In a small courtyard in a remote part of the capital, Li Yu sat on the steps outside the main house,
With his eyes closed,
Leaning against the flowerpot of the strong pine potted plant.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment,
He only raised his head,
Facing the sun,
Breathing quietly.
Behind him was a bedroom that emitted a strange smell. The windows on all sides were covered, and the people in the courtyard were lying on the ground,
They could no longer stand up.
Because that person had infinite power,
And the person who thought that he could do whatever he wanted,
Was still in the room behind Li Yu.
On the bed that had once allowed Liu Rui to suck blood to achieve his strength,
Now, it was his own blood that was spilled. He felt his life flowing away, but he didn't know if he was really going to die.
It was almost noon,
Li Yu's stomach growled twice, and he finally opened his eyes,
He took a deep breath.
He also took a deep breath,
This breath was exceptionally long,
It was as if he wanted to exhale all the turbid air and emotions in his body.
The pale color on his face also faded slightly. He clenched his fists tightly and barely stopped his fingers from trembling.
The sun was clearly very bright,
But when it shone on his body,
He didn't feel warm at all.
Because of the medicinal effect,
He had been breaking out in cold sweat.
The headache almost made him lose his mind.
He reached out his hand to block the sunlight,
He was like a person who had been in the dark for a long time and was not used to the light. He blinked countless times before he could look at the light around him.
He stood up, his body swaying slightly.
He lowered his head to look at the dark purple robes he was wearing, and a mocking smile appeared on his face. With a grab and a wave of his hand, the purple robes on his body were torn off. With a flick of his fingers, the robes that had rolled over Liu Rui's bed were instantly torn into countless pieces.
He clenched his fist again, and all the pieces of clothes turned into powder and disappeared into the air with the wind.
Under the dark purple luxurious clothes, he was still wearing a light gray regular clothes. It was as if he had expected everything when he went out and specially wore two sets of clothes.
..
After a day of anxious information sorting and reviewing all the details.
Nothing was found.
All of Liu Rui's properties had been searched, but there was no trace of Liu Rui.
Liu Rui's wife didn't know where her son had gone either. Everyone in the House of Liu knew nothing except for a few servants and guards who had disappeared with Liu Rui.
Chen Jue had no choice but to keep everyone in the Liu Family under surveillance. He temporarily sealed off the House of Liu in a low-key manner.
But this kind of behavior couldn't last forever!
He had to find Liu Rui as soon as possible!
As soon as possible.
But … this was just a grain of sand. Unless he committed a crime, where else could they find him?
But … as the judge in charge of the case, he couldn't expect him to commit murder just because he wanted to catch him.
On the way back, Chen Jue closed his eyes and did not say a word.
Li Xiao sat beside him. She could feel the anxiety and unhappiness emanating from him.
After getting off the carriage, she ran back and forth to serve Chen Jue. As she followed him inside, she instructed A Liu to pour hot water for the lord to wash his face. She also instructed the Cookmaid to make something light but delicious when making soup and roast meat. She also instructed the Housekeeper to dismiss all irrelevant people and not let unimportant people in front of the lord.
She was like a little Housekeeper. She arranged Chen Jue's affairs properly.
When Chen Jue washed his face and felt refreshed, he found that the hot tea was already placed in front of him.
Li Xiao sat opposite him obediently. She watched him drink a mouthful of tea and let out a sigh. Then she carefully said, "Lord, do you want to eat?"
Chen Jue nodded and asked slowly, "Why didn't you go directly to Li Yu's today?"
"Ah … Lord, you're in a bad mood …" I just wanted to accompany the lord.
Li Xiao pursed her lips and smiled at him. She didn't have the nerve to finish the rest of her words.
Chen Jue snorted coldly. "Let's go to Li Yu's courtyard for dinner."
"Okay!" Li Xiao immediately stood up happily. She hadn't seen her brother for a day and was still thinking about him.
… …
As soon as Li Xiao entered the side courtyard of her brother's courtyard, she started running.
When she saw Li Yu from afar, she rushed over.
Li Yu was sitting in the courtyard in a daze. Suddenly, he saw Li Xiao running over with a smile on her face. He immediately stood up and gently hugged her.
As he patted his sister's hair, he looked up and saw Chen Jue turn the corner of the corridor and step onto the path towards him.
He lowered his head and whispered in his sister's ear, "Xiao Xiao has grown up. In the future, you're not allowed to jump into your brother's arms, do you hear me?"
Li Xiao immediately pushed her brother away and jumped away. She chuckled embarrassedly. Although she was obedient, she didn't take it to heart.
Li Yu sighed. His mother had put a lot of effort into educating him. In addition, his sister was still young. There were many things that she hadn't had the time to teach Xiao Xiao.
He didn't expect that something would suddenly happen at home … Now, there was no female elder who could teach Xiao Xiao the rules and principles.
Looking at her, other than the men from the Dali Monastery, there was only him, her brother. At most, there was an old nanny in the House of Chen. She didn't have the ability to educate a young lady.
Li Yu pulled out the bench and let Xiao Xiao sit down before sitting back down.
When his sister sat beside him, even if she only smiled and didn't say anything, he felt exceptionally warm in his heart.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but reach out to stroke his sister's hair. When he thought of Chen Jue sitting across from him, he quickly withdrew his hand.
A lot of things had changed ….
Chen Jue ate dinner absent-mindedly.
Li Xiao gave him two bowls of soup, and he drank two bowls.
Li Xiao gave him a few chopsticks of meat, and he ate a few chopsticks of meat.
For the rest of the time, he ate the food in front of him. Li Xiao had to change the position of the plates after a while so that the adults could eat other dishes.
Li Yu looked at Chen Jue from time to time. He knew that he was thinking about something, so he didn't ask too much.
The meal was quiet, and everyone was thinking about their own things.
After the meal, Chen Jue stood up and prepared to leave.
Sitting here to eat was to make the little girl feel more at ease.
It would save her from accompanying her brother to eat and thinking about him. If she accompanied him to eat, she would be worried about her brother.
He still had a pile of paste in his mind that needed to be straightened out. He really didn't have the mood to accompany the siblings anymore.
But just as Chen Jue stood up, Li Yu shouted, "Lord Chen, why don't you sit down?"
Chen Jue waved his hand and continued to walk out.
Li Yu raised his finger, and the stone stool that Chen Jue was sitting on just now rushed in front of Chen Jue to block his path.
"…" Chen Jue almost tripped. He turned around and glared at Li Yu angrily.
Li Junnan had an apologetic smile on his face. His smile made it hard for people to get angry.
Chen Jue snorted coldly. He was very unhappy with these acrobatic tricks.
"Sit for a while. Don't go back and think about things alone. The more you think about it, the more irritable you will get. Trust me." Li Yu's voice was murmuring, like an ultimate temptation.
Li Xiao had already accompanied the Cookmaid to bring the fruit plate, snacks, and snacks over.
When she heard her brother's words, she immediately joined in the rescue camp. She opened her big eyes and looked at Lord Chen expectantly.
A strange feeling emerged in Chen Jue's heart. He was used to being frustrated, anxious, and facing the lights alone … At this moment, suddenly, two pairs of eyes were looking at him. One was concerned, the other was gentle, and the other was naive and worried.
"…" Chen Jue remained silent, but he still walked back.
Li Yu raised his finger, and the stone stool that was blocking his path returned to the side of the table.
"…" Chen Jue glared at the stone stool. He was still angry. This group of bastards with superpowers. So what if they had superpowers?
Was Li Yu showing off to him?
Why was this young man so immature?
Shouldn't people hide their special abilities and use them sparingly?
As he thought about it, Chen Jue turned his head and glared at Li Yu. "I should send you to build a house. It's fun to move bricks and tiles, right?"
"Ah …" Li Yu was a little surprised that he was suddenly rebuked. However, when he looked at Chen Jue's angry expression, he smiled gently and tolerantly, as if he was a big brother who was tolerant of his younger brother who was in a bad mood.
"…" Chen Jue looked at Li Yu's expression and frowned uncomfortably.
He hated this kind of gentle person the most. Hypocritical!
Cunning!
Hypocritical!
Pretending to be magnanimous and magnanimous … Seriously, his gaze made people unhappy.
Li Yu didn't know that if he didn't quarrel with Lord Chen, it would make Lord Chen even more unhappy.
He poured a cup of tea for Chen Jue, then leaned back slightly and looked up at the sky. He said indifferently, "There are many stars today, look."
Jue Chen impatiently raised his head to take a look. En, very beautiful!
However, when the case was getting more and more serious, he was sitting here and looking at the stars with the two of them …
Chen Jue couldn't believe that he was sitting here and looking at the stars with a 'clear conscience'.
Instead of going back and thinking about whether he had missed anything.
"Wow!
That star is so bright. Brother, is that the North Star? "Li Xiao pointed at an exceptionally bright star in the sky.
"Yes," Li Yu said softly.
Chen Jue looked up at the star. This little girl was really stupid. She didn't even know about the North Star.
He was actually so stupid as to sit here and listen to the siblings talk nonsense.
Chen Jue felt as if his time and life were flowing away.
He frowned. No!
He slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly.
Li Yu looked up at Chen Jue and smiled. "Sir, why don't you sit down for a while?
You can't think of a solution in your current anxious state.
Zhang Tang has a photographic memory. In this kind of situation, he will definitely be more useful than you. Why don't you rest well tonight and relax? It will be more effective to review the case with Zhang Tang tomorrow morning. "
Chen Jue lowered his head and looked at Li Yu. His eyes narrowed unconsciously.
Li Yu seemed to have guessed what Chen Jue was thinking. He smiled and said, "I know far more than you think. Don't underestimate me, Lord Chen."
"You –" Chen Jue thought for a moment and glanced at Li Xiao before sitting back down.
"It wasn't Xiaoxiao who told me. Don't worry.
She's very obedient. She won't tell me anything about the Dali Monastery. "
Li Yu smiled indifferently. "Why do you have to torture yourself? You know it's useless, but you still have to make yourself remember the case every minute."
"Drink tea."
Li Yu moved his finger, and the teacup in front of Chen Jue moved in Chen Jue's direction. "Why don't we drink tea?"
"You …" Chen Jue frowned deeply. "Do you have the ability to see through people's hearts?"
"Haha."
Li Yu couldn't help but laugh. "No, I just moved these little things."
"…" Chen Jue looked at Li Yu carefully.
"There are many things in this world that are not understood by others. Sir, you don't have to worry too much."
Li Yu sighed. "On such a beautiful night, I'm sure the criminal won't have the heart to commit a crime and kill people on such a night.
Sir, why don't you rest assured? This tea is really fragrant. "
Li Xiao widened her eyes and looked at her brother on the left and Lord Chen on the right.
There was a strong sense of uneasiness brewing in her heart.
She suddenly felt that the brother in front of her had changed a lot.
The joy of seeing her brother for the first time gradually calmed down. She was also becoming more rational and could observe many different things.
Her brother didn't smile as much as before.
No, it wasn't that he didn't smile, but his smile often lacked the purity and warmth of the past.
Her brother also seemed to have a lot on his mind. There seemed to be many things hidden in his eyes that she didn't know and didn't want to know.
She often didn't understand what her brother said. She always felt that these words contained something … that she couldn't understand.
Her brother's aura … seemed to have changed.
In the past, he would never be like this … as if he wanted to control everything.
She turned her head and secretly glanced at Lord Chen. She carefully sized up Chen Jue's eyes — she always felt that Lord Chen could see through everything.
Lord Chen must have sensed that something was wrong a long time ago.
This made her very uneasy.
Something seemed to be brewing between the two men in front of her. She didn't know what would happen.
Ah, right.
In the past, she often saw her brother's future. Sometimes, she could even see it many times a day.
But during this period of time, ever since her brother returned to her side and came to the House of Chen.
She didn't see her brother's future even once.
What did this mean?
It meant that for such a long time, she hugged her brother excitedly. Her brother patted her head and patted her back, but …
She didn't touch her brother's skin even once.
Not even once.
She took a bite of the fruits and vegetables in front of her and scratched her head.