Xu Xiaozhen was engrossed in rummaging through the English books on the shelves, when she found Arthur. Conan. Doyle's third Sherlock Holmes series, "The Hound of the Baskervilles", can't help but be overjoyed.

On pages 17, 18, and 19 of these English books, she may find two sets of words that are useful and appear in succession, and when she searches for them page by page, she is attracted by the tense plot of the book, and not only does she love to look at it.

This is arguably the most famous detective story serialized in the August-April 1901 issue of Riverside Magazine, and it was an instant success when it first appeared in the magazine, and it was difficult to meet the demand for seven consecutive reprints at the request of readers.

Just when Xu Xiaozhen was attracted by the story in the book and couldn't put it down and was concentrating on reading the book, suddenly there was a gloomy question of 'what are you looking for' behind her, and she was so frightened that her hand subconsciously shook, and the book "Hound of the Baskerville" in her hand was about to fall to the ground when she got out of her hand.

Seeing that the book was about to fall to the ground, he was caught by the person who was talking behind him, and asked again, "What are you looking for?" ”

Xu Xiaozhen was flustered and didn't turn her head to look at the person who spoke, but asked nervously: "When did you walk into the study, or have you been in the study, why haven't I seen you, and I haven't even heard footsteps?" ”

"Really? That's because you're looking for something too focused, so you don't feel that someone behind you is telling me, what are you looking for? ”

After a few short seconds, Xu Xiaozhen forced herself to calm down, slowly turned to look at the person who was asking, and shouted in surprise: "Brother Du, you scared me to death." ”

"Ah Zhen, I'm asking why you came into my study without permission, what are you looking for on my bookshelf, please give me a satisfactory answer." Du Zongbi, who suddenly appeared behind Xu Xiaozhen to ask, was a devil in Xu Xiaozhen's eyes at this time.

"Brother Du, after I finished eating at Shakespeare's with Mr. Adri, the hospitable Mr. Adri sent me back to the house, invited him to come in and was refused to leave, and I came home feeling tired and lying on the sofa.

I inadvertently found that the door of the study was not closed, and thought you were in the study, so I left the sofa and walked to the door of the study, and in order not to break the rule that you are not allowed to enter the study without permission, I shouted you twice at the door.

There was no echo of you in the study, I walked into the study with anxiety, saw a lot of books on the shelves, and curiously rummaged through the books to find a favorite book to kill time, just found the book in your hand "The Hound of the Baskervilles" read less than four or five pages, and heard you ask me behind me.

Brother Du, I know that I broke your rules, but I was locked up at home all day with nothing to do, and I wanted to close the door for you when I saw that the door of the study was not closed, but I was attracted by the books you collected on the shelves, and I broke the rules without controlling myself for a while.

If Big Brother Du thinks that I have an ulterior motive to go into the study to find something, then you will punish me or kick me out of the house. ”

"Ah Zhen, don't say that, the books in the study are originally collected for people to see, if you want to read which book can wait for me to be at home, get my guidance to find the book you want to read, will it be smoother for you?"

"So Brother Du doesn't punish me? I've broken your rules, but I do find it boring to be alone at home, and besides, I'm a knowledgeable young man, especially fond of foreign literature, so I ....... ”

Du Zongbi handed the book in his hand to Xu Xiaozhen: "Ah Zhen, since you want to read the book "The Hound of the Baskervilles", then take it and read it, if you still want to read any books, can I recommend a few more to you when I am at home?" ”

"Thank you Brother Du for your tolerance towards me, and thank you very much for taking me in as a life-saver, I will be decent at home in the future and will not ...... again."

"Is Ah Zhen blaming me for saying that? Hahaha, it's my vice that offended my Ah Zhen, but you see that you are so obsessed with the content of the book, don't you hear any sound in the study? ”

"Yes, I'm so obsessed with reading that I really didn't hear any movement in the study, so much so that you didn't hear a sound when you walked behind me, and your sudden question behind me almost scared me to death."

Xu Xiaozhen said and suddenly asked, "Brother Du, you rarely leave the barracks to go home during the day, why do you have to come back today?" Is there anything I can help with? ”

Just when Du Zongbi and Xu Xiaozhen were testing each other in the study, suddenly the phone rang suddenly, and the frightened Xu Xiaozhen threw herself into Du Zongbi's arms, trembling and shouting: "Who, who is calling home now, so suddenly it is going to scare people to death." ”

Du Zongbi saw that Xu Xiaozhen was so frightened by the ringing phone that she threw herself into her arms, this was the first time that Xu Xiaozhen had been brought to his house for more than half a year, and the two had been so close.

He did not take advantage of the danger to take unkind actions against Xu Xiaozhen, but held up Xu Xiaozhen's beautiful face with both hands, looked at the pretty face with muscle tension due to fright, and suddenly laughed and said:

"My beauty turned out to be so timid, don't be afraid, with me, even the devil has to retreat."

The phone kept ringing, and Du Zongbi gently pushed Xu Xiaozhen away and said, "This phone should be looking for me." ”

Du Zongbi was about to pick up the phone on the desk as he spoke, but suddenly paused and said to Xu Xiaozhen, who not only changed the topic, but also said, "Ah Zhen, are you looking for your phone?" Because my friends know that I am in the barracks during the day and will not call home at this time. ”

He said and motioned for Xu Xiaozhen to go to the hall to answer the phone, but he didn't answer the phone in the hall and hung up the phone in the study.

Xu Xiaozhen walked out of the study quickly and went straight to the sofa and the phone on the table in front of her, she didn't know who was calling, but what she was most afraid of was that Lei Yunfeng or Yadri called at this time.

Once Du Zongbi, who is hiding at home, finds clues from the content of the call, it will not only seriously affect the secret investigation mission to be carried out later, but also very likely to bring great danger to her Xu Xiaozhen herself and them.

"Oh, yes, is it Miss Xu?" There was a nervous and urgent question on the phone, and Xu Xiaozhen immediately heard that it was Yadri calling, and she was so frightened that she said quickly: "Mr. Yadri, didn't you say that you had something to do after you and I broke up?" How........ ”

"I, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to tell you one thing, that is, I want to invite Chief Du to dinner tonight, I wonder if Chief Du can appreciate his face, please Miss Xu help communicate, okay? I'll call you at 5 p.m. ”

Thankfully, this Adri didn't come over to talk about some undeserved topics at a time that shouldn't be, Xu Xiaozhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Adri, now that Chief Du is at home, can you tell him directly?" ”

Yadri, who was on the other end of the phone, was not surprised when he heard Xu Xiaozhen say that Du Zongbi was at home, but covered the microphone and looked at Lei Yunfeng, who came to his side at this time, and whispered a few words, and Lei Yunfeng immediately signaled to talk to Du Zongbi on the phone to find out the truth.

"Miss Xu, I didn't expect that Chief Du happened to be at home, if Chief Du doesn't mind, ask him to answer the phone, I personally invite him to be my guest, let's have a party together, I hope Chief Du can give me this face."

"Mr. Yadri, please wait, I will ask Chief Du to answer your call immediately."