Ci Jinzhi

  Chapter 82 Request

  Looking at Miao Susu's begging eyes, Xin You really wanted to tell her that Miss Kou who lost her parents was actually very miserable, and it was also miserable for her to lose her favorite mother.

  She is no longer that carefree little girl who wanders around, she is the "cousin girl" of Shaoqing Mansion, the owner of Qingsong Bookstore, but she can't be Xinyou anymore.

   "Did Auntie hire a doctor? There should be many famous doctors in the capital—"

  Miao Susu smiled wryly: "I know my body well, miscarriage just speeds up everything. Miss Kou, can you promise me?"

From the long journey at the beginning of the year, those nights of guilt and insomnia for killing Empress Xin, the fear of killing her husband, the fear of others discovering the cause of her husband's death, and the depression of finding the wrong person after being married for more than ten years, all kinds of emotions have already made me feel depressed. She was overwhelmed until she was pushed to have a miscarriage.

  Battered physically and mentally, she is exhausted, no matter how unwilling she is, no matter how unable to let go of her daughter, she can only accept her fate.

She knew that the eldest sister would be kind to her daughter for the sake of her younger brother, but there was a contingency, in case the daughter did not keep a secret, or other accidents, let the eldest sister know that Zhou Tong was killed by her, dear brother I am afraid that the eldest sister who is as fate will transfer her hatred towards Yue'er.

  Miss Kou is definitely not an ordinary person. She wants to seek as much protection as possible for her daughter.

  Xin You hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "I will take care of Sister Zhou within the scope of my ability."

   Miao Susu breathed a sigh of relief, struggling to thank her.

   "Auntie don't move, take a good rest."

  The two of them talked about everything they should talk about, Xin You offered to leave, and Miao Susu called Zhou Ningyue.

   "Yue'er, send Miss Kou off for your mother."

  Zhou Ningyue took Xin You out of the house.

   "Sister Zhou, don't send it away, go back and take good care of your aunt."

   "Sister Kou—" Zhou Ningyue called out.

  Xin You looked at her.

  Zhou Ningyue's lips moved, but in the end she only said "walk slowly".

   When she turned around and walked towards the deserted door, Zhou Ningyue wiped her eyes.

  She really wanted to ask Sister Kou what she had talked with Mother, but since Mother wouldn't let her know, then she didn't ask. As long as my mother gets better quickly, she will listen to her mother in everything.

  The autumn is crisp and clear, and the streets are full of people, which is completely different from the bleakness of the Zhou family.

  Xin You looked up, glanced at the blue sky and white clouds, and strode towards Qingsong Bookstore.

   Men, women, old and young, vendors, pedestrians, and countless people passing by, Xin You suddenly felt something was wrong.

   It seems that someone is following.

  She turned a corner, stopped against the wall, and soon saw He Qingxiao walking over.

  He Qingxiao showed no surprise on his face, and stood still in front of Xin You.

   "Master He is following me?"

  He Qingxiao looked at the girl who asked calmly, and said calmly, "It's sort of."

   Asking his subordinates to investigate Zhou Tong and his wife, the more they investigate, the more interesting they become.

  Zhou Tong’s life experience is unremarkable at first glance. He lost his parents early and was taken care of by his elder sister.

   Zhou's wife Miao was born as a court lady in the former dynasty.

  A Jin Linwei and a former court lady, this couple has lived in peace for more than ten years, and the reason for attracting Miss Kou's approach can only be Wanyang.

  What happened in Wanyang?

  Miss Kou murdered him and approached Zhou Tong's family. Is it really because of her father?

  But how did she, a little girl who was only twelve years old when her father died, decide that her father's death was not simple and confirm her enemy?

  He, this "enemy", also found the wrong one.

  No matter how He Qingxiao analyzed it, he felt that Kou Qingqing's current behavior was illogical based on Kou Qingqing's experience, but it happened to be the truth.

  In today's meeting, he went to the bookstore to talk to Miss Kou, and then went to Zhou's house after seeing her.

   "It's not far from the bookstore, Mr. He, would you like to have a cup of tea?"

  He Qingxiao raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.

  He thought his answer would annoy her, but he didn't expect to invite him to tea.

  Should the tea be poisoned?

  Looking at the girl with a calm expression, He Qingxiao thought silently.

"good."

  The two of them didn't speak any more, they walked towards Qingsong Bookstore side by side.

  With the launch of "Painted Skin", Qingsong Bookstore is no longer a crowded place. There are always guests coming in and out at this time of the day. Xin You directly took He Qingxiao to the corner door leading to the East Courtyard.

  He Qingxiao hesitated slightly, then looked at Xin You's indifferent face, and walked in silently.

  The stone tables and benches in the courtyard are very spacious and bright.

  The two sat facing each other, Xiao Lian brought some tea, and stepped back to stand in the distance.

   "Master He, please drink tea."

  Goodbye He Qingxiao, Xin You couldn't figure out what mood he was in for a moment, if he had to say it, it would probably be mostly an apology.

   Judging from Miao Susu's secret, He Qingxiao didn't know what Zhou Tong did, and she almost hurt innocent people.

   It was also because of this mood that she didn't feel annoyed when she found out that He Qingxiao was following her.

   She provoked others first, so how can she blame others for following her.

  Looking at the tea that the girl handed over with a smile, He Qingxiao was silent.

   Even if he wanted his life, he wouldn't be so blatant.

  Thinking like this, He Qingxiao thanked him, took a sip of the tea with downcast eyes.

  Xin You's apology came to her lips, and she swallowed it again.

   "Why did Mr. He follow me?"

  He Qingxiao paused for the hand holding the teacup, and put it down.

   "Miss Kou suspects that your father's death was not an accident?"

  Come to find Miss Kou today, he just wants to talk straight to the point. He really didn't want to see people like Miss Kou getting more and more blood on their hands and going nowhere.

  Xin You was taken aback.

  Didn’t Kou Qingqing’s father die in an accident?

  She still remembered what Xiaolian said, Kou's father fell into the river and died while being transferred, and even the body was never found.

   Wait a minute, why did He Qingxiao link her assassination of him with the death of Kou Qingqing's father?

   "Why does Mr. He ask such a question?"

  Xin You's avoidance did not answer what He Qingxiao expected.

  He decided to be more frank: "I have arranged for people to go south to investigate the matter of your father. Ms. Kou may as well wait patiently for the results."

  Xin You couldn't maintain her composure: "Master He sent someone to the south?"

  Where is the south? Wanyang?

   "Well, I sent someone to Wanyang."

  Xin You: "..." Master He really "lived up" to her guess.

   "Jin Linwei is quite good at doing these things. Although it may not be possible to find out anything, it should be better than Miss Kou acting alone in the capital."

  Xin You didn't know what to say for a moment.

  Although He Qingxiao's misunderstanding is a bit big, it seems that this kind of misunderstanding is not harmful...

   "Miss Kou, can you stop for now?"

  Xin You still felt that something was wrong: "Didn't Master He already said that I can't help you."

   What does it mean to persuade her to stop again?

  Xin You had a flash of inspiration and had a guess: "Master He suspects that Zhou Tong's death is related to me?"

  He Qingxiao's silence gave her an answer.

  Xin You was also silent for a while, and asked seriously: "If that's the case, why didn't Mr. He arrest me?"

  (end of this chapter)