[Seven-five] Sunflowers are warm

The feeling of galloping may be pleasant at the beginning, but it is not comfortable after a long time.When he returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Xu Xiangyang was exhausted.There was still some drizzle halfway, and even though she was wrapped in Zhan Zhao's cloak, she still felt a little cold.Zhan Zhao avoided other people's eyes, wiped the rain off her face for a while, and said in a low voice, "I have to report to Mr. Bao, I can't go back with you, you should be careful."

Xu Xiangyang nodded, "Well, go quickly, don't keep your lord waiting, I'll go back first."

Zhan Zhao watched her go away before turning his eyes away to go to the study. Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun were still discussing the case. Seeing Zhan Zhao's return, he hurriedly asked about the situation.They found a large wooden box in a hidden cave. The box was damaged. Judging from the size, it should be the jewel box that was stolen, but there were no gems at the scene.

Master Bao frowned and pondered, "Could it be that they have divided up the loot and fled separately?"

"Is the deceased outside the village related to this theft?" Mr. Gongsun raised another question, "If it is unrelated, why did he die outside the village? If it is related, it is also a strange death. This case is full of fog."

Master Bao twisted his beard and sighed, and then said: "The identity of the deceased has not yet been confirmed?"

"It has not been confirmed yet. The villagers have come to identify them one after another, but they do not know each other. The deceased was stabbed to death by random knives, which is similar to the burglary. Previously, we suspected that the murderer might be someone who was familiar with the deceased. Maybe we can call the servant to identify it first." , and then make a judgment.”

Right now, that's the only way to go, Mr. Bao nodded, "That cave still needs to be watched secretly, the case is not yet clear, maybe they haven't left yet."

He also said some doubts and cleared his mind.Master Bao saw that Zhan Zhao's clothes were still wet, so he asked him to go back to rest earlier.Seeing his tall and straight figure, Lord Bao sighed again, and then said: "Guard Zhan really doesn't know how to cherish his body, and he doesn't know how to go back and change his clothes before coming back. What's the difference?"

Mr. Gongsun said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Guard Zhan still doesn't understand his temperament? When he's busy, he doesn't care about anything. Fortunately, there is Miss Xu to take care of him, so it won't be worse than before." Mr. Bao couldn't help but think of the rabbit. The woolen jacket, later said with a smile, still let everyone see the true face, it is really skillful, exquisite and generous.Ms. Xu forgot about the past, so Zhan Weiwei got a good wife by a blessing in disguise.

When Zhan Zhao left the study room, it was raining outside again, and it fell gently on his body, bringing a slight chill.Entering the small courtyard, seeing the light in the kitchen was still on, my heart was slightly warmed.I thought that life would be a mess, but unexpectedly, it gradually stabilized like it is now.Entering the kitchen, I saw Xu Xiangyang drying his cloak in front of the stove.Seeing him, she got up quickly, "Master Zhan, you are back."

Zhan Zhao looked at her, "Why don't you go to bed earlier? There's still time to do these things tomorrow."

Xu Xiangyang put down the cloak, "I boiled hot water, so I dried the cloak. You got caught in the rain, take a bath and go to the cold." She was wrapped in the cloak and didn't get caught in the rain, but he was on his way in the rain.She has always remembered Mr. Gongsun's exhortation, and he must take care of his injuries.Ever since I went on tour with Master Bao, the medicine bath has been discontinued, and now I'm back home, I have to soak as much as I can if I have the conditions.

The hot water in the pot was already boiled, so he accepted her kindness.Seeing her bandaged hands, he said, "I'll help you change the medicine on your hands first." Xu Xiangyang looked at his hands and thanked him softly.She wanted to wash her face at first, but after boiling the water, she realized that her hands were still hurt and could not touch the water.

Zhan Zhao has a lot of experience in changing dressings and bandages, so he quickly removed the bandages, and the cuts on her palm gradually revealed, which looked a little scary.She flinched slightly, not wanting to expose her ugly scars to his eyes.Zhan Zhao was used to seeing wounds, so he grabbed her hand with one hand, picked up the ointment with the other, and gently applied it to the wound.

His slender fingers were covered with thin calluses, and the ointment slowly oozes coolness as the fingers slide, relieving the discomfort of the wound.Her gaze moved up quietly along her fingers, carefully outlining his thin lips, straight nose bridge, drooping eyebrows, long eyelashes...

"I didn't expect to encounter such an accident when I went back to visit the grave. If I had known this earlier, I would not have let you go back alone."

He startled her by speaking suddenly, and hastily lowered his eyes, his heart beating weakly, "Uh, no one would have thought that this would happen..." He calmed down and said, "Fortunately, Miss Ding is fine. "

Zhan Zhao glanced at her, then lowered his head to bandage her again, "From now on, please avoid Yuehua as much as possible." Their relationship is awkward, and it's best not to meet each other.It is really unavoidable for adults to go out on tour. After being together for a while, not only are they uncomfortable, but others are also uncomfortable watching them.He said this now, not only for her to avoid, but also for him to avoid.

Xu Xiangyang thumped in his heart, stared blankly at him fixing the bandage, and heard him say again: "You were not familiar with each other at first, but later..." He paused, raised his head and said seriously: "Since I married you , I will never leave. Yuehua is to me, after all, I can only be strangers, too many exchanges will only increase worries, and it is best to avoid it."

"Master Zhan..." Xu Xiangyang frowned slightly, did he think so in his heart?Miss Ding was clearly looking forward to this reunion, she, she still felt that she would leave after a while.He said so, what should we do in the future?

Zhan Zhao suddenly smiled, and his tone became brisk, "What? Is it hard to live with me?"

"No, it's not! How come?" She hurriedly shook her head, looked at him, bit her lip, and whispered, "Master Zhan, you are fine..."

The back of her left hand was bruised extensively, and after applying medicine yesterday, she has recovered a lot.Zhan Zhao was careful about the leftover ointment, "Since it's good, let's live a good life and don't think about the past." His hands paused, a little self-deprecating, "I almost forgot, you forgot the past, I shouldn't think about it anymore."

"Zhan, Mr. Zhan, don't say that. In fact, you don't have to be like this. I said, one year, two years, three years, five years. Things will fade away, you..." Looking into his eyes, He and Ding Yuehua were always able to defend themselves until the clouds opened and the moon was shining brightly.In her heart, she longed for a place to belong.No matter how you look at it, Zhan is excellent, and he can undoubtedly give her a stable support.However, she didn't dare to take this ownership, this security should belong to Ding Yuehua, even if she greedily took it, she still felt uneasy.

"Since things will always pass, we have survived the most difficult moments, and we have kept the clouds open to see the moon, but we have to separate instead?"

Zhan Zhao...Xu Xiangyang was a little moved, what he said made sense.At the most difficult moment, they rejected, endured, regretted, complained, and suffered. Can't they join hands when the rain is over?However, the beginning was wrong after all, although it was not her fault, but if she hadn't traveled through time, the original Xu Xiangyang would have passed away long ago, and the situation between Zhan Zhao and Ding Yuehua might not be what it is today.

Facing his kindness, she wanted to accept it, but felt uneasy.Can she really join hands with him on this road?

Zhan Zhao knew that she was timid and cautious, so he might have to think about what he said tonight for several days before he could figure it out.He stopped talking, quickly applied medicine on the back of her hand, and bandaged it up.Sure enough, after a long time, she heard her scream like a mosquito: "Zhan Zhao, thank you..."

Zhan Zhao wiped his hands, and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, I'll fetch water for you to wash." Xu Xiangyang even wrote that he was embarrassed, but he really needed his help, so he could only nod slightly.Soon, Zhan Zhao fell asleep, twisted the towel and handed it to her.She took it with a blushing face, and buried her face in the towel speechlessly, wondering if he felt the same way when she took care of him when he was injured last time?

"Can I help?"

Hearing this, she raised her head abruptly, wiped it twice indiscriminately, and stammered: "No, no need, I can, I can..."

Zhan Zhao smiled again, took the towel in her hand, twisted it again, and handed it to her.She was so ashamed that even her ears were red, this time she didn't dare to be perfunctory, wiped her face carefully, held the towel tightly in her hands, and whispered: "I, I... You, you should go to bed early too... "

Seeing that there was nothing he could do to help, Zhan Zhao turned around and was about to leave.Suddenly she stopped him again, and he turned around to see her hastily put down the towel, went to a box of ointment by the bedside and handed it to him, "This medicine, put it on the wound."

He froze for a moment before remembering that he had a wound on his face, and shook his head, "Skin wounds, it's okay, you can keep it."

"But..." on the face.

After a pause, he finally stretched out his hand to take it, "If the injury was elsewhere, you might not care so much about it. On the face, it's always glaring."

"If you don't know, it's fine. If it's serious, you can't ignore it. It doesn't matter where the injury is." She muttered a bit like talking back, then she lowered her head and whispered: "You...in fact, it's fine... "

Zhan Zhao gave a low laugh, seemed happy, told her to rest early, and then backed out.A door separates the two of them inside and outside the house, but it can't separate the hearts that are becoming clearer day by day. Maybe they can't be as deep as the sea, but they can be close to each other.

The next day, when Xu Xiangyang woke up, Zhan Zhao had already left the house. She had an injury on her hand, and it was difficult for her to do daily life, let alone do housework.He simply lay on the bed, recalling Zhan Zhao's words last night.Thinking of him twisting the towel for her last night, she couldn't help blushing, and pulled the quilt up to cover her face.Her heart couldn't stop being sweet, she knew that she had completely fallen.I hid under the blanket for a while, I don't know whether it was because I was holding back or I was ashamed, when I poked my head out, my face was flushed.

After lying in bed for a while, I took off the bandage on my left hand, freed up one hand, and finally I could barely wash myself.After spending some time tidying it up, I went into the kitchen and found a food box on the stove with a paper note under it.It was Zhan Zhao who kept it and told her not to cook today, he had already asked Mrs. Wang to help, and she would bring the meals.Her heart is warm, he is really meticulous.It seems that today's affairs are going to be sneaked, and she wants to go see Mrs. Lin.

After surviving the winter, Mrs. Lin's health improved, and her legs and feet no longer hurt.In the past few days, she didn't know who she heard about her son from, her face was flushed, and when she saw her, she pulled her and chatted non-stop.The topic was all about her son, and she said that the house was a little old, and when the son came back, he would find someone to renovate it so that he could marry him a wife.Speaking of marrying a daughter-in-law, I also talked about girls from various families.

The girl from the Li family is pretty, the girl from the Chen family is greedy, the eldest girl from the Zhang family is diligent, and the young girl is lazy, but she is good-looking because of her figure.After counting around, there was no one who could accompany her son.Xu Xiangyang listened carefully, did he answer a few words, the old man just wanted to talk to someone, so she just listened.Suddenly, Mrs. Lin looked at her lovingly, "Xiangyang, why have you never heard about family matters?"

Xu Xiangyang was stunned, Mrs. Lin had a crush on her, right?She smiled, "Both my parents died, and I was alone and helpless. Thanks to the help of kind-hearted people, I got a living buddy. It's just that both my parents died of illness, and I owed a lot of debts. I'm afraid I won't be able to pay them off for most of my life."

The smile on Mrs. Lin's face faded, and she sighed heavily, "Poor child!"

Xu Xiangyang shook his head, "It's nothing, life is hope."

"Yes! Life is hope! Isn't that the reason? To live is hope! My old bones are just holding on to my son to come back!" Mrs. Lin said with emotion: "My family is poor, and I didn't get married until I was twenty. They gave birth to three daughters and four sons in total. One daughter and two sons died young. The few children who managed to survive were sent away because they were poor and could not support them. Later, the daughter married, Married far away, I will never see him again in this life, what is the difference between death? There are two remaining sons, one joined the army and disappeared; return……"

"Grandma Lin..."

Mrs. Lin is not very sad when she talks about this now, she just sighs, "My man's health is not good, he will go when he is less than forty." Seeing Xu Xiangyang's unbearable face, she smiled comfortingly, "Don't feel sorry for me. At this age, I have seen it all, and I have survived. There is nothing wrong with me, no, I still have a son, and I still have hope."

Xu Xiangyang felt that this old man had a rough life, lost his son several times, and was widowed in middle age, but he was still so strong.What happened to me was insignificant by comparison.Mrs. Lin spoke from her heart, and she felt a little better. She just heard about Xu Xiangyang's life experience, and hurriedly said: "You have been out for a while, go back earlier, and don't neglect working for others. Although you have an injury on your hand You can't do anything, but the master sees you leaving for half a day, and you don't say anything, it makes you feel uncomfortable, it's best if you don't work and stay there."

Xu Xiangyang nodded with a smile, what Mrs. Lin said is right, doesn't the boss have this mentality?When I am off work, I feel comfortable watching the employees sitting in a daze.After leaving Pozi Lin's place, seeing that it was still early, she wanted to go and see Bao'er.

Guan Xu deliberately rented a house with a large yard so that Bao'er could have a place to play.There is a tall sycamore tree in the courtyard, with the canopy stretched out. It is lush and beautiful in this season.Standing outside the courtyard wall, Xu Xiangyang looked up at the green leaves on top, thinking that Zhan Zhao's courtyard was a bit empty, and a few days ago, Mrs. Wang asked her if she wanted to build a grape trellis, so as to block the sun in summer.Thinking of the shady grape trellises, she couldn't help but smile, go back and set up the grape trellises.

Before he could take back his thoughts, he heard a faint voice coming from inside, it was Ding Yuehua!With Ding Yuehua around, it would be difficult for her to go in, leaning against the wall silently, listening to the conversation inside the wall, feeling uneasy in her heart, what is going on in Ding Yuehua's heart?

Ding Yuehua suffered only flesh wounds, she is a martial arts practitioner, these are nothing to her.Injuries are secondary, and the hurdles in my heart are sad.Xu Xiangyang, saved her.That day when Zhan Zhao spoke thoroughly, Bai Yutang also gave her a slap in the head, either because she didn't understand, but because she didn't want to accept it.She didn't want to go back, but no matter how long she procrastinated, she would go back even if the case was solved.Anguish in my heart, but no one can talk about it.

She thought of Bao'er and Guan Xu.

She really likes Bao'er, Bao'er's innocent smile seems to make people forget all their troubles, and only when facing Bao'er, can she treat Xu Xiangyang calmly.As for Guan Xu, he was the only one who didn't persuade her.Now, only facing him, she can still have some breathing room.

Guan Xu saw that she was wearing it, so he didn't let her hold Bao'er. Bao'er was just at the age of scratching, and he was afraid of scratching her wounds.He looked at her and said, "What's the matter, girl?" He was going to help the iron shop, because Bao'er was teething, so he stayed at home and met her for a visit.

Ding Yuehua smiled bitterly, and briefly mentioned the matter. He was told all the scandals, so what are these trivial matters?He's not talkative either.

Guan Xu listened with a smile, "I didn't expect such a strange wild bee. When I was nearby, I saw a kind of snake with a sounding tail called a rattlesnake. They use the sound of their tails to attract prey. If you don't know, don't worry about it." Talking about animals, even people will be fooled." Seeing that the gloomy look on Ding Yuehua's face faded a little, he continued: "Miss is lucky, she was rescued by Miss Xu."

Ding Yuehua forced a smile, and said for a long time: "Yes... I, I should thank her." Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Guan Xu, "Brother Guan, tell me, how should I thank her?"

Guan Xu stared at her without saying a word, Ding Yuehua said slowly, "I can't thank you enough for saving my life. I'll let Brother Zhan to her, is that enough?"

Guan Xu smiled, "Miss Ding, you are wrong."

"Wrong?" Ding Yuehua was puzzled.

"Zhan Zhao, it was never yours. It wasn't in the past, and it's not in the present."