half thorns, half joy

"Zihan, why are you taking a bath at this hour again?" Tang Xuan looked at Xiao Zihan with wet hair, helplessly and curiously.

Xiao Zihan replied with a smile: "I felt dizzy after working just now, so I took a bath by the way to wake up."

"You have a headache? Do you want to call the doctor over?" Tang Xuan said immediately.

Xiao Zihan shook his head, "No, it's just that the workload is a bit heavy and I'm a bit tired." After he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful. He originally wanted to explain that Tang Xuan wasn't worried, but why did the more he said it, the more worried she became?
Sure enough, after hearing this, Tang Xuan stood up from the sofa.

She put on her slippers, walked around behind Xiao Zihan, and said, "There are still ten minutes before eating, so let me rub your temples."

How could Xiao Zihan want Tang Xuan, a pregnant woman, to massage him? He immediately refuted.

Unfortunately, before he could say anything, Tang Xuan pushed him back to the sofa.

"Sit down, you, I'm pregnant, and I'm not disabled anymore, so I can still use my hands." Tang Xuan rubbed for Xiao Zihan as she spoke.

Xiao Zihan had no choice but to ask Tang Xuan to massage him.

When she was in college, Tang Xuan specially went to learn massage for a while in order to give Xiao Zihan a massage. Although she doesn't massage very often now, the technique is still there.

After being pressed a few times, Xiao Zihan closed his eyes comfortably.

Just when Xiao Zihan was debating whether to continue enjoying it or tell Tang Xuan to stop, Tang Xuan stopped by herself.

Xiao Zihan opened his eyes and stretched out his hand to pull Tang Xuan, "Your hand is sore, don't press it anymore, let's go eat."

"No." Tang Xuan sounded a bit puzzled. She suddenly moved closer to Xiao Zihan, sniffed, and asked Xiao Zihan, "Are you smoking?"

"Huh?" Xiao Zihan was taken aback.

How can I still smell it after taking a shower twice?
"Didn't you quit smoking? Why did you suddenly start smoking again?" Tangxuan's face was full of worry, "What happened recently? Is it because Xiao Yu's business is not over yet?"

Hearing Tang Xuan's voice tremble, Xiao Zihan quickly stood up, turned around and took Tang Xuan's hand, and explained, "No, don't think too much about it, I just got addicted to cigarettes and secretly smoked a few cigarettes."

"How many?" Tang Xuan was silent for a moment, as if remembering something, she asked again, "Recently you take a shower every time you come out of the study, is it because you smoke in there?"

Xiao Zihan was at a loss for words.

He sighed, and said helplessly to Tang Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, trust me, I'm really fine, but when I was outside a while ago, I got used to smoking, and I quit immediately when I came back. I'm not used to it." .”

"really?"

"Well, of course it's true." Xiao Zihan really didn't lie, he was drifting outside by himself some time ago, at least one or two packs of cigarettes a day.

At this time, Zhao Suizhi led Xiao Yuebai down from upstairs.

Xiao Zihan gave Tang Xuan a wink, Tang Xuan was very clever and understood, and did not mention this matter.

Zhao Suizhi kept worrying about Xiao Yuebai while eating, but he didn't notice anything wrong with Xiao Zihan and Tang Xuan.

After dinner, Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan went back to the bedroom.Seeing that Tang Xuan was still worried about him, Xiao Zihan decided to tell Tang Xuan about what happened in the afternoon.

Without saying anything, Tang Xuan became very worried.

He carefully helped Tang Xuan take a bath, then dried Tang Xuan's hair in front of the bed, and then pulled Tang Xuan to sit on the bed together, pretending to be cautious.

"What's wrong?" Tang Xuan was puzzled and worried.

Xiao Zihan took a deep breath and said to Tang Xuan, "Xiao Xuan, there is one thing that I haven't told you. It's not because I didn't intend to hide it from you. It's because I didn't know how to tell you. I'm afraid that your mood will fluctuate."

"What's the matter?" Tang Xuan swallowed in fright, "I'm a little scared when you look like this."

Seeing that Xiao Zihan didn't speak, she bit her lip and guessed, "Is it something related to us?"

Xiao Zihan frowned and thought about it, shook his head, and nodded again.

"Is it right? I'm so nervous when you're like this."

Xiao Zihan really didn't know how to say this, he said: "Strictly speaking, no, but it has something to do with us. The person I want to talk about, we both know each other."

Tang Xuan was obviously relieved to hear that it had nothing to do with the two of them. For Tang Xuan, as long as the matter had nothing to do with her and Xiao Zihan, she could bear it.

"Just tell me, it's fine."

Xiao Zihan saw that Tang Xuan didn't seem to be trying to be brave, so he should be fine, so he said, "Deng Li has a lover named Ke Ke, do you remember her?"

Tang Xuan was stunned.

"I saw her when I dealt with Deng Li this time." Xiao Zihan continued to speak slowly: "Deng Langyue brought her here, and I talked to her."

Tang Xuan's face became embarrassing, but seeing Xiao Zihan's expression remained the same, she bit the bullet and asked, "You know, right?"

"what?"

"I know Ke Ke, and I asked you to help Deng Langyue in a roundabout way." Tang Xuan was so embarrassed that she couldn't lift her face.

Xiao Zihan nodded, "Yes, but I don't know much. I want to hear what you say, but it's not important. If you don't want to say it, you don't have to."

Tang Xuan gritted her teeth, "There's nothing I can't say. Keke and I met when we were in college. At that time, I was groping around and investigating your house by myself. I almost gave up. She helped me."

"Ah."

"Later, the two of us cooperated with the police to investigate your family and Deng Li. Later, she disappeared."

Xiao Zihan couldn't help asking: "Then how did you know that she was imprisoned in Deng's house? During that time, you neither contacted her nor visited Deng's house."

"... Cai Lin told me." Tang Xuan was a little embarrassed, but she confessed, "Deng Langyue invited Cai Lin to Deng's house, and Cai Lin accidentally found Ke Ke who was imprisoned. To get her out."

Xiao Zihan let out a long breath, "I see."

Xiao Zihan knew all the other things Tang Xuan said, but this was the only thing that Xiao Zihan didn't know how Tang Xuan knew that Ke Ke was locked up in Deng's house.

The reason why Xiao Zihan was curious about this was because he was afraid that if someone deliberately revealed it to Tang Xuan, he would do something to harm Tang Xuan.

Since Tang Xuan said so, there is nothing to worry about.

"I'm sorry, I haven't told you the truth." Tang Xuan apologized to Xiao Zihan, "I originally thought that after I rescued Ke Ke, I would confess everything to you, but I didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns. "

Seeing that Tang Xuan was really feeling guilty, Xiao Zihan quickly said, "It's okay, it's over, and now that I've made it clear, I don't need to have any more psychological burden."

Tang Xuan hummed in embarrassment, then suddenly raised her head and asked Xiao Zihan, "By the way, you said that Ke Ke was rescued, where is she now? Is she okay? I heard from Cai Lin that she was tied with an iron chain, Deng Li's life there was miserable."

"Well, it's not miserable, is it? Deng Lina has a bit of a hobby in a certain way, but he didn't abuse her. When I saw her, she looked the same as when I saw her before, but she didn't bask in the sun much. It looks very pale."

A person, locked in a room for two or three years, is no different from being in hell.

Even a firm-minded man like Xiao Zihan finds Coco admirable. After being imprisoned for two or three years, he didn't become insane, and managed to think rationally about how to escape.

This kind of flexibility is beyond the reach of many people.

But Xiao Zihan couldn't tell Tang Xuan these words. He didn't want Tang Xuan to worry about Ke Ke. The Ke Ke man had already come out, so there was no need to mention it in the past.

"Then where is she now? Deng Li is dead now, so she should be free." Tang Xuan asked Xiao Zihan eagerly.

Xiao Zihan shook his head, "I don't know where she is now, she's gone."

"What do you mean missing?"

"After we rescued her, I went to the chemical industry with her. After the explosion, she disappeared." Afraid Tang Xuan would think too much, Xiao Zihan added: "Afterwards, I checked the information of the firefighters in the hospital. List, without her, she should have taken the opportunity to leave the land of right and wrong."

Tang Xuan had no doubts about this answer.

Ke Ke has always had more ideas than her. Now that she saw Deng Li's demise with her own eyes, then Ke Ke's worries should be over.

"That's good, she is free after all." Tang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Zihan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally spoke out about it, and it seemed that there were no other hidden dangers.

I hope so.