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Chapter 918: 225: This is too amazing!_4
The first person to discover that Grandma Liu had gotten a television was the neighbor next to Grandma Liu’s house, and word spread quickly, so everyone came to watch TV at Grandma Liu’s home.
Ni Yang had just returned to the Ni Family courtyard when she saw Xiaozhou standing at the doorway.
"Yangyang, you’re back at last. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time," Xiaozhou said, visibly excited upon seeing Ni Yang.
Ni Yang smiled and said, "I was just at Grandma Liu’s place not far from here. If you were in such a rush, you could have come to find me! Or you could have just called out, and I would have heard you."
"I didn’t want to interrupt what you were doing," Xiaozhou replied. "Today, someone who looks a lot like Jiang Yan came to the Detective Agency to inquire about her whereabouts."
Xiaozhou knew that Jiang Yan was the chief culprit behind the poisoning of Cao Lingrui and the two elderly people from the Zheng Family, so after Liu’s mother had gone, he couldn’t wait to come to Jinghua Village to tell Ni Yang about it.
"Jiang Yan? You mean Dr. Jiang?" Ni Yang narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Yes," Xiaozhou nodded. "Judging by her accent, she seemed to have come from Taiwan Island, and she doesn’t know anything about Jiang Yan’s situation yet."
"Taiwan Island again," Ni Yang frowned slightly.
"Again? What do you mean?" Xiaozhou asked, puzzled.
"I encountered an unreasonable miss today. Her accent also sounded like she’s from Taiwan Island," Ni Yang continued to ask, "By the way, how old did the person looking into Jiang Yan’s case seem to be?"
Xiaozhou thought for a moment, "A wealthy lady in her forties, approximately."
"Forties," Ni Yang narrowed her eyes, "That can’t be the same person. Right, come inside, you’re standing out here like a fool."
"Okay." Xiaozhou continued, "That was your grandfather and your sister, wasn’t it?"
"Right," Ni Yang nodded.
Xiaozhou said, "Your grandfather was too polite. Just now, he kept asking me to come in and sit, and he was about to go to Grandma Liu’s house to find you, but I stopped him. He’s a bit different from the way people describe him."
According to the rumors, Old Master Zheng was a stern, no-nonsense old man.
Ni Yang laughed and said, "Rumors are just rumors, after all. By the way, did you tell that person about the outcome of Dr. Jiang?"
Xiaozhou shook his head, "I felt that something was odd about this case, so I didn’t tell her. I just took an eight-hundred-yuan deposit from her and told her to come to the Detective Agency tomorrow morning to find me."
Ni Yang nodded slightly, pushed open the courtyard gate, and brought Xiaozhou inside.
As soon as Xiaozhou stepped into the courtyard, he couldn’t help but exclaim, "Your family’s courtyard is really beautiful!"
Although it wasn’t his first visit to Ni Yang’s house, every time Xiaozhou came over, he was always astounded.
"By the way, what are those flowers blooming on the wall? Roses?"
It was August, and the wild roses were thriving on the walls. Among the tender green branches and leaves, bunches of bright red and pink blossoms formed a natural rose wall. It was so pretty it took one’s breath away.
"They’re wild roses," Ni Yang answered.
"Wild roses? Did you buy them at the Flower and Bird Market? I should plant some in the Detective Agency’s courtyard too," Xiaozhou suggested. He rented the Detective Agency, which had a large backyard. When there was nothing much to do, the employees would sit in the yard to drink tea, chat, and take a break.
"No need to buy them. Wild roses are very hardy; there’s a whole bunch of them growing on the back hill. How about we go dig up some wild roses and talk?" Ni Yang proposed.
"Sure!" Xiaozhou nodded his head.
Seeing Xiaozhou agree, Ni Yang picked up a basket and a small hoe and led Xiaozhou towards the back hill.
As they walked and talked, they quickly arrived at the back hill. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
Ni Yang had already dug there last year, but the patch of wild roses was still flourishing. She deftly clipped off the wild rose vines, leaving only the roots.
Seeing this, Xiaozhou said worriedly, "You’ve cut off all the vines, how will they survive now?"
Ni Yang smiled and replied, "Don’t worry, wild roses are very easy to nurture. Although it looks like there’s only a little bit of root left now, by next spring, it will sprout a large bunch."
"Really?" Xiaozhou was somewhat skeptical.
Ni Yang nodded, "Of course it’s true. Doesn’t our rose wall at home look great? However, when we dig them up later, we need to be careful to preserve as much soil around the roots as possible."
"Got it." Xiaozhou picked up the hoe and began to dig.
In a short while, they had dug up a basket full of wild rose roots. Because they included clumps of soil, the basket was particularly heavy.
Seeing Ni Yang about to lift the basket, Xiaozhou hurried to stop her, "Yangyang, let me do it!"
