Chapter 40: Reunion There was a glint in his eyes that she had never seen before.

After returning home, Chen Lianxiu made some hot tea. After taking a few sips, she felt better. Seeing that it was still early, she decided to digest the food before taking a nap.

The Yu family's house was considered large in the countryside because it was run by Shen Lianxiu's grandfather in his early years. It had two entrances in the front and back, and was neatly and solidly maintained. Shen Lianxiu lived with An An, so they didn't need so many rooms. The entrance in the back was locked all year round, and the room was only used to store some sundries. She and her daughter only needed the front rooms. There was also an open space on the east side, which was used as a medicine garden for growing herbs. Shen Lianxiu still used it in the same way. She also set aside a small area in the front yard from the east side to grow herbs and flowers. It was surrounded by a fence, facing the window of the main house on the east side. She could see what she had planted every morning when she opened the window. The place was not big and was easy to take care of.

Grain Rain had just arrived recently, and because of the abundant spring rain, the herbs and flowers were all watered and flourished, which made Shen Lianxiu very happy. However, at the same time, a lot of weeds had also grown, and she had to pull them out frequently.

The weeds that were just pulled out a few days ago are showing signs of growing again.

Chen Lianxiu took a small hoe and squatted on the ground to weed. Most of the weeds could be pulled out by hand, but some required a small hoe.

An An played with herself for a while, but probably felt it was boring, so she walked over to Shen Lianxiu, squatted down, and imitated her in pulling weeds.

Chen Lianxiu didn't stop her, but she was afraid that An An's delicate hands might get cut by the grass, so she said to her, "An An is weak, so just pull out the small grass."

An An nodded, then pulled up an unknown weed that had just emerged.

"Hehehe." An An laughed, her little hand tightly grasping the small grass she had pulled out, and raised it high for Shen Lianxiu to see.

Her eyes were round and bright, like stars, but they did not look very similar to Shen Lianxiu's.

Even Shen Lianxiu had never seen it before.

She touched her head, and then mother and daughter continued to pull weeds.

Although An An is small and slow in pulling out the weeds, having an extra pair of hands to help is still faster than pulling it out alone.

After a while, Chen Lianxiu and An An finished their work in the front yard and were about to get up and head east, they heard someone outside the low courtyard wall not far away asking, "Is anyone inside?"

Chen Lianxiu glanced towards the door and over the low courtyard gate, she saw about three or four people standing there, all men. From her direction, she could only see their sides.

Chen Lianxiu lived alone with her child. When she saw that all the people around her were men, she became a little nervous. In the past few years in Baixi Village, because she was the village doctor, most people were polite and even respectful to her. No one had ever harassed her, but she never let her guard down.

Fortunately, it was still daytime and Luo Wuniang from next door was also there. Her children were running in and out, and it was very lively. She only needed to call out and Luo Wuniang would come over immediately.

Chen Lianxiu didn't dare to respond. She asked An An to go back to the room first and walked towards the door.

After only a few steps, she looked up and down at the people outside the door several times. They didn't look like hooligans. Only one of the people standing among them had his back turned and could not be seen clearly.

"Someone is coming!" someone said over there.

Chen Lianxiu frowned and was about to speak when she saw the man with his back to her turned around.

At this moment, Chen Lianxiu's steps paused slightly.

The man not far away was also turning his head to look at her. He was wearing a dark blue cross-collared robe, and he looked elegant and graceful, with the charm of the clouds and the moon. Perhaps because the midday sun was too strong, he squinted his eyes slightly, making him look a little cold and sharp.

There was a look in his eyes that she had never seen before.

Chen Lianxiu had thought that he would meet Dengtu Zi in his lifetime, but he never thought that he would meet Zhou Linjin.

In fact, over the past few years, she has almost stopped thinking about him.

Because she knew that he must be living the life he wanted with Shen Wuyu.

The moment she saw him, she subconsciously wanted to run away, but at that moment when she was stunned, she remembered something.

Besides, they all saw her, so she couldn't avoid him. Fortunately, the person with him shouldn't be a bad person, so she didn't have to be afraid of that anymore.

Shen Lianxiu continued walking forward.

In the few remaining steps, Chen Lianxiu saw Zhou Linjin's eyes scanning her up and down.

It looked as if he had regained his sight, and just as she had expected, he didn't recognize her at all.

He had never seen her before, and to him, the person in front of him was just a stranger.

So Shen Lianxiu stood in front of him.

He looked at her even more unscrupulously with a scrutinizing gaze, as if he were interrogating a criminal.

She had never seen him able to see, and it always seemed strange to her.

"Are you the female doctor in the village?" asked someone next to Zhou Linjin.

Chen Lianxiu nodded, secretly glad that Zhou Linjin did not bring his family's followers with him.

The man asked again, "Is your last name Yu? I heard this used to be the Yu family clinic?"

Shen Lianxiu said nothing, but nodded again.

She was also glad that after she returned to Baixi Village, she wanted to break away from her past, so she erased the name Chen Lianxiu and only told others that she had taken her mother's surname, Yu. The villagers did not delve into it and generally called her "Doctor Yu", "A Yu" or "Mrs. Yu".

When my grandfather was still alive, our family did run a clinic, and the rooms they lived in were originally used as the clinic.

Seeing that she was always silent, the man became a little impatient: "Why don't you speak? Are you mute?"

Before Chen Lianxiu could react, he saw Zhou Linjin waved to the man who had just asked the question, and then took a step forward.

"Were you the one who treated Hu Jun's illness before he returned to the capital?" He opened his thin lips slightly, his words without any warmth.

Chen Lianxiu was stunned by his question, and then he remembered that the Hu Jun he was talking about should be the young master of the Hu family.

Zhou Linjin actually came here because of the sudden death of the Hu family's young master?

Chen Lianxiu nodded immediately, but she felt uneasy. Not to mention that Zhou Linjin suddenly appeared in front of her, just the matter itself was not a good thing. If Hu Jun really died in a strange way as Luo Wuniang said, then Zhou Linjin came here at this time. At best, he wanted to understand the situation, and at worst, he might suspect that she was involved in Hu Jun's death.

This also means that her peaceful life is likely to be disrupted.

Zhou Linjin continued, "Tell me about his situation at that time, in more detail."

This time Shen Lianxiu shook his head repeatedly and pointed to his throat.

"You can't speak?" Zhou Linjin frowned.

He still frowned the same way as before, but because there was a look in his eyes, it was more lively than before.

"I didn't say she couldn't speak, but I didn't expect she was actually mute," someone nearby muttered, "Now we can't get anything out of her."

Chen Lianxiu blinked. Zhou Linjin didn't recognize her, but he recognized her voice. As long as she opened her mouth, he would probably recognize her, so as long as she didn't speak, he would not recognize her.

Until he left.

Thinking back to five years ago, she didn't want to embarrass herself again.

As long as she didn't speak, she could be a stranger, and she wouldn't have to be as embarrassed as when she left before, and she could stand in front of him without any hesitation.

"Can you write?" Zhou Linjin didn't intend to give up.

The family ran a clinic and this woman was also a doctor, often practicing medicine in the village and nearby areas, so it was unlikely that she was illiterate. It didn't matter if she couldn't speak, just write it down.

Chen Lianxiu naturally understood this truth, and she nodded again.

But if she wanted to write, she would have to change her handwriting. After all, she left a lot of letters at Zhou's house, and she was not sure if Zhou Linjin had read them. He would probably throw them away directly, but Shen Lianxiu did not dare to take the risk.

Also, she had to go inside to write, but An An was inside. Chen Lianxiu was afraid that An An would reveal that she could talk, and she was also afraid that Zhou Linjin would see An An.

Although he certainly didn't know that An An was his daughter, she was still afraid.

Shen Lianxiu still opened the door for them.

Zhou Linjin pointed at someone and asked him to follow him in.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Linjin quickly looked around.

There are two rooms in the main house. The one they entered is for daily living, and the one inside should be the bedroom. Although it is much larger than an ordinary farmhouse, you can see the inside at a glance. There is only a simple door between the outer room and the inner room, which is not closed at the moment, so you can see everything after entering.

Chen Lianxiu also glanced inside. When she saw that An An had already fallen asleep on the bed, she felt relieved and went over to gently close the door.

Zhou Linjin also saw that there seemed to be a child sleeping inside, but he didn't ask any questions.

He simply knocked on a small desk by the window in the outer room and said, "Write."

Chen Lianxiu quickly ground some ink, picked up the pen and started writing.

Because she was intentionally controlling her handwriting, the words she wrote now were completely different from usual. Compared with the graceful words in the past, they were more square, the strokes seemed a bit childish, the words she wrote were fat, and the pen tip was even rougher.

But at least she finished it quickly.

Zhou Linjin stared at her pen intently. When she finished writing the last word, he immediately pulled out the paper and started to read it. When he saw the childish handwriting, Zhou Linjin curled his lips.

He then remembered that this was the countryside after all, and it was good enough for the people here to be literate. It didn't matter if the handwriting was poor, as long as they could understand it.

Zhou Linjin reads very fast, almost reading ten lines at a glance.

As he watched, he thought to himself, although the handwriting is poor, the words are clear. I wonder why this mute girl is mute. From what I saw just now, she should not be deaf. It would be a pity if something happened to her later life that made her unable to speak.

Hu Jun's condition, the dates she went to see him, and the deadline were all listed on it, even the number of times she had been there. Only the prescription was vague, but Zhou Linjin didn't say anything.

He came to see this woman just to understand Hu Jun's situation at the time, and did not think that she was the murderer. It is inevitable that a doctor cannot remember the prescription because he has so many patients.

For some reason, he couldn't help but glance at the woman again.

I saw her standing sideways in front of the window, her head slightly lowered, her hair tied up with a silver hairpin, revealing a white and slender neck. She was wearing a cloth dress that was a little white from washing. Although it looked a bit old, it was very clean.

Zhou Linjin turned his eyes and raised his hand to hand the paper to the subordinate next to him. As he scanned the paper, a very faint and familiar fragrance suddenly lingered on his nose.

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