After crossing, let yourself go

Yan Hongzhi was very happy today. Apart from what happened in Xiye, he was very happy the whole day. He enjoyed Xiaojiu's coaxing and patience with him the whole day. Because it was already night, they were no longer just side by side like they did during the day. He reached out and held Hanjiu's hand, and Xiaojiu did not struggle and let him hold her. He wanted to hold his beloved woman together until the end of time.

Chang Hao didn't know where the "master" appeared from

Yan Hongzhi frowned, and his good mood disappeared when he saw him. He asked coldly, "What's wrong?"

Chang Hao was under pressure and said, "Things in the building are very tricky."

Knowing what Chang Hao meant but afraid that Han Jiu would think too much, Yan Hongzhi asked, "Tell me, what's the matter?" Yan Hongzhi knew that Han Jiu was not as careless as she seemed. Just looking at how attentive she was to him, he knew that

Chang Hao knew that his master was not going to hide anything from the gentleman in front of him, so he stopped worrying about it. "Honglian in the building is back, seriously injured."

Yan Hongzhi was a little surprised. Honglian was a rather special existence among Qingse, and her martial arts were also pretty good. It was somewhat surprising that she could be injured and seriously injured. Yan Hongzhi frowned.

Although Han Jiu didn't know who they were talking about, it looked like he was an important person. He pulled out his hand and turned sideways. "Okay, we've been out all day today. Let's go back. I'll come find you another day."

Yan Hongzhi felt a little unhappy when he felt his hands were empty, but after all, he really had something to do. "I'll take you back first."

"Why are you sending me here? I can just go for a stroll by myself. Go ahead." I'm not a child.

"No, I'm worried about you being alone." Yan Hongzhi was indeed worried about Han Jiu walking alone on the unfamiliar Beiming Street, although his worry was unnecessary.

"What a joke! Why should I be worried? Stop wasting time and go quickly. It's quite cold. I'm not going to go shopping anymore. It's ok to just go home." Han Jiu was speechless. Does she look like someone who needs protection? She was before, but not now.

Yan Hongzhi and Chang Hao had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, they repeatedly told her not to hang out outside for too long.

Chang Hao rolled his eyes in his heart as he looked at his master's worried expression. You are underestimating the Third Young Master too much. This master will put others in danger wherever he goes. It would only take a blink of an eye for him to kill someone. Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to show it.

Han Jiu thought that since he was out, there was no rush to go back, so he walked along the street towards the place he and Yan Hongzhi had just planned to go.

I have to say that Beiming is very lively, much more lively than Dayan. Maybe it is because it is almost the end of the year and the whole street is hung with lanterns, lighting up the whole street.

It was quite interesting for Han Jiu to look around by herself. She walked into a shop selling puppets. There were very few customers here. It could be said that there were no other customers except herself.

Maybe not many people like puppets, and the puppets he made are rather scary, giving the whole room a spooky feeling. If he made some cute puppets, his business probably wouldn't be so quiet.

The puppet maker was an old man. When he knew a guest was coming in, he didn't even look up and continued to carve on a round piece of wood with the knife in his hand. It looked like the puppet's head.

Han Jiu looked at a puppet that was about the size of his thigh. It was hanging there with its head drooping and he couldn't see what expression was painted on its face.

Its head is very big, and its arms and legs are also very long, but its body is relatively small. This is a marionette. All its limbs are controlled by strings, and it can be placed on the ground to make it walk.

Han Jiu lifted up the puppet's head. It had dark eyes and a blood-red mouth that stretched to its ears. Its hair was made of something and tied into a braid. It was really ugly. Han Jiu pointed at the puppet and asked, "How much is this?"

The old man still didn't look up. "Ten taels of silver."

Han Jiu took out the money and put it on the table.

"Take whichever one you like." The old man continued carving with his head down, completely ignoring Han Jiu.

It turns out that everything in this room has the same price. Han Jiu thinks this old man is quite interesting. Aren’t you afraid that I will steal it?

I took down the ugly puppet I had just seen and put it on the ground. Before I could ask, the old man spoke again, "There is a button behind the neck. Press it and the head will lift up. You can adjust the length of the string yourself."

"Oh" Han Jiu looked at the back of the puppet's neck, found the button the old man mentioned and pressed it lightly. Not to mention that the puppet's head really lifted up, the whole face of the puppet was revealed, which was even more terrifying.

Han Jiu even doubted whether this old man made such scary things just to make money. She pulled the string and swung it left and right, watching the limbs of the puppet underground swaying left and right with the string in her hand, and found it interesting.

So she led a scary and ugly puppet away. Han Jiu took a step, and the puppet took a step, the two people's steps were the same, one big and one small, one stood tall, and the other jumped with every step, looking very funny.

Han Jiu led the puppet all the way home. The street where she lived was very quiet. It was already late at night, so there was only Han Jiu and a puppet on the whole street. Han Jiu turned her head to look at it and smiled, "Why are you so ugly? That old man is so unfair."

The puppet didn't say anything, but just moved step by step following the string in Han Jiu's hand. Since the joints were made of wood, it made a clanging sound when it walked.

Han Jiu shook the string in his hand again, and the puppet shook its jingling body. Han Jiu wanted to laugh when he looked at its funny and ugly face. It was quite interesting to have such a little thing accompanying him along the way.

"Master Jiu" came towards us from a distance that night.

"Why are you here?" I thought you weren't coming back today.

"I'm waiting for Master Jiu to come home." Xiye walked forward and was startled to see the puppet in Han Jiu's hand.

Looking at Xiye's red nose, Han Jiu asked, "How long have you been waiting? Why didn't you come into the house?" Look how cold you are.

"I couldn't sit still in the house so I waited outside. I didn't wait too long." In fact, he had been standing outside waiting before it got dark.

"Here." Han Jiu handed the puppet to Xiye, then took off his outer robe and put it on Xiye. "Your illness is not healed yet. What if it gets worse standing outside in such a cold weather? Really."

Xiye was holding this strange puppet in his hand, wearing the clothes that he had put on him. Listening to Hanjiu's reproach, he felt wronged for no reason. "Master Jiu, I didn't do that."

Han Jiu took the puppet and continued to shake its arms and legs. "What do you mean you don't have it?"

Looking at Han Jiu's indifferent expression, Xi Ye became a little anxious. He grabbed Han Jiu's other hand and said, "Master Jiu, I know I was wrong to lie to you, but that man today was really my senior brother. I didn't do anything to let you down, really, you are the only one in my heart." He was afraid that Han Jiu would think too much about what the prince said during the day.

Feeling Xiye's cold hands, she wondered if this man was stupid and might freeze to death. "You don't have to be so cautious. I said, if you stay with me, I will always treat you well. If you leave one day, I won't stop you from leaving. I know you have me in your heart, so be obedient. I'm not thinking about anything else about today."

"Master Jiu, I really didn't. I won't leave you, not in this life." So this is what it means to be affectionate yet heartless? He always knew that the reason he could stay by his side was because he never let go, and this man never needed her.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiye was a little weird today.

Xiye reached out his hands and hugged Han Jiu tightly. "Master Jiu, don't chase me away. I know I'm not good enough. I can't kill all the people who want to harm you like Song Ruochen did, nor can I be your strong backing like the prince. But Master Jiu, I really can't leave you."