Chapter 033: Crow Night Cry (Part 2)
Xu Hexue took only a few steps when she felt dizzy. He staggered away from her umbrella. Ni Su subconsciously reached out to help him, but he shook his head: "No need."
Ni Su saw him leaning one hand on the wet brick wall. He seemed to relax for a moment before he managed to stand up straight.
"We agreed that you would come out after two cups of tea at most."
But she waited for him outside for half an hour.
Xu Hexue took the initiative to return to her umbrella, "Did Mr. Xiao Zhou embarrass you?"
"I was just drinking tea in the teahouse, why did he embarrass me?"
There was a crisp sound from the umbrella eaves, but Ni Su did not look away.
Xu Hexue was silent for a moment, then asked, "Are you angry?"
"No."
Although she said so, Ni Su hardly said anything else along the way. When she returned to the clinic on Nanhuai Street, she didn't even bother to change her clothes. She took out the incense and candles she had carried along the way and lit a few more.
Xu Hexue sat on the edge of the bed. Seeing her light the candle and leave, he spoke almost immediately: "Ni Su."
Ni Su turned around.
She still said nothing, which made Xu Hexue a little at a loss. He stood up with one hand on the edge of the bed, walked in front of her, and said, "I was wrong."
Ni Su had no way of ignoring his serious tone. She pursed her lips, wiped away the wet light hair sticking to her cheeks, and sighed: "Did you find anything at his house?"
She was willing to talk to him, which made Xu Hexue's stiff back relax a little. He nodded and said, "I got an account book from his father-in-law."
"You showed yourself to him?"
Ni Su was surprised.
"He didn't see me."
The reason why Xu Hexue took so long to come out was that he secretly followed Mr. Qin to Du Sancai's study. Mr. Qin searched the study for a long time but found nothing, but finally found an account book in the partition under his bed.
Before Mr. Qin could see the cover of the account book clearly, a sword was pressed against the back of his neck. He was so frightened that he dared not turn his head or stand up. He asked tremblingly, "Who?"
The cold sword tip stabbed Qin Yuanwai so hard that he trembled all over. He had no idea that the person standing behind him was a ghost as thin as mist.
No matter how much Xu Hexue asked him, he still said that he didn't know the whereabouts of Du Sancai. Xu Hexue then turned his wrist, hit him on the back of the neck with the hilt of the sword, and took away the account book.
Ni Su nodded. When she heard him cough, she didn't want to continue asking him questions at this time. She turned around, took out a clean undershirt from the closet and put it beside his bed. She said, "I'm not angry with you. If you won't be hurt by being too far away from me, I can wait for you outside as long as you want."
"Do you know what I was thinking about when I was in the tea stall?" She looked up at him.
"What?"
"I was thinking,"
Ni Su stood up straight and met his gaze. "I am obviously a doctor, but I have always been able to only watch your pain. Maybe you have become accustomed to treating yourself this way, but every time I see it, I feel very uncomfortable."
Although she specializes in gynecology, she does not know nothing about it. There are countless diseases in this world, but as long as she is willing to work harder and study more, she can win more hope for the patients.
But she was always helpless when it came to him.
Xu Hexue was stunned for a moment, his bloodless lips moved slightly, but he didn't know how to talk to her.
"Come and sit down."
Ni Su waved at him.
Xu Hexue walked over and sat down next to her.
Ni Su took a piece of cake from the basket, cut it in half, and handed him one half. "Do you know why I want to be a doctor who specializes in diagnosing secret diseases for women?"
"Because of your brother."
Xu Hexue took the cake and took a bite, but he still couldn't taste anything.
"It was because of my brother, but also because of a woman," Ni Su said while eating the cake. "I was very young at that time. The woman chased my brother's carriage for a long time. She cried and begged my brother to save her. At that time, I saw a lot of blood on her dress. She was trailing blood on the way..."
"My brother couldn't bear it and diagnosed her illness, but she still died. She was killed by rumors."
"My brother gave up his medical career because of this, and I remembered that woman for many years. I often thought, if I was not so young at that time, if I was the one who saved her, she would not have died, and my brother would not have..."
Ni Su couldn't continue. She held the cake in her hand and remained silent for a long time amid the sound of the pouring rain outside the door. Then she looked up at him and said, "Xu Ziling, if I could, I would also like to save you and relieve your pain."
Xu Hexue curled his knuckles, the chaotic sound of rain hitting his eardrums, and his eyelashes trembled when he saw her serious gaze.
"But I can't seem to do it."
She said.
Xu Hexue has always known that she has a kind heart, which drives her to go against the current willingly. She treats people with kindness and handles things with kindness.
Even if he was a ghost wandering in the world of the living, she would be willing to give him a house to live in, clothes to cover him, and even share a piece of candy cake with him.
"so,"
Xu Hexue suddenly heard her say again, "Just be nicer to yourself."
This was the second time she had said this today.
Xu Hexue saw her smile at him, and he sat with her, listening quietly to the night rain.
"good."
He responded softly.
The rain stopped in the second half of the night, and the whistling wind blew for a long time. Ni Su dreamed of her brother Ni Qinglan at night, but he stood there, saying nothing, just smiling at her.
Ni Su woke up early and stared at the curtains on the bed for a while. When she heard some noise outside, she got up, dressed and washed.
Steaming hot porridge and rice were placed on the square table in the kitchen. A young man in a dark blue robe was sitting on the eaves, reading a book.
He heard her push the door open and looked up.
"What are you looking at?"
Ni Su walked over.
"The account book found in the Du Mansion." Xu Hexue was about to stand up by holding the porch pillar, but she suddenly reached out to help him. The warmth of her palm against his wrist made him look even colder.
Her touch was like a reminder, reminding him that he was different from her, but he couldn't say it, and he was attached to the warmth of her fingers.
This shouldn't have happened.
He whispered, "Let's eat."
Ni Su let go of him and went into the kitchen. Seeing that he didn't follow her, she asked, "Can you eat with me?"
Xu Hexue put away the account book and nodded: "Okay."
"Why is there still sugar water?"
Ni Su glanced at the table and looked at him in surprise.
"I saw the recipe in Mr. Meng's recipe book, so I gave it a try."
Xu Hexue sat down and watched her pick up the spoon and take a sip. He then asked, "Is it sweet?"
"Haven't you tried it?"
Ni Su shook her head and asked again in confusion.
"No."
Xu Hexue lowered her eyes.
"Then let's drink together." Ni Su brought an empty bowl and gave him some. "Are you still in pain? I said I wanted to learn how to cook, but you never gave me a chance...Are you worried that I would burn down the kitchen?"
"No."
Xu Hexue picked up the spoon and took a sip under her gaze.
"That's certainly what you think."
Ni Su was really not a good cook. Even with Mr. Meng's recipe in hand, she would naturally become flustered as soon as she touched the stove.
Xu Hexue was about to speak, but suddenly his expression froze: "Ni Su, someone is coming."
Ni Su raised her head when she heard the voice, and sure enough, the next moment, she heard Chao Yisong's voice: "Miss Ni! Is Miss Ni here?"
She immediately stood up and ran to the front.
Chao Yisong was sweating profusely. When he saw Ni Su lift the curtain and come out, he panted and said, "Miss Ni, our Han envoy would like to ask you to go to the night office."
Ni Su's heart moved.
Ni Su knew very well what it meant to go to the Night Palace at this time. She ignored everything else and ran towards the Diqian Gate almost as fast as she could.
The early morning fog was thick and wet, and Ni Su stopped in front of the gate of the night watchman, panting.
"Miss Ni, why are you running so fast?" Chao Yisong kept walking back and forth without stopping, with his hands on his knees. Before he could finish his words, he saw Ni Su running up the stairs.
He immediately followed and showed his badge to the guard at the gate.
Han Qing and Zhou Ting both stayed awake all night, but Zhou Ting stood beside Han Qing and did not look tired at all. Instead, Han Qing kept rubbing his eyelids.
"Hey, Miss Ni is here? Please sit down."
As soon as he saw Ni Su, Han Qing raised his chin and motioned for a close official to serve her tea. "Isn't it that we asked you to come here at this time? You should know why, right?"
"Han Envoy Zun,"
Ni Su had no intention of drinking tea. She took the tea bowl from the attendant and put it aside. She stood up and bowed to Han Qing, "Excuse me, have you found the person?"
"Originally, once Du Cong disappeared, this clue should have been lost, but at least we still have those killers. Although they were hired and don't know the inside story, their boss can't be ignorant of everything."
Han Qing took a sip of tea and said, "Last night, we asked Zhou Ting to turn their old nest upside down. After working all night, the shopkeeper finally confessed."
Ni Su recalled that last night in the teahouse, Zhou Ting said that he had sealed off a tavern, and it seemed that the tavern was the hideout for those killers.
"But Miss Ni, I have to remind you that you may not be able to afford to offend this person."
Han Qing spoke slowly, raising his eyelids to glance at her.
"Who is it?"
Ni Su stared at him closely and said in a trembling voice: "Han Shizun, who on earth killed my brother?"
Han Qing didn't say anything, so Zhou Ting, who was standing beside him, said, "The Inspector General, the son of Wu Dai, the governor of Nanling - Wu Jikang."
"This Wu Yanei's sister is none other than Consort Wu in the palace."
Han Qing looked at her and said, "Miss Ni, you may not know that since the death of the previous queen, the emperor has not appointed a new queen. Now the only one who is favored by the emperor in the palace is this Concubine Wu."
First he was the Acting Grand Tutor, then the Jiedushi of Nanling, and then he was Concubine Wu.
It was hard for Ni Su not to understand what power and nobility meant from his words. "What does Han Shizun mean by telling me this?"
"Just reminding you that the person you provoked is not an ordinary person."
Han Qing put down the tea bowl and said, "If it weren't for that Wu Yanei who wanted to kill you and revealed his true intentions, I'm afraid you and I wouldn't have been able to find him until now."
Ni Su understood what Han Qing meant. Her and Xu Ziling's previous guess was correct. The person who covered up the winter test case and the person who used Azhou's mother to frame her were indeed not the same person.
The former is watertight, while the latter is full of loopholes.
But everything the former does is to cover up the crimes of the latter.
"What does Ambassador Han want? Do you want me to retreat when I see difficulty?"
"I didn't say that," Han Qing raised his eyebrows, "I just want to ask Miss Ni, are you afraid? You have only experienced the tricks of Wu Yanei, but what I want to tell you is the tricks of the officialdom. They are all jackals. If you are not careful, they can eat you alive."
"Then let them eat me alive!"
Ni Su met his gaze, "Just because of their status, do you want me to be afraid? Do you want my brother to die unjustly and never be redressed? Han Shizun, do you want me to come here today just to lobby for the people who harmed my brother?"
Zhou Ting frowned, "Miss Ni, be careful with your words..."
Han Qing could hear the sharpness in the woman's words, but he was not angry or annoyed. He raised his hand to stop Zhou Ting, then looked at Ni Su carefully and said, "Are you really not afraid that you will end up like your brother? If your body is exposed in the wilderness and no one cares about it, wouldn't it be pitiful?"
Ni Su's eyes were red, and every word was clear:
"I just want justice from my brother."
