Chapter 8: Protons
[Zhu Feilu heard the sound above his head and looked up, only to see the little brother sitting on the branch of a big tree beside him just now.
Although it was a little difficult for the little Zhu Feilu to raise his head, he finally saw the person he had been looking for and suddenly burst into tears, and the smile on his round little face was toothless and blind, and the crooked smiling eyes exuded a lovely atmosphere.
An Yuanxiu was stunned for a moment when he saw the other party's expression, but he didn't expect to look at each other from a distance at the dinner table with this "little group", and the other party would be so intimate with him.
He thought for a moment and then jumped down from the tree, bending slightly to make eye contact with the other party.
"What are you doing here? Chasing me? ”
Seeing that the other party nodded stupidly in response to his question, An Yuanxiu straightened up and scratched his head a little distressed.
He remembered that the position where the "little group" was sitting just now should be the Zhu family, and this time the position of the Zhu family was specially ordered by his grandfather, so he was very impressed.
Although he still wanted to play with "Xiao Tuanzi" just now, An Yuanxiu suddenly remembered that when his uncle was preparing for the banquet before, he mentioned what he was going to do for the Zhu family at this banquet, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about what would happen if he ran out alone to find his "Little Tuanzi", and whether he could play with him now.
Before he could think of a reason, An Yuanxiu suddenly felt that his waist was hugged. He looked down and saw Zhu Feilu, who was only on his chest, hugging him tightly, and looking up at himself with burning eyes, as if he was saying with his eyes, "I like you so much, play with me!" ”
Seeing the other party like this, An Yuanxiu didn't know what to do, and his two hands grabbed and released a few times in the air, not knowing where to fall.
Because of his embarrassing identity as the "son of the second young master of the An family", he is not as favored as Brother Xiao Ze, no one in this family is so affectionate to him except his mother, even if he has respected and loved him since he was a child, Brother Xiao Ze has never treated him like this.
He looked at the other party's dependence on him, and remembered that if he hugged Xiao Zege and coquettishly when he was a child, it might be the same if he let the other party play with him.
As if seeing his own shadow from Zhu Feilu, he unconsciously softened down when he thought about it, and raised his hand to touch Zhu Feilu's head.
Zhu Feilu, who got the other party's response, was happy all of a sudden, and after introducing his name and learning that the other party's name was "An Yuanxiu", Zhu Feilu immediately put the three words "An Yuanxiu" in a trustworthy position in his heart.
After quickly becoming familiar with it, he revealed the "truth" under his well-behaved appearance, and took An Yuanxiu's arm and chattered endlessly. But whether it was saying that he liked him very much when he saw him outside just now and wanted to play with him, or that the courtyard of An's house was so big and interesting, An Yuanxiu responded patiently one by one.
An Yuanxiu took Zhu Feilu's hand and walked slowly around the courtyard, and the two talked and laughed as they walked, as if it was the opposite of the tense atmosphere in the front yard.
Not long after leaving, the waiters who were waiting in the dark in the courtyard suddenly received an order from the housekeeper with a charm, and one of the attendants closest to An Yuanxiu and the two walked out from the shadows and stopped the two.
"Second son, the head of the family asked you to take the little son of the Zhu family to the front hall together, there is something to announce."
An Yuanxiu frowned when he saw the waiter who suddenly appeared, and Zhu Feilu was so frightened by the sudden appearance that he hid behind An Yuanxiu's back, holding the corners of An Yuanxiu's clothes tightly with both hands.
An Yuanxiu's hand went behind his back to hug Zhu Feilu, and coldly asked the waiter if there was anything he wanted the two children to go to. The waiter lowered his head and only said that he didn't know, and ordered only An Yuanxiu to take Zhu Feilu to the front hall.
An Yuanxiu couldn't, so he had to take Zhu Feilu with the waiter.
Zhu Feilu, who didn't know what was going on, saw An Yuanxiu going to take him out, and thought he was going to leave An's house, and Zhu Feilu, who hadn't had enough fun with his good-looking little brother, stood in place reluctantly.
An Yuanxiu didn't understand what happened to Zhu Feilu at first, so he had to keep coaxing the other party to say that he was going to the front hall to find his parents, seeing that Zhu Feilu kept holding his arm and shaking his head, he realized that Zhu Feilu didn't want to be separated from him.
An Yuanxiu smiled, bent down and gently rubbed Zhu Feilu's head, comforted him and said that it was okay, he would not be separated from him, and after coaxing for a long time, Zhu Feilu stretched out his hand with a twist: "I want to hold hands and go again......"
An Yuanxiu smiled and said okay, then took Zhu Feilu and followed the waiter. The waiter of the An family had never seen the second son, who had always been cold, so he was a little stunned when he stood there.
An Yuanxiu took Zhu Feilu in front of him and said coldly to the waiter, didn't he want to leave, and the waiter hurriedly came back to his senses and followed.
An Yuanxiu took Zhu Feilu back to the front hall, and the people in the hall who were still whispering immediately quieted down when they saw them coming in, but their eyes kept looking at the two of them.
Everyone who didn't know Zhu Feilu was still thinking about who the two children belonged to the Zhu family, An Yuanxiu didn't care about everyone's eyes at all, raised his eyes and looked at everyone without speaking, and Zhu Feilu suddenly saw so many people staring at him, and hugged An Yuanxiu's arm in fear.
Zhu Lize saw Zhu Feilu coming in, so he opened his mouth to call him over to his side, but he didn't expect Zhu Feilu not to go over immediately, but shook An Yuanxiu's arm and looked up at the other party, his pleading eyes seemed to say let him accompany him.
An Yuanxiu looked up and saw that his father, An Zhicheng, and the other elders of the An family were all looking at him, and those uncles who advocated what to do to the Zhu family during the banquet were all looking at him with angry expressions.
He ignored those people, but first led Zhu Feilu to Zhu Laize's side, let go of his hand and bent down to comfort Zhu Feilu in a low voice, and after Zhu Feilu obediently sat down beside Cen Jingyun, he nodded in response to Zhu Lize and his wife's thanks, and then turned around and walked to the place where he sat down.
Zhu Feilu's eyes followed An Yuanxiu when he turned around and walked away, and the others in the venue began to secretly guess what An Jia meant after seeing that the older child turned out to be the An family.
An Changye looked at An Yuanxiu, and didn't ask him about the cause and effect of leading Zhu Feilu in, but just turned his head to look at Zhu Feilu, and everyone in the seat quietly waited for An Changye's decision.
An Changye pondered for a moment, and finally spoke: "This just happens, Yuan Xiu is the second son of my An family, Xiao Lu seems to like Yuan Xiu, then let Yuan Xiu take care of Xiao Lu in the past 3 months, so everyone has no opinion." ”
After speaking, the audience was in an uproar. Some people were shocked by An Yuanxiu's identity, and others saw that the matter had been settled, and began to compliment An Changye's decision to detain the Zhu family, for fear that he would change his mind again.
And several members of the Zhu family couldn't say a word in the face of this conclusion, only Zhu Feilu heard the old man on the throne mention his name and Brother Yuanxiu, and turned his head curiously to look at his parents and then at An Yuanxiu opposite, not knowing what happened.
When An Yuanxiu heard this decision, he frowned and looked at his grandfather, and then turned his head to look at his father. An Zhicheng only shook his head slightly, signaling An Yuanxiu not to resist, so he lowered his head and did not respond again, Yuanxiu frowned even deeper when he saw this.
After the initial shock, Zhu Laize, who had only reacted to the fact that the arrangement had been decided, almost collapsed and retorted: "Our Zhu family didn't think about what to do!" It's just some unwarranted remarks to treat him like this, how old is Xiao Lu......" said and glanced at Zhu Feilu.
Cen Jingyun hurriedly covered Zhu Feilu's ears and hugged him distressedly, Zhu Laishu on the side also clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth to endure, Zhu Lize stood up uncontrollably and continued to complain: "Such a young child...... He still doesn't understand anything, he says it so high-soundingly, what to live for 3 months...... Hmph, isn't it actually a proton! ”
As soon as these words came out of the hall, there was silence for a moment, and no one dared to intercede for the Zhu family, and no one dared to refute Zhu Laize's accusation.
An Changye was still calm and breezy, and he saw that the hall was quiet before he said lightly: "What are the words of the Zhu family, how many people want to come to my house to study, can they still treat Xiao Lu badly when they look at us with so many pairs of eyes?" After 3 months, I will return you a different kind of Xiaolu. ”
Zhu Lize snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "I really let you detain the child, who knows what will be like a 'different' after 3 months!" ”
For a while, there was tension in the hall, and the two sides faced each other silently.
An Yuanxiu probably understood what was going on when he heard this, although he was only 12 years old and just started to participate in the affairs of the metaphysical world, but he also understood the current situation, no matter whether the Zhu family had any thoughts or not, the decision made by his grandfather would not change, and Xiao Lu would definitely not be able to leave today.
The Zhu family, an emerging family of spells, is menacing, and although An Changye is arrogant, he has always been safe, and he will never easily look down on a family that will obviously pose a threat.
There are still 3 months left before the 12-year general change of the Metaphysical Society, and An Changye will definitely do whatever it takes to ensure that the status of the An family is not threatened, even if it is such a despicable act as detaining an 8-year-old child as a "proton".
Today, he will invite the Zhu family to the banquet, not only because he was impatient and had to do it because of the "wind in his ears", but he took advantage of the situation to not only preserve the dignity of the An family, but also achieve the purpose of tempting and even betting on the "proton".
An Yuanxiu still knows a little about his grandfather, but Xiao Lu is still so young, and if he continues to confront him like this, Xiao Lu will only be forced to stay and finally be placed under house arrest for 3 months, he can't bear to be treated like this cute little brother, since the result of being left behind cannot be changed, then An Yuanxiu can only think of a way to make him feel better in the An family.
He remembered his grandfather's words just now, turned around with an idea, and shook the sleeve of his mother Yi Eryan's shirt with a sense of request.
Yi Eryan empathized with Zhu Feilu as a mother, but as the daughter-in-law of the An family, she couldn't do anything, at this time, her son pulled her sleeve and pointed at herself, and she decided to take a gamble after understanding An Yuanxiu's meaning.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhu, the old man also said just now, since our family Yuan Xiu has such a good relationship with Xiao Lu, I think Xiao Lu was reluctant to part with Yuan Xiu just now, so let Yuan Xiu take care of Xiao Lu for the past 3 months." Saying that, she stood up with Yuan Xiu's shoulders on her shoulder: "And I, Yi Eryan, will take care of the two of them on the side, and I won't let Xiao Lu have a little bit of a problem." ”
The attention of the people in the Wenyan Hall was focused on Yi Eryan, and An Changye also looked at his second daughter-in-law, who had always been a little strong. Although Old Man An was a little dissatisfied with Yi Eryan's interjection meeting, he also understood that she was going down the steps of the Zhu family, so he didn't say anything.
Zhu Lize heard that the other party deliberately emphasized the identity of her Yi family, so that the Yi family was forced to stand on the position of defending the Zhu family in this matter, and presumably wanted to reassure herself.
He looked at Cen Jingyun helplessly for a long time, since things could not be turned around, then now the guarantee given by Yi Eryan was the best result, and they could not waste Yi Eryan's kindness in vain, so they had to relax.
Cen Jingyun let go of the hand that was covering Zhu Feilu's ears, and asked Xiao Lu if he liked Brother Yuan Xiu and wanted to play with him for a few more days, Zhu Feilu didn't know what was going on in the hall just now, but he was very happy to say that he wanted to, and then looked forward to playing a lot of games with Brother Yuan Xiu, and his innocent and cute appearance made everyone can't help but shake whether it is right to treat a child who is only 8 years old like this.
Yi Eryan didn't know what everyone thought, but looked at Zhu Feilu gently, and saw that Zhu Feilu was getting happier the more he talked, so he walked over and bent down to look at Zhu Feilu and said, "Is it okay for Xiao Lu to stay in our house for a few days, and Brother Yuan Xiu doesn't want to be separated from Xiao Lu." Of course, when you miss your mother, she will come to see you. ”
Although Zhu Feilu didn't understand why he had to live in Anjia, he was very happy to be able to play with Brother Yuan Xiu. Just thinking of separating from his parents, Zhu Feilu timidly raised his head and asked, "Mom, will you come to see me?" ”
Cen Jingyun looked up at An Changye's silent plea, and Old Man An understood that Yi Eryan had quietly promised the right to visit, and he was worried about the face of the An family, An Changye didn't say anything more, nodded and agreed.
At this point, the Zhu family finally settled down, Cen Jingyun promised Zhu Feilu that they would come to see him, and Yi Eryan asked An Yuanxiu to take Xiao Lu to see the room first and split the two children.
Zhu Lize and his wife were very grateful to Yi Eryan, but after all, it was the An family who did not do it first, Yi Eryan was ashamed to say that he saw that Yuan Xiu liked Xiao Lu too much, so he took the liberty to ask him to stay, let Zhu Lize forgive me and not be angry with the children, and after a pleasantry, he took Cen Jingyun to the inner courtyard to find the two children to say goodbye.
Everyone in the hall saw that the dust had settled, and they were finally willing to let the Zhu family go, and Zhu Lize was unwilling and angry, and told An Changye that he had a clear conscience, for the peace of the metaphysical world and the peace of the Zhu family, he and even the future generations will always follow the instructions of the ancestors, only asking the Zhu family to pass on in the metaphysical world, hoping that the old man will keep his promise to take care of Xiao Lu, and then take Zhu Laishu and Cen Jingyun, who came back from the backyard, to leave the An family's old house. 】
"That's it, I worked as a proton in Anjia for three months......" Zhu Feilu recalled this, as if he had been pulled out of his main heart, he was extremely tired, closed his eyes and lay on the bed in the dormitory for a long time without speaking.
After hearing this past, Deng Linyuan was shocked and didn't know what to say. Although the current metaphysical world has been unstable, he thought that the same "regular people" in this environment should be more united, but he did not expect that the mutual persecution between these "regular people" would be worse than the oppression of the general environment.
Zhu Feilu calmed down for a while and then said: "At that time, I didn't understand when I was young, I thought I was just staying at my favorite big brother's house for a few days, but I didn't expect to be kept for 3 months, during which An Jia kept his promise to let my mother come to see me twice a month. ”
He said and sat up with his arms propped up: "When I get home, An Zhimeng...... That is, An Yuanxiu's uncle has been set as the next metaphysical speaker, but An Changye is still in power, and it was not until 5 years ago when the metaphysical society made a personnel adjustment every 3 years that An Zhimeng completely became the speaker of this session. ”
"And I have been protected since I was taken home, I have never appeared on the occasion of the metaphysical world again, nor have I seen An Yuanxiu again, and the 'proton' incident itself is also very strict in keeping secrets, so gradually I disappeared from everyone's sight. It was only a few years later that I found out that it was An Yuanxiu and Yi Eryan who were protecting their ......"
"Although the An family is very excessive, An Yuanxiu and his mother have always protected you, and your family should be grateful to him, right?" After listening to the ins and outs, Deng Linyuan was very curious that the two had not met in 11 years.
"How come it's been 11 years since you saw him again?"