side by side

"Master Du...Master Du!" Suddenly, a call came from outside the door.It was shallow and weak at first, and the rushing sound reached the house before the source of the sound, and then, as it got closer, he fell into the ears of the two people in the house together with the sound of the door being slammed.

Liang Jixuan's heart relaxed, he straightened his knees, he fell into the armchair, his forehead was soaked with sweat, and there was only one thought in his mind, 'I'm saved! '.Mr. Du's raised hand stopped abruptly, his expression was still and firm, his brows and eyes were ruthless, hidden in the darkness, like a treacherous wooden sculpture.

"Old man!!! Are you in there, old man? Ji Xuan, Ji Xuan, are you okay?" The door slammed a few times, and Gu Huatian's voice came from outside. He was very anxious, mixed with the intense exercise. Panting heavily, "Don't you have an accident, I'll open the door and come in by myself?"

"It's okay, I'm inside!" Liang Jixuan quickly responded, he glanced carefully at Mr. Du, seeing that he didn't respond, he quickly got up and went to open the door.As soon as the door was opened, Liang Jixuan was completely relieved when he saw the bright light coming in.Before he could stand still, Gu Huatian dragged him behind him. He should have run over. The hemp suit jacket he just wore was lost somewhere. In autumn, only close-fitting clothes were left. The silk shirt, the little material on the back is completely stuck to the skin, soaked in sweat, and violently undulating with breathing.

"Old man," Gu Huatian smiled and raised his head to meet the old man Du who came out of the house, "I'm sorry, I forgot, but I promised the old lady at home, I must take him back for dinner today." .”

"However," he stroked the drenched bangs on his forehead, his tone was still gentle and soft, "Did you remember something wrong, as far as I know, Ruobai's bedroom is not here place."

"We," Gu Huatian protected Liang Jixuan, gave him a relieved look, "I just want to see brother Ruobai with my own eyes, the old man won't be so shameless."

Old Master Du's face was gloomy. He didn't glance at Gu Huatian and Liang Jixuan, but kept staring at Xiaoxi who was holding his hands desperately in the corner.Only then did Liang Jixuan see Xiaoxi hiding under the tree. He was hiding in the shadow of the tree, with his head down, his face was pale, beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead, and he was trembling like a quail.When he came all the way, Liang Jixuan didn't see him, he must have gone to find Gu Huatian, who saved his life, he couldn't bear it anymore, and just wanted to rush to block him.Gu Huatian, who was standing beside him, spoke first.

"Old man, if I remember correctly this little brother, he seems to have been serving Ruobai all the time." He pointed to Xiaoxi under the shade of the tree, "You, you are old and overworked. It's also uncomfortable to have a messy head, or let this little brother take us to have a look, so you can rest assured."

The tone of his mouth was inquiring, but before Gu Huatian collapsed in one step, he dragged the two of them away.

Mr. Du stood at the door of the room without saying a word, he stared at the three of them leaving this place with a sullen face.

Xiaoxi was so shaken that he couldn't speak, he bowed straight to Gu Huatian when he left the yard, he was so frightened that he couldn't utter a word now. "Don't be afraid, Mr. Du can't really eat you up," Gu Huatian happily patted Xiaoxi on the shoulder, "Why are you so timid."

Xiaoxi shook his head when he heard this, tears rolled down his face, he curled up in the corner, shivering.

Liang Jixuan fell into deep thought, and he froze on the spot, frowning deeply.

"What's wrong?" Gu Huatian noticed something was wrong with Liang Jixuan.

"I think Mr. Du!" Liang Jixuan came back to his senses, he grabbed Gu Huatian's collar suddenly, his expression excited.Gu Huatian patted Liang Jixuan's hand lightly, and pointed at his words.He winked in the direction where Xiaoxi was squatting, saying that there is something wrong with his master in front of this person, he should be scruples.

"Our old man..." Xiaoxi spoke first, he choked and gasped three times, "he's...really weird lately."

A thunderbolt faintly struck, and the sky suddenly darkened.

"My young master is unconscious, and something is wrong with the master," Xiaoxi led them to Du Ruobai's bedroom. "He has a very kind temperament, and he treats us servants well. But after this incident... .... His temperament suddenly changed, and the young master's former friend was even rejected by him, and he was not allowed to enter." Xiaoxi paused for a moment, then looked back at Liang Jixuan, and swallowed hard, "Oh ...There is something I don't know whether I should tell you, and I don't know if it has something to do with it... On the day Brother Liang disappeared, Master happened to be outside."

"I didn't know what happened that day, but I saw him come back in a hurry in the afternoon," Xiaoxi stammered, "The master locked himself in the room as soon as he came back, and never came out. I also heard Wan Shan say later That's when I found out Brother Liang was missing."

Gu Huatian didn't know the cause and effect, so he had heard it in a cloud of fog; but Liang Jixuan was different, his back suddenly went cold, he suddenly realized that he had missed a very important place, he had been focusing on Du Ruo On Bai, he had always believed that Liang Jiqing was pushed off the lotus pond by Qi Ruqiu on September [-]st, but all this was just his guess and had not been confirmed by Liang Jiqing.

He was dazzled for a while.

But Xiao Xi stopped at this moment, "You two young masters, our young master's bedroom has arrived, you two go in and have a look while there is no one there."

Gu Huatian sensed that something was wrong with him, so he quickly pulled him and pinched his cheek.

Liang Jixuan faced his pinched red face with a confused expression, he hadn't recovered from the shock yet.

"Hurry up and finish what you want to do quickly...Although I don't know what you are doing," Gu Huatian patted his cheek with a smile, "I'll wait for you at the door, Let's go together later."

Liang Jixuan nodded, Gu Huatian's words really calmed him down.

He took a long breath and stepped into Du Ruobai's bedroom.

The bedroom was dark, only a white candle was lit on the table, the layout of the room could not be clearly seen, only a person could be vaguely seen lying in the white curtain in front of him.Liang Jixuan's heart suddenly jumped up. Although he had secretly imagined that Du Ruobai hadn't woken up since the 31st, he was only one step closer to the truth, and his heart couldn't stop beating wildly.

He took a step forward,

step,

one more step,

Liang Jixuan walked to the tent, grabbed the white tent with sweaty hands, and threw it aside.

The person lying on the bed appeared, and he tried to identify the facial features with the light source on the table, but it was difficult to distinguish.Liang Jixuan turned around abruptly, grabbed the candlestick on the table, and rushed back to the bed.With the help of the point light source, his hand holding the candlestick trembled uncontrollably, and drops of white candle tears fell on the white curtain, leaving white marks everywhere.

Du Ruobai closed his eyes tightly, lying flat on the bed with all four limbs flat, still wearing the black student uniform.Liang Jixuan took a step back subconsciously, he inexplicably had the illusion that Du Ruobai would open his eyes and stare at him in the next second.

tbc.