The night is too quiet, the moon is too beautiful, as soon as the floodgates of Du Heng's psychology are released, grievances pour out like a torrent. Zhao Shinan's chest was wet, but his heart hurt. Raised his hand to touch Du Heng's face, but the tears couldn't be wiped away, Zhao Shinan only felt a pain in his heart, and couldn't help but be anxious: "Heng'er, what's wrong?"

Du Heng didn't speak, just shook her head vigorously, she didn't dare to complain. The old lady is majestic, what can Zhao Shinan do if she knows it? She just wants to lean on his chest and vent her grievances.

Zhao Shinan instructed Futaba to come in and light the candle, Futaba lit one at the head of the bed and one on the table in front of the window, and silently withdrew. Against the backdrop of the candle flame, Du Heng's eyes were red and swollen, his hair was messy, and his face and neck were covered with a thin layer of sweat. After crying for a while, Du Heng felt more comfortable, broke out of Zhao Shinan's arms, sat on the bed and lowered his eyes silently.

Zhao Shinan looked at Du Heng like this, and he didn't know why she was so sad for a while, so he had to tentatively ask: "Feeling unwell?" "Homesick?" The more concerned Zhao Shinan asked, the more sour Du Heng's heart became, as if there was finally a little warmth in the endless dark night.

"Did you get punished by your mother?" Although Zhao Shinan didn't want this the most, he helplessly felt that this was the greatest possibility. Du Heng shook his head even more desperately. How dare she say that the old lady is not.

Zhao Shinan was helpless, so he had to half-jokingly: "Could it be that you are hungry again?" Du Heng nodded casually.

Zhao Shinan couldn't help but rub Du Heng's hair, his narrow eyes were full of watery tenderness, and he said softly: "Then I'll go buy you soup dumplings." As he spoke, he got up and strode out.

"No, I don't. I'm not hungry again. Du Heng hurriedly shouted Zhao Shinan, struggling to get up, but he had just stood up, and his already bruised and swollen knees hurt his heart, and he fell to the ground without holding on, Zhao Shinan hurriedly came over to help Du Heng: "Why are you so careless?"

Zhao Shinan helped Du Heng to sit on the bed, Du Heng had to hold his legs to lift him up every day in the past few days, Zhao Shinan saw Du Heng sitting still for a long time, and found that something was wrong, raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "Heng'er, let me take a look at your legs." ”

"It's fine. Du Hengqiang smiled, but his knees couldn't move, so he had to drag his hands into the bed, Zhao Shinan pulled Du Heng's skirt open and pulled the silk pants inside.

"No, I'm fine. Du Heng struggled, but he couldn't resist Zhao Shinan's strength. Under the light of the candle flame at the head of the bed, Du Heng's two knees were all black and purple bruises, and his left knee was even swollen and bulged. Zhao Shinan was stunned. I only felt that my heart hurt as if it had been pierced by a sharp sword, and I could barely breathe.

He trembled and unbuttoned Du Heng's shirt: "Let me see other places." Du Heng twisted, his face crimson: "That's it." ”

Zhao Shinan has a lot of strength, he can't help Du Heng at all, looking up and down, except for a faint bruise on his left shoulder, it was Du Heng who was kicked by Mrs. Zhao that day, and there was no big problem in other places.

Zhao Shinan's mind was bumming, and his heart was almost empty. After a while, he asked in a trembling voice, "Mother punished you?" Du Heng bit his lip, and tears fell again.

"Why?" Zhao Shinan's chest was stuffy, and he gasped in three short words. Du Heng shook her head, she didn't know why.

"Why?" Zhao Shinan grabbed Du Heng's shoulder hard, his heart aching. Du Heng's eyes were full of tears, and his voice was already choked: "I don't know, how to do it, it's all wrong." ”

Zhao Shinan let go of his hand, his chest heaving. There has never been a moment when Zhao Shinan's heart was so tingling, as if it was torn a little bit, if it was someone else, he would not hesitate to clean it up, no one could let his woman suffer this kind of sin. However, it was his mother, for his mother, who had worked hard. He didn't know whose fault it was? At the beginning, his mother insisted on marrying Du Heng and entered the door, but now his mother mentioned Du Heng again, and she was all dissatisfied.

But even if he was dissatisfied, even if she was his mother, how could he hurt her so much?

Zhao Shinan, who was fearless and walked straight forward, understood the feeling of heartache and helplessness for the first time. He shouted at the door, "Futaba, get cold water." ”

After a while, Futaba brought back a basin of cold water and said timidly, "I just got it from the well, it's very cold." ”

Zhao Shinan put the towel in the water, put it on Du Heng's knee, and said in a deep voice: "Be patient and reduce the swelling." Du Heng looked at the meticulous man in front of him, and his heart was full for a while, and he didn't know what it was like.

Zhao Shinan threw a towel several times, covered Du Heng's legs, and seemed to treat a fragile porcelain carefully and meticulously. But he never looked at Du Heng's eyes, just did it very seriously, Du Heng twisted his leg a little embarrassed: "Actually, it doesn't hurt." ”

"Don't move. Zhao Shinan's tone was like coaxing a child, and Du Heng felt a strange warmth in his heart. After a while, after dressing her legs, Zhao Shinan helped Du Heng to lie down, raised her hand to stroke the broken hair of her sideburns behind her ears, smiled faintly, did not speak, and extinguished the lamp.

Du Heng suddenly wanted to open her mouth to say thank you, but in the end she didn't speak, but that night, she slept soundly and didn't wake up with tears like a few days ago. But when the sky was just white, suddenly the door rang, Du Heng woke up from the noise, Futaba gasped and said, "Young grandma, something happened." ”

Du Heng sighed in his heart, sat up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Last night, the young master knelt at the door of the old lady's room all night. Futaba said out of breath, "I didn't see it until I got up." The old lady was also alarmed. ”

Du Heng didn't understand what was going on, so he hurriedly instructed Shuangye: "Quickly change my clothes and help me over." Futaba changed Du Heng into a magenta gauze crepe dress, and his hair was hurriedly tied up in a bun and pinned a hairpin. Du Heng found that after the cold compress last night, his legs seemed to be a lot lighter today, and he even quickened his pace and walked to the backyard.

The night had just faded, and in the half-light and half-darkness, Zhao Shinan knelt at the door of Mrs. Zhao's room in a green shirt, draped in morning dew, as if an iron tower was not moving.

Aunt Ci persuaded beside her: "Young master, get up, there is something to say in the house." Zhao Shinan frowned coldly and did not say a word. There were also a few subordinates looking at the probe. Du Heng stopped, not knowing whether he should advance or retreat for a while, he saw a laurel tree next to him, and hurriedly retreated to the tree.

After a few more minutes, the old lady Zhao who got up and packed up walked out in a purple shirt, and when she saw Zhao Shinan, she said distressedly: "Why haven't you gotten up yet?"

Zhao Shinan raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Zhao, and smiled faintly: "Mother, my son is receiving the punishment." ”

"Punishment?" Old Lady Zhao frowned, I didn't know what he said, I heard someone say that Shi Nan was kneeling at the door early in the morning, and she didn't know how long he knelt, so she hurriedly packed it up, but saw that he was still stubbornly kneeling.

"Yes. Zhao Shinan's voice was heavy and calm, "Heng'er failed to serve her mother to the satisfaction, and her son received the punishment on her behalf." ”

Zhao Shinan's words were like a boulder, smashing Mrs. Zhao's heart, and her heart was pounding, was Zhao Shinan punished for Du Heng? Or was he protesting for Du Heng's punishment?

"You knelt all night?" Old Lady Zhao's voice trembled. She couldn't believe that this was her decisive son.

Zhao Shinan nodded, and looked at the resolute tone of the old lady Zhao: "In the future, if Heng'er does something wrong, her mother doesn't have to punish her, and I will come back for her." ”

Du Heng, who was standing behind the tree, heard this, and his internal organs almost exploded, and then another warm current ran through from head to toe, Zhao Shinan, these three words hit her heart for the first time. She was almost unsteady on her feet.

Old Lady Zhao's body trembled, her brain exploded with a bang, she didn't even have the right to teach her daughter-in-law a lesson? If it weren't for Aunt Ci's support, Old Lady Zhao would have almost fallen there, but on the contrary, it would have been reversed! After a long time, Old Lady Zhao finally relieved herself, looked at Zhao Shinan coldly, and squeezed out a few words from between her teeth: "You go!" After that, she didn't look at Zhao Shinan again, turned around and went back to the house.

Zhao Shinan got up and knelt down all night, his legs were numb, and he stood in place for a long time, but he couldn't take a step. Du Heng couldn't hold back any longer, walked over briskly from the laurel tree, helped Zhao Shinan, and said, "Why are you bothering." But it was like being blocked by cotton, and his eyes were red.

Zhao Shinan sighed, put his hand in Du Heng's hand, and was helped back to the house.

When Mrs. Zhao returned to the house, she sat on the chair and couldn't hold the Buddha beads in her hand, her mind was in a mess, and she just said to her aunt repeatedly: "Is Shi Nan evil? ”

Aunt Ci looked at Mrs. Zhao's old and haggard appearance, and she couldn't bear it, so she thought for a long time and said, "Old lady, young master now, I'm afraid that young grandma wants the moon in the sky, and he can pick it too." If you punish the young grandmother again, the young master may be able to do something earth-shattering. ”

Old Mrs. Zhao's thoughts were completely confused, and she muttered: "Shi Nan is crazy, he knelt all night, he is dead." Speaking of feeling sorry for his son, he instructed the mother-in-law outside: "Go and ask Lang Zhong to show the young master." ”

Aunt Ci went to make a cup of soothing longan tea for the old lady, and after a long time, the old lady gradually eased up, frowned and said: "I can't go on like this, there are no rules in the family, and a woman is making waves." He turned to Aunt Ci and said, "It's time to give Shi Nan another concubine, and if there is another woman, there is only one Du Heng in his heart, and he is spoiled by the sky." ”

Aunt Ci nodded and said, "Yes, a big family, three wives and four concubines, is flourishing." Does the old lady have a favorite candidate?"

Mrs. Zhao shook her head: "I can't think of it for a while, you tell me to go down and pay attention to it, who has a good appearance and a good character, just say it." Girls from small households and white families will do. Everyone's girlfriends are beautiful, but that's it. ”