Half a bowl of rice was not eaten, Xu Yuning left most of the delicacies without chopsticks and returned to her room because of her mother-in-law's prejudice.The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. It wasn't the foolish woman who was targeting her, but herself.

If I had known, as soon as she came to the table, she would eat fried pork slices with chicken legs and knuckles, and serve some dim sum when she left.

"Xiaoxiang." Xu Yuning pursed his lips, even though he was not used to ordering people around, he still told Xiaoxiang, "I'm hungry."

Xiao Xiang smiled, "I know."

If you know, why don't you just stand there and laugh if you don't get some food?

Xu Yuning slandered, resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and said in a stricter tone, "Go get some food."

"Ah?" Xiaoxiang was stunned, puzzled, "Aren't we waiting for the young master? He should be here soon to bring food."

Will Ruan Xuan bring food?

Recalling how Ruan Xuan dared to be angry and dare not speak up in front of his mother's nonsense, Xu Yuning said bitterly, "I'm serving my mother for dinner, don't count on it."

After coming here, she was first angry with Aunt Liu, and then kicked off the dinner table by her mother-in-law. She was depressed, forgot her identity as a "fool" for a while, and she just sneered, not at all like the original Xu Yuning.

Xiaoxiang was dumbfounded when she heard that, but when she looked at the young mistress who should be as intelligent as a child, she smiled sullenly and was very scary at night. She stepped back and whispered, "Young mistress, you have become so weird..."

"Shut up," Xu Yuning was irritable, "Don't talk so much, hurry up and get something to eat!"

The young mistress who has never used her master's prestige and even allowed her servants to call her by her name is yelling at others!

"Hey, I'll go right away." Xiaoxiang agreed tremblingly, and ran away without looking back.

A certain coward ran away after hearing a few loud words, staggered and almost fell halfway, Xu Yunning saw it and shook his head: It seems that this little girl is timid, and her hands and feet are not good when she is scolded. She won't be back for a while, and her stomach is going to be hungry.

It was dark outside, and she could get lost during the day, but she didn't dare to wander around at night, so she just sat and poured tea.

After pouring a second cup of tea, someone came back.

"Yunning." Ruan Xuan entered the door with a plate, and laughed before saying anything, "Are you hungry?"

Smelling the smell of meat, Xu Yuning didn't have time to care who brought it. She nodded and watched Ruan Xuan put the food in front of her, and took a sip of the soup first. Although she was anxious to burn her tongue, the smell of meat permeated her lips and teeth , lingering, making her whole body warm.

Xu Yuning let out a long sigh of relief, delivered a mouthful of rice, and blew it to cool down, and tasted it slowly.

"Just now..." Ruan Xuan said, picking the moment when she had just started to enjoy it, with hesitation in his words, "Did you hit Xiaoxiang?"

Xu Yuning paused and almost spilled the soup, "No."

Ruan Xuan nodded without any doubt, "That's good, it's wrong to hit someone, Yunning can't be like last time."

last time?

Xu Yuning immediately thought of Aunt Liu, put down the bowl, and complained righteously, "You mean Aunt Liu, right? She called me stupid and robbed me of my chicken leg, and I only punched her to make it easier for her!"

As he spoke, Xu Yuning straightened his back unyieldingly, waiting with a straight face for Ruan Xuan to show her the principles of life.

Never thought that her husband will never be quite the same as she imagined.

"That's it." Ruan Xuan bit his lip, "Okay..."

That's it! ?

Xu Yuning was dumbfounded, but Ruan Xuan didn't think there was anything wrong, smiled back, picked up the chopsticks to help her pick up the fishbone, then thought of something, spoke softly, almost begging, "Then, it's better not to slap her in the face, Aunt Liu is so old, her nose is blue and her face is swollen too badly."

"...Oh." Xu Yuning didn't understand what the white-faced scholar was thinking at all, so he simply gave up and picked up the soup bowl to taste it.

Ruan Xuan picked the thorn and put the fish in front of her, "Eat this first, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Xu Yuning responded, took the chopsticks bluntly and began to eat, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and raised his eyes.

Under the candlelight, Ruan Xuan stared at her with his chin on his hands, with a smile on his lips, his eyes were like stars, no matter how he looked...

Virtuous?

-

Because of the unhappiness last time, the mother-in-law skipped the morning and evening greetings and shut herself in the house to pray to the gods and worship Buddha every day, and Ruan Xuan had to go to the yamen to work and had no free time.The two people who needed the most conversations were not there, Xu Yuning either ate or slept, and lived a happy life.

Everyone still regarded her as a fool, and she was not allowed to go out or run around.For a day or two, Xu Yuning thought it was fine, anyway, this body needs to rest, she is still curious about this house, and it is interesting to take a look around.

Within a few days, she felt unbearable.

The body has recovered and the yard is already familiar. Xu Yuning doesn't want to stay at home anymore, but wants to find a chance to go out once.Unexpectedly, she waited from morning to night, and she just didn't see Ruan Xuan, who could make the decision, come home, and her mother-in-law treated her like a snake and would not even see her.

"Alas..." Xu Yuning wailed on the table, "I want to go out!"

Xiao Xiang, who was dozing against the wall, woke up with a start, rubbed her eyes, and came over with a smile, "Young Mistress, what did you say?"

"Xiaoxiang, take me out." Xu Yuning took off the pearl hairpin on his head, and said while stuffing it into Xiaoxiang's arms, "I won't tell others, this is a trivial matter, you accept it first, and it will succeed." After I go out, I still have a reward!"

Xiaoxiang was stunned for a moment, then retreated as far away as a pearl hairpin, and waved her hands again and again, "No, there are too many people outside, I don't like young mistress..."

"I can look after myself." Xu Yuning jumped up, "I'm not a fool!"

She had wanted to say this for a long time, but after that night, she never saw Ruan Xuan again. The other servants heard that Aunt Liu was beaten and dared not approach her. Xiaoxiang was the only one she could talk to. But her brain power is top-notch. When she says the word "I", Xiaoxiang can guess more than a dozen meanings of thirsty, hungry, sleepy, tired, and busy with work on her own.

Seizing the opportunity again, Xu Yuning learned to be smart, and he grabbed Xiaoxiang first before speaking, "Really, my brain is fine, if you don't believe me, you can test me!"

Xu Yuning had great strength, but Xiaoxiang couldn't break free. After hesitating for a moment, he swallowed and said, "I believe it."

"Really!" Xu Yuning was overjoyed.

Xiao Xiang smiled, and said in a coaxing tone, "Yeah, Yun Ning is not stupid, and those who say Yun Ning is stupid are the idiots."

"...I'm serious." Xu Yuning put on a straight face.

Following her stern face, Xiaoxiang was a bit fiercer than her when she was expressionless, "I'm serious too."

Xu Yuning was convinced, and sighed, "Oh! Forget it! When will Ruan Xuan come back?"

"I don't know," Xiaoxiang finished answering, approached suddenly, and whispered, "There are dead people in the county. The young master is catching the bad guys outside. The young mistress must not go out. That bad guy hurts people everywhere, it's terrible."

"..." Xu Yuning rolled his eyes when he heard the words of bluffing children.

Xiaoxiang found that she didn't frighten her, so she touched her neck and added a few more words, "The villain took a big knife and chopped it down directly from here! There was blood everywhere, and the whole stream was red."

"Decapitation?" Xu Yuning listened intently, "Where is it?"

Didn't scare others, but Xiaoxiang herself became more and more afraid, "Who knows, will that bad guy break into other people's homes and kill people?"

Xu Yuning was thoughtful, "Maybe."

"...Ah!" Xiaoxiang cried, "Young Mistress, don't scare me."

Xu Yuning glanced at Xiaoxiang in disgust, thinking: whoever scares the first.

"No," Xiaoxiang rubbed her arms, looking left and right as if the murderer was lurking nearby, "I'm going to tell Uncle Wang not to lock the door for Yexiang tonight, and wait for someone to come and ask Make it clear before opening, otherwise..."

Seeing Xiaoxiang's body trembling, Xu Yuning became interested, "What if the person who came was not the one who felled Yexiang, but a murderer?"

"Ahhh!" Xiaoxiang covered her ears in fear, trotted out, and shouted, "Stop talking!"

Xu Yuning was happy for a moment, then felt worried again: There is a murder case to be investigated, will Ruan Xuan come back?How long will she be locked up as a fool?

This annoyance lasted until night, Xu Yuning tossed and turned on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep, so he simply put on his coat, put on his shoes, and went for a walk in the yard.Not intending to go far, she walked around the big banyan tree twice, when she suddenly heard footsteps.

who is it?

Xu Yuning got closer and smelled a bloody smell, and the sound of metal scratching the floor following the footsteps was very cautious.

She immediately thought of Xiaoxiang's threat today:

No... really a murderer, right?

Gritting her teeth, she picked up the broom under the tree and walked over slowly with light steps.In the dark courtyard, a room was brightly lit, the door was half closed, and the steps were wet, glowing faintly under the moon.

Is that water, or blood?

Xu Yuning moved over, not daring to look at the steps, and carefully looked inside through the window.

A person with his back to her was taking off his clothes. On the ground was a wooden bucket full of water, not giving off any heat.The man was handicapped, and would suddenly "hiss" and wrap his right finger in a cloth, and the belt he had touched would gently swing in the air, stained with blood.

That's where the smell of blood came from.

Xu Yuning understood and guessed that this clumsy man fetched water to take a bath and hurt his hand.The matter was cleared up, she was not interested in peeping at other people taking a bath and changing clothes, and was about to walk away, but saw that person looking sideways at the bucket, with a sad look in his eyes.

This is Ruan Xuan! ?

Xu Yuning was stunned, and forgot to move for a while, while Ruan Xuan didn't know that there was a pair of eyes staring outside, gritted his teeth and continued to change clothes. After taking off his coat, he began to unwrap the long cloth strips wrapped around his chest.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

After the cloth strip fell to the ground, Ruan Xuan turned around.

Xu Yuning stayed where she was, unable to move her eyes away, staring at the graceful figure of her husband in the room, at a loss:

Ruan Xuan... is it a woman?

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