Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

On the way to the scene of the first water ghost kidnapping case.

Zhuo Yichen intentionally or unintentionally took a few steps behind and walked to Nanzhi's side. He looked at Pei Sijing who was walking with Nanzhi, and Pei Sijing strode forward.

Walking beside Nanzhi, Zhuo Yichen pursed his lips, feeling very nervous.

finally.

"sorry."

"sorry."

Nanzhi and Zhuo Yichen's voices of apology rang out at the same time.

Nanzhi looked at Zhuo Yichen and met his rather bewildered eyes. As soon as their eyes met, Zhuo Yichen hurriedly looked away, staring at the road ahead without blinking. In fact, his ears were already red.

He pursed his lips and said, "I am the one who should apologize. Nanzhi did nothing wrong."

Nanzhi tugged at her sleeves and said, "I should apologize too. I only thought about myself and didn't consider Xiao Zhuo's worry about me. Maybe I should tell you this in private."

Zhuo Yichen couldn't help but secretly turn his head to glance at Nanzhi, then quickly retracted his gaze: "No, it's just that I'm too selfish. I didn't want you to be in danger, but I didn't consider your feelings."

"And I lied to you about Zhao Yuanzhou."

"Nanzhi, I'm sorry."

The two of them finally stopped being awkward.

Nanzhi smiled and said, "Since we have both apologized to each other, you are not allowed to be angry anymore."

The smile on the woman's face was as warm as the sun, and her crescent eyes were like stars. Zhuo Yichen's heart softened, his cheeks burning so much that he dared not look at her any longer, but he could not look away. He could only explain blankly, "I'm not angry."

Nanzhi tilted her head and said, "You had a stern face the whole way here, and I didn't even dare to talk to you."

Zhuo Yichen explained rather helplessly: "I was thinking about how to apologize to you. Anyway, I will never be angry with you."

"Yeah." Nanzhi nodded: "I will never be angry with Xiaozhuo."

The people walking in front couldn't help but smile knowingly when they heard the awkward and cautious way Nanzhi and Zhuo Yichen were reconciling behind them.

Zhu Yan, who was walking in the front, wearing a dark red shawl with a fur collar and white fur that made him look even more handsome, stopped. He really couldn't bear to listen any longer.

Just as he turned around and was about to separate Zhuo Yichen and Nanzhi, someone suddenly blocked his way.

He looked down and saw that it was Bai Jiu who was blocking him with his arms outstretched.

"I don't allow you to destroy Brother Zhuo and Sister Shen!" Bai Jiu, with a fearless look on his face, blocked Zhu Yan, and with his arms open like chicks, he protected Zhuo Yichen and Nanzhi, who were a few meters behind them.

"I don't allow it either." Wen Xiao also stood beside Bai Jiu.

Looking at the two men, one large and one small, blocking the way, Zhu Yan pointed at them and imitated their tone of voice: "You are not allowed to destroy Brother Xiao Zhuo... and neither am I... Ugh, the one who is most suitable for Nanzhi is standing right in front of you, and you are so blind that you can't see it."

"Bah, you're the one who's blind!" Bai Jiu put his hands on his hips and said, "Brother Xiao Zhuo is the one who's most suitable for Sister Shen. You big demon, stand aside!"

"Be careful what you say, Xiao Kaike." Zhu Yan bent down and bared his teeth at Bai Jiu, trying to scare him: "I am a big demon and I can eat people."

"what!!!!"

Looking at Zhu Yan's neat and white teeth, Bai Jiu was terrified. He rushed behind Zhuo Yichen and grabbed his clothes tightly, "Little Brother Zhuo, save me!!!"

His charge just happened to break the tacit understanding between Zhuo Yichen and Nanzhi.

Standing up with satisfaction, Zhu Yan winked at Zhuo Yichen and Nanzhi who were looking at him.

"Childish." Wen Xiao was speechless.

"Let's get going." After watching the fun, Pei Sijing looked ahead: "It's not far."

The scene of the first water ghost kidnapping case.

Another road was opened up at the edge of a road in the woods.

A sunken ravine, as if crawled by a giant snake, was filled with sticky water and mud, emitting a foul smell. At the end of the ravine was a tilted pavilion.

Pei Sijing went to investigate the surroundings, and Bai Jiu was so choked that he held his stomach and retched.

Nanzhi squatted down and listened to the details of Zhu Yan, Zhuo Yichen and Wen Xiao's investigation, and also heard Zhu Yan's theory of beauty and ugliness.

After confirming that it was the water tribe that was causing the trouble, Bai Jiu returned with the small orange given by Pei Sijing. He glanced at the four people squatting on the ground and asked Nan Zhi curiously, "Brother Xiao Zhuo, Sister Wen and the big monster can stand this smell, so how come Sister Shen can stand it too?"

Sister Shen always looked like a well-fed young lady, how could she...

Nanzhi nodded: "I have smelled worse odors than this."

Three months ago, his father was imprisoned and the Shen family's property was ransacked. Naturally, Nanzhi was also imprisoned in a dark cell awaiting punishment.

Some were sold as official prostitutes, while others were exiled to remote and cold places.

If a demon had not helped her vindicate her father that night, she would have probably committed suicide to save herself.

Bai Jiu was curious and wanted to ask more, but Zhuo Yichen raised his hand to stop him: "Investigating the case is more important."

In fact, when he heard Nanzhi say such words so calmly, his heart ached.

Although he ran around for Nanzhi's father's affairs at that time and even asked the Prime Minister to get along with him, he was ultimately of no help.

Pei Sijing came over and asked, "Where was the bride's body found?"

Everyone walked to the nearby reed pond where the bride's body was thrown. It was more like a lake than a pond. The body in the water had been salvaged long ago, and the water was clean. Even if Zhu Yan wanted to extract useful clues from the evil spirit in the water, he could not find any useful clues because there was too little evil spirit in the water.

There were seven brides whose bodies were thrown into the lake. They should have had a strong sense of resentment, but at this moment, there was only a little resentment. Zhu Yan concluded that all the resentment had been absorbed by the murderer.

After some discussion, everyone finally came to the conclusion that the monster must have other purposes for killing only the bride, so everyone decided to go to the charity cemetery to check the bride's body.

Nanzhi looked at Zhu Yan who let the others go first, and with his smile, followed the footsteps of the four people in front.

Afterwards, the five of them split into two groups again. Zhuo Yichen went to the Qi family to investigate Miss Qi's marriage, and the remaining four went to the charity cemetery to perform an autopsy.

After arriving at the funeral home, the bride's body was missing. They were a step too late and there was no body to perform an autopsy.

Bai Jiu, who didn't need an autopsy, accidentally said what was in his heart: "The Chongwu Camp is great."

Then, under Pei Sijing's gaze, he changed his words: "There is not a single good person in Chongwu Camp."

Nanzhi nodded in agreement: "You are right, the Chongwu Camp is not a good thing!"

Bai Jiu blinked, not understanding why Nanzhi was so angry towards Chongwu Camp.

Bai Jiu asked: "Sister Shen, do you hate the people from Chongwu Camp?"

Nanzhi said seriously: "It's very annoying."

Bai Jiu laughed awkwardly: "I hate that too!"

Wen Xiao touched Bai Jiu's head and laughed at him: "You have the mentality of a child."

Nanzhi then went to look for clues elsewhere. After hearing Bai Jiuchao's loud scream, she hurried back and saw Zhu Yan, who had brought the bride's body with an injured leg, as well as Wen Xiao and Pei Sijing who were a little embarrassed.

Seeing Nanzhi running over worriedly, Zhu Yan put away the antidote given by Pei Sijing and wailed while covering his leg: "Ugh, it hurts..."

Wen Xiao rolled his eyes.

Pei Sijing looked at Nanzhi: "He's pretending."