piecing together the soul

Chapter 76 Chapter 47

I think he has something to say, but as expected, he pondered for a moment and said: "Master Guo, I can't give you advice on this matter. From my standpoint, I hope you and Xiuying will be successful. As for your own standpoint , It’s up to you to think about it slowly.”

Hearing what he said, I know that as a friend, Mr. Xu has already done his best in this matter.The reason why he can't give me advice is because he has his own selfishness in his position.If I get married with Brother Xiu, then not only will he have a marriage partner, but he can also release Brother Xiu as a gay friend at any time.He can frankly express his selfishness, even if he really regards me as a friend.

But Mr. Xu is a fine person, and I can't just think that way, because he is really a person who knows how to think about himself.He knows that I am a careful person, but not as careful as him, so he knows that he said this, and I will definitely think that he is thinking about me.So how did he think about himself when he said this?

"Stop talking about that," Brother Xiu seemed a little shy in his words, "I want to find out about another thing."

"what's up?"

"Qingluan, you seem to have said that your mother is Manchu?"

I nodded and said yes.

"I want to know if your mother's branch has anything to do with Si'er's family."

Master Xu said, "Then, do you know what your fourth son's family name is?"

"It seems to be... Lai Bu, or something..." Brother Xiu thought about it, "It's probably this."

"You can look it up and see what the surname was changed to later." Master Xu picked up his cell phone while talking, and at the same time his cell phone rang suddenly, it was a text message.

"Look at the text message, I'll check it." I opened the phone browser and typed "Reibu" as I spoke.

While waiting for the result, I glanced at Mr. Xu, and saw him press and hold the phone screen calmly, then click again, and then lock the screen.I guess he deleted the message just now.

Could it be the invitation message from the person who called him last night?Who is that person?If Master Xu doesn't go tonight, what will happen?
When I was lost in thought, Brother Xiu reminded me: "Qingluan, why are you in a daze? Did you find out?"

I just looked down at the screen, a bunch of webpage links with keywords, and I opened the first webpage about the Chinese surname of Manchu, which clearly marked Lai Bu’s Chinese surname as "Luan"

Seeing this, my heart moved. Could it be that my mother and that Si'er have the same surname?

"How is it?" Master Xu also asked.

I said, "Laibu is Luan, and my mother and Si'er have the same surname."

Even so, Brother Xiu once said that Si'er's family is just a branch of Lai Bu's family who moved to Beijing, and my mother's side may not have much to do with Si'er's branch.

But brother Xiu was a little excited: "Qingluan, you, you must ask your mother, ask your ancestors if they came from Beijing."

I nodded my head in agreement, and suddenly I felt a strange feeling in my heart.If my mother's branch is exactly the branch of Si'er's side, then I am not considered as Si'er's offspring?Brother Xiu and Si'er are husband and wife, so I am also a descendant of Brother Xiu?Could it be that I was destined to save Brother Xiu?
Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered that night in the book club, it was pitch black, only a bald man walked towards the box where I was hiding with a beam of light, which made me tremble and feel uncomfortable.

I finally came back to my senses, only to find that the two of them were not talking, Brother Xiu was fine, but Master Xu was also lost in thought alone.I tentatively asked: "Master Xu, what are you thinking? Whose text message is it? It can't be the old lady looking for you, right?"

"What old bastard?" Master Xu smiled wryly, "The old enemy is pretty much the same."

"You still say it's not the old bastard? It's not the old bastard. How did you make a grudge?" I still joked with him, just to let him relax his vigilance, maybe he would say it out of nowhere.

"Go, go, don't meddle in my private affairs." He said as he walked towards the sofa.

I followed and said, "What's the matter? Just now you reminded me to always remember that you are my boyfriend. Are there any private matters between boyfriend and girlfriend?"

Master Xu was choked by me, he hesitated to speak at first, and then he just said: "I can't let you know about this. It has nothing to do with you."

Hearing his tone, it seemed that he was talking about what happened last night. I wanted to see how Brother Xiu would react, but it was already broad daylight and I couldn't see where Brother Xiu was.

Since Mr. Xu didn't say anything, I can't ask abruptly. I can only go over and pull him up from the sofa: "Stop sitting still, are you so tired? I'll show you around my house."

He really got up with me too.The layout of my house is relatively regular. The entrance is the living room, two bedrooms to the south, and a corridor to the north. The toilet is on the left of the corridor, and the dining room is on the right. The kitchen is on the right of the dining room, and the guest room is on the left.

He took Mr. Xu into the north guest room and said, "You can live in this room for a few days. It happens to be on the north side, so it suits you well."

The three of us stood at the door of the guest room and looked across, Master Xu suddenly said, "What room is the opposite?"

"The kitchen, what's the matter?" I answered while heading over there.

Master Xu also followed and said, "Is your house a first-hand house?"

"Really not." I asked, "Is there anything strange?"

"This kitchen is a bit dark. I think there are unclean things in it." Master Xu asked again, "Did any danger happen to your family when they were cooking?"

(End of this chapter)