Chapter 9 (Doubt)
Under the moonlight, by the pond, the breeze is blowing.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes and looked at the little girl in his arms quietly. I don't know if his hands were too big or her face was too small. He obviously just wanted to cover her eyes, but he covered most of her face. Covered, only revealing a small chin and red lips.
Probably because he covered her too tightly, she had difficulty breathing, her small mouth opened slightly, and her body rose and fell with every breath. Shen Mu stared at her lips for a moment, and finally leaned on the stone leisurely, with both hands still hugging her waist, covering her eyes.
Although his relaxation was not obvious, Gu Chaochao still felt it: "Is someone gone..."
"Shh." He said softly.
Gu Chaochao didn't dare to make a sound immediately.
The corners of Shen Mushen's lips curled up a little, and there was a faint smile in his eyes.
Gu Chaochao's eyes were completely black, and after standing for a long time, he lost his sense of balance, so he could only silently grab the corner of his clothes to prevent him from falling. She bit her dry lips unconsciously, and raised her ears to listen to the movement in front of her, but couldn't hear anything.
... The two of them haven't left yet, why is there no sound at all? The more Gu Chaochao thought about it, the more nervous he became, and he asked cautiously, "Are you gone?"
Shen Mushen's lips curved deeper, and after a long time he finally let go of her: "Let's go."
Gu Chaochao subconsciously closed his eyes and opened them again. When it was opened, the corpse and the servants were all gone. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized with hindsight that her posture with Shen Mushen was a bit strange—
because there was only so little place for people to stand behind the stone, one of her feet was placed on Shen Mushen. Between his feet, Shen Mushen was leaning on the stone again, the whole person was in a backward posture, and she could only lean on him.
To put it simply, although Shen Mushen has let go of her, she is still in the arms of others. Under the moonlight, she still seemed to have a deep smell of Shen Mushen on her body. Gu Chaochao was embarrassed for a while, and after calming down, he said calmly, "When did you come?"
After realizing this, Gu Chaochao quickly took two steps back and distanced himself from him.
The tone is calm and kind, as if the intimate contact just now did not exist.
Shen Mushen looked at her calmly, Gu Chaochao was able to look at him at first, but gradually his eyes began to dodge. Just when she was thinking about whether to find an excuse to slip away, he suddenly said: "When you go to the corpse."
Gu Chaochao was suddenly embarrassed: "I didn't know it was a corpse." Who would have thought that such a big mansion would put The maid's body was placed everywhere, and a straw mat was put on it.
"I see." Shen Mu raised his eyes and glanced at her.
His tone was calm, but Gu Chaochao somehow felt that he was laughing at himself, touched his nose and forcibly changed the subject: "It's so late, why did you come to the garden all of a sudden."
"For a walk.
" Gu Chaochao, who was about to leave, stopped again because of his rude answer, "Really or not?"
Shen Mushen answered seriously: "Fake."
Gu Chaochao: "..." The
two looked at each other speechlessly.
After a long time, after Gu Chaochao determined that he was deliberately playing tricks on him, he suddenly turned a small face, "It's getting late, the second young master is free, so I won't accompany you.
" Deep together left behind. She walked quietly by herself, so quiet that she could hear her own breathing.
When she walked to the flowerbed, another gust of wind blew, and the small trees on both sides of the road made a slight noise. She paused, and the face of the drowned maid suddenly appeared in her mind, and she suddenly got goosebumps. ...I knew I was taking Hong Chan with me when I was walking just now. Gu Chaochao wanted to cry without tears, and his pace was getting slower and slower. Just when she couldn't help but stop, there was a sudden sound of light footsteps behind her, her eyes widened in horror, and countless horror movie plots flashed in her mind- according to the development of the plot, as long as she turned her head, she could watch it. to a bloody face with seven orifices.
It was the first time she saw a dead person when she grew up so big. Mingming and Zunwu saw the same face, but they gave people completely different feelings... Gu Chaochao knew that he would be afraid, but he couldn't control the repeated memories.
Gu Chaochao swallowed and was struggling between turning back and not turning back, when he heard a familiar voice: "Don't go?"
She paused for a while, then turned back in a daze, and saw Shen Mushen standing by her five steps away.
Tonight's moon star is sparse, even if it is so far apart, she can clearly see his eyebrows and eyes, and when she looks at each other accurately, her beating heart suddenly calms down.
"Let's go," he said again.
"Oh... oh." Gu Chaochao snapped back to his senses, and hurriedly walked forward with his head lowered. After walking out of the garden, he quietly wiped the sweat from his heart on his dress.
It was late at night, the lanterns on the road were all extinguished, there was no one in the Hou Mansion, and there was silence between heaven and earth, only the sound of two people's footsteps staggered. Every time Gu Chaochao took a few steps, he had to listen to what was behind him, making sure that Shen Mushen was still following before he felt relieved. Then he continued to walk forward, stopping and stopping until he stepped into the yard where he was still lit, and his body relaxed. .
Looking back, Shen Mushen was no longer behind him.
Gu Chaochao sighed softly and turned back to the bedroom.
I didn't come back all night. The first thing I did when I entered the door was to untie my clothes belt. I took off the hairpin on my head while walking to the bed. When I got to the bed, there was nothing left on my body and I fell directly on the soft quilt. superior.
"Huh..."
She hummed contentedly, and then recalled the events of the night like a revolving lamp... The most impressive thing was the corpse she accidentally glimpsed. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. Sure enough, after she came up with this idea, she no longer felt sleepy. Every time she tried to close her eyes to fall asleep, her mind began to play horror movies automatically. After she silently retracted her hands and feet outside the quilt several times, she finally opened her mouth. eye. There was only the last piece of the unextinguished candle on the table. The red wax that had solidified was piled up on the candlestick. Gu Chaochao stared at it for a while, and was about to find something to do to pass the time when the door was suddenly knocked twice. She sat up agitatedly, and then Hong Chan's voice sounded: "Madam, are you still asleep?"
Gu Chaochao twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at the empty room silently, and had a clear understanding in his heart—
Gu Chaochao patted his heart silently: "No, what's the matter?"
"The servant saw that the candles in your room were still on, and thought that you might not be able to sleep, so I cooked some lotus seed porridge for you to make a late-night snack. Do you want some? ?" Hong Chan asked respectfully.
Gu Chaochao thought for a while: "Send it in."
"Yes."
Hongchan replied and walked in. After placing the soft boiled porridge on the table, she quickly replaced the lamp with new candles. Immediately brightened up.
The porridge she cooked tasted good, but was slightly bitter. Gu Chaochao sat down at the table and quickly finished the bowl of porridge. After drinking, he did not forget to ask, "Is there any more?"
"The servant has cooked one bowl. If Madam thinks it is not enough, the servant will go and cook another bowl. "Hong Chan said hurriedly.
Gu Chaochao shook his head: "No, let's cook it tomorrow, then cook a little more."
After speaking, she yawned.
Seeing this, Hongchan said: "Madam, rest early, the slaves will retire."
After speaking, she put away the bowl and left.
Gu Chaochao watched the door close from the outside, and couldn't help yawning again. As she walked to the bed, she thought, how could she be able to fall asleep with horror movies playing in her mind now?
Gu Chaochao sighed and fell asleep as soon as he lay down. Gu Chaochao had a good night's sleep until dawn, and when he opened his eyes, he was still a little dazed, and he couldn't remember how he fell asleep yesterday. She stretched and got up. As soon as she went out, she saw Hong Chan sweeping the yard. After thinking about it, she asked, "Have you made the lotus seed porridge? " . Gu Chaochao responded and saw her walking towards the small kitchen, he didn't forget to explain: "Two more bowls." After speaking, he went back to the house and waited.
After a while, the door creaked, and then the lights in the room went out.
Hongchan quickly came over with a few bowls of porridge. Gu Chaochao took a bowl and tasted it. He blinked and looked at her: "Today's seems to be more delicious."
"The lotus seeds were saved last year. If you leave it for a long time, it will taste bitter, some will not, whether the porridge is good or not depends on the lotus seeds used." Hongchan explained with a smile.
Gu Chaochao nodded, and after eating one bowl, he found a reason to take her out, then put the remaining two bowls in the hidden food box, and sneakily delivered them to Shen Mushen all the way.
Because of what happened last night, Gu Chaochao didn't really want to see him, so he put the food box at the door and ran away.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Mushen, who came back from the outside, opened the food box and saw that it was lotus seed porridge, and then he had a meal, and then the corners of his lips raised an inconspicuous arc.
After Gu Chaochao left, he didn't go to Yongchang Hou's place, he walked around the mansion and went back to his yard.
Shen Liu and Li Yinyin weren't there. Although the people in the house were a little more slack in their work than when they were there, they still stopped a lot. Gu Chaochao was solid and comfortable for a few days, but happy days are always short, and the two returned in a few days, and they were more sticky than before.
Generally, if their relationship is good, someone should be unlucky.
Sure enough, that night, Li Yinyin came to see Gu Chaochao.
"My relationship with the prince was discovered by my father." Li Yinyin said with a frown.
Gu Chaochao looked at her with a proud face and pretended to be distressed, so he covered his mouth and exclaimed, "Then what should I do?"
"I can't wait any longer, I must let Shen Mushen take the initiative to speak and give the marriage contract to the prince. "Li Yinyin said seriously.
Gu Chaochao twitched the corners of his mouth: "How to let it go?" " It doesn't matter if you
have a disease, or if you want to become a monk after seeing the world, in short, let him take the initiative to take the blame, and the innocence of me and the prince will be saved." Li Yinyin made an idea seriously.
...Easy to say, why don't you go home? Gu Chaochao smirked: "But he wouldn't agree to this kind of self-destructing reputation, right?"
"Yeah, he's too stubborn, no matter what my son and I say, he won't break off the marriage," Li Yinyin mentioned this. The incident made him angry and annoyed, "Toad wants to eat swan meat, wants to marry me, and doesn't look in the mirror to see if he is worthy!"
Gu Chaochao automatically blocked her narcissistic words: "Then what do you think?" The first thing when he came back The thing is to find her, she must not hold back.
Li Yinyin complained again, and finally said the purpose of this trip: "I want you to persuade him."
"Me?" Gu Chaochao looked strange.
Li Yinyin sighed: "I and Shizi have both offended him, and it must not make sense with him. You... are better than the two of us."
Gu Chaochao: "..."
"Try one last time, if it still doesn't work, don't do it. Blame me for being rude," Li Yinyin gritted her teeth, "In short, he must agree."
Gu Chaochao frowned as he saw the cruelty that flashed in her eyes.
It was already evening, but the other side courtyard was not lit, and the room was dark.
"Master, Li Yinyin went to the wife's room as soon as she came back. It's been almost half an hour." The woman's respectful voice sounded.
Shen Mu lowered his eyes, and there was no emotion on his face.
After a long time, he said indifferently, "I see."