Xiao Shijiro

Chapter 21 Autumn Lantern (1)
There is only one bed, one stool, and one table in this room.

Xiao Shishilang has been in this house for three days, and he hardly took a step out.

Shen Bijun has also been in a coma for three days.

During these three days, she struggled, shouted, and cried...as if she was wrestling with some invisible demon. Sometimes her whole body shivered with cold, and sometimes she felt hot.

Now she finally calmed down gradually.

Xiao Shishilang looked at her with indescribable sympathy and pity in his heart.

But when she woke up, he would never show this emotion.

Although she is beautiful, she is not proud. Although she is smart, she is not cunning. Although she is gentle, she is strong. No matter how much she has been wronged, she will never complain to others.

This is exactly the woman in Xiao Shishilang's dream.

All his life he had been waiting to meet such a woman.

However, when she woke up, he would still ignore her coldly.

Because she is someone else's wife.

Even if she is not someone else's wife, the daughter of the "Golden Needle Shen Family" must not have anything to do with the "Big Thief" Xiao Shishilang.

Xiao Shishilang understands this very well, he has always been good at controlling his emotions.

Because he has to.

"People like me may be doomed to be alone forever!"

Xiao Shishilang sighed softly and lit the lamp.

The light gently shone on Shen Bijun's face, and her eyes finally opened... Shen Bijun also saw Xiao Shishilang.

The young man with big eyes was sitting beside her, watching her quietly.

Is this another dream? These days, there are too many dreams, and they are too scary.

She closed her eyes, hoping not to wake up from this dream, but when she opened her eyes again, the young man with big eyes was still sitting there quietly, looking at her.

A smile finally appeared on the corner of her mouth, eyes filled with infinite gratitude, and said softly: "This time you saved me again."

Xiao Shishilang said: "I don't have time to take care of myself, how can I save people?"

Shen Bijun sighed, and said: "Why do you need to hide it from me again, I know you were the one who rescued me from her last time."

Xiao Shishilang said: "She? Who is she?"

Shen Bijun said: "Of course you know, it's that...that scary young master."

Xiao Shishilang said: "Young masters, big and small, I don't know any of them."

Shen Bijun said: "But she definitely recognizes you, and she is also very afraid of you, so even though she knows that I am in that mountain temple, she dare not go there herself."

Xiao Shishilang said: "Why is she afraid of me? Am I scary?"

Shen Bijun sighed: "It's just those hypocrites who are terrible. I really misjudged the person, and I also misjudged you."

Xiao Shishilang said coldly: "A person like you shouldn't have come out to wander the rivers and lakes."

He stood up, opened the window, and continued coldly: "You know too little, but talk too much."

It was very quiet outside the window.

Within a few hundred miles around, I'm afraid I can't find an inn with a more deserted business than this place - strictly speaking, this place is not qualified to be called an "inn" at all.

There were no lights in the courtyard.

Fortunately, there are still stars in the sky. Against the night and starlight outside the window, Xiao Shishilang standing at the window looks even more lonely and lonely.

He hummed the song again in a low voice.

Looking at his tall back, Shen Bijun was like a lone goose that had lost its flock and suddenly saw a big tree in the wind and rain, and felt suddenly at ease in his heart.

Now no matter what he said, she would not be angry.

After a long time, she asked in a low voice, "What song are you humming?"

Xiao Shishilang didn't speak.

After a long time, Shen Bijun suddenly laughed to himself, and said, "Is it strange that someone thinks you are Xiao Shishilang?"

Xiao Shishilang said, "Oh?"

Shen Bijun said: "But I know that you are definitely not Xiao Shishilang, because you don't seem like a vicious person."

Xiao Shishilang didn't look back, and said calmly: "Is Xiao Shishilang a very vicious person?"

Shen Bijun said: "Have you never heard of the things he did?"

Xiao Shishilang was silent for a while, and said, "Do you know a lot about what he did?"

Shen Bijun said bitterly: "I only need to know one thing, no matter what he did, he should be beheaded!"

Xiao Shishilang was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "You want to chop off his head too?"

Shen Bijun said: "If I can meet him, I will never let him live to harm others again!"

Xiao Shishilang sneered, and said, "If you meet him, you will be the one who can't survive!"

Shen Bijun blushed.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps was heard suddenly, and the shop waiter carrying a lantern, leading an old man dressed as a servant in a green suit and soap hat, came over.

The two stopped in the middle of the small courtyard, and the waiter pointed to the window. The old man in Tsing Yi looked at Xiao Shishilang who was standing at the window, and said with an apologetic smile, "Excuse me, brother, the young lady of the Lian family is Do you live here?"

Upon hearing this voice, Shen Bijun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said loudly, "Is it Shen Yi? I'm right here, come in quickly."

This man in Tsing Yi is Ding Shenyi, the old man of Shenjiazhuang. His family has been slaves in Shenjiazhuang for generations. Before Shen Bijun was born, he was already in Shenjiazhuang.

Hearing Shen Bijun's voice, he ignored Xiao Shishilang any more, rushed over in three steps and two steps, pushed the door in, and hurriedly bowed down in front of the bed, and said sadly: "I don't know that Miss is suffering here, and the welcome is late." , but I hope Miss will forgive me."

Shen Bijun was surprised and delighted, and said: "It's good that you come, what about Mrs. Tai? Does the old man know?"

Shen Yidao: "The news of Miss's death has already spread all over the Jianghu. After Mrs. Tai knew about it, she immediately asked the old servants to inquire everywhere. Today, I just heard the shopkeeper here accidentally say that they have a female customer here who is very ill. But like a fairy, the old slave immediately guessed that he might be talking about Miss."

He sighed for a long time, and said: "Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, and the old slave finally found the young lady. If Mrs. Tai found out, she must be very happy..."

As he spoke, he himself seemed about to shed tears of joy.

Shen Bijun was so happy that he couldn't even speak.

Shen Yi rubbed his eyes and said, "Miss's injury is not serious, is it?"

Shen Bijun nodded and said, "It's much better now."

Shen Yi said: "Since that's the case, please go back quickly, so that Madam Tai won't worry."

Shen Bijun looked at Xiao Shishilang who had been standing there coldly, hesitantly said: "Now...isn't it too late?"

Shen Yi said with a smile: "The days in autumn are short, in fact, it's just arrived at Xushi, not to mention that this old slave has already prepared carriages and horses for Miss."

Shen Bijun glanced at Xiao Shishilang again.

Shen Yi seemed to have discovered that there was someone else in the room, and asked with a smile: "This young master..."

Shen Bijun said: "This is my savior, go and thank him for his great kindness."

Shen Yi immediately walked over, prostrated himself on the ground, and said: "Thank you for saving me, my lord. Everyone in the Shen family village feels the same way."

Xiao Shishilang looked at him coldly, and said, "Are you from Shenjiazhuang?"

Shen Yi smiled and said: "This old slave has been serving Mrs. Tai for more than 40 years, son..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shishilang suddenly grabbed him from the ground, and slapped him more than a dozen times.

Shen Yi's teeth were knocked out all over his mouth, and he couldn't even scream.

Shen Bijun was shocked and said: "What are you doing? He is indeed from our family, why do you treat him like this?"

Xiao Shishilang ignored her, and threw Shen Yi out of the window, saying coldly: "Go back and tell the person who wants you to come, if he wants to come, come by yourself, I'll wait for him!"

Shen Yi covered his mouth and yelled vaguely: "Madam Tai asked me to come, why do you beat someone?"

Xiao Shishilang said sharply: "It's not too much to kill a person like you, let alone fight. If you don't hurry up, I will kill you."

Only then did Shen Yi scramble to escape, fled outside the courtyard and started yelling again.

Shen Bijun's face was green and pale, and he was obviously very angry, so he reluctantly said: "Shen Yi has worked in our family for more than 40 years and has always been loyal. Do you think he was also sent by others to harm me?"

Xiao Shishilang didn't speak.

Shen Bijun said: "You saved me, and I will be grateful all my life, but why did you decide to keep me here?"

Xiao Shishilang said coldly: "I didn't mean that."

Although his voice was cold, there was already a look of desolation and pain in his eyes.

Shen Bijun said: "Then, what do you mean?"

Although she was trying her best to control it, and she didn't want to lose her composure, her tone inevitably became sharp.

Xiao Shishilang clenched his fists tightly and said, "Do you think I have any malice towards you?"

Shen Bijun said: "If you have no ill intentions towards me, please send me back now."

Xiao Shishilang was silent for a long time, and let out a long breath: "It's not enough yet."

He seemed to want to say something, but held back.

Shen Bijun bit his lip and said, "When will you wait to send me back?"

Xiao Shishilang said: "Maybe wait another three or five days..."

He suddenly opened the door and walked out.

Shen Bijun said loudly: "Wait a minute, you haven't finished speaking, you can't leave."

But Xiao Shishilang didn't look back, he had gone a long way.

Shen Bijun was so angry that his hands shook.

She felt a little guilty towards Xiao Shishilang in her heart, and she felt that she should really make up for him and repay him, and she must never hurt him again.

But what this man did was too strange and suspicious. The most annoying thing was that he seemed to have many things hidden in his heart, but he refused to say a word.

There was still half a pot of wine that Xiao Shishilang drank on the table.

Shen Bijun felt that he was full of anger and had nothing to vent, so he picked up the jug and drank it in one gulp.

Shen Bijun doesn't drink often.

For a lady like her, even if she drank alcohol, she only had a taste of it. The total amount of wine she drank in her life might not have been as much as this time.

At this moment, after drinking most of the jug of wine, she only felt a rush of hot air rushing down from her throat, as if there was a fire burning in her stomach.

But not long after, the fire suddenly moved from the stomach to the top of the head.

People who have never drunk will never know how wonderful this "movement" is. Her mind suddenly becomes empty and dizzy.

Her thoughts seemed to suddenly become sharper, but she didn't think about anything.

She has been trying her best to control herself, restrain herself as much as possible, don't lose her composure, don't be rude, don't do wrong things, don't say wrong words, don't offend others...but now all the restraints seem to be loosened all at once.

Things that she usually thought were unimportant suddenly became very important now.

She lay in a daze for a while, then thought of Xiao Shishilang.

"What this person did was too strange, and his attitude was ambiguous. Why did he drive Shen Yi away? Why didn't he send me back?"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't bear it for a moment.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she had to go back sooner, the sooner the better.

(End of this chapter)