half thorns, half joy

"Young master! This is not the place you should come to! If Mr. Deng finds out, he will blame you!" The nanny stumbled forward, and hurriedly closed the door again, unknocking it.

Looking at the wooden door in front of him, Deng Langyue regained his senses slightly. He looked at the nanny and murmured, "Then... who is it?"

The nanny shook her head again and again, "Young master, let's go."

Seeing that the nanny was so frightened, Deng Langyue woke up a bit, nodded, "Well, let's go."

Back in her room, she went to bed and lay down, Deng Langyue kept replaying the scene she just saw in her mind.

He called the nanny, put on a straight face, and asked the nanny solemnly, "You told me earlier that there is a woman who has lived with uncle for more than a year, is that the one just now?"

The nanny was silent for a while, then nodded.

"..." Before being able to stay with my uncle for more than a year, and living in such a place, Deng Langyue had a lot of ideas about this woman.

But the reality before his eyes was much more exaggerated than anything he had imagined.

Deng Langyue took a breath, and asked again: "Then... what's going on? Why do you want to do that?"

The nanny looked puzzled, "Young master, don't ask, I don't know that much. Besides, Lord Deng has clearly ordered that you are not allowed to talk about the person in the backyard, or you will be kicked out."

"Then...could it be uncle's special hobby?" Deng Langyue ignored the nanny's pleading and guessed by herself.

"No...it's not..." The nanny shook her head like a rattle, "Young master, just act as if you didn't see anything just now and don't know anything, isn't it good?"

"But I clearly saw it." Deng Langyue was serious, "You don't have to be afraid, if uncle asks, I will say that I ran in out of curiosity, and it has nothing to do with you."

With Deng Langyue's words, the nanny felt a little relieved.

She is no better than Deng Langyue, she is just an ordinary nanny, if she is a little careless, not to mention losing her job, she may even be in danger.

"Go down, I'll take a nap for a while." Deng Langyue said to the nanny.

"Yes."

After the nanny left, Deng Langyue took out her mobile phone, playing with it while thinking.

He couldn't ignore what he saw with his own eyes.

What's going on with uncle, what's going on with that strange woman, he must find out.

……

At this time, the woman Deng Langyue saw just now stood up slowly, dragged the heavy shackles, walked to the bed, and climbed up.

She looked calm and at ease, but she lacked some vitality and looked lifeless.

She has been locked in this room for more than a year. In this year, except for the few times when Deng Li was in a good mood and went out to bask in the sun with her in his arms, she never left the room again.

Every day, someone will deliver meals, water, and snacks regularly, and there is a place to wash in the room, which can completely guarantee her life.

At first, she was almost driven crazy by such a life of captivity. She went on hunger strike, cut her wrists, and tried various methods of suicide.

It's just that every time, she will be discovered by Deng Li, and then she will be tortured by Deng Li in various ways.

Gradually, she didn't know whether she had become stronger or numb, and she didn't want to commit suicide or toss anymore.

She seems to have accepted the status quo.

However, only looks.

……

Because Cai Lin was too excited, when she fell asleep, it was already very late.

So, after Zhao Suizhi woke up, Tang Xuan heard the nanny's report and had no choice but to rush over to take care of her herself.

"I'm thirsty..." Zhao Suizhi narrowed his eyes and sat up on the bed.

Tang Xuan went out, poured a glass of water, and entered the room with it.

"Linlin... I had a dream..." Zhao Suizhi said, looking up at Tang Xuan.

Looking at each other, Zhao Suizhi's face immediately collapsed.

Tang Xuan pretended not to see, walked over and handed the water glass to Zhao Suizhi, "Mom, drink some water."

"Who is your mother!" Zhao Suizhi snarled, raised his hand, and knocked over the water glass in Tang Xuan's hand with a bang.

The water glass fell to the ground and fell into pieces.

The debris splashed on Tang Xuan's ankle, scratching the skin on Tang Xuan's ankle, and red blood flowed down the ankle.

Tang Xuan rejoiced from the bottom of her heart that the water was warm, otherwise her hands would have been burned.

Tang Xuan squatted down and carefully gathered the debris on the ground together, then went to get a broom and dustpan, and carefully cleaned up the debris.

Then, she went out again and brought a glass of water again.

"Aren't you thirsty? Drink some water." This time, Tang Xuan didn't address her.

But Zhao Suizhi didn't give Tang Xuan a good face because of this, she stared at Tang Xuan angrily, and the veins on her forehead burst out of anger, "Tang Xuan, don't be so courteous to me! I'm crying like a cat and pretending to be merciful! Hypocritical! "

Tang Xuan's ears hurt when she heard such harsh words.

But Tang Xuan was already prepared, so there was nothing unacceptable.

She handed the water to Zhao Suizhi and repeated, "You should drink some water first."

"Take it far away!" Zhao Suizhi raised his hand again, and the water glass flew out again.

Tang Xuan tightly closed her eyes, opened them again, and repeated the actions she had done just now.

After tidying up, she poured another glass of water, this time she didn't hand it up directly, but held it in her hand and spoke slowly.

"I know you are in a bad mood and don't want to see me. I can understand your sadness. But you have nothing to blame me for. I didn't do anything wrong."

"You're not wrong?" Zhao Suizhi pointed at Tang Xuan with his index finger and sneered, "If it wasn't for you, Mingyuan would have gone to prison? If he didn't go to prison, would he suddenly get sick?"

Tang Xuan looked at Zhao Suizhi calmly, "He will go to jail because he committed a crime. The others have already left, so I don't want to mention the past, and don't force me to explain again and again. gone."

Zhao Suizhi gritted his teeth and looked at Tang Xuan, his expression extremely ugly.

"..." Tang Xuan was actually quite emotional. The Zhao Suizhi in front of her was more than ten years older than the previous few days, with a few white hairs protruding from the top of her head.

Perhaps it was because of sympathy, Tang Xuan suddenly didn't think Zhao Suizhi was hateful, but instead felt that Zhao Suizhi was a bit pitiful.

"Do you now understand the pain of losing a loved one?" Tang Xuan said slowly, "Back then, I felt the same way as you. No, I suffered more than you, because I lost the only relative I was close to."

Zhao Suizhi looked at Tang Xuan with hatred, the hatred in his eyes almost burned Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan met Zhao Suizhi's gaze and continued, "Zihan has been working hard for the past few days, and his leg injury has recurred. If you still feel sorry for him, please stop making trouble. Don't make life difficult for someone who has already left. I can understand you mourning for your husband, but you should also think about your son."

After speaking, Tang Xuan put the water glass on the bedside table and left the room.

After she left the room, she was still worried, so she asked the nanny to go in and take care of her.

After a while, the nanny came out in a hurry. Tang Xuan stopped the nanny and asked what was going on. The nanny told Tang Xuan that it was Zhao Suizhi who asked her to see how Xiao Zihan was doing.

After listening to Tang Xuan, she said to the babysitter, "Tell her that Zihan was too tired to fall asleep after finishing his work at the company, and he hasn't woken up yet."

"Yes."

"Did she knock over the water glass again?"

"No."

"Then did she drink that water?"

"nor."

"Got it, you can go in later and tell her what I told you."

"Yes."

The reason why Tang Xuan waited at the door was to make sure that Zhao Suizhi was still angry.

Now it seems that she is much calmer than before, and she doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

Tang Xuan then went to Xiao Zihan's bedroom.

Gently pushing open the bedroom door, I saw that Xiao Zihan had woken up, sitting on the bed and typing on his mobile phone.

"Woke up so soon?" Tang Xuan was very surprised.

"I just got a call, and I need to deal with some company matters." Xiao Zihan replied with a smile.

Tang Xuan closed the door and said helplessly, "I should have turned off your phone if I had known earlier, so you can sleep more."

"This way I'll be delaying my business." Xiao Zihan retorted briskly, his eyes swept over Tang Xuan, and he accidentally saw a conspicuous red on Tang Xuan's ankle, and his brows frowned.

"What happened to your foot?"

"Ah?" Tang Xuan followed Xiao Zihan's gaze, and then belatedly remembered that her ankle was scratched by broken glass just now. "It's okay, I just did it accidentally."

"Why are you careless?"

"Ah...just..."

"Is my mother embarrassing you again?"

How smart Xiao Zihan was, he guessed it right away.