An old slave who was waiting for Xu Jing came out and invited the three into Xu Jing's courtyard.

When I entered the painting hall, the smell of medicine was stronger, and there was a coughing sound in the back room. This cough is heartbreaking, and it makes people's hearts tug at the sound of it.

Xu Qingyan advanced Xu Jing's room, took a look, and waited for Xu Jing to ease up and tidy up, and then he let An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi in.

In the dim light of the house, Xu Jing described sitting on the bed half-leaning on the pillow, covered with a thick quilt, and there were three pots of charcoal fire in the room, which were as hot as a steamer.

Seeing An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi, Xu Jing squinted his eyes for a while, and seemed to recognize the two of them, and barely showed a kind smile, "It turned out to be Xiao An'er, I grew up, I thought it was ...... at first glance."

He froze.

Who do you think at first glance? The three of them all understand that An Huajin is a bit like her mother.

Shen Yuan's heart was very angry, but he still suppressed it, "Uncle Xu, you only recognize Xiao An'er, and someone as big as me is standing here." ”

Xu Jing smiled, "Xiao Yuanzhi has also grown up." ”

This sentence carried a long sigh of amazement, and suddenly made Shen Yuanzhi stop his mouth.

Xu Jing can no longer see the healthy and healthy appearance of smiling and talking in the past, not to mention the withered and withered words, and has taken off his human form, and he can't see the slightest shadow of the past.

At the beginning, he was a famous son of Nanyang's generation, and he was also "riding a horse and leaning on the bridge, full of red sleeves." But now, after eight years of illness and torture, people have already seen him almost unrecognizable.

"Sit down, why are you here today? Is it the reason why I heard that Brother Yan came back? Xu Jing waved his hand and asked the two to sit.

An Huajin sat down, not far from Xu Jing, and said, "The two of us went out to run errands, passing through Qingzhou, and came to see Uncle Xu. Is it because the doctor doesn't use it? Or did Uncle Xu himself not take his medicine properly? ”

An Huajin's words were not emotionally different from the usual daily visits to Xu Jing, so that Shen Yuanzhi couldn't help but look at her again.

Xu Jing shook his head, "The old body is sick, no matter how good the doctor is, it is useless, I have been sick for so many years, the medicine stone is ineffective, I just try to maintain it, if I can die early, it will be fine, there is no need to drag people down." ”

"It's better to die than to live." Shen Yuan's way.

He said this with suppressed emotions in his heart, if he wanted to die early, shouldn't Xu Jing apologize for his death early in the morning? And now have lived for so many years? Why? He was curious to know.

"It's better to live than to die." After Xu Jing said this, he seemed to touch something, and coughed violently.

There was another heart-rending cough, and the listener was worried for a while, as if he could not breathe while coughing.

The old slave stepped forward, patted him on the back and stroked his chest, poured water to feed him to suppress the cough, and took care of him, but it still took a long time before Xu Jing eased up.

An Huajin waited for him to calm down before he spoke, "Brother Qingyan has brought back a doctor, Uncle Xu asked him to take a look as soon as possible." ”

Xu Jing waved his hand, "No matter how good the doctor is, he can't cure my illness, you don't have to look at it, let him go." ”

Xu Qingyan's face was pale, "Since my father doesn't like to see it, then it's okay, I'll let him go tomorrow." After speaking, he turned to An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi, "People have already seen it, it's getting late, presumably you are also extremely tired, I'll send you to rest." ”

An Huajin stood up and was as good as a stream, "Uncle Xu, let's rest earlier, Brother Qingyan is filial, and the doctor he brought back, since he specializes in treating old diseases, let's take a look!" Maybe you'll be able to see it. ”

Shen Yuanzhi also stood up, "Uncle Xu rested earlier, the doctor should still see it." ”

Since An Huajin said so, he also said the same.

Xu Jing waved his hand, "The guest house where you used to live has always been cleaned by someone else, and it has never been lived in by others, since Brother Yan is back and he takes care of you, I won't worry about it." ”

An Huajin nodded, "Uncle Xu, don't worry, we have been in the Xu family since we were children, just like in our own home, and we don't have to take care of it." ”

The three of them walked out of Xu Jing's room together, walked out of the painting hall, and came to the courtyard, the cold air blew away, and the room was full of medicinal smell and suffocating breath, and it seemed that the body had been contaminated with the smell of medicine in a short time.

Walking out of Xu Jing's courtyard, the three of them were silent.

Xu Qingyan sent An Huajin and Shen Yuanzhi to the guest house, and asked the two, "If Nanyang is fine, stay for one more day?" ”

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning." An Huajin shook his head.

Xu Qingyan nodded, "Grandpa An is not in Nanyang, you two can't leave Nanyang City for too long." I heard that Cui Zhuo left Cui's house and went to Nanyang? ”

Shen Yuanzhi said, "It's not all because of the little girl's trouble, which has harmed Brother Cui Shi, the Cui family is estimated to be annoyed with her now, and they probably don't want to see her again." ”

Xu Qingyan glanced at An Huajin and smiled, "Our little sister is likable, what's wrong?" ”

An Huajin smiled helplessly.

Shen Yuanzhi sighed, "She doesn't want to be liked, she used to call Brother Zhuo, but now she has changed her name to Brother Cui Shi, it can be seen that being liked is also a burden, and it is not as easy and comfortable as me, the annoying one." ”

Xu Qingyan smiled, "How can I compare you?" ”

"What about you?" Shen Yuanzhi asked.

Xu Qingyan shook his head, "Forget it." Compare yourself to yourself! ”

The three of them talked for a long time in the painting hall of the guest house, and late at night, Xu Qingyan left, letting the two rest early, leaving only Shen Yuanzhi and An Huajin.

There are two courtyards in the guest house, An Huajin lives in the east every time, and Shen Yuanzhi lives in the west, separated by a long corridor, and now the two are sitting in the living room of the painting hall in the middle of this place, and after Xu Qingyan left, they were silent opposite each other.

"Don't ask? That's it? Shen Yuanzhi asked.

An Huajin was silent for a long time, and said softly, "Forget it." ”

Shen Yuanzhi looked at her, "Are you willing?" I've all come here, just because he's terminally ill and described himself as self-tortured for eight years, you can't bear it when you see it, don't ask? Little girl, this is a deep hatred, how can you not ask to understand? ”

An Huajin raised his eyes and said calmly, "I'm not unbearable with him, I'm because of Brother Qingyan and sister-in-law, Brother Qingyan treats me well, and I don't treat the An family well, if there was no him back then, I couldn't get my sister-in-law to hide from the Xu family alone, and I don't necessarily have the lively, cute, smart and clever Ning'er now, and he is the sister-in-law's father after all, if the sister-in-law doesn't say it, she is also very concerned about him in her heart, for the sake of Brother Qingyan, sister-in-law, and Ning'er, forget it." ”

Shen Yuanzhi pursed his lips, he was here, he was a little unwilling, and wanted to figure out what was going on back then.

An Huajin understood his mood and said lightly, "What if you figure out what happened?" After hearing it, maybe you and I will want to kill him on the spot, and it will make us feel more hatred and anger, sadness and sorrow, he is worse than dead, killing him does not make much sense, nor can it make my father and brother resurrect, but tired you and I dirty hands. Let Brother Qingyan witness all this with his own eyes, what reason do we have to get together again in the future, even if it is to have a meal, drink a sip of tea, and joke about the old love of childhood? How will I see my sister-in-law in the future? Tell her the truth? That is her biological father, and she gave birth to Ning'er, and she has been alone for her eldest brother all her life, which is a blessing that has been cultivated by the An family for many lifetimes, and I don't want to give it away. So, I would rather not want to know what Xu Jing did back then. ”

Shen Yuanzhi closed his eyes, "Then forget it?" ”

"Forget it!" An Huajin said softly but firmly, "Before I came, I wasn't sure what I would do when I saw him, but after I came, when I saw Brother Qingyan and saw him, I knew what to do." If whitewashing is a mistake, I'd rather be a mistake clearly. After all, he is Qingyan's elder brother and sister-in-law's father, and Ning'er's grandfather. ”

"Well, I'll listen to you." Shen Yuanzhi has no reason, he can't say that An Huajin did something wrong, he has an old love for Xu Qingyan and Xu Qingling, and he has also grown up since childhood, as well as Ning'er, and he loves him even more, and he loves him like a treasure.

It was about An Huajin's sentence that made Shen Yuanzhi deflated, so this night, he slept a peaceful sleep in the Xu family's West Guest House, and made up for the sleep he lacked earlier.

And An Huajin also slept peacefully for one night.

Early in the morning of the second day, the two went to Xu Qingyan together to say goodbye.

Xu Qingyan was much more silent than yesterday, and when he was about to send the two out of the house, he suddenly stopped An Huajin, who was about to get on the horse and leave, grabbed her arm, and whispered, "Little girl, I know what you are here for." You left so easily, did you plan to forget it? Let's go, I'll accompany you to find him again, I also want to know what he did back then, which led to Uncle An of Yuxueling and Qichen and Qiyan burying their bones in the battlefield. ”

An Huajin was stunned.

Shen Yuanzhi was also stunned.