Chapter 12 Brother and I sleep together on a rainy night

The entire Wuli Village was submerged in the night. There was not a single person on the road at night. The dirt road beneath one's feet was muddy and miserable. Apart from the deafening sound of thunder, the lightning that penetrated the darkness, and the pouring rain, the only sound was the sound of men's rain boots stepping on the mud.

In the darkness, the man's black eyes stared at the wide-open door of his yard. His eyes were as black as ink, his pupils trembled slightly, and he walked quickly into the yard.

Lightning crackled and the yard flickered.

Qin Xiao pushed open the door of the room. In the room, there was the sound of rain dripping from the roof. The raindrops fell on the basin with a crackling sound. It was completely quiet.

The mining lamp swept through every corner of the room and finally landed on the wooden bed. The mattress was rolled up and placed at the end of the bed. Qin Chuyang was not there!

Qin Xiao's pupils shrank slightly. Thunder roared outside the house. He quickly walked into the main room and the kitchen, but did not see his brother.

The man ran out of the yard. It was raining, and Chuyang might be afraid to go look for Aunt Tian.

He walked out the door, paused, and turned to stare at the room he had not opened.

It was that woman's room. Although he didn't want to believe it, Qin Xiao still walked step by step to the door of Jiang Tang's room.

“Pah, pah, pah!”

The sound of thunder mixed with the sound of knocking on the door struck people's hearts.

The room was silent. Jiang Tang curled up in the quilt while Qin Chuyang huddled in her arms, sleeping soundly with his little body curled up. She fell asleep with her hands covering the little guy's ears.

The loud knock on the door outside woke Jiang Tang up from his dream in an instant. Hearing the knock on the door again, Jiang Tang was frightened and trembled.

She couldn't help but speculate wildly, wondering if Jiang Hu had come back to seek revenge on her, and what she would do if she couldn't defeat him.

Feeling confused, Jiang Tang took a deep breath, covered Qin Chuyang's ears with his hands, and shouted to the outside of the door with a trembling voice, "Who... who is it!"

The woman's coquettish voice reached Qin Xiao's ears. His tall figure was startled and frowned, "Qin Xiao."

The words "Qin Xiao" along with the sound of thunder and rain invaded Jiang Tang's ears, scaring her so much that her frail body trembled.

Qin Xiao is back? !

This man scares her more than Jiang Hu.

Are you done with the brick factory? Why are you back so late?

Jiang Tang swallowed and heard the man's voice with suppressed impatience, "Is Qin Chuyang in the room?"

Her curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and she lowered her eyes to look at Qin Chuyang who was sleeping soundly in her arms. She coughed lightly, mustered up her courage and shouted outside, "Qin...Qin Xiao, Chuyang is in the room."

"He's already asleep, otherwise... you can go and rest first and see him tomorrow, okay?"

The woman's coquettish voice was filled with a hazy ending. Qin Xiao's face was calm and he said in a cold voice, "Open the door, I'll go in and take a look."

Jiang Tang shuddered, and gently pushed the little guy in his arms with a groan.

It's better to have a good friend than to have a poor friend die. It shouldn't be a big deal to wake up the little guy.

If the little guy knew that his brother was back, he would definitely be happier than anyone else.

"Hmm~"

Qin Chuyang was annoyed by Jiang Tang's hand. He rubbed his eyes with his small hands, and struggled to open his eyes, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Well, sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

The little guy called her sister-in-law for the first time in a daze. Jiang Tang felt a little guilty, but compared with her fear of Qin Xiao, it was insignificant.

"Chuyang, brother is back." Jiang Tang whispered in the boy's ear.

Then the little guy opened his eyes wide, no longer afraid of anything, and stood directly on the bed, "Guo Guo is back?"

"Where's the pot?"

Jiang Tang pointed to the door, "Your brother is right outside the door, why don't you go find him by yourself?"

After listening to Jiang Tang, Qin Chuyang shouted happily outside, "Guo Guo, you're back!"

After hearing the response from her brother at the door, she cried out in surprise.

As he said that, he crawled under the bed.

Jiang Tang didn't stop him, but just gently reminded him, "Chuyang, put on your shoes and close the door after you go out."

Qin Chuyang only had his brother in his mind now. He jumped out of bed, put on his shoes and ran in the dark to open the door for his brother.

The door was opened from the inside, and the wind blew the rain into the room. Jiang Tang didn't look outside. He turned over to face the wall, buried his face in the quilt, and hypnotized himself to fall asleep.

Curled up like a turtle.

Qin Chuyang stared at his brother who appeared in front of him, and said aggrievedly, "Guo Guo, you are getting fatter."

Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief that his brother was fine, but there was some surprise in his eyes. Since this woman really let Chu Yang sleep with her, he touched his brother's head with his big hand, and his black eyes stared at the ball curled up in the quilt in the room through the open door, with an unclear meaning.

Qin Chuyang hugged his brother's legs and yawned heavily.

Qin Xiao turned his eyes away and led his brother to his room.

Jiang Tang listened to the noise outside the door, her heart pounding wildly. She felt the person outside the door walking away, so she turned over carefully, lifted the quilt and looked out through the gap. The door was closed and there was no one outside the room.

She threw back the quilt and breathed heavily.

Outside the house, Qin Xiao led his brother into the room and casually pulled the light switch, but there was no electricity.

I found a kerosene lamp by the windowsill, took out a match from my clothes, flicked it and lit the kerosene lamp.

Qin Chuyang followed his brother closely, dazed, with excitement and sleepiness fighting against each other.

The kerosene lamp lit up, and the room became bright. Qin Xiao looked at everything in the room, feeling a little surprised.

The layout of the house was simple, but it was kept clean and everything was neatly arranged. It was definitely not the way it was when he left home.

Who cleaned it?

Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and looked at his brother who was following closely. He put his doubts aside, took out the things he brought from his raincoat, put them on the wooden rack, took off his raincoat and hung it by the door.

He squatted down and looked at Qin Chuyang. The little guy was clean and dressed properly. His little face was rosy and he was a little fatter than when he left home.

Qin Xiao suppressed his surprise, picked up his brother, held him in his arms, and walked to the wooden shelf.

Qin Chuyang put his hands around his brother's neck and muttered, "Pot."

Qin Xiao patted the boy's head with his big hand, "Brother brought peach cakes and meat for Chuyang, and he can eat it tomorrow."

Qin Chuyang looked at the peach cakes, meat and eggs on the wooden shelf and smacked his lips, feeling a little chewy.

Qin Xiao patted the boy's head and said, "Go to sleep well, and you can eat tomorrow."

After saying that, she carried her brother to the bedside and watched the raindrops falling into the basin beside the bed.

The bed was obviously not very sleepable.

Qin Chuyang tilted his head to look at the bed, his head nestled in his brother's neck, and said dazedly, "I can't sleep here, sleep with my sister-in-law."

The sister-in-law my brother was talking about should be that woman.

Qin Xiao frowned. Chu Yang had never been kind to that woman before.

He had only been at the brick factory for half a month. What on earth made his brother call that woman sister-in-law?

But now…

He looked at the bed soaked by raindrops with his black eyes, and went to the next room with Qin Chuyang in his arms.

Bang bang bang.

Jiang Tang sat up in bed in shock and looked out the door. She had already closed the door, so Qin Xiao wouldn't break in.

Didn’t I take Qin Chuyang out to sleep? Why are you back again?

Jiang Tang couldn't help but think about it. Could it be that the kid had told his brother about this? Was Qin Xiao coming to settle the score with him now?

Dong, dong, dong, the sound knocked into her heart. Jiang Tang swallowed and asked loudly, "What's wrong?"

There was silence outside the house for a while, and then the man's cold and hard voice came, "You can't sleep in the house, let Chuyang sleep with you."

There was no way to escape now, Jiang Tang resigned himself to his fate and got out of bed, saying in a dull voice, "Oh, I see."

Qin Xiao, who was outside the house, heard the woman's unhappy tone and frowned.

Jiang Tang opened the door, and a tall shadow swept in from the doorway, bringing with it a chill. She didn't know if it was because of fear or the cold, but her body kept shivering.

Qin Xiao held Qin Chuyang in one hand and held a kerosene lamp in the other.

The woman gradually walked from the shadows into the light, her delicate porcelain-white cheeks reflected in the light, hazy and dim, making the dim light seem a little brighter, with a breathtaking beauty.

Qin Xiao looked away, walked sideways into the room, put the kerosene lamp on the table, and then carried Qin Chuyang to the bed.

The tall and strong figure of the man entered the room, and the empty room suddenly became cramped.

Jiang Tang stared at the man's figure. His hair was short and rough, his facial features were cold and hard, his eyebrows were dark, and he was tall. She felt at first glance that the other person must have a bad temper.

I was terrified.

Still wearing pajamas, Jiang Tang froze at the door, shivering with cold but still standing there motionless.

Qin Xiao turned around and looked at her, his voice emotionless, "Chu Yang will sleep with you."

He left after saying this.

Did he mean to leave? Jiang Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Pot, where are you going?"

Qin Chuyang rubbed his eyes and stared at Qin Xiao with his head tilted, "Guo Guo, don't you want to sleep with me?"

Qin Xiao was stopped by his brother and did not move.

Qin Chuyang blinked his eyes, "Sister-in-law sleeps inside, I sleep in the middle, and Guoguo you sleep on the outside."

He had made all the arrangements and didn't care about the embarrassment of the two adults at all.

Qin Xiao stared at the woman at the door.

Jiang Tang lowered his eyes, crossed his arms, and chuckled twice, "Qin...Qin Xiao, you came back so late, are you hungry?"

Qin Xiao stared at her expressionlessly without saying a word.

Jiang Tang raised his eyes and suddenly met Qin Xiao's gloomy black eyes. It was the first time their eyes met, and Jiang Tang was so scared that he immediately looked away.

Qin Xiao's eyes dimmed slightly. This woman...her eyes changed.

Before, there was disgust and hatred in his eyes, but now... they were watery and clear, with only fear and innocence in them.

What happened during the half month he was away? His brother started to get close to this woman, and this woman also changed.

Jiang Tang shrank up and walked to the bedside, whispering, "Chuyang, your brother is still hungry, can you let him eat first and then sleep with you?"

Qin Chuyang nodded his head in confusion, "Then Guoguo needs to eat."

Jiang Tang didn't say anything else. The atmosphere became stagnant, leaving only the sound of the rain outside the house.

After a while, Qin Xiao walked out of the room and slammed the door.

Jiang Tang felt like she was alive again. She quickly climbed onto the bed, slept on the inside, and held Qin Chuyang in her arms to keep him warm.

Seeing the boy's big eyes, Jiang Tang coaxed him softly, "Chuyang, close your eyes, your brother will be back soon."

Her hand gently covered Qin Chuyang's open eyes.

The boy's sleepiness and nostalgia kept fighting each other, but sleepiness finally won over his reason, and his breathing slowly became steady.

Feeling that the boy had fallen asleep, she swallowed. Qin Xiao was really back. He looked fierce. Jiang Tang's heart was in her throat. She forced herself to close her eyes and hugged the boy to fall asleep.

Until I gradually fell into a deep sleep.

Qin Xiao entered the working room and stared at the clean and tidy room. The cupboard was filled with clean dishes and everything was neatly arranged.

I made myself a bowl of noodles with clear soup and ate it quickly. It was better than eating black-flour steamed buns every day when I worked in the brick factory.

After finishing the meal, he washed the dishes and walked into Jiang Tang's room. The firelight illuminated the two people, one big and one small, lying on the bed, making the scene peaceful and quiet.

My brother was in the woman's arms, sleeping soundly. The woman's curled eyelashes were closed, her porcelain-white cheeks were blushing, her hair was gently spread out, a few strands of hair were scattered on her fair cheeks, and she was sleeping soundly.

Qin Xiao stared for a while before turning off the kerosene lamp and leaving the room.