After taking a bath, she changed into the clothes that the Xiao Tong in the House of Chen wore. Her long hair was combed casually into a ponytail.
She walked out of the boudoir that Lord Chen had given her. She was still wearing her huge grey hat and the grey scarf around her face.
Chen Jue sat in the courtyard, drinking water with a satisfied look on his face.
When he turned around and saw her, he frowned again. "Don't you feel hot?"
Li Xiao shook her head. She felt more at ease wearing the hat and scarf.
Chen Jue opened his mouth to scold her, but when he saw her timid look, he held back.
He thought to himself, 'Forget it, take your time.'
Of course, he didn't think too deeply about what the words' take your time 'meant.
This small courtyard was right next to Chen Jue's main courtyard. Although it wasn't big, the scenery was very good.
Chen Jue left home to come to the capital and lived alone in a big house. He was 24 years old and still unmarried. When he was looking at the female's parents, he couldn't help but angrily scold them. He had an arrogant and impolite look on his face.
He often talked about national affairs and unsolved cases with the male elders in the female's family and asked them to comment.
Every time they commented, he would point out the countless loopholes and logical flaws in their words, making the male elders lose face.
That wasn't all. In the end, Chen Jue would throw a heavy blow. He would ask very matter-of-factly, "Is your daughter the same as you? Does she lack logic?" He almost directly said that the entire family had low IQ!
The ancestor of the Chen family once grabbed his arm and scolded him, "Are you getting a wife?
Or are you recruiting female top scorer in the imperial examination? "
Or, when he was looked at by the female elders in the female's family, and the female elders were very satisfied with his face, he would very untimely ask, "Does your daughter look like you?"
At this time, the matchmaker would definitely say things like, 'The daughters of the X family all look like Madam. They are beautiful and beautiful!'
Then, Chen Jue would frown and say with a troubled look, "I'm afraid her appearance is a little unsatisfactory."
The woman's face was covered in dirt and dirt.
After being scolded by his elders, he would ask in confusion, "What did I say wrong?
Don't tell me that with that horse-faced face of his, I still have to marry him like a beautiful lady? "
In the end, many families who had taken a liking to Chen Jue's future and were preparing to marry into the Chen family could not bear the humiliation and finally came to a conclusion: Whoever's daughter married him would have several lifetimes of bad luck!
The praises of being the youngest minister of the Dali Monastery, the young man whom the emperor thought the most highly of, and so on could not make the heads of the families who wanted to marry their daughters give up resolutely.
It was obvious that Chen Jue's performance was very good.
As a result, he was now the most famous unmarried young man in the country.
Chen Jue pointed to the seat opposite the solid wood table.
Li Xiao was like a puppy that understood human nature. She obediently rubbed against him.
"What have you not said about what happened that day? Speak." Chen Jue habitually tapped his finger on the table as if he was ordering a prisoner.
Li Xiao looked around.
"Don't worry, this is my house. No one will hide in a tree and observe you." Chen Jue frowned impatiently. The way he looked at Li Xiao had begun to become dangerous.
Lord Chen had never been a patient person.
Everything that happened to Li Xiao today had exceeded the limits of his patience.
Li Xiao finally began to speak under Chen Jue's pressure. "When I knocked on the door for the first time, I felt …" She looked up at Chen Jue.
Chen Jue looked at her with an expression that said, "If you continue to be long-winded, I'll kill you."
Li Xiao hurriedly continued, "I think I saw a black shadow. It wasn't a normal shadow. It seemed like … it had arms and could move on its own …"
Chen Jue frowned and looked at Li Xiao with disdain.
He knew he would be like this …
Li Xiao lowered her head and pursed her lips. She did not speak.
Chen Jue suppressed his sense of absurdity and anger as if he had been fooled. He continued to ask, "And then?"
Reason told him that there must be many things in this case that ordinary people could not understand.
For example, in a room with only four people, the murderer could be a fifth person. For example, in a room with layers of security, a pregnant woman sleeping alone was killed by the murderer …
Li Xiao looked up at Chen Jue again. However, she rarely interacted with people, and most of her interactions with people were not good memories. Therefore, she did not know how to judge people's emotions by their expressions.
After all, she was still a child. Even if she had experienced a lot, she was still not very intelligent.
Under Chen Jue's pressure, she could only obediently obey. "At that time, I saw this and thought it was strange. That's why I knocked on the door for the second time to look for Big Brother Wang … Borrowing a table was just something I made up …"
Chen Jue snorted. That was more like it. Although she was poor, she still had a broken stone table in the yard.
"What about the so-called fortune-telling?" Chen Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at her.
"I also saw that he was going to have a bloody disaster …" Li Xiao's voice became a little softer.
"The second time I entered Big Brother Wang's yard, I hid behind the water tank and peeked at Liu Anan —" Li Xiao said.
"Liu Yunan," Chen Jue said.
"…" Li Xiao said, "Yes, when I saw him arguing with Wang Yi, I seemed to see a black shadow moving in the shadows … It wasn't the kind where the shadow moved with the main body, but … there seemed to be an even darker shadow moving in the darkness …"
Chen Jue frowned. "A black shadow?
Wasn't it a man in black? "
"If it was a man in black, everyone would have seen him. At that time, the sky wasn't completely dark yet.
It was only in the shadow, not in complete darkness. "Li Xiao thought for a moment before she organized her words.
The person who killed her was that kind of person!
In the darkness, he suddenly appeared from the shadow and killed people!
He was holding a dagger in his hand that could cut open someone's stomach!
It must be the suspicious shadow she saw in Big Brother Wang's yard!
"Is it possible that there was a … shadow that turned into a person?
A shadow monster?
A shadow monster? "Li Xiao asked softly.
The two people faced each other and seriously analyzed the situation. This scene and state made Li Xiao absent-mindedly forget a lot of information about where she was and who the other person was. Gradually, she became a bit more at ease.
"Or maybe it was invisible?" Chen Jue's facial features twisted together. This was really too hard for him to imagine.
He always felt that making such a guess was especially stupid.
But he thought about the rumors about Xu Ting — it was said that Xu Ting had a supernatural ability that couldn't be explained by common sense!
Perhaps, in this world, there were some things that didn't conform to common sense and exceeded one's imagination. They were like monsters, monsters, and ghosts, but they really existed!
"Your mother can really move things through space?" Chen Jue frowned. At this moment, his handsome facial features appeared very conflicted.
Li Xiao nodded obediently.
"Really?" Chen Jue tilted his head and looked at her suspiciously. Was this some kind of trick?
Li Xiao pursed her lips like a small animal that had been wronged.
Chen Jue waved his hand. Forget it, forget it.
"Did you see that shadow under the sun or under the candlelight?" Chen Jue asked again.
Li Xiao shook her head.
"Is there anything else suspicious?" Chen Jue asked.
Li Xiao thought about it and shook her head. Then, she suddenly said, "Doesn't it mean that the shadow is the killer?
Then … as long as the lights are on or stand under the sun, making the killer's shadow have nowhere to hide, then … then we won't be killed? "
Chen Jue pursed his lips and nodded. Then, he said cautiously, "Maybe."
Li Xiao made an "Oh" sound. Looking at Chen Jue's troubled expression, she was a little expectant, a little nervous, and a little disappointed.
Did she … not help much?
If she could help Lord Chen catch that shadow monster as soon as possible, would she not have to die?
Li Xiao clenched her fists. Her palms were cold, but they were full of expectation.
"You can stay here peacefully for now. It doesn't matter to me if you have another pair of chopsticks."
After Chen Jue finished speaking, he stood up and walked out. After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "If you are willing, you can follow me when I go out in the future. You can do divination and help me deduce some information."
Li Xiao's eyes lit up when she heard this. Although she was a little hesitant, she still nodded happily. She … if she worked with Lord Chen, would she be able to get a salary and support herself? Would she not have to be afraid of others?
Then … then, would she be able to live a life of freedom like a normal person in the future?
Under the evening sun, Li Xiao's big eyes shone brightly. Chen Jue, who had turned back to talk to her, was dazzled.
She … really was extraordinarily good looking!
He nodded at Li Xiao. He saw the little girl's pure white teeth when she smiled. She was pure and cute, like a little white rabbit waiting to be slaughtered.
He frowned, waved his hand impatiently, and strode away.
The setting sun cast a long shadow on the wall of the courtyard. It overlapped with Chen Jue's shadow, forming all kinds of strange patterns.
Li Xiao stood by the solid wood table and looked at Lord Chen's back. She suddenly felt that … he was so tall, mighty, and valiant.
Would he … be a really good person?
Would he end up like those people who had tried to be nice to her? Would he hide a dirty and ugly heart under a kind and gentle appearance?
She clenched her fists and begged with all her might, "Please God, let Lord Chen be a really good person.
Please God … "
When the sky turned dark, Li Xiao had a very sumptuous dinner in the House of Chen. There were two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and there was also a bowl of fragrant steamed rice and a bowl of egg soup.
She didn't know how many days and nights she had been running around, but this was the best meal she had ever had. It was many times better than the half-cooked food she made herself.
She had almost completely forgotten the peaceful days she had when her mother was still alive, and the delicious food she had eaten … However, at this moment, she felt as if she was about to grasp the corner of happiness again.
As she chewed on the fragrant rice, she remembered the future she saw belonged to Lord Chen. The shadow monster jumped out of the shadow and killed her.
After dinner, the maid took away her bowl and chopsticks and left after she thanked her cautiously.
Li Xiao was left alone in the courtyard again.
She pursed her lips and tried hard to remember the future she saw belonged to Lord Chen. What kind of clothes she and Lord Chen wore, and where they were …
The night grew darker and darker, and the whole world was shrouded in darkness.