Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

Ever since the purse was snatched by that child, Alan had privately imagined the scene where the other party found her countless times, but none of them was like the current situation—she was wearing the clothes of a female ghost, her hair was disheveled, her face Maybe there are still unwashed leaden flowers.

The voices in the courtroom still kept coming, as if whispering, but lost the specific meaning.In the noisy silence, Ah Lan stared at Ouyang Chun in a half-turned posture, but his mind was blank.Beside him, Zhihua winked at Bai Yutang, and the two left quietly.

Alan still stood there like a sculpture, seeming to have lost all ability to react.

After a long time, Ouyang Chun slowly walked towards Ah Lan step by step.His footsteps were between light and heavy, as if walking very slowly, but he walked in front of Alan in the blink of an eye.

Then he stretched out his tightly clenched fist towards Ah Lan, revealing the two purses lying in his palm.

The two identical purses have become a little wrinkled because they have been held tightly in their hands.

"I just came back from Xiangyang." This was Ouyang Chun's first sentence, his voice was thick and deep, and he couldn't hear any emotion.

The corners of Alan's eyes couldn't help twitching, as if his ears had been scalded unexpectedly.

Xiangyang, this place represents too many meanings, but none of them are pleasant.

Ouyang Chun continued: "Huzi—the kid who snatched the purse from you—after giving me the purse, I went to Xiangyang without stopping." He looked at Ah Lan with those green eyes, " I need to ask for proof. Because your mother told me back then that you were ill and couldn't get over it."

"You..." Alan opened his mouth, and then found that he couldn't speak a complete sentence.She felt suffocated for a while, and her eyes also turned black.However, she still stood very straight, and when there were not so many golden flowers flying in front of her eyes, A Lan tried her best to make a sound, and said to Ouyang Chun, "You have misunderstood the person."

It was all she wanted to say, and she sincerely hoped that the other party would agree with her.The truth of the matter is not important, Alan feels that she is fine now and doesn't want to change anything.Since the past has been buried in the ground, it should be allowed to be covered by dirt and weeds instead of being dug up again to reveal the highly decayed interior.

However, Ouyang Chun obviously didn't think so, he said in a deep voice, "You know I didn't admit the wrong person. It is impossible for me to admit the wrong person."

"This is not the first time we have met." Ah Lan seemed to want to smile, but his facial expression was stiff.Maybe it was the mask she had worn for too long before, and she found a reason for herself.

Ouyang Chun seemed a little guilty when he heard the words, he said in a low voice: "The Eighteenth Change of the Women's University, I was..."

"So you've got the wrong person." Ah Lan rushed to interrupt him, she gritted her teeth lightly, one side of her cheek puffed up, "I picked up this purse, from the mass grave." Alan accentuated her tone, emphasizing and implying something.

Ouyang Chun couldn't help flashing a trace of pain, he seemed to want to say something, but suddenly heard Zhan Zhao's surprised voice not far away: "Brother Ouyang!"

The two turned around together, and saw Zhan Zhao who was still wearing an official uniform—Zhan Zhao had felt uneasy from the beginning, so he hurriedly finished his errands, and was in a hurry to find A Lan, but he saw a Totally unexpected people.

"When did eldest brother arrive in Kaifeng?" Zhan Zhao walked up in a few steps, with a sincere attitude, as if he didn't notice the strange atmosphere between A Lan and Ouyang Chun.

—though he did find out.But Zhan Zhao saw Alan's fragile expression, so he instinctively didn't pierce the window paper immediately.

Ouyang Chun had no choice but to talk to Zhan Zhao first: "Just arrived."

Zhan Zhao nodded, and then said calmly to Alan, "It's over, go and wash your face quickly, don't just stand around here." He could keenly feel that Alan didn't want to be here Staying here is too long, she only needs to write the words "Help me" on her face.

Sure enough, Ah Lan felt relieved, and hurriedly nodded and agreed, "Okay, okay, okay." Then, without waiting for Ouyang Chun to say anything, she turned her head and ran away like a gust of wind.

Zhan Zhao stared at the back of the other party who was leaving quickly, and he became more and more sure that something must have happened between the two of them.He still clearly remembered that when Ah Lan and Ouyang Chun met for the first time a long time ago, her reaction was a little strange.However, Zhan Zhao remained calm, turned his head to Ouyang Chun and said with a smile: "Brother came here so late, is he here to find something for younger brother?"

"..." Ouyang Chun squinted his eyes, and said frankly, "Brother Zhan, I'm here to find Alan." He remembered that Alan was Zhan Zhao's apprentice, and he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart .

Seeing that the other party was so direct, Zhan Zhao also asked straight to the point: "What can Big Brother do with Ah Lan? I'm afraid she doesn't know Big Brother well, right?"

"..." Ouyang Chun was speechless, he was a little uncertain whether he should tell Zhan Zhao about his family affairs.However, A Lan is Zhan Zhao's apprentice after all, so he was going to tell the truth: "I got this purse from my adopted son Ai Hu a while ago." He said and sent the purse to Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao recognized it as Alan's purse after just one glance. Countless guesses flashed through his mind, but he simply asked, "What's wrong with this purse?"

"This is embroidered by my junior sister. I have one," Ouyang Chun paused, "the other one is worn on my junior sister's only daughter."

Zhan Zhao was silent for a moment, and finally recovered his voice: "Alan told me that she is an orphan." He couldn't help but look at Ouyang Chun, thinking about the other party's words just now, in order to figure out the exact relationship between Alan and Ouyang Chun.

Junior sister's daughter?Uncle and niece relationship?They shouldn't be blood relatives, after all, Ah Lan doesn't look like Ouyang Chun at all.

"It's a long story." Besides, Ouyang Chun didn't really want to share his family ugliness with Zhan Zhao, "I still want to have a good talk with Alan about these things."

Zhan Zhao said calmly, "I'm afraid it's too late today."

"Then tomorrow." Ouyang Chun has a stubborn determination not to give up until he reaches his goal. He carefully put away the two purses, nodded at Zhanzhao, then turned and strode away.

Zhan Zhao watched Ouyang Chun leave before turning around and walking inside the yamen.The short conversation between Cai Cai and Ouyang Chun made a circle in his heart, arousing some indescribably complicated emotions.

Zhan Zhao actually believed more than half of what Ouyang Chun said.Not only because he trusted Ouyang Chun, but also because of Ah Lan's performance, the look on her face could almost explain everything.

So, A Lan actually has an uncle—even if it’s just a dry uncle—and this uncle is still Bei Xia Ouyang Chun.

Zhan Zhao is a bit overwhelmed, he feels that he should be happy for Alan, after all, a girl can have family support behind her, and she will have more confidence in going around the world in the future.On the other hand, Zhan Zhao felt a little helpless - not many people knew that Ah Lan was his apprentice, but by coincidence, Ouyang Chun was among the insiders.

He quickened his pace and walked towards Ah Lan's residence, while being upset for a while.

The night was already very deep, and the hazy moonlight seemed to have been mixed with water, so pale that it could hardly be seen in the night.The path outside the wing room was covered with unmelted snow, and a certain wintersweet tree beside it still hadn't bloomed, but there were flower buds hanging on the brown branches.Zhan Zhao saw that the light was still on in Alan's room from a long distance away, so he walked forward, hesitated for a moment in front of the door, and knocked a few times with his fingers.

With a sound of "squeak", Alan opened the door.She was still wearing the previous clothes, her face hadn't been washed, and she looked confused and sad.

Zhan Zhao's heart twitched, and before he had time to speak, Alan took a wronged step forward and put his arms around his waist.

The warm body pressed against him, and Zhan Zhao froze instantly.

After a long time, he managed to regain his voice and said in a hoarse voice, "Alan, what's wrong?"

"What did he tell you?" Ah Lan said in a muffled voice after a while, and asked instead, "Did he tell you?"

Zhan Zhao lightly patted Ah Lan on the back, sighed inaudibly, and said, "He talked about the purse." No matter how many messy thoughts Zhan Zhao had in his mind, he had to put them all away now. Depend on.He could feel Alan trembling slightly.

"Oh." Alan replied sullenly, sniffing.She asked in a low voice: "Then do you believe what he said?"

Zhan Zhao replied, "It's not important, Ah Lan."

"Important." A Lan stubbornly retorted.

"The really important thing is," said Zhan Zhao, slightly supporting Ah Lan's shoulders, then wiped her face with his sleeve, and said helplessly, "Have you not washed your face yet?"

Alan couldn't help laughing, then pursed her lips again, and wiped the messy marks on her face with her sleeve, she muttered, "You're laughing at me again."

"I'm not laughing at you, I'm not laughing at you." Zhan Zhao pushed Alan into the room, "Go and sit down, I'll bring some hot water."

When Ah Lan was pushed to the table and sat down, the ups and downs of emotions finally gradually eased.She silently picked up the bronze mirror on the side, looked at her face in front of the candle, and then put the mirror down silently.

It's over, it turned out to be this ghostly look, and it even flung itself into Chengzhao's arms just now.He hasn't come back for such a long time. Could it be that he went to change clothes?

Alan continued to poison her face with her sleeves, while regretting wildly in her heart.When she saw Ouyang Chun suddenly just now, she was so startled that she was stunned. After she came back, she didn't remember washing her face and changing her clothes.

"Hey, are you going to rub off a layer of skin on your face?" Zhan Zhao opened the door before entering the door with the washbasin in his hand, "Don't ruin your clothes, I'll get you a towel to wipe after you sit down. "

Seeing Zhan Zhao striding in, putting the basin on the table, and twisting the handkerchief to wipe her face, Ah Lan was so frightened that she hurriedly said, "I'll do it myself!" It's embarrassing to wash your face yourself.

"Be honest and sit down." Zhan Zhao pressed her hand, "Your face is stained, did you clean it yourself?" He said and covered A Lan's face with a towel.

Alan felt the hot towel against his face, and his body shivered suddenly.

Unexpectedly, Zhan Zhao's movements were extremely gentle, as if he was afraid that the rough towel would hurt Ah Lan.Illuminated by the warm yellow candlelight, his expression was meticulous and patient, with rare tenderness.

A Lan raised her head, feeling the warm towel rubbing against her face.She suddenly found that from this angle, Zhan Zhao's eyelashes were actually very long, even longer than her own.

Her heart skipped a beat, just a little.

But some things have changed from this moment on.