Li Yuezhen walked to the Yushi Prison with a heavy heart and found that his colleagues all looked in a hurry.

"……What happened?"

"Oh, Li Yuezhen..."

The elder censor scratched his head with a deep frown.

"It's really troublesome. Wei Qiude, who was conducting a secret investigation in Yinzhou, has found out the clues and can bring the greedy prefect to justice, but he is injured and cannot continue the investigation."

"Brother Qiude is injured..."

"I heard that I sprained my foot and had to use a cane to walk."

It seems that we must urgently dispatch additional personnel to continue the undercover investigation.

"...Where in Yinzhou?"

"Minghai County. The house leaked and it rained all night. We didn't have enough manpower..."

"I go."

The older censor looked at Li Yuezhen with his mouth wide open.

"Hey...you, didn't you just come back yesterday?"

"I can go, give me the materials. I will leave at noon and arrive at Minghai County the day after tomorrow. Could you please help me contact the various government offices."

"If you are willing to go, of course it will be of great help...but are you okay?"

"no problem."

This is...escape.

Although I had to apologize to Chunxiang, I didn't dare to face her, so I used work as an excuse to escape.

I really am not qualified to marry her...

I hope that the next time she returns to the capital, she will marry a man who is the right match for her. She will definitely marry next time, next time, next time...

While making preparations for departure, Fubo's words kept lingering in his mind.

…

"It's so rare. Why are you back?"

Hearing her sister's voice, Chunxiang slowly raised her head from the bench where she was lying.

Her eyes were red and swollen.

"Because I can't cry there..."

"You ran home and cried secretly? What happened? Did the queen bully you?"

"On the contrary, the queen is so nice that I can't cry in front of her, lest she worry..."

"You mean, no one in our family is worried about you?"

My sister laughed, pushed Chunxiang's feet away, made room for herself and sat down.

"Everyone is busy in the store, so no one pays attention to me..."

"Yes! So, even if I run back to my parents' house, I can still live there comfortably. It's really reassuring."

My sister got married on a blind date last year. She often quarreled with her brother-in-law. After the last big quarrel, she moved back to her parents' home.

"What happened?"

"Sister, don't worry about it..."

"I'm so bored!"

"It's too much..."

"Then let me guess...have you fallen out of love?"

"..."

"Oops, you hit the mark with just one guess?"

So annoying... Chunxiang muttered, lying on the bench and holding her head.

"You are so stupid that you ran back to your parents' house because of a broken love. If your father found out, wouldn't he immediately ask you to go on a blind date with the person from last time? Doesn't the other person like you very much?"

"I don't like that kind of man who thinks he's great..."

"Then don't run home and cry. Stay in the palace and let the kind-hearted queen comfort you. I won't tell dad, so go back to the palace as soon as possible!"

Chunxiang sighed and stood up. She couldn't even cry properly at home.

“…how can I give up?”

"If you are thinking about this problem, it means you can't give up yet."

Although my sister's words were cruel, she was probably right.

Chunxiang blew her nose.

"I can only tell you, no matter how much you feel sorry for yourself, don't marry a man you don't like. Otherwise, it will be even worse in the future."

"Since you understand this truth, why did you marry someone you don't like?"

"I neither liked nor disliked him at first! When I disliked him, I came back to my parents' house!"

"..."

Such a simple reason is indeed in line with my sister's character.

"elder sister."

"What's wrong?"

"...I'm sorry, I stole the shell you had before."

"ah?"

My sister looked back at Chunxiang, tilting her head and wondering.

"That shell that Uncle Liu gave you! I said I wanted..."

"...I don't remember. Is there such a thing?"

"Of course! I was six years old then...and I threw the shell into the well."

My sister crossed her arms, looked at the ceiling and thought for a long time, and finally shook her head.

"I don't remember it at all, why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

"I just want to apologize..."

"Then I accidentally broke your hairpin once, so I had to secretly take it away and throw it away."

"Ah? When?"

"When I was about seven or eight years old, I had a red hairpin with butterflies on it. I accidentally stepped on it and broke it, so I threw it away secretly. You later looked for it desperately, but I pretended not to know."

"I do not remember……"

Chunxiang didn't even remember that she had such a hairpin.

Chunxiang leaned back on the chair and exhaled heavily.

"Sigh... I should have done more bad things if I had known earlier..."

"What are you talking about?"

Chunxiang felt that if she had committed a crime, Li Yuezhen would not hold her head high in front of her, but she racked her brains and could only think of this level of evil deeds.

…but that’s definitely not the problem…

Li Yuezhen can't forgive himself... He can't forgive his past self.

"That person... rarely smiles."

"……Um?"

"He had been severely traumatized before... He seemed not to let himself laugh..."

Even so, you will know it when you meet.

No matter how boring the content of his words is, he will listen quietly with gentle eyes, that is...his smile.

"I really hope he can smile more..."

Li Yuezhen probably doesn't want to talk about the past.

If you let him talk about the past that you don't want to mention, and if you say those words and cause him trouble, he will definitely hate himself completely.

Sister patted Chunxiang's back gently.

"It's almost time for you to go... everyone will be back after the store closes."

"Um……"

Chunxiang blew her nose again and stood up suddenly.
To be continued...