He might be inside the house. No, let him look again!
Shen Tangning asked again, but Chi Yan dared not let her know. As far as he knew, young ladies always kept their distance from insects and the like.
He casually brushed it off, saying, "It's nothing, I just lost a little gadget."
Shen Tangning suddenly realized: "Should we ask Xueqing and the others to come in and help us search?"
Chi Yan hurriedly replied, "No need, no need, I can do it myself!"
He started rummaging through drawers and cabinets. Although Shen Tangning was puzzled, she respected his request and asked again if he needed her help. After being refused, she didn't ask any more questions.
She climbed onto the couch and was about to lie down when she suddenly heard a chirping sound coming from under her pillow. She looked on suspiciously. Was there an insect?
Xueqing is always meticulous and makes her bed every day, so she shouldn't make such a mistake.
She lifted the pillow and saw the black cricket underneath; her pupils contracted slightly.
"Where did the bug come from?"
Chi Yan was delighted upon hearing this: "Where is it?"
He rushed over and saw Shen Tangning sweep the cricket to the ground with lightning speed and stomp on it.
She breathed a sigh of relief, lifted her foot to check, and, confirming it was definitely dead, her expression relaxed: "It's gone now."
Hmm...it's definitely gone.
Chi Yan's eyebrows trembled, his face filled with grief: "My Cui Cui! You died so tragically!!!"
Shen Tangning's eyes widened as she slowly looked at the cricket she had crushed at her feet, her tone filled with surprise and uncertainty: "...Cui Cui?"
Chi Yan's voice was so sorrowful that Qin Mama and Xue Qing were startled and hurriedly pushed open the door to ask, "Miss and Master, what's wrong?"
...
After an incense stick has burned.
On a dark and windy night, Shen Tangning and Chi Yan stood in the garden, burying Cuicui to rest in peace.
Holding the lantern, Shen Tangning saw that Chi Yan looked utterly devastated and heartbroken, and her guilt grew even stronger. She cautiously asked, "Is this... Cui Cui very important to you?"
She was quite puzzled, after all, it was the first time she had ever seen someone name an insect.
However, everyone has their own hobbies; I may not understand them, but I respect them.
Chi Yan buried Cui Cui's body in the ground, filled the pit, and sniffed: "It accompanied me to win battles big and small, and it is of great significance."
He didn't blame her; it was just her instinctive reaction.
There's just a slight sense of loss in my heart.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was your pet." Shen Tangning pursed her lips and tentatively said, "How about this, I'll go with you to catch another one another day?"
Chi Yan was stunned: "Huh?"
He looked up, the dim light of the gauze lamp illuminating Shen Tangning's face. She frowned slightly, her expression serious. "Although it certainly can't compare to Cui Cui's position in your heart, I will try my best to catch a lively cricket to apologize to you. How about that?"
Chi Yan's heart stirred, like a small pebble falling into a lake, creating very shallow ripples.
In his twentieth year in this unfamiliar world, he experienced the feeling of being respected for the first time.
Respect from a lady of noble birth.
Everyone else thought he was wasting his time and wasting his life on frivolous pursuits, but she said, "I'll help you catch another one, okay?"
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