Chapter 289: The Instinct of the Heart
Xue Zhen was eating a few candied fruits that Ah Cheng left for him before leaving, while staring at something blankly, or lowering his head and fiddling with the corners of his clothes. The girls and guys who passed by all looked at the children and gave them a warm smile to the snow marks, whether she could see it or not. Everyone treats Xueji as a child, but only Qiu Ruoyu knows that Xueji's every move is used to dislike him in his heart......
Even if Xue Zhen's ignorance made Qiu Ruoyu save the step of "pretending", he knew that if he stayed here with her all the time like now, he would definitely not be able to. Even if you try your best to support yourself, you will soon fall. At that time, everything he and Qiu Yingsheng had done would be in vain. So, before his appearance became more scary, he had to quickly separate from the snow marks. So, Qiu Ruoyu stopped Ah Lu, who happened to pass by the corridor opposite. Ah Lu is the youngest in the Qiu family, and he is also the person in this family who is the most afraid of Qiu Ruoyu and the "master". Qiu Ruoyu also wanted to call the people who lived in Ah Lu before, but no, they just passed by the corridor opposite and looked at it from a distance and didn't notice their abnormality, but once they got closer, they would see the clues. However, Ah Lu is different, so Qiu Ruoyu is very relieved to let Ah Lu be the messenger, because in front of her, she will only listen carefully to what she says, and will never look at her appearance carefully.
Ah Lu came to Qiu Ruoyu and said respectfully: "Young Master, what are the orders." "Go and call Steward Qiu." Qiu Ruoyu said softly, he tried his best to lift his breath, so that Ah Lu could not hear that his voice was trembling. "Yes. Lu was about to turn away, but she stopped her movements. She stopped where she was, turned sideways, smiled and waved at the snow marks. At the moment when Ah Lu turned sideways, Qiu Ruoyu's pale and bloodless face came into her eyes. Ah Lu was really frightened by Qiu Ruoyu's appearance, and immediately continued: "Ah Lu will go immediately." With that, Ah Lu didn't bother to look at the snow marks anymore, but retreated and trotted away.
Qiu Ruoyu looked at the back of Ah Lu's hasty escape, Qiu Ruoyu's heart was like a pain in the bone, the disguised self-confidence was defeated, and the sharp pain could not be erased even if he tried his best, so he could only wait helplessly for the arrangement of fate. Ah Lu, I still saw what I looked like at this time......
"Uncle Butler, Uncle Butler!" Ah Lu hurriedly shouted all the way to Steward Qiu. Steward Qiu, who was watering the flowers in the hall, saw Ah Lu running over and greeted him with a kind smile, "Little Ah Lu, what's the matter? Did you break something again, are you scared?" "No, Uncle Butler!" Ah Lu was already out of breath, but she couldn't care about the symmetry for a moment, and said more anxiously: "Uncle Butler! The eldest young master is now in the garden pavilion with the young lady, I don't know what happened, the eldest young master seems to be very angry, and his face is pale with anger, so scary." "What! You said that the eldest young master's face turned pale!" As soon as he heard Ah Lu's words, Steward Qiu panicked suddenly, handed over the things in his hand to Ah Lu, and then went straight to Qiu Ruoyu's place......
The word "pale" was the most terrible word to Steward Qiu, and all the way away, Steward Qiu's mind was full of the faces of Qiu Rui and his wife. Steward Qiu tried his best to speed up his feet, and at the same time said to himself unswervingly in his heart, Old man, Qiu Hai will rush over to see the eldest young master now, he must need me very much now. Don't worry, the eldest young master, Qiu Hai will definitely do his best. The eldest young master has been for this family all his life, for the second young master, and for the young lady, even if he can't change the destiny of heaven, Qiu Hai will definitely try his best to keep the eldest young master......
Steward Qiu ran to the promenade in front of the garden as fast as he could, and when he approached Qiu Ruoyu, he suddenly saw Qiu Ruoyu shaking his head towards him. When he looked sideways again, Steward Qiu saw the snow marks that were silent with his head down. Suddenly, Steward Qiu understood everything, Qiu Ruoyu didn't want to fall in front of the snow marks, and didn't want her to see her most embarrassed side.
Seeing that Qiu Ruoyu was gritting his teeth to support his body, Steward Qiu's heart was like a split. But he had no choice, he couldn't run over to support him immediately, he could only suppress his heartache and distress, pretend to be nothing, step by step, and walk over slowly...... Coming to Qiu Ruoyu, Steward Qiu swallowed the concern and anxiety in his heart, and said in the same tone as usual: "Young Master, Ah Lu, do you have any instructions for me?" As he spoke, the tears in Steward Qiu's eyes had uncontrollably stained his eyes.
"Steward Qiu, this thing really upsets me in front of my eyes. Qiu Ruoyu's tone was extremely cold, but his eyes were full of hope when he looked at Steward Qiu, pleading, and pleading, "Steward Qiu, take her away......
Steward Qiu only felt that the pain in his heart was even stronger when he heard Qiu Ruoyu's words, and he had no way to do whatever the master said he had always done. He stood fixed and looked at Qiu Ruoyu fixedly...... As a steward, of course, he knew to do what he was told, but as an elder who watched him grow up, he really couldn't do what he was told. Steward Qiu wanted to rush to the snow mark and say loudly, Miss! The eldest young master knows everything! You are already fine, you don't have to work so hard to disguise yourself. The eldest young master has no time left, and he will leave before the second young master...... In order that his departure does not affect you, he would rather you know nothing! Please, look at him carefully, see how painful and difficult it is for him...... You save him, save him...... "Miss!" Steward Qiu suddenly shouted as if he was thinking in his heart, and as if he was enchanted, he rushed towards the snow mark quickly......
Steward Qiu grabbed Xueji's arm, "Miss, you listen to me, ......" "Steward Qiu!" Qiu Ruo roared foolishly, interrupting Steward Qiu's words. Xue Zhen just looked at Steward Qiu and stopped, tears almost bursting out of his eyes. This was the first time she had seen Steward Qiu have such an expression, and she wanted to tell Steward Qiu that she was no longer a madman, she could understand his expression, and she could understand what he said. But she didn't dare to stare at him all the time, nor did she dare to talk to him, and now she had to do one thing, which was to continue to be a madman. So, when she heard Qiu Ruoyu's roar, she pretended to be scared and covered her ears and lowered her head.
Qiu Ruoyu trembled and grabbed the corner of Steward Qiu's sleeve, and the pleading in his eyes was even deeper, "Steward Qiu, didn't you understand what I said...... Ah Lan went to help Ah Cheng and left her to me, which made me very unhappy. I don't have to 'pretend' in front of you, I feel upset every minute I see that thing now, I don't want you to coax her here...... I'm asking you to take her away. Let her disappear before my eyes...... You, do you understand......" Qiu Ruoyu slowly and weakly let go of the hand that was holding the corner of Steward Qiu's sleeve. His tone was cold and creepy, but the tears in his eyes made him look like a sad and helpless child in an instant. His wish at the moment is that he must not fall down in embarrassment in front of the snow marks, and now the only one who can help him is Steward Qiu.
Steward Qiu stood in place, his eyes were already moist, "Big young master......" Steward Qiu's voice trembled, and he lowered his head slightly, he couldn't stand it anymore and looked directly at Qiu Ruoyu's almost withered face, wanting to go all out, but he couldn't help himself. In the end, Steward Qiu raised his head, looked at Qiu Ruoyu helplessly, and said, "Young Master, you can't treat Miss ...... like this", Steward Qiu turned sideways, squatted down carefully, gently took Xue's hand, and said with a smile: "Miss, can Steward Qiu take you to eat snacks?" Come with me, it's windy and there is nothing delicious here, let's go." Steward Qiu kept smiling, holding the snow marks step by step farther and farther away. Even when Xue Ji and Qiu Ruoyu passed by, she never looked at Qiu Ruoyu. When the snow mark was completely turned away from him, Qiu Ruoyu didn't have to hold back his tears anymore, he smiled contentedly, and the tears of pain came out wantonly. The body, which is no longer able to support itself, finally does not have to pretend to be upright with its last breath. However, he still insisted on refusing to fall, and only turned around slowly...... Everything is for the snow marks, that is Qiu Ruoyu's instinct......
After taking a few steps forward, Steward Qiu suddenly stopped and said to Xue Zhen: "Miss, don't you look at the eldest young master again......" Steward Qiu's tone paused, not knowing whether he suddenly realized something, or all of a sudden, he didn't know where to start...... With a kind smile on his face, Steward Qiu continued, "Maybe...... The eldest young master secretly hid the candied fruit that the young lady liked to eat just now, do you want to take a look at it again...... Xue Zhen didn't speak, and looked at Steward Qiu blankly. Steward Qiu looked at the snow marks, a trace of unnoticed bitterness and sadness flashed in his kind smile, he nodded, and said to himself, "Okay, let's go." With that, he continued to walk forward with the snow marks.
Snow Scar just lowered her head and walked forward, but her mind and body always wanted to stop and look at the person behind her. Although I never looked at his face, his voice sounded a little different from the previous ones, very weak and haggard. Xuezhen's mind began to be a little confused, and she couldn't figure out why she wanted to turn around and look at Qiu Ruoyu so strongly, maybe she felt that she should be a "nostalgic candied fruit" look, or maybe she wanted to try it, did she have the courage to look directly into Qiu Ruoyu's eyes...... In short, Xue Zhen was reluctant to admit that he still had the instinct to care about Qiu Ruoyu......