Wishful Things

"Oh? Zhaozhao, what do you need to ask me?" Zhan Yunzhu looked at her with a smile.

"Brother Zhan, did you hear about the Yong'an uncle's mansion going to the government to report the crime?"

Zhan Yunzhu's fingers hanging by his side moved slightly, the smile in his eyes faded, he shook his head and said: "Recently, I have been studying at home, but I have never heard of this matter. I wonder why the Yong'an House reported the case?"

"Stolen from home."

Xu Mingyi said: "It was done by a book boy next to Uncle Yong'an, the uncle's report is to find this book boy."

"So that's the case." Zhan Yunzhu seemed to be slightly relieved, and said: "But money is always something outside of the body, and it's good for people to have nothing to do."

He vaguely knew that Zhaozhao's relationship with his stepmother had eased now, and he was even more friendly towards Yong'an Bofu.

"But the truth is not so simple..."

Xu Mingyi frowned slightly, hesitant to speak.

Zhan Yunzhu seemed to understand, turned his head to look at the servant beside him, and the maid Zhan Yunjiao sent to guide Xu Mingyi, and ordered: "The weather is hot and cold, bring some herbal tea and snacks for Miss Xu."

The boy and the maid should retreat.

"Zhao Zhao can speak now."

Without the servants at home, Zhan Yunzhu's tone became more gentle.

"Brother Zhan doesn't know that one of my cousins ​​who is still playing is missing in the Yong'an uncle's mansion. This matter is related to the book boy. But such things should not be publicized, so the uncle's mansion went to the government to report and investigate. The whereabouts of that book boy." Xu Mingyi told him bluntly.

Zhan Yunzhu looked surprised.

"Is there such a thing?"

He couldn't help but asked with concern: "Is there any progress from the government?"

"The uncle's mansion has already found the book boy." Xu Mingyi said, paying attention to the reaction of the person in front of him.

However, there is hardly any abnormality in him.

"Since we've found it, the whereabouts of the girl from Bo's House must be clear?"

Xu Mingyi shook his head.

"The book boy is dead."

"Dead?" Zhan Yunzhu looked slightly surprised.

"Yeah, judging from the corpse, someone cut his throat with a knife." Xu Mingyi looked at him and asked, "So I want to meet that Uncle Zhou who lives in Brother Zhan's house."

Zhan Yunzhu's eyes moved slightly.

This subtle change never escaped Xu Mingyi's eyes.

"Why did Zhao Zhao suddenly want to see Uncle Zhou?"

"The murderer used the Crescent Saber, and the saber technique is extremely fine. I suddenly remembered today that Uncle Zhou used to use the Crescent Saber, right?"

"..." Zhan Yunzhu's eyebrows twitched, and he looked at her puzzledly: "What does Zhao Zhao mean by this? Could it be that he suspects that Uncle Zhou killed the book boy?"

But the girl was stunned when she heard it.

Immediately looked at him with extremely surprised eyes: "How is this possible? How could Uncle Zhou have a feud with the book boy in Yong'anbo Mansion? Besides, couldn't Uncle Zhou's hand not be able to hold a knife a few years ago? Brother Zhan How could you think of this?"

Zhan Yunzhu's brows relaxed, and said: "You suddenly mentioned this matter, and I thought you heard some gossip outside—"

"How can outsiders know that Uncle Zhou is good at wielding the crescent knife?"

"It seems to be the same when I think about it. I was confused." Zhan Yunzhu smiled, and then asked again: "But this is indeed an old thing, Zhao Zhao still remembers it?"

Few people know that Uncle Zhou is good at wielding the Crescent Saber.

No one even knew that their Zhan family took in such a person.

It was only when Zhaozhao was seven or eight years old that he brought her to see Uncle Zhou in order to make her happy, and asked Uncle Zhou to use a crescent knife in front of her once.

Because Zhaozhao was born in a general family, Zhaozhao practiced martial arts since she was a child, so she likes things differently from ordinary girls. To make her happy, of course, she cannot use ordinary methods.

He still remembers how the cute girl Yuxue jumped up excitedly and clapped her hands in applause with amazed eyes.

But after that time, his father reprimanded him, and he never took Zhao Zhao to see Uncle Zhou again.

He thought that she should have forgotten about it long ago...

"Such a master, of course I remember." The girl's tone was calm, but there was a hint of color in her eyes: "Who called my surname Xu."

Zhan Yunzhu smiled.

After closing the door, it is indeed normal to have a clear memory of such things.

"But then again, why do you want to see Uncle Zhou?"

I don't know if he was too sensitive, but he actually felt that what Zhaozhao just said meant to deliberately and suddenly release the illusion that Shutong's death was related to Uncle Zhou, in order to test his reaction——

"I was thinking that since Uncle Zhou is a master, I would like to ask him for advice, try to see if we can get any useful clues from the shape of the wound, so as to confirm the identity of the murderer as soon as possible."

"That's really unfortunate." Zhan Yunzhu said: "Uncle Zhou left Beijing to return to his hometown a month ago, and we don't know when he will be able to return."

Before January?

Xu Mingyi carefully savored this time in his heart.

Cousin Qing was fine at that time.

Therefore, it seems that the time point was thrown out subconsciously in order to separate the relationship.

The cleverness in the subconscious is at work, and sometimes it seems to be concealed.

"It's okay, I just wanted to ask a question by the way." Xu Mingyi raised his foot and walked forward slowly, saying: "After all, there are still some clerks in the government."

Zhan Yunzhu walked beside her, and asked casually: "Did the uncle's mansion hand over the body to the government?"

Xu Mingyi nodded.

It is said that the eldest son Cui Xin is unwilling to hand it over, but now it seems that the eldest son's wife is more in charge.

"Zhao Zhao—"

Zhan Yunzhu pondered for a moment, and said: "This matter seems a bit strange, since the uncle's house and the government are investigating, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you'd better not pay attention to it."

No matter what the reasons were, he didn't want Zhao Zhao to be involved in this kind of thing.

Xu Mingyi said noncommittally: "I hope Cousin Qing can be found sooner, then everything will be revealed."

Zhan Yunzhu comforted: "Don't worry, it will happen."

Xu Mingyi didn't mention this matter any more.

After walking for a short distance, the fragrance of roses came faintly from the nose.

Zhan Yunzhu stopped slowly, looked at the rose frame in front of him, and said, "I remember that Zhaozhao likes roses very much. This flower frame was built by me when I had nothing to do a few years ago. These flower plants are also I planted."

Zhaozhao always likes things purely, without thinking about whether they are expensive or rare.

This is one of the reasons why he likes Zhao Zhao.

"yes."

Xu Mingyi curled the corner of his mouth.

Because she liked it, she built the flower stand with her own hands, and she wasn't even sure if she had a chance to know about it——

May I ask which girl won't be moved by this kind of quiet and secret affection?

He has always been meticulous and patient.

It's no wonder that Liu Yi fell on him so thoroughly.

Ah Kui pouted secretly in her heart.

Isn't it just a flower stand, it's worthless and doesn't take much effort, Azhu and she can build ten of them in a day, what can I say.

Ever since the incident with Liu Yi, Ah Kui has been very dismissive of this seemingly human-looking son of the Zhan family.

Thank you for waiting so long~