Chapter 45 What's the Relationship
"Yes!" Wei Shan clapped his folding fan against his palm. "She's good-looking. It's hard to find someone with that appearance in the whole of Dalang."
Du Huaizhi responded with an awkward smile, "You came here just to help deliver the gifts?"
"Of course not." Wei Shan said kindly, "I wanted to come and see what Brother Li's wife looks like, but I didn't expect it to be Miss Du. What a pity."
"You don't hide anything at all." Such outspokenness made her, a shameless person, feel embarrassed.
"Of course, given the relationship between Wei and Miss Du." Wei Shan raised his eyebrows.
"Cough." Wangduan suddenly coughed lightly.
Wei Shan turned to look at him. Du Huaizhi also had a strange look in his eyes. "Why..." Before he could finish his words, a hand came over his shoulder. A creepy breath spread up his spine, and Wei Shan's body trembled, and he kept swallowing.
"What's the relationship?" A voice rang out above his head, and a drop of sweat appeared on Wei Shan's temple and slid down. He pretended to be calm, turned around, and smiled.
"Why are you back, Brother Li?"
Li Siyu didn't answer. He looked at Du Huaizhi and then at Wei Shan. "How come I didn't know when your relationship became so good?"
"We are confidants. There is no gender distinction between confidants. Who doesn't have a few confidants in this world? Brother Li, are you jealous of this?" Wei Shan said this, but what he was thinking in his heart: You are so petty, be careful that your wife will not want you.
Du Huaizhi: “…”
She bet that the two of them were definitely not on the same wavelength. To avoid being caught in the crossfire, Du Huaizhi patted Du Ruozhi's hand and said, "Let's go see the little rabbit you raised."
Du Ruozhi was eager to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible, so she pulled Du Huaizhi away without saying a word.
When they got outside, Du Ruozhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. As they walked, she tugged at Du Huaizhi's sleeve and shook it, "Sister, when are you going to leave?"
"The day after tomorrow."
"So fast?" Du Ruozhi's face suddenly fell, and her eyes began to turn red again.
"It's not like we won't see each other anymore. If you want, you can come and play with me anytime." Du Huaizhi pinched her little face, her hands felt soft.
Du Ruozhi frowned slightly but did not resist, "Sister, can you sleep with me for the next two days?" Her big watery eyes were sparkling with stars, making Du Huaizhi unable to bear to refuse.
"Okay." Du Huaizhi took the opportunity to pinch her again, accidentally leaving a red mark on her face before stopping.
"Hey - my wife ran away."
Here, Wei Shan sat in the same position where Du Huaizhi had originally sat, playing with the empty teacup in his hand over and over again.
Li Siyu sneered, sat down next to him, and went forward to pour tea.
"Better than you being alone till now."
"It's no fun if you talk like that." Wei Shan looked hurt. "I can't help it. I haven't met anyone I like. I originally thought Miss Du was quite pleasing to the eye, but it's a pity that you got there first."
The teacup in Li Siyu's hand cracked with a crack, and his eyes darkened visibly. "How dare you say that?"
Wei Shan was not afraid. "I have always been honest, unlike the other two who are either secretive and don't like to talk, or they appear and disappear mysteriously, and you can't even see them all year round."
Hearing this, Li Siyu's arrogance inexplicably subsided a bit, "I really gave you a chance and you couldn't grasp it."
Wei Shan blinked, "What do you mean?"
"nothing."
"..." I hate people who leave things unfinished. "By the way, why are you back so early? Didn't your great dad take you to meet everyone?"
"It's just a formality, it's boring." Li Siyu changed the cup and refilled it with tea.
Wei Shan raised an eyebrow, "Do they recognize you as the Crown Prince of Cheng?"
Before Li Cunjiu became the regent, his title was King Cheng. As his only son, Li Siyu was the Crown Prince of Cheng. However, the decree of enthronement had not yet come down, so he was temporarily called Master Li.
"I didn't recognize you at first." Li Siyu glanced at him with a smile.
The sudden birth of a legitimate son to the powerful Regent caused considerable controversy. The imperial family had a limited lineage, with the emperor having only one daughter and one son. As the emperor's only son, Li Zixian defied public opinion and secured the throne of Crown Prince from birth.
Although Li Cunjiu was powerful, Li Zixian's position was still difficult to shake. After all, the throne had to have a younger generation of heirs.
But after Li Siyu showed up, things changed drastically. Although no one has thought about it in that direction yet, that does not include those extremely small number of voices.
At first, the old ministers who followed Li Cunjiu had doubts about Li Siyu, but after Li Cunjiu brought him to make an official appearance, those doubts immediately disappeared.
All I can say is, they look alike, too alike. Even if they were cast from the same mold as Li Cunjiu, they wouldn't look this similar. There's no need to explain too much; just the fact that Li Siyu stood there was enough.
Wei Shan smiled knowingly.
…
That night, the two sisters lay in the same bed. Du Ruozhi clung to Du Huaizhi like an octopus, afraid that she would run away if she let go.
"Sister." Du Ruozhi called in the darkness.
"Yeah." Du Huaizhi responded softly.
"Sister." She called again.
"Um."
"Sister."
"...Yeah." Du Huaizhi was a little helpless, "Just say whatever you want to say."
Du Ruozhi was silent for a few breaths, "You are not my real sister, right?"
Du Huaizhi was stunned and turned to look at her. Even in the darkness, her eyes were still clear and bright. Du Huaizhi knew that he could not deceive her and did not deny it. "When did you see that?"
"On the night I met my elder sister," Du Ruozhi said softly, "Although my elder sister wasn't very kind to me, she wasn't that cold, that harsh, or that protective of me."
Du Huaizhi's heart trembled. She didn't expect that the silly Du Ruzhi had seen through everything.
"Then why don't you expose me?"
Du Ruozhi snuggled into her arms and said, "Because I prefer this older sister now." She paused, "Besides, I know that the real older sister has already..."
Moonlight filtered through the window screen, casting shadows on the bed. Du Huaizhi didn't know what to say for a moment, so he gently stroked Du Ruozhi's hair and asked, "Then do you know who I am?"
Du Ruozhi shook her head, "I don't know."
"Then you want to know?"
"I don't want to." Du Ruozhi answered without hesitation.
"Why?"
Du Ruozhi was silent for a few breaths again. "Sister is Sister. As long as I recognize her, no matter who she is, she is my sister, my relative."
Du Ruozhi felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. It was the first time someone had ever called her "family."
"Zhizhi."
"Hmm?" Du Ruozhi was nervous, afraid of getting a bad response.
"You're taking advantage of me."
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