Ambush from all sides

The next morning, when Zhan Hao got up, he immediately fell into a busy situation.

The shopkeepers of various shops in Suzhou heard that the big boss was coming, and they all came to report the latest situation.In fact, Zhan Hao is not ignorant, he has a lot of eyeliner, if there is nothing to do, write a note and tie it on the bird's leg to show him.He is aware of these things, but he is considering and waiting, observing whether the steps taken by the prey fall into the route he thought.

He can stay still, but once he decides to take action, he must kill with one blow.

Qu Xiaolian and Yan Peng came in the afternoon. Compared with the last time, Zhan Hao could clearly see that they had lost a lot of weight, and their expressions were not very good.According to Uncle Zhong, since the last time he came to Suzhou to help the Qu family solve the puffer fish problem, the prefect Zhang of Suzhou got into a fight with them. , the atmosphere is very tense.

"We found a famous butler from other places, shaved the man's hair, and found poisonous needle holes in his back and Baihui. Prefect Zhang had nothing to say. At that time, many people saw it. If he continues to make trouble, I'm afraid he will lose his reputation, so he can only take his own people and leave in despair." Qu Xiaolian sat in the guest seat, describing it as depressed and gloomy.Yan Peng took a sip of tea angrily, and scolded in a low voice: "He has a tight collusion with the Yan family, and I don't know what tricks he used to force several fishing grounds to sell the sea surface to them! Zhan Hao, do you know, Impartial, right next to your fishing ground!"

"These days the fishing grounds are about to set up their nets. Yan Qi, that bastard, just piled up the entire inventory! Several restaurants with regular customers asked someone to talk to him and begged him to release some fish. Hmph, he did. Arrogant, say that the Yan family is not as powerful as the Zhan family, and the Zhan family also has a fishing ground, tell them to ask you for fish! Since the kid said this, he will definitely deal with you next!" Yan Peng gritted his teeth, looking at it like that, It seemed as if he wished he could catch Yan Qi, strip him and eat him.

Zhan Hao glanced at him leisurely, and said slowly: "What are you in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry."

Yan Peng couldn't be angry, Zhan Hao's unhurried appearance made people look at him and couldn't help but want to punch him twice!Qu Xiaolian was not as angry as he was, but worried, as if he didn't know what to do.

Zhan Hao twirled his eyebrows thoughtfully, then called Zhong Lan over, let her put his ear to his lips, and said softly, "Go to the backyard and call the dead leaves."

"...You mean Big Brother Cen?" Zhong Lan pursed her lips, and blinked slyly at Zhanhao.Zhan Hao didn't actually tell them the name of the dead leaf, but since Zhong Lan said it, it must be the letter from Changzhou to them.Zhan Hao nodded with a smile, and praised her with squinted eyes: "You're so smart." Zhong Lan got the compliment, cocked her chin triumphantly at him, then turned around and ran out bouncing around.Seeing their relaxed and comfortable interaction, Yan Peng and Qu Xiaolian felt more and more puzzled and worried, feeling extremely depressed.

Zhan Hao still had a smile on his face, holding a cup of tea in his hand, holding the lid of the tea and skimming off the foam: "Don't rush this matter, I'll ask you another matter first." Then, he put down the teacup with little interest, raised his eyes, looked at the two of them steadfastly, and asked slowly: "After the Double Ninth Festival five years ago, you came to my house one night...and met Ma Qingyun. "

Hearing this, Yan Peng and Qu Xiaolian were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at each other with dazed expressions.

Zhan Hao stared at them without blinking, his voice was unhurried, hoarse and low: "At that time, what did she do, and what did you - what did you do?"

When Zhong Lan found the dead leaves, he was staring at a purse peony in the courtyard in a daze.A group of withered yellow dead leaf butterflies surrounded him, some landed on the flowers, their long mouthparts inserted into the stamens, sucking nectar.It was the first time Zhong Lan saw so many butterflies with withered leaves, and couldn't help admiring in a low voice: "Wow, so many butterflies!"

Dead Leaf looked up at her, with a somewhat reserved expression on her face.Zhong Lan walked up to him nimbly, blinked at him kindly for a while, and asked softly, "Brother Cen, what are you doing here?" Withered Ye raised her head and glanced at her briefly, then lowered her eyelids, and pointed at her. The flower in front of her said in a muffled voice, "I'm looking at this flower, it looks so strange."

Seeing his appearance, Zhong Lan couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling softly: "This is called a purse peony. Look, it is round and has a pendant. Does it look like a heart-shaped purse?"

"Yeah." Withered Leaf agreed, her eyes fell on the exquisite flowers.Zhong Lan stared at the patterns on his mask curiously for a while, then reached out to pick up a butterfly from his side.

"The young master asked me to come and call you. He was discussing matters with Mr. Yan and Mr. Qu in the lobby." Zhong Lan held the dead leaf butterfly with a careless tone.Dead Leaf sat in a daze for a while, then stood up with a "hmm", lowered her head, straightened her clothes, turned and walked outside.

Zhong Lan watched as his tall back hurriedly walked towards the courtyard gate, and the group of butterflies with withered leaves gradually dispersed.She raised her head and saw many fallen leaves-like butterflies circling and flying up to the sky, reflecting the blue sky, as if countless fallen leaves floated from the void.Zhong Lan couldn't help admiring softly, and reached out to touch the butterfly's dancing wings.When he was about to reach the gate of the courtyard, the dead leaves stopped suddenly. Zhong Lan heard the movement, her hands were still outstretched in mid-air, and she turned her face to look at him with some doubts.

"Well, do you still want to play with them?" Dead Leaf asked her dryly with a half-face.Zhong Lan blinked blankly, then nodded hesitantly.Then, she saw Dead Leaf raised her face, her sharp chin lifted slightly, and her thin lips moved slightly.Afterwards, the dead leaf butterflies all over the sky fell down again, like autumn leaves, overwhelmingly landed on her body.

At the door, Dead Leaf has already walked out quickly.Zhong Lan stared blankly at the dead leaves and butterflies all over her body, and a smile slowly formed on her mouth.

When he walked outside the lobby, Yan Peng just started to tell what happened that night.Dead Leaf wanted to go straight in, but at that moment, he heard the word "Ma Qingyun".So, he couldn't help but retract the legs he had stepped out, and subconsciously stood behind the wall, holding his breath and began to eavesdrop.

Zhan Hao leaned leisurely inside, felt a slight breath, blinked his eyes lightly, and a clear smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"In fact, Xiaolian and I have been hesitant to tell you about what happened that night, because it didn't seem to be a big deal, and nothing serious happened afterwards. We thought, you were busy at that time, so I didn’t talk about it.” Yan Peng said, looking at Qu Xiaolian with a consulting look.

Qu Xiaolian regained his composure, and then he continued: "At that time, Yan Peng thought it was quite funny, because when I came in with him, Ma Qingyun didn't notice us at all. She was playing with two cups of tea on the table, Moved over and over. Yan Peng looked funny, so he frightened her aloud, but Ma Qingyun was so frightened that she almost passed out and knocked over the tea cup. Roll your eyes..."

"That's right!" Yan Peng hummed and chirped and echoed: "She rolled her eyes and was out of breath. She was still a young girl at that time, and we couldn't give her a good time. She was also at fault! The servant girl Quan Rang was waiting outside the courtyard gate, so I had to drink half a cup of tea for her, and she woke up after a while."

"Tea?" Zhan Hao leaned against the table, his eyes were fixed, and he rested his chin quietly with one hand.Yan Peng and Qu Xiaolian looked at each other suspiciously, then turned to look at him in a daze, and said, "Yes, tea. Two cups of tea, I spilled one, and I fed her the remaining cup. Later She woke up, looking dazed and uncomfortable, so I asked her maid to come over and help her into the sedan chair and sent her back. After all, she is a girl of Huanghua, so it's not appropriate to be outside so late."

"Then, when she went back, Uncle Zhong came in." Zhan Hao looked at the two of them, and answered firmly.Yan Peng nodded and said doubtfully: "Yes, I was laughing at Xiao Lian and Ma Qingyun at that time, and Uncle Zhong asked me what I was laughing at. Then he saw the tea on the ground and called that little maid, who is Later, the one married in your house, what Liu..." Yan Peng scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, stuck here but couldn't remember, Zhan Hao blinked, and said flatly: "Liu Yan."

"That's right, it's Liu Yan! Uncle Zhong called her to clean the table! That little maid is pretty, I remember it very clearly."

Zhan Hao stared at his swearing expression, and slightly bent the corner of his mouth: "So, according to what you said, Ma Qingyun didn't even meet me that night, did she?"

"Uh..." Yan Peng struggled for a while, and said with a reluctant expression: "If after that, you two didn't have a secret tryst in the middle of the night, then it should be."

When Zhan Hao heard this, his eyes curled up with a smile.He rested his chin and said with satisfaction: "Of course it is impossible for me to have a tryst with her, so nothing happened to me and Ma Qingyun that night. Raising his eyes, he glanced faintly at a certain wall.

Yan Peng and Qu Xiao were stunned in their seats, looking at each other, not knowing what he wanted to say.

The withered leaf behind the wall snorted coldly, rolled her eyes in disdain, then clenched the withered leaf knife at her waist, and walked back towards the courtyard without looking back.Zhan Hao saw his figure flash past the window, and there was a gust of wind as he walked, a few strands of hair were tangled together, and quickly disappeared behind the wall.

In the evening, it began to rain heavily in Suzhou.Uncle Zhong rushed back from the fishing ground with his maid, Yuan He. When he entered the door, the water dripping from the outside of the poncho almost flowed into a river.

Zhan Hao had just taken a shower, and was drying his hair on the edge of the patio in a robe, when Ming Ying came and called him to the lobby.Dead Leaf was taking a bath in the opposite room. Hearing the movement of the two of them amidst the sound of rain, he couldn't help but cast his eyes towards the window.It's a pity that the bathtub is surrounded by a screen, so I can't see anything.

The dead leaves lowered their eyes indifferently, and quietly leaned against the side of the bucket.There is a lot of rain in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in summer, when it comes, it is very violent.Listening to the heavy rain hitting the canna leaves outside the window and the crackling sound on the tiles, the dead leaves gradually closed their eyes.

I don't know what the litter of cats is doing.After the little mandarin duck became a mother, she didn't like to run outside anymore, she just liked to walk around the room with the kitten in her mouth, putting it here and there.One night when he went back, he saw it put its babies on the floor, and when it got up, it knocked down one of them.That night, the kittens sneezed all night, making him nervous.The next day Zhan Hao made medicine for the cat to drink, and said while pouring it, the little mandarin duck is a good mother, it's the rhythm of playing with his baby to death.

So now, Dead Leaf feels more and more uneasy, this unreliable stinky cat... I really hope that Zhan Hao's affairs here will end soon, he has no interest in Suzhou Mansion at all.

Zhan Hao naturally knew his worry, and before going out, he specially told Ji Tang, the most careful girl, to watch over the litter of cats.He also specifically explained to others that the cat with a horn spot on its left eye is your big brother Cen's favorite, take care of it, and I will give you extra money.

Ji Tang laughed when he heard this, and said, Young Master, Brother Cen misses cats so much, why don't you take them with you!Anyway, you don't have to worry about it.

Zhan Hao also laughed, with a foxy face on his face, asking why should he take it?Compete with me?After finishing speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked away shaking his head.Seeing his proud appearance from behind, Ji Tang raised his eyebrows and shook his head helplessly.

When he got to the lobby, Zhan Hao saw Li Feifei and Qiu Langxing were there.Shi Lin nestled on the seat in the outer hall like a kitten, eating walnuts with a pair of tongs.Seeing Zhan Hao walking in with his half-wet long hair loose, he was stunned for a moment, and then greeted him with a grin.

"Brother Zhan!" Shi Lin rushed in front of him with a smile holding half a walnut, and said, "The walnut brought back by Sister Yuan He is delicious!" The half of the walnut asked in a low voice, "Is this what Yuan He gave you?"

"Well, I saw her holding it, so I asked her how many." Shi Lin said with a smile, spreading his hands in front of Zhan Hao.Zhan Hao glanced at the walnut in his hand indifferently, then smiled coldly and gently pushed him away, and walked towards Uncle Zhong sideways.Shi Lin stood where he was, looking at his slender and elegant back with some perplexity, his small mouth gradually pouted, and a little unwillingness appeared in his eyes.

Uncle Zhong is asking about Li Feibuzhuang. Is the decoration done? Is the silk dye in place?He asked about every detail, and Li Feifei answered them respectfully.When Zhan Hao approached, he saw that he was still supporting the injured hand with one hand, and his face turned pale.Li Feifei was talking, when he caught sight of Zhan Hao inadvertently, his expression couldn't help but startled.

Uncle Zhong and Qiu Langxing followed his line of sight, their faces also stunned.Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hands to touch his face, smiled innocently and said, "I just ate pastries, are there pastry crumbs hanging there?"

Seeing his smiling face, Li couldn't help lowering his eyes in palpitation, controlled his expression, and took a long breath.Qiu Langxing raised his eyebrows aside, and joked with a smirk, "Zhan Hao, who are you planning to seduce with this gesture?"

Zhan Hao blinked pretending to be puzzled, raised his arms, and asked, "What's wrong with my posture?"

After taking a bath, he was wearing a dark gray feather satin train and a large tea-white silk gown. His long black and half-wet hair was wrapped around his shoulders and chest, and his complexion was rare. A touch of rosiness.Uncle Zhong looked him up and down helplessly for a while, and finally couldn't help reaching out to put his hand on his forehead, and sighed in a low voice: "You really... took great pains."

Zhan Hao smiled leisurely, sat next to Uncle Zhong with a flick of his hand, and lightly changed the topic away from himself: "It's raining so hard outside, Uncle Zhong, you didn't get wet when you came back, right?"

"No, your poncho is ready." Zhong Yunde rubbed his brows, blinked tiredly, and said, "When I arrived at the fishing ground, I happened to see two brothers from the Yan family."

"Ah, they," Zhan Hao echoed faintly, took a sip from the teacup at hand, "What's wrong with them?"

"Yan Heng still looked like he was half-dead, but Yan Qi greeted me with confidence." Zhong Yunde raised his eyes calmly, his eyes were determined: "They start fishing the day after tomorrow, the same day as us. "

Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, smiled lightly and raised his eyebrows: "Is this natural? The rain will stop the day after tomorrow and the tide will rise. It's a good time to set up nets."

"But the most important thing is—" Uncle Zhong interrupted him in a deep voice, pointing his fingers at the table and said, "I saw that they hired a lot of water bills, all of whom are famous river bullies in Suzhou." Hearing this, Zhan Hao Quietly turned his gaze to his side, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Just set up a net, why hire water scouts?"

Uncle Zhong shrugged his shoulders, pursed his lips and rolled his eyes: "Who knows, anyway, put your mind to it, I'm not sure how to deal with it. When the time comes, you should go online. There are so many people. What a mess."

Zhan Hao thought about what he said, and quietly lowered his eyes.On the side, Li Feifei and Qiu Langxing both kept their mouths shut and looked at each other, for fear of interrupting his train of thought.Zhan Hao tilted his head, his eyebrows were raised neatly for a while, and then calmly relaxed.After a while, Li Fei saw that he raised his head with eyes full of ease, and said to Uncle Zhong, "Uncle Zhong, where is Yuan He? Where did she get the walnuts I asked her to buy?"

When Uncle Zhong heard this, the serious and expectant expression on his face suddenly disappeared.I thought he was going to continue talking about the fishing ground, but in the end...Uncle Zhong glared at Zhan Hao with a kind of sad and indignant eyes, his brows and eyes were tangled, and a lot of words rolled on his tongue.But after brewing for a long time, he still didn't vent his anger. He just sighed with pain on his face, stretched out his thin fingers, and pointed to the sundries yard in discouragement.

Zhan Hao showed a satisfied smile on his face, looked at Li Feifei, then at Qiu Langxing, then turned around and walked over there in a good mood.The corner of the tea-white gown flashed by the door and disappeared behind the wall in an instant.

Dead Leaf was sitting by the bed, listening to the sound of the rain and doing exercises, when the door was suddenly pushed open by Zhan Hao.Dead Leaf opened her eyes calmly, not as startled as before.The point is disturbed in such a way that there will be no one else but this strange fellow.

Zhan Hao walked slowly to the inner hall, with his hands behind his back, stood in the partition and tilted his head to look at him.Withered Ye glared at him, and said in a cold voice, "What's the matter with you?" Zhan Hao blinked innocently, and said, "I thought you'd be hungry, so I'll bring you something to eat."

Upon hearing this, Dead Leaf felt her stomach twitch reflexively.In the past few nights, he didn't know why, but he always felt hungry very quickly, and then Zhan Hao would bring him something to eat.This feeling... To be honest, Dead Leaf felt very uncomfortable, as if he was pinching her weakness.But when he was really hungry, he had no choice but to forget about these things unwillingly.

It's just a supper, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Frowning in thought, the dead leaves slowly got off the bed.Zhan Hao sat at the table, looked at him with a leisurely smile on his chin, and took out a net of walnuts from behind with his other hand and put it on the table.Withered Leaf looked up and saw it, with a puzzled expression on his face: "What is this?"

Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised: "You don't know?"

Withered Ye frowned and sat down: "I don't know, can this food be eaten?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and squeezed one out, held it up in front of him, and stared at others.Seeing his expression, Zhan Hao couldn't help feeling amused.He also picked up a walnut and said with a soft smile: "This is a walnut. You need to pry open the shell to eat the pulp inside, which is a bit like a peanut."

"Walnut?" Withered Leaf frowned even deeper: "I've seen walnuts before, but they don't look like this."

Zhan Hao calmly opened his eyes wide, stretched out his hand, and asked unhurriedly, "Then what did you see?"

"Round, blue, with flesh, not as ugly as this one, dry." After the dead leaf finished speaking, she looked at the fruit in her hand with disgust.Hearing what he said and seeing his expression, Zhan Hao couldn't bear it any longer, he stretched out his hands to cover up his head and turned his head to laugh.Withered Ye frowned and stared at him, and said unhappily, "Why are you laughing!"

Zhan Hao waved his hand, and answered with a smile: "That's a walnut. The one you saw before is a fresh fruit, and it's not edible. The peel is slightly poisonous, but it's a traditional Chinese medicine." Bale raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile on his face. He also said: "Why, you have seen walnuts, but you have never eaten walnuts? It's really strange."

Dead Leaf gave him a rather unwilling look, lowered her eyes and said in a muffled voice, "What's so strange about it, if you haven't eaten it, you haven't eaten it."

When I was young, I didn't understand many things, and at that time, Cen Li gave me a soul-hunting technique.As for the "walnut", he only remembered a rough idea.In my vague memory, someone was walking on the road carrying baskets of walnuts. Cen Jing asked the elder brother what those were, and the elder brother replied that they were walnuts.Cen Jing said again, brother, I am so hungry, can I eat walnuts?

At that time, he remembered his eldest brother smiling gently and answering, walnuts are delicious, and I will buy them for you after a while, okay?

But not long after, the eldest brother went crazy.A while has become a lifetime, and the promise can no longer be fulfilled.

At that time, he thought that walnuts must be like pears, sweet and sour, with a lot of juice, delicious, but not full at all.Now I really hold a walnut in my hand, recalling my childhood imagination, Dead Ye thinks... this walnut is uglier than a pear, it's more than 01:30.

"It's definitely not delicious." He muttered in a low voice, his eyes becoming more and more disgusted.

Zhan Hao looked at him with a chuckle, stretched out two fingers calmly and squeezed the walnut lightly, with a "click", the hard shell of the walnut cracked a thin crack along the mouth.Withered Leaf turned his eyes sideways, staring at his hand without blinking.I saw Zhan Hao unhurriedly picking the shell with his flat nails and flipping it lightly, revealing half of the complete walnut brain.

The dead leaves stared at the deep and shallow ravines on the nuts for a while, and suddenly a weird smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's like a human brain." After speaking, he sneered, and squeezed the walnuts in his hand hard. Just listening to the sound of "pop", the whole walnut was broken into powder.

Withered Ye was stunned, and then a vein popped up on his forehead, Zhan Hao saw it from the side, he couldn't help laughing until the corners of his mouth twitched.

"What kind of broken walnuts..." The fur-fried fox gritted his teeth, and was about to go mad. Zhan Hao quickly dug out the pulp and stuffed it into his mouth. on the scars on the face.

After being teased by him like this, Dead Leaf's annoyed expression immediately froze on her face, her eyes were wide open, and there was a whole walnut between her lips.Zhan Hao sat in the chair with a dignified expression and posture, looked at him solemnly, and said unhurriedly, "Eat, walnuts are delicious."

Withered Ye sat for a while, staring fixedly at Zhan Hao, and after a while, silently wriggled her lips and ate the walnut.Zhan Hao took his time to raise his right eyebrow, and the little mole under the corner of his eye also flickered for a moment, looking extremely complacent.

Seeing him so frightened, the dead leaf was grinding the walnut meat vigorously with the back molars, and he felt more and more that this guy was pushing an inch.But Piansheng can't catch him, and he can't find evidence even if he wants to scold him, uh... bastard, don't let me catch you, or I have to treat you like a walnut... Well, this walnut seems really delicious of……

Zhan Hao looked at the dead leaves with a smile in his eyes, and keenly observed the softening of his attitude, so the smile on his face deepened.Dead Leaf glared at him again, then lowered her eyes out of breath.He chewed and swallowed the walnuts reluctantly, frowned and stared at the table, silent for a while, stretched out a finger and pulled the bag of walnuts in front of him.

Zhan Hao lightly smiled and raised his forehead, but in the end he got the dead eyes.He ground his back molars, twisted a walnut in his hand with a cold expression of bitterness and hatred, and squeezed it...it all shattered.He stared blankly for a long time in disbelief, and took out another walnut after a while.This time it was better, it was only broken in half, but it still annoyed Cen Erye very much.

Zhan Hao stared at him with great enjoyment, watching him pinch walnuts holding his breath, watching his furrowed brows, his tightly pursed lips, the tattoos and scars on his face became more and more vivid due to the change of expression.

His most awkward little fox.

Zhan Hao rested his chin, his eyes became softer and softer.The dead leaf in front of me was losing its temper because of the small fruit, and the fingers pinching the walnut were covered with oily fruit oil and fruit debris.Zhan Hao couldn't help sighing, stretched out his hand and took out a walnut, gently squeezed and crushed it under his angry eyes, and a whole piece of flesh was exposed.

The dead leaves are completely hairy.

So Zhan Hao was beaten out again.

If he still found it funny last time, this time, Zhan Hao felt depressed—why is there always a feather duster among the usual decorations at home?Although it is convenient for cleaning, it is also very convenient for his awkward fox to drive people away.Fortunately, there was no one around. If there were, wouldn't it be embarrassing to watch him being beaten out with a feather duster?

Hey, it doesn't matter, anyway, it's his little fox who makes the feather duster, afraid that his wife will not be ashamed... Zhan Hao muttered to himself, and slowly straightened his clothes at the door of the withered leaves room.Fortunately, he specially dressed so nicely, but people didn't buy it at all.If the feather duster had been pulled harder, his clothes would have been torn by the wind knife.

No, it's better not to let others know about such a shameful thing.

Zhan Hao squinted his eyes and stood in the porch, staring seriously at Canna who was beaten to pieces in the rain for a long time.He raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, and the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed... and then he relaxed, and he returned to his usual laid-back, calm and breezy Zhan Dashao.After a long while, Zhan Hao put his hands behind his back, spun his body, and the skirt of his clothes danced in a careless arc in the cool wind of the rainy night.

On a night of heavy rain, sleep seems to be heavier than usual. The sound of the violent rain outside the window is like the best barrier, separating the outside world from the room.Zhan Hao hasn't slept so soundly for a long time, and after the dead leaves came, his sleep condition got a little better.At those hours of the night, you can squint through it in a daze, but it's not like today, when you really fell asleep.

Waking up in the morning and breathing in the fresh air after the rain feels like a new life.

When I went out the door, I saw the dead leaves just coming out of the room.He was still dressed in black, and the tight belt made his thin and tough waist more obvious.The slender and straight legs, and the uppers of the soft boots stuck to the calves, inexplicably revealing a lean temperament.

Dead Leaf closed the door and saw him as soon as she turned her head.Zhan Hao squinted his eyes and smiled at him. He thought he would get a friendly greeting, but he didn't expect him to give him a glare, and walked out on his own.

It seems that the fox is still angry with last night.Zhan Hao curled his mouth, sighed, and followed slowly.

The heavy rain had stopped in the middle of the night and now it was drizzling.He was walking in the porch, looking at the straight backs of the dead leaves in front of him, and outside the porch, the damp trees kept receding beside them.This scene made him feel familiar - when he was in Changzhou Mansion, it seemed that he had pissed off the dead leaves several times because of something, and he walked ahead angrily, and he followed happily.

The scene seemed to start repeating itself again.In fact, in retrospect, his routine of teasing dead leaves seems to be the same, there is no change, but every time he teases him, he is so angry that he can't calm down the next day.

And the pleasure he gets every time is actually similar, but he just feels that it is not enough, and there is no trace of boredom.

Does this mean that he already likes his little fox very much?

After breakfast, it was almost past time.When the servants came to clean up the dishes, Dead Leaf stood up and was about to go out, but her body froze by the stool again.Zhan Hao sat leisurely, leisurely waiting for the action he was about to make.Dead Leaf frowned slightly and turned to look at him, looking a little upset: "I've been here for almost three days."

Zhan Hao blinked and smiled: "Yes."

The dead leaf stuck in the throat and couldn't get it out: "But I didn't do anything! I can only hang out every day and practice!" No cats, no work to do!

"You mean, you want me to do something for you?" Young Master Zhan was cheerful, smiling like a spring breeze.The girl next to him cleaned up the dishes and saw him like this, she couldn't help but bowed her head and walked out with a suppressed smile.Dead Leaf looked at the little girl resentfully, then turned her eyes back to stare at him after a while.Zhan Hao put on a helpless and innocent look, spread his hands and said, "There are so many people doing things here, there is nothing extra for you to do."

Withered Leaf still stared at him, with the look of "I believe you are the only ghost".Zhan Hao stared at him innocently for a long time with his big eyes open, seeing that he was still refusing to let go, he sighed pretendingly, spread his hands and said, "I really didn't lie, there are people who will do everything that needs to be done." It's gone." He said while breaking his fingers to show the dead leaves: "Look, there is Li Fei at the Cloth Village, Uncle Zhong at the Fishing Ground, and shopkeepers in the Spice Shop of the restaurant are also looking after me. But you can't help with these things. If you want to say what you can do, it is probably the matter of Pei Junrong's son. But I have already asked my subordinates to go to Luoying Mountain to inquire about that matter, so I don't need to bother you..."

After counting here, he raised his eyes, showing a look of helplessness: "So, you can continue to idle."

Withered Ye folded her arms around her chest, her face became even more ugly: "Zhan Hao, you dragged me to Suzhou for fun, right?"

"Hey," Zhan Hao sighed with a smile, and leaned back in the chair loosely, with a leisurely posture, "Farewell, Cen, how can you say that about me? What's wrong with taking you out to relax?"

Withered Ye suppressed his temper and narrowed his eyes, and said in a depressed tone, "I don't want to relax here! If you have nothing to do for me, I'll go back to Changzhou today!"

Hearing him use the word "hui", Zhan Hao couldn't help lowering his eyes and secretly amused.At this time, outside the dining room, there was a sound of light footsteps coming from far and near.Withered Leaf turned her face vigilantly, and saw a slender girl in gray running in, with ordinary appearance and simple hair accessories.Seeing him, the other party was slightly startled, and then looked at Zhan Hao with some doubts.

Seeing her expression, Dead Leaf thought that she should be Zhan Hao's informant or something.Zhan Hao smiled and nodded to the girl, meaning that this masked guy is one of his own, it's okay, and said: "Shumei, let me introduce you, this is Cen Bie, my new guard in Changzhou Mansion, Just call him Brother Cen."

When Shumei heard this, a look of understanding appeared in her eyes.She turned her face and looked at the dead leaves lightly, then smiled calmly and said: "Master, you seem to have made a mistake about one thing. I am twenty-five, brother Cen is one year younger than me, he should call me sister, Instead of me calling him brother."

"Ah! That's right, I almost forgot." Zhan Hao patted his head with a sorry expression.When Dead Leaf heard her saying that she wanted to call her sister, she felt strangely uncomfortable, her whole body was tense, and her face was also a little stiff.Shumei glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and the smile on her mouth couldn't help adding another meaning.After a while, she raised her eyes, and was about to report the situation to Zhan Hao, but saw her young master smiling and looking at her with a sly look in his eyes.

Shumei knew what that look meant, at least she had been with Zhan Hao for so many years.Zhan Hao was whispering to her, just say, this person is very interesting, right? — as you just thought.

Shumei smiled lightly and nodded almost invisibly.Zhan Hao smiled for a while, then raised his eyebrows, his eyes became more serious, and his sitting posture also changed, from reclining to sitting upright.Shumei blinked, calmed down her expression, and said, "I didn't see anyone from the Lin family in Luoying Mountain, but I did see Yan Er, and a group of strange people with good martial arts and a strong murderous aura. Among them are a pair of twin brothers, and a guy with a demonic look, who looks like a rich man's pet."

The expression on Dead Leaf's face changed, his eyes unconsciously looked at Shumei, and he counted in a low voice: "Shadow Gate, Brother Wang, Old Xiao."

Shumei's face changed, and she also turned to look at him, her eyes calm.Zhan Hao stroked his chin and pondered quietly, then raised his eyes for a while, and looked at the two people who were silently communicating in front of him—Dead Ye's face was very calm, his eyes were neither humble nor overbearing, and there was no disturbance.Staring at his serious expression, Zhan Hao couldn't help showing a doting smile on the corner of his mouth.

He lowered his eyes and smiled silently for a while, then said unhurriedly: "Is Pei Xi seven years old?"

Hearing his question, Dead Leaf was a little puzzled: "What did you say?"

Shumei nodded calmly, and replied, "Yes, Master Pei said he was seven years old."

Zhan Hao narrowed his eyes faintly, and said with a smile, "Fang Qiu is over four years old, and Pei Xi is seven years old... Farewell, Fang Qiu likes you, will Pei Xi like you?"

"Huh?" Withered Leaf frowned, with a suspicious and disgusted expression on his face.

In the afternoon, Pei Junrong and Li Fei came back one after the other under umbrellas.Zhan Hao was frowning at the two account books in the lobby, when he looked up, he saw the two of them walking on the bluestone road in the front yard, a blue and white umbrella with a white background, and a crimson umbrella.Li Wei's complexion was very bad, and he looked very angry.At first, Zhan Hao said that it was Pei Junrong who provoked him, but looking back, Pei Junrong didn't look very happy, and his face was very flat.

Zhan Hao continued to look behind them calmly, and found that they were stalked this morning.