Chapter 198 He Ran Away and Won't Come Back
Gu Xixi bent down and took a closer look at the combination lock containing the hidden poems, her eyes looking as if she were looking at an enemy.
"Do you know how to unlock this thing? I want to throw it out!"
He Jinglan said, "Of course, you have to match the preset four-character poem, and then you can solve it."
She bent down and looked at the lock with Gu Xixi, touching her chin and thinking:
"Usually there are six to nine characters on each roller. This one has nine characters, which is the most difficult."
Gu Xixi turned the wheel and said, "Do you know what poem it is?"
"Let's think about it together, starting with the first sentence and eliminating the options."
There are only these few words on the copper lock, and there are a vast number of works by famous writers and 300 poems.
With He Jinglan, a student of ancient liberal arts, around, he should be able to figure it out quickly.
However, there was no sound around her for a long time. When Gu Xixi turned her head and met He Jinglan's eyes, she suddenly realized something.
She shouldn't have asked for the answer at all!
With Mu Nanzhao's bad taste, how could he bother to copy other people's poems as passwords? !
Therefore, only Mu Nanzhao himself knows this password! !
Seeing that Gu Xixi understood it herself, He Jinglan spread her hands and gave a helpless smile.
"No way. No matter how annoying he is, his talent and poetry are still widely praised."
Gu Xixi looked at the copper lock again. In addition to the code on the front of the horse's belly, there was also a keyhole on the horse's mouth, which provided double insurance.
Moreover, the entire structure is made of extremely thick brass, so it would probably be difficult to open it even with violent methods.
He Jinglan looked at Gu Xixi's expression and tried to persuade her, "I think let it go..."
"He's not here, and you're only going to get angry at a copper lock, which is not worth it."
Gu Xixi took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, "You're right."
"There's no need to be so hard on a dead thing."
Just as the two were about to leave, Aunt Zhang came out from the main room and saw the shiny big lock at a glance.
She walked over and looked at the two girls. "What's going on? Where's Xiao Chen? Did Xixi lock Xiao Chen in the room?"
He Jinglan laughed and said, "Aunt, you must be joking. Why would Xixi lock a grown man in the house in broad daylight?"
Gu Xixi was helpless, "Aunt, look at this irritating thing, does it look like something we can have at home?"
Aunt Zhang was also attracted by the copper lock. "Wow, it's so delicately made. How come the parts in the middle can move?"
"Are the words engraved on it...?"
She weighed it again and said, "It's quite heavy."
"Plus with this kind of workmanship, exchanging it for a large silver ingot won't be a problem."
He Jinglan said, "If we can take it down, it won't be a problem to sell it for fifty or sixty taels of silver."
"What?" Aunt Zhang was shocked. She turned her head to see that the door was not closed and quickly lowered her voice.
"Fifty, fifty or sixty?"
She looked at the copper lock again, "If this isn't Xixi's, then Xiao Chen made it himself?"
Gu Xixi and He Jinglan nodded in unison.
Aunt Zhang was getting more and more confused. "Where is Xiao Chen? There's nothing to steal in his room."
Gu Xixi answered directly, "He ran away and never came back."
Aunt Zhang felt as if there was a thunder rolling over her head and she almost lost her balance.
She leaned against the wall and asked, "What? You said Xiao Chen ran away? How did you know?"
"He used to come and go without anyone noticing. Don't make sure you misunderstood him this time!"
At this moment, Gu Xixi was straightforward and had a attitude of giving up everything.
"No misunderstanding, he has a better place to go, and from now on we will just pretend that he doesn't exist in our family."
"You don't have to worry about whether he will come back or not. You can live your life the same as before."
He Jinglan did not expect Gu Xixi to say that. She looked at her in surprise at first, then lowered her head and tried her best to avoid Aunt Zhang's sight.
But Aunt Zhang still called out their names, "Jinglan, tell me, what happened to them?"
"Did they have a quarrel? Or did Xixi bully others and drive Xiao Chen out?"
He Jinglan was unable to avoid being questioned, so she could only smile and say, "Look at this copper lock, it doesn't look like Xixi drove him out."
Aunt Zhang was puzzled. "If Xiao Chen ran away, why did you lock the room?"
He Jinglan glanced at Gu Xixi, and decided to stand on the side of her good sister.
She spoke with difficulty, "He is... just trying to be naughty before leaving, so that you can't open the door."
Aunt Zhang had a lot of question marks on her face.
Is there really someone who spends fifty or sixty taels of silver just to lock someone else's door... to do something bad?
Gu Xixi held Aunt Zhang's hand and said coquettishly, "This matter has been turned over, please don't worry about it, okay?"
"But..." Aunt Zhang wanted to say something.
Gu Xixi quickly continued, "Anyway, we only spent a penny at the beginning. He worked hard when he was at home, and he gave all the salary he earned as a teacher to the family. It's basically even, and we didn't suffer any loss."
Aunt Zhang frowned and thought for a while, then finally figured it out. She raised her head and said, "That still won't work. Xiao Chen was sent down by the government to get married."
"He's not completely innocent. If he runs away without knowing why, should we report him to the police?"
"Otherwise, if there is an investigation someday, how will we explain it?"
Gu Xixi and He Jinglan looked at each other.
Forgot about this question.
Not to mention that the current Qingtian County Government will not take care of such matters.
In a few days, with the changing external situation, Chen Fang's criminal slave file might soon become a piece of waste paper stating "this person is dead".
But it is difficult to explain these inside stories to Aunt Zhang.
So Gu Xixi said, "Okay, I'm going to the city to do some shopping tomorrow, so I'll report to the government office on the way."
Aunt Zhang nodded, then walked away with a sad face and a sigh.
She whispered, "We finally developed a relationship, and I thought he could become my son-in-law."
"He just ran away, what should I do with my Xixi..."
Gu Xixi wanted to chase after her to comfort Aunt Zhang, but after thinking about it, she gave up.
Even if you raise a cat or a dog, you will have feelings for it, let alone a person. Let Aunt Zhang get used to it first.
She sighed, "Let's go to Sister Qin's house."
"Aunt Zhang likes to eat cherries, so pick some for her."
Aunt Zhang walked into the main room and looked up to see the tablets of Gu Bapi and Xixi's mother.
Her bent back suddenly straightened up, and the fighting spirit in her eyes was rekindled.
"This man from outside has no background and is really no match for me."
"So, my Xixi's lifelong event, whether she gets married or not, still needs me to personally check it out!"
There was no one in Mrs. Qin's orchard.
Gu Xixi asked the neighbors who were doing farm work nearby and found out that Mrs. Qin and her husband had gotten up early and gone to the city.
The neighbor auntie smiled and said, "They have been digging herbs non-stop recently. Look, they just dried a batch of them. This morning I saw that they filled two loads and went to the city to sell them."
Auntie made the number three with her hands and said enviously, "It seems like this is the third time they've sold it. I asked them how much money they made, but they refused to tell me and just laughed."
"Looking at that expression, he must have made a lot of money!"
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