaves for a while, then reached out to pick up one of them.The withered leaf also took a look at the withered yellow leaf, and then he heard Zhan Hao ask in a low voice, "Why did the leaves start to fall before it's autumn?"
The dead leaves remained silent for a long time before they said lightly, "Because new leaves are about to grow."
When Zhan Hao heard this, his body moved slightly, and his back straightened suddenly.The dead leaf heard a smile in his voice, and said: "That's it...that's right, the old ones don't go away, and the new ones don't come in." He let go of his fingers, and the leaf dangled and fell to the ground again.Zhan Hao lazily leaned against the flower stand, heaved a long sigh, then raised his eyes, and stared at the dead leaves.In the quiet night, he looked at the expressionless person in front of him, and asked slowly and in a hoarse voice: "Bie Cen, do you believe me when I say I'm drunk?"
Seeing his lazy and charming eyes, Dead Leaf frowned faintly, and couldn't help turning her head away: "So what if you believe it, so what if you don't believe it."
"Hey," Zhan Hao chuckled vaguely, and paused on the flower stand with his forehead, "It's not good." He staggered and stood up while supporting the flower stand, with a deep smile in his eyes, and his hands were empty. He made a bow to the dead leaf, and muttered in his throat: "Farewell, I'm going to sleep..."
After speaking, he turned around and walked out staggeringly.Dead Leaf frowned and looked at him from behind, watching him dally across the yard, refusing to walk on the stone-paved road, but just stepping across the grass.When going up the stairs, his footsteps were flimsy, he stumbled, his body staggered and almost fell.Withered Leaf took a deep breath in annoyance, frowned a little, and after a while, she quickly chased after him, reaching out and grabbing Zhan Hao's arm.
"I'll help you there." Withered Ye said impatiently, put Zhan Hao's hand on his shoulder, and wrapped his other hand around his waist, supporting his limp body.Zhan Hao hiccupped softly, then leaned his whole body against the dead leaf, and smiled vaguely: "Thank you, thank you..."
This bastard is really heavy!With a stinky face, the dead leaves helped him to go outside.Zhan Hao is a little taller than him, so it's really hard for him to put his whole body on top of him.Fortunately, even if this guy is drunk, he still has the demeanor of a nobleman. He is honest and doesn't drink too much, or the dead leaves will throw him into the lotus pond.Zhan Hao kept laughing while leaning against him, his low voice rang in his ears, making Dead Ye feel uncomfortable.
"Uncle Zhong told me that you are a good boy, a good person, and a good cat..." Zhan Hao half-opened his eyes in a daze, muttering intermittently, and kept his lips close to his ear.The dead leaves were shaken by his breath, almost throwing him to the ground.Zhan Hao laughed again, put his arms around his neck, pulled him into his arms, and said lazily, "Hey, Cen, you will always be here, right?"
The dead leaves were tightly hugged by him, and his whole face was smelly. He frowned, gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to push him hard: "Zhan Hao, why are you crazy! Let go!"
Just now he praised him for his good wine, but now he is drinking like crazy!And... day!So much strength!Withered Leaf pushed back a few times to no avail, couldn't help grinding his back molars angrily, stretched out his hand to the acupuncture point on his waist and pressed down hard.Originally trying to make him weak, but Zhan Hao didn't respond, still leaning on him and refusing to leave.
His grandpa's, he didn't forget to move his acupoints even when he was drunk!The dead leaves were completely hairy, and they raised their legs to face Zhan Hao's feet and stomped them down. Zhan Hao snorted, then let go of his hands, squatted down and cried pitifully, "Ouch!" Cen, you are so cruel, my foot is about to break..."
Dead Leaf glared at him viciously, and cursed: "It deserves to be broken!" After speaking, he turned around and walked away without looking back.
Zhan Hao sat on the ground pouted, watching him walk back quickly, his back entered the arched door, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.He sat quietly on the ground for a while, for a long time, with a faint smile on his face, and a gentle look in his narrowed eyes.
Moonlit night, cool breeze, good wine, beauties.
... Life is like this, why not be happy?
Lai sighed contentedly on the ground for a while, Zhan Hao stood up and patted the ashes on his butt leisurely, then slowly swung back.Shaking and shaking, with a leisurely expression, humming the song "Eighteen Touches" indistinctly.
When I got up in the morning, the sky was already bright.After Zhan Hao made such a fuss last night, Dead Leaf couldn't fall asleep when she returned home. She lay on the bed for a long time without feeling sleepy, and didn't close her eyes until five o'clock.When I woke up, I had a terrible headache, and I could only get up with a stinky face and messy hair on my head.
The little mandarin duck sat on the table and meowed at him, as if laughing at his embarrassment.Dead Leaf glared at it angrily, then took the towel and began to wash.Halfway through washing his face, the black cat, whom he hadn't seen for many days, jumped in from the back window unhurriedly, climbed onto the table and rubbed his face with the little mandarin duck.
After washing your face, start to comb your hair.Dead Leaf hates combing his hair the most, because his hair is not good, and it always gets knotted at the end.In this case, he would cut it with a knife and just leave it alone, so his hair has no hairstyle at all.Fortunately, the hair is long, and it is not very noticeable.
After washing and washing, Dead Leaf stood at the door in a daze for a while, and then walked slowly towards the middle courtyard.
When passing by the lotus pond, Dead Ye saw that the small flagon that Zhan Hao was carrying last night was still on the ground.He thought, did this guy sleep here all night?After thinking about it, he found it impossible. In fact, he even doubted whether Zhan Hao was drunk last night, but he really didn't know how much that guy was drinking.Dead Leaf stood by the flagon in a daze for a while, then picked it up and continued walking.
As soon as he walked to the edge of the middle courtyard, Dead Leaf heard the noise in the courtyard, several voices chattering.He frowned subconsciously, and clenched the withered leaf knife around his waist in his hand.
In the lobby of the middle courtyard, a young man's voice was crying and talking: "I was in the carriage. I just woke up when I heard noises outside. Brother Li told me not to come out. I heard a lot of messy swords Sound, almost scared to death..."
Then came a man's calm voice: "I'm fine, and the goods are all safe, but... Pei Junrong was dragged away by them."
Then, Dead Leaf heard Zhan Hao's unhurried voice: "Pei Junrong's martial arts can't be so weak, after all, he's Wen Shanjin's great apprentice..."
Ask the Shanjin people?Pei Junrong?Withered Ye frowned thinking about these two names, and wondered if the man in the room was Li Fei?He walked into the lobby with the jug in his hand, and saw five or six people in the lobby, three of them were sitting, one was Qiu Langxing, and the other was a slightly handsome man, that was Li Feiyue.There was a large bandage wrapped around his arm, which was slightly stained with blood.
Li saw him very much, his eyes widened immediately, showing a look of astonishment.
The boy sitting next to him was of course Shi Lin.Shi Lin saw Li very staring at the dead leaves, so he also turned around curiously.The child looked at him, and thought this man was so cool, tall and thin, with half of his face covered by a mask, looking so mysterious.
At this moment, Li Feifei was full of doubts - he never knew that the dead leaves were here with Zhanhao, didn't they go their separate ways after a year ago?It's fine for him and Qiu Langxing to follow Zhan Hao, because they are all businessmen after all, but Dead Leaf is a lone killer, how could he follow Zhan Hao?
When Zhan Hao saw the dead leaves walk in, he immediately showed a rather smug smile: "Hey, you got up? Hey, isn't this my flagon?"
Withered Ye glared at him, stretched out her hand in front of him, and said coldly: "You fell by the lotus pond in the middle of the night last night."
Zhan Hao took it over with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Cen is really careful." As soon as he said this, he got a big white eye from Dead Leaf.
Li listened to their conversation very much, and his doubts became more and more serious.When Zhan Hao went to Changshu earlier, he revealed that he raised a little fox at home.And the dead leaf said the lotus pond, isn't the lotus pond in the east courtyard, did Zhan Hao let the dead leaf live in the east courtyard?Also, in the middle of the night...?Were they still together in the middle of the night yesterday?
Thinking about these possibilities, and then contacting the smile on Zhan Hao's face now, Li feels very disturbed... a certain conclusion is about to come out.
With the dead leaves on the side, he was too lazy to talk to Li Fei. He looked at these people quietly, glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on Zhan Hao's face: "What happened?"
Zhan Hao shrugged his shoulders, and calmly said: "When Li Chaoyue moved the cloth village here, he met a group of people on the road, and took away Pei Junrong, the eldest disciple of Jinshanren." Looking at Li Fei, who was absent-minded, he raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest: "I haven't made it clear just now, why did you escape, and Pei Junrong was taken away? Isn't he good at martial arts?"
Hearing his words, Li Feifei came to his senses.He paused, his eyes wandered for a while, and he said, "He knows martial arts, but his son doesn't."
When Zhan Hao heard this, the interest on his face became even stronger: "He still has a son?"
"Well, his son's name is Pei Xi, who was just seven years old. He was arrested, and Pei Junrong went after him, and he couldn't even shout." Li Fei's tone was flat, with a look of low interest.Zhan Hao stared at him for a while, with a knowing smile on his face.He raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at Qiu Langxing with a relaxed face, and asked, "Qiu Langxing, what do you think?"
"Me?" Qiu Langxing showed a flattered expression, pointed to his nose and said, "What are you asking me for? You should call my master over, and Hong Niang and the others, hurry up and investigate! He is a cloth village With him as the cash cow in the future, it is possible for Li Ji to monopolize the weaving industry in Jiangnan."
After hearing what he said, Zhan Hao showed a thoughtful look, and slowly scraped his chin with his index finger.He was silent for a while, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the dead leaf beside him.Dead Leaf was startled a little by him, and stared at him angrily with her head down: "What are you doing?!"
Zhan Hao raised his head and smiled at him, his eyes bent into two crescent moons: "Hey, Uncle Zhong likes you, why don't you go to his house and help me call him over?"
Withered Ye gritted her teeth and glared at him angrily, while Zhan Hao smiled more charmingly.When the few people on the side saw this situation, they were full of suspicions and thoughts in their hearts.One of them resisted, the other coaxed them, they looked at each other for a long time, and finally Dead Leaf was defeated.With a flick of his sleeve, he stretched open Hao's hand, and said in a low voice, angrily, "Where's Uncle Zhong's house?!"
Zhan Hao curled his lips and smiled happily: "It's in the alley opposite Fengyuan Building, the one with the blue-gray gate."
After hearing this, Dead Leaf glared at him, then turned around and hurried away.
At this moment, the expressions of the people in the lobby were different. Zhan Hao was happy, Shi Lin was curious, and Li Wei stared with a serious and troubled expression.Qiu Langxing picked up the teacup on the side in silence, stretched out his hand to twist the lid, and while skimming the tea foam, he lowered his head and showed a gloating smile with a good show to watch.
·The first episode of the small theater·
Zhan Hao: "Actually, Zhan's family members are all black-bellied~ You look at Uncle Zhong, you look at Minwei, you look at Jitang~"
Dead Leaf: "What about Yuke?"
Zhan Hao: "So she is going to get married in the end."
Dead Leaf: "What about Zhan Zhao?"
Zhan Hao: "Isn't he already married?"
Dead Leaf: "..."
So under the leadership of Zhan Dagong, Zhan's family members are also happily black-bellied today~=w=
As soon as the application time passed, the dead leaves arrived at the door.As soon as he entered the door, as soon as he saw Uncle Zhong beside Zhan Hao, his expression immediately darkened, and he subconsciously turned around and wanted to go back.But when I just stepped out, I felt wrong—why should I be afraid of him?For a while, neither entering nor exiting, he twisted his body and froze at the door.Seeing him like this, Uncle Zhong was so happy that he laughed on the spot, and said while laughing, "Hahaha, Xiao Cen, do you really hate Uncle Zhong? You don't even want to see me?"
Dead Leaf turned back stiffly, stood there grinding her teeth for a long time, and finally walked to the table and sat down.Uncle Zhong looked at him with a smile, waved to him after a while, and said, "Come here, don't sit next to the young master, sit next to me." After hearing this, Dead Leaf stared at Uncle Zhong with some resistance.Zhong Yunde was not in a hurry, so he reached out and patted the seat beside him, and said, "Come here, let Uncle Zhong take a good look at you."
Seeing the embarrassment on Dead Leaf's guarded face, Zhan Hao was afraid that he would feel embarrassed, so he softly said: "Uncle Zhong, stop making trouble, the food will be served soon."
Zhong Yunde stared at him half-truthfully, and said with some displeasure: "I just want to see him, why, are you still afraid that I will eat him?" I thought to myself, wasn't Uncle Zhong very calm before, why has he become difficult recently?Like an old urchin... While muttering, Zhan Hao heard a sound coming from the direction of the dead leaves.He raised his head and saw Dead Leaf walking over with a straight face across the table, and sat down beside Uncle Zhong.
Uncle Zhong looked at the dead leaves with satisfaction and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha.Withered Ye sat upright, expressionless.Zhan Hao watched carefully for a long time before he found a trace of stiffness in his eyes.
It is a good sign that the endurance has increased.Zhan Hao lowered his head and calmly suppressed a smile, but he couldn't help giving Uncle Zhong a thumbs up in his heart.
When the food was served, Zhan Hao thought it would be Yu Ke, but unexpectedly it was Min Wei who appeared with the food.He looked at them with wide eyes, and asked, "Where is Yuke, why are you here to serve the food?"
Min Wei put down the dishes without saying a word, and stared fixedly at him and at the dead leaves, making the three people at the table bewildered.After a long while, she snorted in a moderate tone, and said with a straight face: "You can go and see for yourself later, she is crying with Brother Ji Tangquan and the others in the west courtyard."
Zhan Hao stared at her, raised his eyebrows clearly for a while, and said, "I see, I'll go over and have a look later." He said, smiling at Min Wei, and said, "Take the other dishes Serve it up, after waiting for so long, Uncle Zhong must be hungry." Hearing this, Min Wei stared at him angrily for a while, then turned around and walked out.
Uncle Zhong blinked, then raised his eyebrows and shrugged helplessly, picked up his rice bowl and ate fish with his chopsticks, and muttered as he ate: "I told you to settle that little girl's matter earlier, and you still prefer to eat?" I don’t believe it, it’s okay now, I’m losing my temper.” There was a hint of gloating in his speech, and when he reached out his hand, he caught a piece of fat and tender fish belly on the dead leaf by surprise: “Come on, Xiao Cen eat this , you see you are so thin..."
Dead Leaf was stunned, her whole figure paused on the seat, her eyes struggled for a while, and then she began to eat the piece of meat slowly.Zhan Hao watched his movements quietly, and said absently: "I also want to solve it sooner, but it's a pity that kid Quan Jing doesn't take the initiative, and that girl is stubborn, what can I do."
Uncle Zhong curled his lips disapprovingly. Not long after, Minwei brought up two more dishes, one roasted duck and one belly-wrapped chicken. He neatly tong two pieces of the best and freshest meat and put them into the bowl with dead leaves , said: "What can't be helped, you don't care at all! It's not clean and tidy if you get a little emotional, and I'll see how you chase after your wife in the future."
Zhan Hao was drinking soup when he was choked by Uncle Zhong's words.He coughed twice, looked up at Uncle Zhong helplessly, and said, "Uncle, you don't have to curse me like that, do you?" Prospective daughter-in-law", I saw a smile in his usually deserted eyes!This is really strange, so I didn't control my eyes for a while, and took a second look.
Seeing his little gesture, Uncle Zhong couldn't help sighing, and said: "Nothing, everyone is worthless, your father is, your brother is, I thought you could be a little special, but I didn't expect you to be too... "That's what he said, but his eyes were full of smiles, and he didn't seem to blame at all, but he seemed very happy.
Seeing him laugh, Zhan Hao shook his head and put down his chopsticks, lowered his eyes and laughed too.
Until now, he finally knew what Uncle Zhong cared about all this time.It's not a way to deal with others, nor is it a way to make money.Seeing himself going smoothly and vigorously in the mall day by day, he can say that he didn't feel a little bit of comfort - what Uncle Zhong cares about is his humanity as a person.
I don't lack ability, I don't lack talent, what I lack is only true feelings.
Only when he has someone he admires and a person whom his heart longs for can he change from a "devil" in others' mouths to a person, and only then can he change from a beast to a person.Although the Zhan family is a family of merchants, they can't get up early without profit, and they always count every penny and every penny when doing things, but the Zhan family doesn't produce snakes and scorpions, and most of them are infatuated and lovers.
He Zhanhao is not a devil, he puts people in his heart only a little later than others.
After eating, Uncle Zhong heard that there was a cat in the dead leaf room, so he happily took the disheveled fox boy to the east courtyard.Zhan Hao smiled and watched the two of them walk out of the courtyard, then turned around and went to the west courtyard.
In the porch under the evening scent tree in the west courtyard, Ji Tang was sitting beside Yuke, supporting her shoulders, comforting her softly.Zhan Hao walked over quietly, and when Ji Tang turned around and saw it, he patted Yu Ke on the back and stood up understandingly.The little girl walked up to Zhan Hao lightly, and said softly, "I've been crying all the time. No one has been able to comfort me since I cried in the afternoon. I even scolded Brother Quan away just now. Now that I'm tired of crying, I'm calmer now. "
Zhan Hao looked at Yu Ke's small figure huddled beside the colonnade, then lowered his head and patted Ji Tang on the back of the head lightly, and said with a smile, "Please, please go eat first, don't be hungry." Tang looked at Zhan Hao, and nodded obediently.When she turned to leave, she seemed to have thought of something, so she turned her face back, with inexplicable excitement shining in her eyes, and said with a sly smile, "Sister Yuke said you like Brother Cen, is it true? Hehe, Sure enough, I guessed correctly, Big Brother Cen will be our young lady from now on, okay?"
Zhan Hao looked at her with a helpless smile, and finally stretched out his finger and gently flicked her brain: "You are the only one who is smart."
Ji Tang pursed his lips and shook his head triumphantly, stretched out a finger to cover his lips, and said mysteriously: "It's not just me, Sister Minwei also found out, hehe! Alright, master, I'm leaving now. Please persuade Sister Yuke well." After finishing speaking, the little girl hopped and ran away, with her long braid hanging down her head and flicking it, looking extremely happy.
Zhan Hao sighed with a smile, then turned around and walked towards Yu Ke.
Yu Ke turned her head and saw him just now, and the tears she had finally stopped burst into tears again.She has liked Zhan Hao for so many years, since he was rescued by the master at the age of 12.I thought that if I can't be the main room, I can be a side room anyway, but I didn't expect that the young master didn't think about her at all.Normally, although she kept talking and singing, Zhan Hao always put her off with some innocuous words.Before, she thought that the young master didn't want to start a family yet, and when he wanted to settle down, he would naturally think about himself, but, but...
He actually fell in love with a man, and he was still an ugly and incomprehensible cold man!
Thinking of this, Yu Ke felt extremely wronged in her heart - how could she not compare to that ugly monster?She is prettier than him, more gentle and considerate than him, and more importantly...she can give birth to the young master!That guy is a tough man, what can he do? !But the young master actually asked him not to want him... Thinking of this, Yuke's small mouth shrunk, and tears rolled down her face.
Zhan Hao walked up to Yu Ke, squatted down quietly, looked at her tear-wet face with gentle eyes, and coaxed in a low voice: "Oh, which bastard bullied our Zhan family's chief manager of the west courtyard? In this way, you will become a disfigured cat!" As he said, he stretched out his hand and gently wiped the little girl's flushed face, and wiped away the tears all over her face.
Yu Ke bit her lip, trying to play a little temper and turn her face away, but she couldn't bear to show her rare tenderness.She raised her wet teary eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Master, I... woo woo woo..."
Zhan Hao pinched her face lightly, and said in a low voice, "Don't cry, someone will be reluctant to cry any more."
"Anyway, anyway, you won't be reluctant, woo..." Yuke lowered her head in frustration, and wiped her eyes vigorously with her hands.Zhan Hao pressed her knees, and gently touched her head with the other hand, and said, "Of course I don't want to part with it, but it's not the kind you want. I've always regarded you as my sister, just like Minwei, Jitang and the others are the same."
"But I'm different from them! I, I, young master, I like you! I've liked you for five years, can't you like me a little more? Why, why do you like that dead leaf!" Yu Ke was sobbing and talking, holding Zhan Hao's face with both hands reluctantly.Zhan Hao took off her hand with a calm face and squeezed it into his palm.He looked at Yu Ke in silence for a long time, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
"Then...why do you like me?" Zhan Hao looked at her calmly, his handsome face looked more and more dusty under the moonlight, his clear eyes seemed to have hypnotic magic, people couldn't help but look deeper and deeper .
"I..." Yuke choked up, then stopped her voice in embarrassment.Yes, since when did she fall in love with Zhan Hao?Was it when you saw him for the first time?The first time I saw him... the young master was walking from the yard, under the sun at noon in winter—the young master was 23 years old at that time, handsome, gentle and calm, who would not fall in love at first sight?
"Yuke, if I wasn't what I am now, if I didn't have such looks and talents, would you still like me? Yan Heng, Wan Shu, Lin Zhihuan, Ma Qingyun, would they still like me?" Hao asked her firmly, his eyes were flat and shallow.Under the gazing of these eyes, Yu Ke felt a little guilty for some reason.Indeed, if the young master is not such a talented person, it is estimated that many people would not pay more attention to him, let alone fall in love at first sight.But, but... I, I am not those superficial guys who judge people by their appearance!
Yu Ke thought a little aggrieved, and her eyes gradually revealed the eagerness to clarify.Zhan Hao looked at her, smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Maybe at the beginning, you wouldn't like me, and later, you might fall in love with me because of this or that opportunity, but it's definitely not as good as me." I am so persistent now. The reason why I am attracted to them is that they can’t get me, and they can’t even get close to me. But you are purely because of admiration.”
Hearing this, Yuke immediately felt aggrieved and wanted to defend herself, but Zhan Hao stretched out his index finger and pressed her lips: "Don't be in a hurry to express your sincerity, your sincerity is not that important to me. What I need It is your loyalty, your dedication, and your normal heart."
"I've told you many times that I'm not the right person, but you don't listen to me. Yuke, you may fall in love with many people in this life, but you can't marry them one by one. I'm not that person, You should give up, otherwise you will definitely miss the right person. Love does not care about right or wrong, but it does care about timing. If you stick to the wrong timing for too long, the right timing will pass, understand? Someone likes it waiting for you, but it is impossible for others to wait for you forever."
"You will definitely marry someone, but as I said, that person will not be me. If you insist on spending time with me, then the person who likes you will not marry you in the end, understand?"
After finishing speaking, Zhan Hao held Yu Ke's wet and sticky face, looked at her peacefully, and said in a low voice, "I know it's hard for you to think clearly, but you have to take your eyes off me. Don’t look at me anymore, cheer yourself up, wash your face, sleep, wake up tomorrow, it’s still Sister Yuke, the chief executive of the West Courtyard who is vigorous, smart and capable of housework, you know?”
"I'm not your sister Yuke..." Yuke wrinkled her face, with tears in her eyes.She pouted, stretched out her hand to grab Zhan Hao's wrist, and sobbed in a low voice: "If I don't like the young master anymore, will the young master... still love me and pamper me?"
"Of course." Zhan Hao narrowed his eyes tenderly, rubbing Yu Ke's face with his fingers, "And I will love you more and spoil you more, so I don't have to worry about when you will yell about being my concubine."
Yu Ke was so annoyed by his words that she laughed aloud, but then sullen her face again, staring at her wet teary eyes and yelled unhappily: "Master bastard, you don't like me so much, I...I just don't agree I can’t figure it out! What’s so good about that dead leaf? Master, you can like Wan Shu, at least she’s gentle and beautiful. But you like that weird guy, so what’s the matter... He often treats you badly. Ignore it, it's not polite at all, young master, aren't you asking for trouble!"
Hearing this, Zhan Hao smiled softly under the moonlight.He stood up and sat beside Yu Ke, Yu Ke turned her face to look at him, looking at this... still as handsome and gentle as when she first met.The young man in the winter sun is still excellent now, even better than before. She likes him very much, but this person does not belong to her after all.The young master said it himself, he is not the right person... The little girl stared at him for a while, and finally her eyes were sore, she couldn't help reaching out to hug Zhan Hao's arm, and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"You're right. It's really not a good job to fall in love with him..."
Looking up at the night sky, Zhan Hao smiled lazily, not knowing what to say for a moment.At night, there was a slight wind blowing in the yard, and a small piece of cloud and mist was blown in front of the moon, and the night suddenly became a little hazy.
The night bug began to chirp in a low voice.Zhan Hao sat quietly, letting Yu Ke snuggle up to him, and without saying a word, he listened to the insect's cry gradually getting louder.Yu Ke was right, Dead Leaf was not a good person to pursue, fell in love with him, and was doomed to be tortured by his coldness and ruthlessness, and was doomed not to let her worry.So he has recently started to concentrate on dealing with business matters, just to save more energy and time for the future - he doesn't want to be disturbed by those grandchildren when he is pursuing his sweetheart.
As for why he fell in love with such a difficult person as Dead Leaf, he once asked himself this question.He has so many admirers, which one is not easy to get?He can choose any one of them to like, which is definitely easier than liking dead leaves.
——But the problem is that he just likes dead leaves.
Why on earth do people want to fall in love with another person?
He has lived for more than a dozen lives, has a memory of nearly a thousand years, and is busy in the past and present, but has never had the opportunity to think about this problem.Looking back on the past dozen or so lives now, I think of the people around me who used to come and go, people gathered and others scattered, it was just God's will, and the world was ups and downs.He has no worries or regrets about death or rebirth.Those people who have met may have had this kind of fetters, but with the passage of time, the meaning has disappeared, and now he is alone again.
But now, he fell in love with someone, the feeling of heartbeating for the other person, smiling for him, and thinking about him from time to time, Zhan Hao has never experienced before.It was as if this life was born for him, and in this life, God let him come to this world to let him realize the meaning of loving someone.
Falling in love with someone is a natural thing.Met, then became acquainted with each other, and then because of a certain opportunity, a certain moment, I was instantly moved by him.
If this question must require an answer, then—
Why do people like another person?
— because he was there.
The wind picked up at night, hula la, hula la, blowing the windows rattling.
Dead Leaf opened his eyes drowsily in his sleep, and felt a mass of warm fluff wriggling around his neck.He twisted his body, changed his position, and curled his arms around the cats.
In the dimness, a cat licked his forehead lightly.Dead Leaf opened her eyes, lay quietly for a while, and then sat up.
Can't fall asleep anymore... He rubbed his eyes and climbed out of bed, took out the flint and lit the lotus lamp by the bed.
Next to the pillow, several groups of black and white cats lay quietly in the arms of the little mandarin duck.Withered Ye sat on the bed and watched them quietly. After a long while, she took out the "Snow Drag Gun" and held it in her hand.
When Uncle Zhong came to see the cat last night, he ordered this kitten, and named it Qiangqiang, saying that he would come to pick it up in four months.Uncle Zhong liked cats. He was sitting at the table, hugging the litter of kittens and didn’t want to leave. He even asked him which one he liked with a smile.Dead Leaf pulled out the little horn expressionlessly, and said this one.Uncle Zhong looked at it carefully, then smiled and said that you are different from ordinary people.
Qiangqiang was woken up by him, lying in his palm, unable to smell mother's scent, she began to whimper and cry.Withered Leaf smiled faintly, put it into the pile of cats, and hugged Xiaojiao out again.
After a few days of growing up, the originally thin little Jiao'er actually looked good.Compared with brothers and sisters, it seems to be a circle older.Withered Ye hugged it, supported its small body, put it on its shoulders, and rubbed it quietly.Little Jiao'er's body squirmed for a while, and then he licked his neck affectionately, and made a soft "brew".
Among the cats in this litter, Xiaojiao is the closest to him.It is estimated that what I have smelled since I was born is the smell of dead leaves, so I feel at ease by his side.Withered Ye hugged the little guy and leaned against the head of the bed. Slowly, drowsiness gradually crept up... Just as the eyelids were about to close, suddenly, a gust of wind blew the two open windows and hit them hard, making a sound of " Bang".Xiao Jiao'er's body bounced faintly, and then began to cry in a low voice.
Withered Leaf stretched out her hand to comfort it softly for a while, put on a dress and got out of bed, walked to the window and tried to close the open window.But when he looked up, he saw Zhan Hao sitting motionless under the wisteria trellis in the yard under the quiet moonlight.
Dead Leaf was stunned, subconsciously stopped breathing, and her hand on the window also froze.
Zhan Hao faced him sideways, with his eyes open, just sitting quietly under the flower stand, looking at the ground in front of him, holding a small flagon in his hand.Dead Leaf stared at him for a while without saying a word, then slowly frowned.
What is he doing here in the middle of the night without sleep?Standing suspiciously for a while, seeing that Zhan Hao still didn't move, he frowned and lowered his eyes, then closed the window.
After a while, the door of the room opened, and the dead leaf came out quietly after getting dressed, and stopped beside Zhan Hao.Zhan Hao's head moved slightly, and then, Dead Leaf saw him raise his head.
Zhan Hao half-opened his amber clear eyes, quietly staring at his expressionless face.After a long time, he greeted him and said, "Why are you up?"
Dead Leaf frowned habitually, and said impatiently, "I still have to ask you, what are you doing sitting here in the middle of the night? Go back to sleep."
Zhan Hao lowered his head with a smile, shook the small flagon in his hand, and muttered softly: "...I even ordered the master to come."
While talking, another gust of wind blew in the yard, and a few Magnolia leaves were blown down, rustling to the feet of the two of them.Zhan Hao stared at the shriveled leaves for a while, then reached out to pick up one of them.The withered leaf also took a look at the withered yellow leaf, and then he heard Zhan Hao ask in a low voice, "Why did the leaves start to fall before it's autumn?"
The dead leaves remained silent for a long time before they said lightly, "Because new leaves are about to grow."
When Zhan Hao heard this, his body moved slightly, and his back straightened suddenly.The dead leaf heard a smile in his voice, and said: "That's it...that's right, the old ones don't go away, and the new ones don't come in." He let go of his fingers, and the leaf dangled and fell to the ground again.Zhan Hao lazily leaned against the flower stand, heaved a long sigh, then raised his eyes, and stared at the dead leaves.In the quiet night, he looked at the expressionless person in front of him, and asked slowly and in a hoarse voice: "Bie Cen, do you believe me when I say I'm drunk?"
Seeing his lazy and charming eyes, Dead Leaf frowned faintly, and couldn't help turning her head away: "So what if you believe it, so what if you don't believe it."
"Hey," Zhan Hao chuckled vaguely, and paused on the flower stand with his forehead, "It's not good." He staggered and stood up while supporting the flower stand, with a deep smile in his eyes, and his hands were empty. He made a bow to the dead leaf, and muttered in his throat: "Farewell, I'm going to sleep..."
After speaking, he turned around and walked out staggeringly.Dead Leaf frowned and looked at him from behind, watching him dally across the yard, refusing to walk on the stone-paved road, but just stepping across the grass.When going up the stairs, his footsteps were flimsy, he stumbled, his body staggered and almost fell.Withered Leaf took a deep breath in annoyance, frowned a little, and after a while, she quickly chased after him, reaching out and grabbing Zhan Hao's arm.
"I'll help you there." Withered Ye said impatiently, put Zhan Hao's hand on his shoulder, and wrapped his other hand around his waist, supporting his limp body.Zhan Hao hiccupped softly, then leaned his whole body against the dead leaf, and smiled vaguely: "Thank you, thank you..."
This bastard is really heavy!With a stinky face, the dead leaves helped him to go outside.Zhan Hao is a little taller than him, so it's really hard for him to put his whole body on top of him.Fortunately, even if this guy is drunk, he still has the demeanor of a nobleman. He is honest and doesn't drink too much, or the dead leaves will throw him into the lotus pond.Zhan Hao kept laughing while leaning against him, his low voice rang in his ears, making Dead Ye feel uncomfortable.
"Uncle Zhong told me that you are a good boy, a good person, and a good cat..." Zhan Hao half-opened his eyes in a daze, muttering intermittently, and kept his lips close to his ear.The dead leaves were shaken by his breath, almost throwing him to the ground.Zhan Hao laughed again, put his arms around his neck, pulled him into his arms, and said lazily, "Hey, Cen, you will always be here, right?"
The dead leaves were tightly hugged by him, and his whole face was smelly. He frowned, gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to push him hard: "Zhan Hao, why are you crazy! Let go!"
Just now he praised him for his good wine, but now he is drinking like crazy!And... day!So much strength!Withered Leaf pushed back a few times to no avail, couldn't help grinding his back molars angrily, stretched out his hand to the acupuncture point on his waist and pressed down hard.Originally trying to make him weak, but Zhan Hao didn't respond, still leaning on him and refusing to leave.
His grandpa's, he didn't forget to move his acupoints even when he was drunk!The dead leaves were completely hairy, and they raised their legs to face Zhan Hao's feet and stomped them down. Zhan Hao snorted, then let go of his hands, squatted down and cried pitifully, "Ouch!" Cen, you are so cruel, my foot is about to break..."
Dead Leaf glared at him viciously, and cursed: "It deserves to be broken!" After speaking, he turned around and walked away without looking back.
Zhan Hao sat on the ground pouted, watching him walk back quickly, his back entered the arched door, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.He sat quietly on the ground for a while, for a long time, with a faint smile on his face, and a gentle look in his narrowed eyes.
Moonlit night, cool breeze, good wine, beauties.
... Life is like this, why not be happy?
Lai sighed contentedly on the ground for a while, Zhan Hao stood up and patted the ashes on his butt leisurely, then slowly swung back.Shaking and shaking, with a leisurely expression, humming the song "Eighteen Touches" indistinctly.
When I got up in the morning, the sky was already bright.After Zhan Hao made such a fuss last night, Dead Leaf couldn't fall asleep when she returned home. She lay on the bed for a long time without feeling sleepy, and didn't close her eyes until five o'clock.When I woke up, I had a terrible headache, and I could only get up with a stinky face and messy hair on my head.
The little mandarin duck sat on the table and meowed at him, as if laughing at his embarrassment.Dead Leaf glared at it angrily, then took the towel and began to wash.Halfway through washing his face, the black cat, whom he hadn't seen for many days, jumped in from the back window unhurriedly, climbed onto the table and rubbed his face with the little mandarin duck.
After washing your face, start to comb your hair.Dead Leaf hates combing his hair the most, because his hair is not good, and it always gets knotted at the end.In this case, he would cut it with a knife and just leave it alone, so his hair has no hairstyle at all.Fortunately, the hair is long, and it is not very noticeable.
After washing and washing, Dead Leaf stood at the door in a daze for a while, and then walked slowly towards the middle courtyard.
When passing by the lotus pond, Dead Ye saw that the small flagon that Zhan Hao was carrying last night was still on the ground.He thought, did this guy sleep here all night?After thinking about it, he found it impossible. In fact, he even doubted whether Zhan Hao was drunk last night, but he really didn't know how much that guy was drinking.Dead Leaf stood by the flagon in a daze for a while, then picked it up and continued walking.
As soon as he walked to the edge of the middle courtyard, Dead Leaf heard the noise in the courtyard, several voices chattering.He frowned subconsciously, and clenched the withered leaf knife around his waist in his hand.
In the lobby of the middle courtyard, a young man's voice was crying and talking: "I was in the carriage. I just woke up when I heard noises outside. Brother Li told me not to come out. I heard a lot of messy swords Sound, almost scared to death..."
Then came a man's calm voice: "I'm fine, and the goods are all safe, but... Pei Junrong was dragged away by them."
Then, Dead Leaf heard Zhan Hao's unhurried voice: "Pei Junrong's martial arts can't be so weak, after all, he's Wen Shanjin's great apprentice..."
Ask the Shanjin people?Pei Junrong?Withered Ye frowned thinking about these two names, and wondered if the man in the room was Li Fei?He walked into the lobby with the jug in his hand, and saw five or six people in the lobby, three of them were sitting, one was Qiu Langxing, and the other was a slightly handsome man, that was Li Feiyue.There was a large bandage wrapped around his arm, which was slightly stained with blood.
Li saw him very much, his eyes widened immediately, showing a look of astonishment.
The boy sitting next to him was of course Shi Lin.Shi Lin saw Li very staring at the dead leaves, so he also turned around curiously.The child looked at him, and thought this man was so cool, tall and thin, with half of his face covered by a mask, looking so mysterious.
At this moment, Li Feifei was full of doubts - he never knew that the dead leaves were here with Zhanhao, didn't they go their separate ways after a year ago?It's fine for him and Qiu Langxing to follow Zhan Hao, because they are all businessmen after all, but Dead Leaf is a lone killer, how could he follow Zhan Hao?
When Zhan Hao saw the dead leaves walk in, he immediately showed a rather smug smile: "Hey, you got up? Hey, isn't this my flagon?"
Withered Ye glared at him, stretched out her hand in front of him, and said coldly: "You fell by the lotus pond in the middle of the night last night."
Zhan Hao took it over with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Cen is really careful." As soon as he said this, he got a big white eye from Dead Leaf.
Li listened to their conversation very much, and his doubts became more and more serious.When Zhan Hao went to Changshu earlier, he revealed that he raised a little fox at home.And the dead leaf said the lotus pond, isn't the lotus pond in the east courtyard, did Zhan Hao let the dead leaf live in the east courtyard?Also, in the middle of the night...?Were they still together in the middle of the night yesterday?
Thinking about these possibilities, and then contacting the smile on Zhan Hao's face now, Li feels very disturbed... a certain conclusion is about to come out.
With the dead leaves on the side, he was too lazy to talk to Li Fei. He looked at these people quietly, glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on Zhan Hao's face: "What happened?"
Zhan Hao shrugged his shoulders, and calmly said: "When Li Chaoyue moved the cloth village here, he met a group of people on the road, and took away Pei Junrong, the eldest disciple of Jinshanren." Looking at Li Fei, who was absent-minded, he raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest: "I haven't made it clear just now, why did you escape, and Pei Junrong was taken away? Isn't he good at martial arts?"
Hearing his words, Li Feifei came to his senses.He paused, his eyes wandered for a while, and he said, "He knows martial arts, but his son doesn't."
When Zhan Hao heard this, the interest on his face became even stronger: "He still has a son?"
"Well, his son's name is Pei Xi, who was just seven years old. He was arrested, and Pei Junrong went after him, and he couldn't even shout." Li Fei's tone was flat, with a look of low interest.Zhan Hao stared at him for a while, with a knowing smile on his face.He raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at Qiu Langxing with a relaxed face, and asked, "Qiu Langxing, what do you think?"
"Me?" Qiu Langxing showed a flattered expression, pointed to his nose and said, "What are you asking me for? You should call my master over, and Hong Niang and the others, hurry up and investigate! He is a cloth village With him as the cash cow in the future, it is possible for Li Ji to monopolize the weaving industry in Jiangnan."
After hearing what he said, Zhan Hao showed a thoughtful look, and slowly scraped his chin with his index finger.He was silent for a while, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the dead leaf beside him.Dead Leaf was startled a little by him, and stared at him angrily with her head down: "What are you doing?!"
Zhan Hao raised his head and smiled at him, his eyes bent into two crescent moons: "Hey, Uncle Zhong likes you, why don't you go to his house and help me call him over?"
Withered Ye gritted her teeth and glared at him angrily, while Zhan Hao smiled more charmingly.When the few people on the side saw this situation, they were full of suspicions and thoughts in their hearts.One of them resisted, the other coaxed them, they looked at each other for a long time, and finally Dead Leaf was defeated.With a flick of his sleeve, he stretched open Hao's hand, and said in a low voice, angrily, "Where's Uncle Zhong's house?!"
Zhan Hao curled his lips and smiled happily: "It's in the alley opposite Fengyuan Building, the one with the blue-gray gate."
After hearing this, Dead Leaf glared at him, then turned around and hurried away.
At this moment, the expressions of the people in the lobby were different. Zhan Hao was happy, Shi Lin was curious, and Li Wei stared with a serious and troubled expression.Qiu Langxing picked up the teacup on the side in silence, stretched out his hand to twist the lid, and while skimming the tea foam, he lowered his head and showed a gloating smile with a good show to watch.
·The first episode of the small theater·
Zhan Hao: "Actually, Zhan's family members are all black-bellied~ You look at Uncle Zhong, you look at Minwei, you look at Jitang~"
Dead Leaf: "What about Yuke?"
Zhan Hao: "So she is going to get married in the end."
Dead Leaf: "What about Zhan Zhao?"
Zhan Hao: "Isn't he already married?"
Dead Leaf: "..."
So under the leadership of Zhan Dagong, Zhan's family members are also happily black-bellied today~=w=
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