Fu Ciyi asked Liu Chengwen, "Is there no one in this household?"
"How could there be no one here?" Liu Chengwen put away his chopsticks and knocked on the door, "Open the door quickly."
The people in the yard heard Liu Chengwen's voice and came to open the door.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man. He saw four young people standing outside his yard and was quite puzzled: "What's wrong? What's going on?"
Fu Ciyi asked, "You have a tree at home. Have you trimmed it recently?"
The middle-aged man was honest: "Yes." Then he became suspicious, "What's your business? What does it have to do with my tree?"
Fu Ciyi patiently explained, "There was thunder last night, and the tree in your house was in a strange shape. Its shadow was reflected on my window, disturbing my wife's sleep."
After a slight pause, he asked, "Can I come into your house and check out the tree?"
The middle-aged man asked, "You moved here a while ago, right?"
I remember a young lady came with her maid to distribute wedding candies, saying that they were candies for the celebration of moving into a new house.
Fu Ciyi nodded: "Exactly."
The middle-aged man raised his hand to invite: "Then please come in!"
Fu Ciyi and others entered.
Sure enough, I saw several trees in the yard. One of them was the tallest one. The tree shape had been specially trimmed and the cut was still brand new.
"Why is this tree being pruned?" Fu Ciyi asked calmly.
The middle-aged man said, "For some reason, this tree has been infested with insects on its crown. Some say the tree is doomed and needs to be cut down. I couldn't bear to do that, as it's been infested for decades. By chance, I met someone who said he had a way to cure the infestations. I never imagined his method involved sawing off the infested part, leaving it like this now."
Fu Beimo squinted at the treetops.
Backing away further and further, you can actually see the shape of the treetops more clearly.
"Brother, the treetop looks like a skeleton!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked over to where Fu Beimo was standing.
Standing farther away, you can better see the overall perspective.
Sure enough, the shape of the tree crown looks like a skull.
The two skull eyes were facing the main courtyard bedroom of the Fu family's new house.
Fu Ciyi frowned and asked the middle-aged man, "What did the person you met look like?"
"He's quite old, with a thick beard." The middle-aged man frowned and speculated, "Could he be a bad guy?"
Fu Ciyi asked again: "Can we still find each other now?"
The middle-aged man said, "No, that person is not from Qingshan Town."
Fu Beimo interrupted: "Brother, forget about that person, let's deal with the tree first."
Fu Ciyi then said, "Cut down this tree."
The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "No, no, I've planted this tree for decades. It would be a shame to cut it down."
Liu Chengwen and Meng Li also asked him to chop it off, but the man refused.
Fu Ciyi said gently, "I don't want you to cut it all down. I see the crown is indeed infested with insects. Why don't you just drastically cut off the entire strange crown? Leaving the main trunk will still produce new branches next year."
The man stretched out his hand and asked for money: "How about you pay me some money?"
Meng Li was shocked: "Why do you want money?"
The middle-aged man said, "I know this is Jie Yuan Gong. It is said that the Jie Yuan court has rewarded him, so he is naturally not short of money. Since you think the shape of my tree is terrible, then you pay me and I will cut it down. After all, I have planted the tree for decades."
Liu Chengwen shook his head: "We are neighbors, how can you ask for money?"
"What's there to be embarrassed about?" the middle-aged man asked back.
Fu Ciyi said coldly, "Ordinary people plant trees for beauty and to provide coolness in the hot summer. Why would they plant a skeleton in their yard? It's probably to bring bad luck."
Then he walked away.
"Yes, this family is looking for bad luck."
Liu Chengwen took a bite of breakfast and immediately followed Fu Ciyi.
Fu Beimo and Meng Li said in unison: "Yes, it's bad luck."
The four of them left the yard.
The middle-aged man stared at the tree dejectedly. He didn't want his tree to have an unlucky shape.
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After saying goodbye to Liu Chengwen, Fu Ciyi took Fu Beimo and Meng Li back to his own yard.
Breakfast was ready and Yan Funing had gotten up, so everyone was waiting for Fu Ciyi and the others to have breakfast together.
At the dinner table, Fu Beimo and Meng Li knew that Yan Funing was frightened by the shadow of a tree last night, so they consciously did not mention what happened just now.
Fu Ciyi saw that she looked normal and guessed that she slept well last night.
Not long after, Yan Funing finished her meal and said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, I have to go to the restaurant today and won't be back for lunch."
Wan Niang warned: "Okay, don't overwork yourself."
Yan Funing agreed and went out with Caiyu.
Fu Ciyi put down his bowl and chopsticks: "Beimo Ali, from today on, you and Caiyu will go to the restaurant together."
The two teenagers said yes.
Yan Funing stopped in her tracks when she heard this: "What do you mean? The restaurant has hired a lot of waiters now, so you don't need to help anymore."
"It's better to be cautious." Fu Ciyi stood up, "I'll take you there."
Yan Funing pointed at Fu Beimo and Meng Li and said, "You let them follow me, but you're still sending me there yourself?"
"Yes, I'll take you there and pick you up in the evening. Bei Mo and the others will protect you at the restaurant."
After Fu Ciyi said this, he took her hand and walked away.
Yan Funing couldn't understand why, so she turned to look at her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, only to see them smiling.
I began to wonder, could it be because I asked him to sleep with me last night?
Fu Ciyi sent Yan Funing into the restaurant before leaving.
In the evening, he arrived on time.
"My wife, you've worked hard."
There was a smile on his cold and handsome face, which surprised Yan Funing for a moment.
"My husband is really coming to pick me up?"
She didn't do anything to him when he slept in the study last night, right?
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