Chapter 159
"Cousin, cousin..." Lu Rou called out weakly, her lowered eyelashes blocking her view, so she did not see Wen Shu take a step back slightly to avoid the man's intimacy.
"Your grandmother is calling you to the front hall for a meal, saying that after the meal you will go to pay respects to your grandfather."
"Coming right away," Wen Shu replied. She didn't have any special impression of this cousin, because when she left Shanzhou, she was just a little girl of three or four years old.
Although my maternal grandmother was remarried, she and my maternal grandfather were very much in love.
Unfortunately, her maternal grandfather passed away early, leaving her to raise her two children alone, which was both physically and mentally exhausting.
Even if her maternal grandmother hadn't said anything, she would still have gone to pay respects to her maternal grandfather.
It was a cold winter day. The group boarded the carriage and were about to leave when they suddenly stopped. It seemed that someone outside was talking to the coachman.
A moment later, a young man dressed in a dark blue brocade robe with tied sleeves came up, shielding himself from the frost outside.
Just like the day they came to the Lu residence from the small courtyard, the two of them became three, and the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat subtle.
Lu Jiang frowned in displeasure. "Brother Song, A-Shu and I are going to pay respects to our grandfather, not to go sightseeing."
"Of course I know." Pei Lingjun was relaxed and didn't feel there was anything wrong with him going along. "I also happen to want to pay my respects to Old Master Lu."
Wen Shu kept her eyes down and her mind focused, vowing that when she came, she would definitely ride in her mother's carriage.
Outside Shanzhou City, the Lu family had an abandoned estate, backed by Cuiyin Mountain, with beautiful scenery in all four seasons. After his maternal grandfather passed away, he was buried on Cuiyin Mountain.
This village also holds too many of her childhood memories.
In spring, climb mountains and break off willow branches; in summer, go down to the river to catch shrimp; in autumn, climb trees to pick fruit; and in winter, walk on the snow and go ice skating.
Looking back now, the time she spent with her maternal grandparents at the Shanzhou Villa must have been one of the few truly enjoyable moments in her two lives.
Unfortunately, beautiful things always seem to fade away easily.
Looking back now, everything has changed.
After resting for a while at the manor, the group went to the back mountain to pay their respects to Old Master Lu.
On the snow-covered hillside in winter, Wen Shu walked carefully, carrying her cloak.
Hanxiang helped Zhou Yun walk slowly up the steps, with Wen Shu and two young men on either side of them behind them. They didn't say a word the whole way.
The atmosphere was truly eerie.
Zhou Yun was so absorbed in her grief that she was unaware of what was happening.
Wen Shu cautiously glanced at the two young men who stood on either side of her like guardians. The two men hadn't spoken a word to each other since they came up the mountain. Caught in the middle, she finally understood what it meant to be caught in a dilemma.
Just then, her foot suddenly slipped, and Wen Shu accidentally stepped on a slippery stone, causing her to fall forward violently.
"ah--"
The short shout lasted only half a sound before a sudden force pulled her back from her waist.
Wen Shu frowned, half-falling and half-leaning in Pei Lingjun's arms, gasping for breath.
"What's wrong? Where are you hurt?" Lu Jiang asked anxiously when he saw the obvious pain in her eyes.
Wen Shu pointed to her right foot, a thin layer of sweat beading on her forehead. "It seems... I twisted it..."
If the atmosphere between them hadn't been so strange, she wouldn't have been looking around without watching where she was going, and instead stepped on a slippery stone in the freezing snow.
Lu Jiang half-squatted in front of her, holding her ankle with one hand, and pulled up her thick clothes to reveal her porcelain-white ankle that was covered in bruises.
He looked up, his eyes filled with worry, "It's a sprain, I need to get rid of the bruising quickly."
After Lu Jiang tidied up the messed-up clothes, Pei Lingjun picked up Wen Shu and strode down the mountain.
"Pei Lingjun—" Wen Shu exclaimed in surprise as her center of gravity shifted suddenly, "You, you put me down."
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