Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Jiang Xin quickly jumped off the bed and lowered his head in shame, but there was no crack in the ground. He searched for a long time but couldn't find one that he could crawl into and never come out again.

Sensing Xie Ze's gaze on him, Jiang Xin was so anxious that he almost cried. He clenched his hands tightly at his sides, and after a long while he managed to utter, "I didn't wet the bed!"

Then he ran away without looking back. He was too embarrassed to see His Highness again!

I don’t know if he realized that the first complete and fluent sentence he said in his life was “I didn’t wet the bed.”

There shouldn't be any. If I found out, I would be even more devastated right now.

Xie Ze chuckled softly. It was a rare morning when he was awake without nightmares. He couldn't help but feel grateful for his rebirth once again.

I am glad that I can go back to the past and see such a lively Ashin, and I am glad that I can protect such a happy and joyful Ashin.

Of course, Jiang Xin felt that he was happy at the moment, and he was so ashamed and angry that he wanted to die!

It was not until he ran back to his room, closed the door and acted like an ostrich that Jiang Xin realized what he had just said. He was so annoyed that he banged his head on the door.

What on earth is he talking about?!

Bedwetting is not any better than that, okay?! It's even worse than that!

No! No matter which one it was, it was enough to embarrass him in front of His Highness and make him suffer eternal damnation!

"What should I do..." Jiang Xin leaned his head against the door frame, muttering with a look of despair.

However, before he could feel awkward for too long, there was a knock on the door, accompanied by Xie Ze's concerned voice: "Ah Xin, are you there?"

"..." Jiang Xin quietly hid behind the door and pretended to be dead.

If he's not here, he won't have the face to be here anymore.

Xie Ze waited at the door for a while, and when he heard the heavy breathing at the door, a smile appeared between his eyebrows and eyes, and he continued to coax people: "Actually, this is a very normal thing. Ah Xin, don't be shy. I have had it before."

Jiang Xin moved his ears when he heard this. Your Highness has had this experience too? Is there someone you are thinking about in your dream? Who could it be?

Seeing that there was still no movement from inside, Xie Ze knocked on the door again and said helplessly: "Even if you don't want to see me, you have to change your clothes first. It will be uncomfortable to stay in here all the time."

Jiang Xin's face turned red again, and he hugged his head in despair, feeling both devastated and touched. Even in this state, His Highness still cared about whether he was feeling comfortable.

His Highness is a good Highness, but he is not a good study companion.

Not only did he dream about His Highness, he also soiled His Highness's bed. He was bad.

Just as Jiang Xin was squatting on the ground, burying his head in his arms and blaming himself, he heard his prince speaking again, and there was a hint of sadness in his tone.

"Actually, I was very happy last night. I was very happy that Ashin was with me. It was my fault."

Jiang Xin was stunned when he heard the words, and then he heard the other party continue to say: "My room is too depressing, so Ah Xin can't sleep well. If Ah Xin is angry and doesn't want to pay attention to me, it doesn't matter.

I am under house arrest now and cannot go out. If Ashin doesn't want to see me, he can just go out for some fresh air and then he won't be able to see me. I will wait at home for Ashin to calm down."

After saying that, Xie Ze sighed again, then turned around with some disappointment. He had just taken two steps when he heard the sound of the door opening.

Xie Ze turned around with a smile in his eyes and saw that his little study partner still had his head buried low, and his voice was as small as a cat's meow: "I, I'm not angry, I don't, I don't want to see you."

It was clearly his fault, and it was clearly His Highness who should be angry. How could His Highness take the blame on himself?

He didn't want to ignore His Highness. He wouldn't let His Highness, who was under house arrest, stay alone in the mansion every day. He couldn't bear to do that.

Xie Ze seemed to be relieved and said gently: "It's okay if you don't want to see me. I thought Ashin hated me."

"No, I don't hate you! I never hate you!" Jiang Xin quickly raised his head and explained hurriedly, but the moment he saw Xie Ze, he lowered his head in shame.

I never hate you, I'm just afraid that you will hate me.

The next second, the self-destructive Jiang Xin felt a warm touch on his head, and heard the gentle voice of his own prince: "I will never hate Ashin." I will always like Ashin.

Jiang Xin was stunned and looked up at Xie Ze blankly.

He didn't know why, but looking at His Highness like this, he had an urge to tell him everything.

He wanted to tell His Highness that he was a bad study partner and that he had dreamed of bad things. Would His Highness never hate him? Would His Highness always be so nice to him?

However, before Jiang Xin could speak, he heard his Highness lower his head slightly and said in an almost coaxing voice: "Go change your clothes first, or you will catch a cold, okay?"

"..."

The answer he got was the sound of a door slamming shut.

Xie Ze touched his nose, considerately gave his study partner some space to feel embarrassed, then turned around and called Ah Fu to prepare breakfast.

It was the first time Ah Fu saw Xie Ze in such a good mood in the morning. He looked at him curiously and thought to himself, could it be that his master got what he wanted last night? Why was he smiling so... amorous?

It seemed that Ah Fu's gaze was too obvious, and the next second he saw Xie Ze's ruthless eyes sweeping over.

Ah Fu immediately lowered his head, pretending not to notice the change in his Highness, and said seriously: "Your Highness, Ye Liang is back and said that the last matter has been investigated clearly."

Ye Liang was the subordinate sent by Xie Ze to investigate the Xu family. So many days have passed, and it’s time to have a definite result.

"Well, let him wait and have dinner with Shin first."

Ah Fu: “…” As expected, in the heart of his master, accompanying Young Master Jiang is the most important thing.

*

Jiang Xin hurriedly changed into clean clothes and kept his head down during breakfast, fearing that his prince would bring up the matter again, so he kept his head down and ate.

Fortunately, maybe he noticed his embarrassment, but he ate breakfast very peacefully, and Xie Ze was very considerate and did not jump on his sensitive nerves.

After Jiang Xin hurriedly finished his meal and slipped out the door, Xie Ze slowly put down his chopsticks. The smile in his eyes disappeared instantly, and he stood up and walked to the study.

Ye Liang had been waiting for quite a while. When he saw his master coming, he immediately bowed respectfully and then began to report: "I have learned from a friend of the Su family who lived in the same room with the servant who was beaten to death for stealing that the servant was indentured when he was seven years old. He is usually honest and dull, and never slacks off when doing things.

From what this man said, that person didn't seem like the type of person who would steal things from the mansion. When he found the vase in their room, he was shocked and couldn't believe it at all.

And when the man died, he kept shouting that he was innocent, and he didn’t even close his eyes until he was beaten to death.”

Xie Ze sat back on the desk, closed his eyes and rested, tapping the table with his index and middle fingers, and said calmly, "Not enough."

This alone cannot prove the man's death. It was just because Xu had made a contribution, and the Su family was just looking for an excuse to reward Xu without being suspected.

Xu holds a very important position in Ah Xin's heart, and he doesn't want to create any grudge between him and Ah Xin over this matter.

Ye Liang knew that this was not what Xie Ze wanted to hear, so he paused and said, "There are two more things. When Xu's son was with the young master of the Su family, he entered the school together. The tuition for admission was also paid by the Su family. I heard that it was also to reward Manager Xu for catching the thief."

Xie Ze opened his eyes, this was strange.

It is said that as the steward of the Su family, it was Manager Xu's job to catch the thief in the family. Freeing their son from slavery was already a great reward, but he actually sent their son to school?

If the Su family was really such kind-hearted people, they would not have beaten to death the servant who was said to have stolen the vase without finding out the whole story.

"Go on." Xie Ze said indifferently with a cold face. Obviously, Ye Liang only said one thing, and there was another thing.

Ye Liang swallowed his saliva and spoke nervously, "Another thing is what I heard from the servants of Jiang Mansion.

Young Master Jiang was taken care of by this Mrs. Xu until he was four years old. However, the servants in the Jiang family only remembered that Mrs. Xu was introverted and didn't like to move around. It seemed that she had never taken Young Master Jiang out.

Young Master Jiang and Shi Xu stayed in the room all day long, and no one knew what Shi Xu did.

However, an old servant who used to guard the small gate at the Jiang Mansion said that when Young Master Jiang was just born, he was not as well-behaved as he became later on, and occasionally one could hear the sound of a baby crying coming from the room.

But the strange thing is that every time the young man started crying, he would stop after a while. It was normal once or twice, but it was like this every time. He didn't act like a newborn baby at all.

Everyone knows that if a newborn baby starts crying, it is impossible to stop without coaxing him for a long time.

The old servant felt strange. Once, he approached Young Master Jiang's room when he was crying. After he stopped crying, he listened carefully and could clearly hear the child sobbing, but it was as if his mouth was sealed by something and no sound could come out.

Later, when Master Jiang grew up, everyone said he was a mute, and the doctors they invited said they could not cure him.

Although the old servant didn't know whether the young master's muteness was caused by human factors, at that time, Fu Xuerong was the housekeeper of the backyard of the Jiang Mansion. Fu Xuerong's rule was very strict, so he didn't dare to say anything more. "

Now that the old slave is old, he has been sent back to retire. Now it is his two sons who take turns guarding the Jiang Mansion.

Originally, he planned to keep all these words to himself, but the last time Jiang Daiyu got married, the two children failed to keep the secret and told Jiang Xin about the eldest daughter stealing the glass cup. Now they have become a thorn in Fu Xuerong's side.

Fu Xuerong couldn't do anything to Jiang Xin, so she took out her anger on his two children, forcing them to do the hardest and most tiring work, and letting other servants bully and beat them.

The old slave really felt sorry for the two children and wanted to find a way for them to survive.

Ye Liang promised him that as long as he told him what happened that year, he would take back the indentures of his two sons and set them free.

Faced with such a great temptation, the old slave naturally racked his brains to recall what happened in the past, wishing to record all the details.

To be honest, during the time when Fu Xuerong was the housekeeper, she treated the servants very poorly. Whenever she was not satisfied with something, she would deduct their monthly wages, and they had very little money left each month.

If she hadn't held their indentures in her hands, they would have cursed her behind her back long ago. Now that they had the chance, they naturally wanted to expose all her secrets without any hesitation.

"Young Master Jiang had a resonant voice when he was born, and he didn't seem to be sick at all. But later on, he became mute. In fact, many people in the mansion thought that the lady had done something to him, but they didn't dare to say anything."

"And then there's Xu. The young master has always respected her, but when the young master was very young, she locked him up at home all day long. Apart from her, few people in the mansion have ever seen the young master.

Even if you keep a dog, you should let it out to get some fresh air, right? I don't mean to scold the young master, but I just think that Xu Shi has some ulterior motives. She locked the person up at home and made him sick even if he was not sick."

"Also, and, everyone says that Xu had a good relationship with the late Madam, but I think she is a very good person.

Not long after the late wife passed away, after the master married his wife, Xu visited her several times.

Later, the lady became pregnant soon. Xu even wanted to breastfeed both young masters. If the two legitimate young masters of the Jiang family grew up drinking her milk, wouldn't her status in the mansion be high in the future?

It's a pity that the lady didn't trust her and didn't agree to her proposal."

"..."

These were the original words of the old slave who was guarding the gate, and Ye Liang conveyed them to Xie Ze verbatim.

Xie Ze's face became more and more gloomy, especially when he heard someone blocking Jiang Xin's mouth to prevent him from making any sound, his expression had dropped to the freezing point, and he said without a trace of emotion: "Bring Xu here."

Ye Liang was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously said: "My Lord, after all, Xu is Mr. Jiang's wet nurse, if..."

"Find a way to pry her mouth open, and leave her unharmed." Xie Ze said expressionlessly, "At least it looks that way."

Ye Liang: “…Yes.”

*

Jiang Xin is still unaware of what happened in the mansion, but he did encounter some trouble in the shop today.

Manager Li had been waiting at the door of the shop since early in the morning. The moment he saw Jiang Xin, he rushed over and hugged his legs, saying with tears in his eyes, "Master! Master, please have mercy on this old slave!"

"What are you doing?" Seeing that it was someone from the Jiang residence again, Agui immediately wanted to step forward and drive them away in annoyance.

However, Manager Li held Jiang Xin's legs like a dog-skin plaster and refused to let go, crying as he held him: "The master said that if I can't invite the young master back today, I will sell me directly!

"I am already old. If I am sold to a trafficker, my life will be ruined! Please have pity on me, young master!"

Jiang Xin was having a headache because of this guy's noise, but he felt a chill in his heart after hearing what he said. He was still wondering why his father suddenly asked him to go home for dinner yesterday, but now seeing the attitude that he had to go back, he immediately understood.

"Dad, he let me go back because of the business of making and selling colored glaze, right?"

Manager Li's crying expression suddenly froze.