Chapter 56: Forget it, it's not a brother-sister relationship, but a love between a man and a woman? ...
The Sheng family is busy on both ends.
Mr. Sheng sent someone to invite Jiang Keyu, but only Lu'an came.
"The young lady at home was frightened and is clinging to my husband and won't let go. He really can't leave, so I hope Mr. Sheng will forgive me."
After saying this, Liu'an left.
Old Sheng sighed, his face full of worry.
Not long after, another servant came to report, "The You family sent someone to say that the marriage between their young master and our young lady is no longer considered. I hope the old man will forgive me."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Sheng sighed and waved his hand tiredly to indicate that he understood.
On the other side, in the ancestral hall, there were constant curses.
Sheng Qinyin, who was kneeling below, looked numb.
"What a fool you've done!" Madam Sheng was furious. "That young man from the You family was never worthy of a girl from the Sheng family, and now even they look down on you! They're afraid you'll get involved with us!"
She was anxious and annoyed. "That shrew humiliated you in public. Now everyone thinks you're vicious and cruel. What man would dare to marry you?"
"Then I won't marry!" Sheng Qinyin couldn't stand it anymore.
"Not getting married? Are you planning to let the Sheng family support you for the rest of your life?"
Madam Sheng thought she was being unreasonable. "Jiang Keyu is already putting pressure on your brothers. If they don't punish you, your brothers' careers will be over! You won't marry? When your grandfather is gone, when your parents are gone, which brother do you think will be willing to support you?"
"Deal with me?" Sheng Qiyin sneered, "How does he want my brother to deal with me? Kill me?"
Madam Sheng was so angry that her chest felt tight. "Look at yourself now! You still don't think you're wrong, right?"
Sheng Qinyin bit her lip and remained silent stubbornly.
Old Sheng sat alone in the front hall for a quarter of an hour, then slowly walked to the ancestral hall with the help of a cane.
Sheng Qiyin seemed to have seen a life-saving straw. She stood up and ran over, shouting, "Grandfather!"
Old Sheng stopped at the door of the ancestral hall, looked at his granddaughter's praying eyes, and was speechless for a long time.
Finally, unable to conceal his heartache, he said, "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Baiyun Temple in the suburbs and practice asceticism with your hair uncut."
"Practice hardship..." Sheng Qiyin was stunned. "Grandfather! Don't you love Yin'er anymore? How could you bear to let Yin'er go to that kind of place alone! And suffer that kind of hardship!"
"It's because I love you too much that you have become like this!" Old Sheng shook his head repeatedly.
Sheng Qiyin shook her head, her eyes red, and she knelt down and cried, "No, Yin'er didn't do that. Yin'er just did something wrong for a moment. Yin'er will change! Grandfather, Grandfather! Please don't abandon Yin'er!"
Old Sheng's face was filled with melancholy. He said in a deep voice, "Now that your brothers have all suffered, Grandfather can't always favor you. Go there and spend two years calming down to temper your character. When the storm has passed, Grandfather will send someone to bring you back."
"No! I don't want it!"
Seeing her grandfather so determined, Sheng Qinyin felt like the sky was falling.
Should she go to Baiyun Temple to practice asceticism? Should she be sent to the wilderness to become a nun?
You can see what your future life will be like at a glance.
Resentment gradually filled her eyes. "You were the one who said he was a good person! You were the one who promised him to marry me! You said it yourself!"
Mr. Sheng was in a trance when he heard this.
"Sheng Qiyin!" Madam Sheng shouted, "How dare you speak to your grandfather like that!"
"What did I say wrong?" Sheng Qinyin stood up, tears streaming down her face. "You don't even consider me. You don't even care about me! All the wrong things I did were forced upon me by you. You have no right to blame me!"
"You, bastard!" Mrs. Sheng scolded.
Mr. Sheng opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and in an instant, he seemed to have aged ten years.
*
At night, Song Baoyuan sat on the inside of the bed in her pajamas, quietly watching the two children on her left and right fighting with pillows.
Although the child was noisy, she felt inexplicably at peace.
Not long after, Qiao Yue and Qiao Yin pushed the door open and walked in, saying, "Miss, the husband is back."
As expected, Song Baoyuan didn't react much and looked calm.
"Daddy is finally back!" Jiang Suisui was so excited when he heard that that he lost all sleepiness. He immediately got out of bed and ran out without even putting on his shoes.
"Little Miss!"
Qiao Yue quickly picked up her shoes and chased after him.
Jiang Chengyou glanced sideways and stole a glance at his mother.
Song Baoyuan caught his little action, smiled and touched his head, "Don't you miss daddy?"
"I do." Jiang Chengyou said honestly.
"Then why don't you go see Daddy with your sister?"
Jiang Chengyou was silent for a long time. With clear eyes, he slowly asked, "Mom, are you and Dad going to separate again?"
His voice was low, as if he was expecting some kind of answer.
Under his gaze, Song Baoyuan forced a smile, but her nose felt sore.
"Why do you ask that?"
"Because..." Jiang Chengyou said seriously with a stern face, "Even if Daddy was very busy before, even if my sister and I couldn't see him, he would still come home."
Song Baoyuan pursed her lips and suddenly didn't know what to say.
"It's okay." Jiang Chengyou crawled to the bed and stretched out his feet to reach his shoes.
He said, "As long as Daddy and Mommy are always my Daddy and Mommy, that's all that matters."
Song Baoyuan lowered her head, her voice becoming hoarse. "Chengcheng, no matter what your parents do, the fact that you and your sister are your parents will never change."
"That's good."
Jiang Chengyou nodded and grinned.
Song Baoyuan's eyes were wet. She didn't dare to look up. She just urged, "You should go see your father soon. He must miss you too."
"good."
Jiang Chengyou turned and ran out the door, but stopped at the door. "Then go to bed early, mom. I'll go back to my room later. I will sleep well in the future and not let mom worry."
At this moment, Song Baoyuan's heart seemed to be pulled, and the pain was so severe that she couldn't recover.
Qiao Yin wanted to follow Jiang Chengyou, but after taking only two steps, she paused and turned back to ask, "Miss, do you remember what day it is today?"
In the blink of an eye, tears fell like pearls, wetting the quilt.
Song Baoyuan bent her index finger and brushed it across the corner of her eyes.
"Remember."
It's his birthday.
"If the young lady doesn't plan to meet the young master, do you still need to give the gift you prepared earlier?"
"Forget it." Song Baoyuan said without hesitation, "Forget it."
Anyway, everything she did was dispensable to him.
Not cherished, nor expected.
Forget it then.
Outside the house, Jiang Suisui ran towards the familiar figure in the yard with his short legs.
“Daddy!”
Jiang Keyu squatted down to greet him and hugged him tightly.
Holding his sweet and soft daughter in his arms, all his fatigue disappeared instantly, making him feel satisfied and comfortable.
He touched his daughter's head, pinched her face, and asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"
“No!”
Jiang Suisui blinked her bright eyes and asked, "Daddy, why do you ask that?"
"That's good." Jiang Keyu hugged her daughter tighter and asked, "Have you missed your dad recently?"
"Yes! Very much."
Jiang Suisui pursed her lips as she spoke, and burst into tears out of grievance, "But Daddy doesn't miss Suisui..."
"No!" Jiang Keyu panicked and coaxed softly, "Of course Daddy misses Sui Sui, it's just, it's just that Daddy..."
Looking at his daughter's aggrieved face, he felt a sharp pain in his heart and gave up struggling. "Daddy is wrong. It's Daddy's fault."
He stroked his daughter's back and patted her gently, "Daddy will spend more time with Sui Sui in the future, okay?"
"Really?"
"Um."
Jiang Suisui wiped her eyes, hugged her father's neck, and leaned on his shoulder. It took a long time before she stopped crying.
Half a minute later, Jiang Chengyou ran out of the house full of energy, shouting in a loud voice: "Dad!"
Jiang Keyu looked behind him, and when he came closer, no one else showed up.
"Where's your mother?"
"Mom is resting." Jiang Chengyou said honestly.
Jiang Keyu's eyes paused slightly, and she looked towards the room again without giving up.
I just happened to notice that half of the lights in the room were out.
"Daddy, let me tell you a secret." Jiang Suisui whispered in his ear, "Mom will be unhappy. Maybe she'll think, like Suisui, that Daddy doesn't like her anymore."
Jiang Keyu really didn't know how to respond to this.
Ayuan must be blaming him, but even though he knew this, he was still helpless.
Nothing had ever been so difficult for him.
He put his daughter down and said, "It's late. Go tell Mom that you and your brother will sleep with Dad tonight, okay?"
If it were in the past, Jiang Suisui would definitely ask why they couldn’t sleep together.
But perhaps it was because it had been too long and she had become accustomed to choosing between her father and mother, so when she ran back to the house, she didn't feel anything was wrong.
*
It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
Jiang Keyu used the moonlight to stare at the two children who were already sleeping beside her.
He reached out and brushed away the strands of hair stuck to his daughter's lips, then lifted the quilt for his son.
He himself had no desire to sleep.
After lying in bed and daydreaming for a long time, he felt bored, so he tiptoed out of bed, put on his coat, walked to the door, left the door ajar, and sat down on the threshold.
The cool breeze made me feel much more comfortable.
But this relief is only temporary.
Liu'an, who was squatting outside the door, was startled by him.
"Why haven't you slept yet, my dear?"
"I can't sleep." Jiang Keyu waved her hand, "Go and rest. You don't need to watch over me."
Liu'an hesitated, "My dear, are you feeling sad alone under the moon because your wife didn't remember your birthday?"
Jiang Keyu: “…”
Why does this sound so weird?
"no."
"There's even worse news. Do you want to know it now, my dear?"
Jiang Keyu looked at him in surprise.
Liu'an scratched his head and said, "I'm mainly worried that you won't be able to sleep after hearing this."
"explain."
"Aqi came over just now. He said that Madam actually remembered what day it was, but she was just too lazy to bother with you."
Jiang Keyu: “…”
"Also, Aqi said that he can no longer report Madam's whereabouts to you. Madam, no, Miss, forbids that."
"Miss?"
"One last thing, the young lady doesn't allow anyone to call her Madam anymore."
Jiang Keyu lowered her head.
After a long moment, he chuckled softly, as if mocking himself.
"This is to completely cut off ties with me."
Liu'an raised an eyebrow, "My dear, have you ever thought about your feelings towards Madam... No, Miss, it's not a brother-sister relationship, but a love between a man and a woman?"
Jiang Keyu's heart trembled inexplicably, and she looked up and glanced at him, "Stop making trouble."
Lu'an: "?" No
Hearing this answer was like being struck by lightning.
I feel like my good days are over.
"Otherwise, why are you so sad, my dear?"
In an instant, Jiang Keyu's heart stopped beating.
It felt like a string in my mind was broken.
Yes, as siblings, isn’t it normal for us to live separately and change our names?
But why is he upset about this and unwilling to accept it?
Even, panic.
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