Zhao Wu smiled, his eyes shifting away and then back again, and he said, "Over the past six months, I've missed you so much. Even my eldest brother hasn't thought of me that way. Back then, I often thought that if I could still live to go back, I would definitely look at you without blinking, for two days and two nights. Sister, do you miss me?"
Xu Lanyin answered honestly, "Of course I did. I also had a nightmare. I dreamed that the person you saved was Lan Zhou, and Lan Zhou's shoulder was injured. You were running in front, and there were many pursuers behind you. You ran to a high wall, and I woke up in fright."
Zhao Wu's eyes widened as he said, "Sister's dream was so accurate. I saved Xu... Oh, Old Demon. He just injured his shoulder. We were indeed chased by the Xixia soldiers to the city wall. We jumped onto a tree and then onto the wall to escape."
Xu Lanyin didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. She laughed and said, "Really? That dream scared me to death. Then I thought about your three-legged skills. Encountering a high wall might be a dead end for others, but it might be a chance for you to survive. I felt better."
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Sister, you are right. The city wall did help us escape. Otherwise, I might have escaped, but the old demon would have been finished..." Then he asked, "When was the day you had the dream?"
Xu Lanyin said, "The twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, midnight."
Zhao Wu sighed again, "We escaped in the middle of the night on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month. What a coincidence... No, it's not a coincidence, it's God. My sister must have been so worried about me that God brought our real situation into her dream."
Xu Lanyin was also unbelievable. However, since she could even travel through a book, it seemed possible that God was helping her to have a dream.
Xu Lanyin asked again, "You escaped on the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, why did you return to Beijing this month?"
Zhao Wu continued, "It was a coincidence..." Thinking it would be inappropriate to reveal the incident first, he changed his words and said, "We fled outside the city. The old demon was seriously injured in the shoulder and bleeding profusely. He could no longer walk. I couldn't bear to leave him alone, so I didn't go to the agreed area to find the people who would pick us up. Instead, I ran into the mountains with him on my back. We stayed in the mountains for more than half a month, waiting for his injuries to heal before leaving... Originally, my reward would have been higher, but because I acted emotionally, I almost missed the big opportunity. After I came back, I was punished and only made an inspector. However, I don't regret it. Compared with the old demon's life and future, his life is more important."
Xu Lanyin didn't pay attention to his last words, but instead figured out something that had previously puzzled her. She had been wondering how Zhao Wu, who had first cracked the Longxing Inn case and then traveled thousands of miles to the enemy country to rescue the old demon holding important intelligence, could only be promoted to an eighth-rank inspector... So there was this whole story behind it.
She was worried that Zhao Wu would be confused, so she said comfortingly, "It's good that nothing important has been delayed. Saving that man is equivalent to saving his family. You did the right thing. Becoming an inspector at such a young age is already very remarkable. Keep up the hard work." She added, "Has the old demon returned home? He's going undercover, and his family probably doesn't know. I wonder how happy Leng Ding would be to see him."
Zhao Wu looked at Xu Lanyin with amusement and nodded. He thought, in such a big world, how could such a coincidence happen! If the old demon wasn't her father, even with his immense courage and boundless compassion, he wouldn't have strayed from the path without permission. He would rather delay delivering the intelligence than watch him die...
He said, "He's still in the Dali Temple. He won't be released until the case is concluded. Alas, he must not dare to tell his family about such an important matter. People who work undercover have no control over many things, and he is no exception..."
Xu Lanyin felt that this naughty child was hesitant and stammering with his words, as if he had something on his mind, and there was something in his eyes as well, so she reached out and grabbed his sleeve to listen to his inner thoughts.
Zhao Wuyi was frightened when he saw her eyes. He leaned back and said, "Sister, when you look at me like this, I feel like you can see through my heart."
Xu Lanyin didn't expect him to be so right, and she didn't want to eavesdrop on his thoughts anymore. Instead, she reached out and grabbed his ear and twisted it a few times. "You're annoying. Is it because you say one thing and mean another that you're so scared? Tell me, what are you hiding from me?"
Zhao Wu rubbed his ears and smiled, "When I was in Xixia Kingdom, I wanted you to pull my ears the most. It felt as comfortable as tickling. Hehe..." He added, "Everything I said to you was true. I never said one thing and meant another..."
He stopped talking before he finished. He had indeed hidden something important. Then he said very honestly, "Sister, I'm already this old, it's normal to have some things on my mind that I don't want to share with others."
After hearing this, Xu Lanyin also felt that she really couldn't always know his thoughts and feelings. This was no different from the controlling mother she had mentioned in her previous life. She herself had her own concerns that she hadn't told Zhao Wu, so why should she force him to tell her everything? Everyone has their own privacy, and Zhao Wu is no exception.
In the future, we should give naughty kids some space.
She said awkwardly, "Okay, you should have some privacy. I won't ask any more questions. However, if you encounter any major issues, you still have to discuss it with me first."
Zhao Wuru felt relieved. He stood up, took out a package, and opened it. He took out a small lotus jade ornament and a pair of jade bracelets and said, "This is Mizhi jade, a specialty of Xixia. I didn't have time to buy these in Xixia, so I bought them on the border of Daming. They're not worth much, so I'll leave them for me as a keepsake."
The jade is white with a yellowish tint. Although the quality is not very good, the carving is exquisite and it will cost some money.
Xu Lanyin said angrily, "You only brought so little money, I could have given you good food and shelter, why waste it on this?"
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Eat well, otherwise how could you grow taller?"
Xu Lanyin asked again, "Have you met your elder brother in the capital?"
Zhao Wudao said, "I secretly went to see him twice at night. My eldest brother is not doing well. Those old guys have been forcing him to get married. Sister, after I go to Nanping to complete the formalities, Lord Min will definitely give me a long vacation. We will go to the capital together. You can sell the black root grass to Baicaotang, okay? Once you get the Immortal Bone Pill, find a way to get my eldest brother out for treatment. Lord Min has agreed to lend me a villa."
Xu Lanyin said, "No need to borrow. This time, Lord Chai gave us six thousand taels of silver, half of which is yours. You can use some of the silver to buy a house in the capital to accommodate your eldest brother, and you will have a place to stay when you return to the capital."
Zhao Wu smiled and said, "Just give me one thousand taels to buy the house, and the rest will be my sister's."
Xu Lanyin said, "You will have many places to spend money in the future, you can't always ask me for it."
She got up and went into the bedroom, took out a silver note worth three thousand taels of silver and handed it to Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu thought about the fact that he would have to spend money on many things in the future, so he took it all and said, "I'll take it first, and earn money for you later."
Xu Lanyin asked again, "Now that the Wen family wants to kill you, it's impossible. Don't you want to restore your identity openly and expose their conspiracy to harm you?"
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