Not only was Chu Yinyin dumbfounded, but Father Chu was completely confused about the situation.
When did Yinyin get involved with Ji Yujin? But on second thought, Ji Yujin was really busy running around, and some sons-in-law didn’t care so much.
Mother Chu, on the other hand remained calm. She just frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.
Chu Yinyin opened her mouth, unable to organize her words. She was speechless. What should she say?
Ji Yujin didn’t care and even wanted to announce it to the world, but… Chu Fengqing couldn’t do that because he had relatives of both old and young, unlike him, who was alone.
He glanced at Chu Fengqing, who felt his gaze and turned to look at him. The two looked at each other, and Ji Yujin curled his lips at him and said silently, “No problem, I’ll do it.”
He took a step forward and said, “You misunderstand. I have nothing to do with your sister.”
Chu Feng frowned. “Then what’s going on with the sachet?”
Ji Yujin instantly thought of the sachet with the word “Qing” embroidered on it on the bedside. It turned out that this little thing was the cause of the problem.
He shook his head. “I just took the sachet accidentally. I saw the words embroidered on it and thought it belonged to Fengqing. I was thinking about giving it to him someday, but I always forget. I threw it when I changed my clothes yesterday. I also forgot where I threw it. I didn’t expect such a big misunderstanding to occur.”
He nodded towards Chu Yinyin and said, “Third Young Lady Chu, please don’t be offended.”
Chu Yinyin hurriedly shook her head. Knowing the inside story, she felt a little worried for them and once again blamed her eldest brother for the random matchmaking.
Ji Yujin looked at Chu Fengqing again and said with a smile, “I have a bad memory. I will remember to return the sachet to you tomorrow.”
His reason was very reasonable, and there was nothing wrong with it. All Chu Fengqing had to do next was cooperate and say something, and the matter would be over.
Chu Fengqing raised his eyes and looked at Ji Yujin. When he first met Ji Yujin, it was the most ridiculous time in his life, and this man’s reputation outside was extremely bad. It can be said that he stepped into the mansion with the determination to die.
He was indeed as eccentric as people said he was, with no expression of emotion on his face and difficult to understand. Eight out of ten sentences were testing him. How could one person have so many tricks up his sleeve?
He was afraid of him at that time, but it was undeniable that he was also dependent on him.
The two of them have been through many storms along the way, so nothing should be difficult for them anymore. However, the road ahead still seems to have no end in sight.
Ji Yujin always wears red clothes. He used to wear them like an official, but now it seems like he’s just used to it.
The man in red was arrogant, but he was just an average person. From what he could remember, he seemed to have never done anything against his will. He did things casually and never hid anything.
But at this moment, he seemed to have cleared away all his perverse and violent temper, hiding all his thorns, and appeared in front of everyone again, carefully covering up the fact that Chu Fengqing didn’t know how to explain.
It shouldn’t be like this.
Ji Yujin has his own edges and corners, which cannot be smoothed out.
Chu Fengqing’s eyes are very light in color. When he stares at someone, it’s like you are facing a clear spring, which reflects you in every detail and cannot hide too many things.
He suddenly held Ji Yujin’s hand, looked at him, and then said, “Big Brother is right, but the target is wrong. It has nothing to do with Yinyin. I am the one who is holding hands with him.”
His voice was light and clear, but it instantly made the room silent.
Chu Fengqing kneeled down in front of his father and mother, but his back was straight: “Fengqing is unfilial and has kept it a secret from the family for a long time because I didn’t know how to start the conversation.”
In the room, except for Mother Chu and Yin Yin, Father Chu and Chu Feng’s faces became extremely ugly.
Ji Yujin was stunned for a moment, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, and his eyes turned slightly red. The next moment, he lifted up his robe and kneeled side by side with Chu Fengqing.
The sunlight came in through the window. The couple in red and green were both young. They kneeled on the bluestone floor with their backs straight and their heads held high. Shoulder to shoulder. The wind blew gently, lifting their black hair. The strands of hair entangled in the air and finally intertwined.
It was so quiet all around that one could almost hear the sound of time flowing silently. It seemed that as long as the two of them stood shoulder to shoulder, they could withstand any storm.
Chu Feng stared at the two of them for a long time without being able to say a word, but his clenched fists kept making teeth-grinding, cracking sounds.
Chu Yinyin licked her lips and wanted to say something witty to change the atmosphere in the room, but she felt that this was not the right occasion, so she could only pray silently for her brother.
Father Chu’s hands trembled slightly. He had been an official for many years and had never done anything out of line in his life. This incident was very difficult for him to accept. He had never even seen such a thing, let alone it happening directly to his son.
But facing Chu Fengqing’s sickly face, he couldn’t say a word. He gritted his teeth, sighed, and left with a flick of his sleeves.
Chu Fengqing lowered his eyes. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. He just felt that it was unfilial to make his parents worry about him at this age.
Chu Feng couldn’t bear to look at Chu Fengqing’s pale face anymore, so he said viciously, “Why are you still kneeling there? Get up!”
“Ji Yujin, come out with me.”
Ji Yujin helped Chu Fengqing up, bent down and brushed the dust off his knees, said nothing, just smiled at him, and followed Chu Feng.
The sound of armor colliding disappeared from the corner, and now there were only three people left in the room. Chu Yinyin glanced at her mother and then at Chu Fengqing. She realized that the two might have something to say, so she found an excuse to slip out.
Chu Fengqing looked at Mother Chu and said softly, “Mother, I’m sorry.”
Mother Chu didn’t say anything. Chu Fengqing felt a little uneasy. Just when he thought Mother Chu was angry, Mother Chu suddenly smiled and said, “Silly child, why do you feel sorry for me?”
In fact, she had known it for a long time. As early as the night when Chu Fengqing talked to her before going to provide disaster relief, she had figured it out and struggled in her heart, but after experiencing life and death, these seemed to be nothing.
“Mother just wants to ask you, do you really like this person?”
Chu Fengqing didn’t hesitate much, nodded, and replied, “Yes.”
“Then that’s fine. People eat grains, how can we not have love, hate, anger, and ignorance? There is no right or wrong in these things.”
Mother Chu helped him straighten his clothes, her voice like the drizzle of spring: “There is no law in our dynasty that says men cannot like men. Since it is not against the law, nor is it evil, and it comes from your heart, just go ahead and do it. Life is only a few decades long, so do what you want to do so that it will not be in vain.”
“It’s just…” Mother Chu held Chu Fengqing’s hand and patted it gently. “The road ahead is long, and there may be a lot of hardships along the way. Mother can’t help worry about you. Very sorry ah, Mother couldn’t give you a good environment.”
All mothers in the world are afraid that their children will suffer, but Chu Fengqing’s chosen path is always full of thorns.
She just hopes that Chu Fengqing will be safe and happy.
It was difficult for Chu Fengqing to describe his current mood. He had never been good at expressing himself. At this moment, he just gently hugged his mother.
Mother Chu looked at the youth, who was already a head taller than her, and suddenly thought of when he was just born. He was very small, not much bigger than a cat, with narrow slits between his eyes when he closed them. He and Yinyin were born at the same time, one with a deafening cry and the other without any sound at all.
Old people always say that one of the twins will die. She panicked and started crying while holding the little person. Maybe the newborn Chu Fengqing sensed her emotions, but he actually opened his eyes, as if he was trying hard for her. It was the greatest surprise she had ever had in her life.
The imperial physician said it was a congenital deficiency and that the child should be taken care of. He was on and off the line between life and death until he met a divine physician, and his condition stabilized a little.
At that moment, she said that as long as the child was healthy and alive, no matter whether he was mediocre or bad, she only hoped that Chu Fengqing could be alive.
She just didn’t expect him to be so outstanding, and she was already extremely satisfied.
Mother Chu stroked Chu Fengqing’s face and said, “Don’t worry, your father is an old antique. Wait for me to talk to him, and he will understand.”
Chu Fengqing shook his head. “This matter is indeed unorthodox. I won’t ask everyone to understand and accept it. I just hope that my parents won’t worry too much about it.”
……
After Mother Chu left, he didn’t see Ji Yujin and Chu Feng until the evening. In the middle of the night, he heard a noise at the window. He got up immediately because he couldn’t sleep because of something. When he opened the window, it was indeed Ji Yujin.
There were some scratches and scabs on Ji Yujin’s face, most of which were on the side of his face, and it looked quite serious.
He was born flamboyant, and the scratch made him look even more sinister. He also smelled strongly of alcohol.
Chu Fengqing reached out and touched it, “Did Big Brother fight you? And were you drinking?”
Ji Yujin nodded. He had spent the whole afternoon getting beaten, racing horses, and finally having a drinking contest. It was a very exciting time.
He said in a scoundrelly tone, “That’s right. In order to win the beauty, I dare not even hide. I can only endure it.”
He leaned forward and smiled, “So seeing how pitiful I am, do you want to give me a kiss?”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
This person is really… He doesn’t know what to say.
Chu Fengqing pushed him away, took a bottle of ointment from the room, and handed it to him. “Twice a day, this ointment is excellent and will not leave scars.”
Ji Yujin took the ointment, threw it up, and said shamelessly, “Why bother with so much trouble? Just a kiss from Physician Chu, and my little injury will heal immediately.”
He was just joking because he was afraid that Chu Fengqing would worry. However, he didn’t expect that his lips would soften as soon as he finished speaking, and he let go as soon as he touched him.
Chu Fengqing coughed lightly and turned his gaze slightly away.
Ji Yujin: “……”
Why does he feel like he’s dreaming?
Ji Yujin touched his nose, feeling a little helpless, like someone who had just started a relationship.
He looked up and saw the dark circles under Chu Fengqing’s eyes, and that hint of love was quickly suppressed by him. “Why aren’t you asleep? It’s so late.”
He originally wanted to come over to take a look at Chu Fengqing and then leave, but he didn’t expect that Chu Fengqing was still awake.
“Don’t talk to me, go to sleep, I’ll watch you sleep, and I’ll leave when you fall asleep.” Ji Yujin said, then smiled again, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Don’t worry about anything else, I’ve made all the preparations.”
Chu Fengqing was just about to ask what preparations were made when he heard a voice from behind.
Chu Feng appeared out of nowhere and sneered, “Heh, do you want to wait until I fall asleep before you leave?”
He knew that the boy had bad intentions and ran away after getting him drunk. Fortunately, he was careful and not completely drunk, so he chased after him to take a look.
Ji Yujin: “……”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
