Chapter 23 The protected little white rabbit

Xie Yuan held the little bird in both hands and held it carefully on her chest. She stood upright and looked up at the roof with a worried look, thinking about how to climb up and put the little swallow back into the nest. .

The sky was glowing blue, and her profile was not clear to Shen Liuzhen's eyes, but he felt that she was very attractive like this for no reason, and he couldn't help but want to get closer.

Shen Liuzhen stood next to her, looked at the little swallow in her hand, and saw that the cuff around her wrist was untied. He stretched out his hand to help her wrap the cuff considerately, and said:

"How about we find a ladder and send it up."

Xie Yuan looked at the position of the eaves and said, "Don't bother me. It's up to me."

As he spoke, he stepped on the railing, held the pillar with one hand and jumped up. Like a deer, he landed directly on the carved window in the corridor. Then he turned over, hung on it with his toes, and pulled it with his back. I propped my body up, just enough to see the swallow's nest on the opposite side.

She carefully reached out and put the little swallow in.

Shen Liuzhen looked down at her series of movements and was dumbfounded. He obviously knew all the things his father taught him, but he had never taught him such a move. How did she do it?

He was open-mouthed in surprise when a cool breeze blew over his head. Xie Yuan turned over and jumped down. With a "pop" sound, a piece of glazed tile was caught by her foot and fell down. The fragments scattered on the ground and lingered there. Zhen quickly stretched out his sleeves to cover his head.

Fortunately, the sleeves of the clothes he wore were strong enough to block them, unlike Xie Yuan's narrow sleeves. Otherwise, his face would have been scratched this time...

"Ah... it's over. This tile has lost one piece and one piece, letting dad know that it's time to beat me again." Xie Yuan said regretfully.

Shen Liuzhen quickly picked up the fragments one by one, piled them in the gap under the corridor, covered them with soil, and said:

"No one saw it. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. Who would know it was you? Let's go. If you're late, you'll get beaten again!"

The two people ran away, but how could the sweeper of Xie's house not report this matter? So before lunch, Xie's father knew about it and immediately thought of Xie Yuan's head.

"Xie Yuan, did you drop the sink tile on the swallow's nest?"

At that time, the Xie family and Shen Liuzhen were eating together. Xie's father raised his eyes and looked at Xie Yuan and asked calmly.

Xie Yuan hesitated and did not dare to say a word. Mrs. Xie looked at her worriedly and said softly:

"A Yuan, didn't mother tell you not to go to the roof? No matter how powerful a person is, he will miss sometimes. What if he falls down?"

Shen Liuzhen came to Xie Yuan's rescue and said: "Teacher, Mistress, maybe a wild cat wanted to eat the young swallows and trampled on the tile. You can't go to A Yuan for anything."

Father Xie sneered, lowered his eyes and held the food between his hands, and said, "Then that wild cat is very humane. He even knows how to put the broken tiles in one place, dig a hole and bury them."

Shen Liuzhen froze, his expression awkward. He originally wanted to delay the time of being discovered, but by doing this, it became evidence of guilt...

Xie Yuan had no choice but to admit: "It's me..."

Father Xie glared at her and said with a very elegant expression on his face: "Go and hug your pillar..."

"Yes...Dad..."

Holding the pillar is Xie Yuan's exclusive way of being beaten, and it has become synonymous with her punishment.

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It seems that whenever Shen Liuzhen exonerates Xie Yuan, he never succeeds. Not only that, with Xie Yuan here, if he makes a mistake, Xie Yuan may take the blame for him.

"Xie Yuan, it's you again! How many vases in the main hall have been replaced! Prodigal son, get over here!"

Shen Liuzhen saw Xie's father going crazy and chasing Xie Yuan all over the yard with a ruler, and he couldn't help but feel fear in his heart.

He swallowed hard, stretched out his hand tremblingly, and timidly said to Father Xie:

"That...old...teacher...actually I accidentally knocked over the vase."

Father Xie turned a deaf ear, panting and holding his waist. The shiny black and gold ruler shone coldly in his hand, pointing at Xie Yuan and saying:

"Come here!"

"Dad...it's really not me this time!" Xie Yuan shouted unjustly while hiding.

"Teacher... when my father comes back, let him compensate... compensate you..." Shen Liuzhen stood aside and stretched out his hand persistently to explain, although he was very timid.

Because this time, he really did it...and the vase is an antique and valuable.

He was in big trouble this time.

But Xie's father seemed not to hear it, and said to Xie Yuan earnestly: "...Xie Yuan, do you want to acknowledge that you have done something wrong? Come here!"

"It's really not me!" Xie Yuan roared.

"Come here!"

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Shen's father was often away from home, so Shen Liuzhen spent most of his time at Xie's house, studying with Xie Yuan, eating together, and being beaten and scolded together.

It should be said that before the age of six, Shen Liuzhen was a lonely child, who was forced to assume the identity of an adult and play tricks on his family's servants.

But ever since Xie Yuan climbed the wall and appeared in their tree, he slowly became a child who was always loved and protected.

The most important thing is that he has a playmate of the same age as Xie Yuan, and he no longer feels that he is alone, lonely, stubborn, and cold.

His memories before he was six years old were always filled with an indescribable hatred, while his memories after he was six years old turned into ups and downs of piano music, which was still pleasant to listen to even if it was messy.

In this way, the two of them grew up to be nine years old.

Lieutenant Shen became General Shen, and Xie's father also became the guardian of the local county. As the two became more and more busy, they had less time to teach Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen.

So the two children had the chance to sneak out to play from time to time.

When he was nine years old, Xie Yuan was still more than half a head taller than Shen Liuzhen. Coupled with her heroic appearance, in comparison, Shen Liuzhen, who had always been dressed as a Confucian scholar, looked like a person who needed to be protected by her. Weak little white rabbit.

On this day, they ran out and wandered on the street. Xie Yuan walked quickly and walked through the crowd for a few times before disappearing.

By the time Shen Liuzhen realized that she could not be found, it was already too late.

He happened to be surrounded by several teenagers aged 12 or 13 in the alley.

"Hand over the money, or we will sell you." The leading young man said viciously with deep features and a dirty face.

Shen Liuzhen looked at the shiny new clothes he was wearing. Then he looked at the other party's rags. They were made by his mistress.

Because Xie Yuan was too naughty, he couldn't wear any good clothes for a few times, so the mistress had expensive fabrics and made him clothes to wear.

It's probably the new clothes that are causing trouble today.

"What should I do if I don't have any money with me? All my money is in the hands of my book boy. If you help me find him, the money will be yours." Shen Liuzhen said indifferently.
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