Just before He Lixuan boarded the train, his father, He Siyi, stuffed a small oilcloth-wrapped package into his arms and then patted him hard on the back twice.
Although the father and son didn't say anything, He Lixuan immediately understood the importance of this thing.
After getting on the bus, under Ye Puan's cover, He Lixuan opened the package and found a half-finished manuscript written by his father, which was the old man's life's work.
Seeing this manuscript made He Lixuan feel even heavier.
He knew that his father valued this unfinished manuscript very much. If the environment hadn't been so harsh and the home so unsafe, his father would never have entrusted the manuscript to him.
And now…
He Lixuan strode to the wooden box he had brought and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the lock was intact and there were no signs of it being pried open.
He quickly opened the box with the key and took out the oilcloth package inside.
After thinking for a moment, he also took out several of his cherished foreign novels and stuffed them all into his cotton-padded coat.
He ignored Jiang Dong, who was still confronting the child, and whispered to Ye Pu'an, "I'm going to Chu Xia's place."
Ye Puan nodded: "You go ahead, I'll go find the captain."
He Lixuan returned via the same route.
The place they were staying in was far too unsafe, and He Lixuan dared not leave this thing, which was more important than his life, in that room again.
In comparison, the accommodations in early summer were significantly better.
Although He Lixuan hadn't known Shiyue for long, after spending several time with her, he had a good impression of her and felt that she was quite trustworthy.
At least she wouldn't steal anything from Chu Xia.
After this back and forth, it was now completely dark outside.
The closer we got to Shiyue's house, the darker it became; it was practically pitch black.
He Lixuan walked along, his steps uneven, following the limited moonlight. He wondered if these two people were living in such a remote place that it might be dangerous if they stayed there for too long.
He had something on his mind, and although he was worried, he still walked quickly and soon arrived outside the Shi family compound.
Remembering Shi Yue's instructions, He Lixuan didn't knock on the door directly.
He thought for a moment and decided to walk around the wall to the outside of Chu Xia's house and call her out.
He Lixuan had only walked a few steps along the wall when he suddenly stopped.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at a furtive figure ahead.
It was too dark for He Lixuan to see clearly who it was, but it was obviously a man.
He looks quite robust.
The man was clearly very familiar with the Shi family. Unlike He Lixuan, who was calculating how far he was from the house as he walked, he walked towards the back almost without hesitation.
He Lixuan didn't want to alert the man, so he quietly followed behind, wanting to see what this man was up to!
The man probably never expected anyone to be following him, and he quickly walked to the very back of the wall.
The Shi family's courtyard was originally built against the mountain, with the mountain right behind the house.
This place is very remote, and no one usually comes here, so no one would know when someone piled up a small stone mound outside the wall.
The man climbed up the pile of stones and then easily scaled the wall.
He Lixuan felt a chill run down his spine and quickly followed suit, climbing inside.
Because He Lixuan was a few steps too late, by the time he jumped in, the man in front of him had already crossed the abandoned vegetable garden and was almost at the row of houses where Shiyue and the others lived.
At this moment, he became alert and crouched down, slowly walking forward along the wall.
The man walked to the back window of the house where Shiyue lived and then stopped.
He looked around to make sure there was no movement, then put his finger in his mouth and licked it before poking a hole in the window paper.
A beam of dim yellow light suddenly poured out of the hole in the room.
Seeing this, He Lixuan immediately quickened his pace.
At the same time, the man's head was already poking into the hole.
But before he could even see what was inside, he felt a sharp pain in his scalp!
Before he could scream, his mouth was covered from behind.
The man tried to struggle, but was thrown against the wall by a tremendous force, and then his neck was pressed down hard!
He suddenly felt a suffocating sensation, the pain was so intense that he didn't even have the strength to struggle, and he felt that he was about to die.
"What are you doing, climbing over the wall in the middle of the night? Do you want to die?!" He Lixuan shouted in a low voice.
He Lixuan had seen many petty thieves in the city.
Especially in the last two years, with many schools closed, teenagers have nothing to do and have started wandering the streets.
Thieves and scoundrels are everywhere.
But climbing over the wall of a lone woman's house under the cover of darkness is a truly despicable act!
Thinking of this, He Lixuan subconsciously turned his head to look at the back window, and his gaze fell on the hole that had been poked out.
He could see the scene inside the room at a glance through the window opening.
At this moment, there was a basin of hot water on the bedside table in the room, and Shiyue was standing to the side facing their direction, obviously preparing to wash herself.
She was wearing a tight-fitting tank top, which was so thin and small that it was almost transparent from wear.
She reached into the basin, took out a hot towel, wrung it out, and then pulled up her vest and stuffed it inside.
Her vest was pulled up, revealing a slender waist so thin it seemed one could encircle it with a single hand, and two large, white breasts...
He Lixuan's hands trembled, and he quickly closed his eyes.
The man, who felt he was going to die today because of the choking, suddenly felt the pressure on his neck loosen.
He suddenly leaped up from the ground, jumping faster than a rabbit!
He shoved He Lixuan aside and ran towards the wall behind him!
He Lixuan turned around and chased after him, but he was too late and never found the person again.
These past few days, because of moving, Shiyue has felt sticky all over, and with Yu Chuxia's antics today, she's covered in the smell of smoke.
So at night I really couldn't resist taking a shower.
Taking a bath in the dead of winter in the countryside is not an easy task; you might catch a cold, or even a minor illness could become a major one.
Shiyue didn't want to waste time in the small house, so she didn't want to go inside to take a bath. In the end, she could only boil a basin of hot water to wipe herself down.
While she was washing up, she heard He Lixuan calling Yu Chuxia from outside the courtyard wall.
However, after a few days of getting to know them, she became less wary of these educated youths and didn't say anything even when she heard them.
Anyway, as long as she doesn't go to the hospital, what right does she have to interfere with what her cousins say?
Shiyue not only wiped her body, but she also washed her hair. It was half an hour later when she came out.
When she came out to get water, she saw Yu Chuxia and He Lixuan talking through the door. After thinking for a moment, she went back into the house to get a kerosene lamp and brought it over.
Upon seeing her, He Lixuan's expression suddenly turned strange, and he froze there for a long time without moving.
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