Chapter 79
Lin Shuge was sleeping soundly when he felt a warmth on his face. He opened his eyes and saw Xiaobai sitting on his chest. As soon as he saw him wake up, he started meowing non-stop.
No wonder I felt a little chest tightness. Fortunately, Xiaobai was not heavy. If he was like the little pigs raised in later generations, he would have been sat to death.
Seeing that he didn't move, Xiaobai patted his face with his paw. Lin Shuge now knew what the warmth on his face meant. Normally, he would have gotten up long ago and would not let this little ancestor go hungry. It was a little late today, no wonder he came to call him.
He moved, but felt a tightening around his waist, a hand holding him tightly. He struggled, but another hand reached out and hugged him tightly.
"Zhongxuan, wake up quickly."
When Xie Chen heard Lin Shuge's voice, he thought he was dreaming, "Be good, don't move."
"Wei Zhongxuan, get up." Lin Shuge pulled his ear and said angrily.
Xie Chen was awakened, and as soon as he opened his eyes he saw the posture of the two people. He was so frightened that he let go of Lin Shuge and jumped back a long distance.
"Brother, I..."
"Who do you think I am?" Lin Shuge asked while putting on his clothes, but he didn't notice that Xie Chen looked embarrassed and his face was red.
"No, no one? I haven't woken up yet. I'm going to my room to sleep for a while." After saying that, he ran away.
Lin Shuge and the hungry Xiaobai were left staring at each other.
"Do you know what happened to your brother?" Lin Shuge asked Xiaobai.
Xiaobai meowed twice.
"You don't know either? Okay, I'll cook for you first." He picked up Xiaobai and walked towards the kitchen.
Doctor Wu’s medicine was indeed effective. After taking it and taking a nap, he felt refreshed and hummed a song while making cat food for Xiaobai.
Unexpectedly, Xie Chen sneaked into the room. He walked to the door and said, "Zhong Xuan, what are you doing? Come over for dinner later."
Xie Chen froze, "Brother, don't worry about me, I'll be out soon." After saying that, he carried something into his room.
"It's weird, Xiaobai, your brother is becoming more and more rebellious."
After Lin Shuge finished feeding Xiaobai and brought out breakfast, he saw the wet clothes and pants hanging in front of Xie Chen's door. Then he understood and his face suddenly felt hot.
It's normal for a teenager. No wonder he was avoiding me this morning. He just said he had something to do and left without having breakfast.
Considering that adolescents are generally thin-skinned, he should just pretend that he was blind and didn't see it, Lin Shuge thought sympathetically.
He walked into the room with the meal, but saw a bowl of medicine on the table, still steaming. It seemed that Zhongxuan had boiled it in the yard before going out. No wonder there was a smell of medicine so early in the morning.
After having breakfast and taking medicine, Lin Shuge curled up on the warm kang and continued reading the notes he had not finished yesterday.
This section of the notebook records the scenery outside the Great Wall, with the sound of camel bells, the desert appearing golden under the sun, and the colorful clouds in the sky, interweaving with the endless yellow sand to form a magnificent scenery.
In fact, this paragraph was his own thought, and he only wrote down a few sentences in his notes.
Lin Shuge watched for a while and then fell asleep. Xiaobai was playing with the ball of yarn that was already scarred beside him.
This was the scene Xie Chen saw when he came back. He calmed himself down, picked up the notebook that had slipped from Lin Shuge's hand, and covered himself with the quilt that he had kicked off.
The sleeve suddenly felt heavy, and when he looked down, he saw that Xiaobai had dropped the ball of yarn and was concentrating on biting his sleeve. This piece of clothes was new, not as convenient as the tights, with wide cuffs and a few cloud patterns embroidered on them.
Seeing that Xiaobai was about to be hooked, Xie Chen reached out and lifted him up. Xiaobai was suddenly suspended in the air and started meowing.
Xie Chen thought to himself that something was wrong, and the next moment Lin Shuge opened his eyes, "Zhongxuan, you're back, what are you doing?"
Xie Chen put Xiao Bai down awkwardly and avoided his eyes, "Nothing."
"Huh? Is it being naughty again?" Lin Shuge glanced at Xiaobai who was still secretly hooking Xie Chen's sleeve with his claws, and immediately understood.
"Xiaobai, stop teasing me."
Xie Chen coughed, and Lin Shuge tried to be more fierce, "If you keep doing this, you won't be allowed to eat today... No, it can't miss any meal." He turned around and looked at Xie Chen, "How about punishing it by making it perform the kitten bowing for you."
"Will it?"
"Won't."
Xie Chen was so angry that he laughed. He raised his head and touched his forehead. "It's not hot anymore. I'll go cook. Brother, you can play with it."
"Hey, Zhongxuan, are you angry?" Lin Shuge tried his best to stop Xiaobai who wanted to follow Xie Chen.
"No." I'm not one of those jealous people.
Lin Shuge touched Xiaobai's chin to calm it down, frowning in thought. According to Zhongxuan's previous personality, he didn't make trouble with him. Could it be that he didn't want to argue with the cat, or that he had grown up and was no longer as insecure as before?
This is really a bit hard to get used to.
He suddenly felt a little restless. He had slept too much today and didn't want to lie down at the moment. He put Xiaobai down, got up and walked to the kitchen.
Xie Chen was sitting at the kitchen door boiling medicine, fanning himself while thinking about what happened in the morning, and guessing what Lin Shuge was thinking.
Ever since I met my brother, he has always been a little too nice to me. Now when I think about how I used to get jealous and angry because of those who got close to my brother, but my brother never got angry and even patiently coaxed me, how could I not like him?
Or do you still treat yourself as a child?
Xie Chen felt depressed and slapped his men even faster.
"Zhongxuan, the water is about to overflow." Lin Shuge had actually been here for a long time. Seeing that he was still in a daze, he felt helpless. It was really hard to guess what was in the mind of a young man.
When Xie Chen heard his voice, he immediately stood up in a panic and was about to lift the lid with his hands.
"Don't move." Lin Shuge pulled his hand away, removed the lid with a cloth, and looked at Xie Chen's right hand carefully. Seeing that it was a little red from the heat, he blew on it gently.
Xie Chen stared blankly at him with his eyes downcast and blowing air, and asked, "Brother, do you like me?"
He regretted the words as soon as they came out of his mouth, "No, I mean... I mean you think I..." He was so anxious that he didn't know what to do. He tried desperately to make amends, but found that he was still tongue-tied.
"I like it, why are you so nervous?" Lin Shuge said indifferently.
“Brother, what did you say?” Xie Chen grabbed his hand with his backhand, his eyes shining with stars, like a person who had found his life-saving straw.
"What's the big deal? I like not only you, but also Ayuan and Axuan..."
A look of dejection flashed across Xie Chen's eyes. It was indeed so.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so bad?"
Xie Chen took a few steps back, poured the medicine into a bowl, covered it with a cloth, and handed it to him, "Brother, be careful of the heat. I'm going to cook."
Lin Shuge was holding the medicine, his head full of question marks. He didn't look angry, but he suddenly remembered what happened in the morning. Could it be that there was someone he really liked, and he didn't know what to do, so he wanted to learn from him?
Zhongxuan is also at the age where he should get married. Although he is still a minor, I can help him solve his emotional problems first.
Lin Shuge, who felt that he had to take on the responsibility of being an older brother, followed him into the kitchen with the medicine.
Xie Chen didn't even turn his head, "Brother, the kitchen is too messy right now, you go out first."
Lin Shuge stared at him intently, and when he saw that he was avoiding his gaze, he smiled knowingly and asked, "Do you have someone you like?"
The shovel in Xie Chen's hand fell to the ground.
Lin Shuge took a look and it seemed to be true. He smiled kindly and said, "Come on, tell me about it."
"Say...what?"
"Of course, what kind of person she is and what her family background is like, but we haven't figured it out yet, so we'll talk about that later. What stage are you two at now? Are you already talking about marriage?"
Seeing that he was very excited, Xie Chen tried to find a trace of the emotion he wanted from his face, but found that there was none at all. He gave up and said, "He doesn't like me."
"Don't like? How is that possible? My Zhongxuan has good character and good looks, who wouldn't like you?" Lin Shuge said indignantly.
"Really? But he thinks I'm too young." Xie Chen said dejectedly.
"How could that be? Being younger has its own advantages. How can I not choose someone like you who is caring, talkative and humorous?"
Younger? Xie Chen thought about the word carefully. He had never heard of it before, but he could understand it.
He further asked: "If it was your brother, would you choose me too?"
Lin Shuge felt strange, but fearing that he lacked confidence, he still coaxed him, "Of course."
"Don't forget what you said today, brother." Xie Chen looked straight at him, his eyes burning with emotions surging in them.
Lin Shuge felt uneasy when he was looked at by him. He was supposed to help solve emotional problems, but how come he ended up with him?
He had no choice but to find an excuse to go out.
Xie Chen looked at his fleeing figure, as if thinking about something, and smiled with a determined look on his face.
Lin Shuge walked into the yard and then he remembered that he was holding the medicine in his hand. It was almost cold when he was interrupted. He frowned and swallowed the medicine in one gulp. It was so bitter that his tongue was numb.
A hand stretched out from behind him and handed him a few candies like magic, "I bought them when I went out today, but I forgot to give them to you."
Before Lin Shuge could react, Xie Chen had already pinched the candy coating and fed it to his mouth, "Brother, open your mouth."
Lin Shuge pursed his lips a little embarrassedly, "I...I can do it myself."
Xie Chen said, "Brother, are you sorry? Didn't you feed me before?"
That's because you were injured, and it's not that exaggerated, right?
Under Xie Chen's fiery and expectant gaze, Lin Shuge could only open his mouth and bite off the candy very quickly, "Okay, go cook, I'll pick some peppers."
Xie Chen was pushed forward a few steps by him. He turned his head and saw that the tip of his ear was red. He knew that he couldn't tease him anymore, so he changed the topic and said, "I haven't seen the peppers that brother mentioned in the letter."
Lin Shuge was a simple-minded person, and as usual, he took him to see the peppers he grew.
"Zhongxuan, come and have a look. These rows of peppers are what I asked a foreign merchant to find. You will definitely like them if you try them today. Bring some seeds with you when you leave. The Duwei Mansion has military farms, and planting a few rows of them will also be delicious."
Xie Chen nodded.
"Also, the Duwei Mansion is closer to the Western Regions. You should always keep an eye on foreign merchants to see if anyone has seen a crop with brown egg-shaped roots. This crop is drought-resistant, easy to grow, and has a high yield."
There has been no news about Dabu, so he can only cast a wide net and ask Xie Chen to help look for him.
"Brother, how do you know about this crop? From your description, it seems like you have seen it before. Brother seems to know a lot of things that I have never heard of." Xie Chen looked at him with sharp eyes without blinking.
"I've seen it before. No, I've heard about it from someone."
"Okay, then I'll help my brother find it." Xie Chen said, pinching a chili leaf.
Lin Shuge thought to himself: This brat is becoming increasingly difficult to fool.
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