brotherly innocence

After a heart-stirring event, the Qin Mansion returned to its former tranquility.

The damp night wind lifted the curtains, making people's faces as cold as needles.

Chu Yaonan was standing in front of the window, watching the moonlight setting the Dingjiang River with waves and waves, and there were cargo ships passing by from time to time, the Dingjiang River he was familiar with, everything he was familiar with.

The door squeaked open, Chu Yaonan turned around to look, but was a little disappointed, it was the servant Sister Hua who brought the charcoal fire cage and came in to fuel the fire in the hearth.

"Turn on the light." He kindly reminded, but Sister Hua's hands trembled in shock, and a basket of hot charcoal hit the floor, almost scalding her feet. She asked in a panic, "Young Master Nan, why didn't you sleep?"

"Didn't you sleep too?" He joked, concealing the depression and hesitation in his heart.

"Master, you are just joking. I am a servant, and it is my duty to add fire and charcoal to serve the master at night. Master has been busy all day, why stand here in the middle of the night to blow the wind, besides, don't spoil the child."

Sister Hua finished adding to the fire, wiped her hands vigorously on the apron, and went to cover Xiaochunbao with a quilt.Chunbao slept peacefully, with a sweet smile in his sleep.

"Master Chunbao's son and grandson are so cute, no wonder the master likes him so much, he lays down on the ground every day as a horse for him to ride on."

Chu Yaonan pursed his lips, his greedy eyes were reluctant to leave Chun Bao'er, until Sister Hua got up and said with a smile, "If there is no order, I will step back, young master, go to sleep, the rooster is about to crow."

"Sister Hua!" Chu Yaonan called to stop her, and Sister Hua asked blankly, "Do you have any orders from the young master?"

Chu Yaonan took out a stack of money from the drawer and handed it to Sister Hua, saying, "I thought I'd give it to you in the new year. After all, it's been a year of hard work. The third wife is also thanks to you for taking care of her on weekdays. Take it. I heard Lou Bo say that your man broke his leg last month."

Sister Hua was surprised, but she didn't dare to accept the money. She shook her head and said, "Young Master Nan, on weekdays, Young Master Nan takes care of us servants the most. I also took rewards from the young master and the third wife. I still dare not ask for it."

Knowing that she was short of money, Chu Yaonan stuffed it in her hand and said, "Money, the most important thing is to send it for emergency use. Take it. You take the money, and I feel at ease."

"But, young master, I don't need so much money." Sister Hua was a little startled.

Chu Yaonan smiled warmly and said, "There are too many Xiaochunbaos and I need you to take care of them, that's why."

After dismissing the overjoyed Hua sister who was so grateful and thankful, Chu Yaonan walked to his mother's room. The room was filled with the smell of rose perfume, which made people dizzy.Chu Yaonan moved closer to his mother's bed, turned on the desk lamp, and carefully examined her.This woman no longer had the beauty and glamor of the past, but she still retained some of the color of the blooming days like a withered flower.He gently touched his mother's cheek, just like he was woken up by the cold hand caressing those days and nights.This time, it was the mother who screamed and jumped up.

"Oh my mother, it's Bao'er, what the hell are you pretending to be in the middle of the night? You're scaring people to death!" The third aunt beat her chest and panted heavily, looked at Chu Yaonan and asked, "Which nerve is wrong with you?"

In embarrassment, Chu Yaonan leaned over, stuck his head to his mother's chest and asked, "Mother, help Bao'er, there seems to be a thorn in the back of her neck."

"Ah? Got a thorn?" Third Aunt jumped out of bed in a panic, turned on the light and shouted: "Sister Hua, Sister Hua!"

Chu Yaonan covered her mouth and scolded: "Mother, it's late at night, it's making people laugh. Can't you pull out thorns?"

The third aunt took out the embroidery needle, and Chu Yaonan lay on his lap. She stroked Chu Yaonan's neck inch by inch and asked, "Is it here? Or here?"

Chu Yaonan directed left and right vaguely, enjoying his mother's caress to the fullest, the nervous third aunt finally got discouraged, inserted the needle into her bun, and stretched out her hand to pull down his pajama pants.

"Mother, it's a thorn in my neck." Chu Yaonan said angrily.

"Mother is afraid that your butt will be itchy, and you will be nervous in the middle of the night to make trouble!" The third aunt gave her a symbolic twist, and Chu Yaonan hugged her tightly and said, "Don't be so fierce, there is really a thorn in the neck. pain."

The third aunt got nervous and rubbed and asked, "Is it the pain on the outside or the inside? Is there a thorn in the flesh?"

Chu Yaonan burst out laughing, giggled and said, "It was Chun Bao'er who woke me up at night. If I can't sleep, I will come to scare you. Go to sleep."

He was chased out of the room by his mother.

He closed the door tightly, and stood in the corridor, listening to his mother pull the door behind him and whispered: "Hurry back and lift the corpse, your father will spare you, don't provoke him to pick your skin."

Chu Yaonan hurried back to the room, Qia Chunbao'er sat up and rubbed his eyes, and when he saw him, he reassuredly said, "Little uncle, where have you been?"

"Chun Bao'er, come, little uncle has something to tell you." Chu Yaonan carried Chun Bao'er out of the bed, wrapped him in clothes, and the charcoal brazier illuminated their faces flushed.

Chu Yaonan looked at the child, Linghui blinked at him with big eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Little uncle, is Chun Bao'er not good?"

Chu Yaonan smiled charmingly and said, "Chun Baoer, how is Grandpa's house?"

Chun Baoer nodded frequently.

"Then Chun Bao'er likes to live here forever?" He asked, Chun Bao'er continued to nod.

"Then Chun Bao'er, you have to listen to what my little uncle said, and you have to remember it firmly." Chu Yaonan said, sitting on the carpet, holding Chun Bao'er on his lap and said, "Can I live in this building?" Here, it depends on whether you listen to grandpa. If grandpa is happy, Chun Baoer will be able to live, if grandpa is angry, Chun Baoer will be sent back to that terrible place."

"But Chun Bao'er misses her parents." Chun Bao'er swallowed deeply, and Chu Yaonan burst into tears, and he said: "Your parents know that Chun Bao'er is at grandpa's house, so they will come here to pick up Chun Bao'er Go home. However, if Chun Baoer is disobedient and makes grandpa angry and is sent away, she will never see her parents and grandma again."

Chun Bao'er said: "Chun Bao'er listens to grandpa and also to my little uncle."

Chu Yaonan said: "Chun Bao'er, a good child must be well-behaved and discerning to be liked by adults. Look at these grandmas in the mansion, they are actually very nice people. Be good, as long as grandpa and grandma like you , everyone in the house will like you."

He suddenly found that he had a thousand words to tell his child, and found that he had accumulated countless survival secrets in the Qin residence. He hugged Chun Bao'er tightly, and Chun Bao'er asked in fear: "Little uncle, little uncle, what are you doing?" Why are you crying?"

"Little uncle is happy to see Chun Bao'er come back safely. Chun Bao'er, in the cupboard of my little uncle's house, your father has sealed the box with his own hands. That box will belong to Chun Bao'er in the future, so please take good care of it." Nursing, don't throw it away. The jackal fur mattress inside is very precious, very precious..."

Chu Yaonan sent the child to his mother's room, and the third aunt, who had just fallen asleep, woke up too startled, while pulling Chun Bao'er into bed, she patted Chu Yaonan and cursed: "Bao'er, did you take the wrong medicine? Are you as troublesome as you were when you were a child?"

"I want to write a document for my father, lest the child disturb me." Chu Yaonan said vaguely, turned and left.

He closed the door and closed the window tightly. He went to change his clothes, put on a bright suit, raised his chin with a proud face, and pulled the bolt of the gun.

He thought, what last words should he leave to his father, but what else can he say?All words are in vain.

Slowly, he aimed the dark muzzle of the cold gun at his temple, and pursed his lips tightly.

The index finger seemed to be extremely heavy, and it was trembling. The urgency of his nostalgia for life made him suddenly feel weak and hesitant.

He swallowed tears, thinking that this is also an explanation, he gave Chun Bao'er the hope of life, he went underground to meet his eldest brother, he never owed the old man anything, just went like this, and everyone was happy.

"Oh oh oh..." The rooster crowed, and the dark night was smeared with a fish-bellied morning light, as if a closed curtain was opened a crack, and the dazzling light shone into the eyes.There is no more time, and the time is passing by like this. My father said that before the sun rises, he must have a break.

He took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and squeezed the trigger hard...

Gada made a slight sound, but there was no gunshot. He was still standing there, just covered in cold sweat. This gun has no bullets?

Was it his father's negligence, or did it on purpose?

Drenched in sweat, he turned around and ran out the door, only to see his father wandering in the corridor lazily stretched, teasing the starling.

"Good morning, master, good morning, master." The starling articulated clearly, and immediately said: "Stinky boy, my butt is itchy!"

Chu Yaonan was startled, he thought it was a starling who saw him, but he heard his father laughing and praising him: "Good bird, I didn't feed you for nothing, but I learned it."

Chu Yaonan was angry and laughed, seeing his father's mischievous expression as happy as a child playing a prank.

With mixed feelings in his heart, he sighed in the corridor.

"Nan Shao, are you going out so early?" Uncle Lou came over and asked, his voice alarmed Boss Qin, who looked at him in surprise.

"Gun, give me back."

"Dad, it's just, no bullets." He said.

"What about the child?"

"In, mother's room." Chu Yaonan said.

Boss Qin looked at him in astonishment, shook his head with a self-deprecating smile, hummed a tune and carried a birdcage into the study, Chu Yaonan followed closely, and knelt down as soon as he entered the room.

"I have worked so hard to raise you for 20 years. Why is this life so worthless? Tell me! Why is it so worthless? Why is a child in your heart worth more than 20 years of hard work by your father? You say, a child counts What! He, what-what?"

With a loud crash, Mr. Qin's chest heaved in anger. He tore off the tablecloth, and the chess pieces scattered all over the floor.

Chu Yaonan cried and begged: "Father, please, please spare Chun Bao'er, he is still a child, he is only six years old. Chun Bao'er will be more obedient and promising than Yao Nan when he grows up. Dad, Dad said that Yao Nan is broken For a temperamental hunting dog, let Yaonan's life be exchanged for Chun Bao'er, and after 18 years, Chun Bao'er will be able to serve daddy around. Dad, please forgive me."

Chu Yaonan kowtowed desperately, although he knew in his heart that what his father decided would never be changed.

"Grandpa, grandpa." Xiaochun Bao'er opened the door and broke in, startled by the scene before her.