Ambush from all sides

As night fell, Zhan Hao had just returned to the guest room to take a shower against the gradually dimming night sky, when Quan Jing and Yu Ke came back from outside.The two of them seemed to be having a good time, their cheeks flushed.Seeing Zhan Hao sitting in the corridor drying his hair, he was taken aback for a moment before realizing it.

Now Yuke no longer has that kind of over-enthusiasm towards him, she just showed a somewhat surprised and happy expression, walked quickly to Zhan Hao, and sat down beside him: "Master, why are you so early?" Back? Brother Cen, is he awake?"

Zhan Hao smiled at her plainly, and said: "Well, wake up, I'll confess to him, and he still loses his temper with me, so I won't keep provoking him." Ruowu looked elsewhere.Yu Ke pouted, looked at him with disbelief, and said, "You are confessing to him, why is he losing his temper with you?"

Zhan Hao shook his head with a faint smile, his eyes still looking at his feet: "If you don't lose your temper, you won't be him." Although he said so, he really didn't expect his reaction to be so violent at the time.Recalling every look and movement of Dead Leaf this morning, in fact, at the beginning, he was just a little scared, and then he was a little embarrassed and uncomfortable.But after Gongsun checked his head, the little fox's expression changed, as if he couldn't accept the fact that his hair was gone... Later, Zhao Zhao came in.

Zhan Hao clearly remembers that the moment he saw Zhao Zhao, the expression in Dead Leaf's eyes immediately changed, becoming painful, frustrated, ashamed and angry.He didn't think the little fox hated his younger brother to such an extent.On the contrary, he had said before that he hated Zhaozhao's flattery and outstanding ability—could it be because he felt inferior?

As soon as he thought of this, Zhan Zhao, dressed in blue, walked in silently at the gate of the courtyard with his head sullen.Seeing Yu Ke and Quan Jing, they both greeted him: "Second Young Master." Zhan Zhao smiled at them, then turned to look at his elder brother, as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated.When Yuke saw it, she dragged Quan Jing away in a timely manner, leaving the two brothers alone.

"Zhao Zhao, why are you here? Come and sit down." Zhan Hao smiled at him gently, and even reached out to pat the guardrail beside him.Zhan Zhao stood there for a moment, then obediently walked over and sat down, pursing his lips, with a guilty look on his face.Zhan Hao looked at him quietly and smiled, and asked unhurriedly: "What's the matter, do you have anything to say to elder brother?"

Zhan Zhao raised his eyes and looked at him, with heavy emotions in his eyes, "Brother, I'm sorry, I was actually the one who was angry with the dead leaves when they ran away..."

"Why are you angry with him?" Zhan Hao's face remained calm, his eyes still gentle and light.Zhan Zhao looked at him with some guilt, and said in a low voice: "At that time, I wanted to know about the relationship between you two, because the elder brother seemed to care about him..." In addition to the kindness that Dead Leaf had with himself and the white mouse, Resentment and resentment, "He has too many criminal records, I don't trust him very much. So the next day, I tried to talk about some things from the past, and tested him."

Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes guiltily, and sighed repressedly: "It turned out like this...Brother, I'm sorry."

Zhan Hao looked at him quietly, his eyes were downcast, his eyes were blurred, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, he asked in a low voice: "You mean, Cen Bie left because he heard about the things I took care of you in the past, didn't you?"

"Yeah." Seeing him like this, Zhan Zhao keenly felt that the eldest brother seemed to have found some key points: "I know that Dead Leaf is very thoughtful, so I picked some details to talk about, and it turned out that it seemed to hit the spot Ah, then I asked him about that little guy, Fang Qiu, and he said that Fang Qiu couldn't speak, and then he left."

Hearing Zhan Zhao's words, Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, his eyebrows gradually furrowed.He was almost certain of the reason why Dead Leaf was suddenly so angry—the suspicious and vigilant little fox, although he pretended to be cold, he still cared after all.It has always been the thing he lacked the most, the most attractive, the most yearning, but also the least daring to touch.

"Brother..." Seeing Zhan Hao's silence for a long time, Zhan Zhao couldn't help feeling a little guilty.He drooped his eyebrows, and his expression and posture were like a white-pawed cat with drooping ears: "It's my fault that caused the dead leaves to look like this, I'm sorry."

"It's a blessing in disguise, but you know it's not a blessing." Zhan Hao raised his eyes, his tone still calm and calm: "His original internal energy is vicious and vicious, and his cold nature is too strong, so it's not a bad thing to lose it. And you can't blame you for the whole thing, if It wasn't my fault, and Cen Bie wouldn't be plotted against, in the end it was my fault."

Seeing him calmly and indifferently taking all the faults on himself, Zhan Zhao felt more and more uncomfortable.Although Mr. Bao promised his eldest brother to start the trial of Lin Zhihuan later, if he is really executed, his eldest brother will probably think about it for the rest of his life.

"Brother," thinking, Zhan Zhao couldn't help raising his head, and said in a serious tone, "Let's discuss it with Mr. Bao. There must be another solution to this case. Xie Bai also harmed many people before." , Didn’t he reform himself in the end? Lin Zhihuan was not bad before, and he was framed by others when he went astray. Let’s talk to Mr. Bao, if there is a turnaround, it might not be possible.”

"I've thought about this before," Zhan Hao lowered his eyes and nodded, expressing that he also had the same thought, "My lord is not someone who sticks to discipline and dogma. If Zhihuan can let go of his obsession, he can make up for his mistakes with his talent and learning. But now His mind was clouded and he was addicted to drugs..."

"I've also discussed this issue with Yutang." Zhan Zhao turned his face and looked at his brother solemnly, with firm eyes, "He told me that if you are addicted to drugs, use strong internal force to wash all his meridians once, and you should be able to There are some effects. As for his madness, without the oppression of drug addiction, and then untie the knot, and take medicine to regulate it, Mr. Gongsun said that the chance of recovery is very high.”

"Use your internal force to cleanse, dredge the meridian and extend the meridians, break first and then erect, which is equivalent to using your own internal force to shape his body." Zhan Hao raised his eyes to look at Zhan Zhao, with a little uncertainty in his eyes.In fact, Zhan Zhao didn't dare to guarantee it. This method was sent by Bai Yutang Feige to ask Tianzun for it, saying that it was originally used to treat people with internal force backlash, and he didn't know if it would be useful for Lin Zhihuan's symptoms.What's more, Lin Zhihuan is an ordinary person, he has never practiced martial arts, his sea of ​​energy has not yet been opened, and he is not sure whether he can bear the internal force.

"The principle should be like this, but this situation is not very symptomatic, and I'm not sure." Zhan Zhao frowned and shook his head, with a troubled look on his face again.Zhan Hao lowered his eyes and thought quietly, then stood up, looked up at the crooked moon in the night sky, and sighed faintly.

"Try it, it's better to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor than nothing."

Lin Zhihuan's cell was originally on the penultimate floor of the dungeon, but considering his illness and drug addiction, Mr. Bao deliberately moved him to a wooden house on the back mountain of Kaifeng Mansion yesterday.Although the room is small, it has everything in it, except that the bed, table and chairs are all caged in an iron cage, and there is no freedom.

Lin Zhihuan was locked inside.

His hands and feet are chained, but the chains can be adjusted in length.The drug addiction that occurs every one or two days will cause him to completely lose control over his body, crying desperately, struggling, with runny nose and mouth, and extremely embarrassed.At that time, the chain will be tightened to prevent him from hurting his own body under madness.

It was Xie Bai who was in charge of watching him.Xie Bai just came back a few days ago, and came here after feeding the dead leaves with blood.Now he has to feed Lin Zhihuan blood every day. Although he doesn't know if it will be useful, he should give it a try.After four or five days, I haven't seen much improvement in drug addiction, but the madness seems to be better?In short, he no longer made a creepy smirk, but just sat on the corner of the bed with his knees hugged, his eyes glazed over, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Looking at him, Xie Bai couldn't help but think of himself who ate that fake blood and became inhuman.Phoenix Nirvana, rebirth from fire.Some things, after getting through, are medals.If you can't survive it, it's a catastrophe.

Zhan Hao came to this small room at midnight.The sun had just set, and he sat quietly in front of the window with withered leaves all afternoon, allowing his figure to be gradually projected onto the wall of the room as the sun went down.He didn't speak, and Dead Leaf didn't speak either.Before leaving, he walked to the window, looked at his own shadow on the wall, and said, take a good rest, and I will come to accompany you tomorrow.

Watching the sun slowly set while waiting for the person you like like this is really a very peaceful thing.Perhaps Lin Zhihuan had hoped for such a scene before, but in the end he failed this infatuated person.

Walking to the door of the wooden house, Xie Baigang fed Lin Zhihuan with blood.When the drug addiction is not onset, Lin Zhihuan is still very obedient, drinking water when asked to drink water, and eating when asked to eat.Seeing Zhan Hao standing at the door, Xie Bai got up and walked out clearly.Zhan Zhao has already greeted him, if Lin Zhihuan's drug addiction is cured, Xie Bai will be happy and relaxed without having to face his familiar self every day.

"Don't say anything provocative, he is very timid now." After exhorting such a sentence, Xie Bai closed the door of the cabin.At night, the cool air at the foot of the mountain hits people, and the moon in the night sky is curved and pointed, looking like a newborn.

It was a little dark inside the wooden house, only two wind lamps were burning.The windows of the house were open, and the night wind was whistling outside, and the sound of the forest being blown by the wind could be heard in the distance.Through the faint light, Zhan Hao saw Lin Zhihuan who was curled up and sitting on the corner of the bed.He opened the door of the iron cage with the key left by Xie Bai, and with a sound of "squeak...", Lin Zhihuan was startled, and let out a frightened gasp, his thin body curled up even tighter.

Zhan Hao looked at him, and gently locked the door with his hand, then moved his steps calmly, and slowly walked to the end of the bed.During the whole process, Lin Zhihuan kept staring at him motionlessly with his big eyes that were unusually bright in the dimness, watching his moving steps, watching his calm face, the horror in his eyes became more and more serious.

For a moment, Zhan Hao wanted to use pupil technique on him.But he knew he couldn't use it, not because he didn't want to use it, but because he couldn't use it.

He doesn't have that much internal energy left.

Therefore, he could only approach Lin Zhihuan as gently as possible, using as kind a body movement as possible, bending his body slightly, and approaching him obediently.In the end, he even lay down on the edge of the bed, knelt on the cold muddy ground, and looked at Lin Zhihuan from an upward angle.

At that moment, he saw a flicker in Lin Zhihuan's eyes.Zhan Hao knew very well that the person in front of him was not crazy, or in other words, he wasn't completely crazy, at least he still remembered himself.

Remember the man who drove him crazy.

Twelve years ago, when Zhan Hao met Lin Zhihuan, he might not have expected such a scene today.He can remember the past, even the past that doesn't belong to him, but he can't predict the future.At that time, Lin Zhihuan was small and timid, a child who was protected too well.Zhan Hao knew that such a kid would never be able to handle some things well, he didn't have that kind of talent.Perhaps it was because of his ignorance and curiosity that had been ruined by Yagi's running water since he was born... Zhan Hao indulged him.

This is the thing he needs to regret the most in his life.

Everyone has their own life trajectory, but he cut off Lin Zhihuan's path.If it weren't for him, no matter how weak Lin Zhihuan was, no matter how at a loss what to do, he would still be forced to grow up and reach a certain place step by step.In this way, when he took over the family business later, he would not be so green and unfamiliar.

So he was an accident in Lin Zhihuan's life.

Sometimes Zhan Hao doesn't know how to define the meaning of his existence in other people's lives. Some responsibilities are too heavy, and he even thinks that he is just a passerby.Just like with his parents and Zhan Zhao, no matter how close he is, how willing to care, how hard to distinguish his evil nature, it's just a passing scene in the end.He thought he would do the same to Lin Zhihuan, but obviously, he wasn't.

Lin Zhihuan came to where he is today because of his accident.Maybe some things cannot be justified by one reason, but some sins cannot be excused by this reason.

Looking at Lin Zhihuan, Zhan Hao was a little speechless - he didn't know what to say, didn't know what to say.Can he still pull up a person who fell off a cliff?Even if it was pulled up, it was already dilapidated.

He sat at the end of the bed, staring at Lin Zhihuan who was curled up at the head of the bed for a long time, and the eyes that flowed were nothing but heaviness and tranquility.Neither of them made a sound, did not speak, and even breathed cautiously.Looking at his empty eyes shining in the darkness, Zhan Hao was silent for a long time, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, but in the end he only uttered one sentence, three words.

"sorry."

Lin Zhihuan looked at him, staring at him motionless, but his body slowly began to shrink and tremble like a willow in the wind.Zhan Hao didn't know what he looked like now, he sat with his head slightly down at the end of the bed, his braids were loose, and he looked ashamed.Without too much atmosphere and embellishment, he said to Lin Zhihuan in a sincere, unaffected and natural tone just like when he first met in school: "Don't pay attention to them, your poem is very well written. good."

He is like a sincere tiger, quietly crawling in front of a red-eyed rabbit.

Lin Zhihuan stared at him with wide-open eyes, the air touched by his eyeballs was cold and icy, but the eyes of the person in front of him were silent, his aura restrained.For some reason, tears came out of him suddenly.He hates it... He used to hate it so much, why did he suffer so much and be deceived so much.Why did Zhan Hao appear in front of his eyes, and then disappear suddenly, and he was indifferent to him, like a stranger.

But after so many years, at this moment, he suddenly realized that his last hysterical investigations and desperate climbing seemed to be meaningless and useless.He once wanted Zhan Hao to give him an explanation, but he tried his best, but the other party still used lies to perfunctory him.

However, when everything was ruined, Zhan Hao said "I'm sorry" to him.

"Do you want to hear a story?" In a daze, he felt that Zhan Hao was getting closer, and reached out to help him wipe away his tears.Zhan Hao lowered his eyes and said to him in a low voice: "If you want to hear the truth, I will tell you the truth. All the facts, why I am like this, why I used to you at first, why I left you later... I will tell you everything listen."

"Something, you definitely don't want to know that much."

Xie Bai had been sitting in the backyard of Kaifeng Mansion for a long time, and he went back to his room to take a nap on the way.Thinking that dredging the meridians and renewing the veins might not be something that can be done in two or three strokes, so he slept until the early hours of the morning before getting up.

When he arrived at the wooden house, to his surprise, Xie Bai didn't feel the fluctuation of the strong internal force, only a slight voice came from inside.He went to the window and looked. In the dim light, Lin Zhihuan was still hugging his knees and huddled in the corner of the bed, while Zhan Hao was sitting cross-legged in front of him, talking in a low voice.This made Xie Bai feel a little surprised. He knew something about these two people. He thought that Zhan Hao would use his Bliss Gate skills to make Lin Zhihuan submit, and then directly open his meridians and continue his veins, but he didn't expect...

No matter what, reconciliation is better than strangers, just go back to sleep again.Thinking about it, Xie Bai yawned lightly, turned around and walked back.When he was about to walk to the courtyard door, he suddenly felt a faint suction coming from the direction of the cabin, and the cool night air seemed to condense into a cyclone, twisting in the direction he left.Xie Bai was startled, it was hard to imagine that Zhan Hao would have such deep inner strength.Surprised, he faintly settled down, and then quickly walked into the yard.As soon as the door was closed, the suction disappeared suddenly.This side is calm and peaceful, and the night insects are still screaming hoarsely, like two isolated worlds.

How weird.

The next morning, when Xie Bai got up and walked towards the cabin, everything around him was as cold and quiet as before.He walked to the door and was about to push it open, but found that there seemed to be a reddish blood stain on the threshold.A thin layer, clinging to the new pale yellow paint, seemed to have been rubbed over, but not cleaned.

Xie Bai reached out to touch it suspiciously, and twisted it, worried that something happened to Lin Zhihuan.But when he opened the door, he saw that the other party was lying on the bed, his body was rising and falling gently with his breathing.

Outside the window, the light red sun was slowly rising from behind the mist, and the birds were waking up one after another.Xie Bai stood by the door, quietly staring at the grass at the door, the soil surface that was knocked open by something, and a large black trace in the loess... His long and narrow eyes narrowed slowly.

When eating in the morning, Zhan Zhao didn't see Gongsun at the dinner table, only the fourth son was holding the porridge bowl and sucking, Zhao Pu and Xiao Liangzi were not there.Seeing him coming in, the little guy raised his head to greet him with a mouthful of porridge in his mouth, humming.Zhan Zhao patted his head amusedly, and asked, "Little Si, where's your father?"

"Well, Daddy went to the small wooden house in the back mountain early in the morning, and said to see that uncle who was addicted." The fourth son picked up a bean with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, pouted while chewing: "Uncle Xie Bai It is said that brother Miao went to help that uncle with internal energy last night... Meow, isn’t brother Miao’s kung fu very powerful?"

When Zhan Zhao heard him say that Zhan Hao had washed Lin Zhihuan's meridians last night, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.But thinking about the profound skills of the eldest brother, I think there should be no serious problems.He turned his head to look at the fourth son, blinked his eyes uncertainly, shook his head and said, "I don't know how deep the inner strength of elder brother is, he didn't show it to me."

"Well, it's so mysterious." The fourth son smacked his tongue seriously, then buried himself in the porridge.Zhan Zhao was absent-minded while stirring the small wontons in the bowl, thinking about it for a long time, but finally he was still worried.He ate up the contents of the bowl in one go, wiped his mouth clean, got up and ran towards the guest room as if flying.

On the other side of the guest room courtyard, Yu Ke and Quan Jing should have been up for a while, when Zhan Zhao walked in, he happened to see Yu Ke was washing clothes with a wooden tub.He knew that gray-blue dress, which was worn by Zhan Hao yesterday.When Yuke saw him, her face was a little reserved for some reason, she didn't say hello, she just twisted her clothes and nodded to him.Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled. He glanced at the clothes in the little girl's hands, and saw some foam floating in the basin, while a layer of brownish-yellow sand settled under the water.

My eldest brother has always been very clean, how could his clothes be so dirty?Zhan Zhao frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong.He stared into Yuke's eyes and asked, "What happened yesterday, big brother? Why is there so much sand on the clothes?"

Hearing his question, Yuke's eyes suddenly panicked, her eyelashes flickered uncomfortably, her mouth faltered, and she couldn't say a word.Seeing her like this, Zhan Zhao immediately felt that something must have happened to his eldest brother, and was about to turn around and go to the room to check, when Quan Jing opened the door and came out of Zhan Hao's room with a calm expression.

"Second Young Master, what's the matter?" Seeing Zhan Zhao, there was a little doubt in his handsome and plain eyes.Zhan Zhao looked at his eyes secretly, and said unhurriedly, "Brother, he went to wash Lin Zhihuan's meridians yesterday, how did he bring back so much sand?"

Quan Jing didn't have any strange reaction, just shrugged helplessly, and sighed: "The young master went there yesterday, and Lin Zhihuan was very wary of him. The young master was afraid that he would get emotional, so he lowered his body as much as possible and almost crawled onto the bed On the other side. When he came back in the morning, the hem of his clothes was full of sand, and his trousers were horrible. The young master stayed with Lin Zhihuan all night, and now he is a little sleepy, and he is resting inside. Second young master, do you want to go and see?"

"Stayed up all night?" Zhan Zhao was a little skeptical, it shouldn't take so long to clear the meridians and renew the veins?Worried and suspicious, he didn't care if the eldest brother was really tired.Zhan Zhao walked over and knocked on the door, and after a while, Zhan Hao said "Come in" with a little tiredness.He paused for a moment, then pushed open the door, walked in with a slight frown.

Zhan Hao was lying on the bed in the inner room, his eye sockets were a little dark, as if he hadn't had a good rest.He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Zhan Zhao with a smile, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "Why are you here so early, is there something to do?"

Zhan Zhao saw that his voice was normal and his expression was natural, as if there was nothing serious about it, so he relaxed his worry a bit: "I'm just worried that after you washed Lin Zhihuan's meridians...Brother, are you really alright?"

"What can I do?" Zhan Hao had a funny face on his face.He sat up, leaned lazily against the head of the bed, and sighed a long way: "Last night, I talked to Zhihuan for most of the night, and I said everything I could, and I don't know if I can help him untangle his heart. He's not crazy, he's sane, but he just doesn't know how to continue living. I'm doing my best, and it's up to him to see if he can get over this hurdle."

Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.He didn't dare to comment on the matter between his elder brother and Lin Zhihuan. He couldn't agree with Lin Zhihuan's way of thinking and obsession, but he felt sympathy for his experience.After experiencing these things, if he can let go of the previous burdens and obsessions and start a new life, that would be a good thing.

"I heard from the fourth son this morning that Mr. Gongsun has gone to treat Lin Zhihuan, and there should be some good news to bring back. Well, big brother, if you are sleepy, go to rest first, I won't bother you." He said, Zhan Zhao smiled at his elder brother, then waved his hand, turned and went back.Zhan Hao also smiled and waved his hands, watching his younger brother walk out of the room, and disappeared behind the door after a while.He blinked quietly, and the smile on his face slowly faded away, gradually disappearing.

His face, which was fine just now, suddenly turned pale, and against the blackness in front of his eyes, he showed a completely decadent attitude.Zhan Hao supported his limp body with his arms, his brows were tightly furrowed.When his chest was weak and heaving, suddenly, some organ in his body twitched suddenly, Zhan Hao closed his eyes tightly, and choked out a mouthful of blood in pain.

"Young master!" Quan Jing and Yu Ke rushed in from the door, gathered around the bed worriedly, and looked anxiously at the bright red blood stains around his mouth.Yuke took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood for him distressedly, her voice trembling: "Master, what's wrong with you? Didn't you be fine yesterday?" When he came back in the morning with his shoulders and back covered in sand, he still I thought to myself why the young master was so careless, where did he fall.But when she went up to him, she realized that there was a faint blood stain on the corner of Zhan Hao's mouth.

Quan Jing frowned, stretched out his hand to pull Zhan Hao's hand up, and put it close to his own palm, trying to get over it, but Zhan Hao stopped him in a low voice: "Zhao Zhao is gone, I don't need it...it's useless, You keep it to yourself."

"Master!" Yu Ke was so anxious that she was about to cry, with a trill in her tone: "What's going on, are you poisoned?"

Zhan Hao lowered his face, smiled and shook his head, weakly spit out a few indistinct words, then waved his hands, and lay down slowly: "Let me rest for a while...it's okay, it's not a big deal, Don't worry, don't say anything. Quan Jing, didn't you say that Uncle Zhong wrote a letter yesterday, it seems that we have to go back, and we will go back tomorrow."

After tomorrow, he probably won't be able to hold on anymore.

At noon, after the little maid who took care of the patients in Kaifeng Mansion fed the porridge to the dead leaves, it began to rain in the sky.The rain came suddenly, the sky was clear last night, but after a while, rain clouds came from nowhere.But the rain wasn't heavy, it was just pattering, unhurried.The sky was gloomy, without sunlight, and the room became dark.

Looking at the dim light among the furniture, Dead Leaf lowered her eyes and thought silently, without sunlight, then this evening, she probably wouldn't be able to see... Zhan Hao's figure projected on the opposite wall.

But Zhan Hao didn't come all afternoon.

Lying alone in a quiet room, listening to the rustling rain outside the window.When Zhan Hao came yesterday, the dead leaves heard the sound of his feet stepping on the dry fallen leaves.He didn't speak, but I could hear his occasional breathing.The operas he sang a long time ago, the qin music he played, you can also hear him humming in a low voice in the corridor when it is quiet.

The libretto of that song, Dead Leaf, has been somewhat forgotten, but I just remember that it is quite nice, Wu Nong's soft language, it is the taste of Jiangnan.

But today, Zhan Hao didn't come.Withered Ye opened his eyes, looking at the gloomy ceiling, in the condensed air, for a few moments, he could feel his heart was so stiff.Indescribable feelings mixed together, compared to the frustration and sourness, pain and unwillingness of the previous two days, now there is more confusion.

He didn't know if he had expectations for Zhan Hao, but he knew that his confession when he left the day before yesterday almost made his whole body burn red.

He obviously didn't feel this way when he confessed his love for the first time, but when he heard it yesterday... plus what Zhan Hao said to the fourth son, he was a little bit willing to believe, did Zhan Hao really like it? fucked him.Thinking of this possibility, Dead Leaf felt her chest, her aching head...as if it was going to explode.

There is also the sentence that Xiao Sizi said, "Is Xiao Yezi also stubborn now, she likes you but is embarrassed, so she wants to be angry with you?" Dead Ye heard it in the room at that time, and her heartbeat suddenly stagnated .When his heart started beating again, his head was already in chaos.

He actually... cares about Zhan Hao so much?

Waking up from the midday dream in a daze, it was dusk.Dead Leaf opened her eyes, and saw the orange light all over the room—the rain had stopped.Realizing this, he couldn't help it, and his first reaction was to look up at the wall opposite the window.Square light leaks projected on the wall, but there was nothing inside.

Zhan Hao really didn't come.

Not knowing what emotion it was for a moment, Dead Leaf stared blankly at the empty light and shadow, a little wanting to laugh, but her heart was obviously full of pain.A voice said to himself, look, he won't come after all, right?Fool, what are you expecting.

I have seen the slowly sinking sunset so many times, sometimes my elder brother is standing behind me, my younger brother is running in front, and sometimes I am alone.Yesterday, Zhan Hao was sitting in a place separated from him by a wall, not speaking or moving, just quietly accompanying him like this, with a guarding attitude.

Withered leaves can't deny, that feeling is really intimate.The deep, ironic feeling made it almost difficult for him to calm down.

He likes it, but he can't get it after all.

I lay awake until night, trying to sleep but couldn't fall asleep again.Some emotions cannot be escaped by sleep, the body is trapped in this five-foot-wide bed, with the dead leaves looking at the roof, I just feel that those condemned prisoners are freer than myself.

The body is locked, and the heart is also locked, and there is no way to escape.It was as if he was bound in a cocoon, and he kept circling around a certain idea, and finally hanged himself step by step.He felt as if he had become the second Lin Zhihuan, and it was also because of that person, who kept thinking about him, couldn't find a way out, and was upset.

... so stupid.

The fourth son didn't come all day today, probably because he wanted to create an opportunity for Zhan Hao to be alone with him.The little guy's chatter was no longer in his ears, and Dead Leaf's wild thoughts became more and more serious in his spare time.It wasn't until Xu o'clock in the evening, when many of the maids were about to go to bed, that the child came hopping in, catching a straw grasshopper.During the day, he went to the palace to meet Grandma Huang, and the little maid next to Grandma Huang made this grasshopper for him, and he liked it very much.Thinking that Xiao Yezi must be bored when she is alone in the room sometimes, she decided to give it to him when she got home.

"Xiao Ye Zi, are you asleep?" The fourth son gently pushed open the door, saw that the candle inside was still burning, and lightly rubbed against the edge of the dead leaf bed.Withered Leaf had heard his movement long ago, now she turned her face to look at him, and said in a low voice, "It's so late, why are you still running around?"

"I'm here to give you a little thing!" The fourth son mysteriously hid the grasshopper behind him, and then suddenly raised it to the dead leaves, with a big smile on Xiaopang's face: "Dangdangdang, little one!" Grasshopper! Little grasshoppers eat small leaves!" He put the straw grasshopper on the dead leaf's chest, propped his hands on the edge of the bed and hopped around, looking terrified.The dead leaf was amused by him and smiled slightly. He lowered his eyes, reached out and brought the grasshopper to his eyes, and looked at it without saying a word.The grasshopper is very delicately made, and it looks like it was made by a girl. The two eyes are still strung up with small beads, reflecting a little light under the candlelight, which looks very clever and cute.

"Hey, does Little Ye Zi like it?" The fourth son stared at his big bright eyes, eagerly asking for credit.Withered Leaf glanced at him with a smile, reached out and stroked the little guy's head: "I like it very much, thank you."

"Hey!" Little Sizi bit his lips and smiled embarrassedly. Xiaopang stretched out his hands to wrap his wrists around him, hugged him in his arms, and looked at him with bright eyes: "Little Yezi looks so pretty when she smiles. Smile more in the future."

Hearing him praise herself like this, Dead Leaf put away her smile a little uncomfortably, and shifted her gaze to other places: "It's so beautiful, you must be joking."

"I didn't tell a joke, it's really pretty!" The child was very dissatisfied when his words were questioned: "Little Sizi never lies! Xiao Ye Zi looks a little fatter when he smiles, and his eyes are also crooked, so pretty!"

After hearing his words, Dead Leaf bit her lips and said nothing, her eyes were still downcast, not looking at the little guy.Seeing that he was still unhappy, the fourth son couldn't help feeling depressed.He tilted his head to the side of the dead leaf's pillow, and muttered sadly: "Little Ye Zi, are you unhappy, just tell me, just tell me."

Dead Leaf shook her head lightly, her arms moved stiffly in his arms, as if she wanted to pull them back: "It's okay, I'm not unhappy."

The fourth son didn't believe it, this guy couldn't hide things in his eyes, how could he seem to be okay with his appearance?So the little guy refused to let go, and instead of letting go, he hugged him a little tighter: "Did Brother Miao make you angry again? I, I'll teach him for you, I'll beat him, Let me vent your anger, okay?"

Hearing that person's address, Dead Leaf's annoyance suddenly surged again: "It's not...it's not him, it has nothing to do with him."

"It really has nothing to do with me?"

As soon as he finished his insincere words, Zhan Hao's deep and hoarse voice sounded outside the window.The fourth son lay on the side of the bed in a daze for a moment, and immediately realized that it was Brother Meow!He was talking about fighting just now, but now he was as happy as anything, and shouted happily: "Brother Meow! Brother Meow, you are here, Xiao Yezi is angry again, come quickly and coax him!"

Withered Ye bit her lip, her whole body became stiff, and her heart began to beat uncontrollably.His breathing became rapid, he couldn't hear what the little four was shouting at all, the blood was rushing in his veins, he only knew that Zhan Hao was standing outside through a wall.

"Sorry, I'm late."

With a deep voice and a gentle tone, Zhan Hao undoubtedly said these words to Dead Leaf, because of his missed appointment, because of his postponement.This reminded Dead Leaf of his vague expectations in the afternoon and the disappointment and pain he couldn't restrain afterwards... A certain answer was obvious, but he was firmly suppressed by him, unwilling to open it to see.He didn't want to, he didn't dare, some things, he really didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

"Little Si, can you go back first? I have something to say to Ye Zi." Zhan Hao seemed to have reached the door, his voice came in through the open door, it sounded more empty than before, and again With a trace of distant.The fourth son stood by the bed, looked at the dead leaves, and then at the door.After hesitating for a while, he pouted his small mouth and squeezed the dead leaf's palm, saying: "Little Yezi, I'll go first, you and me