Qing Niao, who was on the distant tree, blinked. Should he tell his master about this situation?
He couldn’t see Ji Yujin and Chu Fengqing as they were blocked by the rockery, but he could see Chu Yinyin very clearly. He saw her when she came, but he didn’t know how to inform his master. Then he thought, They would know sooner or later anyway, so it should be fine.
He leaned against the tree trunk holding the sword, looking at Chu Yinyin’s surprised eyes, secretly shaking his head, still not calm enough. He remembered how nonchalant he was when he found out that his madam was actually a man.
It was a little chilly at night. Chu Yinyin had been planning to send a piece of clothing to Chu Fengqing, but she didn’t expect to see such a scene. She didn’t know what to do while holding the clothes. After a moment, she secretly retreated, and she still had a look of doubt on her face until she entered the house.
Mother Chu saw her expression and asked, “What’s wrong? Didn’t you go to deliver clothes to Qing’er?”
Chu Yinyin glanced at the clothes in her hands, uttered “ah”, pursed her dry lips, and was still a little unresponsive.
Mother Chu asked with some concern, and she suddenly realized something and shook her head, “I didn’t see Second Brother.”
Mother Chu: “Isn’t he in the yard? How come you can’t find him? Give me the clothes, and I’ll take them to him.”
Chu Yinyin: “……”
That won’t do. It might even cost someone’s life.
She pulled the clothes tighter and said awkwardly, “I-I’ll go.”
But she felt that her second brother shouldn’t be cold at this moment.
As Yinyin went out, she bumped into Chu Fengqing head-on without paying attention.
Chu Fengqing held her shoulders to help her stand more steadily. “Yinyin?”
Chu Yinyin rubbed her forehead, and after realizing that she had bumped into Chu Fengqing, she hurriedly asked, “Second Brother, are you alright?”
Her head is so hard, what if she hits her second brother?
Chu Fengqing rubbed her bumped forehead and said, “I’m fine. Where are you going in such a hurry?”
He lowered his eyes to look at the clothes in her hands. “Give me clothes?”
Chu Yinyin nodded. “It’s a bit cold outside.”
Chu Fengqing didn’t doubt her and took the clothes. “Alright, go in. You can’t run around at night.”
“En.”
Chu Yinyin followed Chu Fengqing inside and secretly glanced outside. When she didn’t see the man in red, she breathed a sigh of relief and frowned slightly, glancing at her brother out of the corner of her eye.
Before, she was full of gratitude towards Ji Yujin, but now she felt something was wrong. Who could be worthy of someone like his second brother? No, his second brother would not be the one who suffered the loss!
Unlike her second brother, who was both cold and gentle, she was very lively since she was young, so her mother often forced her to read books with her second brother. After a few months, she was able to patiently spend most of her time reading.
But what everyone doesn’t know is that her second brother reads useful books, while she collects storybooks from all over the world with a wide range of topics, including many books about gay men.
Thinking of this, Chu Yinyin’s eyes suddenly darkened. How could that be possible? What if… what if he really bullied her second brother…
She can’t beat him either!
If only their eldest brother were here at this moment, he would definitely be able to defeat him.
Never mind. At worst, she’ll risk her life.
The most important thing is to persuade her second brother. She raised her eyes and looked at Chu Fengqing. Under the light, Chu Fengqing was flawless, his whole body was shining, like an immortal, but his eyes were stained with some worldly dust.
Chu Yinyin was slightly stunned. In her memory, her second brother’s eyes were always clear and bright, and only when he saw his parents would his eyes fluctuate slightly.
But it wasn’t like it is now.
Such… She couldn’t find the adjective.
Chu Yinyin pursed her lips and said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about it.”
After Chu Yinyin discovered their affair, everything went wrong. She felt that she must have been blind before; otherwise, it was so obvious! How could she not see!
Sometimes she was worried about their “obviousness”. What food should they pick up? Their parents were watching! They stared at each other! Why did they stare at each other? Were they afraid that others would not notice?
Stay away a bit!
……
It rains a lot in the south of the Yangtze River. After several days of continuous rain, it finally cleared up one day.
As soon as the sun came out, the people in the city seemed to be in a better mood. The city gates that had been closed for a long time were opened. It was said that an important figure was coming back today. Chu Fengqing guessed that it should be King Wuxian.
He asked Ji Yujin if he needed to go and greet him. Ji Yujin hesitated for a moment and said, “No need.”
Chu Fengqing listened to him. As the sun came out for once, he moved a chair and laid down in the sun to bask in the sun for his body that was almost soaked by the rain. His face did not look very good, and his skin seemed transparent under the sun.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, a very familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears: “Qing’er.”
The slightly crisp sound of the collision of armor seemed to travel through time and space, bringing all the past events to the forefront.
Some things that he had forgotten about suddenly came flooding back to him. He didn’t dare open his eyes, for fear that he would wake up from the dream.
A few years ago, Chu Fengqing was lying in the yard basking in the sun. Just as he was enjoying the sun, he heard the sound of armor colliding, and then a quilt was thrown over his head. His elder brother said sternly, “Why don’t you cover yourself with a quilt when you lie down? Are you afraid that you are too strong?”
Chu Fengqing asked in confusion, “Who would cover themselves with a quilt while basking in the sun? Wouldn’t that mean they are just drying the quilt?”
Just as he thought of this, he was suddenly covered with a cloak that still had his body temperature. He heard a murmur in his ear: “Your complexion is so ugly, and you don’t even have a quilt to cover yourself. Are you afraid that you are too strong?”
“En? Your eyes are rolling around, but you’re still reluctant to open them?”
Chu Feng’s voice was extremely clear, right next to his ear. Chu Fengqing’s heart skipped a beat, and he slowly opened his eyes. His elder brother was squatting in front of him. His face was angular and somewhat similar to his, but tougher. He looked serious and difficult to approach, but this seriousness disappeared when he smiled.
Chu Fengqing looked at him, feeling a little unreal, and said softly, “Who would cover themselves with a quilt while basking in the sun? It’s not like I’m drying the quilt.”
Chu Feng laughed twice, touching his head with his hand, his eyes slightly red. “You ah, you haven’t changed at all, but you’ve lost a lot of weight. You need to eat more.”
Chu Fengqing’s eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse when he spoke again, “Brother?”
Chu Feng nodded. Chu Fengqing seemed to find it hard to believe. He raised his eyes to look at the man behind Chu Feng. Ji Yujin felt so distressed when he saw the slightly red eyes of his beloved that he wanted to hug him and coax him, but he would not be so tactless in front of his elder brother. He could only resist the impulse and nodded as a confirmation.
Chu Feng rubbed his brother’s head and said, “Why, you don’t recognize your elder brother anymore?”
Chu Fengqing shook his head and smiled, but his eyes were still red. “Brother…”
“I miss you so much.”
Such a straightforward statement made Chu Feng stunned for a moment, and even the movements of his hands paused. Chu Fengqing was a very reserved person, and it was a little unbelievable that he could express his longing for him so directly.
He reached out and hugged his brother, his eyes redder: “I’m sorry to have worried you guys. You must have suffered a lot these days. I heard about it.”
“Qing’er, you are amazing.”
The noise outside the house finally alarmed the people inside. Mother Chu was standing at the door and saw the people outside. Her legs went weak, and she almost fell down. Fortunately, Father Chu helped her up. Father Chu’s pupils constricted as he looked at the person outside.
Chu Yinyin covered her mouth tightly and called out the name, “Big Brother?”
Mother Chu held onto the door frame, refusing Father Chu’s help, and straightened her back as much as possible, saying loudly, “Feng’er, come here.”
Chu Feng stood up and walked towards the house. When he reached the front of the people, he kneeled down and kowtowed to his mother and father: “Father, Mother, the child is unfilial and has caused you two worried.”
Mother Chu clenched her fist, walked up to him, and slapped him hard. This slap made her tears come out. She cried heavily, but her tone was very sharp: “This slap is for your unfilial behavior! Your parents are still alive, but you put yourself in danger. This is the greatest unfilial behavior! Do you accept it?”
Chu Feng: “I accept.”
“Alright.”
As soon as Mother Chu finished speaking, she slapped him again. This time, her hand was trembling slightly, and her face was full of tears. “This slap is for not sending a letter home while you are still alive, making your brother and sister sad and upset. This is a great injustice! Do you admit it?”
Chu Feng: “I accept.”
Chu Yinyin was frightened by her mother. In her impression, she rarely spoke loudly. She was anxious to go forward and pull her mother away, but was stopped by her father. Her father shook his head at her, and the hand he was holding was also trembling slightly.
Chu Feng: “The child is unfilial. Mother’s health is more important. Don’t get angry and hurt yourself.”
Mother Chu cried and punched him on the shoulders a few times. She seemed to be very angry, but she kept saying, “Alive is good, alive is good…”
Ji Yujin helped Chu Fengqing up, and the two of them stood behind them and watched silently. Seeing this scene, Ji Yujin quietly shook Chu Fengqing’s hand.
Chu Fengqing shook his head at him, indicating that it was fine, the most difficult times were over, so why would he be sad now?
After a while, everyone calmed down. Father Chu walked up to Ji Yujin and said, “Lord Ji, I will never forget your great kindness to the Chu family!”
Seeing that he was about to salute, Ji Yujin hurriedly supported him. If he accepted the salute, he would be finished.
“The junior is not worthy of your gift.” Ji Yujin wanted to say that it was all a coincidence, but then he thought that he still had to acknowledge some of the credit. At least if the two old elders looked at him more favorably, he would not lose out.
“It’s just a small effort, not worth mentioning.”
Chu Feng narrowed his eyes. That was no easy task. He almost lost his life. Although it was Ji Yujin who saved him, but he always felt that Ji Yujin was too thoughtful and he could not understand him at all. His intuition told him that Ji Yujin had other intentions.
After learning that something happened in the capital, he rushed to the capital overnight and rescued his entire family. It would be abnormal if he didn’t do this for some reason.
He thought about it for a long time, until today when he went to look for him and saw the sachet in his room, placed at the head of the bed. There was a word “Qing” embroidered on the sachet. He recognized it as Chu Fengqing’s thing at a glance. The stitching was obviously done by Chu Yinyin. A sachet was so precious…
Chu Feng stood up and saluted Ji Yujin: “I will never forget your life-saving grace, and I will never be able to repay your saving my family’s grace in this lifetime.”
As he spoke, his voice deepened: “But I’m sorry that I can’t obey your order regarding my sister’s marriage.”
What he meant was very clear: I would not marry my sister to you.
Ji Yujin: “……”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
Chu Yinyin: “??” What?
