Chapter 45
Lu Shenxing discovered that there was something unusual about the two brothers more than half a month later. When he returned from a business trip, the house was unusually quiet.
The housekeeper reported truthfully, "The young master went to the stables, and the eldest master has a slight fever and is sleeping in his room."
"Do you have a fever? Have you seen a doctor?" Lu Shenxing paused while taking off his shoes.
The housekeeper said, "I saw it and took medicine."
Lu Shenxing changed into slippers and strode up to the third floor. Shi Changan was his target for this mission. Sometimes he felt that Shi Changan was the one, but just when he was about to believe it, he felt that something was wrong.
When he was mentally prepared to accept that the person did not exist in this world, Shi Changan appeared again, and the familiar feeling directly overturned his newly established cognition.
After going through so much, Lu Shenxing was no longer sure. He thought that if he followed his heart, the answer would appear.
There was no sound in the room. Lu Shen walked to the lower bunk and saw that the quilt was pulled tightly. Even if the person inside hadn't suffocated to death, he would soon be.
He pulled back the quilt. The boy with his eyes closed had an abnormal blush on his face, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his breathing was uneven.
"Chang'an."
"Daddy?" Shi Changan opened his eyelids, his eyes red.
Lu Shenxing put the thermometer in Shi Changan's ear to measure it, frowned, put his arms through his legs and armpits, picked him up from the bed, and walked out quickly.
The housekeeper downstairs took one look and quickly stepped forward, "Master."
"Go prepare the car." Lu Shenxing took the coat handed to him and wrapped Shi Changan in it, letting him lie on his chest.
A faint smell of tobacco lingered in his nose. Shi Chang'an pursed his dry lips, his hot cheeks pressed against Lu Shenxing's chest. His eyelids were heavy and his thoughts were confused.
Lu Shenxing played with the black hair of the boy in his arms, lowered his eyes and watched the soft hair brushing through his fingertips, as if thinking about something.
The butler watched the car leave and sighed. People are biased. Over the years, the young master has always favored the younger master and loved him very much, to the point of fulfilling his every request. He was much colder towards the eldest master.
Just now, the young master was holding the eldest young master, with tension and worry on his face, and he thought he was seeing things.
There were many people in the hospital on weekends. Lu Shenxing watched as the nurse rolled up Shi Changan's sweater sleeves, tied his wrists with rubber bands, and tapped the back of his hands, where blue veins bulged.
"Little boy, relax, it will be fine in a while." The nurse took a cotton swab dipped in iodine and disinfected the back of Shi Changan's hand.
When the needle approached the back of Shi Changan's hand, Lu Shenxing's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, and his eyelids suddenly jumped, "Wait!"
The nurse's hands trembled at the yelling, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Sir, how can you be more scared than your child? In times like this, a parent's job is to comfort and encourage their child."
Shi Changan turned his head to look at the tall man with a serious face, "Daddy, don't be afraid."
"..." Lu Shenxing tilted his head with a twitch at the corner of his mouth. After a minute or two, he asked, "Are you done?"
Shi Changan pursed his lips and smiled, "Yeah."
Before leaving, the nurse glanced at the handsome man and said with a smile, "Your child is very strong."
The implication is that you are not very strong.
Lu Shenxing moved a chair and sat down. He didn't say anything, and Shi Changan also tacitly didn't speak. The ward became quiet for a while.
"Have you ever dyed your hair any other color?" Lu Shenxing asked abruptly, "Like chestnut?"
Shi Changan's eyes flashed with a strong wave, which disappeared in an instant. He said, "Yes."
"When?" Lu Shenxing lowered his voice. He wanted to make sure whether it was before or after he came to this world.
"Quite a few times, I can't remember exactly." Shi Changan looked at the man with the strange expression on his face, "The most recent times were during the winter vacation."
Lu Shenxing suddenly stared at Shi Changan, and it didn't take long for his eyes to change from complicated to clear.
"Do you like listening to stories? Daddy has a story, do you want to hear it?"
"Daddy, I'm a little sleepy." Shi Changan yawned, "Can you tell me next time?"
"...Okay." Lu Shenxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The emotions that had just been brewing disappeared just like that.
After getting the answer he wanted, Shi Changan fell asleep peacefully, as if someone was holding his hand. The temperature was very familiar and he liked it very much.
Shi Changle came back tired from playing outside, and was stunned when he heard what the housekeeper said, "What happened to my brother?"
Being sick can be fatal. His impression of the hospital is all the shadow left over from his childhood. He was ignorant and fearless. He was not afraid then, but he became more afraid as he grew older.
"He has a fever. The young master is in the hospital." The butler handed him the juice.
Shi Changle was unusually quiet. Was his brother's health failing again? He shuddered. Could it be the same as when he was a child?
That night, Shi Changle didn't sleep well. He rolled around in bed, and finally rolled onto the ground.
Lu Shenxing slept very well, and Shi Changan also slept for a long time under the effect of the medicine.
Ever since that day, the housekeeper felt that the young master and the two younger masters had become very strange. He couldn't explain why, but he just felt that something was going to happen. He told his servants not to gossip about them behind their backs, and he also became more cautious himself.
Not long after, Shi Yiwei brought Liu Daliang to play. The housekeeper asked the servants to prepare. The sun was shining and the breeze was warm, and they gathered together to have a barbecue.
Lu Shenxing sprinkled cumin powder on the mutton and put it on the rack to roast.
"Hey, Daliang, what did mom tell you? Don't take your cousin Changle's things!" Shi Yiwei stopped Liu Daliang who was holding on to Shi Changle's favorite racing car model.
"I get it. You're so nagging!" Liu Daliang returned it to Shi Changle reluctantly. He really didn't understand why his mother liked this little brat so much. He went to another child sitting alone on the side, and when he saw what the other child was holding, he exclaimed.
"Changan, is this grasshopper for me?"
"No." Shi Changan was weaving the straw rope slowly and methodically, his fingers nimbly.
Liu Daliang muttered, "Stingy!" After a while, he said, "Changan, your hands are so beautiful, even more slender than my girlfriend's."
Shi Changan said, "Cousin, go play with Changle."
"It's not fun. He's just a little ancestor. If I don't take good care of him, my mother will beat me. I'm going to play games." Liu Daliang touched Shi Changan's face and ran away.
In a corner where no one could see, Shi Chang'an had a grim look on his face. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his face hard.
The aroma of meat fills the air, the fat seeps out, and smoke rises from the sizzling meat.
"Changle has become a bit willful because we've spoiled him these past few years, but he's still a child after all." Shi Yiwei's eyes were filled with fondness. "Who else should we spoil if not him?"
What about Changan? Lu Shenxing looked at Shi Changan, who had his back to him. Shi Yiwei seemed to have noticed something and said, "Aze, don't be confused."
"If the hematopoietic stem cells hadn't been extracted from Changle back then, Chang'an wouldn't be alive today." Shi Yiwei turned the sausage over. "It's only right for him to give in a little, and he must."
A shadow instantly appeared on Lu Shenxing's brow. He admitted that Shi Changle was very outstanding, but his shortcomings were equally prominent.
He doesn’t know how to share with others, he only knows how to take and is unwilling to give.
The favoritism of the original owner Shi Ze, the doting of relatives, the indebtedness and obedience of Shi Changan, the praise of teachers, and the admiration of classmates gave Shi Changle too much sense of superiority.
Everyone is selfish, but if it exceeds the limit, it becomes a disease.
"At that time, Changle really loved his brother and cried out to save him." Shi Yiwei gathered her wine-red shawl and said in a somewhat harsh tone, "Although he was born a few minutes earlier, Changan is still the older brother. If you ask me, he didn't do well enough."
Under Lu Shenxing's gloomy gaze, Shi Yiwei continued, "When I came here, I saw Changle was unhappy. This is all his brother's fault. And you, Aze, what's wrong with you? You don't even try to comfort Changle."
The whole world should revolve around Shi Changle, right?
Lu Shenxing stood up and left. If he didn't leave, his three views would be refreshed.
"What are you making up?"
A voice sounded above his head, and Shi Changan smiled shyly and said, "Grasshopper, Daddy, do you like it?"
"I like it." Lu Shenxing stretched out his finger and gently scratched the tip of his nose. "Do you want to give it to Daddy?"
Shi Changan was stunned, as he made a mistake in the next step.
The housekeeper hurried over and said that the young master was sneezing and might have caught a cold.
Why did he sneeze and come to me? Lu Shenxing said coldly, "Uncle Zhang, you've been working in the Shi family for many years. Even if I don't tell you some things, you can still figure it out, right?"
The housekeeper swallowed and said, "Yes, Uncle Zhang understands."
Seeing the housekeeper walk away, Shi Changan restrained his expression and asked casually, "Daddy, don't you want to go and take a look?"
"Don't you like daddy to accompany you?" Lu Shenxing raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Shi Changan remained silent and lowered his head to continue weaving grasshoppers.
"Changle needs to grow up on his own." Lu Shenxing said meaningfully, "You don't have to follow him."
People say that children are ignorant, but in fact, children sometimes know more than adults. In their world, black is black and white is white, there is no gray.
Shi Changle occupies a very important position in Shi Changan's life. They depended on each other in the orphanage. After being taken back by the original owner Shi Ze, they went from quarreling to one-sided tolerance. In addition to competing for favor, there was also that long treatment.
Whether it is Shi Changle or Shi Changan, that is their heart knot.
Lu Shenxing stared at the child beside him. If he wanted to change Shi Changan's fate, he would probably have to find a way to figure out his thoughts.
When Shi Yiwei took Liu Daliang away, he also took away a set of tea sets that Lu Shenxing had bought a few days ago, and did not forget to criticize Lu Shenxing.
"Aze, spend more time with Changle and buy him whatever he wants."
Lu Shenxing closed his eyes and suppressed the urge to get angry.
One day, Shi Changan and Shi Changle were going home from school. Lu Shenxing couldn't come because of something, so he asked them to wait for the driver on the roadside.
After going out, Shi Changle complained about the large number of test papers. Shi Changan was holding a half-drunk green tea. His casual glance suddenly froze, and a van from the opposite direction crashed towards them.
Amid the shrill honking of horns, Shi Changan pushed Shi Changle away and was knocked away.
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