Chapter 44 Elsewhere
The two men looked at each other and smiled, as if they both saw similar thoughts in each other's eyes for a moment. He didn't speak, but his thoughts were the same.
After eating, Bai Qingyan was ready to go back, and before she could change her clothes, Qiao Changfeng hurried over and told her to take her senior brothers and leave quickly.
Bai Qingyan casually took the things he had packed, turned around and ran to the room of the two senior brothers, the two of them had already carried their luggage on their backs at this moment, just waiting for Bai Qingyan to inform them to leave.
The three of them took advantage of the night, followed behind Qiao Changfeng's entourage, and went out cautiously from the small door, and after getting into the carriage, Bai Qingyan took one last look at the Li Mansion, and wondered in his heart, didn't Brother Qiao come to see us off? Before he could be seen, his entourage had already set up the carriage and left.
If there is anything reluctant to say, it is Qiao Changfeng! It's just that the mountain is high and the road is far away, and I don't know when I will see you again.
At this time, Qiao Changfeng was following his sister-in-law to see his eldest brother, and his sister-in-law didn't reveal anything to him at all, so Qiao Changfeng felt a little uneasy in his heart.
"Sister-in-law, where is Changyun, why didn't he come?"
"He's at home!"
"Housekeeping?" Qiao Changfeng felt that Changyun was very pitiful when he thought about it, and he couldn't walk around from time to time, but he had always been a character who didn't like profligacy.
If they are brothers, the personalities of the three brothers of the Qiao family are completely different. The eldest brother Qiao Changan has a tyrannical personality and a short temper, except for his sister-in-law Li Qiniang, he treats everyone else with the same straight face. And Qiao Changfeng is different, he is more free than anyone else, but he is sensible, distinguishes between good and evil, fears, and loves.
And Changyun, just the opposite, was as cold as frost, arrogant, almost didn't talk much, and only showed the appearance of a younger brother in front of Qiao Changfeng.
Maybe it's because the two are brothers, or maybe it's because they both feel like they're fallen people at the end of the world.
Li Qiniang smiled and said yes, turned around and entered Qiao Chang'an's room, Qiao Changfeng hesitated slightly, and finally took a step.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Tongyun sitting on the side, Qiao Changfeng knew that this time, he couldn't escape. I had no choice but to delay it for a few days.
"I've seen Big Brother." Qiao Changfeng said.
Qiao Changan waved his hand and motioned for him to sit down, his eyes first smiled at Li Qiniang, and then turned to Qiao Changfeng, this time, he was also a little happy, as if something happy was going to happen.
"Big brother called me late at night, but what do you have to discuss?" In fact, if it is reasonable to say that it is an order, Qiao Changan has never thought of discussing anything with him, at most he will give a notice.
"That's right, Changfeng, you're in your twenties this year!" Qiao Changan asked.
"One out of twenty." Qiao Changfeng replied.
"These days, you don't have much to do, I think I can pre-set your wedding with Tongyun, and later, hold an engagement banquet." Qiao Changan said.
Hearing these words, a flush appeared on Li Tongyun's face, and he lowered his head shyly, but he raised his lips and smiled knowingly.
Qiao Changfeng was stunned. These words hit him like a thunderbolt from the sky, in the past, he knew that he would not marry Tongyun, and now, even more, he will not.
He was stunned, he didn't know what to say, his eldest brother didn't even want to ask his opinion, and asked Tongyun directly.
Tongyun bowed his head shyly, "Tongyun has long belonged to Brother Changfeng. This sentence is what she endured for a long time before she confided in her heart.
Changfeng knew that all this was already a sure fact, at this moment, all that came to his mind was Bai Qingyan's face, and the little light he desperately wanted to grasp had been pushed farther and farther away by his own hands.
If you really love someone, you won't want to let him struggle in the dark like you, and if you really love someone, even if he is your light, you won't bear to let him stay in the abyss just because he can illuminate you. For Qiao Changfeng, this is the case.
If you really love someone, you will believe that as long as he is willing to come back, no matter how far away and how difficult it is, you will go to see him and wait for him to come back, if you really love someone, you will know that you do everything possible to not want to let him go, just because, you want to be with him all the time, you want to be able to take care of him as much as you can. For Li Tongyun, yes.
There is only one kind of love, but the different love of different people has thousands of different expressions.
Qiao Changfeng's hesitation did not attract Qiao Changan's attention at all, besides, Qiao Changan knew that he had no intention of Tongyun at all, but these things were not up to him at all.
"The ninth day of the first month of next month is a good day, Changfeng, you and Tongyun will get engaged as soon as possible! lest there be long nights and many dreams. Qiao Changan said this, but he was afraid that there would be some accidents on the way. If he could, he would even like to let Qiao Changfeng and Li Tongyun get married at this moment.
But Qi Niang is right, everything still needs to have a courtesy, and the process that should be taken still has to be followed.
"Thank you sister and brother-in-law." Tongyun said.
Qiao Changfeng made a straight face, but he still resisted the urge to rush out, he couldn't dodge, he could hide now, and he might not be able to hide in the future.
"Alright, let's go back and rest! Changfeng, send Tongyun back to the room. Qiao Changan went to take Li Qiniang's hand, and the two left holding hands.
Tongyun was still blushing, looking at Qiao Changfeng with a look of reluctance, which was also expected by her.
"Brother Changfeng, you know, we grew up together since we were children, and I have been in love with you since I was a child."
Qiao Changfeng turned his face away, not looking at her, he could feel his embarrassment at this moment, how should he face all this, face the fact that he already liked Bai Qingyan but had to marry Tongyun.
He can only be regarded as a brother and sister to her! How could he marry his own sister? What's more, he had already decided in his heart that in this life, he would either not marry, or if he wanted to marry, he would only marry Bai Qingyan.
"Tongyun, the matter has come to this, do you still want to deceive yourself?"
"Brother Changfeng, do you know how happy I am every time you come back here." Tongyun said, very emotional.
Qiao Changfeng didn't speak. He wasn't her, how could he know what she thought. He didn't want to know at all. Once upon a time, perhaps, it was possible to speak as before.
"I know you have a lot of things to do, and I also know that maybe one day, you won't come back for a few months or a few years as soon as you go, but it doesn't matter, I'm willing to wait!" Tongyun's eyes moistened, remembering the days and nights she had waited for, although she didn't regret it, she still hoped that, at least, he could stay longer because of this.
"Actually, you don't have to wait, I said it a long time ago. What's more, a lot of times, I don't know when I'll be back. Qiao Changfeng said.
"I know, you can't help yourself." Tongyun's tears fell, "But, you know what? I feel like I'm a constraint on you, and I don't want to, but I can't help it! ”
Qiao Changfeng turned around and was about to leave, and outside the window was the dark night that could be seen, the dark night where all emotions could be buried and buried. In a few steps, he melted into the thick night.
"Brother Changfeng!" Tongyun shouted out to him behind him. Did she think he was going to leave?
"It's getting late, I'll send you back to rest!" Qiao Changfeng turned his head and said to her.
She followed, and neither of them spoke much along the way. It's this way, Qiao Changfeng thinks, it's getting longer and longer, the longer it can't be finished, and the invisible black. The more he walked, the more anxious Qiao Changfeng felt.
I don't know how Bai Qingyan is, whether he is safe and sound, and whether he can escape Qiao Changan's sight. Everything is still unknown.
Tongyun was behind him, and his heart was also sour. Finally, when he arrived at her room and watched her enter the room, Qiao Changfeng was about to leave.
Tongyun couldn't bear to close the door for a long time, looking at his back as he left in a hurry, his black clothes gradually disappeared in the night. Qiao Changyun also has this set of black clothes, but Qiao Changyun's coldness only looks stable when he wears black clothes.
And this steady black dress made Qiao Changfeng wear a ruthless feeling. How could he be ruthless? He's just, his heart isn't in me.
It wasn't until the tears dried that Li Tongyun gently closed the door and kept the night out, but inside the door, it was also pitch black, and a room full of sadness.
Another night of drinking, another night of drunkenness. Wine is a good thing, at least, it makes time pass a little faster, so that the pain and everything you want to escape will disappear at that moment.
Qiao Changfeng is addicted to wine, not greedy for the delicacy of wine, but he has bitterness in his heart, and he pours all of it into wine.
But Bai Qingyan was bumpy all night, and he didn't know where he was going, all night, he squinted his eyes uneasily, and just fell asleep for a while, he was woken up by the turmoil of the carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and still hadn't reached his destination.
It's better to be sober like this, look at the scenery along the way, the starry sky is twinkling, and in this way, it will not live up to the beautiful scenery of this good day.
When they arrived, it was already noon the next day, and the two senior brothers didn't close their eyes all the way, and after waking up the sleeping Bai Qingyan, the three of them got out of the carriage.
Bai Qingyan didn't expect that he was still asleep, it seems that sleep is still very important! Especially for someone like yourself who loves to sleep.
The driver of the carriage hurriedly handed Bai Qingyan a bag, and left in the carriage, he wanted to go back in a hurry to report to Qiao Changfeng.
The bag was very heavy, Bai Qingyan's hand sank, and he opened it curiously, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was white flowers and silver inside, or Brother Qiao was thoughtful, they didn't have money at all, now it's okay.
The senior brother couldn't help but admire and be grateful to Qiao Changfeng, the three of them found an inn, the scenery was good, and there were not many people living in it, so they planned to stay here for a long time.
Running all the way, several people were already hungry, Bai Qingyan was still wearing pink clothes and a veil, this brand new place made her feel unusually safe, and no one knew about your past.
She took off her veil and changed into her white clothes, feeling that although the pink dress looked good, her white clothes were comfortable to wear, and wearing it like this was in line with her identity as a white-clothed faction, like a wandering woman.
After settling the two senior brothers, Bai Qingyan went to the street to forage for food with confidence.
It's not a big place, and it looks like it's closed to traffic and there aren't many people, but there are a lot of people selling things. The scenery is also good, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and Bai Qingyan can feel the sweet air when he walks on the road.
Before he could find a place to sell rice, Bai Qingyan continued to walk forward, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and the person who bought the sugar gourd was holding dozens of strings of sugar gourds and selling them.
Bai Qingyan felt that his saliva was about to flow out, and hurriedly ran over, ready to buy some sugar gourds. She knew that the senior brothers also liked to eat sugar gourds.