The dinner was just unsatisfactory compared to the average in recent months, but no one in the theater company complained. Originally, their food was not that good when they were traveling and performing everywhere. If Mei Ke hadn't unexpectedly discovered the chef An, what everyone usually ate would not be much different from what they eat today.
It's not that the guards in charge are poor in skills, it's just that the two "chefs" An and Hutto are too out of specification. In fact, people from the theater troupe also participated in the cooking tonight.
After being trained by Hutto for such a long time and cooperating with An for a long time, Miku was full of confidence, but the result——
The escorts were quite pleasantly surprised, but no one in the troupe had feelings in their hearts...
It's not that Miku's cooking skills have not improved at all, it's just that in this wilderness, the stove is also a makeshift one, so there really aren't many places where he can put it to good use.
While washing the dishes with a slightly complicated mood, Miku noticed that An was still chatting with Leonhardt, mainly An.
From a distance, Leonhardt's expression seemed a little strange.
Miku's eyes stayed on An, and the water droplets on the tableware fell into the stream along her hands.
Bai Ran walked over and squatted next to Miku to help: "Everything else has been installed, but you are the only one missing...what's wrong?"
Just as he picked up the last plate in the basket, Shiro noticed that Miku was in a daze.
Following her line of sight, Bai let out a sigh and said, "I'm just leaving for a while, so you don't have to worry about me so much, right?"
"Sister Bai, what are you talking about?!" Miku argued with blushing cheeks, "I'm not worried, I just... I just..."
"Okay, okay, with your current relationship, there's no need to explain so much."
Seeing Miku's downcast expression after the fun, Bai realized something.
"Are you worried about An's health?"
"……Um."
Miku looked at the person he cared about again.
"He never let me see his injury, and he never took off the bandage and changed the dressing in front of me. Every time I found him, he said he had changed it. No matter what I said, he would not let me confirm."
She bit her lip and said, "Even if I lost my temper, he would find other ways to make me laugh, but he would never let me check the wound."
Miku squeezed the plate tightly, his fingers turning white from the force: "He was in a coma for three days due to poisoning, but now I don't even know how he recovered. Who am I... what am I a fiancée!"
Miku's anxiety has been very obvious these days. Everyone can see it, but they just don't know how to persuade him. Now that Bai knew the reason, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Bai Rou asked, "Are you worried that An is showing off his strength?"
From Miku's brief narration, we can see that in her eyes, An is a foolish young man who wants to eliminate danger for his companions regardless of his own injuries.
Bai put down the plate in his hand and gently hugged Miku: "Silly girl, you are too concerned and ignore his changes."
"Eh?"
Miku's confused voice made Bai feel a little funny.
"Well, maybe we can see it more clearly from the position of bystanders." Bai explained, "Since you were in An's coma and stayed by his side without sleep for three days, it's obvious that An will no longer take care of him. Everything is on his own shoulders, but he will share it with us. The fact that he told us all about his plan to go to the imperial capital this time instead of choosing to leave us alone is the best proof! You say, if it were another Would other boys with so-called macho chauvinism be like this?"
Bai laid out things for Miku that she had been ignoring, or perhaps was too worried about Ann to notice.
Just like dragging your tired body into a hot spring, the worries in your heart are quickly dispelled. What it brings is a brief blank in the brain.
"Uh, it seems, is that so?" Miku looked cute and silly.
Bai couldn't help hugging her tightly and hitting her forehead at the same time: "Yes, you brought this all for him!"
Miku pretended to be in pain and curled up his neck in embarrassment.
After Bai's words, Miku felt that his troubles these days were really ridiculous, and maybe he even made everyone worry.
"I'm sorry." Miku apologized frankly.
"Well, let's say it again in front of everyone later."
"Uh-ok."
Miku lowered his head and rubbed the plate vigorously.
Bai let go of his hand, smiled and picked up the last tableware that needed to be washed, and said while washing: "Remember the lesson from this time, we will face great difficulties in the future, but we must not be tripped up by the entanglements in our hearts. If you really have any problems, you must speak up!"
"Yeah, yeah."
Looking at Miku who was nodding like a squirrel, Shiro thought of himself when he was a child in an orphanage.
At that time, she also liked to keep things in her heart, which made her whole person become dark and depressed in the end. If it hadn't been for her father's enlightenment and education later, she would definitely not be where she is now, and she would even be worried about being the leader of a traveling art troupe.
Bai considers himself lucky. At the same time, even if she thinks she is not mature enough, she is willing to do her best to share her luck with others.
No, Miku is family.
Bai curled his eyebrows and thought so.
Everyone in the theater company is her family.
Shiro and Miku put the washed dishes back into the basket, one on each side, and carried them together.
On the way to return the tableware, Miku remembered something.
"By the way, Sister Bai."
"Um?"
"Do you still remember what happened when we performed in the Imperial Capital last time?"
Bai's footsteps paused, and Miku's expression was a little complicated.
The images she experienced at the station flashed in her mind. Faced with the mystery about An, Bai and Miku felt the same, but she knew that since Miku talked about this, it meant that she had to settle the matter.
"...I still remember." Bai looked at Miku seriously, "Do you want to tell him personally?"
Miku nodded firmly and said: "You are right. Instead of getting entangled in these things, it is better to explain everything clearly before facing the greatest danger!"
"Well, I support you." Bai Li smiled affirmatively, "Let's make preparations and wait for An to come back. It's been so long, and we really shouldn't keep it a secret. Mei Ke also needs to know this."
…
It was already late at night after Ann and Leonhardt finished talking.
Leonhardt was a little entangled and excited and called several squad leaders together to discuss the matter, while An returned to where his companions from the troupe were.
The tent was set up early and a bonfire was lit in the central open space.
When An came back, everyone in the theater troupe was sitting around chatting, including Liliana and Xiaoyue. Seeing him return, everyone looked over.
"You still know how to come back?!" Yinliu shouted funnyly, causing a burst of laughter.
"Sorry, sorry, there is something that I need to discuss with Lian first." An didn't pay much attention, walked over and sat cross-legged on the ground, "I also need to tell everyone..."
"Let's not talk about this for now..." Miku interrupted.
An was stunned and asked: "What, do you have something to tell me?"
"That's right."
Miku took a deep breath.
An suddenly found that the atmosphere had become a little serious, causing him to subconsciously concentrate.
After adjusting his breathing, Miku said: "Do you still remember that you asked me what happened the day before the performance in the Imperial Capital?"
An's pupils suddenly narrowed.
When leaving the Imperial Capital, he inadvertently mentioned this matter while chatting with Miku. At that time, he noticed some changes in Miku after that, so he only talked about it because he was looking for a topic.
But then, he discovered that he had lost the memory of that day!
And when asked about this, Miku's reaction was also very strange...
At that time, he suppressed all the questions in his heart. Although it didn't become a knot in my heart, it was somewhat of a knot.
Now that Miku took the initiative to talk about this matter, he was very surprised, and unconsciously, he was also a little nervous.
The beating of her heart gradually increased. Meeting Miku's eyes, An nodded expectantly.
"Actually that day..."
The moment Miku's voice sounded, An felt an inexplicable fear in her heart!
There was a faint, inexplicable and annoying voice next to my ears. It seemed to be... a man's voice, I couldn't tell who it was.
"Sister Bai and I were out of residence and planning to go shopping..."
As An listened, there was a sudden buzzing in his ears. He tried hard to concentrate before he could distinguish what Miku was talking about.
The buzzing sounds like someone's scolding.
"...found you..."
An's consciousness was blurred for a moment, and her vision was going black.
The curses turned into screams... the sound of flesh and blood twisting... the feeling of warmth and moisture in the eyes... After a stinging pain, the vision was filled with scarlet.
An felt suffocated for a moment and subconsciously wanted to hold his neck.
"I don't know why, but I fainted outside the tent."
Wow——
Everything suddenly returned to normal.
An's hand rested on her collarbone.
Miku noticed An's strangeness and frowned: "Are you listening?"
"Ah, uh, ah!" An reacted suddenly and quickly put down her hand, "Yes, yes, yes."
"Really..." After complaining, Miku continued, "Although I woke you up at that time, you were confused the whole day. When I asked you the next day, you seemed like this had never happened at all. Same thing..."
After sitting blankly for a while, An frowned: "I really don't remember this happening."
"That's why I was worried that you were suffering from some strange disease, but you were always normal after that. I didn't know what to do, so I never said anything. I was worried that mentioning this matter would make you feel like this again. situation, so please sister Bai not to mention this matter easily..."
Miku looked at Ann carefully.
"Are you okay?"
An blinked: "It's okay. But I really can't remember what you said."
"Are you too busy and exhausted these days?" Mei Qiao came over and looked at An suspiciously.
During that time, Ann was busy with the theater troupe and helping Leonhardt, so she was really busy.
An couldn't make up his mind either, so he could only laugh a few times.
Liliana knew why Leonhardt asked An for help. She felt a little guilty and looked at the maid beside her.
Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said: "The listening performance is somewhat similar to sleepwalking, but I am not very good at this disease. I need some books for reference."
"...Then when the current matter comes to an end, please ask Miss Xiaoyue to do a check-up for me." An said with a smile.
Xiao Yue lifted up her skirt and saluted: "This is my duty."
"You should feel relieved now?"
An tilted his head and looked at Miku, who received a cold snort and bursts of laughter from his companions.
