Chapter 21 Is it a righteous brother or a rival in love?
Zhou Ruoling hadn't come to disturb Lu Jue for several days and felt very comfortable. The only thing that disappointed him was that Zhou Ruoshui had something that was hard to speak. He still didn't ask her. After running for several days, there was no result. He was in a depressed mood. He took Liu Fuling out just before dawn, and he had not come back for lunch.
The weather after autumn is sometimes impermanent. It rained for several hours since the morning, but there was no sign of stopping. The autumn rain was cold and the weather was even more cool at this time. All the pedestrians on the road were hand-by-hand and hurried around. In the corner of the gate of Deyue Tower, a little boy was curled up in his teens. He glanced at the hall from time to time and shivered there.
It was rainy and cold, and the inn was very busy. It was not until the end of the afternoon that I had free time. Seeing that I was not very busy, Zhou Ruoshui walked to the counter and put it on it. He was still busy and said, "Don't be busy for now, drink a cup of hot tea to warm your body."
Yu Xianglan felt warm in her heart, put down her brush and smiled gently, "Thank you." After taking it, she glanced at Liao Wushen's hall and then said, "I'm really sorry that I don't want to go there, so I'll have too many customers today, so I'll ask you to help."
Zhou Ruoshui responded with a light smile: "What's the matter? The young master is not here, so he is idle."
Yu Xianglan said: "I'm not busy now, you can go and have a rest first!"
"Okay" Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he found the little boy hiding in the corner. The weather was cold and cold on the ground. Zhou Ruoshui was worried that he would catch a cold like this, so he turned his head and said to Xianglan: "Aunt Lan, I want to go out."
"Young Master Lu told me not to let you go out alone. If you want to go out, I will let Adou follow you." He turned his head and was about to call someone.
Zhou Ruoshui quickly stopped him and said, "Don't go far, there," pointing to the little boy at the door.
"How many people come and go this day, no one has ever paid attention to him. You are still kind-hearted, but lunch time is over. In this way, go to the kitchen to see if there are any remaining buns, and get them for him first. Tell him not to be at the door tomorrow, and I will leave some for him when I come in." He pointed to the corner of the wall and said, "There is an umbrella there to give him a gift."
Zhou Ruoshui said: "Aunt Lan is also a kind person, I will thank you for him."
Yu Xianglan waved her hand and said, "Okay, stop talking about these things, send them to him quickly! Wear more clothes and don't catch a cold."
"I understand." Zhou Ruoshui responded with a sweet smile, turned around and went to the kitchen. After a while, there was a paper bag in his hand, which was bulging in it. He walked to the corner of the wall and took an umbrella and walked to the little boy. He squatted down and said softly: "Little brother, you can't sit here all the time. You will get sick like this today. Go home quickly!" Maybe he disturbed him something, the little boy glared at Zhou Ruoshui with disgust, turned his head and ignored her. Zhou Ruoshui smiled and said patiently: "Do you have an umbrella? Sister has it, take it." He handed over the umbrella in his hand, tilted his head slightly to look at the little boy waiting for him to make a decision.
The little boy snorted, closing his eyes and ignoring it, but when he smelled the scent of food around him, he turned his head and stared at the bag in Zhou Ruoshui's hand. The hungry stomach, which had been rumbled and screamed twice.
Zhou Ruoshui heard a smile with his head down slightly and covered his mouth. The poetic and picturesque smile caught everyone's eyes.
Lu Jue, who was standing not far away holding an umbrella, had a gentle look that would melt the person. Although he had been with her for only a few days, he could not hide his feelings at all, and at this time he could not hide his gentle face.
Zhou Ruoshui handed the paper bag over and said with a smile: "How many meat buns are still hot here, give it to me."
The little boy stared at the bag for a long time, endured it, and swallowed. At this time, a rich guest came out of it, and the little boy's eyes moved with the guest, and he casually said, "Stop being annoying." He immediately stood up and went to chase the guest.
Zhou Ruoshui immediately understood what he was going to do, put down the umbrella and bun and chased after him, hurriedly grabbed the little boy's hand that was about to steal, and brought him to the side and said angrily: "You can't do this."
The little boy struggled hard and said, "Don't worry, let go."
Zhou Ruoshui held the little boy tightly and said angrily, "I can't see you doing something wrong at such a young age."
"You want to kill me, are you?"
"If I let you go, that's what it means to harm you."
"Let go, let go."
"Don't let it go."
Liu Fuling smiled and turned her head to Lu Jue and said, "Don't look at the young lady who is weak and stubborn."
Lu Jue frowned and looked at the little boy and said, "Let's go over,,,,,,." Before he could finish speaking, he heard Zhou Ruoshui screaming in pain.
It turned out that the little boy couldn't argue with Zhou Ruoshui, so he kicked her ankle while she was unprepared. When she let go of her hand due to pain, she immediately ran away.
Seeing that the little boy was so ungrateful, Liu Fuling widened her eyes and said angrily: "Why is this child not ungrateful?"
Lu Jue looked careless and said nothing, but he felt pain in his heart.
"Don't do stupid things, stand up." Zhou Ruoshui was afraid that the little boy would do something wrong, so he wanted to chase him, but when his feet hit the ground, a pain came from her ankle, which made her shaking and unsteady.
He was about to fall when he saw someone. Lu Jue was worried that he would take a few steps quickly and wanted to support him, but he was taken first.
Zhou Ruoshui, who was supported by someone, was shocked. He turned his head and saw that it was a young man wearing a dark green robe. He looked at her with gentle and reproachful eyes. The young man was named Zhao Yan, and he was one of Zhou Wenfeng's shops. Because he was young, promising and diligent, he was now the chief shopkeeper of several shops alone. He was Zhou Ruoshui's brother.
Seeing him, Zhou Ruoshui was first surprised, but more surprised, and smiled and said, "Brother Yan"
Zhao Yan put the umbrella to Zhou Ruoshui and said softly: "I'll help you in."
Zhou Ruoshui said: "I have a hard time brother."
"Slow down." He wrapped his shoulders tightly around Zhou Ruoshui and held half of her weight so that her injured foot would not have to be used.
Seeing this scene, Lu Jue felt so sad that he started to think randomly. Could this be the unspeakable thing she had.
When Liu Fuling saw Lu Jue standing still, she stared at the door with her eyes blankly. She understood why this was for her and walked over and said, "Young Master, stop standing, it's cold outside, let's go in!"
"Okay" In order not to let Liu Fuling see his strangeness, Lu Jue turned his head and looked aside, but found that half of his body and his dirty little face were poked behind the wall not far away.
After stopping for a while, Lu Jue stepped into the inn. There were very few people in the hall. You could see where Zhou Ruoshui and Zhao Yan were sitting at a glance. He felt so depressed that he felt uncomfortable. This was his fiancée's heart, but someone else was in his heart. Although he was wrong first, the discomfort in his heart would not lie!
It seems that as long as you are blinded by love, even the smartest person will be a fool. He didn't think about it carefully. Zhou Ruoshui soon wrote a letter of affection to him and gave him a brocade robe full of love. How could she have other thoughts?
While he was thinking about the relationship between the two, Liu Fuling came from behind: "I don't know what this person has to do with the young lady." Seeing Zhao Yan staring at Zhou Ruoshui's gentle appearance, he said angrily: "Look at the man staring at the young lady, he must have ulterior motives!" After saying that, he secretly slanted Lu Jue's expression, he hoped that Lu Jue went over and grabbed the person directly and warned him that this is my wife, please stay away, although he knew that his young master was not that kind of person.
Listening to his words, Lu Jue held his hands tightly, and a trace of loneliness flashed through his eyes.
No, if you don’t help me, you will be alone with your temper, so you said, “Young Master”, but just said a word. Lu Jue had already walked forward, and Liu Fuling chased him over and asked, “Young Master wants to go over”
"Yeah," Lu Jue nodded, walked to a position very close to them, and sat down and listened carefully. He thought about it but was unwilling to accept it. He had already mistakenly once based on his intuition. This time, he must not make mistakes again. This woman is his fiancée, and she is the one who has been with him for the rest of her life. Why should she give up before she got her affirmative answer?
Originally, she wanted to blame Zhou Ruoshui, but she was very good at admitting her mistake. Zhao Yan was not angry at all. She took the teacup and asked, "I heard from the servants in the mansion that Lu Jue is here. Do you live here? You probably haven't recognized him yet!" Looking at Zhou Ruoshui's outfit, she guessed that she must have not recognized her fiancé, so she asked two questions in one breath.
Zhou Ruoshui looked at himself and said with a loss, "Yes."
Zhao Yan did not ask her why she was hiding her identity. He knew that even if Zhou Ruoshui asked, he would not tell him. Zhao Yan looked around at the inn and said intentionally: "It's not convenient to have many people here. You might as well go to my place, at least there is a servant there to serve him." After saying that, he felt that it was inappropriate and said, "There are a batch of heavy goods going to leave these days, and I have to live in the warehouse to supervise."
She finally stayed there, so how could she leave easily? She was afraid of hurting Zhao Yan's heart, so she apologized softly, "Brother Yan doesn't have to make trouble for herself, I'm fine here."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan changed his face and said with a careless heart: "You are the second lady of the Zhou family, the fiancée of the second-rank official. What's the matter with not being a master or a servant here? If the servants of the Zhou family see it, what kind of morality will it be. Therefore, you should not leave too much here no matter what."
Zhou Ruoshui said: "What they think is their business, what I should do is mine, and my mind is decided not to change."
When Lu Jue heard the sadness and joy, he was sad that he was self-conceited and smart, but he didn't even know what his fiancée's difficulties were; he was happy that she still had her own heart in her heart.
At this moment, Yu Xianglan came over with a teapot and served her diligently, saying, "When will Mr. Lu come back? Why don't you say hello?"
Lu Jue turned his head and asked, "The boss lady can know the person sitting with Xiao Ruo."
Yu Xianglan glanced at it and replied with a smile: "Oh, he is the chief shopkeeper of several shops in the Zhou family. He seems to be a scholar who has entered Beijing to take the exam, and is named Zhao Yan."
"Oh, the scholar who landed in the ground, how did they meet?" Turning his head and looking at the two of them muttered to themselves.
Zhao Yan looked at her, cursed her lips lightly, and she was sarcastic. She cared for her wholeheartedly, but she couldn't get her trust. She was always the only one who was sick in her heart. She was so angry that she didn't care about her etiquette and did not care about her etiquette. She grabbed Shui'er's wrist and said with a tough attitude: "Follow me."
Zhao Yan's actions undoubtedly scared Zhou Ruoshui. She was stunned at first, and then niu tried to do so, but it was all in vain. Looking at Zhao Yan with an angry face, she knew that he was really angry, but for the safety of Xiao Ai and Lu Jue, she could not leave no matter what. Besides, she was not easy to meet with him and couldn't bear to leave. She begged: "Brother Yan knows my difficulties, why do you still have to force me?"
"If he really has you in his heart, why should he hide his head and tail and cause you to suffer controversy? He is cruel and disregards your reputation, but I can't bear to have you ever criticized him anymore." Zhao Yan looked at Zhou Ruoshui sincerely, although he said nothing, he had already shown everything.
Lu Jue felt ashamed of hearing these words. Yes, it was already this time that he had anything to be afraid of. He stood up and walked over, held his hand and said, "Brother, you are polite."
"Young Master." Zhou Ruoshui was shocked and hurriedly wanted to pull his hand out of Zhao Yan's hand, but he had already taken him away and could not break free.
Zhao Yan looked Lu Jue up and down. This man was gentle and had a good gentleman look. When he looked at his pale and bloodless face, he knew that Zhou Ruoshui said that the young man was Zhou Ruoshui's sick fiancé and that timid coward.
Zhao Yan glanced at him disdainfully, snorted his chin and raised his head: "Lu Jue"
Lu Jue smiled softly, without any intention of escaping, and admitted directly: "That's right, please ask yourselves,,,,,,,"
Zhao Yan smiled and said, "I am a slutty man, and my reputation is unbearable to avoid tainting the adult's ears. It's better not to say it."
Even if he couldn't hear it, he should feel the hostility of this person. Lu Jue glanced at Zhou Ruoshui behind Zhao Yan, and smiled warmly and said, "She is a woman, no matter what she does wrong, she should be generous and tolerant, and be in broad daylight." While walking over and snatch Zhou Ruoshui from his hand, he continued, "Why make things difficult for a weak woman?"
Zhao Yan snorted, pulled Zhou Ruoshui behind him, stood in front of her and sarcastically said, "I am Xiaoruo's elder brother. I don't want her to show up here in public. I want to take her away."
Zhou Ruoshui pulled Zhao Yan's sleeve and said, "Brother Yan, I said that I would never leave no matter what. Even if you force me away, I will still try my best to come here. Brother Yan, why should I make me hate you!"
Seeing her appearance, Zhao Yan was defeated, he pulled the person aside and said worriedly: "You are young and powerful, and the capital is a big dyeing vat. Do you still know him?"
Zhou Ruoshui glanced at Lu Jue and said with great certainty: "I believe him."
"You are foolish." Turning his head and staring at Lu Jue fiercely, he walked over and said, "Don't think that no one is in charge. I am her brother and her future husband. If you dare to have any evil thoughts, I will not let you go even if I fight to the death."
Chapter completed!