Chapter 33

The tortoise usually looks slow, but I didn’t expect it to be able to climb so far when angry. Mu Xueyi and Zhou Zhenyue walked two kilometers and still found nothing, and the old man did not find the direction.

It stands to reason that A Shou, a turtle the size of a washbasin, is very eye-catching, and it shouldn’t take so long to find it. It is estimated that it is too dark, and if it squats in a place and does not move, it is easy for people to misunderstand.

Zhou Zhenyue took Mu Xueyi back and forth in a two-kilometer radius, walking non-stop for three or four hours. Because they came out to look for it after they came back, and didn’t eat dinner, Mu Xueyi was a little worried about Zhou Zhenyue, so she asked:

“Are you hungry? Why don’t we find something to eat at a convenience store?”

Zhou Zhenyue thought that Mu Xueyi was hungry and said, “Go home and eat.”

Mu Xueyi: “A Shou hasn’t been found yet. If Grandpa sees us going back like this, he will definitely be unhappy.”

Zhou Zhenyue didn’t take it seriously: “It’s just a turtle. If you can’t find it, you can’t find it. After two days, Grandpa will stop thinking about it.”

Mu Xueyi was a little curious: “I heard that A Shou is the Zhou family’s heirloom. Grandpa and ancestors valued it very much. Why don’t you seem to care about its appearance?”

She happened to pass by a 24-hour convenience store, Zhou Zhenyue turned off her flashlight and walked towards the only lit convenience store in the dark.

She put her hands in the pockets of her coat shallowly, and her voice floated in the air: “The old people are superstitious and think it has blessings, and the Zhou family has to rely on it for protection. But to put it bluntly, it is just a dead skin and a face to stay with us. It’s just a beast that eats and drinks, a dog eats for ten years, it eats for a hundred years, but it’s just a long time to eat and drink—do you want me to really treat it as an ancestor’s offering?”

Coming to the front of the shelf, Mu Xueyi took a bucket of instant noodles with tomato brisket.

She smiled, “What you said is quite reasonable. But even though you said that, didn’t you go out to look for it overnight? Actually, you are also very concerned about it.”

Zhou Zhenyue took a package of cheese biscuits, turned the package over, and looked at the date on it.

She didn’t look up, but replied lightly: “I also said that it is absolutely impossible for me and you to get back together. How do you know which words of mine are credible and which are not?”

Hearing Zhou Zhenyue spit out the word “compound”, Mu Xueyi’s hand holding the milk stopped.

She pursed her lips and looked at Zhou Zhenyue: “Probably… Guess by intuition?”

The corners of Zhou Zhenyue’s lips were half-smiling, “What do you think the result is?”

Mu Xueyi took down two small boxes of Wangzai’s milk, held it in his hand, and chuckled lightly.

“I guess you care about A Shou and you care about me too.”

“…” Zhou Zhenyue was noncommittal, just raised her hand, took out the two boxes of Wangzai milk from Mu Xueyi’s hand and put it back, and took it from the shelf – a box of healthier sugar-free pure milk and put it in Mu Xueyi hands.

“Drink this,” she said.

When the words fell, Zhou Zhenyue turned around and walked towards the cashier counter.

Mu Xueyi looked at her straight back and long black hair, and a warm feeling filled her heart.

Zhou Zhenyue turned her head and looked at Mu Xueyi, who was smirking, and said, “If you don’t come again, you will pay for what you have.”

Mu Xueyi hurriedly walked over with the food in her arms, and carefully placed the goods in her arms next to the food selected by Zhou Zhenyue. Zhou Zhenyue took out her credit card, pointed to everything on the cashier counter, and said to the cashier, “Let’s get together.”

She watched the cashier settle their items one by one, and suddenly felt…

Spending Zhou Zhenyue’s money is actually not as guilty as I imagined.

After eating at the convenience store, the housekeeper called and said that Ah Shou had finally found it, and it was in a nearby pool.

Tossing – at night, the old man was exhausted and went back to the bedroom with the turtle to sleep.

After this, Zhou Zhenyue didn’t dare to put A Shou in the cage again, so she had to instruct the housekeeper and servants to pay attention to the safety of peppercorns and fennel.

Because the next day was Saturday, Zhou Zhenyue and Mu Xueyi didn’t have to go to work, so they could just sleep in. Zhou Zhenyue saw that Mu Xueyi was very tired, so she specially instructed the aunts not to disturb them before ten o’clock in the morning.

But at seven o’clock the next morning, there was a knock on their door.

Zhou Zhenyue slept lightly. After being woken up, she looked at the other side of the bed, and Mu Xueyi was still asleep.

She put on her clothes and walked to the door, opened the door, and saw the butler standing there with his hands down.

“What’s wrong?” Zhou Zhenyue asked.

The butler looked embarrassed, as if he didn’t know how to speak, he hesitated for a while, and then said, “Miss, Ah Shou it… it…”

Zhou Zhenyue: “It ran away again?”

Butler: “No, it…”

Zhou Zhenyue: “What’s the matter?”

The housekeeper swallowed, “It… ate peppercorns.”

Zhou Zhenyue didn’t care much: “It even eats grass, so what if it eats a peppercorn.”

Butler: “No, I mean… Ah Shou gave Miss Mu Er’s little duck called Sichuan pepper to… give, eat…”

Zhou Zhenyue held the fingers of her arm – stiff.

She turned around and confirmed—Xia Mu Xueyi was still sleeping, walked to the corridor and closed the door, signaling the housekeeper to follow her downstairs.

Going down to the end of the stairs, Zhou Zhenyue leaned against the entrance of the stairs—a position where you could see if there were people coming above the stairs, frowned, and lowered her voice: “Didn’t I tell you to look at them? How can you still be called A Shou? ate?”

The housekeeper bowed his head apologetically: “It’s all our fault. We specially made breakfast for them in the morning. We originally wanted to eat it together, but we didn’t watch it, so… When Xiao Zhang and the others saw it, it was too late. We really didn’t expect that when we went to rescue, we only grabbed a few feathers…”

Zhou Zhenyue waved her hand: “Okay, I’ll find out who’s responsible for this later. Now you have to do two things. The first one is to put the remaining duck in the cage and stop barking. If there is any accident, the second one, go to check the address of the largest flower and bird market in Xia’anyang, check it and send it to me, and call Xiao Ai to come over and prepare to drive. ”

Butler: “Yes.”

After making arrangements, Zhou Zhenyue went upstairs to change her clothes. She took the clothes and opened and closed the door very lightly, and she didn’t make any noise to the people sleeping on the bed.

When Xiao Ai arrived, she got in the car and went to the largest flower and bird market.

On weekends, the flower and bird market is very lively, and many common pets can be seen here.

Zhou Zhenyue went to a few relatively large stalls selling chickens and ducks, took the photos of peppercorns on her mobile phone, and looked for the ones that looked closer among the densely packed ducks.

The peppercorns don’t look the same as ordinary yellow ducks, with three black feathers on the tips of their wings. And only the left wing has it, not the right wing. This relatively harsh condition made Zhou Zhenyue’s process of finding similar ducks not smooth. She looked for several ducks, but could not find a similar duck.

Since the sun was getting thick in the morning, Xiao Ai’s skin was itchy from the sun, and she persuaded Zhou Zhenyue: “Mr. Zhou, I don’t think it’s worth it, just tell the truth to the second lady, she is such a good-tempered person, Certainly not mad at you.”

Zhou Zhenyue stood quietly, as if thinking about something.

Xiao Ai: “Mr. Zhou?”

Zhou Zhenyue looked at her watch and said softly, “Look for a nearby farm.”

Xiao Ai looked at the stubborn Zhou Zhenyue, wiped off the sweat on her head, and resigned herself to drive.

The two found the nearest large chicken and duck farm. Zhou Zhenyue said that she wanted to wholesale duck seedlings, and the manager on duty in the farm led her in to see the ducks.

When entering the breeding grounds, Xiao Ai had the urge to hit her head to death.

Duck Mountain Duck Sea.

– Hopeless.

The manager asked: “Boss, how many do you want, I’ll get you a discount.”

Zhou Zhenyue said: “I’ll give you money for ten thousand ducklings. You can find all the idle employees in your factory and help me find this little duck.” She showed the manager the picture on her phone, “There are three black hairs on the tip of the left wing.”

The manager couldn’t believe it: “What do you mean, if you spend 10,000 ducklings, you need only 1?”

Zhou Zhenyue: “Yes.”

The manager hurriedly greeted the employees to come over, and everyone – got up and down to the breeding pond, rolled up their trouser legs and sleeves – only – just grabbed it and looked at it.

Zhou Zhenyue and Xiao Ai also entered the breeding pond together. The two of them stooped and shuttled among the quack ducks, like farmers who went to the ground to pull seedlings during the autumn harvest.

– With so many people coming down, the duck was frightened, flapping its wings and flying around. After finding it, Zhou Zhenyue’s hair was stained with a lot of down feathers, and the cuffs and shoulders were also pooped by ducks.

It was the end of autumn, and the air-conditioning was no longer on in the field, but today the sun was shining and the ceiling was thin, making the air in the field feel stuffy and smelly, which was disgusting.

Xiao Ai was crying because of duck feces, she wiped her tears and searched.

She has grown so big, and she has never felt so miserable.

After searching for more than five hours, from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm, the two of them didn’t even bother to eat.

When Xiao Ai felt that she was about to die heroically in this breeding pond, finally, an employee found a little duck that looked exactly like it. Zhou Zhenyue took it and compared it with the photo – next, there is almost no difference.

“Mr. Zhou, if I don’t get the 14th salary by the end of the year, there’s really no reason!” Xiao Ai – while crying – wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand that was not stained with duck shit.

Zhou Zhenyue was also in a state of embarrassment. She took off the duck feathers from her hair, wiped the duck feces on her clothes repeatedly with toilet paper, and said perfunctorily, “I’ll give you fifteen.”

It’s too late.

On the way back, Zhou Zhenyue was so tired that she leaned against the car window with her chin up and fell asleep.

When he got home, Zhou Zhenyuedi took off his jacket and handed it to his aunt, and ordered to wash it off immediately.

She immediately went upstairs again, wanting to take a shower.

When I was going upstairs, I happened to meet Mu Xueyi walking down. Seeing Zhou Zhenyue disappearing from the sky, Mu Xueyi was surprised and happy, “Ayue, where have you been?”

Zhou Zhenyue didn’t stop, “I went out for a walk.” She unbuttoned the first two buttons of her shirt while walking, and said casually, “I took the peppercorns out to play, I just brought it back, at the door in a cardboard box.”

Mu Xueyi’s complexion was stagnant.

She looked up at Zhou Zhenyue who was going upstairs, and seemed to confirm, “Is the peppercorns in the cardboard box at the door?”

Zhou Zhenyue had already walked out of a distance, humming from a distance.

Mu Xueyi was in a trance – down.

But how can I hear the uncle of the housekeeper say that the pepper has been eaten by Ah Shou?

She walked to the door, found the cardboard box, and grabbed the duck inside to look. It does look familiar, but I can’t tell what’s weird.

While watching, Auntie walked out with the clothes to be washed, and nodded when she saw her: “Hello, Second Miss.”

Mu Xueyi: “Wait.”

She picked up the coat at the top of the laundry tub, turned up the collar and cuffs, and saw a lot of tiny feathers mixed with the fibers of the clothes. She leaned in and sniffed again.

…

So strong – a fodder smell.

Mu Xueyi put the clothes back.

She probably… can guess what Zhou Zhenyue is going to do today.

It was already very late. After taking a bath, Zhou Zhenyue lay down on the bed and closed her eyes next to the bed.

After Mu Xueyi finished washing, she turned off the light and climbed onto the bed gently.

However, she did not sleep on the other side of the bed as silently as usual today. She was half leaning against the head of the bed, lying in the middle, facing Zhou Zhenyue, the first time she took the initiative to be so close to her.

Looking at Zhou Zhenyue’s eyelashes that vibrated gently with her breathing, her eyes were aimed at her outline, and moved down. To her narrow nose and slightly raised lips, every minute, every inch, made Mu Xueyi more and more sinking.

How can there be such a good person in this world?

Zhou Zhenyue half-opened her eyes and glanced at Mu Xueyi who was not sleeping in the dark, her voice was slightly hoarse: “What are you looking at me for?”

Mu Xueyi propped her elbows on the pillow, supported her chin, and smiled lightly:

“I just… suddenly want to hold—hold your hand.”

Zhou Zhenyue closed her eyes and turned over. In the silent night, even the sound of pajamas rubbing against the quilt was clear.

As for Mu Xueyi’s words, she just thought it was a joke, so she replied with a joke: “Hold the hand once, and the contract will be extended for one year.”

Mu Xueyi blinked and asked again, “What about the hug?”

Zhou Zhenyue: “Extend it for five years.”

Mu Xueyi: “Then… kiss-next?”

Zhou Zhenyue: “Dear – the next ten years.”

Mu Xueyi suddenly leaned over, lowered his head, and kissed Zhou Zhenyue’s side face very lightly.

“Add ten years.”

she said softly.

The author has something to say: Jia Jia Jia, go to death Jia!