Cure the cold-faced general by solving crimes

Chapter 29 No one in this world has anything to do with her

Jiang Xihe drank a large bowl of sugar water, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Pei, do you want to feed her some more gruel?" It was Aunt Zhao's voice. Jiang Xihe wanted to respond, but fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, the room was dark and gloomy.

She struggled to sit up, and a small hand reached out to her side, "Xiaohe, are you awake?" It was Liu Tang's voice.

Jiang Xihe looked at her in the moonlight, and Liu Tang's eyes were red.

"Are you here?" A warm current surrounded Jiang Xihe.

Liu Tang sat up straight and reached out to hold Jiang Xihe in his arms. The two girls burst into tears.

The darkness amplified hearing and smell, and doubled the sadness. Jiang Xihe was in extreme pain, but slowly suppressed his cry, "Tomorrow, I will take care of my brother's funeral."

Jiang Xihe stood up and lit the candle. There were steamed buns, porridge, eggs, and a few dishes of side dishes on the table. Liu Tang put on his shoes and got out of bed and spread out, "I'll heat it up. You wait for me."

Jiang Xihe pulled her and said, "No, I'll have something to eat and we can talk."

The two girls sat opposite each other. Liu Tang's bun was loose and her eyes were covered with red threads. "Xiaohe, the past is in the past. You have to be strong."

Jiang Xihe buried his head in peeling eggs, his voice hoarse, "I know, but how can I be strong? My father is gone and my brother is gone. What's the point of living alone?"

Liu Tang choked up, "Brother Xifeng doesn't want you to be like this."

Jiang Xihe shed a tear.

"Xiaohe, Brother Xifeng looked for me when he left."

Jiang Xihe looked at Liu Tang.

"Please ask my mother and I to take care of you, Xiaohe. My brother loves you very much. He only wants to make you live a better life. If my brother knows that you are like this, he will be sad."

Liu Tang held Jiang Xihe's hand, "When my father passed away, my mother and I were the same way. If you look forward, how do you know that there is no good scenery ahead? Will you encounter something happier? There will be more happiness. ?" Liu Tang said with hope, but tears fell down one by one.

Jiang Xihe held his forehead and covered his eyes with his other hand.

"You won't listen to what I'm saying now. Let's eat well tomorrow, sleep well, and take care of Brother Xifeng's funeral, okay?"

Jiang Xihe nodded and immersed himself in his porridge, "Thank you for your hard work these past two days."

Liu Tang came over and hugged Jiang Xihe tightly again, "There is no need to say these things that are out of sight." What Jiang Xihe didn't know was that somewhere she couldn't see, Liu Tang had already burst into tears.

The next day, Jiang Xihe woke up in the morning light. He turned his head and glanced. Liu Tang was still asleep, with tears still in the corners of his eyes.

She still has people who love her and she should be strong.

Jiang Xihe walked gently to the kitchen, washed rice and kneaded noodles. When Liu Tang smelled the fragrance and opened her eyes, Jiang Xihe had already brought breakfast to the table and changed into clean clothes.

Liu Tang rubbed his eyes, "I overslept, so I asked you to get up and take care of me." Overnight, Liu Tang's voice became hoarse and his face looked haggard.

"Why are you talking about this?" Jiang Xihe felt sad in his heart and tried to ask Liu Tang in a brisk tone, "You don't have to go to the embroidery workshop today? I've made it earlier. Get up and eat."

"I've asked the shopkeeper for leave these days. I have to stay with you."

The warm current spread upward from the soles of the feet. Jiang Xihe smiled and said, "I'm fine. Aunt Zhao, tell me. I'll thank you in a few days."

"You're out again, Xiaohe, what are your plans today?"

Jiang Xihe frowned slightly. She wanted to bury her brother Fengguang, but she had just calculated that she couldn't do anything with the forty taels of silver in her hand.

"I have to go out for a while. You don't have to worry about me. Do you think I still look like something is wrong now?"

Liu Tang knows what it feels like to lose a loved one, and the sadness comes unexpectedly, catching people off guard. Liu Tang looked at Jiang Xihe. Her cheeks had sunken from the stress of the past two days, but the look in her eyes had returned to the same level as before.

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  After dinner, Jiang Xihe packed up and walked out of the house.

There were several neighbors enjoying the cool air at the entrance of the alley. They saw Jiang Xihe waving their hands from a distance. When Jiang Xihe came closer, they all told her to be sorry and submit.

But after Jiang Xihe walked not far away, he faintly heard people talking, "What a miserable child."

She doesn't cry, she has to be strong, and she can't suffer.

During a tea break, Jiang Xihe walked two streets away and stared at the last house at the end of the alley. Jiang Xihe hesitated for a long time, and finally she knocked on the courtyard door. Soon, Mother Li's voice came from the courtyard, "Who is it?"

"Aunt, it's me, Jiang Xihe."

The person inside was obviously stunned, and then said in an impatient tone, "What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Xihe bit her lip, "I want to see Young Master Li."

"Chengye has been reviewing his studies. He will go to the state capital to take the exam in a few days. You should go back."

Jiang Xihe's chest was sore and swollen, "Aunt, I have a few words that I want to say to Mr. Li in person. Please open the door."

Mother Li was very impatient, "I told you before that you have nothing to do with Chengye, what do you mean by looking for him now?"

The sorrow in Jiang Xihe's heart turned into a prayer, "Auntie, the wedding does not need to be counted. My brother is gone and I don't have enough money to deal with the funeral. Considering our previous friendship, can you please help me with Mr. Li?"

"Love?" Mother Li kept talking in the yard with the door closed, her voice was quite high, and soon she attracted the neighbors to stop.

Li's mother said, "Jiang Xihe, how can you and Chengye have any affection? I don't know how it came out about your engagement. We didn't sit down and talk about it before. You said you Now that we are talking about love, what should I do? What should Chengye do?"

Jiang Xihe endured it and whispered, "Is Mr. Li not at home?"

Mother Li didn't answer, and Jiang Xihe heard the sound of the door latch moving.

"Don't come here again. I'll say it again. There is nothing and no relationship between you and Chengye. You are talking about friendship and you are not afraid of ruining your reputation." Mother Li said silently. Stop, "Yes, you have a bad reputation to begin with, but don't tarnish our Chengye's reputation. Let's go."

"Xiaohe~" This was Li Chengye's voice. Through the loose door panel, Jiang Xihe saw Li's mother and Li Chengye, who was dressed in white, pushing each other in the courtyard.

"You dare! Li Chengye, if you dare to open the door now, you won't have me as a mother, and I will die for you."

Jiang Xihe just wanted to borrow money.

The only person she has connections with in this world is Li Chengye, and she still holds on to a glimmer of hope. With her brother gone, Li Chengye thinks about the past, can't he give her some money to help her make ends meet? When my father funded Li Chengye and helped the Li family, it was more than a hundred taels of silver!
  Jiang Xihe heard the footsteps and Li Chengye walking towards the door, and she held back the sourness in her heart.

"Li Chengye, do you want me to die? I'll die for you." Mother Li's sharp voice echoed through the alley, and Jiang Xihe saw that the figure in the courtyard had stopped moving.

"Li Chengye, if you take one more step forward, you will make me die." The vicious word "death" rushed into Jiang Xihe's ears again.

The courtyard was extremely quiet, and Jiang Xihe could only hear the thump of his own heartbeat.

Jiang Xihe suddenly felt relieved, slowly took a step closer to the courtyard door, and asked softly, "Master Li, I just want to ask one thing, is there no relationship between us?"

"You are so thoughtful, you can ask such a question. I will let all the neighbors hear it now. There is no marriage contract between Jiang Xihe and Cheng Ye. I don't know who is shameless enough to say this. Jiang Xihe, I Let me make it clear to you now, don’t come to Chengye again in the future.”

"Xiaohe..."

She seemed to hear Li Chengye calling her name in the yard.

Glancing at the still closed courtyard door, Jiang Xihe turned around indifferently, and the remaining trace of concern in his heart broke.

Well, no one in this world has anything to do with her.

(End of this chapter)