"It's you?!" Xiaoruo couldn't help exclaiming, and after realizing that she couldn't attract the attention of outsiders, she immediately lowered her voice. "Why are you here? Where's Mrs. Li Chun?"

Maybe it was the familiar words that touched him, the young man muttered: "Li Chun..."

After just repeating these two words, the boy closed his mouth tightly like a clam.

Xiaoxun got up and walked in front of him, half squatted down and looked at him, "Do you remember me? On the carriage, we were locked in an iron cage, and the iron wire you handed me..."

It seemed that a layer of dust that had been covering it all year round had been lifted, the boy's eyes turned from empty to confused, and his sparse eyebrows were slightly frowned because of trying to remember.

"Iron cage... wire..." he murmured.

"Yes, the wire you gave me is what allowed me to open the cage and jump out of the car to escape. Do you remember?" Xiaoxun repeated patiently.

The slender eyes widened, and he finally recalled the beginning of the nightmare.

Yes, it was that carriage, and he was transported to Yingzhou by that carriage, to the most terrifying hell.

As the memory came back, he seemed to be out of breath, with a ho-ho exhalation sound from his throat, and his thin body deformed like a machine that could no longer support it, bowing into the shape of a shrimp.

"Not good!" The old man Cen frowned, and his movement was as fast as lightning, he pulled the young man's left hand, and pushed his thumbs on Neiguan, Taiyuan, Jiquan and other acupoints in sequence.

After finishing pressing a circle of acupoints, old man Cen was drenched in sweat, and the young man gradually calmed down, his breathing was long and steady.

Xiao Niao and Zheng Dongyang got up to give up more seating space, so that the old man Cen and the young man could sit down more comfortably.

"Grandpa, are you okay?" Xiaoyou took out a small handkerchief, and wiped old man Cen's sweat distressedly.

"It's okay, it's okay." With a weary smile in relief, old man Cen patted Xiaoyou's little hand to comfort her, then turned his head and said to Xiaoruo and Xiaoxun who looked worried, "He's okay, it's just that he was emotional just now, Out of breath."

The commotion in the private room attracted the attention of the shop assistant who had been paying attention to this side.

There was a knock on the door of the private room, and the clerk leaned sideways and asked, "Guest officer, what else do you want?"

"Send me a few more dishes of tea and refreshments." Xiao Xun raised his voice and shouted out.

After dismissing the man outside the door, he lowered his voice and asked the boy: "Did you remember? Last time I was in Qinzhou..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man suddenly grabbed his arm tightly and begged in a low voice: "Please, please take me away...you could escape before, and you can definitely take me away now...please you!"

The dead branch-like fingers sank deep into the folds of Xiaoxun's sleeves due to too much force, and there was unbearable pain in his voice.

Afraid of disturbing the people outside again, Xiaoruo quickly stretched out her hand to cover his hand, and comforted him: "Don't worry, if we meet you again, we won't ignore you..."

The soft voice and the warm palm temperature seemed to have the magical power to dispel nightmares, and just a few words made the boy no longer frightened.

dong dong dong.

The store clerks in Manyanlou are well-trained and agile, and they have already delivered refreshments to the door in just a short while.

"This is not a place to talk, I will look for you tonight." Xiao Xun said quickly in a low voice.

There was hope in the boy's eyes, and he quickly replied, "I live in the woodshed in the backyard, and I'll wait for you."

After speaking, he immediately got up and returned to the shrinking appearance standing against the wall, as if nothing just happened.

In the next second, the shop assistant opened the door of the private room and brought refreshments.

The five members of the Xiao family looked as usual, drinking tea and snacks, chatting about recent anecdotes, after eating and drinking, paying the bill and giving the reward, they left like ordinary guests.

In the middle of the night, the lights of all houses were extinguished, and Yingzhou fell into a deep sleep like a baby in its swaddling arms.

A black shadow sneaked into the backyard of Manyanlou silently. It was Xiaoxun who was dressed in night clothes and blended into the night.

All the guys in Manyan Building have already entered the dreamland in the kitchen, only the young man hugged a thin package tightly in his arms, and curled up in the corner of the woodshed.

Pa, threw a pebble to the feet of the huddled young man, and when the young man raised his head and noticed him, Xiaoxun made a silent gesture, signaling the young man to come over.

The young man nodded, tried his best to restrain the excitement in his heart, and tiptoed close to Xiaoxun.

In the cold winter night, he finally left the nightmare that had bound him for many years.

The young man is like a cat, Xiao Xun can easily take him by the neck and take him back to Xiao's house through the snow without a trace.

The oil lamps at home were still on, and the whole family gathered in Xiaoruo's room.

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, Xiao Ruo opened the door, and it was indeed Xiao Xun who came back with the boy.

"Come in." She beckoned in a low voice, and after the two entered the room, she hurriedly looked around to make sure that no one saw it, and then closed the door tightly.

The room was not big, and it seemed a little cramped when there were seven people gathered together, but fortunately, there were so many people and it was warm, and the temperature was especially comfortable in winter nights.

The boy sat on the stool, his stiff and tense body finally relaxed.

Grabbing his pants, he thanked with a strong nasal voice: "Thank you..."

"You don't need to thank me, I don't know how to address you yet." With a gentle smile on her face, Xiao Ruo handed over a cup of steaming rose tea.

After taking the teacup, the young man showed a long-lost smile, "I don't remember my original name, but Sister Lichun said my name is Wen Wenming, and that's the name of her younger brother."

"By the way, haven't you been by Mrs. Lichun's side all the time? Why are you in Manyan Tower again?"

Xiao Ruo remembered how he was holding the birdcage beside Mrs. Li Chun, he was not so thin back then, with a round and fleshy face, thinking that Li Chun never treated him harshly when it came to food.

Speaking of Li Chun, Wen Wenming showed sadness and melancholy on his face, he said slowly: "Sister Li Chun's master doesn't want her anymore, let her go back to her hometown, I was originally begged by sister Li Chun from her master, and I was taken back I went, and was later given to Manyanlou by the housekeeper and another group of handymen as a buddy."

Wen Lichun's master?Xiao Ruo recalled that Mrs. Lvzhu also mentioned Wen Lichun's begging for a boy before, "The master you are talking about, is it Ying Lang?"

Wenxue Mingmeng raised his head, his eyes were full of fear, as if this name was a taboo.

He shook his lips, and his voice was intermittent: "You...you know...he?"

Xiao Ruo shook her head, "Do you know what this Ying Lang's full name is?"

He opened and closed his mouth several times, and after a few minutes, Wen Ming seemed to muster up a little bit of courage, and said in a low voice, "Sui... Yingtai..."

"What!" Xiao Zhao couldn't help standing up when he heard the name, and repeated in disbelief: "Sui Yingtai? Sui Yingtai, uncle of the dynasty?!"

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