Shi Qingxue was frightened by the weird thoughts that flashed through her mind. She quickly shook her head and threw away the weird thoughts.
The two had never met before, and today was the first time they met. They could count the words they said on one finger. How could she think that the shopkeeper would look at her with that doting look, similar to how an elder looks at a junior
It's crazy!
But when she turned to look at Mo Junyang, she saw the latter with a cold face, staring at the shop owner of You Ji Pawn Shop with cold and stern eyes.
It seemed like if he didn't stop him, he would kill this bastard who dared to covet his people when he got out of this door.
"Jun Yang?" Shi Qingxue pulled Mo Junyang's sleeve uneasily and called out softly.
Whenever Mo Junyang shows such an expression, even if she hasn't understood what happened, she always has an uneasy premonition.
Then he couldn't take his worried eyes away from Mo Junyang.
It seemed that if she stopped doing something, she and Mo Junyang would end up strangers like they did in the previous life.
Mo Junyang's eyes only stayed on Shopkeeper You Ji for only a few seconds. He quickly regained his composure and turned to Qingxue with a reassuring smile.
Say softly: "I'm fine."
Shi Qingxue had deep doubts about Mo Junyang's words, but shopkeeper You Ji on the other end had confirmed Shi Qingxue's identity and spoke again: "You are indeed Miss Qingxue, that's great! Today I can finally There is no need to live up to the master’s expectations, I can hand this thing into your hands.”
The shopkeeper You Ji didn't care and just put the thing wrapped in red cloth into Shi Qingxue's hand, not letting her refuse.
"Hey, wait, what is this?" Although Shi Qingxue was curious about what Shi Lei's relics were? But she felt a little strange when someone suddenly stuffed her hand with something like this!
Shopkeeper You Ji did not explain until this moment. Instead, he looked at Shi Qingxue with an extremely solemn look and lowered his voice so that almost only the two of them heard, "The thing is... I want to give it to you. What is in it? I I don’t know. But one thing is... I want to tell you, no matter what decision you make in the end, please treat this thing kindly. "
His words were intermittent, especially at the critical moment, and his voice was so low that even Shi Qingxue could not hear him clearly.
After finishing speaking, before Qingxue could recover, she said directly: "Young master has completed what you asked me to do, so I won't disturb you anymore and I'll take my leave!"
"Hey, wait!" Shi Junhe was paying full attention to what this person said just now, but unfortunately he didn't hear a word clearly. He was confused and was about to catch this guy and question him.
Who would have thought that shopkeeper You Ji just looked at Shi Junhe meaningfully, smiled, and left without saying a word.
I couldn't stop shouting.
Shi Junhe didn't let his servants stop him, and the servants couldn't use force against the shopkeeper. They could only watch him walk out of Shi's house in a big way.
As soon as shopkeeper You Ji left, the atmosphere in the living room became weird again.
Before the situation became more serious, Shi Junhe forcibly terminated the conversation and asked everyone to go back to their homes.
When Mo Shujun saw that Shi Junhe's attention was diverted to the so-called Shi Lei's relics - although she was also very curious - she was relieved and did not chase Shi Qingxue to find out what the thing wrapped in red cloth was. He went directly back to his Shou'an Hall.
Shi Junhe brought everyone from Dafang back to Dongyuan.
"Qingxue, please open it quickly and take a look. What's inside?" Shi Junhe asked hurriedly as soon as he closed the door of the study room.
The tone of the question was subtle.
After all, in the misunderstanding in the living room just now, the person who was most hurt was not Shi Baoning, who was ignored by outsiders, but him, Shi Lei's eldest son!
Shi Lei has a relic that he wants to hand over to future generations. Even if he doesn't give it to Mo Shujun, he should give it to his eldest son, right
Why must it be handed over to Shi Qingxue
Even though she was his own daughter, Shi Junhe couldn't help but look up and down at Shi Qingxue, wondering what charm this girl had enough to make her father leave him and entrust her with such important tasks
However, Shi Qingxue did not immediately open the package in his hand as Shi Junhe said. Instead, he asked strangely: "Dad, didn't you notice? The man just now was... a little weird."
Even Mo Junyang noticed that shopkeeper You Ji was definitely more than just a small pawnshop shopkeeper.
Shi Junhe didn't see what the problem was and responded casually: "Probably the master told him how to speak before he came, so it's not surprising that he unconsciously adopted the master's tone when he spoke."
"No, that's not the problem!" Shi Qingxue said firmly.
Then, as if recalling the scene at that time, his tone slowed down and was a little uncertain, "When he later mentioned his so-called master, he always used words like 'expectations' and 'live up to', just like It’s like, it’s like…”
"What does it look like? What's so strange about this?" Shi Junhe didn't think there was anything wrong with this. It was like he didn't say anything, but he still admired his father and hoped to live up to Shi Lei's love for him. look forward to…
When Shi Qingxue heard this, her eyes lit up, with a look of joy on her face as she found the key point, she nodded and said, "Yes, that's the problem! We all have this to some extent when it comes to the people we care about, our relatives, and our elders. mentality, but he will definitely not mention his elders in his reminiscence-like tone, as if the elders have passed away.
Right? Big sister, you must feel the same way, right? "
In order to seek recognition, Qingxue turned her attention to Shi Baoning.
Shi Baoning remained silent from the moment he entered the room. When he was suddenly asked by Shi Qingxue, his face was stunned for a moment, but then turned into a sneer, "My grandfather never regarded me as his father's daughter, how dare I do this?" Feel?"
Shi Qingxue: "..."
She knew that with Shi Baoning's sensitivity, shopkeeper You Ji's words just now would definitely be like the sharpest thorn, piercing into Shi Baoning's heart.
"...Sister, you misunderstood!" Shi Qingxue struggled to defend Shi Lei: "Grandpa, he definitely doesn't think so, it's all..."
She racked her brains and couldn't think of a good explanation.
Facing Shi Baoning's mocking gaze, she suddenly felt her heart aching as if being pricked by a needle.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind, and she said resolutely: "Grandpa loves you so much, so he would never say something like that. Didn't I just say that? The master of Shopkeeper You Ji is probably dead; his master I received instructions from my grandpa and then entrusted them to him again. I had to go through two hands in the process, so it is normal for mistakes to happen!"
She tried her best to speak good words for Shi Lei, almost eloquently, but she just didn't want Shi Baoning to misunderstand Shi Lei.
But Shi Baoning was completely unmoved by her words and just looked at her coldly, which made her even more confused.
"Okay!" Shi Junhe still couldn't stand it, and interrupted the confrontation between the two sisters, ending the topic forcefully, "Now is not the time to talk about this matter, Qingxue, you'd better open the things and take a look first , can you see what it is?"
Seeing that all their attention was not on the suspicious shopkeeper, Shi Qingxue had no choice but to open the red cloth obediently and reveal what was inside.
"Huh?"
What is exposed from the red cloth is a white, slightly curved piece, like... a human bone!
"ah!"
When Shi Baoning realized what was in Shi Qingxue's hand, he immediately screamed and hid behind Wen Renchi, trembling, not daring to take another look at Shi Qingxue.
Everyone didn't react much at first, but they were shocked by her sudden move.
Although Shi Qingxue also felt horrified—especially since this human bone was still being held in her hand for observation without any obstruction—she still suppressed her fear and continued to observe the human bone in her hand.
She was so frightened that she swallowed, but her little hands still tentatively groped on the bone fragments.
Based on the curvature and size of this human bone, it should be a human skull.
And... when her fingers touched the curve of the skull, she paused suddenly and subconsciously raised her head to look at Mo Junyang, "Here..."
As soon as she opened her mouth, her words were stopped by Mo Junyang - the two of them were now so familiar that they didn't even need to speak, they could understand what the other wanted to express with just a look.
Although Shi Qingxue was confused as to why Mo Junyang suddenly shouted stop at this time, she instinctively kept her mouth shut out of trust in the man.
Others were so frightened by the fact that the so-called relic was a skull that they didn't notice the interaction between the two men.
After a while, Shi Junhe said firmly: "This is definitely not my father's skull."
Shi Qingxue nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Of course, the corpses I just saw in my grandmother's darkroom were all intact, and it's impossible for grandpa to have his skull shaved off and then have it handed over to me in a few years." , as a token, right?"
It’s scary just thinking about it!
If Shi Lei really did this, Qingxue would definitely not be his most beloved granddaughter at that time, but rather the one he hated the most.
But the problem came again.
If it wasn't Shi Lei's skull, whose skull was it in Qingxue's hands at that time
It's impossible that Shi Lei left behind an enemy's skull after he killed one, and then handed it over to his granddaughter a hundred years later, just to test her courage
Thinking about it... it doesn't make sense.
Just when everyone was racking their brains and couldn't figure out the reason, Mo Junyang suddenly said: "If I guess correctly, this skull belongs to a woman."
Shi Qingxue did not doubt where Mo Junyang came to such a conclusion, and directly asked "Whose?"
Mo Junyang shrugged, saying that he didn't know either.
Then he looked at Shi Junhe and said calmly: "After all, what we can guess from just looking at a human bone is limited, and Qingxue just said that the shopkeeper of Youji Pawnshop is very suspicious. General Shi will not let go. Let’s start in this direction!”
Shi Junhe's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and said, "That's right, let's check the shopkeeper first!"
After that, he called Shi Jie to arrange the investigation.
Mo Junyang took advantage of this opportunity and directly pulled Shi Qingxue out of the study.
After Shi Junhe finished explaining everything, only Dong Hui, Shi Baoning and Wen Renchi were left in the study.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird.