Mystery. Mistake. Love

an hour later

Bai Yutang touched Zhan Zhao's forehead, sure enough, it wasn't so hot anymore, seeing that he was sleeping soundly, Bai Yutang couldn't bear to call him.However, he also knew Zhan Zhao's stubborn temper, and he was afraid that he would be anxious again, so Bai Yutang became cruel, and whispered in Zhan Zhao's ear,

"Cat, cat, wake up."

After calling out a few times, Zhan Zhao woke up in a daze. When he opened his eyes, he saw Bai Yutang's face. He couldn't help being startled, and asked,

"Yutang, why are you here?"

Bai Yutang was taken aback by his question, then feigned anger and cursed,

"Look at your sick cat! I've been here a long time ago, don't you remember? Then you didn't mean your apology to me just now?"

Zhan Zhao sat up slowly, Bai Yutang quickly supported him, and asked with concern,

"Does the headache hurt? It doesn't burn much. I'll ask Ah Fu to wipe your body for you in a while, and then the wound on the shoulder needs to be changed. I'll ask my sister-in-law to come and see you later."

Zhan Zhao rubbed his temples with both hands, thought for a while, wrinkled his nose and narrowed his eyes and said,

"I seem to have an impression that I saw you just now!"

"You stupid cat! All right, I'll bring you the medicine. It's getting late. If you don't want to disturb others, just take a bath and take the medicine obediently." Bai Yutang said while walking out the door.

"Yutang, thank you!" Zhan Zhao said sincerely.

"En." Bai Yutang nodded embarrassedly, paused, and then said to Zhan Zhao,

"I was too impulsive yesterday and made you worry about me, I'm sorry!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhan Zhao's reply, he quickly opened the door and went out.After going out, Bai Yutang took a deep breath, then smiled, thinking, it turns out that apologizing is not too difficult.

After tidying up, Bai Yutang helped Zhan Zhao, who was still trembling, to go out. Ah Fu wanted to follow, but Zhan Zhao stopped him and went back into the house.The two walked to the corridor leading to the hall, and met Ding Zhaozhong who was also going to pay his respects.

"Zhaozhong, good morning!" Bai Yutang didn't want to talk to him when he saw him, so Zhan Zhao could only say hello.

Ding Zhaozhong looked at Bai Yutang supporting Zhan Zhao, curled his lips, and responded reluctantly,

"Morning! Mr. Bai, my third brother has been in poor health since he was a child. I don't know how much the old lady and father care about him! Now that he is older, he still uses this trick! Take care of him when you have time. When you come to a foreign country in the future, Maybe it will drag people down more!"

Hearing this, Bai Yutang was furious in his heart. He was about to curse when he saw Zhan Zhao holding his arm with his hand, and then looked up to see Zhan Zhao's calm face, so he suppressed the anger with great reluctance. go down.

After Ding Zhaozhong finished speaking, he turned around and walked another small path. Bai Yutang felt that Zhan Zhao beside him was trembling more violently, so he immediately stopped to support him, and asked anxiously,

"Mao'er, is it particularly uncomfortable, or let's go back? I'll tell the old lady!"

Zhan Zhaoqiang supported his constantly struggling body, shook his head, gritted his teeth and said,

"Don't go, Yutang, I'll just rest for a while. You... also saw that Zhaozhong and Auntie are all afraid of chaos in the world. I can't give them a chance to embarrass their parents and the old lady. In this family, I was originally I'm just an outsider, hoping to live these few months in peace, and then go abroad in a down-to-earth manner. Yutang, I'm not afraid of him, I'm afraid of giving him a chance to make trouble, do you understand?"

Bai Yutang listened, bit his lip and nodded, put his arm around Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and said,

"Cat, I understand your difficulties, don't worry, I have everything!"

The two of them stopped and went, and they were about to enter the restaurant. Zhan Zhao struggled to get out of Bai Yutang's arms, straightened his clothes, stood up straight, and went to greet his grandmother and parents, and then be quiet. Sitting quietly at the dining table, Bai Yutang asked An to quickly sit next to him.Hong Bo was walking back and forth, watching his condition from time to time.

Soon, after a meal, everyone came to the front hall, and someone had already come to report, and those who came to congratulate had already started handing out invitations to the front hall.So, Zhan Zhao quickly stood up, and stood behind the chairs of Ding Wenju and his wife with Ding Zhaolan and his brother. Bai Yutang saw him, thought for a while, then walked up to the old lady, and whispered,

"Old lady, Zhan Zhao and I will stand behind you and show you a face, okay?"

The old lady smiled and said,

"Okay, then you will be my grandson-in-law!"

Bai Yutang smiled mischievously, and waved to Zhanzhao, signaling him to come over.Zhan Zhao saw it and walked over. Bai Yutang hurriedly dragged him to stand behind the old lady, and said loudly,

"It's great for us to stand here and be bodyguards for the old lady!"

Mrs. Ding patted his hand and said with a smile,

"You poor-mouthed little mouse, don't spoil my grandson!"

When Bai Yutang heard the old lady call him a little mouse, he immediately lost face and whispered,

"It must be that girl Yuehua who told the old lady our nickname. Old lady, don't scold her, but follow her example. Stinky cat, it's not your fault that you still laugh!"

Zhan Zhao smiled, patted him,

"Stop making trouble, the guests will come in now."

While talking, a man with the appearance of a country gentleman came in.Bai Yutang didn't want to listen to their flattering nonsense, so he gently tugged at Zhan Zhao's sleeve, and whispered to him with concern,

"How are you? Are you okay?"

While talking, he could feel a wave of heat emanating from Zhan Zhao's body, and he couldn't help worrying, so he quickly held Zhan Zhao's hand. Sure enough, it was so hot, he immediately glared at Zhan Zhao, and asked him,

"Why is it so hot? Is it a fever again?"

Zhan Zhao frowned and motioned for him to whisper,

"I'm fine. I can hold on. When it's lunch time, I'll go back early and rest. Don't worry, I can hold on."

Bai Yutang was speechless and could only say angrily,

"How could I not know that you can endure!"

The congratulators dialed one after another, and several young people followed behind and bowed to thank them. By the time Lu Fang and the others came in, it was almost noon.

"Old lady, we are late!" It was Bai Yutang's sister-in-law Min Xiuxiu who came in, followed by the other four island owners of Sunken Island.Old Mrs. Ding beckoned her to come over, held her hand cheerfully, and pretended to complain,

"You guys live the closest, but you came last! Where are you going? And, where is Xiao Zhen'er? Why didn't you bring him here? I haven't seen him for almost a year!"

"Xiao Zhen'er accompanied my master and the others to Shanghai, and he was always thinking of you! The brothers went to the shop last night, and got caught up in other things in the morning. Anyway, we were late, After a while at the table, we will punish ourselves with three cups, and we will make amends to you." Min Xiuxiu explained with a smile, and cast a glance at Bai Yutang.The latter looked at her with a grin, with a look of confidence on his face.Zhan Zhao also saw Min Xiuxiu's puzzled and somewhat dissatisfied glance, so he whispered in Bai Yutang's ear,

"What worrying thing did you do again? Look at the eyes of my sister-in-law!"

"It's okay, it's not that you are bad?!" Bai Yutang felt the obvious heat again, his heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to see Zhan Zhao's face, his cheeks were flushed and his eyes were watery. voice complained,

"Sick cat, look at your face?! Don't shake your head again, I have to take you back now, follow me!"

After speaking, he went to hold Zhan Zhao's hand.

In fact, Zhan Zhao started to burn again as early as eating. Although the wound on his back was bandaged again with medicine, it was still burning with pain. Every time he moved, his entire back was involved in pain, so a In the morning, he was groggy.By this time, he had been standing for nearly an hour, and he was already at the end of his strength.When Bai Yutang pulled him, he couldn't defend himself, he was staggered, and his head became even more dizzy.Feeling anxious and feeling powerless, I could only grit my teeth and hold on.

"Baiyu...Tang, don't...pull...I, I...it's okay."

At the moment when he was about to fall, Bai Yutang supported him, and whispered in his ear,

"Cat, don't hold back, come back with me!"

Relying on Bai Yutang's hand, Zhan Zhao regained his footing. To outsiders, they thought they were tired of standing and arguing boringly. Lu Fang and Ding Wenju smiled heartily, but Ding Zhaozhong stared in disgust. Both eyes, and Zhan Zhao's eyes are already dim, and he can't even see Bai Yutang who is close at hand.He wanted to raise his hand to rub his eyes, but found that he was trembling badly. He realized that sooner or later the old lady and his parents and brothers would see through him if he persisted so hard, so he took a deep breath, calmed down his breath, and faced the old lady's direction. said,

"Grandmother, Yutang and I are going to see how the lunch preparations are going, and we'll come and inform everyone later."

Mrs. Ding knew that the two of them were whispering behind her for a long time, and guessed that the two children couldn't bear to stay here with the guests, so she nodded understandingly and said,

"Okay, okay, I've let you stay here for a whole morning, and it's hard for you, go! Zhaolan, Zhaohui stays, and Zhaozhong also goes down to play. Remember to come back when eating !" Brother Ding Zhaolan nodded and said yes, Ding Zhaozhong was happy that he didn't have to stand here bored at last, and at the same time he was very satisfied.This Zhan Zhao always shows off his sense of superiority at these times.snort!

As soon as the old lady agreed, Bai Yutang immediately grabbed Zhan Zhao's arm and walked towards the side door. Uncle Hong, who had been paying attention to them, followed them quietly. After leaving the hall, he hurriedly asked,

"Third young master, are you okay?"

"I...it's fine!" Zhan Zhao nodded slightly, and walked towards his small courtyard relying on the power from Bai Yutang.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned the corner and walked into the corridor, he heard a soft voice behind him shouting,

"Mr. Zhan, Mr. Bai, where are you two going?"

Bai Yutang frowned immediately when he heard the sound.He was anxious to take Zhan Zhao back to the room to heal the wound, and then let Ah Fu decoct the antipyretic medicine. No matter what, he had to lower the temperature first.He guessed that the cat must be tired in the afternoon, so he had to spare some time for the cat to sleep for a while to refresh himself.Hearing this voice, he knew it was the beautiful woman Su Hong from yesterday, and felt that Zhan Zhao had stopped in his tracks. He glanced at Zhan Zhao annoyedly, but what caught his eyes was the pale and abnormally rosy face. , and made him unable to utter half a word of complaint.

"Miss Su," Zhan Zhao turned around and saw that today's Su Hong was wearing a light pink dress, very bright and charming.

Bai Yutang didn't speak, but nodded politely.Su Hong smiled generously, and didn't feel disobedient to Bai Yutang's indifference. On the contrary, she affirmed Bai Yutang's rebelliousness in her heart, so she smiled more and said,

"The old lady's place is the time when there are the most guests. Why do you two have time to come out? I came out of the house and walked around. I heard from my family that the garden and bamboo forest in Ding's mansion are second to none in the entire south of the Yangtze River." Yes, I've wanted to see it with my own eyes for a long time. I didn't expect this corridor in the mansion to be so quiet and winding. I heard that it was designed by Mrs. Ding himself."

"Miss Su praised you. But," Zhan Zhao breathed out, suppressing the familiar pain in his heart again, and continued,

"This veranda, garden, and bamboo forest were designed by our ancestors. We..."

"It was designed and supervised by my great-great-grandfather himself. The word "ancestor" should not be nonsense. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have always emphasized the principle of blood lineage. They did not shed the same blood. How can they use the word "ancestor" casually? No, third brother?" It was Ding Zhaozhong who came out after Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang who spoke.He originally wanted to try his luck along the corridor to the guest room where the Su brothers and sisters lived, to see if he could see Su Hong, and strike up a conversation.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned the corner, he heard Su Hong's sweet voice calling Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, the fire of jealousy in his heart suddenly arose, and seeing Zhan Zhaojiu occupying the magpie's nest and referring to his great-great-grandfather as an ancestor, he couldn't help being even more angry, So he stepped forward, cupped his fists at Su Hong, and said with a salivating face,

"Miss Su, no matter how beautiful this garden verandah is, it's not as beautiful as your all-powerful beauty!"

Su Hong nodded slightly, as a return of the salute, and said lightly,

"The fourth young master praised you."

Then she turned to Zhan Bai and the two, put on a lively smile, and said,

"I wonder if Mr. Zhan can give Su Hong a tour of your mansion?"

"No!" Before Zhan Zhao could reply, Bai Yutang flatly refused.What Ding Zhaozhong said just now made Bai Yutang almost breathless, his clenched fists creaked and his teeth were almost shattered.He knew that Zhan Zhao beside him was also angry, because he could feel that Zhan Zhao's breathing was extremely unstable and short of breath, but he had no time to argue with Ding Zhaozhong now, he had a very bad premonition that Zhan Zhao was not just having a fever right now. To put it simply, Zhan Zhao's body under his palm was trembling non-stop, and the rosiness on Zhan Zhao's face had faded, his face was completely pale, but his lips were a little purple.Bai Yutang was a little scared, he even wanted to catch the sister-in-law who was joking in the hall immediately, and show Zhan Zhao what happened? !

At this time, Su Hong was puzzled in a thousand ways. She was not an ignorant, caressing little girl, nor was she a submissive, timid old-fashioned woman. She frowned slightly, then boldly looked at Bai Yutang, and asked road,

"Mr. Bai, since yesterday Su Hong has been able to feel Mr. Bai's different attitudes towards our brothers and sisters. I don't know what we did wrong, which caused Mr. Bai's prejudices. If we talk about it, it's okay... "

"It's none of your business!" Bai Yutang rudely interrupted Su Hong again,

"Cat, let's go! We..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao who was beside him had already blocked the unkind words behind him, and said to the embarrassed Su Hong with an apologetic face,

"Miss Su, please forgive me. Yutang has a straight temper, but he has no malicious intentions. Zhan Zhao is not feeling well right now. If Miss Su still wants to visit Yaxing tomorrow, Zhan Zhao will definitely accompany her!"

After finishing speaking, he cupped his fists towards Su Hong, and the moment his arms were lowered, suddenly, his heart ached like being stabbed by steel needles. He knew that the old disease had relapsed, so he didn't care about etiquette Turn around and want to leave.Bai Yutang, who had been watching him, noticed the pain on Zhan Zhao's face after turning around, so he immediately supported him and asked,

"But what's wrong?"

Zhan Zhao's eyebrows became tighter and tighter, his left hand couldn't wait to grab the clothes around his heart, and he replied in a low voice,

"Yu... Tang, hurry up... take me... back."

Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't care less about anything else, he supported his leaning body and walked away.

Ding Zhaozhong looked at the aggrieved Su Hong, and suddenly thanked God for finally giving him such a heroic opportunity to save the beauty. He immediately stopped Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang who were about to leave, and said boldly,

"Zhan Zhao, don't always use your illness to make things happen. I haven't seen you suffer from it for so many years. How come you have an illness now?! Isn't it because I exposed the truth about you, you and Bai Yutang became angry from embarrassment? You would humiliate Ms. Su like this. Zhan Zhao, you usually pretend to be gentle and elegant, and everyone says you are a gentleman, why are you so small-bellied today? I see..."

"Boom!"

Before he could finish speaking, Bai Yutang punched an iron fist on his face. Bai Yutang, who was already furious, picked up his neck, pointed at his face angrily and said,

"I've wanted to beat you up for a long time, and today Grandpa Bai will teach you how to behave!"

Say, want to hit again.

Su Hong was taken aback by the side, and wanted to come over to try to persuade the fight, but it was inconvenient, so she hurriedly looked at Zhan Zhao, only to find that Zhan Zhao's face was covered in cold sweat, his lips were blue and purple, and he lost Bai Yutang's side. With support, he seemed to be unable to stand and was about to fall down. Su Hong immediately shouted,

"Master Zhan, what's wrong with you?"

The scream immediately alerted Bai Yutang, he hurriedly let go of Ding Zhaozhong, caught Zhan Zhao who was about to fall to the ground, and shouted anxiously,

"Cat, what's wrong with you? Hold on, I'll take you back to take medicine!"

After speaking, he hugged Zhan Zhao and walked to the backyard.

Zhan Zhao felt as if his heart was being squeezed mercilessly all the time. The sharp pain tormented him so much that he couldn't live without his strength. He could only rest his head on Bai Yutang's chest.He tried to speak, but a moan escaped his lips first,

"Uh... Yutang..."

Bai Yutang comforted him with a trembling voice as he walked,

"Cat, is it hurting so much? It's coming soon, bear with it, hold on!"

"Don't... let... Zhaozhong tell... other... people! I... don't want... think...,"

Zhan Zhao didn't finish a sentence, and passed out.Bai Yutang stopped immediately, looked at the voiceless man in his arms, and called him with sobs,

"Cat, don't scare me, just say something to me. Cat? Zhan Zhao!"

"Fifth Brother, hurry up, carry Xiao Zhan into his room, and let him lie down."

Suddenly Min Xiuxiu's voice came from behind, which immediately lifted Bai Yutang's spirit, and he suddenly felt infinitely more courageous.

Soon, the two brought Zhan Zhao back to his room, and gently put him on the bed.Seeing Bai Yutang come in with Zhan Zhao in his arms, Ah Fu knew immediately that something was wrong.Min Soo-soo didn't have time to explain, and immediately asked,

"Ah Fu, where is your young master's medicine for heartache?"

Ah Fu seemed to be stupefied by fright, standing there, just kept crying.Min Soo Soo pinched his arm and said sharply,

"Now is not the time to cry, where is your young master's medicine?"

Ah Fu finally understood what she said, and immediately ran to Zhan Zhao's usual book shelf, took out a small porcelain bottle from a dark blue box, and handed it to Min Xiuxiu who was beside Zhan Zhao, who immediately opened it and poured it out. Two extremely small pills, said to Bai Yutang who was beside him,

"Hold his head up and let him drink some water."

Bai Yutang immediately obeyed, fed the water, gently put Zhan Zhao's head back on the pillow, then tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and sat on the chair beside his bed, watching him quietly I fell asleep quietly, and my heart calmed down.

Min Xiuxiu took the pen and paper on the desk, quickly wrote a prescription, handed it to Ah Fu, and said,

"Give this prescription to Uncle Hong quietly, and ask him to fetch the medicine for your young master, and when it's ready, send it here quickly."

Ah Fu nodded with red eyes and went out.

Min Soo-soo turned her head to look at Bai Yutang, and asked seriously,

"Fifth brother, what's the matter with Zhan Zhao? Are you here to play tricks on others again? He has suffered from angina since he was a child, but he hasn't had it for many years. I just found out that he has a high fever. You this morning Does coming back early have something to do with Xiao Zhan?"

Bai Yutang didn't answer, and his worried eyes never left Zhan Zhao. After a while, he said sadly,

"Yes, I ran out by myself yesterday. He thought I was angry and kept looking for me in the heavy rain. When I came back in the morning, he had a high fever. He was standing in front again just now. I said to bring him back to take some medicine Take a break, who would have thought that I would run into that bastard Ding Zhaozhong on the way. He embarrassed the cat in front of Su Hong, I really..."

Min Xiuxiu was already in the corridor when Ding Zhaozhong spoke out, so she also heard part of the conversation. She said clearly,

"I was just worried about Xiao Zhan's wound, so after you left, I found an excuse to come out to find you. This Zhao Zhong is really a bully! Zhan Zhao's heart problem should be caused by beating a mother's womb I heard from my father that his mother was frightened when she was pregnant, which affected the development of his heart. He often suffered from heartaches when he was a child, so the old lady loved him very much. My father once left instructions that he should not be emotionally ups and downs , can’t do strenuous exercise, let alone get a fever and get injured. All of these may lead to the recurrence of his old diseases. These years, he has practiced martial arts with his master in Guangdong, and his resistance has improved a lot. He went to school in Beijing and stayed away from this right and wrong He should be well controlled emotionally. Coupled with his own temperament, I think he is an indifferent master. But these days, fifth brother, you can see for yourself. He was injured in the Miaojiaji first. The wound you tossed about on the island opened, and he hurried back to Mohua Village, and deliberately kept it from the old lady and the others. It is probably difficult for him every day. This Zhaozhong's words are really hurtful, without showing any morals... "

The cruelty appeared in Bai Yutang's eyes, which made Min Xiuxiu very worried. She patted Bai Yutang's shoulder and said,

"Fifth brother, listen to sister-in-law. This Zhan Zhao is a lovely child, but after all, this is the Ding family's housework, that is, his private affairs. No matter how good your personal relationship with Zhan Zhao is, there must be a relationship between you and Zhan Zhao." There is a measure, there is a measure. I know that you are a person who is easy to fight against injustices, and this Zhan Zhao is a friend you can talk to. However, you have grown up slowly, and you must know that you need to think twice before doing things. You haven’t seen the old lady and the others. He would rather send Zhan Zhao away than let Master Ding divorce his concubine. Ding Zhaozhong knows that the old lady loves Zhan Zhao, but he can still be so arrogant. There must be some reason for this. Don't act rashly, break the rules, You know, if you act recklessly, you will only bring Zhan Zhao into trouble, and it will be even more difficult to stay in this family in the future."