Rescue the hero who was imprisoned by the cannon fodder sister

Chapter 183 Someone I haven't seen for a long time

That night, the Zhou family's house was brightly lit and very lively.

When Zhou Niantang was going downstairs, he met Zhou Yuan. Thinking of what she said in the morning, he just nodded politely and went to find Zhou Yunqi.

The first floor of Zhou's house is very large. In addition to the living room, there are two large and small reception rooms and a dining room.

Just now she heard Aunt Zhang say that Zhou Yunqi was downstairs, and now she walked around inside and outside but didn't see her.

I asked a random servant and found out that Zhou Yunqi was in the backyard.

By this time it was completely dark, and the lights in the entire yard, including the backyard, were on.

It rained during the day, and now the whole yard has a slight scent of grass.

When Zhou Niantang walked over, she happened to see Zhou Yunqi standing in the backyard with her back to her, seemingly looking at the building in the backyard.

As far as she could remember, she had never seen Zhou Yunqi come to the backyard.

Because she was going to visit the graves, Zhou Yunqi was still wearing the sportswear she wore when she left home in the morning, with her hair neatly tied up.

Obviously, this outfit should be more approachable than her usual professional attire, but Zhou Niantang felt that she looked a little colder than usual.

Walking a little closer, she found that Zhou Yunqi's back looked a little lonely and isolated.

She felt bitter in her heart. She knew, and had always known, that Zhou Yunqi's life was not easy.

If only Zhou Yunqi could let go of those things and relax a little, she had thought so countless times.

Soon, Zhou Yunqi discovered that there was someone behind him.

She turned around and saw Zhou Niantang standing not far behind her, with her hair tied in a bun and a look of worry and guilt in her almond-shaped eyes.

Guilt? When Zhou Yunqi read this emotion in her sister's eyes, she felt cold in her heart.

She glanced at the attic in the backyard again, then calmed down and asked Zhou Niantang calmly, "Did you go to the grave today?"

Zhou Niantang didn't notice anything wrong with Zhou Yunqi, and answered her honestly: "I went to visit my mother's grave."

"Where did you go next? Uncle Sun said you didn't come back until this afternoon. Didn't it rain at the cemetery today? Didn't you get wet?"

A series of questions confused Zhou Niantang.

And when Zhou Yunqi asked, her eyes were fixed on her.

Zhou Niantang's heart trembled slightly. He intuitively felt that if he didn't answer well, Zhou Yunqi might be unhappy.

"I met Yun Zhi at the cemetery. I went to her house for lunch and came back in the afternoon. There was no rain at the cemetery in the morning."

As for whether it would rain in the afternoon, she didn't know.

She did not lie, which made Zhou Yunqi's coldness fade a little. She had already asked Zhou Niantang's driver about her itinerary for the day.

She told her last time not to have any contact with Yun Zhi.

Fortunately, she answered honestly and did not lie.

"Didn't I tell you last time to have less contact with her?"

Zhou Niantang's heart choked, and she remembered that Zhou Yunqi had indeed told her about it last time, but she did not agree at that time.

Thinking about the recent situation, she muttered, "We haven't been in touch much recently. It's been a long time since we last met."

Zhou Yunqi pursed her lips tightly, looking nowhere but staring at her. Zhou Niantang knew that this was how her sister behaved when she was unhappy.

Sure enough, Zhou Yunqi said later: "Do we have to meet after not seeing each other for a long time? Are there other people who we haven't seen for a longer time, and have you met them recently?"

The harsh questioning made Zhou Niantang stand there in a daze.

On the day she released Pei, Zhou Yunqi had never spoken to her in such a tone.

No, this wasn't talking to her, this was questioning.

Zhou Yunqi was talking about the person she hadn't seen for a long time. She knew who she was talking about even if she used her knees to think.

Zhou Niantang felt bitter in her heart, and a sour feeling came over her, making her almost unable to hold back her tears again.

She felt that her tear glands seemed to be abnormally developed recently, and she cried more times than in the past few years.

If the current atmosphere wasn't right, she would start to doubt whether she was depressed.

She endured it, lowered her head and dared not look at Zhou Yunqi again, because she was really going to lie.

"I haven't been seeing anyone and haven't done anything lately."

Zhou Yunqi looked down and saw Zhou Niantang pinching the hem of her skirt with one hand. This was her habitual action whenever she was nervous.

"Really? There is no best."

Perhaps Zhou Yunqi also felt that her tone was too harsh just now, so she walked over, sighed, and patted Zhou Niantang on the shoulder.

"Let's go and have dinner." His tone had completely softened.

She didn't say much tonight, she just hoped that Zhou Niantang could understand the meaning of her words and know how to deal with the matter.

She was willing to give her the time and opportunity to deal with it.

Although Zhou Yunqi let her go easily, Zhou Niantang was still scared so much that she was a little dazed when she sat down at the dining table.

Zhou Yuan was sitting next to her and saw her expression clearly.

The two sisters just came in one after the other. Although Zhou Yunqi's face remained calm, it could be seen that she was in a bad mood.

Zhou Niantang looked terrified.

Tsk, this pair of sisters don’t seem to be very close.

As the next person in charge of the Zhou family, Zhou Yunqi's seat is just below Zhou Tonglin.

Zhou Niantang sat at the younger table according to his seniority.

She lowered her head and ate, completely in no mood to interact with others.

I kept analyzing in my mind whether Zhou Yunqi really knew something and what went wrong that made Zhou Yunqi know it.

How much did she know? Did he misunderstand that she was with Pei Shi?

But if he really knew, why would he react like this? He should have scolded her or ignored her.

But when she came in later, Zhou Yunqi had returned to her normal self, as if those harsh questions had never happened.

She thought, maybe Zhou Yunqi didn't know much, but because she knew that she was still in contact with Yun Zhi, she said this deliberately to warn her and remind her.

But no matter what, she can't meet Pei Shi again or have any involvement with him.

She was actually very afraid that Zhou Yunqi's behavior just now would make her feel that she was forcing Zhou Yunqi to behave like that.

She couldn't hide her emotions, and Zhou Yuan felt much better when she saw her like that.

She acted like a good sister, and seeing that Zhou Niantang was distracted, she probably didn't even know what she had put in her mouth.

Zhou Yuan glanced at the Arctic scallops on the table, picked up the serving chopsticks, put a piece into her bowl, and said with concern: "Eat more. Uncle said today that you have lost a lot of weight recently."

"Thank you."

If Zhou Niantang didn't have something on her mind, based on what Zhou Yuan said to her in the morning, she would never have touched the things she passed to her.

But now, her mind was wandering and she just said thank you instinctively and ate from the bowl.

She took a bite of the Arctic scallop and didn't notice anything wrong.

When she was about to take the second bite, Zhou Tonglin called her over. She immediately put down her chopsticks and stood up to go to the main table.