Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Indecision

By the time Hezhou had comforted the two, it was already noon. Grandma Wang was determined to take Wang Xinsheng away no matter what.

Xie Xunzhi waved at him from a distance, indicating that the record was finished and the case could be closed once Zhao An brought the criminal's confession and the results.

Hezhou stopped trying to stop him and even hired a car for him. When the woman got the news, she also hurried over.

She stood far away at the door, still dressed in white today, with her hair tied up. She waited until the Wang family left before waving to Hezhou.

"Sir...this is...a small token of my appreciation."

A wooden box shaped like pastries was handed to him, and a faint fragrance wafted from it.

Hezhou lifted the wooden board and found a lot of silver coins inside, almost covering the cakes.

"No need. It's my job. I'll take you to claim it."

“Hey hey!”

The woman held him and looked around mysteriously: "Sir, you must accept this!"

As she spoke, she took out a yellowed book from her bosom, on which was written "Huangdi Neijing".

Bu Hezhou was looking at the book, his right eyelid twitching. Seeing his hesitation, the woman stuffed the book into his hand.

"I understand, I understand. I saw it all yesterday. Don't worry, sir. I won't say a word about it!"

"What?"

Before he finished asking, the woman dragged Xie Xunzhi to the coroner's office. Before leaving, Xie Xunzhi's eyes fell on the book.

"What are you talking about!" Hezhou scratched his hair in frustration.

Shit! I had completely forgotten about this matter. Xie Xunzhi is really something. I, a straight man, don’t care, but he’s trying to avoid suspicion.

Hezhou held the written document, and as expected, it was a thickened version, and the content inside was also shocking.

It is a spring portrait, and it is the male version. Not only is the content detailed, it also comes with text analysis and experience. It is simply a banned book among banned books.

Is this still ancient times?

He stood there in a daze. Why was it different from what he had expected? Before he could react, the woman asked someone to wrap the body in a straw mat and take it away.

She winked at him before leaving.

Xie Xunzhi leaned against the door with his arms folded: "What is it?"

He threw the book to the ground with a shudder. "It's nothing, just the Neijing (Inner Canon of Internal Medicine), about... cultivating the body and mind, regulating one's mood..."

"Really? Let me see." Xie Xunzhi bent down to see, and a shadow flashed before his eyes, and the book was picked up by Hezhou.

“I haven’t finished reading it yet!”

Hezhou turned around and left with the book in his arms. He felt a chill on his back. He just thought that one day, Xie Xunzhi would be in bed with the same man as in the book... like this.

My stomach churned. This is horrible! It's misleading!

What if this person was replaced by him?

Hezhou quietly hid in the house. Originally, he was supposed to write the list of applicants today and set the exam date to be a week later, but now he felt that he could do it later.

He was too guilty to dare light the lamp. He sat on the bed, opened the book, and read it carefully: "Xie Xunzhi's small body... can he handle this?"

He was so engrossed in watching that his brows unconsciously knitted together. To be honest, he didn't want Xie Xunzhi to leave...

Why do we have to talk about love?

Hezhou grew up in an orphanage. He was abandoned. When he was young, the adults thought he looked fierce and never wanted to take him home. When he grew up, no one wanted him anymore.

The people around him also hate love. They hate the parents who abandoned them, the adoptive parents who gave them up, and the peers who look down on them.

He doesn't understand love and is afraid of love. Love is too fragile and hurtful.

But he was unwilling to let Xie Xunzhi go, as he always felt empty in his heart. Two people with no past, coming together to survive for each other, wouldn't it be best if they only had each other?

"Ointment... Gentle..."

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

Hezhou threw the book onto the bed with trembling hands and pressed himself on it: "Why are you walking without making any sound?"

His heart was almost beating in his throat and his face was flushed. He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't notice someone coming in. It was Xie Xunzhi.

I wonder what Xie Xunzhi would think if he saw him. Would he think he was a pervert? Or would he think he was a hypocrite with only the lower half of his body in his bag?

"You...why are you here?" Hezhou's eyes were fixed on the ground. The corner of the book on the bed was pressing on his bones, which was uncomfortable, but he was so embarrassed that his whole body was hot, so he didn't care about it for the time being.

"I just called you to eat several times at the door, but you ignored me. Why are you looking at this?"

"Stop talking!"

Hezhou covered his ears, as if he was alone at home, everything was ready, and he was about to do a big job, but he found that his parents had returned and the door was not locked.

He was so embarrassed that he just wanted to find a hole to crawl into!

Xie Xunzhi pulled one of his hands away: "What's wrong? What can't be said? Is there anyone you like? Lotus? He can't do that. I have Chunjuan in my heart."

"What a mess! I'm just curious! Besides, that guy is better than you?" Hezhou sat up, holding the book, his tone a little impatient: "I'm not looking for any meaning, it's just..."

"Okay." Xie Xunzhi interrupted him with a sigh, reaching out for the book on the bed, but he couldn't pull it away no matter what, so he had to let go.

"Don't think too much about what happened yesterday. Just think of it as me being confused while sleeping."

He rubbed his head and continued, "Don't read this kind of not-so-good book. Come out and eat first. We have some serious work to do in the afternoon."

"Okay!" Hezhou threw the book under the bed and kicked it to the innermost part: "This is what Li Erniu's wife just stuffed into my hand! I don't even know what it is! It scared me!"

Hezhou felt particularly guilty while eating lunch. He usually chattered non-stop, but today he was particularly quiet, and his mind was still thinking.

Does Xie Xunzhi really like him?

He remembered that when he became interested in it, he also wanted to figure out what love was, but time was too tight and there was no one around to confide in, so he could only read about it in books.

In fact, many times, people will regard many emotions as love, but that is not the case. Take Hezhou for example, he can't bear to see Xie Xunzhi suffer, nor can he accept that Xie Xunzhi is not by his side.

It’s okay for a short time... but for a long time he would always feel extra irritated, and just having this thought would make him uncomfortable.

Hezhou's chopsticks were tapping on the bowl intermittently. It was time to go find Miss Huang to see if he had been poisoned.

"Sir...you haven't eaten a single bite of the rice..."

“Ouch.”

Hezhou walked onto the street carrying the record book. Xie Xunzhi was also carrying a flag, like a wandering fortune teller, except that it said "Registration Office" on it.

He posted the notice he had written long ago on the street, and soon it was crowded with people. Li Ningshu was the first to come up and sign up, and without saying a word he threw down a bag of silver.

"Li Ningshu, native of Qilan County..."

Hezhou took a small piece of it, and the stall was full of people in a short time. Some people even came up to perform a piece of running dialogue, saying that they were going to take the test on the spot.

There was also a child mixed in there, baring his teeth at him: "The adults have finished the written test, what will the interview test be about? Oh right! Isn't this what my dad asked me to ask?"

There was laughter all around, and the people behind him grabbed his collar and pulled him aside.

"Sir, can you reveal a little bit in advance?"

"It's just what's written above. It won't be too difficult. It's just a normal problem." Xie Xunzhi lowered his head and took notes.

Hezhou nodded and said, "Think about it, the exam is only in seven days, how difficult can it be?"

It wouldn't matter if I didn't say it, but once I did, it was like opening some strange door. A lady with a child came forward and asked, "Sir, when is the registration deadline?"

The gray-haired man beside her pulled her aside and said in the local dialect, "Didn't we agree on this? If I don't take the exam, I'll just do heavy labor, how can I hold a pen?"

The woman slapped his hand away, her voice accusing, "Don't worry about you, you wimp! I'm doing this for Bin'er! He's doing hard work out there too. Look at the wages written on it... He might as well come back!"

Hezhou's eyes rolled as he listened. It was supposed to end tomorrow afternoon, but this was also a good time for talents to return.

"We can agree to register first, but you have to come in person for the exam. The deadline is the afternoon after tomorrow."

"Hey!" The woman hurriedly responded, "He's in the next county, he'll be back soon."

She pulled the man away quickly: "Go find someone to write a letter."

Some people on the street reacted and ran back, some smiled and took credit from the people next to them, and those in the queue looked around and slapped their thighs.

"No wonder there are so many people I haven't seen before today!"

The booklet that Hezhou Xiaoxiao got had twice as many people recorded as last time.

He held the booklet in one hand and the flag in the other. "Why don't you put this somewhere? I don't see anyone stealing anything on the street."

Xie Xunzhi patted him and said, "This stall sells tofu in the morning. It's just that he didn't come in the afternoon. You'll have to rely on me tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"Why?" Hezhou turned to look at him, the waving flag almost hitting Xie Xunzhi's face. Seeing that he didn't say anything, all sorts of thoughts came to his mind again: "You're not going to avoid suspicion anymore, are you?"

"I don't care about that! Besides, if you're happy, you can't force the other person to agree!"

"Bah!" He felt his words were a bit harsh, and he kept trying to make amends: "What I mean is, at least give him some time to think? You are good-looking, have a good personality, and are smart, but the person you are confessing to is a man! Don't you have to give him some time to accept it?"

Xie Xunzhi listened quietly at first, then his eyes gradually cleared and he laughed out loud: "You've been talking so much, can you let me say a few words too?"

"Okay, go ahead." Hezhou nodded generously: "What I mean is, time..."

"I'm going to school tomorrow. Fatty Wang is right. Education can't stop. If I get busy, I have to find good people."

"Oh...oh...this! Okay, go ahead. No one's stopping you."

His face flushed a little, and he turned back awkwardly. Tsk! What's wrong with him? He talks so much that he's just making fun of himself.

Xie Xunzhi sniffed to hold back his laughter and couldn't help teasing him: "Why are you reacting so strongly? What if I like someone else in the future and bring her back?"

"You...how can you be so fickle!" He Zhou was furious. "Yesterday, he was still telling me he liked me in bed! If you like someone else, I...I'll go to his house and make a scene!"