Chapter 22: The Thoughts of a Youth
Outside Feng Yan's small courtyard, not far from the rockery, Feng Yishu and Feng Xiaoqi were lying together, looking at Wei Xingzhen and Feng Yan's courtyard with bated breath.
Feng Yishu propped his chin, "It's so late and you don't turn off the lights and you're still playing the piano there...... What are they doing? β
"Have you ever seen a courting peacock?" Feng Xiaoqi asked.
Feng Yishu didn't understand, "What do you want to say......"
"Wei Xingzhen is now a peacock who only courtes, and she is changing the way to open the screen to Sister A." Feng Xiaoqi said softly, "Be reasonable, you should also learn a little bit of this kind of ability, fifth brother." β
"What's wrong with being able to play the piano, Lord Yin can also play it," Feng Yishu frowned, "...... Childhood sweetheart for so many years, Sister has changed her mind? β
ββ¦β¦ If what you said before was true, Sister Ah would definitely not give Yin Shiyun a second chance. β
Feng Yishu didn't react for a moment, "What did I say?" β
"It's what Sister asked Yin Shiyun to take her out of Chang'an three years ago, but Yin Shiyun flinched from the battle."
Feng Yishu understood, "You said this...... But what's the matter? I think Sister A is also young, and she wants to elope as soon as her brain is hot, what's wrong with Chang'an City, Lord Yin is the sister-in-law of the Taishi, and the future is limitless - if you really eloped with Sister at that time, it would be bad! β
"Brother, you're really a piece of wood in this area." Feng Xiaoqi sighed, "You men should do things, otherwise don't agree, you can't do it if you promise, it's all crumbs, do you understand?" β
Feng Yishu frowned, "What are they??" β
"It's all scum." Feng Xiaoqi stretched out his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck, "Anyway, Yin Shiyun's unit will definitely be fine, you believe me." β
Feng Yishu's eyes widened, and his head was full of question marks, "...... And you promised to help me match them? β
Feng Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows, "I didn't promise to help match!" I just think there is something wrong with this Wei Xingzhen, so I came to give you a hand. β
"What's the problem?"
"I can't say it at all," Feng Xiaoqi tilted his head and thought for a while, "Anyway, when I sent Sister Ah back to the courtyard in the evening, this person looked at me strangely, as if he didn't like me very muchβno, it wasn't so much that he didn't like it, but that he was wary of me." β
βοΌοΌοΌβ Feng Yishu was even more puzzled, "He likes Sister A, why does he like you?" β
"That's not the point, the point is: I'm such a harmless person, why is he wary of me when he sees me?" Feng Xiaoqi's eyebrows furrowed, "You must know that in this family, I have the best relationship with Sister A, if he has no ghosts in his heart, why should he be wary of me?" β
Feng Yishu leaned closer, "...... So what the hell do you think he is? β
Feng Xiaoqi narrowed his eyes slightly, "That's hard to say...... But I think he wants to do PUA on Sister A. β
ββ¦β¦ Speak human words. β
Feng Xiaoqi lowered his voice, "You think, Sister usually doesn't go out of the door, and she doesn't step out of the second door, she doesn't have any friends in Chang'an or Luoyang, and the only person she can rely on is us." This Wei Xingzhen is wary of us for no reason, maybe he wants to divide our relationship with Sister A, so as to isolate her completelyβso that he can control Sister A. β
ββ¦β¦ But what's the use of him controlling Sister A? β
"You forgot! Wei Xingzhen is Sister A's first husband, if Sister A's twenty-four years old and she doesn't get married, they will be reconciled. But if he controls Sister, then everything will be up to him! β
ββ¦β¦ Come on, Sister is so easy to control. Feng Yishu sighed, "Haven't you ever learned her to really start a fireβ"
"Well, you don't understand...... Mind control is all step-by-step, if Wei Xingzhen is really good at this, then according to Sister A's situation, she is very dangerous. β
Feng Yishu's brows twisted into twists, remembering what happened to him last time in Taiwei's Mansion - although he was still annoyed when he thought about it, Wei Xingzhen looked like he was courting him at that time.
"Forget it......" Feng Yishu didn't plan to argue about anything, "Anyway, I don't think he's a good person." β
Before the words fell, the harmony of pipa and piccolo came from Feng Yan's courtyard in the distance, and both of them were stunned.
"Ah, this ......" Feng Xiaoqi gasped when he heard this, and couldn't help but lean back slightly, "Sister hasn't touched the pipa for at least three years, right?" This Wei Xingzhen ...... Too good at it? β
Feng Yishu clenched his fists, "Now the second brother, the third brother, and the sixth brother are all in Chang'anβSister is the only one with us!" Xiaoqi, what do you say next? β
Feng Xiaoqi bit her nails and pondered, and after a while, she finally made up her mind.
"Didn't Yin Shiyun want to see Sister A?" Feng Xiaoqi said softly, "No matter what Sister A's attitude is towards him, anyway, we can be sure now that he is a person who is sincerely good to Sister A, and this relationship may be life-saving at a critical time - tomorrow you go to Yin Shiyun, I will go to the Wei Mansion to bring Sister out of the house, and then let them meet." β
"Cheng, then it's decided!"
Feng Yishu and Feng Xiaoqi high-fived tacitly.
"For the happiness of my sister!"
β¦β¦
The next morning, the sky was bright, and Feng Yan heard someone calling her name in a daze.
Feng Yan's eyelids fought, and she barely opened her eyes, and saw that Wei Xingzhen had changed into an official uniform and was sitting on a chair not far away wearing boots.
Feng Yan looked around and found that she was wearing last night's clothes, lying on the couch on the first floor.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up, "I was ...... last night Did you fall asleep first? β
Wei Xingzhen nodded, "You said that you were tired of playing and wanted to rest for a while, but you put the pipa and fell asleep." β
Feng Yan lowered her head, "...... Thank you. β
Wei Xingzhen put on her boots, stood up and took two steps, "Get up, I'll wait for you in the courtyard." β
Feng Yan nodded.
After Wei Xingzhen went out, Feng Yan quietly went to the ground - the tea on the tea table last night was cold, and after leaving it for so much in vain, the tea could no longer be drunk.
On the piano case on the side, the guqin has disappeared.
Want...... It should be that Wei Xingzhen has already put it away.
Feng Yan raised her eyes and looked at the pipa that had been hung back on the wall.
The ivory white peony carving on the headstock is slightly yellowish, and the folds of the flowers have a pale gray dirt, although people have diligently removed and wiped it every day over the years, but the color of these dust has become part of the carving like the aging ivory yellow.
Feng Yan carefully took it off again.
When she was twelve years old, she took over the pipa from Yin Shiyun. At that time, the two families loved to go into the mountains to escape the heat in the summer, and every time they entered the mountains, Yin Shiyun always carried his Fuxi guqin on his back.
In the mountain stream on a summer night, Yin Shiyun taught her to play the piano, and soon the two of them were able to play some simple tunes together.
In the song of insects and birds, the two children play the piano in harmony.
In Feng Yan's lonely youth, this is one of the few times that can withstand memories.
Later, Yin Shiyun heard that Feng Yan had learned the pipa since childhood, and after going down the mountain, he personally ordered this piano from the best craftsmen in Chang'an City as a gift for Feng Yan's twelfth birthday.
How many nights have she spent alone, Feng Yan spent time alone holding the piano.
In the past three years, Feng Yan has not touched it again, but she is reluctant to throw it away, so she just hangs there.
Maybe it's waiting.
But what are you waiting for?
Feng Yan didn't understand either.