sunk in yesterday

This assistant named Yu is really reliable and talented.

Xia Zhuo looked at the full tray he brought in front of him, and gave him an appreciative look without hesitation.He chatted while eating, and figured out the situation after a while.

The ancestors of the Xia family accumulated wealth from business, and started to get involved in politics decades ago. Now it is a famous family with a head and face.And three days later it will be the 70th birthday of the Patriarch Xia Hong, taking this opportunity to invite many people to celebrate, and Xia Zhuo is one of them.Although he doesn't know which family he belongs to, but this does not prevent him from performing on airs. He has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run. He got into the show in just a few minutes, and even scooped up people, asking Do you want to go back with me after the birthday banquet is over?

"What's the role of this assistant? You follow me, and I'm sure I'll let you be the head housekeeper." Xia Zhuo held a spoon in his mouth, and he piled up all the lines indiscriminately. Your share is indispensable."

The assistant's expression didn't change, it was still the faint smile.

Xia Zhuo started chatting with him about salary, holidays and beauties again, but maybe Xia Hong gave too much, let him wear his mouth in a daze, but he didn't respond, as if he was talking to Mu Mu for so long Yes, it's really boring.

Unable to find out any more useful news, Xia Zhuo sighed to himself, planning to go to Guan Yuzhou and the others after eating this.Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his eyes, he met four familiar faces. One or two looked like they had just crawled out of a pit, except for the traces of specially cleaned faces, and the whole body was covered with a layer of yellow Ash.

Chu Jin leaned against the wall and looked at the comfortable people in the hall with a little envy, "Is this real or fake?"

"Really." Yu Ziang said, "Which one noticed us before?"

"What a Xia Mingming!" Chu Jin complained immediately, "We've been eating and sleeping in the open for so long, and he just stays here to eat and drink and be served!?"

It's a bit of an exaggeration to eat and sleep in the open air. In fact, the seven clips only took them a day.

Guangbiao finally reacted when he saw the interpreter, which also confirmed that Xia Zhuo who appeared in front of them was no longer a fabricated existence in a dream.

I really came here for whatever I wanted, and I didn't know where to look for people, but they appeared by themselves.Xia Zhuo excitedly jumped up from the hot sofa and ran to Guan Yuzhou's side in twos and twos. While looking at the large and small wounds on his arms in astonishment, he asked with some guilt: "... When are you coming over here? of?"

Guan Yuzhou withdrew his cold eyes from the assistant, and his tense emotions were relieved by seeing Xia Zhuo safe and sound.There was a little smile on his lips, "It started when you told him 'I'll take you to pick up girls'."

The warm and green smile made Xia Zhuo straighten his neck: "... If I say that I am actually trying to build a relationship with him, would you believe me?"

Guan Yuzhou said quietly: "Believe it, why don't you believe it?"

Then you still laugh so perverted.

Xia Zhuo slandered in his heart, but he didn't dare to neglect his actions. He immediately dusted him off like a little wife, and his flattery was beyond words.

Tan Nian is in a critical period of development. She hasn't grown a little taller for a while, but her face is still so cute.But looking at the cold eyes, he knew that it was Tan Xiaohei who was using this body, and swallowed the words involuntarily.

But as far as he knows, Tan Xiaohei usually doesn't come out easily, so showing up now means...

"Did you encounter any difficulties just now?"

"It's nothing serious." Guan Yuzhou said briefly.

Now is not a good time for them to sit down and talk, the assistant behind is still waiting.From the moment Guan Yuzhou chatted with Xia Zhuo, the plot also included these people in the guest list.

Seeing that they all looked at each other at this time, the assistant had a perfect smile on his face, and he took a step forward, "The guest room has been packed, please follow me."

Chu Jin couldn't wait to follow. He was eager to come to the bathroom and let him take a shower, otherwise the sand and stones in his clothes would make his skin uncomfortable.He can bear the dirt, but he can't bear the itching. When he moves, it feels as if there are countless hands touching his body, which is really weird.

The meeting room was at the innermost part of the first floor, and the assistant led them all the way out, passing by the nanny's room, storage room, HVAC equipment room and other places.The spiral staircase is next to the kitchen. In order to facilitate the delivery of food to the restaurant upstairs, Xia Hong also specially installed a lift that leads directly to the fourth floor. It is almost as soon as the downstairs is cooked, and the upstairs can receive it, which is very convenient and fast. very.

"By the way, Yu, why didn't you see your old man?" Xia Zhuo asked as he walked up, "He went out?"

He still remembered that Boyle didn't show up at first because he was not at home. He wondered if it was the same situation as Mr. Xia.

The assistant turned his head slightly and looked into his eyes when he spoke, "The old man usually rests in his room, and he is usually asleep at this point. If you want to see him, you will see him at dinner tomorrow."

"Oh, so." Xia Zhuo just asked casually, it didn't matter what he wanted to see or not, and soon he focused on the carving of the stair railing.

They didn't stop when they passed the second floor, and they didn't stop until they reached the third floor.It was dark outside the window, and the corridor was brightly lit, but there seemed to be a malice seeping somewhere.

Xia Zhuo looked left and right, and finally took a step back and looked up. The stairs went up and fell into darkness. Just staring at it made people feel uneasy, and after a long time, it would cause a strong sense of dizziness.

"The left side is the guest room. There is a landline phone next to the bed in each room. If you have anything to do, you can press the pound key on the phone to talk to me."

The assistant told me the cooking time in the kitchen every day, and he also took whatever was in the refrigerator in the dining room.Before he left, he seemed to think of something again. Looking at Xia Zhuo who was looking at the fourth floor, some cryptic warnings appeared in his dark pupils: "All the rooms on the third floor can be used freely, but please don't go to any rooms other than the ones on the first floor. For places other than the third floor, please contact me first if you need anything. Then finally, I wish all the honored guests a happy three days at Xia's house."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked downstairs, the corridor was soon so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard, and the emptiness made one's heart tremble.

Xia Zhuo can't stand such a quiet environment now, but fortunately, within a few seconds, Guan Yuzhou broke this balance: "Go and clean it up, take a rest early today, and come to me if you have any problems."

There are some things that don't need to be explained too much. Yu Guangli and Chu Jin couldn't wait to go to the room for a routine inspection. Yu Ziang nodded at them, and then went in and closed the door.

When the danger came to an end, Tan Xiaohei retired and returned the body control authority to the main personality.Tan Nian, who was pushed up, blinked in confusion, and greeted Xia Zhuo foolishly. After Guan Yuzhou urged him into the room, he conveniently hid on the ground, freeing the world of the two of them.

"Go in?" Guan Yuzhou has seen so many false images disappearing in front of him, he really wants to hug the person in front of him tightly now, but thinking that this is still outside, he endured it forcefully.But in the next second, Xia Zhuo took the initiative to hold his hand, and stuck it sticky to his body, not caring about the dust at all, and there was a stronger sense of dependence in his eyes than ever before.

"Let me tell you, I just came here too. I have been in a very dark place before. Although I was quite scared, I thought that if I only cared about being afraid, I would not be able to see you, so I will not I kept walking and walking, and finally got here." Xia Zhuo rubbed his eyes with the other hand, and the skin turned red within two strokes.

Just as Guan Yuzhou's heart softened, Xia Zhuo complained again: "You didn't believe me just now, which made me so sad."

He was pretending to be so calm just now, but now only his boyfriend is left in front of him, and his voice is small and aggrieved.

"I don't believe it." Guan Yuzhou's throat rolled, and his voice was hoarse: "...Go into the room."

The two stumbled and closed the door, Xia Zhuo grabbed him and refused to let go, buried him in front of his chest and kept rubbing his face until he turned into a little cat.

After a cursory glance at the layout of the room, Guan Yuzhou leaned against the door and hugged him quietly for a while.It seemed to be comforting him, and at the same time comforting himself.

Only when the person is truly nestled in his arms can he erase the previous scenes from his mind, otherwise, when he closes his eyes, Xia Zhuo looks at him expressionlessly and asks him "who is it" indifferently.

After a long time, Xia Zhuo felt that his heart had completely returned to its original position. He rubbed his chin against Guan Yuzhou's neck. The sand left on his skin brought some rough friction, but he didn't hate it, and gently Talking about what happened before: "I met a black shadow, but I didn't catch up with it for a long time, and I didn't even know if he was human. And before that, I heard the sound of a stick hitting the ground. Knock once, the sound is very strange, anyway, it makes me feel very uncomfortable, you should pay attention to it these days, if there is something wrong, run away first."

Guan Yuzhou's brows that had just been smoothed were frowned again, "Stick?"

Xia Zhuo frowned: "It should be something like a stick... I don't know what it is, because I can't see it at all."

Guan Yuzhou didn't speak, and kept running his palms along his back.

Xia Hong is the only one who can use crutches here.

"What about you? You haven't told me yet."

Xia Zhuo waited, but before Guan Yuzhou could speak, he took the initiative to ask.

Guan Yuzhou thought for a while and said, "It took me a while to find the door to come in. The weather was very bad before I opened the door, which made it look like this."

Xia Zhuo was startled, and quickly let go of him, "I forgot that you are still injured, go quickly, I will take you to clean it."

The two went to the bathroom to take a shower, and Guan Yuzhou washed his clothes, so he had to come out wearing a bathrobe.It's summer now, and although the room isn't very hot, they don't know if the clothes can be dried all night. They plan to go to the first floor to see what's in the refrigerator.

It was difficult to do anything unusual when the assistant was there, and now that he was gone, Guan Yuzhou turned on the flashlight and shone upstairs. The circular light looked ghostly in the thick darkness, and nothing was illuminated when it was illuminated around. The light was more like being swallowed by a black hole.

"Do you want to go up and have a look?" Xia Zhuo was inexplicably afraid of the fourth floor, but her steps were surprisingly calm.

Guan Yuzhou looked at his face vaguely, and after confirming that Xia Zhuo was fine, he said, "I won't go tonight."

That's what it means to come back tomorrow.Xia Zhuo nodded and began to vaccinate herself.

I noticed just now that when I came down from upstairs, there was an extra oil painting on the wall between the first floor and the second floor.

The woman in the painting is wearing a noble gown, clasped her hands on her knees, and has a faint smile on her face.

Guan Yuzhou recognized the identity of the person in the painting with just one glance.In another sense, she is Xia Zhuosu's grandmother whom she has never met, that is, Xia Hong's mother.

"This is the wife of the previous head of the Xia family, who died of illness in her fifties. Because the Xia family has been engaged in business since ancient times, so in order to get involved in a wider range, later generations will marry women from political families."

This is also one of the reasons why Xia Hong hates Xia Zhuo's biological mother, and feels that she has brought a stain on Xia's family.But he never thought about it in another way. If his son Xia Youjiang hadn't forced him, how could an extra young woman have died in the blooming season.

Xia Zhuo nodded silently while listening, as if listening to a story that had nothing to do with her.

There are lights on the first floor, and the unfamiliar environment still makes people feel insecure.The kitchen is very large, and more than ten people working in it at the same time will not appear crowded.There are a lot of frozen fish and meat products in the freezer. Xia Zhuo glanced at it and turned to the refrigerator with a lack of interest. He picked a few pastries that looked good and held them in his arms. , lavishly like shopping in some kind of shop.

There are only some spoons and chopsticks on the stove, and there are no harmful things such as knives and forks, and there is no way to get a protective tool.After finding no other clues in the kitchen, the two planned to head home.

As soon as he turned around, through the long transparent glass, Xia Zhuo saw a furry head moving behind the stairs, looking furtive.

At first, I thought it was an aborigine who had never appeared before, but after careful identification, I realized that the person was Tan Nian.

He looked at Guan Yuzhou suspiciously, then raised his legs and walked a few steps over there.Tan Nian seemed to be waiting for them to come over. Shui Lingling's eyes looked timidly, as if fearing that something might happen around him, he waved at them in a panic.

"Sir, this, here..."

"What's the matter?" Xia Zhuo came to his side, didn't forget to take out a pudding from his bosom, and stuffed it into his hand like coaxing a child.

The plastic cup just taken out was still wrapped in a layer of cold air, Tan Nian took it nonchalantly, with a little joyful satisfaction on his face, but soon he looked nervously at Guan Yuzhou again, holding the small cup eagerly, as if is waiting for his permission.

Xia Zhuo looked at his series of actions, and gave Guan Yuzhou a funny look, thinking that he was really a sensible child, and he had to get the consent of his parents to take things from others.

Seeing Guan Yuzhou nodded slightly, Tan Nian happily stuffed the pudding into his arms, then pointed to the back of the stairs and said to them: "I just came down to find something to eat, and Xiao Hei asked me to take three steps back, and then , Then I listened to what he said and did it... just..."

He didn't finish speaking, as if he didn't know how to organize the language.

Guan Yuzhou understood what he meant, and he took three steps over there, and walked to the dead corner where the stairs and the wall intersected.

Xia Zhuo didn't know why to keep up. He stood behind Guan Yuzhou and looked back and forth, but he didn't see anything worth noting in this blind spot.

"Come here." Guan Yuzhou pulled his wrist, brought him in front of him, and led his hand to touch the wall carefully, "Can you see it?"

Xia Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and he touched the same place carefully, and found that the wall under his fingertips was not completely flat, and there was a little sunken gap in one place.This seam is too small, and because there is no light within a few meters, most people can't notice it at all.

He groped along the seam, turned to one side at a height of about two meters, and slowly outlined a square outline.

There is an answer in my heart that is ready to come out. This is a secret door without a handle.