Zhou Luancheng didn't think much about it. After all, girls' moods were fickle. For example, Zhou Chaoyang might be very happy one second, but could be so angry that she screamed the next.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Mu Xiaowan, I want to talk to you about something. It's lunch time, so let's talk while we eat."
Sheng An Ning took the lunch box and said, "I brought lunch with me. You guys go. I won't go."
Zhou Luancheng nodded: "Okay, Mu Xiaowan, let's go."
Mu Xiaowan didn't want to go, mainly because when she saw Zhou Luancheng, the scenes in her dream became clearer and her face couldn't help but turn red again, but she also knew that Zhou Luancheng had something important to talk to her about.
She could only follow Zhou Luancheng out with a blushing face.
Zhou Luancheng noticed that the usually bold girl seemed a little shy today. He glanced at her from the side and saw that her cheeks were flushed. "Are you sick?"
Mu Xiaowan quickly shook her head and looked around as if nothing had happened: "No, it's just a little hot."
Zhou Luancheng was a little puzzled. It was already the end of October and the weather had become much cooler. Moreover, Mu Xiaowan was only wearing a red sportswear, which was not too much. Why was it so hot?
Thinking that the girl was alone and had no one to take care of her, he still reminded her with concern: "It's quite cold in the morning and evening now, you should wear more clothes and be careful not to catch a cold."
Mu Xiaowan pouted. Why did this instruction feel like it was from her father?
Zhou Luancheng took Mu Xiaowan to the school's small cafeteria for dinner. They could eat small pot meals here, but they were a bit more expensive. It was considered a hospitality restaurant, and generally few students came to eat there.
Mu Xiaowan was a little curious: "How do you know where our school cafeteria is?"
It seemed that Zhou Luancheng was familiar with the place and was more familiar with the canteen than she was. She had also heard of this canteen but had never been there.
Zhou Luancheng smiled and said, "I went to school here."
Mu Xiaowan was surprised: "You graduated from Beijing University? Then why did you join the army?"
Zhou Luancheng felt that there was no conflict: "I went there after graduation. I started school early and was recommended to study here at the age of sixteen."
Mu Xiaowan said, "You are so good at studying?"
Zhou Luancheng smiled and said, "You are also very good. We were recommended to study here, but you passed the exam based on your own ability, so you have to be better."
Mu Xiaowan felt balanced, and also because of the praise from Zhou Luancheng, her eyebrows and eyes were filled with smiles, becoming bright and endearing.
Zhou Luancheng felt that this kind of Mu Xiaowan was the real Mu Xiaowan. The shy Mu Xiaowan just now was really unlike her.
He asked her to find a seat and then went to the window to order two dishes and half a pound of rice.
After thinking about it, I was afraid that it wouldn’t be enough, so I ordered three more buns.
Mu Xiaowan watched Zhou Luancheng bring the food over but didn't move. She waited until he sat down and pushed the food in front of her before asking, "What do you want to see me about? What do you want to know? Anyway, I won't know even if I ask."
Zhou Luancheng handed the largest portion of rice to Mu Xiaowan: "Eat first, and then we'll talk."
Mu Xiaowan was not polite either. She loved to eat and had a big appetite. Because she was afraid of going hungry when she was a child, she had to eat until she was full, for fear that she would not have the next meal.
Later, I developed a habit of eating everything, no matter what was available. I would feel happy only when I was full.
Zhou Luancheng ate a small bowl of rice, and then watched Mu Xiaowan finish all the rice and the three buns. He knew that she had a big appetite, but he didn't expect her to eat all of it. He thought about buying more for the next meal.
I also thought about the whole basket of dumplings she had yesterday morning, and I’m afraid she wasn’t full.
Mu Xiaowan was full and felt like she was full to her throat. Looking at the empty bowl and plate, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth with satisfaction: "Can I ask now?"
Zhou Luancheng also put down his chopsticks: "Do you know Ma San?"
Mu Xiaowan nodded: "Yes, I know him. He made a lot of money in the ghost market. He always said that his father's grandfather worked in the palace and was a doorman for the old Buddha. It's quite strange. Aren't all the people working in the palace eunuchs? How could his father's grandfather have descendants?"
Zhou Luancheng laughed dumbly: "Then do you know how Ma San makes money besides cheating people?"
Mu Xiaowan thought for a moment: "He also gambles, and he also makes counterfeits. His counterfeits are exactly the same as the real ones. What's wrong? Wasn't he killed to rob money?"
Zhou Luancheng shook his head: "It's not that simple. If it was just a robbery, they would just take the money. Why would they be so cruel as to cut open someone's stomach? That's a big problem."
This is clearly a vendetta.
During their recent visit, they found that people in the market were vague about Ma San's deeds and character, saying that he was a black-hearted person who would cheat and do anything.
But no one said he could make fakes.
Mu Xiaowan didn't think this was strange at all: "No one will say that, because most people in the market are making fakes. If I tell you, won't you wipe them out?"
After that, he moved closer to the table and whispered, "Why is the ghost market open at night? Isn't it because it's dark so that people can't see and it's hard to tell the real from the fake? And as long as you buy something and leave the stall, the authenticity is your own business. No one can come back to cause trouble. This is the rule."
"But this Ma San is even more shameless. He deliberately put some broken pots on the roadside, and people passing by knocked them over and broke them. Sorry, you touched pots from the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, so you have to pay for it."
"Ma San has a lover who lives over there in Liuli River. What's there? There are a lot of glazed tiles. You can just bring back some broken things and turn them into valuable things."
Zhou Luancheng looked at Mu Xiaowan as she spoke with great excitement. Sure enough, there was something he had not found out.
Just think about it, she hangs out in the ghost market every day, she can hear all kinds of messy things, and she is not afraid of polluting her ears.
After Mu Xiaowan told him everything he knew, he suddenly had an idea of his own: "Do you think it's possible that the killing was not caused by money or revenge, but was caused by love? I heard that his lover was very beautiful."
Zhou Luancheng looked at Mu Xiaowan with slight surprise. In their investigation, there was really no mention of Ma San's mistress. He didn't expect that Mu Xiaowan knew everything.
"We asked people in the market and no one knew he had a mistress."
Mu Xiaowan shrugged: "It's normal. I bumped into her. The woman was very beautiful. She lived on Liulichang Street and had a mole between her eyebrows."
Zhou Luancheng was somewhat surprised: "I didn't expect that I found the right person."
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