Chapter 99 I kowtow to you and ask you to marry me off as your brother.
A big red lantern is hung high in front of the door, couplets are posted, and window flowers are cut.
The New Year atmosphere suddenly emerged, and the old house was filled with joy.
In the evening, Song Baoyuan took the children to Jiang Keyu's house for dinner and also decorated his room briefly.
"Daddy, eat."
Jiang Suisui sat in front of Jiang Keyu with a bowl in hand, feeding him in a very serious manner, more actively than when he was eating himself.
Jiang Keyu pushed and said, "Eat it yourself."
“I don’t like this.”
"It's not good to be picky about food. You have to eat everything."
Jiang Suisui pouted.
Song Baoyuan glanced at them and said, "Sui Sui, your father is right. You can't be picky about food."
Jiang Keyu looked sideways in surprise. Strange, I won’t go against him today.
"Your father isn't picky about food. Come, Suisui, give these two pieces of tofu to your father."
Jiang Keyu: “…”
He hates tofu the most.
Jiang Suisui walked over obediently, raised the bowl to take it, then turned back to feed his father.
People cannot slap themselves in the face. No matter how much Jiang Keyu dislikes it, she still has to eat it in front of the child.
Song Baoyuan smiled and asked, "The kitchen has tried a new recipe today. Is it delicious?"
"uh-huh."
Jiang Keyu thought that it was thoughtful of her to make him nutritionally balanced and tasty food every day.
Song Baoyuan didn't know whether he ate well or not, but she felt very happy seeing it.
“Bang, bang.”
Qiao Yin knocked on the door and came in.
"Miss, the new clothes have been delivered at this time. Do you want to see them now?"
Song Baoyuan turned around and said, "Bring it in."
The maids came in with new clothes that had just been delivered from the clothing workshop and lined up in a row.
"Chengcheng Suisui, do you like your new clothes?"
Both children's clothes are bright red, which looks festive.
The other two pieces for adults are white with lake blue accents.
"like!"
Jiang Chengyou turned around holding his new clothes.
Jiang Keyu narrowed her eyes, "Where's mine?"
"Isn't that right?" Song Baoyuan pointed to her side. "I haven't forgotten. I'm afraid some people will complain to my parents and say I'm being harsh."
"Are you sure this is for me?"
Jiang Keyu's face was full of doubts. He had not worn such refreshing colors for many years.
Mainly because they look easy to bully and can't control the situation.
Song Baoyuan didn't care. "If you don't like it, forget it. You have other clothes anyway. Or you can ask Liu'an to buy something else. You have money."
Jiang Keyu groaned and turned her face away, as if she was sulking.
"After dinner, take your new clothes back to your room and put them away for the New Year. Got it?"
"good!"
Jiang Suisui replied, then looked up and asked, "Will Brother Xiaozhou come to spend the New Year with me? I haven't seen him for a long time."
When it comes to Cen Zhou, Song Baoyuan doesn't know how to answer.
A few days ago, it seemed like the day when Jiang Keyu had the accident, Cen Zhou suddenly disappeared as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.
"Well, maybe not."
"Why?" Jiang Suisui suddenly felt sad. "Doesn't he like Suisui anymore?"
"Of course not!" Song Baoyuan touched her daughter's head comfortingly, "Brother Xiaozhou, he, he might..."
Jiang Keyu suddenly said, "What's so good about that guy?"
"Brother Xiaozhou is so nice!" Jiang Suisui said anxiously, "He's so handsome!"
"As good-looking as your daddy?"
"have!"
Jiang Keyu: “…”
He shouldn't have asked. What's the difference between that and humiliating himself?
Song Baoyuan burst out laughing.
"No." Jiang Keyu said stubbornly, "In your heart, Daddy must be the most handsome. Otherwise, Daddy won't help you find Brother Xiaozhou."
Jiang Suisui opened her eyes wide, "Really? Daddy, can you ask Brother Xiaozhou to come spend the New Year with me?"
"Um."
"Then Daddy is the best looking! Daddy is the best looking in the whole world!"
Jiang Keyu reached out and pinched her face, and the smile on her face seemed to say: That's pretty good.
"Childish." Song Baoyuan said disdainfully.
"What's wrong? That kid is just average."
"I'm young."
Jiang Keyu: “?”
His expression froze slightly. "Am I already old?"
Song Baoyuan avoided his gaze.
"I'm only three years older than you!"
"oh."
Song Baoyuan nodded indifferently.
But soon I couldn't help laughing.
"You did it on purpose." Jiang Keyu already understood. "You did it on purpose to piss me off. I'm unhappy, and then you're happy."
"I didn't." Song Baoyuan denied it flatly and changed the subject, "Can you find Cen Zhou?"
"I know where he is."
This answer really surprised Song Baoyuan, "You know?"
"Um."
"Is his, Cen Zhou's, surname Chu?" Song Baoyuan asked uncertainly.
Jiang Keyu raised an eyebrow, "Did he tell you?"
"I guessed." Song Baoyuan could recall many strange things. "He told me with absolute certainty that you were not injured, and he even deliberately scalded you with boiling water. Could he be the one who tried to assassinate you?"
This matter involved her lying to someone, and Jiang Keyu didn't want her to recall it, so she just said "hmm" lightly.
"So he regards you as an enemy?"
"Yes." Jiang Keyu said seriously, "However, I deliberately misled him back then. Firstly, to prevent him from fighting against the strong with the weak, and secondly, to ensure that he would come to me when he returned to Beijing. But I didn't expect that he would use you to get close to me."
Song Baoyuan had a bad feeling in her heart, "Who is the person who really took the opportunity to eliminate his entire family?"
Jiang Keyu did not answer immediately.
"Is that the Xie Mingru you mentioned?"
She could guess that it was unexpected for Jiang Keyu, but also reasonable.
"Um."
Song Baoyuan frowned, "Why is he targeting the Chu family?"
"I don't know about that either." Jiang Keyu said truthfully, "Maybe it was a personal vendetta, or maybe it was a conflict of interest. The case was swept under the rug, and I couldn't find anything later."
"You misled Cen Zhou to come to you because of the box his brother left for you."
"Hmm." Jiang Keyu sighed silently. "I don't know what's in there, but his brother told me that if one day this younger brother can stand on his own, he'll give it to him. But now it seems that he's far from being able to do it. He's brave but not wise, and he's not up to the task."
Song Baoyuan did not refute. In fact, it can be seen from the fact that Cen Zhou worked as a waiter in a teahouse that he was still a bit childish.
"Where is he now?"
"The old place of the Chu family."
*
The dozen days before the New Year passed quickly.
“Pah pah pah!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Jiang Chengyou and Jiang Suisui liked setting off firecrackers, so they bought a lot of them at home, causing the sound of firecrackers to be heard from time to time in the old house.
When it was getting dark, Song Baoyuan walked through the corridor alone, carrying a bamboo basket with incense and candles in her hand, staring at the child covering his ears in the yard, and walked towards the ancestral hall.
There are only four tablets in the ancestral hall, which looks extremely deserted.
After lighting the incense and candles, Song Baoyuan knelt down on the futon. Before she could kowtow, she heard a noise behind her.
She turned around and saw Jiang Keyu.
"Why are you up?"
"How could I not come for something like this?"
He was wearing the new clothes with light blue embellishments, which made Song Baoyuan feel as if the brother walking towards her from many years ago was her.
"Don't you like this dress?"
"It's already done, it would be a waste if I don't wear it." Jiang Keyu noticed her gaze, knelt beside her, and suddenly turned around to ask, "Is it okay to wear?"
Song Baoyuan nodded, "Looks young."
"I'm only three years older than you!"
"Yes." Song Baoyuan said seriously, "In front of parents, no matter if you are three years older or thirty years older, you are still a child."
Jiang Keyu looked up and complained, "Look at her!"
"What's wrong with me?" Song Baoyuan tilted her head.
She handed the incense in her hand to Jiang Keyu and went to get a new one.
"Am I being considerate enough?"
"Reluctantly." Jiang Keyu said reluctantly.
Song Baoyuan glared at him from a perspective he couldn't see, and asked, "Can you bend down?"
"It should be possible." Jiang Keyu did not guarantee, "but he may not be able to get up."
"Then you go first."
Jiang Keyu raised the incense above her head and kowtowed sincerely.
But his back really wasn't fully healed yet, and he fell straight down and couldn't get up.
Song Baoyuan laughed out loud.
"Could you give me a hand?"
"Beg me."
Jiang Keyu: “…”
Song Baoyuan kowtowed three times slowly and then put the incense back into the burner.
While she was doing these things, Jiang Keyu remained in a kneeling position and could not even lift her head.
"I'm leaving."
"You..." Jiang Keyu laughed out of anger, "Dad and Mom, look at her!"
Song Baoyuan poked the back of his neck as if to warn him.
"You still dare to complain? I'm really leaving!"
Before she could finish her words, Jiang Keyu's free hand pinched her face.
"pain!"
Jiang Keyu put down the incense with her other hand, supported herself on the ground, and raised her body while enduring the pain.
Song Baoyuan couldn't pry his hand away, "Let go!"
"Beg me."
Song Baoyuan: "..."
It's over. Now we're back to the way things were. He picked up her kite and refused to return it, and now he's making such a mean request.
"Will you let go?"
"I'll let you go if you beg me."
Song Baoyuan suddenly opened her mouth and bit his wrist.
"You bit me again!"
Jiang Keyu felt pain and lost strength.
Song Baoyuan took the opportunity to break free, "You haven't finished worshipping yet."
After saying that, she left first.
Jiang Keyu watched her jogging away from his sight, then looked down at the teeth marks on his wrist and couldn't help laughing.
Actually, days like this are quite interesting.
He picked up his incense and bowed again.
*
Song Baoyuan ran back to the yard, sat on the porch, and watched the two children set off firecrackers to blow up the snow pile.
After two quarters of an hour, Jiang Keyu came back and walked up behind her to ask, "You ran away after doing something bad?"
"You're talking as if you didn't do anything wrong." Song Baoyuan said confidently, "Since you can walk normally, you can go back home after the New Year."
Jiang Keyu's expression suddenly disappeared.
"What's wrong?" Song Baoyuan turned around and asked, "You don't want to leave again?"
Jiang Keyu looked into the distance and did not answer.
"You don't have to leave." Song Baoyuan said compassionately, "But you have to promise me one thing."
Jiang Keyu took a half step back, "What?"
"A Chao said that he would marry me when he was in high school next year."
Jiang Keyu felt annoyed when she heard this name.
"If that time really comes, you must marry me off as my elder brother. After all, you are my only relative in this world."
"Why don't you just ask me to die?" Jiang Keyu said bluntly.
Song Baoyuan was stunned for a moment, unconsciously clenching her fists, "You're still saying such nonsense on New Year's Day!"
Jiang Keyu turned her face away and said, "Let's talk about it after he passes the exam."
"You can pass the exam!"
Jiang Keyu: “?”
Visibly angry.
Song Baoyuan turned her back and smiled inexplicably.
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