He Lixuan's words startled Shiyue.
Her first thought was, how did this person know the family's secret?
Fortunately, upon further reflection, Shiyue immediately realized that she had overthought things.
After her parents passed away, she was probably the only one in the world who knew this secret.
It's all because of what people in the group said that I'm starting to feel paranoid.
Shiyue couldn't help but feel apologetic.
Just then, He Lixuan continued, "That person hasn't come these past two days, most likely because the commotion here has been quite big, and he's observing the situation."
But if he finds out you're not home, it's hard to say whether he'll try something funny again. So you should pack your things and not give him a chance.
Shiyue understood He Lixuan's good intentions and nodded, "Okay, I will lock up the grain."
These days, nothing is more precious than food.
Just in case, Shiyue decided to take some dried sweet potatoes out of the hut and lock them inside.
Hearing her say that, He Lixuan opened his mouth, but didn't say anything more.
He Lixuan didn't believe that the thief had jumped over the wall into Shiyue's house in the middle of the night just for a bite of food.
If you really want to steal grain, shouldn't you choose a safer time during the day when no one is home?
He felt that the man must be thinking about something else, but he didn't know what it was.
However, He Lixuan really didn't know how to explain this to Shiyue.
Seeing the girl's confident expression, he could only think—never mind, as long as she's safe, that's more important than anything else.
He Lixuan's words reminded Shiyue of something.
She asked, "How about we have Chu Xia find someone to stay with her for the next few days?"
My own yard is secluded, and it's hard not to feel scared living alone in early summer.
He Lixuan didn't expect Shiyue to say this to him. He pointed outside and said, "You can discuss it with her directly later."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Xia walked in from outside.
Her hair was still dripping wet. As she dried it with a towel, she looked at the two of them and asked, "What do you want to discuss with me?"
Just then, the food was ready, and Shiyue quickly ladled out the noodles and handed the fire over to Yu Chuxia to dry her hair.
Then he repeated what he had just said to her.
"Do you think we should find one of your two classmates to live with us?" Shiyue asked.
"No!" Yu Chuxia answered without hesitation.
He Lixuan was a little surprised and exclaimed, "Oh, you've really made something of yourself! You've even grown bolder."
To everyone's surprise, Yu Chuxia pursed her lips and her eyes instantly reddened.
She ignored her cousin and instead looked at Shiyue pitifully, asking, "Sister Shiyue, are there really wolves on this mountain? Will they come down at night?"
Shiyue felt a headache coming on when she saw her like that.
She couldn't lie to Chu Xia, so she could only tell the truth: "I don't know if there are any wolves now, but I assure you, I haven't heard of any wolves coming down the mountain in at least the past year."
These words only made Yu Chuxia's face turn pale instantly.
Seeing her like this, He Lixuan was speechless and said directly, "Go find Si Yueling, she will definitely be willing to come and stay."
"No! What if she doesn't want to go back after I let her come?"
Even though Yu Chuxia was afraid, she understood the principle that it's easy to invite a god but difficult to send him away.
She hadn't noticed it when they first met, but now that she'd been in contact with them more, she was getting increasingly annoyed with Bai Qian and Si Yueling.
Bai Qian is obviously annoying, but Si Yueling is the kind of person who likes to do dirty tricks behind the scenes; she's very cunning.
Yu Chuxia doesn't want to spend even a minute with those two now.
She'd rather stay here and feed the wolves than be allowed to live with Si Yueling!
Feed the wolves?
Yu Chuxia had no intention of feeding the wolves!
She was so frightened that tears immediately streamed down her face.
She stopped drying her hair, came over and took Shiyue's hand, saying, "Sister Shiyue, find someone to keep me company. An aunt or grandma will do. I promise I'll be obedient and won't cause trouble."
Seeing her crying so pitifully, Shiyue felt both amused and a little sorry for her.
Just as she was about to say a few words of comfort, Sun Xiaohong's shouts rang out from outside the courtyard: "Shiyue! Shiyue! Open the door!"
Shiyue's eyes lit up, and she quickly asked, "Would you like to live with Xiaohong? I know her well; she's a good person and very clean. I was planning to ask her to cook dinner for you anyway."
Yu Chuxia immediately nodded: "I'm willing!"
She wasn't familiar with Sun Xiaohong and couldn't even remember what she looked like.
But Yu Chuxia trusted Shiyue. Shiyue said that this person was good, so she was willing to spend some time with him.
Anyway, it's only a few days, so we can just be patient. It's better than bringing Si Yueling here.
Shiyue agreed and went out, and then she saw Sun Xiaohong and Sun Erhu standing together outside the door.
She quickly ushered the two inside.
Sun Xiaohong smiled and turned her head to tease her second brother: "Brother, you have a lot of influence. Shiyue usually doesn't let men into her yard at night."
Sun Erhu blushed as his sister teased him, and stood outside, refusing to move.
He handed Shiyue a bamboo woven gift box he was holding and said, "I was too pressed for time, so I only managed to make one. Can you take a look and see if it's usable?"
If possible, I'll rush the other one tonight, I promise it won't delay you from taking it away tomorrow morning.
When Shiyue went home just now, the gift box hadn't been made yet.
She knew that this must have been done by Aunt Guihua, who was afraid that if she didn't finish it well, she wouldn't be able to use it and wouldn't get paid. So she forced Erhu to rush to finish it.
She didn't expose him, but took it and looked at it, then thanked him repeatedly.
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