Chapter 8: Night Alley
Ah Feng didn't dare to refuse Zhong Lei anymore, and cautiously took a few steps forward, but she kept her head down. Zhong Lei glanced at Ah Feng and handed her a cup of tea casually, "Ah Feng, although you are a subordinate, we grew up together after all. I heard Ah Xiang say that you are a maid for others in order to support him. I don't think I'm a good-tempered person who is easy to serve, but you can stay by my side for so long, to be precise, you can't fight back and scold and endure for so many years, it can be seen that your brother is really important to you. I admire you for this. So, I will help your brother as much as possible. ”
"Ah Xiang has caused you trouble, and our sister and brother will definitely repay the eldest young master in the future." In front of Zhong Lei, Ah Feng never dared to speak loudly, this time her volume was still not loud, but her tone was resolute and determined, although she was humble, she couldn't be spineless. Zhong Lei smiled and waved his hand, stretched out his index finger and pointed at Ah Feng, "I don't need you, you're enough." Zhong Lei took out a small bottle from his pocket and handed it to Ah Feng, "As long as you help me get rid of some people who will affect the young master's comfortable life." "Big young master!" Ah Feng was startled, and the teacup he had been holding in his hand fell to the ground.
"Either you can't hold the medicine bowl, or you can't hold the teacup. Ah Feng, you don't understand the duty of being a subordinate and you don't have the ability to be a subordinate, why do you think that the Zhong family wants to support you, and why do you think that I want to raise your waste brother for you? Zhong Lei sneered and pressed step by step, "The big reaction is to guess who that person is, don't you think I'm too ruthless and inhuman." But if there is only one good thing, and you all like Ah Yu, in that case, I will be very pitiful if I can't get anything and don't like people. Since God is so unfair to me, I have to settle my own fate. ”
Ah Feng looked directly at Zhong Lei with tears in his eyes, "Young Master, I won't do that." Zhong Lei looked at Ah Feng's tearful eyes and suddenly laughed, "Don't look at me like this, I don't have any special feelings about the tears of my subordinates." The next person will only do two things, serve the owner and wipe away the tears of the crying sky, because he is poor, bitter, and has no rich life...... Ah Feng, I'm not begging you, you don't know that your hard-earned money has been used by your precious brother to gamble. I can't count the number of times he has borrowed money from me, and if you want to pay off your debts, I'm afraid that in the next life, the next life, you won't be able to pay it back. However, I am not a good person, and if he doesn't pay the money, he will have to pay back. In fact, if you think about it, if you exchange a corpse for your brother's debt, you will earn it. How about it......" Zhong Lei leaned down, his gaze getting closer and closer to Ah Feng, "Actually, this question is not difficult to choose at all, whether to stand on your new master's side, or to kiss your brother, the answer is very simple, isn't it?" ”
Ah Feng knew that everything was as Zhong Lei said, and the answer was very simple, but it was not what she had to choose, but that she had no choice. After all, Ah Feng bit his lip tightly and trembled and took the bottle in Zhong Lei's hand, "Don't go on, young master, I will help you fulfill your wish." "That's right." Zhong Lei stood up satisfied, "You are more crisp than I imagined, even I envy Ah Xiang for having such a good sister as you." ”
Ah Feng's heart ached, it hurt so much that it seemed that his body was torn in half alive, his flesh and blood were blurred, and life was worse than death. Ah Feng's pain was not only because she had to do something against her will, but because she finally realized it at this moment, but unfortunately, it was too late, too late when she knew the truth. Ah Feng looked at Zhong Lei desperately, "Big young master...... Did you deliberately ask me to serve the second young master......" Hearing Ah Feng's words, Zhong Lei suddenly laughed even more unscrupulously, he looked at Ah Feng and almost laughed, "Otherwise, do you think I'm full and have nothing to do?" However, you really didn't disappoint me, aren't you carrying Ah Yu's shoulder on your arm, it can be seen how much my brother trusts you......"
"Knowing the eldest young master, I just beg, you can let Ah Xiang go." There was no anger in Ah Feng's voice, and after that, Ah Feng turned around and prepared to leave. "Wait." Zhong Lei stopped Ah Feng and didn't give her time to breathe, "Do you want Young Master Ben to hold an umbrella by himself?" Ah Feng stopped, stood in place, held her breath until Zhong Lei walked in front of her, she picked up the umbrella and followed Zhong Lei out of the silk village, raised the umbrella over Zhong Lei's head, her body was all immersed in the rain, she held the umbrella in one hand, and protected Zhong Yu's shoulders in front of her chest with the other......
For several days in a row, Ah Feng and Zhong Lei were all at peace, Ah Feng followed Zhong Yu as usual, and Zhong Lei did not force Ah Feng to ask for Zhong Yu's life anymore. Zhong Lei didn't really feel sorry for Ah Feng so he didn't rush to persecute her, but he knew that the longer Ah Feng and Zhong Yu got along and the closer they go, the more Zhong Yu believed Ah Feng, the greater the chance that Ah Feng would succeed.
Ah Feng walked into Zhong Bai's room with a plate of dim sum, the dim sum was specially prepared for Zhong Bai by Zhong Yu in the kitchen, and Ah Feng didn't dare to delay as soon as it was ready. As soon as he arrived at the door, Ah Feng saw Zhong Yu playing the flute for his mother, so he secretly stood outside the door and didn't dare to go in, so he stood quietly outside. Zhong Yu covered the quilt for his sleeping mother, and when he saw Ah Feng standing outside the door, he walked out, "Ah Feng, why don't you stand outside and not go in?" Ah Feng couldn't help but look at the flute in Zhong Yu's hand, "I'm afraid of disturbing the second young master's flute." "It's fine." Zhong Yu smiled and looked at Ah Feng again, "You put the dim sum in, I'll take you to a place......"
Zhong Yu took Ah Feng to the pavilion in the garden. Ah Feng stood in the center of the pavilion, looking at the flower clusters around the pavilion and smiled happily, "I have been in the Zhong family for so long, I have never looked at this pavilion carefully, and today I found out that it is so beautiful." Zhong Lei stood side by side with Ah Feng, watching her smile, and laughing himself, "You like to listen to the sound of the flute, right?" Ah Feng looked at the flute in Zhong Yu's hand and nodded slightly, "I envy the second young master." If my parents were still alive, I would have liked to play the flute to them like you, but unfortunately I wouldn't. "Want to learn? I can teach you. Zhong Yu raised the flute and shook it in front of Ah Fengde's eyes, "I'll teach you the tune I just played." Although your parents are gone, play this tune when you miss them in the future, and they will definitely hear it in heaven. This song is something I used to play when I missed my mother in Japan. Sit down, I'll blow it to you first......"
Ah Feng was dragged by Zhong Yu to sit on the stone bench, with his hands on the stone table, listening carefully to the sound of Zhong Yu's flute, and gradually became fascinated...... In her thoughts, Ah Feng seemed to be extremely confused, she didn't know whether she should just forget everything for a while, just quietly listen to the flute in her ears; Ah Feng seems to be unusually sober, she knows that even if she can forget everything for a while, the only thing she can't forget is that she is an older sister, without parents, and she is the only person who can protect her younger brother. If you want to protect your brother, you must get rid of the person in front of you......
After the song, Zhong Yu lowered his hand holding the flute and turned to look at Ah Feng, "Is it good?" "Second Young Master! You...... Why are you crying? Ah Feng was surprised to find that Zhong Yu's eyes were dyed with tears at some point, and the tears flowed down the corners of Zhong Yu's eyes, silently. Silly girl, you're mistaken, I'm laughing. Zhong Yu smiled disappreciably, "My heart is laughing...... When the heart laughs, people naturally laugh too. Zhong Yu looked down at the flute in his hand, then raised his head again, and looked at Ah Feng, "When I was in Japan, I could only regard the moon as someone I missed, and this song could only be blown to the moon in the sky." Now I don't have to blow this tune to the moon anymore, and I'm really happy...... In the past, I always wanted to cry when I heard this voice, but in the future, I will only laugh when I hear this voice, because I have you by my side, with you by my side, I am not so lonely, I hope you can forget the unhappy things and laugh with me......"
In the middle of the night, Zhong Yu wore a black gown and a hat, and walked alone into a dark and narrow alley. At the end of the alley, Zhong Yu blended with the night, he stopped, turned around, saw the person standing behind him, and took off his hat. The man stepped forward, and Steward Qiu's face gradually became clear in the night, "Second Young Master, you are here." No one is following. "Nope." With just two words of answer, Zhong Yu's timbre seemed to have completely changed, gloomy, cold, and no longer as soft and warm as before. Steward Qiu took a step forward and approached Zhong Yu, "It's inconvenient at home, the old slave just wants to tell you that he has done everything you told Lao Li." They are all fresh faces from outside the city, reliable and safe. "Got it." Zhong Yu nodded, "You have worked hard." Since I came back, I haven't wanted to talk to you deliberately, and I hope you don't get angry with me. "Second Young Master, don't say that." As he spoke, Steward Qiu's eyes faintly revealed guilt, "The old slave has spent his whole life for you, so how can he be angry with you?" ”
"Mom, be careful of the burn. Let me blow it again. Zhong Yu fried the medicine as usual and fed it to Zhong Bai's family. Zhong Bai swallowed the medicine, only to see Zhong Lei running in with an excited face, and Ah Feng lowered his head when he saw Zhong Lei coming in. "Mom!" Zhong Lei couldn't care about the need for recuperation for Zhong's mother, who Lang Zhong had explained before, and came in screaming, with joy in his eyes that couldn't be hidden. When Zhong Yu saw Zhong Lei come in, he helped Zhong Baishi to get up and let her lean on the soft pillow at the head of the bed, Zhong Baishi looked at Zhong Lei's happy face and asked, "Lei'er?" Why did you come back at this time, and did you have any joy? ”
Zhong Lei couldn't wait to step forward, "Mom, I'll tell you good news." Finally, our mall has a group of Siamese merchants who do Siamese silk trading, if our family can buy out this batch of silk, and then sell it, the profit will at least multiply several times. By that time, there will be no more silk village in the mall that can compare with the Zhong family! It's just that if you want to buy out this batch of silk, you have to transfer a sum of money from the family's account. ”