Heroine’s Road to Becoming Scum: Forty-third bowl of soup (six & seven)

What?

Everyone looked at the adults. The adult is wearing new clothes made by Eighteen, with a light expression. Seeing everyone looking at him, he repeats without hesitation: "Who said you are not worthy?"

Eighteen panicked: "Sir, don't make fun of Eighteen..."

"I'm not joking." The adults tidy up their clothes and look handsome and steady. "If two people are in love with each other in this world, there is no such thing as worthy or unworthy."

After finishing speaking, he walked up to Eighteen and said, "At twenty and five next year, I haven't married yet, I have no father or mother in my family, and I only have fame and fame. If you marry me, someone will take care of you in the future. You don't have to serve your in-laws, just be my wife."

Eighteen was startled, and waved back and forth again and again: "It can't be done, sir, don't say such things, the body of the eighteen broken flowers will be defeated..."

"I don't care." "As far as I know you are a good girl, that's enough."

"Yes, yes! Eighteen, you should promise the adults!" Xiaojiu happily pushed Shibachao's arms from behind. She was so strong that Shiba couldn't resist, and was pushed directly into the arms of the adults. . In order to prevent her from falling, the adult gently supported her waist with one hand. Shiba's entire face was flushed red, and Xiao Jiu laughed: "Although your lord is a bit pedantic, he is definitely the official of Qingtian's parents. You must marry him!"

The scholar also smiled and said, "I think it's not bad. I've been by your side for nearly ten years, but I've never seen an adult begging for a girl. In this way, that adult really likes eighteen girls, eighteen girls. If the girl doesn't dislike that adults can't speak sweet words, and is always busy with business, she might as well just nod her head and marry."

Cheng Pu said, "If the eighteen girls don't look down on adults, then look at me is also very good!" He turned a few somersaults, and jumped on the roof and the big tree. After going back and forth, he landed handsomely and put on a particularly handsome look: "How do you feel about Eighteen Girls? I am strong and obedient, and I will give you all the money I earn to support the family. You can do whatever you want, absolutely nothing!"

The grown-up glanced at him, and he immediately smiled sheepishly: "Hey, joking, joking."

"How?" the grown-up asked Eighteen.

Eighteen's heart beat like thunder, her face flushed red, she quickly broke free from the arms of the adults, and said softly: "It's better that the adults don't say such things to me. If men and women are not kissing each other, I will go back first." Said After turning around, he walked away, stepping faster and faster, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

Xiao Jiu was stunned: "This is the first time I see Shi Shi walking so fast. Was she about to fly just now?"

The scholar smiled: "After all, the girl's family is thin-skinned."

Xiao Jiu stuck out her tongue and asked the adult, "Is the adult sincere?"

"Have you ever seen me say something against my heart?" The grown-up asked instead of answering.

"That's good, I'll wrap this up on me, but if it happens in the future, the adults will have to give me a big red envelope!"

The corner of the adult's lips ticked: "I'll give you three months' salary."

That was a lot of money, and Xiao Jiu's eyes lit up: "It's a deal!" After speaking, she immediately went after Shiba, who had left, and worked hard for the matchmaker's red envelope.

When Xiaojiu disappeared around the corner, the scholar teased the adult and said, "Wansheng had long thought that the adult was interested in the eighteenth girl, and now it looks good."

"What? You already saw it?" Cheng Pu was surprised. "Then why didn't I see it? You saw it and you didn't tell me?"

"You are stupid, you have developed limbs and a simple mind." The scholar teased, "Have you not seen it? Every time Shiba appears, the eyes of adults are fixed on others. Shiba is now in charge of grocery shopping and cooking. Fan, if Xiao Jiu doesn't have time to come with him, the adults will take the initiative to help carry the basket, did the adults follow you when you were shopping before?"

Cheng Pu honestly shook his head: "That's not true. But I'm not a woman, why do you want adults to follow me?"

The scholar sighed: "You can't talk to Xia Zongyubing."

"What kind of worm or ice?" Cheng Pu scratched his head. "What do you mean?"

"It doesn't matter what you mean, just remember that adults have long been attracted to other girls." Speaking of which, the scholar was so moved that he wanted to cry. "It's been almost ten years, but the adults have moved the hearts of the people. Later, I thought that the adults would have to die alone in this life."

The adults let them ridicule, but when they heard this sentence, they glanced at the scholar with a half-smiling smile. "I've only known Shiba for more than a month, and now it's possible to have a good relationship. You and Xiaojiu have known each other for seven years, so there's still no hope?"

These words are too poisonous. The smile on the scholar's face froze for a moment, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

Xiaojiu catches up with Eighteen, and keeps telling her the various advantages of adults, no matter how loyal and reliable, there will be no concubines, and she can solve even the most difficult cases, and she is handsome and good-looking. ... In short, she used everything in the adults as her advantages, trying to make Shiba nod.

Eighteen just listened quietly. When Xiaojiu spoke with dry mouth, she got up and poured her a glass of water, and then brought over the handkerchief she had not finished embroidering before, relying only on the salary of these few people. , it's so hard to eat well. A county magistrate’s monthly salary is only a little bit more, which is not enough for expenses. In addition, adults have no slack and never accept bribes. They can only eat a meal of meat every few days. It can be said that the conditions are very difficult.

That's why Shiba is going to make some female red and sell it. She has a good embroidery skill. When she was shopping for vegetables, she accidentally met a cloth shop owner, and her eyes lit up when she saw the handkerchief she dropped on the ground. , strongly invited Shiba to work for her. The owner of the cloth shop also runs a shop specializing in women's clothes, and there is a shortage of good embroidered women. Shiba thought that he was not involved in childbirth in the county government office, so he agreed to bring back the clothes or handkerchiefs for embroidery and hand them in every three days.

Now she has been embroidering for half a month. Her embroidery is very good and fast. In addition, there is a lot of profit here, and the proprietress is very sincere. Giving eighteen has always been the highest price. After eating meat, the scholar sighed more than once that it is better to be an embroiderer than to be an official.

"... Eighteen, are you listening?" Gudu Gudu finished drinking the water, and Xiao Jiuyi wiped her mouth and asked.

Eighteen bowed his head to embroider and said, "I heard it."

"Then what do you think?" Xiao Jiu asked. "You can't help but get married, right? No one in your daughter's family doesn't get married."

"...Want to marry." Eighteen said softly. "It's enough to marry a man who doesn't dislike me, adults deserve better."

"You are the best!" Xiaojiu gets angry when she hears Shiba's self-defeating. "Are you thinking nonsense again, who else can be better than you! The adults have said it, and he likes you!"

"Xiao Jiu, stop talking, I won't marry an adult." Shi Shi embroidered flowers and said calmly. "Maybe I will remember everything after a while. No one knows what I was like in the past, in case I..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Seeing Shi Shi so worried, Xiao Jiu quickly took her hand and comforted, "You are the best girl, there is no doubt about that. You who have lost your memory are so good and have memories. Of course you are the same, Eighteen, promise me, don't say anything that demeans yourself, okay?" She was really distressed and distressed.

Hearing this, Shi Shi raised his head and smiled at Xiao Jiu, saying, "Okay, then you have to promise me, don't mention marrying an adult again, I feel embarrassed. If you mention it again, I won't be here. The county government is here."

Xiao Jiu hurriedly agreed: "It's fine, I won't say it." It's just a pity that three months' salary... dozens of taels of silver!

Eighteen then really laughed.

Afterwards, Xiaojiu told the adults about Shiba's thoughts. The adults were silent. Xiaojiu asked, "Does the adults really like Shiba?"

The adults gave her a look: "You don't believe me?"

"Of course not, it's just..." Xiao Jiu twisted her fingers, looking like she was hesitant to speak. "You guys aren't all..."

"That's just a common man's idea, not me." The lord said while looking at the official document. "What she was like in the past has nothing to do with her now. For a girl like her, I believe that even if something bad happened, she was not willing. Taking a step back, even if she was willing, even now She's so beautiful and that's enough for me."

Xiaojiu turned around and went back to tell Shiba. She didn't ask Shiba to marry the grown-up again, but just told Shiba what the grown-up said and did to let her know that the grown-up really liked her, not with any intention or out of sympathy.

But Eighteen refused to accept it. Not only that, but she is now avoiding adults. If she can't meet, she won't see her. If she must see her, she will lower her head and not speak. If she really has to speak, she will use a few words instead, and the distance will be very far away.

But her performance was so obvious that even Cheng Pu, the most nervous, saw it and asked the scholar: "What happened, did the adults do something bad to the eighteen girls, why did the girls see it? He looks like he sees a ghost?"

The scholar sighed that he did not understand the style, did not explain, and walked away. Cheng Pu scratched his head, the second monk Zhang Er was confused and didn't understand what happened.

So when he saw adults blocking Shiba on the path from a distance, he quietly ambushed behind the rockery, widened his eyes and raised his ears to eavesdrop.

Eighteen saw the adult walking this way after a dozen meters. She was so frightened that she hurriedly turned the corner and changed to a path. Who would have guessed that after a few steps, she saw the adult also turned the path and walked straight. look at yourself. The posture was as if he was going to settle accounts, and Shiba was so frightened that he almost turned around and ran away.

However, the grown-up is tall and has long legs, so he came to her side in a few steps, blocking her way: "Where are you going?" Looking at her handkerchief and clothes, "Going out?"

"Um..." The eighteen voices were like a gnat, "Today is the day to hand over handkerchiefs and clothes."

"I'll go with you, it's not safe for you to go out alone."

Eighteen quickly refused: "No, no, I'll be alone..."

"Because I express my love for you, you don't even want to see me anymore?"

"No, it's not like that!" Shiba denied. "Just, just—"

The adults who didn't have the slightest idea of ​​pity and cherishing jade pressed step by step: "Just what?"

Eighteen steps back: "Just, just..."

"It's just what, you say it." The adults narrowed a pair of black eyes, and something bottomless in their eyes made Shiba blushed and was about to explode. "Don't get so close to me!"

After she shouted, seeing the disbelief in the eyes of the adults, she quickly explained: "I didn't mean that..."

"Then what do you mean?" The adults didn't understand. "Eighteen, is it difficult to promise me, or do you think I'm not worthy of my life?"

"It's not like that, my lord... you are really a rare gentleman. If anyone marries you, they will be happy all their lives." Shiba clenched the fabric in his hand, trembling a little, "It's just me... I don't have that. Blessed."

"What good fortune is not good fortune, just promise me, this good fortune is yours. If you don't marry, I will not call it good fortune."

"I'm not worthy of the adults. My memory will come back one day. At that time, I don't even know how to face the adults, Xiaojiu, and others. So please don't force it. Now, my lord will definitely meet a good girl, a thousand times better than me, a hundred times better..."

The adults were about to say a few words to her in a deep voice, but saw that the clothes she was holding in her arms were suddenly wet.

She actually cried.

He sighed, ignoring her refusal, he took the person into his arms and whispered: "Silly girl, why are you crying? In my heart, you are cleaner than anyone else."

Eighteen listened in a daze, then told him in his heart: No, I'm not clean.

I have long been unclean.

First the body, then the heart, and now my soul is full of filth.

"I don't care what your past was like, but now that you are under my wings, I have the obligation to protect you. Whether you agree to marry me or not in the future, I will protect you and never let anyone People bully you." The adult touched her head, held her shoulders and looked at her, smiling very tenderly: "Okay, I won't mention these in the future, I don't know if you can take me now. Are you going out together?"

Eighteen raised a hand and wiped away tears in embarrassment, smiled at him, sniffled, and walked beside him.

The two gradually drifted apart, and Cheng Pu just turned out from the back of the rockery. He has always been too lazy to use his brain, but he is not a fool. Just now, the adults are holding the eighteen girls. The expression on the eighteen girls' faces always feels a bit strange... /

He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think of anything, so he just stopped thinking about it. Anyway, Eighteen is a good girl. If you want to marry someone, you must show sincerity. This is a matter between the two of them. He won't mess with it, so as not to be a disservice to the kindness.

After this day, the relationship between Shiba and the adults softened a lot, and no longer asked for a kiss. Shiba relaxed a little, at least when he spoke, he was no longer so careful.

The disappearance case has begun again.

This time, it's the fourteen-year-old daughter of a family in the south of the city, called Huancui. It was said that I went to the city with my little sister to go to the market yesterday morning, but there were too many people scattered. Finally, the little sister returned home safely, and Huancui disappeared. The family first waited at home, thinking that the little girl might like to watch the fun and play in the city, but in the afternoon, no one came back. So Huancui's parents summoned the villagers to go into the city to find them, but the good girl just disappeared, and they searched everywhere to no avail, so they had to report the case to the county government the next morning.

At that time, everyone was having breakfast, and when they heard that the disappearance case had started again, the adult's face sank. It is rare that the scholar is no longer so relaxed and happy, and his expression is a little gloomy: "It's starting again."

Cheng Pu threw the tableware and chopsticks: "These sons of bitches."

Xiao Jiu lost her appetite, and the dead girls appeared in front of her eyes. They didn't know where they were abducted and sold, and they didn't know where they would be sold, but she had been there when she followed the adults to investigate the case. The brothel, I have seen what kind of life the girls are living in. Thinking of this, I can't eat any delicious food.

Everyone didn't eat, so Shiba naturally put down his chopsticks. She looked at everyone worriedly: "Don't worry, let's see what's going on first."

Now that they are considered a family, adults do not shy away from her when they talk about the case. She seldom mentioned it in front of her before, for fear of evoking her memory, but Shiba intends to face it honestly, and they will discuss it in front of her. Shiba always listens quietly, occasionally giving a few words. an opinion.

"Alright." The lord stood up. "I'll go to the court first, Zigui, come back after you and Cheng Pu have breakfast."

Not wasting food is also an iron discipline of the county government, but the speed will be faster when you eat it again. Went to court.

At present, the only thing the adults can do is to find someone, but unfortunately, it is a pity that all the yamen are sent out to no avail. This group of criminals is cunning and sophisticated. They have been involved in human trafficking for so many years and have never been caught. Apart from the strong backers behind them, their superb modus operandi is also a reason.

After going back and forth to find no one, the lord finally decided to meet the new bosses of those industries under Bai Qi's name.

Just came back with a dignified look. Xiaojiu and Shiba were both waiting at the county office. When they saw him coming back, they hurried up to meet him, only to see that the three of them all had heavy faces, so they couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? What's the result? Have you found Huancui?"

The scholar shook his head: "No."

Cheng Pu said: "As soon as I heard that Huancui was abducted, the adults immediately blocked the city gate. I only hope that those people will not send Huancui out. If they ensure that Huancui is in the city, there may be a chance to find it back. "It's just that although their county is remote, the area is not small, it's too easy to hide someone, and it's troublesome to find talent.

Eighteen looked at the adults: "What's wrong with the adults?"

"We met the new boss of Baiqi Industry, what do you think his name is?" the scholar asked.

How would Xiao Jiu and Shi Shi know, they both shook their heads, and the scholar told them. "White Seven."

"What?"

The two looked at each other and felt incredible: "But isn't Bai Qi already dead?"

"So the question is here, who is this Bai Qi? Why is it called Bai Qi?" The scholar chuckled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "This person is hospitable and hospitable, and his speech is very decent. He even willingly opened the door for us to search, but the more he does, the more suspicious he becomes."

"In this way, Bai Qi... is not Bai Qi." Shiba murmured, "Bai Qi is just a code name, and everyone in charge of these industries is called Bai Qi. There may also be people like Black Seven, Red, Seven Blue and Seven, so how big are their nets? Who are the people behind them? This is not something ordinary people can do, right?"

Let's not say anything else, let's just say that the first Bai Qi has been entrenched in this county for more than ten years. For more than ten years, who knows what other means the person behind it has? What is the purpose of such a large network? Just for the money? That's not the case, just relying on the income of these industries is enough for them to have food and clothing for a lifetime.

What's that for?

Master said: "This matter has to be considered in the long run. This Bai Qi is a smiling tiger, I am afraid it is difficult to deal with. In the future, you should be more careful when going out, especially Shiba and Zigui. accompany.”

"Your Excellency means we may be in danger?" The scholar frowned immediately. "That person is so courageous?"

"They can steal physical evidence in the county government office and kill people. What do you think they can't do?" Xiao Jiu gave the scholar a blank look, jumped up and patted his head: "So next time you No matter where you go, you have to tell me or Cheng Pu."

The scholar took her claws off his head and asked the adults, "We don't have any evidence in our hands, why did he kill us?"

"Although there is no evidence, if I want to investigate the case, why do I have few of your right-hand men?" The lord said lightly. "I can't do it alone. If I cut off my arm, no matter how good I am, I can't investigate such a big case by myself."

Eighteen Ways: "In this case, adults should be careful. If they dare to break into the county office, then assassinating the court officials will be nothing."

The adult's mood suddenly improved: "Is eighteen caring about me?"

His tone was very relaxed and ambiguous, Shiba pursed his lips: "What time is it, the adults still care about this."

The lord smiled and said, "If you're really worried about me, you might as well nod your head earlier and promise to marry me, so I don't have to worry that I won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law until I die."

He deliberately diluted the serious and dangerous topic just now, and the scholar immediately followed up: "Yes, Shiba quickly agreed to marry an adult, so that he might be able to raise some money for his late life."

Eighteen said: "Then why don't you get married soon, the son and Xiao Jiu. I have saved some money now, but I'm worried that I have nowhere to spend."

Xiao Jiu felt that she was really wronged, she could be shot even if she lay down and didn't speak.