Knowing that he couldn't get any news from standing here for a while, Shen Qiaoshen continued to walk outside.

But I heard someone behind me shouting "Four Girls". Looking back, I saw that it was Mama Su beside Old Madam Shen.

Mama Su is not young, but her actions are quite neat. She walked to Shen Qiaoshen's side in a few steps, and just wanted to say something, but she paused and looked at Shen Qiao's two brothers on the side. Shen Qiaoran thought that it was her grandmother who had forgotten to explain something to Shen Qiaoshen, so she nodded to Mama Su, and after saying goodbye to Shen Qiaoshen, she left first.

Shen Qiaoqi looked at the two, smiled and turned to leave.

When the two brothers walked away, Shen Qiaoshen smiled and asked, "Mama Su, what's the matter?" ”

Seeing that there was no one else at the moment, Mama Su said eagerly: "Fourth girl, is it true what you asked Tangerine to tell the old slave?" ”

It turned out that when it was time for lunch, when Tang Bai left, he went to find Mama Su.

Shen Qiaoshen looked around, everyone in Jinghe Hall knew that the old lady had the habit of taking a nap, for fear of disturbing the old lady's rest, so the courtyard of Nuoda was almost empty at this time.

Shen Qiaoshen nodded, and the anxiety in Mama Su's eyes deepened a little. Seeing that this was not the place to speak, Shen Qiao Shen said in a low voice: "Mama believes me, this matter is about grandmother, and Xiao Qiao will never say anything." In this way, after Grandmother sleeps tonight, you can find a time to come to Yilan Courtyard, and we will talk about it in detail. It just so happens that I also have something I want to ask Mama Su. ”

After speaking, seeing Mama Su nodding, she turned around and left with orange white. When he turned around, his eyes swept under the porch, and it was empty.

The master and servant left Jinghe Hall and were about to go back to Yilan Courtyard through the small garden, but they saw a person standing at the entrance of the garden, facing this side, obviously waiting for them. Looking at the familiar figure, Shen Qiao sighed in his heart and walked forward with orange white.

When she got closer, it was Shen Qiaoqi, who happened to be looking at her for a while.

So Shen Qiaoshen raised his head, showed him a well-behaved smile, and called out to him: "Second brother." ”

Looking at the girl in front of her, her smile was bright and cute, and her crooked eyes were full of innocence and dependence.

In a trance, Shen Qiaoqi vaguely saw that after many years, she was still a child, frail and sickly since she was a child, and she walked slower than others, and she was still a proud teenager at that time. In the face of her clumsy, but more pampered sister than herself, she naturally has a little less patience.

On that day, Shen Qiaoqi passed by the garden, Xiao Qiao was catching butterflies in the garden, but the butterflies were not caught, but they saw him. So the young little Qiao shouted "second brother" and stumbled towards him.

That day, he won the first place in the exam and was praised by his master, and during that time, Shen Yan and his wife returned to Beijing, and he was in a hurry to go back, wanting to be praised by his parents.

So in the face of the little tail following behind him, Shen Qiaoqi ignored it and still strode away.

So he didn't know that after he left, his sister behind him didn't keep up with him, and he didn't even run far, and fell hard.

Shen Qiaoshen broke his leg bones when he fell, and looking at the delicate and tender little daughter lying on the bed with a pale face at this time, Shen Yan was furious, and slapped Shen Qiaoqi fiercely and locked him in the ancestral hall.

That time Shen Qiaoqi was punished very badly, he had a bad foundation when he was young, he couldn't practice martial arts, the ancestral hall was cold and damp, and he was whipped 20 times by his father, and in the end, the whole person was not good.

He was seriously injured, hungry and cold, and he was very aggrieved since he was a child. When he was desperate, it was Shen Qiaoshen, who had a broken leg, who secretly came to the ancestral hall to see him with a small crutch.

He will always remember that rainy night, the little girl pushed open the heavy door of the ancestral hall with difficulty, limped in front of him, and untied the burden she was carrying, which contained steamed buns and medicine for him.

Shen Qiaoqi originally complained about her in her heart, but when she saw the rain and sweat on the child's miserable little face, she couldn't say anything to complain.

"Second brother, eat quickly, I can't carry the food box, so I can only ask Yun Ling to go to the kitchen to get a few steamed buns." The girl's soft and glutinous voice said, and at the same time picked up a steamed bun and tried to send it to Shen Qiaoqi's mouth. But she was stunned when she got the steamed buns, her eyes instantly turned red, but she didn't dare to cry loudly, so she could only sobbed in a low voice, "Woo...... Woo...... What should I do, the steamed buns are wet, it's all Xiao Qiao's fault, and the second brother is going to starve to death......"

The little girl cried seriously, and the tears mixed with the rain blurred the little face, and also melted the young man's proud heart.

He had never hated himself so much, even when he was beaten and punished, and when he was scolded by his father, he didn't feel that he was wrong, but he just complained in his heart about his family's preference for Shen Qiaoshen.

But at this moment, looking at his sister with a red crying face in front of him, Shen Qiaoqi sincerely felt regret and distress for the first time in his life......

……

"Second brother, are you waiting for me?"

A soft voice interrupted Shen Qiaoqi's thoughts, he lowered his head and looked at the girl who had grown to his shoulders, as if he could still see the little girl who was crying in the ancestral hall back then.

Seeing Shen Qiaoqi looking at him with a complicated expression, Shen Qiaoshen just wanted to speak, but saw that he suddenly raised his right hand and slowly leaned towards Shen Qiaoshen's head.

She was startled, but then she felt that the hand placed on top of her head was just a gentle pat.

Shen Qiao was stunned for a moment, then frowned pretending to be angry, and shook his small fist at Shen Qiaoqi, "Second brother, I'm not a child anymore, don't pat my head like this, grandmother said that I won't grow tall." ”

Shen Qiaoqi came back to his senses, looked at Shen Qiao's breathless appearance, and smiled with relief. "Brush" opened the folding fan in his hand, as if he was the gentle and elegant boy again.

Shen Qiaoshen's face was inexplicable, and he was about to ask his second brother what was going on here, but he heard Shen Qiaoqi on the other side suddenly speak: "Xiao Qiao, you have grown up." ”

Shen Qiaoshen's heart moved slightly, since he woke up, he had heard many people say the same thing to him. But only what Shen Qiaoqi said just now made her realize the different meaning in her words.

She knew that Shen Qiaoqi was naturally smart. If he wasn't smart enough, how could he become the youngest champion of the Great Jin Dynasty in the past hundred years, but in the face of Shen Qiaoqi's question, she didn't know what to say, and she didn't dare to think about whether he would believe it.

Shen Qiaoshen was thinking in his heart, heaven and man were fighting, but Shen Qiaoqi suddenly said: "There are some things, if you don't want to talk about it, then it's okay." ”

Shen Qiao was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.

Shen Qiaoqi smiled dotingly, raised his hand and just wanted to pat her head, thinking of Shen Qiaoshen's words just now, so he tapped her forehead with a folding fan instead, and continued,

"Little Joe, you have to know, I am your brother, this is your home, there are your relatives, we are all the people in the world who love you the most. You have to believe that no matter when, we are your reliance and confidence. ”

"I don't know what happened to make my sister have such a change, but anyway, we're here, and when you're ready, you can come to me anytime."

After saying this, Shen Qiaoqi patted her on the shoulder, turned around and wanted to leave, but heard a voice behind him silently.

"There are some things, it's not that I don't want to say, but I don't know, how to tell you."

Shen Qiaoshen spoke very slowly, and it seemed that it was very difficult to speak.

"Grandmother wants me to live innocently and smoothly, but how can I really hide under the wings of my parents and brothers all my life, I am also a member of the Shen family, and I also want to contribute my own strength to the family."

Shen Qiaoqi looked back at her, and then gently hugged his most beloved little sister into his arms.

"Okay, let's do it together."