The eldest brother walked over from the ancestral hall as if sleepwalking, ignoring all the subordinates along the way.

He passed by his subordinates. The subordinates looked at his dejected expression, looked at the terrible whip marks and red blood stains on his back, and quietly exchanged heads and ears behind him. But he was oblivious to all this.

On the promenade leading to your residence, he met me. I was about to visit you in your yard.

I heard the news that my father summoned Jingyun to the ancestral hall, and I also heard the news that my aunt rushed over there in a panic, and it stands to reason that I should accompany my aunt, because she is my adoptive mother after all, and when she is so frightened, as a daughter, I should be by her side.

However, I don't want to go. I hate Jingyun. For what he has done to me all these years, for all that he has done to you since he came home from you, for him to make you go through such pain, the result today is that he is to blame, and he deserves it. I don't want to go and intercede with him. I want him to be punished as he deserves. I think I'm very determined about it.

However, seeing him come over like this with a pale face and a trance, and seeing his back being beaten open and bloody, my heart suddenly felt very uncomfortable again, and the hatred I had just felt for him faded in an instant. Even, I found that I still had some pity and sympathy for him. I still have feelings for him, after all, more than ten years of childhood sweethearts, no matter how unreasonable he has become now, I still can't suppress my compassion when I really see him suffering.

I went up to him and wanted to say something to him, but I didn't know how to say it.

He watched me approach, and he looked at me with the eyes of a dead snake.

I muttered, "Big brother." ”

His lips finally came to life. He said coldly, "Get out of my way, don't get in my way." ”

I looked at him and felt very sad.

He looked at my expression and said, "You're going to see him, aren't you?" When my mother and I were in the ancestral hall, all you thought about was to see him. You don't want to come to the ancestral hall at all, even if you come to see the excitement. ”

I bowed my head and said nothing.

He said, "Jean." Your heart is as cold as ice. ”

This sentence pierced my heart like a dagger. I don't know why, but I felt so sad that tears welled up in my eyes.

He said, "Take back your false tears." Aren't you happy now? Father has finally avenged you. I finally deserved to be punished. You should laugh, you should go to him and laugh with him. ”

I shook my head. I said sadly, "I'm not happy, big brother. I feel sad. Shouldn't a family love each other when they are together? Why get such a field. What a precious blessing it is for a family to be together and be safe. How many people, for the rest of their lives, will not be able to get it. ”

"Love each other." The eldest brother said, "Can you love my mother and me?" My mother has raised you for more than ten years, and when she just burst into tears outside the ancestral hall, where were you? ”

The eldest brother looked at me and said coldly: "It's not biological, after all, it's not biological." No matter how nice you are to her, she will always never talk to you. ”

Another dagger plunged deep into my heart. My tears fell from the ground.

Big brother reached out in disgust and nudged me, saying, "Get out of the way." ”

I was pushed aside by him. I watched him pass me like a ghost, scurrying towards your yard.

I was suddenly frightened, and I felt very uneasy, so I followed him far behind, and also walked towards your yard.

Big brother crossed the threshold and walked into the wing room where you lived. He rolled the whites of his eyes at Wu Shun, who greeted him. Wu Shun was really startled when he saw his lifeless appearance, and then saw the blood on his back, and he didn't react for a while. He walked past Wu Shun and came straight to the inner room where you were lying.

The eldest brother stepped in one step from outside the door. He pounces and kneels straight in front of you. He knelt so hard that a light dust rose under his knees.

You hear this thud and open your eyes slightly. You move with difficulty. Wu Shun, who followed up, hurried over and carefully helped you to sit up slowly. The sky is spinning, you can't sit still at all, you can only lean weakly on Wu Shun's shoulder. In another sharp pain caused by the movement of your body, you gasped with sweat on your face and looked at your big brother blankly.

You look at each other. You look at each other in your own unbearable pain.

Big brother suddenly fell to the ground, and he kowtowed hard to you. He was knocking his head so hard that his forehead immediately turned blue and purple.

You move again. You thought about asking Wu Shun to pull him up, but your tongue stiffened in pain, you couldn't speak, and you didn't have the strength to push Wu Shun, and Wu Shun didn't move at all.

Big Brother looks up from the ground and points that bruised, blackened forehead at you.

The eldest brother said, "I'm sorry. Young master. I shouldn't have beaten you up for any of the following crimes. Thank you for your magnanimity and for not caring about it, and thank you for interceding for me in front of my father so that I could be spared punishment. As the eldest brother, I have no love and am not worthy to be a father's son. From now on, I will change my mind and never do anything that hurts my siblings again. If I do it, let me pierce my body with a sharp sword, and I will not die well!" ”

After the eldest brother said these words, he knocked his head again in a thrilling way. At this moment, the sound of the voice made even Wu Shun's heart skip a beat.

After he finished kowtowing, he stood up.

He doesn't look at you anymore. He turned and walked out the door.

In your gaze, he crossed the threshold and walked outside.

I'm standing by the bamboo bush in front of your room. I watched as Big Brother shuffled and stumbled out of your room.

I watched him approach me. He walked up to me. I saw his bruised forehead.

He looked at me sleepwalking.

I looked at him like this, I didn't know why, and I felt a deep sadness.

He said, "I actually see sadness in your eyes. Will you still feel sorry for me? ”

He murmured to me, "Tell me if I have a father or not." ”

I looked at him, not knowing how to answer.

A mocking sneer appeared on his lips. He said, "Go in and see him." He's really, too good at acting. ”

He reached out again and pushed me aside a little. His eyes were straight ahead. He walked past me.

I looked at him, disappeared around the corner, and was gone.

I suddenly heard Wu Shun's anxious voice inside. There was a lot of confusion in the yard.

I hurried into your room and saw you lying on the edge of the bed vomiting violently. You can't even lift your head when you vomit. A small guy is holding you, and Wu Shun gently pats you on the back, trying to make you feel comfortable.

I stood in front of your bed, watching you vomit like this.

I also see the ground in front of your bed. In the place where the eldest brother had just kowtowed, there was a little bloodstain.

I looked at the bloodstains. I look at you again. I knelt down in front of your bed. I covered my eyes and silently began to cry.

Wu Shun and the little guy carefully helped you to lie down again.

Wu Shun said to the little guy: "He can only lie down, he can no longer move his body, and he can no longer sit up." "Wu Shun put the benzoin burner closer to you. He turned to close the door again. You fall there, breathing heavily, sweating profusely, and your face pale.

When I saw you like this, my heart was shattered into countless pieces. I lay on the edge of your bed, tears falling like pearls with broken threads. I've never been so sad in my life. My tears were pouring in and I couldn't stop it.

Suddenly I felt something.

Through the hazy tears, I saw your hand, and you grabbed mine. You take my hand in your hand. Because the pain is so weak that you just hold it slightly, without any strength.

I look at you with tears in my eyes.

Your lips move. I look at your pale lips.

You say in a trance, very slightly, almost faintly than a whisper, "Don't cry." ”

After you say this, you become confused again. Once again, you don't move. You lie there with your eyes closed, as if you're asleep.

But your hand has always been holding my hand. And I, too, let my own hands remain in your grasp.

I knelt in front of your bed until you fell asleep again in the thick scent of benzoin, and your fingers slowly stretched and loosened.

I knelt there, feeling the pain of your brothers. They are like two whirlpools that are very close together. And I'm in the middle of this maelstrom.

Sooner or later, they'll engulf me.

If we are powerless to help others from suffering, those whirlpools will engulf us sooner or later.

Our fate is the suffering of others.