Chapter 34: Family Affairs
After Shen Yi took his seat, looking at this lively scene, although he had something in his heart, he had to temporarily suppress it and raise his glass to drink.
Zhu Tianwei held the wine jug in one hand, and persuaded him to drink diligently, while paying close attention, he saw that Shen Yi's face was calm, and the wine was dry, although he still couldn't guess his intention, a hanging heart was slightly put down.
After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Zhu Tianwei's handsome face was even more red, and he shouted to bless the wine and vegetables.
The old housekeeper blessed and agreed, turned around and walked out of the hall, but quickly returned, hurriedly walked to Zhu Tianwei's side, and whispered a few times.
Zhu Tianwei's hand holding the wine glass stopped in mid-air, his brows furrowed, the smile on his face disappeared, and he showed a bit of viciousness and fierceness in an instant, and in a blink of an eye, he returned to his previous smile, but said coldly: "Let him in." ”
The old housekeeper stood still, opened his mouth to speak, turned his eyes to Shen Yi, but closed his mouth again, said yes respectfully, turned around and went out again.
Moments later, there was a rolling sound of wheels rolling in the corridor outside the door, and a wooden wheelchair was turned.
There was a person sitting obliquely on the wooden wheelchair, in his early twenties, with a pale complexion, a round head, a prominent forehead, but his figure was incomparably short and thin, it seemed that even sitting in the chair was very difficult and laborious, and his eyes were very dark, but his eyes were shy and timid, deliberately evasive, and he did not dare to look at people.
Behind the wheelchair, followed by a little scholar named Lianji, thin and thin, empty wrapped in a short, white-washed shirt, as if his body had not yet grown. He hung his head deeply, his hair unkempt, obscuring his eyebrows, and only his pale pointed jaw was revealed between the loose droops.
The two masters and servants appeared in the hall one after the other, completely out of place with the full hall of Chinese guests and the lively atmosphere, which made people look at it, and in addition to pity, they could not help but feel disgust. The world loves to be gorgeous and decent, who wants to see such a lowly and pitiful person?
Seeing the wheelchair, although he tried his best to restrain himself, Zhu Tianwei's face still showed strong disgust and hatred, as if as long as he took a look at the young man in the wheelchair, he was already deeply ashamed and unbearable.
Not only Zhu Tianwei, but the two Zhu Bai families sitting at the main table also showed disdain and disdain.
Although Bai Xinyu also had disgust in his eyes, he was also sympathetic, and whispered to himself: "He is here too." ”
Hua Susu asked in a puzzled low voice, "Who is this person?"
"The second young master of the Zhu family wishes Tianxiang. He rarely shows up, so you haven't seen him. Bai Xinyu's voice was lowered, as if he was worried that as long as he said this name, it would cause a lot of disgust in people's hearts.
Hua Susu was taken aback, looking at the ugly young man in the wheelchair, and then at the tall and lofty Zhu Tianwei, and couldn't help but look up at the distant ancestors of the Zhu family in the painting on the wall, how could he not have imagined that this weak and ugly young man would be the descendants of the Zhu family.
Zhu Tianwei is tall and handsome, superhuman, and shrewd and capable, in his hands to run Zhujiazhuang impressively, not only the Zhu family's forty-eight whirlwind Ruyi knife method to carry forward the famous Zhen Wulin, is also far ahead of the predecessors in the business.
can look at the second young master of the Zhu family, Zhu Tianxiang, with an ugly face, weak limbs, and a trance, and only promises. Even the little scholar who followed behind him, Lian Ji, was just as thin and pale, burying his head deeply all the time, not daring to look at anyone.
It seems that the second young master of the Zhu family not only rarely shows up, but is also rarely mentioned by the people of Zhujiazhuang, so although Hua Susu has been here for a short time, it is the first time that he knows that Zhu Tianwei actually has such a brother.
After Hua Susu was surprised, a pair of big eyes looked at it, and Zhu Tianxiang's eyes gradually revealed more sympathy, and his heart was full of pity for his unfortunate situation, and at the same time, he was very dissatisfied with the bad attitude of Zhu Tianwei and others.
As soon as the two of Zhu Tianxiang's master and servant appeared, the hall was full of food and wine, and it seemed to be mixed with a strange smell, which made people feel unspeakably awkward and uncomfortable. The guests in this hall, when they saw Zhu Tianxiang appear, some of them knew the inside story, and knew that the second young master was congenitally deficient, and the day after tomorrow he was neglected and rejected by his parents and brothers, and gradually the discussion spread everywhere. There was an old and honest person, so he turned his head and pretended not to be much interested, and some people who were already jealous of the Zhu family's prestige and wealth, the corners of their mouths had unconsciously showed a contemptuous smile, and that look seemed to say, let you Zhu family be talented for several generations, and you will be arrogant, and you will also give birth to such incompetent children.
Shen Yi watched from the sidelines, always with a calm face and a soft gaze. In fact, who can know the pain in his heart? He is not afraid of the powerful, nor does he despise the weak, and he has always firmly believed that no matter whether he is ugly or handsome, or whether he is intellectual, everyone in this world should have his equal right to live. But in fact, there are all kinds of inequality and all kinds of bullying and domineering in this world. What could be more tragic than cannibalism? Once there is a distinction between strong and weak, once there is a difference between superior and inferior, even two people who are as close as brothers can be disgusted with hatred and are as incompatible as fire and water.
Hearing the buzzing discussion in the hall, Zhu Tianwei held back the boredom and anger in his heart, and regretted it ten thousand times in his stomach. But now that he was at the table, and everyone was watching, they could no longer drive him away.
Although Zhu Tianxiang is in a wheelchair, he is not crippled, but his body is weak and he cannot stand and move around for a long time. He first called out timidly to his eldest brother, lowered his eyelids, helped the scholar's hand, stood up with great difficulty, and sat down at the end of the main table.
When he finally sat down, he was already panting, and it seemed that these few movements were easy for ordinary people, but they were all difficult for him.
After he sat down, he only felt that countless pairs of eyes around him were staring at him, especially the pair of eyes of Zhu Tianwei opposite, his eyes were like knives and swords, stabbing mercilessly, as if he wanted to poke a few big holes in his body to relieve his hatred. He was even more flustered, and he couldn't figure out whether it was etiquette or not, so he hurriedly said a few words of birthday congratulations and muttered, but no one heard clearly.
Zhu Tianwei only felt anger surging up, and couldn't help but snort heavily.
This hum, like thunder, resounded in Zhu Tianxiang's ears. His hand shook, and the chopsticks he had just picked up fell to the ground.
Zhu Tianwei was furious, slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, glared at Zhu Tianxiang, and wanted to raise his hand to knock him into the ground, and then disappear in the world.
The maids and maids who were waiting at the table all looked at their master's face, but turned their faces at this moment and pretended that nothing had happened. As for the chopsticks that Zhu Tianxiang dropped on the ground, no one stepped forward to pick them up, and no one wanted to change them to another pair of clean ones.
Lian Ji stood behind Zhu Tianxiang, leaning on his body, like a little turtle hiding in his shell, ignoring and not moving.
There was silence at the table for a while, and everyone looked at each other, some who were unwilling to interfere and disdainful of interference, and some who wanted to help but didn't know what to do.
Bai Qingyun, who had been sitting in the chair silently with his head bowed, suddenly jumped up, pointed at Zhu Tianxiang, and screamed: "It's you again, it's you again, why are you doing this? Why? You just did it on purpose, you want to kill everyone to be happy, aren't you?"
There was not a trace of blood on her face, a strand of hair fell on her forehead, her facial features were distorted, her voice was unusually poignant and harsh, and her eyes were staring straight and wild.
The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was startled, all the movements seemed to freeze suddenly, and only a pair of eyes looked around in horror.
At that moment, even the candlelight seemed to dim, the shadows flickered, and the faces of everyone looked strange, and the hall full of joy suddenly became eerie and frightening.
Hua Susu came back to her senses for a while, looked at Shen Yi first, saw that his bright eyes also showed a look of confusion, and then turned her head to look at Bai Xinyu, thinking that she would definitely get up to comfort her own sister who took care of her. Who knew that Bai Xinyu's eyes were staring at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, without saying a word, his face was expressionless, and he seemed to have been familiar with such things for a long time.
Bai Qingyun's tears were like rain, like crazy, and he kept screaming, and he said a few words over and over again.
Zhu Tianwei glared at Zhu Tianxiang, his eyes seemed to erupt with fire, but at the same time, he turned his face sideways and shouted to Bai Qingyun in a deep voice: "Shut up for me yet!"
Bai Qingyun's body shook violently, as if someone had suddenly choked his neck, and there were a few gurgles in his throat, but there was no sound at all. She looked left and right, as if she had just woken up from a nightmare, and only then did she realize where she was, her eyes no longer frenzied, but her face was even paler, and she was flushed with shame because she realized her own gaffe. She sat down slowly, pretending to look at Zhu Tianwei, and hurriedly lowered her head, looking panicked, holding back the tears in her eyes, and shrunk into a ball in the chair.
Who would have thought that there would be such an unknown family affair in this glamorous Zhujiazhuang?
Hua Susu really understood why Bai Xinyu sighed for her sister before. She turned her head to look at it, and saw that Bai Xinyu's beautiful eyes were full of sadness and regret, but Bai Qingfeng, who was the elder brother, still looked indifferent and unmoved.
Hua Susu looked at Zhu Tianxiang beside him again, and felt more and more pitiful about him, thinking that a person like him, in such a family, with such a brother, life must be difficult. She didn't care what her master would think, she bent down from her seat, picked up the fallen chopsticks, handed them to a maid behind her, and said, "This chopsticks are dirty, get another pair." ”
Although the maid took the chopsticks, she did not move, and looked at the blessing of the old housekeeper. Blessing didn't speak first, just looked at Zhu Tianwei.
Zhu Tianwei finally calmed down, calmed down, and nodded.
Zhu Tianxiang has a pair of new chopsticks, but he doesn't dare to use them, for fear that if he makes a move, he will get into trouble again. Like Bai Qingyun sitting on the other side, he shrunk in his chair and didn't dare to move. When he thought that no one was paying attention, he secretly twisted his face and glanced at Hua Susu a few times, his eyes were full of gratitude, and there was also a little bit of youthful admiration and appreciation.
Zhu Tianwei looked at the full hall of guests, and then looked at Shen Yi, the haze in his eyes was still there, but a smile appeared on his face, and he raised his glass again to persuade him to drink. After a while, he had regained his previous enthusiasm and boldness, laughed and laughed freely, and became the Zhu Tianwei who was a hero in the world again.