Li Xiangyu was indeed tired, but she hadn't finished what she wanted to say.

"Mother slept for a long time today, and she is in good spirits at this time, so you don't have to worry. Your father and your stepfather have been friends for more than ten years, and your stepfather has been studying medicine all these years, and the two rarely see each other. Do you know why your father still trusts him so much? ”

Yun Shu shook her head.

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water. Your stepfather is also drifting for half of his life, and you will treat your stepfather like you did to your father in the future, you know? ”

"Mei'er will."

"In your father's study, in that letterbox, there are letters from your father and his friends, especially your stepfather, over the years. You can see for yourself when you have time. ”

"Mother, you'll be fine!"

Li Xiangyu nodded and smiled effortlessly, "Half of your body is leaning out, isn't it cold?" Come on in. ”

Yun Shu got into the quilt again and snuggled up to Li Xiangyu.

Li Xiangyu wrapped his arm around her, "Mei'er is it very laborious to manage family affairs these days?" ”

Mei'er is trying to get acquainted. You'll soon be able to master it all. Yun Shu tried to hide her shortcomings so that her mother could rest assured.

"You are still young, and it is normal to not control many things well, and your mother has written down for you how to deal with family affairs. You see, it's in that box in front of the makeup mirror. If you don't understand something, you can open it and you will know what to do. ”

Li Xiangyu pointed to the dresser, and stroked Yun Shu's little face again, as if he couldn't get enough of it. Fingers tapped Yun Shu's delicate nose, like Sakura's small mouth, slid over Yun Shu's delicate and baby fat cheeks, and pinched her small chin. My heart hurts, she's still so young!

Every movement of Li Xiangyu, Yun Shu tried her best to imitate it on her face.

Li Xiangyu laughed, lowered his head and kissed Yun Shu's eyes gently. "I hope Mei'er can be happy in the future."

Yun Shu also tried to stretch her neck and kiss Li Xiangyu's eyes, "I hope my mother can always be happy in the future." ”

"Well, mother is happy. It's been a long time since I've had a long talk with Mei'er, and tonight can be regarded as a graceful one. ”

"If my father is here, we should say that we are vassals and elegant."

Li Xiangyu comforted her: "Mei'er don't be too sad because of his father's absence, as long as we think of him in our hearts, he is by our side." ”

"Well, Mei'er knows." The beating lights illuminated the two people with bright eyebrows. "After the Chinese New Year, the ice and snow outside will melt. When the time comes, my mother and I will send my father back to my hometown, okay? ”

"Well, go to sleep, it's late."

"I'm going to put out the candles." Yun Shu got out of the quilt again, and walked on the smooth futon step by step.

"Be careful, don't fall."

"Hmm."

The candle swayed twice, and the room fell into darkness.

"Mei'er, is it warm?"

Yun Shu tightened her grip on her mother's hand, "Mother, is it warm?" ”

"Well, go to sleep."

"Hmm."

Yun Shu was in a deep night, she was woken up by a strange tremor, and she couldn't open her eyes due to the bright sunshine. Trying to squeeze her eyes, she raised her head, but she was held by her father-in-law, and a thick robe was pressed against her back. When I turned my head, I saw that I was walking on the verandah, and in front of me was my bedroom that I hadn't slept in for a long time.

"Father-in-law? What's going on? Didn't I sleep in my mother's bedroom last night? ”

Yan Shizhen stopped and looked down, his little head nested in his robe, his eyes full of distress.

"What about Mother?" Yun Shu pulled out her little hand in a fog and rubbed her eyes again.

Yan Shizhen didn't seem to come back to his senses and didn't answer her.

Yun Shu, who came to her senses, only felt that things didn't seem to be good. "Father-in-law, let me go!"

"Your mother went." Yan Shizhen's hoarse voice poured into Yun Shu's ears, and she trembled when she fell into the ice cave.

"Where did you go? Where did it go? Yun Shu was at a loss, "Mother told me a good story last night!" Put me down! Put me down! ”

Using his hands and feet at the same time, he struggled in Yan Shizhen's arms, and the socks on his feet fell to the ground. The robe was just around her back to keep out the winter cold, and it wasn't worn on her body. Yan Shizhen couldn't hold her, Yun Shu followed his tall body, slipped and fell to the ground, wearing only thin clothes and pants all over his body, and ran barefoot to the main room.

Yan Shizhen turned around and picked her up again. "You're not wearing shoes, where are you going?"

"Let go of me, let go of me, I'm going to find Mother! Mother! Mother! Yun Shu screamed, thrashing and beating in Yan Shizhen's arms.

"Don't make trouble, get dressed, I'll take you to see your mother."

"I don't want it, I don't want it, I'm going to see my mother! You put me down! Yan Shizhen hugged her tightly and didn't let go.

"Father-in-law, your medical skills are so good, didn't you promise me to heal my mother? Why scare me today? Yun Shu suddenly quieted down, looking at Yan Shizhen with tears on his face, and he was ashamed to see it.

Yun Shu took advantage of his sudden suddenness and began to struggle again, trying to break free from his restraints.

Although Yun Shu was not tall, Yan Shizhen almost couldn't hold her anymore despite the collision under the emotion, so he had to hug her tightly with one hand, free one hand, and gently press her on the back of her neck.

Yun Shu's hands and feet immediately went limp, and she fell asleep on Yan Shizhen's shoulder.

Yun Shu was crying, and in the main house, Gui Zhi and others, who helped Li Xiangyu sort out his remains, came out.

Yan Shizhen hugged Yun Shu and continued to walk towards her bedroom.

Put Yun Shu on her own bed, afraid that she would wake up and rush out like this, and let Ziyun put some clothes on her body. and wrapped her tightly in the quilt.

Yun Shu, who woke up again, lost her previous well-behaved etiquette, and she became hysterical.

Guizhi and Ziyun desperately grabbed her and dressed her in winter robes and sackcloth. The sackcloth tied to her body again, like a sharp arrow piercing her temples, scratched her cranial nerves, making it difficult for her to adapt to the numbness in her head for a while, and quieted down, letting Ziyun Guizhi dress her, put on her shoes, clean her face, and comb her hair.

She felt nothing but a splitting headache as the wide white linen cap rested on her head, screaming, pounding her temples hard, pushing the crowd away and rushing into the courtyard.

White banners refill the verandahs and courtyards. Yun Shu ran all the way. The road was there, but in her eyes it seemed that there was no road, almost rampage, and she fell several times, but she got up stiffly and continued to run, running straight to the front of the mourning hall.

The delicate little hands grabbed the door frame, but they trembled all over, and they didn't dare to step forward.

In the middle of the mourning hall lay her mother, and in the side hall was her father, and she only felt that her heart had been frozen into ice by this winter, and then she had been thrown to the ground, shattered into pieces of sharp ice slag, and pierced her with blood, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not pick it up.

The people in the mourning hall turned to look at her, and Gui Zhi and Ziyun caught up and looked at her from behind, not knowing how to comfort her for a while.

It wasn't until her nails almost bleed at the door frame that Yun Shu mustered up the courage to cross the threshold. Step by step, as if stepping on his heart, he trembled and walked to the person covered with a white cloth, and lifted the white cloth with trembling hands.

Gui Zhi wanted to step forward to stop her, but was stopped by Yan Shizhen. Her father left, she didn't see it, if her mother didn't let her see her when she left, it was very cruel to take away the two people who were most important to her from her life, but not give her a chance to say goodbye, and during this time, Yun Shu tried her best to control her emotions and try to appease her mother, the depression in her heart was very bad and needed to be vented.

Lifting the white cloth, Yun Shu screamed sharply, trembling terrifyingly. "Father, father, is this Mother? What's wrong with her? Why is her face so white and scary? ”

Yan Shizhen hurriedly stepped forward, held her arm, took her in his arms, patted her back gently, and called out in his mouth, "Mei'er, Mei'er, the father-in-law is here, the father-in-law is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Mei'er." "Trying to calm her down.

Yan Shizhen's appeasement called her back from the trembling of fear, she finally cried out loud, crying while calling "mother", the whole person who was crying curled up, and she almost closed her breath several times, but fortunately Yan Shizhen was there and helped her straighten out her breath in time.

Her "mother" reminded people of the radiant and amiable Li Xiangyu in the past, and everyone couldn't help but cry with her.

Although her grief needs to be vented, according to her crying method, Yan Shizhen was afraid that she would be too sad, so he pressed her to sleep again.

Yun Shu woke up again, it was already dusk.

Yan Shizhen sat in front of the bed with a tired face, as if he was staring at her intently, and when he saw Yun Shu open his eyes, his eyes lit up, "Mei'er is awake?" How does it feel? ”

Yun Shu didn't seem to be fully conscious, and wanted to nod, but felt a splitting headache and a chest that was not smooth, so she shook her head again.

Yan Shizhen turned around and took out the hot medicine from the small stove and blew the hot air. "Mei'er, come and drink this, it will be more comfortable to drink."

He wanted to let Yun Shu's emotions vent naturally, but he didn't expect Yun Shu to be so hysterical, so he had to use medicine to help her soothe her heart knots.

Yun Shu wanted to take the medicine bowl with a burning hand.

Yan Shizhen hurriedly put down the medicine bowl, grabbed Yun Shu's hand, and blew, "I'll take a look, I'll see, is it burned?" ”

Yun Shu's fingers were just red. "It's okay, it's okay. The medicine bowl is too hot, it's the father-in-law who is not good, and the father-in-law feeds you. ”

Yan Shizhen had never taken care of children, and his words and demeanor were a little clumsy for a while.

Yun Shu was burned by this, sobered up, and said abruptly: "Father-in-law, didn't you promise that I would heal my mother?" I took care of my mother so dedicatedly, why did she leave me? As he spoke, tears rolled down again.

"Mei'er, drink the medicine, and my father-in-law will tell you after drinking." Yan Shizhen's face was heavy, he didn't look at her, and after hurriedly blowing and raising the decoction in his hand, he handed it to Yun Shu again.

Yun Shu didn't cry anymore, and drank the bitter decoction one by one along the medicine spoon in Yan Shizhen's hand. In the past, she didn't like to suffer bitter things the most, but now, although her bitter tongue can't be curled, she tries to swallow hard, as if the bitterness in her mouth can suppress the pain in her heart that is difficult to relieve. While drinking, big and big tears rolled down.

"Is the medicine too bitter? My father-in-law tried his best to make the medicine sweeter, but I didn't expect it to be so bitter. Mei'er quickly eat some candied fruit to suppress the bitter taste in his mouth. Yan Shizhen put down the medicine bowl and hurriedly brought a small plate of candied fruit from the table.

Yun Shu pressed her chest and shook her head gently, "If the mouth is bitter, the heart will not hurt, and the medicine of my father-in-law is very good." ”

The medicine spoon in Yan Shizhen's hand froze, "Mei'er, it's the father-in-law's limited medical skills, which disappointed you, it's because the father-in-law is not good." ”

Yun Shu looked at Yan Shizhen fixedly, without saying a word.