Morning Star

"Did it fall into your stomach?" He took the candied haws with a sarcastic look on his face and left the store.

“……” Chujiu coughed awkwardly, pouted and followed him.

He saw it.

……

At noon, Chu Wenxuan and his sister were invited by the head of the Mo family to have lunch together.

At the dinner table, besides Chu Wenxuan and his sister and the Mo family's patriarch and his wife, there were Mo Yan, Mo Mingjie, and Mo Yun, who was about the same age as Chu Jiu.

There were seven people at the table, but Mo Xinglan was the only one not present.

Chujiu was very confused, but did not ask.

Why does this Mohist school give her a weird feeling?

Mo Hengsong pointed at Mo Yun who was sitting next to Mo Mingjie and introduced her to Chu Wenxuan and Chu Jiu: "Wenxuan, Xiaojiu, this is my apprentice, her name is Mo Yun. She was not at home when you came before, so you didn't see her."

Chujiu and Chu Wenxuan responded with a polite smile and didn't say or ask anything more.

After the meal, Chujiu felt exhausted physically and mentally. It felt even more tiring than eating at the Chu family's dining table.

She also had to pretend in front of them that she had listened to her parents and was restraining herself.

Time passed quietly, and a whole day passed. During this day, she had not seen Mo Xinglan since she came to the Mo family and separated from him.

The next morning, Chujiu woke up early.

After finishing breakfast with the Mo family members, Chujiu and Chu Wenxuan walked side by side on the road.

"Brother, please tell my uncle and aunt that they don't have to wait for me for lunch today. You guys eat." Chujiu looked up at Chu Wenxuan.

Chu Wenxuan asked doubtfully: "Where are you going to have lunch this afternoon?"

"I have my own place to go, so you don't have to worry about me, brother." Chujiu gave Chu Wenxuan a smile that reassured him.

Chu Wenxuan touched Chujiu's head and said, "This place is not like our home, you can't do whatever you want."

"Brother, brother." Chujiu hugged Chu Wenxuan's hand and shook it coquettishly.

Chu Wenxuan couldn't stand Chujiu's coquettish look, so he sighed and agreed: "Okay, okay, then you have to be careful and don't walk around everywhere."

Seeing Chu Wenxuan finally agreed, Chu Jiu immediately nodded seriously: "Promise not to cause trouble or run around. Hehe."

"..."

Chu Wenxuan shook his head helplessly.

Chujiu walked towards the side courtyard of the Mo family according to the original owner's memory.

The Mo family's side yard is really remote, behind a forest. I heard that there was no such forest here originally, but later it seemed that something strange happened in the side yard, so trees were planted to block the side yard.

Moreover, the side courtyard was not originally called the side courtyard, but the Xuanyu Courtyard. Because it was blocked by the forest and was relatively remote, it was called the side courtyard by the Mohists.

Chujiu learned this from the original owner's memory. The original owner learned this from the servants of the Mo family when he came to the Mo family five years ago.

The warm sunlight in the early morning shines through the gaps between the layers of leaves, and falls on the ground covered with dead leaves, forming mottled light and shadows. Tiny particles are flying in the beams of light, and it seems that some very small elves are dancing in the beams of light. Birds are hiding among the leaves and singing, and the clear and pleasant sounds seem to be accompanying the elves dancing in the beams of light. If you listen carefully, you can also hear some small rustling sounds not far away, as if there are many small animals living in this forest.

The originally eerie jungle becomes alive because of these.

The mood of the ninth day also became relaxed and happy.

Although Xuanyu Courtyard is a little off the beaten track, doesn’t this forest have its own unique charm?

Are there a lot of mosquitoes at night?

Thinking of this, she felt fortunate that she didn't live here.

As I was thinking, I came to the gate of the courtyard. I didn't expect to meet Mo Yun.

Mo Yun was walking out of the courtyard gate carrying a table with a white porcelain jar and a dagger on it.

A look of surprise flashed across Chujiu's face, and his gaze slowly moved from Mo Yun's face to the white porcelain jar in her hand.

I always feel that thing is weird. And why is there a dagger next to it?

"Why is Miss Chu here?" Mo Yun was also surprised to see Chu Jiu here.

I heard that when Chujiu came to the Mo family five years ago, he had caused trouble for the Third Young Master. Could he be causing trouble for the Third Young Master this time as well?

She wondered if she could find a way to get Chujiu to leave, but she had other important things on hand.

"What are you holding?" Chujiu fixed his eyes on the white porcelain jar, hesitated for a while and finally couldn't help asking.

Hearing this, Mo Yun lowered his eyes and looked at the things in his hands. When he met Chu Jiu's sharp eyes, he felt a little guilty: "The important matter that Master ordered cannot be delayed. Goodbye."

After saying this, he quickened his pace and left without waiting for Chujiu to react.

Just as Mo Yun and Chujiu passed by each other, a sweet fragrance wafted out from the white porcelain jar.

Chujiu frowned slightly. Isn't this the smell of Mo Xinglan's blood? What's going on? What is this Mo family doing?

Turning around and watching Mo Yun's figure gradually going away, she became more and more confused. She walked into the yard with doubts, and what came into her eyes was an empty space. Except for an old tree, there was nothing else in the yard.

He walked straight to the door of the hall and just saw Mo Xinglan sitting at the table and quickly covering his wrists with his sleeves.

She raised her eyebrows slightly and quickly guessed what was going on.

"What are you doing here?" Mo Xinglan looked at him unhappily.

Why does he always meet her when he is in a bad situation?

Chujiu came in front of him and looked at his pale face, which was even more pale now. After taking a deep breath, he frowned slightly. There was even a sweet fragrance in the air.

You sighed and sat down to his left.

"I'm here to eat for free." He paused for a moment, as if he felt something was wrong, and then added, "Of course I'm not eating for nothing."

Mo Xinglan sneered, propped up his head with one hand and looked at her like she was crazy: "Isn't the food cooked by the Mo family chef enough for you?"

"..."

The black-hearted monster really deserves a beating. If she couldn't beat him, or if she didn't want to conquer him, she really wanted to give him a hammer.

She suppressed her anger and forced a smile: "The food cooked by the chef is not to my liking, it is not very delicious. I ate the meat you roasted before, and I think your food must be delicious. So... I came to your place."

"Besides, didn't I just say it? It's not for nothing."

"Want to eat the food I cook?" he sneered.

"Well...well, let's not talk about this for now." She nodded slightly and changed the subject abruptly.

She noticed that the black-hearted demon seemed to be getting angry.

“……”Mo Xinglan looked at her coldly and said nothing.

Ignoring his gloomy expression, she looked at him with a smile, reached out and hugged his left arm as before, and put it on the table: "Let me bandage your wound."

"..." He didn't say anything, but pried open her hands that were hugging his arms and pulled out his left arm.

"Don't move." Chujiu didn't smile this time, and was even a little angry. He almost glared at him, and held him tighter.

Seeing some anger in her eyes, he actually didn't move and let her hold him.

She seemed angry, but why?

Seeing that he no longer resisted, she let go of him and gently lifted up his sleeves.

The wound was still on the wrist. The old wound had just healed when a new one appeared.

She took out the medicine and gauze from the storage ring he gave her that she had brought back from her mother, and began to apply the medicine to him carefully.

This time she said nothing.

The surroundings fell into silence, with the only sound being the sound of the medicine bottle hitting the table when Chujiu applied the medicine.

Although Chujiu looked calm on the surface, he had countless questions in his heart.

So last time...

What kind of existence is this evil-hearted demon in the Mo family? Why does he live in such a remote courtyard? What did the people of the Mo family do to him?

Mo Xinglan felt a little uncomfortable that she suddenly became so quiet.

Looking at the girl in front of him who was carefully applying medicine with her head down, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"