The cold husband can't warm me up, I don't love him anymore

That night, the Cui family's hall was brightly lit with fire.

All the masters and servants gathered in the front hall, standing in neat rows, listening quietly to Shen Du asking some strange questions.

"Did anything strange happen in your house on December 11th?"

"Who has been to Wisteria Pavilion? What did they do? What did they say?"

"What did the young lady do from morning till night that day?"

"Did the young lady have any accident that day?"

"Did the young lady make any unusual requests that day?"

"......"

Realizing that everything Shen Du asked was related to Cui Lingyi, Cui Zizhen felt an unspeakable fear in his heart.

He wanted to tell everything, but in the end he didn't dare.

After much thought, I still feel that the best way is to wait for Cui Lingyi to come back and agree to the marriage.

As long as he concealed the fact that he had cheated on his partner, broke off the engagement and then changed it, Shen Du would be unable to do anything to him.

After all, Cui Lingyi had made it clear at the beginning that she would not marry into the Marquis's Mansion.

And people also ran to Xiancao Valley.

Since the relationship has been severed, can't he, as a father, find a marriage for his daughter?

Thinking of this, Cui Zizhen felt much more at ease.

......

Because Shen Du was busy, he really didn't know about this.

At this moment, he left Cui's house, his mind filled with everything that happened in the backyard of Cui's house on December 11.

What about the maidservants stealing food, the groom stealing the carriage, the maidservants quarreling...

Nothing could be connected with Cui Lingyi's sudden change.

After much thought, he finally insisted on one point:

There must be a reason why Cui Lingyi's attitude towards him suddenly changed.

During the time he was on the road, he thought carefully about everything that happened, and did not find any factors that could cause Cui Lingyi to suddenly not get married.

The only possibility is that he really has no sense of humor and is not as good at making women happy as other men.

But in the more than ten years before that, Cui Lingyi did not give up on him because of his indifference.

From childhood to adulthood, she was like his shadow. Whenever he looked back, he could see her.

Because of this, he was absolutely sure that Cui Lingyi's departure was not due to his indifference.

At least this is not the most important reason.

Before returning to the Imperial City Division, he confirmed this again.

"It seems I still need to ask Ah Li for clarification."

But when Shen Du thought about how Cui Lingyi was almost avoiding him now, he felt a headache.

He let out a sigh and stepped into the Imperial City Division, where he saw Xu Junyao rushing towards him.

"Adu, you're finally back. I missed you so much!"

"..." Shen Du wrinkled his nose and took a step forward without thinking, avoiding Xu Junyao who was rushing towards him.

"what....."

Xu Junyao sprinted too hard and bumped his head on the door threshold.

Fortunately, he used his right leg to support himself, otherwise he would have fallen out and might have knocked out his two front teeth.

"Adu——"

Xu Junyao roared, covered his nose and looked back, but he could no longer see Shen Du's figure.

A gust of wind blew past him, and he felt a chill in his heart...

"Hey, you inhumane person...why can't I leave you..."

I wanted to yell at him, but after thinking it over I decided not to.

He still followed Shen Du happily to the underground interrogation room.

Seeing Shen Du talking about official business with Jiulie, he took the teapot to make tea and pricked up his ears to listen to their conversation.

"Recruited?"

"Three died, eleven knew nothing, and the remaining three said they were the King of Yan's men."

Shen Du took the interrogation record and took a look at it. "Dig more. It's not all gone yet."

"Yes, my lord."

Screams were soon heard from the interrogation room again.

Xu Junyao pushed a cup of tea across the way and was about to greet Shen Du, but he saw that he had gone to the bathroom, so he had to give up.

Half a cup of tea later, Shen Du finally sat down opposite him, refreshed.

Seeing him pick up the tea and drink it all in one gulp, Xu Junyao hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't drink it, it's cold..."

Shen Du's throat moved and the cup was empty.

"Just right..."

Seeing that he looked tired and his eyes were almost bloodshot, Xu Junyao had no idea that he had fallen down, and hurriedly refilled his glass.

After drinking three cups in a row, Shen Du put down the cup, leaned on the cushion beside him and closed his eyes.

"How many days have you not rested?"

"I don't remember, it's been a few days." Shen Du closed his eyes, his whole body seemed to be exhausted, and his voice came out muffled from his chest.

Xu Junyao pursed his lips.

"How did it become like this? No matter how important the matter of the Prince of Yan is, it is not as important as your own life..."

Suddenly thinking of Cui Lingyi, he couldn't help shaking his head.

"....I say, you left me behind for work again? Didn't I tell you when I left to put away your stinky face and stop looking like a thousand-year-old frozen turtle? If you continue like this, I won't stay with you and keep my chastity. My mother said that she has asked someone to arrange a marriage for me, so don't wait until I get married and there's still no sign of your little tail..."

"She doesn't want to go back to Beijing."

"What? Who wouldn't want to..." Xu Junyao suddenly came back to his senses, "Are you saying that Xiaowei won't go back to Shangjing with you?"

Shen Du hummed, and suddenly turned sideways as if to avoid something.

"Why?" Xu Junyao was greatly shocked. "Did you not do as I told you to do, or why are you in such a horrible state now?"

"It has nothing to do with this."

"What is that? Little Tail can't really stay in Xiancao Valley and never come back!" Xu Junyao couldn't believe it.

"Yeah. In the short term, that's the case."

Hearing that there was something wrong with Shen Du's voice, which seemed very heavy, Xu Junyao felt that he had completely uncovered the truth.

He slammed the table hard and said with great certainty and determination, "I told you, ever since Xiaowei refused to acknowledge the engagement, I felt something was wrong! You still don't believe me! Look, this guy is really ignoring you now, what are you going to do?!"

"Once we find the reason, she will naturally come back to me." Shen Du suddenly sat up, poured a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.

The corners of Xu Junyao's lips twitched.

"Why are you so confident? She's already run away, how can she come back? Shangjing and Xiancao Valley are thousands of miles away, and you never know when she'll fall in love with that young man and marry him!"

Shen Du shook his head, a look of arrogance between his brows.

"She won't marry anyone else!"

"......." Xu Junyao was speechless. He really wanted to pry open his brain to see what was inside.

"...I say, your arrogance has its limits. Little Tail is not like me, with thick skin and flesh, and will not tolerate your beatings and scoldings. Why should she, a delicate young lady, run after you and be treated coldly by you...You just said that Little Tail's not coming back has nothing to do with your coldness, so why don't you tell me what caused her to suddenly change her temper?"

Shen Du was silent.

"I don't know yet...but I'll know eventually."

He had thought it all out. Once he finished the work at hand, he would take a vacation and return to Xiancao Valley.

By then, when we are together every day, there will be nothing we can’t ask.

Of course, he can change this cold temper.

"......" Xu Junyao continued to remain speechless.

I really can't help it, I really don't want to pay attention to him.

"Just do it, and don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes!"

"She can't run away!"

Shen Du's tired eyes were full of arrogance and paranoia.