Chapter 144: Beloved's Dependents
In the days when Zhuang Xiaoling stayed in the house, it was rare to calm down and face his heart alone.
In the three years of getting along with each other after knowing his identity, Zhuang Xiaoling admits that he has changed too much.
From babbling to looking forward and backward, from insolence to caution in front of her, like a tiger wolf put away its arrogant claws and was raised by others.
He only thinks about what she likes and what she doesn't like.
It turns out that there is really a word for "emotionality", which confuses all good people.
Sometimes Zhuang Xiaoling couldn't help but wonder if he hadn't discovered the identity of Qiu Fuzi's women's clothing, would he just stop thinking about it.
It's not an unforgettable feeling, and it should be easy to break off.
It's a pity that there is no if, and God did not give him this opportunity to be tested.
That person was beside him, constantly attracting him, like a fish meeting water, greedy and natural.
It's just that this one of the likes that has been brewing for three years is only his own.
Now, he wanted to see her, and he wanted to tell her what he wanted.
Zhuang Xiaoling went to Qiufu and saw Qiu Fuzi at home, plain women's clothes, elegant and pleasant.
The funeral was over, and there was only one old servant in the Autumn Mansion, cold and lifeless.
Zhuang Xiaoling encountered a major event of life and death for the first time, and he didn't know what to say, so he stood in the corner.
Master Qiu knew the young man's temperament, sat aside and said: "Everyone is born, old, sick and die, and my father is old, so it is fortunate that he is not suffering from illness. β
"Then you ......"
"I'm fine."
Autumn Master was indifferent and sorted out the things on the bookshelf.
Put your father's notes and relics in a special box and put them at your feet for transcription.
"Do you have any plans for the future?"
"Get done with the task at hand first." Qiu Fuzi's eyes were clear, and he looked at the large stack of books in front of him, "Later, let's talk about it." β
Zhuang Xiaoling knew that this person had a plan in his heart, even if Mount Tai collapsed, she would follow the plan.
After a long time, when Zhuang Xiaoling got up to leave, he looked at the plain woman and said, "Shaoshu, wait for me." β
The words without a head and tail, Qiu Fuzi didn't take it to heart, smiled faintly, and watched the young man leave.
Study tour, knowledge.
In the past three years, Zhuang Xiaoling has traveled a lot of places, trying to make up for his lack of words, deeds and knowledge. Just to be able to stand side by side with that person in the future.
The mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and the famous places along the way have purified Zhuang Xiaoling's state of mind countless times, and the only thing that remains unchanged is a wisp of longing, which is sublimated in evolution.
Zhuang Xiaoling also learned to write letters and sent them to Qiu Fuzi's home, telling his own observations and local customs and miracles.
However, he did not have a permanent residence, so he never received a reply.
The door was knocked open, and Zhuang Xiaoling looked at the people inside lightly, holding a big red paper-cut in his hand.
Zhuang Xiaoling looked at it, there was no one inside, and said: "The three-year filial piety period has passed, I will take you back to Zhuangfu." β
Qiu Fuzi looked at the young man and the car behind him, and sat down on a stool at random, still cutting it in his hand, and it was a "double happiness" after unfolding.
A smile appeared on Master Qiu's face, and his gentle voice soothed: "Now you don't need my teachings anymore. β
Next year, Zhuang Xiaoling will be twenty.
"No, I still don't know a lot of things, like the grass and trees on the back mountain, I still can't recognize them......"
"These things will teach you in the years to come. Ah Ling, the friendship between teachers and students between us can last forever, but the rest is really over. In the future, you will start a family, and I will have my own life. β
"No!"
Zhuang Xiaoling pulled Qiu Fuzi's sleeve and wanted to forcibly take people into the carriage.
"Ah Ling, you let me go."
"No, I won't let go, I won't let go of death!"
"Who are you, let go of Shao Shu!" A scholar came from the path in the distance, and after seeing the two of them pulling, he hurriedly ran over, pulled Zhuang Xiaoling's hand away, and then asked Qiu Fuzi if there was anything wrong.
"I'm fine." Qiu Fuzi glanced at Zhuang Xiaoling lightly, "You go back." β
"Who is he?" Zhuang Xiaoling asked, looking at the closeness of the two without avoiding suspicion, his heart hurt as if he was scratched!
The man bowed his hand, bowed and said, "I am Shao Shu's fiancΓ©, named Su Xia." β
"Susha ......"
Familiar and unfamiliar names churned in Zhuang Xiaoling's mind, and they soon became clear. In the past, Master Qiu would often receive letters from this person, and he was also replying to them. He is Susha, and he is still her fiancΓ©.
"When did you get engaged?"
"My father was there when he was alive."
Zhuang Xiaoling glanced at the red paper-cut, and then looked at the layout of the two beds in the room, and smiled dismally, he was so stupid.
"Is it that as soon as the filial piety period is over, you plan to get married?"
Master Qiu pursed his lips and didn't speak, but Su Xia on the side replied in a gentle voice, "That's the case." We'll move to Anseong, where I have a younger brother. β
"Hmm." Zhuang Xiaoling nodded, his eyebrows flashed, and he turned to leave.
When he got into the carriage, Zhuang Xiaoling glanced back again, but it was the scene of the two snuggling up to each other.
With the same temperament and mutual understanding, such a good beloved family should make people feel more happy.
But the lack in Zhuang Xiaoling's heart was like being chiseled open, and it was dripping with blood.
Back at Zhuangfu, Zhuang Xiaoling was still dull.
Zhuang Wanyun was free to visit his son.
After three years of study tour, the youngest son has grown up a lot, and his body shape and temperament have developed considerably.
Zhuang Wanyun was quite pleased, "The day before yesterday, your Uncle Song mentioned your marriage to me, and he intends to get married, and wants to ask your opinion." β
Zhuang Xiaoling frowned and said, "Dad, I don't want to marry Song Xing'er." β
"Why?"
"The child has a favorite person, and has decided to marry her."
"Who is it?" Zhuang Wanyun thought in his heart, thinking that if his son liked it, as long as the girl was not arrogant, she could marry anyone.
"Autumn Master."
"Nonsense!" Zhuang Wanyun instantly lowered his face, "Do you know what you're talking about!" β
"The child knows. Qiu Fuzi is a woman, and the child wants to marry her. β
Zhuang Wanyun also knew about Master Qiu's restoration of women's clothes, but could that person be messed with by his own son?
"Master Qiu and you have different temperaments and ambitions, how can you be together?"
"Children can overcome it!"
"No, you are teachers and students, how can you tie the knot, do you want the whole capital to laugh at our dealer!"
"Daddy!"
"Don't mention it again!"
Zhuang Xiaoling is an obedient master, after hearing that Zhuang Wanyun gave himself Zhang Luo's relatives, he was even more furious, and he couldn't bear it at all.
Whether Master Qiu wanted it or not, he sent someone to take her to the house.
"From now on. You will follow me, and you will not go anywhere. If you dare to be disobedient, I will send someone to kill Su Xia!" β
Zhuang Xiaoling held a thin iron chain in his hand, buckled it on Qiu Fuzi's ankle, and said cruel words in his mouth, but his eyes were gentle, flowing with touching warmth.
Qiu Fuzi tried to escape, but he tossed and turned, but it evolved into the young man's unwavering care of him.
was originally an indifferent and indisputable character, but gradually, Mr. Qiu lived in the house with peace of mind.
Su Xia had come to Zhuangfu, but he was blasted out before he saw the figure of Qiu Fuzi.
Autumn's master doesn't know any of this.
And after Zhuang Wanyun heard about it, when he wanted to enter the Silan Courtyard to find the bastard son's theory, he was pushed out by Zhuang Xiaoling.
"Even I can't see Shao Shu?"
No.
Zhuang Xiaoling replied in his heart, and there was no disobedience on his face.
The two went to the main hall noisily, and Zhuang Wanyun even took out a family law to threaten Zhuang Xiaoling to stop.
"Father, the child has made up his mind, let you dispose of it."
"You!"
Zhuang Wanyun was angry, and the whip in his hand fell on Zhuang Xiaoling's body, and he was bruised and swollen, and in some places even the skin was open.
After that, Zhuang Xiaoling was punished to kneel for two days, still "obsessed".
Zhuang Wanyun also left it alone.
Master Qiu knew what was happening in the house, and he also saw the injuries on Zhuang Xiaoling's body, but he never said a word, and he didn't even relieve himself.
Zhuang Xiaoling was happy, thinking that she had finally accepted herself.
One day, the two were reading a book in the study.
Master Qiu asked lightly: "Uncle Zhuang went to Rujun?" β
"Well, take care of some business stuff."
"Ah Ling."
"Huh?" Zhuang Xiaoling is reading a book with Qiu Fuzi, although it is boring, but people are happier than anything else when they are by their side.
"Xiao, does Ah Ling know?"
"Yes. Be filial to your parents, serve them, and love and care for them. I can do it all. β
Except for him, let him give up on her.
"Well, anyway. You must remember not to disobey your uncle. β
"Hmm. Follow the teacher's teachings. Zhuang Xiaoling smiled.
Master Qiu on the side was worried.
Zhuang Xiaoling only thought that this was her habit and didn't care.
A few days later, it was suddenly reported that the second elder of the Zhuang family was kidnapped by mountain bandits in An Ying Mountain in Ru County, and they waited for someone to redeem him.
Zhuang Xiaoling sent a letter to his eldest brother and was in a hurry in the study.
"The eldest prince is out of the house, only you can save your uncle and aunt."
Zhuang Xiaoling looked at Master Qiu, who was packing for herself.
"Then you, wait for me to come back."
"Hmm."
Qiu Fuzi sent Zhuang Xiaoling all the way out of the city.
On Anying Mountain, the mountain bandits were very arrogant, and Zhuang Xiaoling took people to the foot of the mountain and went up alone.
No one knows what he went through on it, and three days later, he was wounded, rescued the two elders, and sent them to the banker's courtyard in Anseong.
Zhuang Wanyun asked Zhuang Xiaoling to stay to recuperate from his injuries and continue to deal with some trivial matters.
The father and son did not quarrel anymore, and sat down calmly to talk.
Seeing that his father's temples were slightly frosty, it seemed that he remembered the teachings of Master Qiu, so he agreed.
After a delay of two or three months, Zhuang Xiaoling returned to the capital and hurried to the Silan Courtyard, but Master Qiu was not inside.
Her things didn't move, but the people were gone.
"What about people?"
The little guy curled up on the edge of the doorframe, his voice hoarse, as if he didn't dare to speak.
"Say! Where did she go? β
"I'm home."
Zhuang Xiaoling's brows furrowed, but she didn't get angry, "She must be homesick." Go back, go back, what's all the fuss. β
The little guy looked at the young master's self-comforting words, and stopped talking.
"Young Master......"
"Prepare the carriage, young master, I will personally pick her up."
"......"
"Go!"
Like a fire burning his eyebrows, Zhuang Xiaoling's heart burned hot, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.
The carriage was ready, Zhuang Xiaoling personally sat in front of him, drove the carriage, and galloped away.
When I arrived at the door of Qiu Fuzi's house, it was still simple and simple from the outside, and there was no change.
"She's definitely still there."
Zhuang Xiaoling breathed deeply, exhaled his breath, and adjusted his state.
I walked to the door and knocked on the door, and there was footsteps inside.
The door was opened, and it was Akifuko.
"Ah Ling."
"Let's go, come back with me." Zhuang Xiaoling didn't say anything, don't open the door, and took Qiu Fuzi's hand and was about to go out.
"Ah Ling, you listen to me first."
"Okay, you say."
"Su Xia and I are already married."
"Heh, you're married?" Zhuang Xiaoling didn't seem to believe it, but the little guy behind him walked to the front and explained in a voice.
"When the young master went to Anying Mountain, Su Gongzi took Master Qiu back and became a relative, right...... It's the lord who does it. β
"Father, he and his mother were trapped in An Ying Mountain at the time, how did they ......"
Suddenly, Zhuang Xiaoling seemed to understand something.
Calculation, betrayal.
One by one, the dark words were reflected in Zhuang Xiaoling's mind.
"Huh...... Do you think this will make me die? Do you think I'm going to give up when the dust settles? β
"Ah Ling." Qiu Fuzi tried to persuade, but Zhuang Xiaoling was already in a desperate situation, looking at Qiu Fuzi madly and fiercely.
"I'll never let you go!"
Qiu Fuzi was forcibly taken by Zhuang Xiaoling to the Zhuang family's courtyard and imprisoned, Zhuang Wanyun was furious when he learned about it, and immediately found Zhuang Xiaoling, and waved the pillar staff in his hand on the young man: "Rebel!" You rebel! β
Zhuang Xiaoling didn't say a word, the majestic fire in his heart had already been secretly burned into ashes, and the inextinguishable fire under the ashes burned his heart day and night.
His beloved woman and his dearest father teamed up to deceive him, and no matter how Zhuang Xiaoling forgets, the pain of eating his heart still exists. Love and hate are intertwined, so that he can't let go of others, and he doesn't let go of himself.
Zhuang Wanyun is done, and there is no way to take stubborn people.
"If you are obsessed, I Zhuang Wanyun should not have your son!"
When Zhuang Xiaoling heard this, he raised his head, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he promised lightly, "Okay." β
All right. It was the only excuse he could have escaped.
When Su Xia failed in the scientific expedition and returned home to see his beloved wife, he inquired and found the banker's courtyard, and when he entered, he saw the scene of two fathers and sons facing each other and not giving in.
Su Xia bowed his hand and said to Zhuang Wanyun: "I take the liberty to disturb and want to take back my wife." β
When Zhuang Xiaoling heard this, he stood up on his knees, and looked at Su Xia coldly, "Get out, she is mine." β
"You!" Su Xia looked at Zhuang Wanyun, "Master Zhuang, Ling Gongzi is really unreasonable!" β
"It's useless to look for him." The corners of Zhuang Xiaoling's mouth hooked up a cold smile, "I have nothing to do with him from this moment on." β
With that, Zhuang Xiaoling walked out of the courtyard.
And Su Xia couldn't find the person who was Master Qiu, and Zhuang Wanyun couldn't give him an answer, but when he chased out, he was indifferently responded by Zhuang Xiaoling, "You have no merit and no name, do you want her to suffer with you?" β
"Shao Shu won't mind...... I ......"
"She doesn't mind, I do!" Zhuang Xiaoling replied fiercely, "Why can you marry her and I can't?" No one will try to take her away from me, unless we are all doomed! β