Chapter 46
Lin Shuge turned his head slowly. He seemed to hear Zhongxuan's voice. Could it be an auditory hallucination?
It was not until he heard the word "brother" again that he reacted. He stared blankly at Xie Chen leading a horse towards him. He had a handsome face and a fierce aura.
After Xie Chen approached, he asked softly, "Why isn't my brother at the county office today? I went to the county office and asked the officers and found out that my brother was out."
He looked at Wei Huan beside him with a scrutinizing look in his eyes. Wei Huan moved uncomfortably under such a stare.
"Is this the head of the guard tunnel?"
Lin Shuge hurriedly said, "Zhongxuan, this is the son of the Wei envoy."
Xie Chen bowed to him and said, "Zhonggusui Wei Zhongxuan greets you, sir."
Wei Huan saw him politely, as if the look just now was an illusion. "I was just telling your brother about you, but I didn't expect that Captain Wei Sui would act so quickly."
"Brother, do you know that I'm coming back?" Xie Chen asked casually with his eyes moving slightly.
"I just found out," he looked at Wei Huan, "Please forgive me, my brother is tired from the journey, I have to go home and prepare for him to have a good rest, I am afraid I can't accompany you anymore."
Wei Huan was easy to talk to. "Well, go ahead. But you broke my promise this time. You have to make it up to me next time."
Lin Shuge was very happy at this time. After Wen Sheng agreed, he took Xie Chen home.
Wei Huan was wearing new clothes, standing at the street corner, watching the two people walking side by side. The roadside was full of pink peach blossoms and green willows, and peach blossoms were falling all over the ground. Xie Chen reached out and took the peach blossoms off Lin Shuge's hair. Lin Shuge was not angry at all. Instead, he curled his lips, with a bit of tenderness in his eyes and eyebrows, and touched the other's hair.
He suddenly felt a tightness in his chest and turned back.
Xie Chen was very happy here. The annoying guy was gone, and his brother devoted all his attention to him again. All the fatigue from rushing day and night to get home seemed to have disappeared.
He stopped Lin Shuge who was about to go to the kitchen and said, "Brother, I'm not hungry, I'm just a little tired."
"Are you tired? Do you want to take a rest? I've been cleaning your room." Lin Shuge was afraid that Xie Chen would come back suddenly, so he would often clean his room. However, since no one had lived there for a long time, the heated kang might be a little damp, so he had to get rid of the moisture.
"Brother, please talk to me. We haven't seen each other for a while." There was deep longing in his eyes.
Lin Shuge looked at the scar on his face and raised his hand to stroke it gently. "Swords and knives have no eyes on the battlefield. If you hadn't insisted on going, I..."
"Brother, this minor injury is not a big deal." He rubbed Lin Shuge's hand gently.
Seeing him moving as usual, Lin Shuge chuckled. He looked a lot taller, but still liked to act like a spoiled child.
"By the way, brother, where are Ayuan and Axuan? Why can't I see them?" He actually returned home first, and thought that Lin Qingyuan and Lin Xuan must be at home, but the courtyard door was locked and no one was there.
"They went to school. The academy stipulates that they can only go home for a day off every month. Hmm? You came back at the right time. Tomorrow is a day off." It's a good time for the family to reunite.
He remembered something and asked, "How long can you stay this time?"
Xie Chen was packing his luggage, but stopped when he heard this. "The army is busy with fighting, so I may not be able to stay for long. Captain Zhao heard that Ganzhou County has new farm tools, so he wanted to send someone to take a look. He knew I was from Ganzhou, and since I was young and had never been home, he sent me here."
There is no doubt that the new farm tools are the work of my brother.
Lin Shuge thought that although the Duwei Mansion was a military unit parallel to the County Magistrate's Mansion, it had always had the habit of cultivating land. When they heard that there were new farm tools here, they might have asked the County Magistrate's Mansion first. No wonder Wei Huan knew the news about Zhongxuan.
But, just a few days?
Lin Shuge sighed in his heart, but said, "Then take a good rest when you come back in the next few days."
Xie Chen took something out of his bag, looked at Lin Shuge, and said a little embarrassedly, "Brother."
Lin Shuge turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
When he saw Xie Chen handing him something, he pursed his lips slightly, his eyes a little vague, "This is for you."
What? Why that expression? Are you trying to scare me?
He opened the box with doubts, but saw a piece of mutton-fat jade inside. It had a delicate luster, soft texture, and was warm to the touch. There was a cute rabbit carved on it.
Why is it the rabbit again? He took off the hairpin in his hair, which was also a rabbit. It was obviously carved by one person.
Xie Chen's ears turned red as he waited patiently for Lin Shuge's reaction, only to see him comparing the jade pendant and the hairpin.
In fact, when Xie Chen saw Lin Shuge, he noticed the jade hairpin in his hair, and a warm feeling surged in his heart, "Brother, what are you doing?"
"Zhong Xuan, you also have this skill." If he opened an account in modern times, with Zhong Xuan's looks and skills, he would definitely gain a large number of fans.
Xie Chen didn't wait for the desired response, and took the initiative to ask: "Brother, do you like it?"
"Of course I like it. I like everything you give me." He originally wanted to hang it around his waist, but was afraid that it would be damaged, so he took out a red rope from his suitcase, strung it together, and hung the jade pendant around his neck. He admired it for a while, thought about it, and put it back into his clothes.
When Xie Chen saw his actions, his eyes looked a little unnatural. He quickly made an excuse that he was covered in dust and needed to go out to wash, and ran out.
"Wait, take a rest first, I'll boil some water for you." He reminded from behind.
"No, I can do it myself."
Why is this kid running? Seeing him run out without looking back, Lin Shuge shook his head and followed him to the kitchen. In the past, he just ate casually when he was alone, but today, since Zhongxuan was coming back, he had to cook something more sumptuous.
Xie Chen lay in the bathtub with a slightly relaxed expression. He looked at the furnishings in the room and found that there were many more things than before.
This is my brother's room. I was going to take a shower in his room just now, but my brother said that he hasn't been back for such a long time and the room is as cold as an ice cellar without the heating, so I should just take a shower in his room.
Xie Chen had been sleeping in the open air all the way home without sleeping all night. Now that he was in a familiar environment, he felt a little drowsy after soaking in the warm water.
Lin Shuge outside the door saw that he had not moved, and wanted to ask him if he wanted more water, "Zhongxuan, do you want more water?"
After waiting for a long time and hearing no response from Xie Chen, he was afraid something might happen, so he pushed open the half-closed door.
The winter in the northwest is still cold, so charcoal was added to the house so that Lin Shuge could feel the warmth as soon as he came in.
Xie Chen in the room fell asleep with his head tilted against the bathtub. Lin Shuge knew that he was indeed tired. He reached out and touched the water in the bathtub. It was already cold. Afraid that he would catch a cold, Lin Shuge quickly pushed him.
"Zhongxuan, wake up."
Xie Chen slightly opened his eyes and saw that it was Lin Shuge. His consciousness gradually returned and he suddenly stood up from the bucket. But then he remembered that he was not wearing any clothes, so he shrank back in a panic.
The noise was so loud that water splashed all over the two of them.
"Brother, I didn't mean it."
Lin Shuge didn't say anything. He only saw the criss-crossing wounds on Xie Chen's body. Some of them had faded, leaving only the marks of fans, and some were obviously not healed well.
There was a dark scar on his chest, which was obviously caused by a sharp weapon. It was like a deep groove. Lin Shuge's fingers trembled slightly as he reached out to touch the scar.
Xie Chen reacted immediately, he turned his back and said, "Brother, can you please go out first? I need to change my clothes."
Lin Shuge's eyes were filled with tears, and his voice was trembling. "I've seen it all, why don't you let me see it?"
Xie Chen could tell something was wrong with his voice, and without thinking too much, he turned around and said, "Brother, I'm fine. How can I not have injuries after fighting? Actually..."
When his eyes met Lin Shuge and he saw the deep expression of heartache on Lin Shuge's face that could not be melted away by words, he was speechless.
Lin Shuge reached out and touched the winding scar. He could still remember how shocking it was at that time. He raised his head and asked carefully, "Does it still hurt?"
Xie Chen was afraid that he would worry, so he said casually: "It doesn't hurt anymore. The medicine my brother sent is very effective."
Lin Shuge thought: It must have been very painful at that time.
Xie Chen changed the subject and said, "The situation was critical at the time, and I could only fight the barbarian head-on. But brother, he was no match for me. Although he slashed me with his sword, he still died under my spear."
"By the way, brother, the blueprint you sent... has been made, and the effect is remarkable. Even the newly enlisted soldiers can quickly get familiar with the combat."
Seeing that he avoided her gaze and looked like he didn't want to talk about it, Lin Shuge angrily rubbed his slightly wet hair and said, "Come out to eat when you're done washing."
"Zhongxuan, promise me that you won't hurt yourself like this in the future."
After saying that, he slammed the door.
Xie Chen was left feeling uneasy. Is his brother still angry?
By the time he arrived at the main hall, Lin Shuge's expression had calmed down a lot. There was food on the table, and the two of them were actually setting up like a whole family having a meal.
"It smells so good. Thank you for your hard work, brother." Xie Chen said sweetly.
Lin Shuge raised his eyelids and sighed in his heart, wondering why he was angry with him.
He looked at Xie Chen's thin face and said, "Eat. You'll have a good rest when you get back. You've lost a lot of weight."
Xie Chen hadn't eaten anything along the way and was very hungry. He nodded happily when he heard this, sat down, picked up his bowl and started eating, finishing the meal in no time.
Lin Shuge looked at his actions, feeling distressed, and poured all the ribs on the plate into his bowl, "Eat more, there's more in the pot if you don't have enough."
Xie Chen ate several bowls of rice in a row, and Lin Shuge was afraid that he would have indigestion after eating too much. "Save some room for dinner. If you eat too much, you will feel bloated when you sleep tonight."
Xie Chen nodded, "Brother, no need, I'm full."
Seeing Lin Shuge cleaning up, he helped carry the dishes to the kitchen. Lin Shuge tied an apron and pushed him out, "Go and have a rest after you finish eating. I'll do it."
Xie Chen didn't move at all. "I'll help you. It's just right for digestion."
Thinking of the amount of food he had just eaten, Lin Shuge could only say, "Okay."
The two worked together and quickly washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. Lin Shuge closed the kitchen door and said to Xie Chen, "Sleep in my room tonight. Your room has been unoccupied for a long time and is very damp."
Xie Chen nodded hesitantly and followed him into the room. The room was very warm. Lin Shuge looked at Xie Chen who was standing there stupidly. "What's wrong? Are you not used to sleeping with me?"
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