Chapter 6: A Steady Fate

Zhong Lei thought that he didn't care about other people's praise of Zhong Yu on weekdays, but after the incident in the last account book, Zhong Lei, who originally thought that Zhong Yu didn't understand business and was not enough to pose a threat, began to care more and more about other people's evaluation of Zhong Yu, especially filial piety, kindness and other words made Zhong Lei even more disgusted with Zhong Yu's existence.

On this day, Zhong Lei came back from the silk village and wanted to see Zhong Bai's family, and met Zhong Yu in the corridor who was walking from the opposite side with medicine. Ah Feng understood Zhong Lei's mind the most, she knew that Zhong Lei had become more and more dissatisfied with Zhong Yu, and the moment she saw Zhong Lei, she smiled and quickened her pace and walked towards them, she couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart, sisters and brothers are blood relatives, if there is no suspicion and estrangement, what a happy thing it should be.

"Ah Yu, this is going to deliver medicine to my mother." Zhong Lei took the initiative to greet him, and as he spoke, Zhong Lei lowered his eyes and looked at the medicine bowl in Zhong Yu's hand, "Since my mother is sick, every time you cook medicine and feed her old man, my eldest brother is really afraid that you will be tired." Come, give me the medicine, and let the big brother come this time. "Big brother has also been busy for a day, so let me come." I came back this time just to take good care of my mother, otherwise it would be meaningless for me to come back. Zhong Yu originally just regarded Zhong Lei's words as a greeting, but he didn't want Zhong Lei's face to be gloomy after listening to his words.

"Since I said let me come, my brother doesn't have to be humble anymore." Zhong Lei's tone seemed to have lost the politeness and patience just now, and he approached Zhong Yu while instructing Ah Feng behind him, "Ah Feng, go and take the bowl in the second young master's hand." Ah Feng heard Zhong Lei's command and slowly walked from behind Zhong Lei to his side, and then looked in the direction of Zhong Yu, his face showing some faint embarrassment. Zhong Lei was completely impatient, and looked at Ah Feng with a hideous face, "Why do you go so slowly, the next person has to look like a subordinate, I said it, I can't see your self-righteous young lady being wronged all day long." Are you deaf and can't hear what I'm saying! Now, go, take it! Zhong Lei pushed Ah Feng forward violently, and Ah Feng's body fell to the ground with his body, and even the medicine in Zhong Yu's hand was knocked over.

The medicinal soup splashed from the bowl and fell on Zhong Yu's body, Zhong Yu immediately picked up Ah Feng regardless of the stains on his body, "It's okay, it hurts." "Thank you, Second Young Master, I'm fine." Ah Feng replied simply, for fear that if he showed pain, he would anger Zhong Lei again. Zhong Yu saw Ah Feng's dodgy eyes, so he let go of the hand holding her and looked at Zhong Lei, "Big brother, don't blame Ah Feng, blame me for not being humble to you." In this way, I will boil another bowl and ask my eldest brother to send it to my mother. ”

"Forget it, brother. Medicine, you better send it. Zhong Lei raised his foot and kicked the broken porcelain on the ground casually, the hideousness on his face didn't know when it had dissipated, and when he looked at Zhong Yu again, he smiled again, "Ah Yu, it's really 'distressing' to see you work so hard for me as an elder brother, and my eldest brother didn't give you anything when you came back, seeing that you protect this girl so much, let her serve you." Since you came back, I don't see that you have a personal girl, and the second young master of the dignified Zhong family can't be so shabby. After that, Zhong Lei moved his gaze to Ah Feng's body with a smile, "Ah Feng, you will follow the second young master in the future, but you have to take good care of it, if you let me know that you are ignorant and inconsiderate when you take care of the second young master, let Ah Yu be cold and hungry, and you have a good-looking ......"

Zhong Lei lowered his head and saw a few scattered fragments at his feet, with a look of disgust, "Obviously kicked it away just now, why is it still annoying." As he spoke, Zhong Lei kicked the fragments at his feet forward again, directly to Zhong Yu's feet, and turned to leave.

Ah Feng looked at Zhong Lei's back and was silent for a long time. A voice in her heart told her that she should be happy at this moment. Zhong Yu is kind, compared to Zhong Lei, his life by his side will be much better. Ah Feng is indeed happy, but he is also sad, he is still treated as an object after all.

In the past, by Zhong Bai's side, Ah Feng felt that as long as she was not a bad child, Zhong Bai would let herself always be by her side, but at that time, she was really young and didn't understand what a "subordinate" was, she relied on Zhong Bai's and regarded her as her half mother. Later, Zhong Baishi gave himself to Zhong Lei, and it should have been at that time that he slowly began to understand that there seems to be no so-called good or bad distinction between "subordinates", and it is the mission to take care of the master wholeheartedly.

After coming to Zhong Lei's side, Ah Feng didn't dare to express too much emotion in front of him, and he didn't dare to have too many judgments of good and evil...... It turns out that being yourself is no different from being a mindless walking corpse, and in the end it's just something different...... This is probably what the old mothers told them when they first entered the Zhong family, and they must abide by it, the duty of "subordinate". As a "subordinate", Xu is supposed to keep the duty of a "subordinate" all his life, such an absurd "rule", Xu is the most secure fate for these people like her in this world.

Ah Feng's eyes gradually became stained with tears, not because her life was not "expensive" enough, she never felt that being a "subordinate" was such a lowly thing. Ah Feng is sad that the word "person" was erased silently like this. It's so silent, the clouds are light and the wind is light.

Ah Feng squatted down to pick up the debris on the ground, Zhong Yu looked at Ah Feng, he began to feel sorry for her extremely quiet appearance, so he leaned down and wanted to help Ah Feng up, "You don't have to pick it up, if it's broken, it's broken, it's not a big deal." It's just a bowl, it's not a valuable thing......" Zhong Yu paused, as if he realized something, and immediately changed his tone, "I'll pick it up." Ah Feng didn't speak, and continued to pick up the debris on the ground, tears falling on the debris one by one. Zhong Yu withdrew his arm, didn't say anything more, squatted down, and picked up the debris on the ground with Ah Feng......

In the evening, Zhong Yu helped Zhong Baishi to sit down on the sofa, took out a record from under the cabinet where the record player was placed, put it on the record player, put down the probe and smiled and walked to Zhong Bai's side and sat down, "Mom, is it good?" This is a record that I brought back with me, and I know you're going to love it. "I like it, I feel like my whole body is comfortable." Zhong Bai leaned back with great enjoyment, his face happy. At this moment, Zhong Lei pushed the door and walked in. Seeing the scene in front of them, Zhong Bai and Zhong Yu were next to each other, the hall was reverberating with beautiful music, they looked so happy, so enjoyable, and suddenly "broke in" themselves like an outsider. The corners of Zhong Lei's mouth were a little stiff, but he still tried to tilt his mouth slightly, revealing the most appropriate smile that the eldest son should have, "Mom, Ah Yu." ”

When Zhong Bai saw that Zhong Yu was back, he beckoned to Zhong Lei and motioned for him to come and sit together, "Lei'er, you're back, come here, your brother has brought a new record, come over and listen to it." "Yes, no wonder I heard it from afar. It's good, it's good. Zhong Lei replied and glanced at Zhong Yu and approached Zhong Bai. Zhong Baishi took a closer look at Zhong Lei, and saw that he hadn't changed into the gown he often wore at home, so he asked, "Why did you come back so late today?" ”

Zhong Lei seemed to have finally waited for Zhong Bai's question, and immediately replied with a helpless wry smile: "No way, that Boss Wang must take me to drink a few glasses, and I also plan to buy a few batches of goods with him, so I can't offend him, so I have to follow him." I'm not as idle as Ah Yu to listen to music or something with my mother, my mother won't be angry with me. Zhong Mu smiled and shook her head, "How can I be angry with you, you are a promising child, it's too late for me to be happy." As he spoke, he patted Zhong Yu on the shoulder and looked at Zhong Lei, "Your brother is not as idle as you think, it's not easy for him to boil medicine for me every day and take care of his studies." Zhong Lei nodded with a smile and put his hands behind his back, "Of course, I just wanted to make a joke about Ah Yu." Zhong Lei's tone was relaxed, revealing some childish naughtiness, however, the hands behind his back had already been clenched into fists, "What Mom said is that Ah Yu is naturally an ambitious person. Speaking of academics...... I think it's a pity that Ah Yu studied education with your cleverness, and he should study business. ”

Zhong Yu's calm face added a faint smile, "Big brother is joking, I have never had any business intentions, I can engage in national education, and I will be satisfied with teaching and educating people." Zhong Lei could hear that Zhong Yu wanted to end his topic, but he didn't seem to want Zhong Yu to get his wish. Zhong Lei's gaze approached Zhong Yu with some oppression, "However, I can't bear to watch my younger brother be a poor teacher." Zhong Lei's gaze did not mean to back down at all, but Zhong Yu only smiled slightly, and responded disapprovingly, "Big brother is joking again, since ancient times, if there is no gentleman in business or politics, where are the big men among them?" Therefore, if it is poor and sour, then the whole world is poor and sour. ”

The atmosphere seemed to be awkward in an instant, Zhong Baishi was extremely sensitive to such changes, she didn't want Zhong Lei and Zhong Yu to be deadlocked like this, so she quickly took Zhong Lei's hand, "Lei'er, why are you still standing?" Sit down and listen to it. Come, come and sit down next to Mom. ”

"No, Mom." Zhong Lei smiled obediently, and let go of the hand held by Zhong Bai's family, "I'm tired and go back to the house first, you guys listen carefully." With that, Zhong Lei turned around and walked out the door, and when he passed the record player, he stopped and patted the horn on the machine, "It's good!" It's so nice to sing! With that, Zhong Lei withdrew his hand and left without looking back.