Chapter 467: I just look at you a few more times, but I can’t touch you
"Sister, you must have made a mistake. I, I didn't mean that. I heard all this from others when I was in the Wangchuan Sect. They made up stories saying that the leader of the Wangchuan Sect was good. I don't think he is a good person." Zhu Erya seemed to be frightened by her words and lowered her head timidly.
But what he said was so fluent, without even stumbling.
Yun Fu raised the corner of her lip subtly, ending the topic without further questioning. Deep down, she became even more resolute in her previous thoughts.
The fox's tail has begun to show.
"I'm just asking casually. Don't be nervous. Come on, continue. I want to continue listening to your story, too."
"Well, okay." Zhu Erya raised her head again, and when her eyes met Qi Hanzhou's face, she obviously paused for a few seconds.
If it were someone else, they might not notice it.
But Yun Fu has already set her eyes on her.
She was curious about what was on Qi Hanzhou's face, so she looked at him, but didn't find anything special!
What I see is still that handsome face with sharp edges, deep and three-dimensional features.
But until they left the fire, Zhu Erya glanced at Qi Hanzhou furtively as many as seven times.
Yun Fu wrote it all down.
Before going to bed, Yun Fu was still thinking about this matter.
"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" Qi Hanzhou asked when he heard her movement.
"I was wondering why Zhu Erya kept peeking at you."
Qi Hanzhou stretched out his arms, encircling her in his embrace, and his voice rang in Yun Fu's ears: "Her eyes are indeed very uncomfortable."
Yun Fu became interested: "Oh, tell me exactly what kind of discomfort you feel."
Qi Hanzhou coughed lightly twice. "How should I put it? Her eyes reminded me of the way those noble ladies looked at me when I was in Shengjing. But how could a child look like that?"
Qi Hanzhou spoke implicitly, but Yun Fu understood.
This may sound a bit exaggerated.
Back then, Qi Hanzhou was a hot commodity in the eyes of all the noble ladies in Shengjing.
Whenever there was a banquet that he attended, the lady would try her best to get in.
At this banquet, many things happened in order to attract his attention.
Some sprained their ankles, some fell into the water, and some even got lost while walking.
The reason why Yun Fu knew so clearly was because the original owner had done many of these things.
Recovering her wandering thoughts, Yun Fu caught the key point in Qi Hanzhou's words. A light bulb went off in her head, and she suddenly realized, "What if she wasn't a child in the first place? Then it makes sense for her to look at you like that, doesn't it?"
Qi Hanzhou was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Yun Fu said, "At first, I just thought she was a little slower in development than normal children, and a little more mature in her thinking. I thought her acting, her character, her expressions, were all because she had been through so much, and that was what showed on her face."
But now, Yun Fu doesn’t think so.
"She should be much older than we thought before, perhaps in her twenties or even thirties."
"Twenty, thirty? But her face looks like a child, not a dwarf at all." Qi Hanzhou was knowledgeable and knew that there was a strange disease that could prevent a person from growing tall, but the face would not maintain a childlike appearance.
The proportions of the head and body are not harmonious, usually the head is large and the limbs are short, and the face becomes old with the passage of time.
Regarding medical issues, Yun Fu elaborated a bit more: "Dwarfism is just a general medical diagnosis, but there are actually many causes of developmental delay and short stature, such as family genetics and growth hormone disorders. Some people with this condition, despite being short, have normal body proportions and a childlike appearance. Zhu Erya is most likely one of these people."
Yun Fu remembered a movie she had seen, which was about a woman in her thirties who pretended to be an eight or nine-year-old orphan and was adopted, and some strange stories happened after that.
Now when I think back on Zhu Erya's every move, whether it's the expression between her eyebrows or her unconscious movements, she really doesn't look like a child.
After hearing this, Qi Hanzhou frowned slightly, "In other words, she looks like a child, but the soul inside her body is that of a mature woman."
"That's right, and she seems to have set her eyes on you." Yun Fu narrowed her eyes, looking like she was enjoying a good show.
Being targeted by such a strange woman, Qi Hanzhou would not feel happy, but disgusted.
"Xiao Fu'er, your husband has been targeted by a bad woman, and you can still laugh?"
"It doesn't matter. At most, she'll just look at you a few more times, but she can't touch you."
Yun Fu told him not to be anxious. After today's test, the woman would not be able to hold it in for long and would reveal her true colors.
——
Unexpectedly, the next day, someone couldn't hold it in anymore.
Xuanji Zhang was holding a clay pot and trotting towards them while shouting "hot, hot, hot".
"This is the wild mushroom chicken soup that Erya personally cooked. I brought it to you, Master Qi, and the general to try."
"The little girl is a grateful person, but she is too timid."
Xuanji Zhang could feel that Yun Fu's attitude towards Zhu Erya was a little cold.
He wanted to win some favor for her in front of Yun Fu.
After returning, he asked Yun Fu to personally treat the lump on Zhu Erya's face.
Xuanji Zhang poured a large bowl of chicken soup and brought it to Yun Fu with a smile, "Seventh Master, please try it first."
Yun Fu glanced at him, and under his hopeful gaze, she took the bowl and gently stirred it with a spoon. Then, she raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, "Did she make this soup herself?"
Xuanji Zhang nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes! Erya made this soup herself! We hunted the pheasants, but the mushrooms in this soup are all fresh mushrooms that Erya picked personally."
Yun Fu continued to stir the bowl of chicken soup: "She really is thoughtful then."
Xuanji Zhang agreed with a smile: "I told you, this girl knows how to be grateful. Please drink it while it's hot. It won't taste good if it gets cold. I'll serve the general a bowl of hot soup as well."
"There's no need to rush to serve Qi Hanzhou's bowl. Go call her over first. I want to thank her in person."
After a while, Xuanji Zhang came with Zhu Erya, who was timid and had her head down.
When they got closer, Zhu Erya raised her head and quickly glanced at the bowl in front of Yun Fu. Seeing that the chicken soup in Yun Fu's bowl was still full, a look of dissatisfaction flashed in her eyes.
Then he became obedient again.
"Meet Sister Yun."
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