The appearance of Jing Heng frightened the black cats, and even their favorite Qin Xiaoxiao did not dare to pounce. When Qin Xiaoxiao realized what they were afraid of, he stepped forward to comfort the poor big cats regardless of Jing Heng's obstruction.

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For Qin Xiaoxiao, the black foxes still liked him. They gradually relaxed after being touched on the head one by one, but they rejected Jing Heng very much.

Jing Heng didn't like them either. When he saw them constantly rubbing against Qin Xiaoxiao and making coquettish "meow" sounds, he felt more and more that these flat-headed beasts were an eyesore.

But as soon as he made any move, the black wild cats let out shrill screams and trembled against Qin Xiaoxiao. The two timidest ones even deceived themselves. The cats buried their big fluffy heads into Qin Xiaoxiao.

He smiled in his arms, as if he could not see Jingheng this way.

Qin Xiaoxiao felt sorry for her big cat friends and had to say a few words to Jingheng to ask him not to get too close to avoid scaring the cats. She was also very disappointed that she could not introduce the big cats to Jingheng so that they could become good friends too.

friend.

This kind of "differential treatment" made Jingheng feel sulky again: In the little girl's heart, it's okay if she can't compare to her relatives, but now she can't even compare to a group of flat-headed beasts. She is really a heartless little girl!

Dabao looked amused, patted Jingheng on the shoulder and "comforted": "We are men and should be more generous. For example, I will never compete with these black beasts. Anyway, in my sister's heart, I am the most important brother.

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Jingheng shook off Dabao's hand and ignored his words. He stared at Chubby sleeping comfortably on Qin Xiaoxiao's lap. He wanted to twist its ears and throw it from the top of the mountain to the bottom.

"You don't have three heads and six arms, and you're not ugly either. Why are you so unpopular with the black wild raccoons? It's not like you've been here before and done bad things to them, right?" Dabao looked Jing Heng up and down and said to him

I am very curious about the fact that the ferocious black raccoon cowering into a ball can be frightened just by looking at it.

"Nonsense, today is the first time that I have seen them!" Jing Heng did not want Dabao to misunderstand and make Qin Xiaoxiao doubt what he had done to the black raccoons, so he finally explained to Dabao respectfully.

Dabao became more and more strange and muttered: "That shouldn't be the case. These guys are very vicious. Why are they so afraid of you?"

Jingheng didn't know how to answer this question. He had already learned about the ferocity of black raccoons from Rock, Paper, Scissors, and logically speaking, they shouldn't be as afraid of him as timid domestic cats.

What he is even more curious about now is why the black raccoon, which can be called a ferocious beast, behaves like a rabbit and behaves coquettishly towards Qin Xiaoxiao: "They are scarier than cats, why isn't Xiaoxiao afraid?"

When Dabao heard this, he immediately remembered that his little cousin was scared to tears by the black raccoon when he went up the mountain for the first time. He said enthusiastically: "How can you not be afraid? It's because you get used to it after being scared too much. Let me tell you..."

Jing Heng often asked the Qin family about Qin Xiaoxiao, but no one had mentioned the grudge between her and Hei Yeli in the past. This time when Dabao talked about it, he listened very seriously.

Dabao is also very good at telling stories. He told Qin Xiaoxiao how he went up the mountain, how he met the black wild raccoon, and how he was entangled by the black wild raccoon.

Not only was Jingheng emotionally aroused by Dabao, but he was also annoyed that he had not met Qin Xiaoxiao earlier. If he had been there that day, he would not have let the little girl be frightened like this; Rock Paper Scissors also listened to it with gusto, like Scissors with a bigger imagination.

He became more and more doubtful that his guess was correct, and decided that Qin Xiaoxiao was the rat's bastard.

Just as Dabao was telling Qin Xiaoxiao’s sad history of going from being afraid of the black fox to becoming friends with the black fox, Qin Xiaoxiao also said good things about Jingheng in front of the black fox: “Brother Li is very good and won’t bully you.

, there are many, many delicious meats, you must like them very much, don’t be afraid of Brother Li, okay?”

"Meow~" The black raccoons didn't understand Qin Xiaoxiao's words, so they responded with a compliment, stretched out their necks and rubbed her chin. One black raccoon didn't understand the rules and stuck out its big rough tongue.

Licking her tender little hand, a chubby paw pressed on her forehead.

"Okay, I'll take it as your promise~" Qin Xiaoxiao was so happy that she pinched their furry ears one by one: "Can I let Brother Li touch your fur later? We will all be good friends from now on.

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"Meow~" The black raccoons who didn't want to be friends with Jing Heng were rolling on the dry grass, purring in their throats and exuding a lazy atmosphere from head to toe.

"Brother Li, come here~" Qin Xiaoxiao waved to Jingheng, with a flattering smile on her face: "The big cats want to be good friends with you, can you pet them?"

Looking at the little girl who was telling lies with her eyes open, Jing Heng said four words in disgust: "Don't touch, don't do it!" Having said that, he still tried to take a step forward.

Whether it was because they were too lazy to move or because they knew Jing Heng couldn't do anything to them, the black raccoons noticed his actions and looked over with more than a dozen pairs of eyes, but they didn't let out the deadly screams like before.

Qin Xiaoxiao discovered this and waved more cheerfully: "Brother Li, come quickly, the big cat is not afraid of you!"

"Hmph!" Jing Heng had a stinky face and ignored Rock Paper Scissors' persuasion. He walked towards Qin Xiaoxiao in three steps and two steps. His eyes fell on the black raccoons with naked murderous intent.

"Meow!" The black raccoons suddenly became furious and stood up, watching Jing Heng's every move vigilantly, fearing that he would kill them all if he disagreed.

"Brother Li, don't scare the big cats. They are timid and scared." Qin Xiaoxiao persuaded with a bitter face, not forgetting to comfort the frightened black raccoons. She had been scared by cats before.

, know how terrible this feels.

Jingheng didn't want to see Qin Xiaoxiao caring about the black raccoons, so he put away his evil intentions towards the black raccoons and stood in front of them and stared at them arrogantly. Until Qin Xiaoxiao urged him again and again, he suddenly reached out and put his hand on his chubby head.

He gave it a heavy stroke.

"Meow--" Chubby didn't seem to expect that Jing Heng would stroke his head. He was stunned for a moment and then his hair exploded again. He quickly hid behind Qin Xiaoxiao like a black lightning, revealing a pair of big round eyes.

Staring at Jingheng, he also showed a hint of confusion:

It's obviously a small two-legged beast that can bite through his throat with one bite. Why is it so scary?

The other black raccoons were also puzzled, showing their resistance to Jing Heng. One black raccoon that was not very smart actually stepped forward and approached Jing Heng. It kept waving its long and thick tail.

Jingheng sniffed around, as if confirming something.

But like Chubby, it had confusion in its big cat eyes, unable to understand where the things about Jingheng that frightened them came from.

Seeing that the big cats were really unwilling to pet Jingheng's heads, Qin Xiaoxiao was considerate and did not force them. He played with them for a while and said goodbye to them at Jingheng's urging.

Although they couldn't bear to leave Qin Xiaoxiao, the black raccoons were even more afraid of Jing Heng, and were also afraid that Jing Heng would "occupy" Qin Xiaoxiao and not allow them to get close. So when Qin Xiaoxiao was about to go down the mountain, Chubby and a bunch of his younger brothers rubbed against him again and again, shouting.

The sound was shrill and sad.

Qin Xiaoxiao could sense their reluctance and said that when the weather got warmer, he would go to the mountain to see them from time to time. Then he went down the mountain with his soft hair and the reluctance of the black wild raccoons.

At noon, Jingheng and the other two were persuaded by the Qin family to stay and eat dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse and pork that they had made last night.

After the dumplings were cooked and served on the table, Mrs. Miao couldn't find Zhao Xiuxiu inside and outside the house, so she asked Xueya: "When did your cousin Xiuxiu go out? Didn't you tell her last night that we were having dumplings for lunch?"

Xue Ya nodded: "I told you, she didn't say anything. She was still there when I went to the vegetable garden to chop cabbage today, but she disappeared when I came back."

Mrs. Miao frowned and was interrupted by Mr. Qin when she wanted to ask something else: "She doesn't care about this dumpling, so you don't have to save it for her. Let's eat!"

Mrs. Miao was afraid of spoiling the mood of the whole table, so she stopped worrying about where Zhao Xiuxiu went and sat down to eat dumplings with the others.

Witnessing this scene, Jing Heng looked at Shi Shi and saw that he nodded slightly. He couldn't help but look at Mr. Qin and saw that Mr. Qin was putting the cold dumplings into Qin Xiaoxiao's bowl and warned her to eat slowly.

Don't choke, and frown for a moment as if you have encountered something difficult.

Zhao Xiuxiu's absence did not seem to affect anyone's appetite. For the Qin family in previous years, it was good to have shepherd's purse and pork dumplings for one meal a year. Even though they had just had a fat year, it could not eliminate their love for shepherd's purse.

Pork dumplings with zest.

In addition to the three hundred dumplings made in one go last night, a dozen adults each ate at least twenty. Even Qin Xiaoxiao and Sanbao, who have small appetites, also had big appetites and ate five or six, and the rest

There were only fifty or sixty dumplings left.

These fifty or sixty raw dumplings were neatly packed into a clean food box by Mrs. Miao, and asked Jingheng to take them back for a midnight snack.

Jingheng took the food box with his own hands and thanked Mrs. Miao.

The Qin family thought that Jingheng would wait for Qin Xiaoxiao to fall asleep as usual, so they returned to Huaqing Garden with Rock Paper Scissors. Unexpectedly, he invited Mr. Qin to come with him on the grounds that the slaves in the garden wanted to be taught farming.

The others didn't think much about it, thinking that Jingheng was interested in Mr. Qin's ability to take care of the fields, so they didn't notice the change in Mr. Qin's face when he heard Jingheng's invitation.

"Okay, okay, I'll go back to the room to get ready. Mr. Jing will wait a moment." Mr. Qin responded, got up and walked into the room. When he passed by the bench in front of the dining table, he didn't seem to notice, and his legs and feet tripped on it.

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"Dad, be careful!" Qin Shan's quick eyesight and quick hands helped old Mr. Qin who almost fell down, and he broke out in a cold sweat: "Dad, please watch carefully when you walk. What should you do if you fall?"

Mr. Qin's face turned pale, and he was stunned for a while before he realized: "Well, I didn't pay attention for a moment, it's okay." After that, he brushed Qin Shan's hand away and continued walking into the room.

"Dad, please walk slower." Qin Shan was too cautious and didn't notice anything unusual about Mr. Qin. He thought that Mr. Qin was frightened and that's why his face turned pale, so he didn't take it to heart after reminding him.

Others were facing Mr. Qin, but they didn't see anything wrong with Mr. Qin.

After a while, Mr. Qin came out, carrying an inconspicuous cloth bundle in his hand. Through the traces of the cloth bundle, it was revealed that it contained a square box.

Although everyone was wondering why Mr. Qin was carrying such a baggage, they did not ask any questions and watched Mr. Qin leave with Jingheng and his entourage.

They arrived at Qinghu Lake in silence all the way. Looking at the big boat docked in front of the water port, Mr. Qin suddenly turned around and looked at Jingheng, who was several heads shorter than him. He opened his mouth to say something, and finally closed his eyes dejectedly.

Didn't say anything either.

Seeing this, Jing Heng guessed that Mr. Qin already knew the purpose of inviting him to Huaqingyuan. Seeing that Mr. Qin was unwilling to speak, he pretended not to know and let Shitou help Mr. Qin board the ship.

The boat is not big, with only a small cabin, but it can accommodate five or six people without any problem. Mr. Qin declined Jing Heng's kindness and stood alone on the bow of the boat looking at the sparkling lake, the memories in his mind also

Then it flashes.

One moment, he and his young sister were dependent on each other, another moment, the sister was left alone on her deathbed, and then it was the six years of spring and summer that Zhao Xiuxiu had stayed with the Qin family... When Mr. Qin was awakened by the coldness on his face, he was already in tears.

In the cabin of the boat, Shitou asked in a low voice: "Master, do you really want Mr. Qin to know?"

Jing Heng opened the window a crack and looked at Mr. Qin, who was covering his face with his hands. His expression was not good-looking: "You think you can hide it?"

Shi Shi was speechless, he really couldn't hide it.

Jingheng lowered the window, his young face gradually filled with distress. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring Mr. Qin to Huaqingyuan.

Huaqingyuan and Qingshan Village face each other across the lake, and they are located at the narrowest point of the water. They arrived at the shore in a short time. After Mr. Qin was helped off the boat by the stone, the group went straight to Jingheng's study.

Even though he had guessed that the matter was not simple, when he saw the Sun family father and son lying on the ground with bruises all over their bodies, Mr. Qin still took a breath and realized that what Zhao Xiuxiu was involved in might be worse than he imagined.

Jing Heng didn't say anything and asked Shitou to place Mr. Qin in the side room. The side room had no door, so he could see what was going on in the study and hear the sounds in the study.

Mr. Qin did not sit down. He held the bundle tightly with his right hand and listened motionlessly to the movements in the study.

Jing Heng sat in front of the desk, ignoring the Sun family father and son who begged for mercy, and let the scissors bring him in. Soon, two guards came in escorting the gagged Zhao Xiuxiu.
To be continued...