Xia Xun slept for a whole day, and when she woke up, it was already the morning of the second day.
Qi Yan was sitting at the table, looking at something under the sunlight.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xia Xun always felt that his forehead was slightly red.
He stretched himself, sat up, and muttered with sleepiness that had not dissipated:
"I slept for a long time, I'm hungry."
Qi Yan heard him speak and turned to look at him:
"Hungry? Just in time, I bought pagoda leaves parfait, come and eat."
Xia Xun didn't feel sleepy after hearing this, she lifted the quilt and walked to the table, picked one up and ate it.
Qi Yan patted the chair and asked him to sit beside him:
"Your hair is messed up, come here and let me comb it for you."
Xia Xun sat down and ate the cake while waiting for Qi Yan to comb his hair.
He is in a good mood today. Although he will soon see those family members who treat him coldly, he is still very happy in his heart.
Most of his hands have healed, and the pain is almost gone, and he can eat his favorite snacks when he wakes up this morning, and his favorite person combs his hair.
Xia Xun thought, there is no happier day than this.
Qi Yan's hands were not light or heavy, and he combed his hair patiently. After a while, Xia Xun's messy hair was taken care of softly by him.
Qi Yan didn't have an extra hair crown, and used a cloth headband to fix his hair on top of his head.
"Okay." He said softly.
Xia Xun turned around and smiled at him:
"You are much better than Shaobo! She hurts every time!"
Qi Yan watched him with a smile, his smile was so faint that it seemed to be fleeting.
Xia Xun thought he was worried for herself, and comforted her:
"Don't worry, they won't really eat me! Let's just separate for a while, and I'll come to you tonight!"
Qi Yan put the comb into his hand:
"Take this and use it later."
Xia Xun said, "No need! I have a lot of combs at home!"
Qi Yan insisted that he accept it: "Take it."
Xia Xun reluctantly:
"Okay, okay! I'll listen to you, okay?"
He put the comb in his arms, turned to look at the sun, it was time for him to go back.
This time Xia Xun couldn't climb over the wall, but had to walk in through the main entrance.
Qi Yan kept sending him out, to a place only a few feet away from the gate of Xia Mansion.
Qi Hui gently tugged at his sleeve, signaling that he should not come any closer.
There is still a white Po on the gate, and paper money is sprinkled on the ground in front of the gate. Xia Xing has already been buried, and the servants at the gate are still wearing filial piety.
Xia Xun bid farewell to Qi Yan: "Then I'm leaving!"
Qi Yan said in a low voice, "Yes."
Xia Xun took a few steps forward, and Qi Yan called him from behind: "Xia Xun!"
He turns back immediately.
Qi Yan was full of thoughts, and seemed to have a lot to say to him, but in the end, he only said one thing:
"Nothing, let's go."
Xia Xun waved to him and walked towards Xia Mansion.
When the servants at the door saw him, they all turned pale with fright, and a few cleverly ran into the mansion to report.
Xia Xun was quickly led to the mourning hall.
Although the coffin is no longer there, everyone in the Xia family still stays in the mourning hall to do the last ritual for Xia Xing.
The whole family gathered here, and even the eldest sister who married out came back. She supported Mrs. Xia who was crying and fell to the ground, so that she would not collapse on the ground.
Xia Hongxi's eyes were red. When he saw Xia Xun, he glanced at him and said to him without asking any further questions:
"How did you come back? Those people let you go-?... Forget it, it doesn't matter... Go and burn incense for your brother..."
Xia Xun numbly took the three sticks of incense from the servants, walked to Xia Xing's coffin, and casually inserted the incense into the incense burner.
Xia Hongxi scolded him: "Have you forgotten the etiquette? You can't even bow?!"
Xia Xun looked at her left hand, it was clearly covered with bandages, but no one in the house seemed to care.
Mrs. Xia heard that he was back, raised her tearful face, pointed at him and complained bitterly:
"You, weren't you robbed by thieves? How did you escape? Why are you still alive?! Why didn't you die!! Go! Go get my son back!"
Xia Xun stood where she was, speechless.
Xia Wen couldn't take it anymore, and said to her elder sister Xia Yin:
"Mother was overly sad and slipped her tongue for a moment. You should help her back to her room. She has been crying for several days, and she should take a break."
Xia Yin and the maids helped Mrs. Xia out of the mourning hall. Along the way, she screamed in grief and asked Xia Xun why it wasn't him who died.
Xia Wen comforts Xia Xun:
"Don't take your mother's words to heart. After Xia Xing died, she was so sad that she couldn't choose what to say."
Xia Wen didn't know that Xia Xun was kidnapped by gangsters, Xia Hongxi lied to him, saying that Xia Xun was staying at a friend's house in another place.
Xia Wen said: "It was really hard for you to rush all the way back to the capital. Xia Xing has already gone to the funeral, so you may not see him."
Xia Xun didn't understand what he was talking about, and didn't want to. He shook his head:
"Thank you, brother, for your words of reassurance, then I... go down first."
He walked out of the mourning hall through the side door, and no one gave him a second look.
Back in his small courtyard, Shaobo had been waiting for him at the gate of the courtyard, and when he saw him, he jumped up happily.
Yuzhu yelled excitedly, and circled around him, her tail almost breaking off.
Xia Xun seemed to have lifted a heavy burden, and smiled easily:
"It's great to see you all!"
Shaobo and Yuzhu, one on the left and one on the right, carried him into the room.
On the table was the grapefruit that Shaobo had peeled for him. As soon as he sat down, Yuzhu grabbed his knee and wanted to sit on his lap.
He picked up the chubby little meat dog and let it lie on his body, then picked up a piece of crystal clear grapefruit pulp and stuffed it into his mouth:
"How did you know I was coming back?"
Shaobo said: "Of course the servant does not know, so the servant peels one every day. If the young master comes back, he will feed it to the young master. If the young master does not come back, the servant will eat it by himself."
Xia Xun mercilessly exposed:
"Actually, you want to eat it yourself?"
Shao Bo chuckled: "It's a waste if you leave it alone, it's better to enter the belly of the servant."
Yuzhu kept sniffing Xia Xun's hand. Seeing that it was interested, Xia Xun broke off a small piece and fed it to it. Yuzhu took a bite and bared her teeth with soreness.
Shao Bo said again: "Young master, you were saved this time thanks to your servant and Yuzhu. If it weren't for our wit, you would have died long ago!"
Xia Xun was also very curious: "I wanted to ask a long time ago, how did you find Qi Yan and let him come to rescue me?"
Shaobo proudly said:
"The servant wrote a note and stuffed it into Yuzhu's collar, and it crawled out of the dog hole, and that's how it came to rescue the soldiers!"
Xia Xun was surprised: "You can write? You can't even write your own name, but you can also write notes?"
Shaobo was even more proud:
"Quickness makes you wise! In fact, I don't know if the words written are correct, but I thought, Mr. Qi is so smart, he must be able to understand! Sure enough, not long after Yuzhu left, Mr. Qi brought someone here! You fainted at that time Oh, I didn't see it! When Mr. Qi kicked open the courtyard gate, how majestic it was!"
Xia Xun was dumbfounded:
"He broke into Xia Mansion himself to save me? How did he get in??"
Shao Bo said: "Your servant doesn't know either! The servant only knows that Mr. Qi is really good! Although he is a little poor, he is sincere to the young master! Young master, you must not let him down in the future!"
When Qi Yan was mentioned, Xia Xun's eyes curled up with a smile:
"Of course! Besides, there is no one who is more beautiful than him in the world! Just because of his face, I will hold on to him tightly!"
Shaobo teased:
"Young master is so embarrassing when he sees the color!"
Xia Xun made a serious face on purpose:
"Have you ever talked to the master like this?"
Shaobo didn't think it was enough, picked up Yuzhu, held up its front paw, and scratched Xia Xun's face twice:
"Young master is a pervert!"
Xia Xun made a gesture to pinch her face, but Shao Bo quickly hid, picked up the jade beads and rushed outside the door.
Xia Xun refused to give up, and chased after him. Shao Bo put the jade beads on his shoulders and ran in the courtyard.
Yuzhu was jolted by her, thinking it was so interesting, she grinned like a dog and was so excited.
Running to the gate of the courtyard, Shaobo couldn't move, so he stopped to catch his breath.
Xia Xun stopped chasing her, walked up slowly, and knocked on her head:
"It's not right!"
Shao Bo was about to put down the jade beads, when he suddenly saw a few servants running in panic outside the courtyard, shouting heart-piercingly while running:
"The house was stolen! The house was stolen!! Run! If you don't run, it will be too late!"
The two froze for a moment, looked at each other, and looked at each other.
Xia Xun walked to the side of the road, finally stopped a servant, and asked:
"What's going on? What's the raid? You can't talk nonsense like this!"
The guy who was stopped was out of breath:
"It's not nonsense! The government has brought people—here! It's right at the door of the house! The master has been taken over! Young master, if you can run... just run away!"
After finishing speaking, she pushed Xia Xun away and hurriedly ran to the back door of Xia Mansion.
Xia Xun looked far and wide in the direction of the main entrance. The servants and maids in the front and back of the main house were in a panic. Some were fleeing towards the back door, and some fell to the ground, bewildered and at a loss.
He has a bad heart:
"Oops, something might have happened."
Shao Bo's face was full of astonishment: "Could it be because of the Second Young Master's matter? But he is already dead, so could it be... the emperor wants to kill our whole family?!"
Xia Xun thought for a while and said:
"No, I have to go and see."
Shao Bo hurriedly said: "My servant will go with you!"
Xia Xun immediately said no:
"You can't go. If something happens, you will be arrested if you go."
He thought for a moment, and said to her:
"Do you still remember? There is a cellar in my courtyard, you take the jade beads and hide in first! Lock the door from inside, and don't open the door! If nothing happens, I will come to find you, if... just in case If something really happens, you take Yuzhu and escape! The farther you escape, the better!"
Shao Bo grabbed Xia Xun:
"The slave is not afraid of death! The slave must go with the young master!"
Xia Xun pressed her hand:
"Silly girl, if you and I are gone, what will Yuzhu do? If she is such a relative's puppy, if she lives on the street, she is afraid that she will be caught and eaten before dark! Good girl, promise me, replace me Protect it well!"
He pulled Shaobo away, straightened his clothes, and walked forward resolutely.
Holding Yuzhu in his arms, Shaobo stood there at a loss, watching his figure drift away.