"I just said that I seemed to have eaten something less. How can I feel full if I only eat vegetables and drinks? When it comes to eating, I still have to have a bowl of staple food." Xu Jin said with a smile.
Xu Mingshi looked at the remaining sesame seed cakes and dumplings on the table in disbelief.
It turns out that these things cannot be regarded as staple food in the eyes of my father? Then what is their positioning? - appetizers?
"..." Ms. Cui glanced at her husband's bulging belly and hesitated.
That's all, persuasion won't stop you.
It's her fault for being careless... She should think twice before speaking in front of her husband in the future.
"Would you like a bowl at Zhao Zhao Ming?" Xu Jin asked the children.
"Have a rest earlier." Mrs. Cui explained: "Now that the weather is cold, you don't have to go to my place every day. You might as well sleep a little longer before getting up early in the morning. If you need anything, just ask the girls to send a message."
Ever since the poison of the sleeping grass was detoxified, Xu Mingyi had to go to the hospital every day to pay his respects.
"Okay, my daughter understands." The girl responded.
Getting up early has been a habit she has developed over the years. Even if she doesn't go to greet her elders, she still has to get up in the morning to practice archery.
But her mother didn't want her to get up early and be cold and busy, so she just listened.
Xu Mingshi also left his seat.
"Father, mother, and son have also returned."
The two siblings left the dining room together.
"Grandpa drank too much tonight, please remember to go and have a look later." Xu Mingyi told his brother after walking down the stone steps.
Mingshi's courtyard is closest to my grandfather.
"Yes." Xu Mingshi nodded, and then sighed slightly: "My second uncle's marriage is already a worry for my grandfather."
Listening to his younger brother's old-fashioned tone, Xu Mingyi also sighed and agreed: "Yes. The second uncle has always had his own ideas. For him, he would rather be sparse than excessive when it comes to emotional matters. And with his temperament here, what's more?
He is someone who doesn’t want to be bound.”
"Would you rather lack than waste?"
Xu Mingshi glanced at her: "Do you really think so?"
"Otherwise?" Xu Mingyi looked at him.
Xu Mingshi was silent for a while, and then said in a very low voice: "...I think that the second uncle must not have that kind of thoughts about women. If not, how could he not even give it a try?"
Xu Mingyi was surprised for a moment:...?
Why would her ten-year-old brother say such a thing?
"Second uncle has been too depressed over the years, but at the root of it, there is nothing unpleasant that is worth mentioning...Second uncle has been talented since he was a child, and he has casually become an admired calligrapher and painter...
..." Xu Mingshi analyzed seriously: "After thinking about it, it is only that secret unspoken concern that makes him so decadent and feels that he has no hope in life, right?"
Xu Mingyi remained silent with complicated emotions.
At first glance, it sounds very possible...?
But why has she never thought about this before? - Is it because she is not knowledgeable enough?
"Mingshi..." Xu Mingyi called in a low voice.
"What?"
Xu Mingyi blinked at him and asked seriously: "Where did you hear these words? The analysis is so logical, shouldn't you... feel the same way?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Xu Mingshi glared and left quickly in anger.
Looking at the boy's back, Xu Mingyi couldn't help but smile.
Sure enough, it would be much better if she teased her brother when she was in a bad mood, and her brother was really useful.
After returning to Xiyuan, Xu Mingyi washed and showered, then got into Xuan's soft bed.
I didn't take a nap during the day. I was tired now and fell into a deep sleep soon.
I don't know how long I slept like this, but I was suddenly woken up by a soft call.
"girl--"
In the darkness, Xu Mingyi opened his eyes, heard Ah Zhu's voice clearly, and immediately woke up.
"What's wrong?"
She asked as she sat up next to him.
"Father has news. He is waiting for the girl in the courtyard right now."
Xu Mingyi raised the curtain and got out of bed.
Ah Zhu then went to hold the lamp.
It was still pitch black outside the window.
Xu Mingyi took the ginger-yellow blouse hanging next to the screen, and fastened the belt with his hands while glancing at the hourglass under the window - midnight had just passed.
Uncle Zhu was different from Uncle Qin, who was known to be too ignorant of eye contact with his grandfather. He did things in a measured way and knew his priorities. If he came at this hour, something might happen.
Xu Mingyi straightened her thick black hair, tied it behind her head with a silk ribbon, and walked out of the bedroom.
"girl."
Zhu Xiu walked from the courtyard into the hall and saluted Xu Mingyi.
He was still wearing black night clothes, so he obviously came directly.
"The person was found in a ruined temple in the west of the city, but it was still a step too late -" Zhu Xiu's eyes were a little complicated.
"Dead?" Xu Mingyi asked.
"yes."
Xu Mingyi pursed her lips slightly.
really--
But this is too fast.
There was a traffic stop on Xiyi Street just after noon today, and now within half a day, the person was dead.
In her previous life, she didn't know the details of the process, the time point of the incident, or how the other party died. Now that she has experienced it personally, she has just realized that there seems to be a lot of strangeness in it.
The more this happened, the more she felt that this person's death might be closely related to the death of the eldest princess.
"How did you die?"
"Killed to death with a knife."
Zhu Xiu answered, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This is what my subordinates saw with their own eyes——"
Xu Mingyi looked at him: "Uncle Zhu saw the other party doing it with his own eyes?"
Zhu Xiu truthfully said: "When my subordinates led people to find the area near the ruined temple, they noticed that a group of people had arrived in front of them. In order to prevent being exposed, my subordinates hid in the dark and did not come forward. All five people in the other party's group were
Wearing black clothes, two of them entered the temple and came out soon after they succeeded."
"After they went far away, my subordinates took people into the temple. Through comparison, they found out that the person who was killed was exactly the person the girl wanted my subordinates to find."
Xu Mingyi's eyes narrowed slightly.
In other words, after the other party killed someone, they did not clean up anything and did not take away the body.
Listening to what Uncle Zhu said, this group of people is obviously well-trained, so doing this is definitely not careless, but basically intentional——
They can do it cleanly and leave no trace.
You don't even have to use a knife.
But it was so blatant, it can be seen that the purpose was to make this matter publicized.
No wonder the story of this person's death in the previous life was so widely spread that everyone in the world believed that the eldest princess must have been affected by this incident to fall ill...
If we speculate based on this, combined with the situation of the eldest princess in the previous life... the mastermind behind this group of people is most likely to come for the eldest princess Jingrong!
"Did Uncle Zhu clearly see the skills of those people? Or did they leave other clues?"
Hearing this question, Zhu Xiu's eyes fluctuated strangely.
