Brother listens to orders

That night, Hua Jinshuang tossed and turned, having trouble falling asleep, and woke up with a migraine the next day.He sat on the bed in frustration for a while, there was no one to vent his anger on, and there was no thread to comfort him, nor could Huafeng come to make him happy, he sat alone on the narrow bed, feeling that he was surrounded by all around him The water vapor in the room seemed to be affected, and the whole person became a little damp, moldy and dark.

The young man who had always been fearless, fearless even when the sky fell, felt his own insignificance and powerlessness for the first time. He rubbed his face, endured the dull pain in his head, and left the room to go to the bow of the boat to get some air.

He borrowed some hot water, took a quick wash, and asked the boatman if he had anything to eat.The boatman was very dissatisfied with his coquettishness, and muttered something in a strong local accent, but Hua Jinshuang didn't understand, it was not easy to get two bowls of hot noodles yesterday, but today he didn't get anything.

It turns out that having money doesn’t mean you can get everything.

Hua Jinshuang had no experience on long journeys and did not bring any dry food. He was suffering from hunger at the moment. He watched the crew members sitting in the small cramped room eating beef jerky, moved his throat, and reluctantly went to the bow.

Cheng Qianshu was sitting in front of the bow rail looking at the scenery, the wind blew his hair messy, his clothes were flying, and the water surface was shrouded in mist early in the morning, and he couldn't see anything clearly around him.

The water vapor quickly wet Hua Jinshuang's hair and shoulders, Hua Jinshuang shivered from the cold, and hurriedly mobilized her internal energy to keep warm.He stood not far behind Cheng Qianshu, and didn't go up to disturb him. He thought in a complicated way: How will he face Cheng Qianshu in the future?

Hua Jinshuang felt a little wronged, but if his father really caused all this, as a member of the Hua family, he could hardly absolve himself of the blame, so what face would he have to show up in front of Cheng Qianshu again?What face do you have to ask for forgiveness?

But he still felt wronged.He didn't do anything, he just liked him, and he took the initiative to seek the truth, to give the Cheng family justice, what did he do wrong?

Cheng Qianshu suddenly said from the front: "Have you eaten yet?"

Hua Jinshuang's voice was hoarse, and her head hurt even more from the cold wind, she frowned: "No."

Cheng Qianshu turned back to look at him, the two looked at each other from a distance, neither of them spoke first, Hua Jinshuang showed a bit of ice beauty when his face was straight, and the slightly frowned brows made people feel sorry for him unconsciously; Cheng Qianshu also felt sorry for him. His face was expressionless, and the gentle and watery appearance that he used to have when he saw Hua Jinshuang no longer existed, as if the two had met for the first time, with suspicious and scrutinizing eyes.

This made Hua Jinshuang feel uncomfortable.

Hua Jinshuang was suddenly discouraged, turned around and walked back: "I'll go back first."

But Cheng Qianshu stopped him: "Come here, I have something to eat here."

Hua Jinshuang didn't stop, Cheng Qian said, "Hua Jinshuang."

Although this sound was not an order, it also carried a force that could not be refused.

It's not the younger brother, the third younger brother, or Shuang'er. There is a huge gap between the two who are called Faling by first name and surname.Hua Jinshuang had a hunch that if she didn't turn around and continue walking, the people behind her would probably never call her again.

Hua Jinshuang realized this, and suddenly felt heartbroken, the apex of his heart was tightened, making his nose sore.

Although he had imagined countless times along the way that maybe one day it would become like this between them, when the reality came, he still couldn't accept it.

Not long ago, this man was still worried about himself and chased after him without eating or drinking. His eyes were full of tenderness and connivance, like a loyal knight who didn't need to talk too much, and he was willing to listen to whatever he said.

But after just one night, everything changed.

Hua Jinshuang even felt that Cheng Qianshu, who had quarreled with her before, was much better than Cheng Qianshu, who was indifferent and suspicious.

He would rather have a big fight with Cheng Qianshu, or even fight, than the strange indifference.

After Cheng Qianshu called out Hua Jinshuang's name, he didn't say another word. The stiff atmosphere between the two of them could not dissipate like this thick fog, and even intensified.

When the ship shook slightly, Hua Jinshuang finally turned around and walked towards Cheng Qianshu's direction.

With expressionless face and lowered eyebrows, he stood beside Cheng Qianshu.

Cheng Qianshu glanced at him sideways, took out dried meat, water bag and dry biscuits from the bag, and handed them to him.

Hua Jinshuang took it and ate it in silence. The pain in the root of the hair became more severe, making him close his eyes and endure it with all his strength.

But the shortness of breath still exposed his discomfort, Cheng Qianshu was keenly aware of it.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Qianshu looked at him, "What's wrong?"

Hua Jinshuang swallowed the dry pancake with difficulty, and said, "Headache."

"It's cold?" Cheng Qianshu frowned, got down from the railing, stood up straight and reached out to pull Hua Jinshuang.

Hua Jinshuang was a little surprised, but held back the steps to dodge, and let the other party pull her over.Cheng Qianshu held his shoulders, inserted his strong fingers into the roots of his hair, and stroked gently: "Here?"

"The following ones..." Hua Jinshuang was gently rubbed and pressed by those hands, with just the right amount of force. The two of them were very close and could feel the warmth of each other's bodies.

The scalp was massaged to relax a little bit. Although it still hurts, Hua Jinshuang didn't want to break this rare harmonious moment.

Cheng Qianshu rubbed and pressed for a while, and said, "Go inside, it's windy outside, it will hurt even more in a while."

Hua Jin Shuangchi asked: "Last night... where did you sleep?"

"There are still vacant rooms upstairs," Cheng Qianshu didn't explain much, "Let's go, I'll take you back."

Hua Jinshuang was pushed into the cabin, feeling rather reluctant to part. If it had been a few days earlier, he would have been able to take it for granted, "Go to my room and give me the press."

Probably there is no need for him to say more, Cheng Qianshu will naturally guard him.But now he doesn't have the confidence to say such things again.

He lost the right to be coquettish and self-willed.

It broke his heart.

At the door of Huajin's double room, Cheng Qianshu let him go and said, "You saved my life."

Hua Jinshuang was taken aback.

Cheng Qian said: "I will never forget this kindness." After speaking, he turned and left, Hua Jinshuang saw him enter the next room.

After the boat sailed for five days, Hua Jinshuang felt very uncomfortable after she docked.

His head was no longer hurting, and the two immediately found an inn to stay after disembarking, and took a good rest.

Cheng Qianshu shaved, took a shower, changed his clothes, and wrapped his hair up to hide its color.

This is already a place Cheng Qianshu is familiar with, and Hua Jinshuang is not familiar with the place, so they can only follow Cheng Qianshu.

The two bought a small carriage, Cheng Qianshu was the driver, and put some cushions in the carriage to make Hua Jinshuang sit more comfortably.

The two rested for two days and continued on their way to the next station, where they received a secret letter from their elder brother Hua Jinye.

"Wei Xiaowu has already set off, and the elder brother sent someone to take him northward together." Hua Jinshuang said, "He hasn't recovered yet. It is said that he asked for it himself. He doesn't want to just wait."

Hua Jinshuang thought for a while: "We can slow down and wait for him to go first, so as to divert some people's attention."

"Someone?" Cheng Qianshu glanced at him.

These days Qian Shu has been like this, polite and not intentionally indifferent, but he no longer always smiles at him and takes care of him tenderly as before.

This unfamiliar politeness is no different from his way of getting along with outsiders.Hua Jinshuang knew that she was no longer the most special person.

Hua Jinshuang forced herself to get used to it, not to look at him, and said politely: "The other people who take over the Cheng family. People who have done bad things will always have a guilty conscience. If you don't see people alive or dead, they will be cautious. I guess, But all outsiders will be monitored by them, and if they want to get in, they have to ask Wei Xiaowu to cover us."

Cheng Qianshu nodded, and asked again: "What do you think Hua Wulang is planning?"

Hua Jinshuang was silent for a moment, ignoring that he changed "uncle" to his full name, and said, "I'm not sure, I'm just guessing... Maybe it's because I promised to be loyal to the emperor."

Cheng Qianshu's tone was calm, and he had already guessed this point when he thought about it, and said: "Use the martial arts conference to wipe out all the martial arts families who are dissatisfied with the imperial court, cut the grass and root out, and he has successfully escaped from the status of the martial arts leader, and transformed into a certain adult. Great idea to kill two birds with one stone.”

Cheng Qianshu thought of Hua Jinshuang's extravagant way of spending money, as well as the Hua family's well-connected business, a mansion comparable to that of the nobles in the capital, and countless servants who came and went.He also thought about his father's hard work all his life, and his life was in danger at any time, and he ended up in such an end, which he had never enjoyed in his life, whether it was worth it or not.

He had been so shaken and doubted before, Cheng Qianshu wished he could slap himself.

"The wine and meat of the Zhumen smell bad, and there are frozen bones on the road." Cheng Qianshu said with the corners of his lips curled up coldly.

Hua Jinshuang didn't speak any more, the sound of the wheels creaking covered the suffocating silence.

In order to wait for Wei Xiaowu, the two found an unremarkable small town halfway to live.

There happened to be a vacant house in the small town. After negotiating with each other, the two paid the money to stay temporarily. Cheng Qianshu cleaned the room and went to fetch water. An elderly mother-in-law, the mother-in-law narrowed her eyes and said, "This girl is really pretty."

Hua Jinshuang: "..."

The mother-in-law was very gossip, and said: "Look at you, you are a girl from a good family, right? Are you elope with your man?"

Hua Jinshuang: "..." Grandma, are you thinking too much?

The mother-in-law didn't wait for Hua Jinshuang's answer, but recalled: "I understand, I understand, I have had such a time before."

Hua Jinshuang was curious, anyway, he didn't want to face Cheng Qianshu for the time being, and the atmosphere between the two made him very unbearable.He simply sat in front of his mother-in-law and talked with her.

"Did you elope with your husband?"

The mother-in-law waved her hand: "I thought, but later he didn't want to, so he left."

The mother-in-law said: "Unlike you, I am a girl from an ordinary family. He is a young master from a rich family. I didn't want his money. I thought he would really take me away, live in seclusion in the mountains, and be an ordinary couple. But in the end, he couldn't bear the hardship, and regretted it halfway."

The mother-in-law looked at Hua Jinshuang and said, "What about you? Can you suffer? You are a little girl, so beautifully dressed, what a pity that you get dirty? No one washes your clothes, no one cooks for you, what? You have to do it yourself, can you bear it? After giving birth to your man, you will do all the dirty work, and it is also very hard for him to support his family, so you just quarrel all day long over a little food..."

As the mother-in-law spoke, she felt sad, she slowly rubbed her bark-like hands on her knees, and sighed: "Living life is different from the past and present."

Hua Jinshuang smiled and said: "My senior brother...he is a very good person, he won't make me tired, and he doesn't want me to work hard. He is afraid that I will be hungry or that I will be bullied. If I accidentally touch him Afraid of getting hurt."

The mother-in-law nodded: "Oh, that's a rare good man."

Hua Jin's eyes turned red, tears fell without warning, and she choked up, "But I've already lost him."

The mother-in-law looked at him blankly, and muttered: "Hey, hey, what's the matter? What a beautiful girl, don't cry, it hurts so much."

Hua Jinshuang didn't know what was wrong with him, so he raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, but the tears grew more and more.

Probably along the way, he didn't have anyone to talk to, and he kept hiding his thoughts and was worried.Now that I have spoken, I can't let it go. Guilt, guilt, discomfort, grievance... all emotions are mixed together.He has never been so helpless as today.

Cheng Qianshu's polite indifference made his heart throb.

But in front of the other party, he didn't even have the right to say that he was wronged, he could only hold back and keep silent.He thought he could bear it, but the reality gave him a slap in the face.

In front of strangers, he confided so uncontrollably that he even shed tears.

It was so shameful, so embarrassing.

But he couldn't take it anymore.

"Did you do something wrong? Did you make him sad?" The mother-in-law wiped his face with her hands, carefully, for fear of damaging this delicate face.Oh, this face is fairer and more delicate than her eggs.

"Maybe, but it's not my fault." Hua Jinshuang was extremely wronged, and looked down at the vamp, "I like him very much, but he doesn't like me, and he may already hate me now."

"Silly boy," the mother-in-law sighed, "if he doesn't like you, why would he be afraid of you?"

Hua Jinshuang shook her head, hiccupping from crying: "He used to be so good to me, how could he be willing to treat me coldly. But now, he is now..."

Hua Jinshuang burst into tears: "He said I'm a rich man, wine and meat stink'!"

The mother-in-law was stunned, not quite understanding.

A little kid came over like a little duckling with a smack, and said, "Ah—ah——"

"Oh, dear grandson!" The mother-in-law hurriedly picked up the child, and didn't care about Hua Jinshuang, "Baby, why are you out? I'm catching a cold for a while, go in quickly, let's go, mother-in-law will take you in."

With tears in her eyes, Hua Jinshuang watched her mother-in-law take care of her grandson.

The smell of cooking comes from other people's houses, and the sound of family members talking together. There are chickens and ducks in the fence next to it, and a black dog is sleeping. It is truly ordinary and comfortable, and the years are quiet and beautiful. .

But I have so much money, luxurious clothes, and prominent family background, but it seems that I have nothing.

If the Hua family is over and all the money is gone, what will I have left?

There are no servants to serve, no such gorgeous clothes, no meals that make him picky, maybe he can't eat enough to sleep well, maybe he can only be a bodyguard, travel all over the world, and can no longer be a young master.

But these are not terrible, what is terrible is that everything he thought was the best is about to disappear.

He couldn't stay with his senior brother and his family.

Hua Jinshuang felt sad for a moment, but felt that the road ahead was at a loss.

He came here to investigate the Cheng family's affairs, if everything was true, the price would be the ruin of the Hua family's reputation, not only in the court, but also in the martial arts world.

Maybe this is still not enough to relieve Cheng Qianshu's hatred, but what about him?What is he?What had he done wrong to just accept it all?

Hua Jinshuang was crying in front of someone else's house. After a long time, she was tired from crying, so she went to the river to wash her face, stared blankly for a while, and then walked back slowly.

Cheng Qianshu didn't look for him, he was about to cook with a rope tied around his waist, with rabbits and snakes hanging from it.

Hua Jinshuang entered the door with his head down, and Cheng Qianshu glanced at him: "Have you left a mark?"

Hua Jinshuang nodded.

Cheng Qianshu frowned, but he didn't say anything, and turned around to set up the stove.