Chapter 384: Disorderly

Zong Zhao replied, "Indeed, he didn't know what a rare copy was. Seeing that I was worried, he said he would compensate me with a copy."

"What's the result?"

Zong Zhao was at a loss for words: "The author has passed away, how can I compensate him?"

Xu Wan scratched her head and said, "That's true. Anyone would be angry. An authentic copy is so rare, let alone a unique one."

Zong Zhao hummed, and said with some regret: "I was too young at that time, and I attached too much importance to the original copy. I was very angry with him. Not only did I not eat the fish he grilled, but I also ignored him for several days."

So much so that now, I don’t even think about it anymore.

Xu Wan suddenly understood why he brought the book with him to grill fish. It turned out that he was thinking about Zong Yan.

The fire was lit, and pages of books burned in the fire. The shortened sticks were placed on the pages and gradually ignited. The flames flickered and illuminated the scene by the dim pond.

Xu Wan took the forked fish, placed it on the fire, and asked, "Is this height okay?"

Zong Zhao took a look and said, "It's a bit low, a little higher."

Xu Wan then raised it a little higher.

She observed Zong Zhao quietly for a while before asking, "Have you found any clues recently?" She was talking about Zong Yan's case.

Zong Zhao said calmly, "I've always known who it was, but it's been so long that it's difficult to collect evidence."

Xu Wan asked in surprise: "Who is it?"

Although she didn't know whether she should know this, she asked without hesitation.

Zong Zhao lowered his head and replied, "They are some uncles that my father has a good relationship with."

"Oh my god..." Xu Wan covered her mouth in shock after learning the truth so quickly, fearing that her loud voice would startle others. "So, do my father-in-law know?"

Zong Zhao shook his head and replied, "I haven't figured out how to tell him yet. After all, he personally entrusted us to our uncles and aunts."

He personally handed his two sons over to evil-minded villains, resulting in the death of one brother and the injury of another. Years of pain could not be healed.

Zong Zhao will settle this account with them.

However, the old marquis might collapse, so he didn't want them to know until the truth came out.

Xu Wan trembled as she said, "My father-in-law will definitely feel very guilty."

Zong Yan's death is irreversible, and knowing the truth is like adding insult to injury, a heavy blow.

"Well." Zong Zhao replied, "Let's talk about it later. Maybe the truth will not be made public. Maybe he will never know it."

Xu Wan was silent.

Yes, evidence has not been easy to find over the years, and simply pointing fingers at someone will not only fail to reveal the truth, but may also bring you into trouble.

Zong Zhao saw her hands hanging down, the grilled fish was almost burnt, he took it over and said: "Let me do it, the fish is too big, your hands will get sore if you lift it for too long."

"Ah..." Xu Wan took a look and found that one side had turned black, so she quickly handed it over to Zong Zhao to deal with.

She angrily blamed herself in her heart: It turns out that people who are brought up in the exam-oriented education system have extremely poor manual skills.

Zong Zhao was concentrating on grilling fish on the fire, and from time to time he would say, "It's too hot next to the fire, you can sit further away."

No matter how cool the summer night is, it will still be stuffy. The two people sitting by the fire were sweating. Xu Wan obediently stepped back a little until the two fish were grilled and Zong Zhao handed the better one to her.

Xu Wan didn't answer. She felt guilty and said, "If you mess up the job, how can you still eat other people's food?"

Zong Zhao smiled and said, "I don't know about other people's, but I can give mine to you." As he said that, he passed the grilled fish forward again.

Xu Wan reached out her hand tentatively, and seeing that he really had no intention of regretting it, she took the fish and carefully smelled the fragrance of the fish meat.

Zong Zhao said, "There is no seasoning. If you want to eat it, I'll get it."

Xu Wan shook her head and smiled: "Every meal has seasonings, which makes it difficult to taste the flavor of the food itself. This is also good, it is a new experience."

Zong Zhao looked at her with a smile on his face and said, "Yes, okay."

He turned the charred fish in his hand over and ate the good fish meat on the other side. Xu Wan also nibbled the fish meat, savoring the fruits of her labor which "only cost firewood."

Xu Wan praised with bright eyes: "It's delicious and fresh. My mother-in-law is really good at choosing fish. She is really the most perfect mother and mother-in-law I have ever met."

Zong Zhao nodded in agreement and whispered, "If...in the future...you will be the same, and you will do better than her."

Xu Wan took several seconds to react before she realized that what he was hesitating about was probably "mother" and "mother-in-law", but the premise of these two titles was that she and he had a child.

The fire was not completely extinguished yet, and Xu Wan once again saw that Zong Zhao's ears were red. She even felt that her ears were a little hot.

It's over, shyness seems to be contagious.

Xu Wan turned her head and looked at the pond with blinking eyes.

Zong Zhao asked her, "Do you want to play in the pond?"

Xu Wan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked with a smile: "If I say I want to, will you still take me into the water?"

He said, "Why not?"

Xu Wan looked at him quietly: "It's not decent and it's a disgrace to women."

Zong Zhao replied: "Everyone has been cleared out, no one will see it."

Xu Wan grabbed the sleeve of her clothes and whispered, "I can't let go. I've been imprisoned for too long. It's almost grown together with my flesh and blood. I feel uncomfortable when it's pulled."

"It's not that serious. There was only one shackle. You were afraid of making mistakes, so you added a few more." Zong Zhao said to her gently, "If you want to play, play. I'll take you to play."

As he said this, he took the half-eaten grilled fish from her hand and threw it aside. He jumped into the pond with a splash and reached out to Xu Wan on the shore.

Xu Wan was surprised by his action: "You acted too fast, I didn't even think about it."

Zong Zhao was obviously desperate: "I'm already in the water, why don't you come?"

Xu Wan finally struggled: "The bottom of the pond is full of mud. If we go back soaking wet, people will know what we have been doing at a glance."

"Cui Liu doesn't talk much. She's waiting outside. She will make sure no one will run into her on the way back, including Cui Zhi."

"What about the clothes? There's mud on them too..."

"Green willow wash."

Xu Wan: “…”

You are really good at finding people. You caught everyone.

But I have to say that the person Zong Zhao found is really reliable, and Cui Liu is really comprehensive.

She hesitated for a moment, but still handed the hand to Zong Zhao, and then was taken to the pond by him.

The moment her legs touched the pond water, a cool feeling quickly spread from her body, and soon crawled all over her limbs. Xu Wan immediately became energetic, and she laughed excitedly, "It's really comfortable. Mr. Su is not lying to me."

The flickering fire on the shore illuminated her excited face. Whenever Zong Zhao thought of the happiness and freedom he brought to her, he felt his chest beating heavily again.