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Chapter 23 The Protected Little White Rabbit

Xie Yuan held the little bird in both hands, and held it carefully on her chest. She looked up at the roof with a straight posture, with a worried look, thinking about how to climb up and put the little swallow back into the nest .

The sky was glowing blue, and Shen Liuzhen's eyes couldn't see her side face clearly, but somehow he felt that she was very attractive like this, and couldn't help but want to get closer.

Shen Liuzhen was next to her, looked at the little swallow in her hand, and saw that the cuff wrapped around her wrist was untied, so she stretched out her hand to wrap the cuff considerately for her, and said:
"Let's find a ladder and send it up."

Xie Yuan looked at the position of the eaves and said, "Don't bother, just watch mine."

As he said that, he stepped on the railing and jumped up with one hand holding the pillar. Like a deer, he directly grabbed the carved window in the corridor. Then he turned over and hung on it with his toes. He propped himself up, just enough to see the swallow's nest on the opposite side.

She stretched out her hand cautiously and put the little swallow inside.

Shen Liuzhen watched her series of actions below, dumbfounded.Obviously, he knows all the things his father taught, and he has never seen such a move taught before.How did she do it?

He was opening his mouth in surprise, when there was a cool wind on his head, Xie Yuan turned over and jumped down, with a "pop", a piece of glazed tile was caught by her foot, fell down, and the fragments splashed on the ground, Shen Liuzhen hurried He stretched out his sleeves to cover his head.

Fortunately, the sleeves of the clothes he was wearing were able to block them, not like Xie Yuan's narrow and neat sleeves.Otherwise, it would have scratched his face...

"Ah... it's over, one piece of this tile is lost, let dad know it's time to hit me again." Xie Yuan said regretfully.

Shen Liuzhen quickly picked up the pieces one by one, piled them up in the gap under the corridor, covered them with soil, and said:
"No one saw it. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. Who knows you did it? Go away, you'll be beaten if you're late!"

The two ran away, but how could the cleaners of Xie's mansion not report this matter, so Father Xie knew about it before they had lunch, and thought of Xie Yuan directly.

"Xie Yuan, did you drop the sink tile above the swallow's nest?"

At that time, Xie's family and Shen Liuzhen were eating together. Father Xie raised his eyes to look at Xie Yuan, and asked calmly.

Xie Yuan hesitated and did not dare to say anything. Mrs. Xie looked at her worriedly and said softly:

"A Yuan, didn't mother tell you not to go on the roof? No matter how powerful a person is, there are times when they miss. What if they fall?"

Shen Liuzhen rescued Xie Yuan, saying: "Teacher, mistress, maybe the wild cat wants to eat the young swallows and tramples on the tile. If anything happens, look for A Yuan."

Father Xie sneered, lowered his eyes and held the food in his mouth, and said, "Then that wild cat is too human, and knows how to put the broken tiles in one place and dig a hole to bury them."

Shen Liuzhen froze, with an embarrassed expression on his face. He originally wanted to delay the time of being discovered, but this way, it became a criminal evidence...

Xie Yuan had no choice but to admit: "It's me..."

Father Xie glared at her, and said with a very gentle expression: "Go hold your pillar..."

"Yes... Dad..."

Holding the pillar is Xie Yuan's exclusive way of beating, and it has become synonymous with her punishment.

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It seemed that whenever Shen Liuzhen excused Xie Yuan, he never succeeded.Not only that, with Xie Yuan around, if he made a mistake, Xie Yuan might take the blame for him.

"Xie Yuan, it's you again! How many vases have you changed in the main hall!! Prodigal son, get the hell out of here!"

Shen Liuzhen saw Father Xie, who was already mad, chasing Xie Yuan all over the yard with a ruler, and couldn't help but feel fear.

He swallowed hard, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and timidly said to Father Xie:
"That...old...teacher...actually, I accidentally knocked over that vase."

Father Xie turned a deaf ear, panting and thrusting his waist, the shiny black and golden ruler gleamed coldly in his hand, pointed at Xie Yuan and said:
"Come here for me!"

"Father...it's really not me this time!" Xie Yuan shouted aggrievedly while hiding.

"Teacher... wait for my father to come back, let him compensate... compensate you..." Standing aside, Shen Liuzhen stretched out his hand persistently and explained, although he was very timid.

Because this time, it was really him who did it... and the vase is an ancient relic with a high value.

This time he got into a big disaster.

But Father Xie acted as if he didn't hear it, and said to Xie Yuan earnestly: "...Xie Yuan, do you want to admit that you have done something wrong? Come here!"

"It's really not me!" Xie Yuan roared angrily.

"Come here for me!"

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Shen's father was often not at home, so Shen Liuzhen stayed at Xie's house most of the time, studying, eating together, and being beaten and scolded with Xie Yuan.

To say that before the age of six, Shen Liuzhen was a lonely toddler who was forced to play tricks with his family's servants while carrying his adult status.

But ever since Xie Yuan climbed the wall and appeared on their tree, he has gradually become a child who is always loved and protected.

The most important thing is that he has a playmate of the same age as Xie Yuan, and he no longer feels alone, lonely, stubborn, and desolate.

His memories before the age of six were always filled with hatred of an inexplicable origin, while the memories after the age of six turned into the ups and downs of the piano sound, no matter how chaotic it was, it was still pleasant to hear.

In this way, the two grew up to nine years old.

Colonel Shen became General Shen, and Father Xie became the governor of a local county.When the two became more and more busy, there was less time to teach Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen.

So the two children had the opportunity to sneak out to play from time to time.

At the age of nine, Xie Yuan was still half a head taller than Shen Liuzhen, coupled with her heroic attire, in comparison, Shen Liuzhen, who has always been dressed as a Confucian scholar, is like a weak little white who needs to be protected by her rabbit.

On this day, they were running out to wander in the street, Xie Yuan walked fast, he walked through the crowd a few times and then disappeared.

By the time Shen Liuzhen realized that she could not be found, it was already too late.

He happened to be surrounded by several teenagers in the alley.

"Hand over the money, or we'll sell you." The leading boy said viciously with deep features and a dirty face.

Shen Liuzhen looked at his shiny new clothes.Look at the other party's tattered clothes, it was made by his wife.

Because Xie Yuan was too naughty, he couldn't wear any good clothes for a few times, so his wife had expensive fabrics, so she made clothes for him to wear.

Today is probably caused by the new clothes.

"What should I do if I don't have any money with me? All my money is in the hands of my book boy. If you help me find him, the money will be yours." Shen Liuzhen said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)