Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 874 Being Observed
It is the golden autumn of October, and it has been more than half a month since they moved. Wang Zhan and his sister have also adapted to the environment here. There is also a room of He Yushui in the east wing of the yard. He Yushui still lives in the yard next door most of the time, and only comes here to hide away on weekends. According to He Yushui, the house here feels more comfortable and quieter.

The tall courtyard wall blocks out the noisy sounds from outside. Except for the faint sound of children crying for a while in the morning, you can hardly hear any sound from outside. This is something that Yuer Hutong cannot compare to, after all, the houses in Yuer Hutong are all facing the street.

Wang Zhan also had parties at home with a few friends on weekends. Sha Zhu always came to join them. As a man in his twenties, he always liked to hang out with this group of young boys. Normally, whenever He Yushui came over, he would come here for dinner. Of course, he cooked the meals himself. He Yushui said that his brother had stopped cooking in the yard.

Qi Dasheng and Director Li only came once. They said there was an important event in October, so they started to get busy in September.

Since the people from the neighboring yard started making trouble during the last move, no one has appeared in front of Wang Zhan's house, and no one has come to cause trouble, so life has been peaceful for a while.

Wang Zhan's life in school was very peaceful, without any special twists and turns, but he also developed a new hobby, which was playing basketball. Not only him, but also the fourth and fifth graders, his oldest friend, and Yu Fei, all ran to the basketball court to play basketball after class every day, and they did not even miss the fifteen minutes between classes.

The school is also very concerned about Wang Zhan's learning situation. Teacher Qiu Ping knows that Wang Zhan's composition in the entrance examination is very good, so she gives him homework for tomorrow's composition from time to time. Wang Zhan always completes it easily and it is not a difficult task for him.

One day in mid-October, Wang Zhan came back from school and picked up his sister and walked home. As soon as he entered Maoer Hutong, Wang Zhan vaguely saw someone walking out of the small alley in front of his house and then walking towards No. 95 courtyard.

The gate of Wang Zhan's house faces east, and there is a dead end alley of more than ten meters at the door. There is no house in it. Opposite the gate of his house is the west wall of No. 93 Courtyard. Usually, no one goes in except him and his sister.

Wang Zhan frowned and walked home. The figure just now was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. Wang Li saw that her brother suddenly fell silent, so she pulled his sleeve and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just felt someone coming out of the alley near our house, but I didn't see clearly who it was. But I felt that this person was very familiar." Wang Zhan said.

Wang Li looked towards her door and said, "Why didn't I see it? Okay, forget it and go home. I'm starving."

Wang Zhan arrived at the gate of the yard and looked at it again. Finding nothing wrong with it, he opened the gate and walked in with Wang Li.

As soon as Wang Li entered, she saw Dayu and Xiaoyu, and called out twice, as if to welcome them. Then their seven children also called out, and for a moment the entrance was very lively.

Wang Li shouted, "Stop shouting, I'll go get you some fish, okay?" The big geese seemed to understand, and they all quieted down and followed Wang Li.

This situation happened almost every day and Wang Zhan was used to it. Originally, Wang Zhan felt that there were too many geese at home, and his sister did not allow him to kill them for meat. He thought about giving them away, but Wang Li still refused to let him. Wang Zhan had no choice but to keep the geese.

Wang Li was busy in the front yard. Wang Zhan went back to the study to put his schoolbag away, then washed up and went straight to the kitchen to cook.

Just as the steamed buns were being steamed, someone knocked on the front door. Wang Li went to open the door and asked, "Who is it?"

"Me, your sister Yushui." "And me, your brother Shazhu."

Wang Li opened the door and asked curiously, "Hey, why are you here? Didn't you just go back yesterday? You don't usually come at this time." Sha Zhu laughed and said carelessly, "You missed your lovely sister Lili, so I brought some sausages and made a good meal for you."

Wang Li didn't believe what Sha Zhu said at all. Today was Tuesday, and the brother and sister had just returned to the courtyard on Monday. Normally, Sha Zhu and his sister didn't come often from Monday to Friday.

Not only Wang Li didn't believe Sha Zhu's words, but Wang Zhan didn't believe it either. Seeing Sha Zhu enter the kitchen, Wang Zhan looked at him curiously. Sha Zhu said, "It's just a small matter. Let's eat first and talk about it after dinner."

There is no separate dining room in Wang Zhan's yard. The kitchen is the ear room of the east wing, and meals are eaten in the main room of the main house. A round table made of mahogany was specially ordered in the room. It is not only beautiful but also very practical. Eight chairs were customized around it. This was mainly because when they ate in the original yard before, it was inconvenient to move chairs everywhere when there were too many people. Including the chairs at the round table, there are a total of twelve chairs in this main room.

During the meal, Wang Zhan did not ask any questions about Sha Zhu and his sister. He just ate the meal calmly. Sha Zhu also drank a glass of wine. After the meal, He Yushui cleaned up the dishes and directly made a pot of tea and brought it in.

After drinking tea, Wang Zhan asked, "You came here today on purpose, right? Tell me, what's the matter?"

Sha Zhu looked at He Yu Shui, and his meaning was very clear, he wanted He Yu Shui to speak.

He Yushui looked at his brother and said, "Brother Zhan, haven't you noticed that someone is watching you and Lili recently?"

Wang Zhan was stunned, thought for a moment, and said, "I really didn't notice anything. I just felt someone running out of the alley in front of my door today, but I didn't see clearly who it was. Lili, did you notice anything?"

Wang Li shook her head. She was chewing an apple. Wang Zhan asked, "Do you know who it is? What's going on?"

Sha Zhu hesitated for a long time, and this time he spoke directly: "This matter is all my fault, so I'll tell you."

The problem was really because of Sha Zhu's mouth. After Sha Zhu and his sister returned to the courtyard to live, Yi Zhonghai's mind was still on Sha Zhu. From time to time, he would hypocritically pretend to care about Sha Zhu and chat with him.

Ever since the last incident with Jia Zhang, Sha Zhu has been a little reluctant to pay attention to this hypocritical old man. But he could not resist the old man's enthusiasm and would chat with Yi Zhonghai every few days. Sha Zhu was still wary and would say what he should say and never say what he shouldn't say.

What Yi Zhonghai wanted to know was very simple. He just wanted to know where Sha Zhu went to eat when he sometimes didn't eat at home. Sha Zhu always laughed it off. In fact, Yi Zhonghai was worried that Sha Zhu might have a partner, so he always didn't eat at home.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that he couldn't get anything out of Sha Zhu, he went to find Qin Huairu, hoping that Qin Huairu could help him and try to get Sha Zhu to do something. Qin Huairu agreed immediately. But as soon as Sha Zhu met Qin Huairu, trouble came. He accidentally let the cat out of the bag and told her everything about Wang Zhan's siblings.

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he thought someone was trying to lead Sha Zhu onto another path, so he quickly went to discuss it with the deaf old lady. The two of them discussed it for a long time before deciding to keep an eye on Wang Zhan and his sister first, find out their backgrounds, and then see what the relationship between this brother and sister and Sha Zhu's brother and sister is, and then think of a solution.

So Yi Zhonghai hired the boys in the yard at a very small cost to follow Wang Zhan and his sister to see who they were in contact with.

(End of this chapter)