Chapter 164: Two Abandoned Cats
After weighing it again, she still ruthlessly rejected Yun Qiumeng's request, "Sister has something to go on a long trip, I'm afraid I can't accompany you for the Mid-Autumn Festival." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The loss that could not be concealed flashed in Yun Qiumeng's eyes, "What is so important? Can't you wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival? I can also accompany my sister at that time." ”
In fact, there is nothing going on, but it's just an excuse!
But as soon as she saw Yun Qiumeng's eyes full of earnestness, Liu Yanxue felt a little unbearable in her heart, "Sister will come to you again two or three days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, is this okay?"
In the end, she compromised. She told herself that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would leave and never come back when she saw her sister for the last time.
On the way back to Xiugu, because she felt a burst of hunger in her stomach, she bought a few buns at the market at random. The market was very lively, the flow of people was overwhelming, and the business in front of the bun stall was even better, Liu Yanxue had to sit at the table with a pair of mother and daughter.
A woman of about twenty-five years of age led a little girl of three or four years old to sit opposite her. The little girl was very naughty, messing up the dishes and chopsticks at every turn, and the buns were all over her face. The woman always took the trouble to help her sort out everything in front of her, and even wiped the stains on her face with her own sleeve.
It could be seen that the woman was very patient, but the little girl looked impatient, and muttered, "Leave me alone!"
The woman smiled lovingly, "You are still young, how can my mother ignore you!"
The little girl tilted her head and asked, "Then when will I be able to leave you alone?"
After pondering for a moment, the woman said, "When you grow up, you won't have to worry about your mother!"
"When I grow up?"
The woman nodded, "Yes, when you grow up, your mother will be old...... If one day my mother can't hold chopsticks or nibble on buns, you are not allowed to ignore me!"
The little girl sensibly hugged the woman and smiled sweetly at her: "I want to be with my mother all the time." You could see that the woman's eyes were full of happiness and contentment.
Watching the scene of the woman feeding the little girl to eat steamed buns, Liu Yanxue couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of her time in the Snow God Palace. She was only three years old when she first entered the Snow God Palace, but her naughtiness far surpassed that of the little girl in front of her.
Almost every few days, she would use a brush to paint her sheets and clothes with drawings that no one could read. She prefers to make trouble during meals, and it is common to break dishes and chopsticks...... She was even so naughty that she splashed hot porridge on Hua Xuanjue's clothes.
But Hua Xuanjue never blamed her for this, and patiently taught her to eat and dress, and the old man in the palace reprimanded Liu Yanxue for being ignorant, and it was Hua Xuanjue who stepped forward to protect her.
At that time, Hua Yingjue also said to her, "When Yan'er grows up, Master will be old, if one day Master can't hold the dishes and chopsticks, you can't ignore Master!"
Liu Yanxue's answer was no different from this little girl, and she also said that she would always be with Master. Thinking of this, she didn't have the heart to eat steamed buns anymore, so she put down the two coins and left in a hurry.
Walking on the road, her tears flowed down again, "Master...... Yan'er owes your nurturing grace, Yan'er is sorry for you!" Finally, she simply sat on the ground and wailed, and occasionally passers-by pointed at her, but she still went her own way.
After a while, a strong shoulder dragged her up from the ground, "Young Master Liu, what's the matter, why are you crying so sadly?" Yun Naiting didn't know when he appeared here, Liu Yanxue hurriedly stepped back, "Is the eldest prince following me?"
Yun Naiting said lightly: "Yes, no!"
"What do you mean?
Yun Naiting shook the cloth bag in his hand, "I didn't know about you anymore after I was separated from Young Master Liu in Yunjiabao, the reason why I followed you here is just to see that you are emotionally unstable and want to care about you! Before that, I happened to buy buns for my stepmother in front of the bun stall. It's really because Young Master Liu is crying so sadly, and someone doesn't know when he follows him. ”
Liu Yanxue wiped her tears while pointing to the cloth bag in his hand and asked, "The eldest prince is really filial, and he went out early in the morning to buy buns for Mrs. Yun." ”
Yun Naiting said with a smile: "When I was young, my stepmother often bought steamed buns for me early. Even crows know how to feed back, let alone people!"
This sentence once again poked Liu Yanxue's pain, and she cried even more.
Yun Naiting immediately ran out of ideas, it was the first time he had seen a girl cry like this when he was so big, and he really didn't know how to comfort him. What surprised him more was that Liu Yanxue at this moment and the young master of the Snow God Palace that he used to see were like two people. What kind of setbacks does it have to go through for a person to collapse to this point?
"Young Master Liu...... If you can trust me, I may as well talk to you, and maybe I can help you with an idea. ”
Looking at Yun Naiting's sincere eyes, Liu Yanxue, who was extremely sad, spit out part of the secret buried in her heart, "I didn't have a mother since I was a child, and my master raised me with hard work. When I was a child, my master taught me how to eat and dress, and she treated me better than my own daughter. I can say with certainty that this relationship is definitely no less than that of your stepmother and you!
But your stepmother will always be your stepmother, but my master is no longer my master...... Because I accidentally learned that Master's husband had done something that was sorry for me. Although her husband had been dead for many years, I didn't know how to face Master at all, so I ran away from Master.
I know it's unfilial to just leave, but her husband is indeed my enemy, and I am really miserable......"
Hearing this, Yun Naiting also fell into deep thought, and only after a long time did he ask, "Has Young Master Liu ever raised a cat?"
"No, why did the eldest prince ask?"
Yun Naiting looked down at the cloth bag in his hand and said slowly: "I have heard that if a cat is discarded once and then picked up, it will be very well-behaved, because it is afraid of being discarded again. Or rather, it is afraid that it will never find a home again. But no matter how well it lives in its new home, it will never forget the smell of its original home. ”
This time it was Liu Yanxue's turn to look dazed, "What do you mean by this, eldest prince, are you comparing me to that cat?"
Yun Naiting shook his head slightly, "That cat is you, and it's me!"
As a result, Liu Yanxue was even more confused, "I don't understand ......"
Yun Naiting smiled and said: "I am considered to be in sympathy with Young Master Liu, and today I am grateful for your trust to inform me of my thoughts, and I also want to share my story with you." ”
After listening carefully to Yun Naiting's narration, Liu Yanxue looked at him incredulously, and a feeling of reverence for him suddenly surged in her heart.
After all, he was the eldest son of Yunjiabao and the deputy city lord of the Sleepless City, he stabilized his emotions and tried to smile at Liu Yanxue, "I don't know what kind of hatred the Snow God's husband has with you, but the fact is that the Snow God raised you! Without her, it is difficult to say whether you are alive or dead now."
I have been an abandoned cat since I was born, and my grandfather was kind enough to carry me back to Yunjiabao. Fifteen years later, I became an abandoned cat for the second time, thanks to the city lord who took me in. I am grateful for the kindness of the city lord, and I have long regarded the city that sleepless as my home...... But I still can't forget the fifteen years in Yunjiabao, so I came back.
Young Master Liu once abandoned a cat, and now he has become an abandoned cat...... But your heart still longs for that home. ”
Liu Yanxue lowered her head and played with her fingers, her eyes faintly reddened.
Yun Naiting glanced at her, took out a steaming bun from the cloth bag and stuffed it into her mouth, "If you can't find a second home that can take you in, go back to the original home!"
Liu Yanxue chewed heavily and ate the bun with tears.
"Don't you hate your stepfather and stepmother at all?" Liu Yanxue suddenly raised her head and looked at Yun Naiting.
"I hated them before, but now I just want to be there for them as much as I can...... The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait. I don't want to sit alone under the dim candle flame one day in the future and regret it!" Yun Naiting's tone sounded sincere and warm.
"What about the city lord?" Realizing that she had asked too much, Liu Yanxue hurriedly changed the topic, "The situation between me and the eldest prince is different......"
"What's the difference? You know that the person you have an enmity with is dead, why should the living pay the debts of the dead? ”
"What if it's the revenge of killing my father?"
"What?" Yun Naiting was immediately stunned in place, Rao broke his head, and he couldn't imagine that the Snow God's husband and Liu Yanxue had a father-killing feud.
After all, not everyone is willing to raise the enemy's daughter.
Of course, in a few days, something even more unexpected would happen, something that would have been difficult to imagine even in his lifelong imagination.
Liu Yanxue's eyes revealed firmness, and Yun Naiting believed that she was definitely not joking.
Yun Naiting originally planned to let her make up her own mind, but for some reason, when she saw her face similar to Yun Qiumeng, she couldn't care about her anyway.
"Although your master is known as the Snow God, in the final analysis, he is just an ordinary man. She raised you like a loving mother when she knew that her husband had a deep blood feud with you, which shows that she is really kind. I don't dare to say that she has no purpose at all, maybe it's for forgiveness, but the relationship for more than ten years is not fake after all!
I believe that time will wash all the scars away. I'm afraid that this time will be very long, and when you look back, it may already be a matter of fact......"
This sentence was ostensibly said to Liu Yanxue, but in fact it was said to himself, and ten years of time washed away his hatred of Yunjiabao. He no longer blamed him for driving him out of the country regardless of his friendship, and he didn't think about whether Yun Shu would be so kind to him for the sake of forgiveness.
Now, he just wants to be a filial son to accompany his stepfather and mother.
He didn't want the tragedy of his son wanting to raise but not being able to wait for his family to happen to him.