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During the few days of staying in Jingxin, Min Zhi rushed to Yuequxuan many times a day to appease Lin Weier because of a feeling of debt, and told them that Tang Lanqi would return home in at most two days, so that Qi Zhong and the two could feel at ease. few.

With the warm spring, Jingxin's annual "Spring Lantern Festival" is coming quietly.

Min Zhi and Lin Weier made an appointment to go out to the lantern festival at dusk that night.

At this moment, there are many people on the street, and the theaters on both sides are very lively. Among the fiery trees and silver flowers, the two little girls had a great time playing.

Qi Zhong walked behind unhurriedly, dutifully being her flower protector.

As he was walking, a cool scent of crabapple flowers suddenly wafted in the sultry night air, causing him to stop in astonishment. He stopped in place, looking helplessly at the passing pedestrians.

"Hey, there are flower cakes over there. Weier, don't you like flower cakes? Let's go and buy some."

Min Zhi had already carried a lot of snacks in his hand, and when he saw a pastry that his little sister liked to eat, he bluffed again and dragged her over.

"Yes." Lin Weier nodded in agreement, then turned to call Qi Zhong, "Brother Qi, we..."

The words stopped on her lips, Lin Weier frowned, she saw Qi Zhong standing alone in the crowd, his eyes wandering absently on all living beings, as if he was looking for someone.

"What's up with him?"

Min Zhi looked over, and also found that this person was following them, and there was a long distance between them and them, silently staring in a daze.

Lin Weier walked over worriedly, and asked with a gentle caring voice, "Brother Qi, are you okay?"

Qi Zhong woke up from his daze when he heard the voice of his little junior sister. The moment he raised his eyes, his eyes were filled with grief, and fell into Min Zhi's eyes. There was a sense of sympathy for each other, which moved her so much that she blinked lightly. , then concealed the drooping.

"Yes. Rogue Qi, what's wrong with you?"

Out of concern, Min Zhi saw that he did not reply for a long time, so she asked one more question.

Qi Zhong pursed his lips, unable to reply: "Have you smelled the fragrance of crabapple flowers?"

"Begonia flower?" Lin Weier heard the name of the flower and seemed to understand why he lost his mind.

Min Zhi replied unknowingly: "No."

The air obviously only smells of fireworks, and there are some sweet and greasy smells of desserts and snacks. There are no flower vendors nearby, so how can there be a fragrance of flowers.

Qi Zhong's downcast eyes dimmed immediately, Lin Wei paused for a moment, and comforted him softly: "Brother Qi, it's okay. It may be because you miss her so much that you have hallucinations. The future will be long, and you will definitely meet again of."

"I wish." There were tears in his eyes, Qi Zhong smiled wryly for a moment, looked at the full moon in the sky, staggered the two of them in a low voice, and walked forward.

Min Zhi pulled Lin Weier away puzzled, and asked with concern: "She? Is it..."

"It's Senior Brother Qi's older sister. The two of them have been separated since childhood. Senior Brother Qi has been looking for her all these years." Lin Weier explained lightly.

"Looking for someone?" Min Zhi thought about it for a while, and said righteously: "Then what's his sister's name, and what are her features? Tell me, I'm well-informed, help him find it."

"No, Ah Zhi." Lin Weier shook his head, "They have been separated since they were young, and now it has been ten years, and their appearance has changed. Brother Qi doesn't remember his name and his sister's name anymore. He only knows her name." My elder sister loves crabapple flowers the most, and loved to call her 'Sister Atang' when she was young."

"Ah? Just these two characteristics, it's really... hard to find."

After listening to these few brief descriptions, Min Zhi knew that Qi Shenglong had not had an easy life. She lost her relatives since she was a child, just like she lost her parents when she was young.

Looking at the lonely back of the man sympathetically, Min Zhi gritted his teeth, with firm eyes, rushed forward, patted Qi Zhong on the shoulder, and said with great loyalty: "Hey, Rascal Qi. Aren't you looking for someone? I know a place, maybe we can try our luck there."

"Where?"

There was a glimmer of hope in Qi Zhong's eyes, and he turned back to ask expectantly.

Min Zhi smiled and said, "You'll know when you go."

"Okay, I'll go with you." With the determination to 'treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor', Qi finally decided to take a gamble.

"Okay, let's go then."

Min Zhi walked ahead to lead the way, but a voice suddenly shouted from behind: "Wait a minute."

Qi Zhong and the two looked back, and Lin Weier hurried to catch up, frowning slightly.

"Brother Qi, how can we say that we are also guests. It's getting late now, I thought, why don't you go to work, and I'll go back and make some arrangements. If the hall master suddenly changes his mind and has any orders, I'll go back. There is a care, so as not to make them paranoid, saying that we are not educated."

Lin Weier's analysis made Qi Zhong feel that his words made sense, so he also nodded: "Junior Sister is right, then we will send you back first."

"No. It's important for you to find someone, I can go back by myself."

Lin Weier hastily declined his kindness, and promised earnestly.

Min Zhi thought for a while and said, "But you don't have a pass token, how can you enter the mansion?"

After saying this, the two of them realized that they were not officially received, they were all brought in and out by Min Zhi, and there was no guest badge for free passage at all.

"This... I didn't think about it." Lin Weier showed embarrassment.

Min Zhi saw that the two of them were in a dilemma, thought for a while, and decisively handed her waist badge to Wei Er: "No, you can use mine."

"Then what do you do?"

"The gatekeeper is not a fool, he doesn't know how to recognize his face? If anyone dares to stop Miss Ben, let him pack up and leave when he goes back."

Min Zhi pretended to have a fierce tone, and handed the token to Wei Er, signaling her not to refuse again.

Seeing her being so righteous, Qi Zhong was very grateful in his heart, and stepped forward to persuade him: "Little sister, why don't you keep the token for now, I don't feel at ease if you stay outside the door alone."

"Okay then. I'll go first, I wish you success in finding someone." Lin Weier nodded his blessing and turned to leave.

Qi Zhong thought for a while, then stepped forward to hold her back, handed her a new flare, and said with concern: "You should prepare one more for this one, and if there is any accident, you must release it! Senior brother must come over as soon as possible .”

"...Thank you, Senior Brother Qi." Lin Weier thanked him and left as he took the flare with emotion.

After seeing all of this, Min Zhi's heart surged slightly again. During the past few days of getting along with her, she had a new look at this kid.

"Let's go, little lunatic, the lights will be gone later, and it will be even later."

"Yeah." Min Zhi nodded, and led him into the alley on the right, and the more he walked, the busier it was.

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After Lin Weier took the token, he hurried to Tangmen, fearing that he would miss the curfew and cause Min Zhi new troubles.

Her footsteps were a little hasty, and she accidentally bumped into an old woman while she was walking, so she hurriedly stopped and went up to help her.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Are you all right, old lady?"

The old woman pretended to roll her eyes, making Lin Weier mistakenly think she was blind, and supported her even more guiltily, asking her where it hurts.

But the old woman just didn't speak, and Lin Weier was sweating anxiously, and kept checking her knees and other places where she fell.

Taking advantage of the moment Lin Weier bent down, the old woman grabbed the golden token around her waist with quick eyesight and quick hands, and tossed it twice into her arms, with a greedy and satisfied smile on her face.

The Tang Sect is rich and powerful, the tokens are all made of gold and silver, one can be worth a lot of money.

Lin Weier didn't expect that this would lead to an innocent disaster. Without knowing it, she was still worried about the injury of the sinister old woman.

But she heard her ouch and her hoarse voice: "Little girl, I'm fine, old lady, let's go, let's go."

"Ah? Mother-in-law, are you really okay? Do you want me to take you to the medical clinic?" Lin Weier asked her patiently.

But the old woman thought she was unrelenting and clinging to others, so she rolled her eyes impatiently: "Old woman, if I say it's fine, it's fine, you go away, my grandson will come to pick me up later."

As he spoke, he even greeted Lin Weier with his dirty stick, hurting her.Lin Weier had no choice but to get up and stand aside, innocently looking at the old woman's dissatisfied face.

"you……"

The old woman got her money, and regardless of what Lin Weier said, she stood up quickly and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Lin Weier felt a little strange, but didn't think much about it, and hurried back on his way.

×

Qi Zhong followed Min Zhi all the way across several bustling long streets, and finally stopped at a three-story attic full of red lanterns.

Before entering the door, I heard the laughter of Yingying and Yanyan in the attic, and the sound of silk, bamboo and zither sometimes weakened and sometimes became stronger.

Frowning subconsciously, Qi Zhong looked up at the signboard in the attic: Youmeng Tenderness Township.

I feel that this is not a good place, but rather a romantic place.

He hesitated to grab Min Zhi, and asked hesitantly, "Is it really here?"

Min Zhi nodded solemnly: "It's here."

"Don't worry, no one will eat you again. Let's go." As he said, he dragged the awkward Qi Zhong into the threshold.

As soon as she entered the door, the proprietress of Youmenglou saw Min Zhi's figure, her face was shocked, and she hurried forward to express condolences.

"Ouch. Miss Biao is here, sorry for your disrespect."

"That's enough, that's enough, don't say polite words. Song Sanniang, your Youmenglou hasn't done anything out of the ordinary recently, has it?"

Min Zhi put Qi Zhong aside, first went up to talk to acquaintances for a while, and explained the reason by the way.

Mrs. Song's face froze, and she flattered again: "No, no. Miss Cousin, we have listened to your words, and we no longer force the girls to do what they don't want to do. Playing the piano and singing songs is all up to them voluntarily." Le. If you don’t believe me, go up and have a look.”

"Oh. That's good. I'll subsidize you a little more later, as long as you don't do those things that hurt nature and reason."

Min Zhi nodded in satisfaction.

When Mrs. Song heard about the extra money, her face blossomed with joy: "Thank you Miss Biao, thank you Miss Biao."

"By the way. I came here this time to ask you about someone. You have a wide range of contacts, and you have met a lot of girls. Help me find it."

Leaning behind Qi Zhong who had an unnatural expression, Min Zhi snickered and at the same time mentioned the business.

When Mrs. Song heard that there was something to do, she assured her seriously: "Miss Biao just said, as long as this person is a woman, I promise to find it."

"So sure?" Min Zhi was quite surprised.

"That's right. Even if I don't have any news, my sisters all over the world must have some news. Don't worry, Miss Biao."

"Then wait a minute, I'll go talk to my brother for a while."

With self-confidence, Min Zhi didn't rush to ask anyone for the time being, turned around and walked towards Qi Zhong who was standing there, stiff as a piece of wood, not daring to move, ready to tease him.