Chapter 38 Brother-in-law, your heart is beating so fast, Yunyang...
Yun Yang pursed her lips and said nothing. Xue Yu was secretly happy and vaguely guessed the reason why she broke up with Song Fanghe, but he found it a little unbelievable.
He thought that Yun Yang and Song Fanghe were deeply in love, and their first love in their youth should be someone whose memory was so deep that it overwhelmed all their true feelings.
The Song family has committed a crime, how can she sit idly by?
She came to him with a sad face and told him that her relationship with Song Fanghe was over. The reason was not difficult to guess.
"Something happened in his family, and he wants to ask my brother-in-law for help." Yun Yang said sullenly.
The moonlight outside the window was beautiful, accompanied by the quietly flowing hot spring water, blurry and distorted, just like Xue Yu's seemingly calm face.
"Why not help?" Xue Yu asked.
"Corruption is a serious crime. The Xue family has been a clean family for generations. How could they allow such a hidden danger to develop because of me?" Yun Yang said, lowering his eyes. There was a kind of fragmented beauty in his eyes. "I can't eat and use the Xue family's money, and then put my brother-in-law in an unjust position. Besides, if this happens once, it will happen again."
"The sad part is, it turns out he doesn't really like me..." Yun Yang said, a little embarrassed. "I thought he...he was sincere to me. He'd wait outside the mansion every day just to get a glimpse of me. He spoke to me with such affection that he even brought his puppy over to cheer me up. He even said he wanted to go back to Youzhou with me to live a life of wonder... It seemed like he was genuinely devoted to me."
"He even braved the aftermath of the earthquake to come up the mountain to look for me. I thought he was worried about me. Is this all... fake?" Yun Yang asked, looking up.
Even though she had acted a little in this short relationship, and could already handle Song Fanghe's joys and sorrows with ease, but people are not plants or trees, and it would be too frustrating to admit that she did not receive much sincerity from the other party, or even that the other party was acting.
After a while, Xue Yu touched her long hair and said, "Let it be. It's okay now."
The girl leaned soft and warm in his arms, the faint fragrance of her daughter lingered on him, and she said words that made his heart tremble. He seemed to have become a person with a lower and lower bottom line, disregarding etiquette and bottom line, and was very easily shaken.
Yun Yang remained silent, her mood visibly low. She lowered her head, and it was impossible to tell whether she was crying or not.
Is she crying for another man?
Xue Yu's heart suddenly tightened again, and he suddenly felt disgusted with the way he looked.
He hated his own mind that was out of control because of her, hated himself for always sensing some coquettishness in her clear eyes, hated his own heart that became confused whenever he got close to her, and even more hated his body that became aroused whenever he came into contact with her.
How could this be!?
Xue Yu's heart was in turmoil, and his hatred for himself reached its peak. The scent of osmanthus oil in her hair was so strong and alluring that it made him feel upset.
He said insincerely, "Is it worth worrying about such a person? He's just Song Fanghe. There are many men better than him. I can find you another one."
His tone was impetuous and his words were cold and ruthless, just like what a decent and reliable elder would say.
But if Yun Yang looked up at this moment, she would see that the look in his eyes as he looked at her was filled with affection.
There was the sound of tea boiling on the stove, and the charcoal fire was jumping, casting the overlapping and intertwined figures of the two people on the screen wall.
Yun Yang raised her head from his chest, tilted her face upwards and smiled, urging, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, brother-in-law. Hurry up, I want to get engaged before I turn seventeen."
After saying that, he looked a little strange.
The young man's violent heartbeat was hard to ignore, just like the heat that was all over his body.
She tilted her head slightly, pouted her red lips, looked at him seriously and said, "Brother-in-law, why is your heart beating so fast?"
Following her gaze, he saw Xue Yu's snow-white collar. It was made of extremely exquisite material. At first glance, it looked pure white, but in fact, it was woven with bamboo patterns with very fine embroidery thread. The man's skin was very white, as smooth as jade under the hazy moonlight. Under his fair skin, his Adam's apple was in excellent shape, slightly rolling, with an inexplicable lust.
Yun Yang's heartbeat quickened as she realized how deeply she relied on him. Now that she and Song Fanghe were like this, her first thought was to come to her brother-in-law to complain or seek comfort...
She was about to take a few steps back to distance herself from him, but that beautiful hand pressed down on her back, and her face was unexpectedly pressed against his chest.
"...Brother-in-law will find you someone better, don't be sad." Xue Yu uttered these insincere words, just to be closer to her. His voice, tinged with bitterness and confusion, slowly flowed through the quiet room. "You married out of the Xue Mansion, so those men must have wanted something. There are too few people in this world who ask for nothing, and those who only ask for sincerity are hard to come by..."
He allowed himself to hug her, in the name of comfort. Warm and soft in his arms, the girl's breath was slightly warm, touching his heart... Xue Yu took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and only then did he feel his inexplicably restless heart calm down.
"Isn't that what my brother-in-law is like?" Yun Yang said seriously, "My brother-in-law is a rare gentleman of integrity. He asks for nothing and is dedicated to the people and justice. He is admirable."
Yu Gong, he is a good official. She saw his hard work during the flood in Youzhou and Baizhou.
Personally, he always thought about her, protected her, and never asked for anything in return.
She admired him both in public and in private.
Xue Yu was stunned. Her words were like frying him in a frying pan.
He didn't deserve her words.
Yun Jia and he had been engaged before. No matter what agreement or secrets they had, when he met Yun Yang, he was nominally her brother-in-law and she was nominally his sister-in-law.
He had always been a man of his word, and had promised Yunjia that he would reveal their agreement only after three years, so he could not break his promise. How could he be so distracted?
The thoughts in his mind could not control his body. He couldn't help but hug the person in his arms tighter and slowly closed his eyes.
His heart, which had finally calmed down, became restless again. He had no choice but to let himself go. She had an indescribable attraction to him. His lips slowly approached the top of her hairy head...
The moment he touched her, she slipped out of his arms, sniffed, and lowered her eyes. "I lost my temper today...Brother-in-law, I just wanted to tell you that I'm done with Song Fanghe. It's too late. I'm going back first. Have a good sleep, brother-in-law."
The moonlight was cold and bleak, Xue Yu was standing by the window, Yun Yang's slightly flustered figure was gradually becoming unclear, but he did not move for a long time, wearing a green shirt and a white jade hairpin, his back was as lonely as the moon.
After a long moment, the young man lowered his eyes, the slightly frightened look on her face lingering in his mind. After a moment, he spoke softly, "Did you notice?"
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Yun Yang's panicked heart could not calm down. Her reflection was in her brother-in-law's eyes. He stared at her deeply, with affection that she could not understand.
He clearly curled the corners of his lips towards her and spoke words of comfort, but the look in his eyes when he looked at her was dark, like an elusive dream, a gentle and affectionate wind, or a storm hidden under an undercurrent.
At that moment, Yun Yang's heart tightened, and ripples appeared, expanded, and roared. She had to escape quickly before he became the Xue Yu in her heart.
Yun Yang sat in the armchair, glancing at the carved and painted beams of the house without saying a word.
What's wrong with me? Why would I speculate about my brother-in-law in such a ridiculous way?!
What kind of person is her brother-in-law? He is such a dignified and upright gentleman, as upright as a pine tree and a bamboo. From the time she met her brother-in-law until now, he taught her calligraphy, gave her dignity, sympathized with her loneliness and weakness, and everything he did was wholeheartedly for her consideration.
Yun Yang thought of Xue Yu's straight spine and eyes as bright as the breeze and the moon, and she felt ashamed. He was a true gentleman, how could he have any false thoughts about her...
But the way her brother-in-law looked at her reminded her of the prince and Song Fanghe, both of which were filled with the same passionate gaze.
Compared to theirs, the look her brother-in-law gave her just now was so hot that she couldn't bear it.
Yun Yang shook her head, feeling ashamed. How could she guess her brother-in-law's intentions towards her?
I must have seen it wrong.
Her fingers were stirring her long hair without restraint, and the pain made her frown and wake up.
She must have been disturbed by Song Fanghe, which is why she saw everything as abnormal.
Yun Yang took a deep breath and slowly sipped the cool tea. The tea entered her internal organs, slowly seeping out a sticky and sweet aftertaste. The figure of her brother-in-law standing in front of her in Youzhou, and the panic that flashed across his face when he went to the wilderness to look for her, all became clearer to her.
A gentleman is like jade, how can I not be happy?
But he is Gaolinghua, Tianbianyue, and her brother-in-law, and is definitely not someone she can dream of.
Yun Yang thought to herself that she must never lose touch with her brother-in-law again. With a firm determination, she calmed down and went to bed early.
On the second day, there was still no movement from the Holy Chariot.
Without the emperor, the accompanying officials dared not move, and their families were even more afraid to budge. By the afternoon, rumors circulated that the eldest prince had come to Wenquan Mountain to greet the emperor back to the palace. To put it bluntly, even though the earthquake wasn't serious, he still wanted to show off in front of his elderly father.
Not only was the eldest prince not afraid, he also stayed with the emperor, saying that he would stay by his side as long as his father wanted.
Only then can the prince's arrogance and coldness be contrasted.
So the Xue family, who had packed their luggage, settled down again.
As dusk fell, the Xue Mansion lit up the parchment lanterns again and hung them under the eaves. The mountain breeze blew over them, making them sway. Maids walked slowly with silver trays in their hands, and the scene was once again a scene of singing and dancing.
Old Madam Xue was worried about Xue Yu, as he hadn't returned by this time, so she sent Si Qing to find out. Yun Yang also wanted to go back to his own yard, so he walked towards the gate of the house with Si Qing.
As I walked to the door, I saw the familiar green figure from a distance.
There was a faint red tint at the corners of Song Fanghe's eyes, and his originally handsome face became haggard, with a blue stubble on his chin. When he saw Yun Yang, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if a stone sculpture had come alive after being touched on the head by an immortal.
Yun Yang turned around to leave, but Song Fanghe rushed towards him regardless. Si Qing quickly stopped him and looked at Yun Yang.
"Sister Yangyang, I, I have something to tell you." Song Fanghe's face was pale and panicked, and his words were filled with low pleading, "Just let me say a few words, and then I'll leave."
Yun Yang turned around, glanced at him indifferently, and then gestured to Si Qing to do his own thing.
Yun Yang has always been efficient and doesn't like to drag things out. She thought she had made things clear with Song Fanghe, but it seems not. In that case, she has to break up now to avoid him coming to the Xue Mansion all the time.
After Si Qing left, Yun Yang slowly walked down the stairs and found a place sheltered from the wind and people.
Song Fanghe followed closely, and after stopping, he looked at her, somewhat at a loss. After a while, he saw Yun Yang impatiently turning around to leave, and then he grabbed her wrist anxiously, "Sister Yangyang..."
"Let go." Yun Yang said coldly.
Song Fanghe quickly let go of her hand and said hesitantly, "I'm sorry for being so rude... Why is Sister Yangyang so cold to me? We're already talking about getting married, aren't we? I don't believe Sister Yangyang would end our relationship so quickly."
Yun Yang said, "You're the only one who hasn't let it go. Why do this? Isn't it better to part ways amicably?"
Song Fanghe's face was filled with anxiety, and his young and handsome face was wrinkled. He looked at the girl who was gentle and considerate in the past in disbelief and saw that she had become so cold and indifferent.
"We didn't have any formalities, and we weren't even compatible. It was clean and simple, so there was no point in even talking about breaking up." Yun Yang said coldly, "You've already made the choice I asked you to make. There's nothing more to say between you and me."
The young man stared at her blankly, not believing that all her tender affection was fake. He felt his whole body stiffen and freeze completely. After a long pause, he said in a hoarse voice, "Have you ever had a trace of... true love for me? Do you really want to marry me?"
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