Chapter 265 Explanation]
"Why should I be jealous? Let alone Miss Ruyan, even if there were a few more girls like Rushui, Ruxue and Ruhua, I wouldn't... well!"
Chen Fenghe raised her voice and spoke urgently, a bit like a kitten whose tail was stepped on.
However, before he could finish his words, Xiao Yunshuo sealed his lips.
She wanted to push away, but Xiao Yunshuo's arms held her in his arms like an iron hoop, not allowing her to escape at all.
The resentment that Shen Fenghe had been deliberately suppressing in her heart was suddenly aroused. She raised her hand and punched Xiao Yunshuo hard in the chest.
She used quite a bit of force, and even Xiao Yunshuo felt a bit of pain. However, this actually helped to relieve a lot of the depression in his heart.
It seems... that he doesn't not care or feel jealous at all.
Xiao Yunshuo let her punch him twice, then he held her hand in his palm. He murmured with a hint of a smile, "It hurts. You're not jealous, but you don't even feel pain anymore? You're such a cruel girl!"
Chen Fenghe's already rosy cheeks couldn't help but turn even redder. Calling her "girl" was too doting. Even though she was younger than him, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed when suddenly addressed like that.
"I don't feel sorry for you! There is naturally a girl named Ruyan who is willing to fight and die for you. Just ask her to feel sorry for you!"
Xiao Yunshuo raised his eyebrows slightly, and the smile on the corners of his lips deepened.
He hugged Chen Fenghe tightly, pressed his chin against her shoulder, put his thin lips close to her ear, and chuckled, "So... you're still a little jealous, right?"
Chen Fenghe refused to speak.
She had to admit, there was a little bit.
Xiao Yunshuo no longer forced her to admit it. He pulled her to sit on a chair in the room and explained:
"Ruyan's brother was once a lieutenant general under my command, but he died on the battlefield.
Their father was originally a soldier under my grandfather and uncle. He taught me archery when I was young, so I called him Uncle Song.
He followed his grandfather and uncle in battles for many years. After his grandfather and uncle died in the battle, Uncle Song retired from the army. Later, he somehow offended the local gentry and bullies, and was bullied, framed, and imprisoned.
It was also a coincidence that I went to visit Uncle Song on my first expedition that year. When I encountered this incident, I rescued him and punished those local gentry bullies. However, Uncle Song was tortured in prison and eventually succumbed.
Before he died, he asked his son, Ruyan's brother, to follow me and protect me.
Only Ruyan and her brother were left in Uncle Song's family. Ruyan was not very old at that time, but she was very smart. She disguised herself as a man and went to the military camp with her brother. She also learned some martial arts from her brother. At such a young age, she endured the hardships of marching and fighting.
However, two years later, her brother died in battle.
I took her back to the capital, had Yuan Xu settle her down, asked an uncle of the emperor to adopt her as his daughter, and even found a good marriage for her. But she probably didn't want to, and left without saying goodbye before the marriage was finalized.
At that time, I was about to get married, and later I went on a military expedition overnight. Although I sent people to look for her, there was no news. But unexpectedly, I would meet her here..."
Chen Fenghe listened quietly, feeling inexplicably...jealous.
Although Ruyan must have been following her brother when she was disguised as a man in the army, she still had many opportunities to spend time with Xiao Yunshuo.
She had never been involved in his childhood.
She quickly realized her own emotions and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Reason told her not to cross the line, but emotions were sometimes beyond her control.
After Xiao Yunshuo finished his story, he looked at Chen Fenghe quietly and said, "Ruyan's brother and I are as close as brothers. Like him, I have always treated Ruyan as just a sister. What I said just now... was just a bluff. Do you trust me?"
Shen Fenghe didn't doubt it.
After all, judging from the fact that Ruyan didn't know he was still alive, at least he should not like Ruyan.
Otherwise, seeing Ruyan was heartbroken and wanted to die, how could he bear to keep it a secret from her?
Chen Fenghe looked at him and said, "I believe it. But..."
She pursed her lips and smiled, teasingly saying, "You really don't understand your sister Ruyan's heart. You actually arranged a marriage for her. It's obvious that your sister Ruyan really wants to marry..."
Xiao Yunshuo was so angry that he couldn't help but bite her lips again, and said with a smile: "You are being unreasonable? How dare you say such nonsense? Just wait and see how I punish you!"
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