ninety one
Xiao Weixin looked down at You Shu, and seeing the faint expectation in his eyes, he felt angry and amused. He raised his hand and patted You Shu on the head gently: "Are you satisfied with just a hundred taels?"
“How can it be just a small amount…” You Shu couldn’t help but retort. He had never seen so much gold at once.
"Didn't I just say that from now on, what's mine is yours." Xiao Weixin touched his head again, his expression full of indulgence, "Don't even mention a hundred taels of gold, even a thousand or ten thousand taels, or even this land..."
He didn't finish his words, but You Shu knew what he meant.
Although he was a rich second-generation in his previous life, You Shu was still moved by Xiao Weixin's words. This feeling was completely different from being raised by his parents at home. Moreover, his prince had worked hard for so many years, and had been dormant and forbearing all for that day. But this beautiful land of thousands of miles, he said it would be given to him...
Even if he was joking, it was enough to give You Shu great satisfaction at that moment.
Xiao Weixin bent down and easily picked up You Shu from the wheelchair, frowning again. This weight was totally not like that of an adult man. Xiao Shu was too thin. He walked out of the yard. Qi Han was waiting outside the door in a carriage. When he saw them coming out, he hurriedly put down the small stool.
Xiao Weixin stepped onto the bus on a stool and gently placed You Shu on the soft cushion in the car, treating him with care as if he were a priceless treasure, fearing that he might get bumped or scratched.
You Shu couldn't move most of his body now. He raised his head to take a look at the facilities inside the carriage, secretly sighing that it was too luxurious. Xiao Weixin's carriage had never been decorated like this before. There were cushions and blankets everywhere, and all the corners that seemed to have edges were carefully wrapped with cushions. There was also a heater in the carriage, making it warm inside, no worse than basking in the sun outside.
Xiao Weixin opened the cabinet beside him, which was filled with several layers of food boxes. "We have to hurry back to Beijing, and I was afraid you would be hungry, so I specially asked someone to prepare some for you."
"You are really thin, eat."
After saying that, he took out a box and placed it on the table in the car. When he opened it, it was filled with beautiful and exquisite snacks. You Shu carefully reached out and pinched a piece of milk cake in his mouth. The rich and sweet milk aroma instantly spread in his mouth, with a hint of butter aroma.
You Shu hadn't eaten anything good in the past month since he was injured and rescued. He either had wild vegetables or steamed bread, or else taro with rice crust. Occasionally, he would have chicken soup and eggs given by Doctor Qi. He had never eaten a single bite of regular white flour steamed bread, and his stomach was completely empty. When he first tasted something so good, his taste buds were quickly reminded of the past when Xiao Weixin had fed him all kinds of delicious food in the mansion. In the end, his reserve was also persuaded by his greed.
He swallowed a piece of milk cake in three or two mouthfuls, and then quickly took the second piece, and ate it voraciously without even raising his head. He even forgot about his usually self-disciplined image management and devoured it like a wolf that had been hungry for eight hundred years and had finally tasted meat, even licking the residue between his fingers clean.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Weixin felt distressed and kept wiping his mouth with a handkerchief, reminding him softly, "Eat slowly, it's all yours, there's still a lot in the cabinet."
"Don't you want to eat?" After You Shu finished a plate of milk cake, he remembered that he was so focused on eating himself that he forgot about the prince beside him. He couldn't help feeling ashamed.
Xiao Weixin took out another food box from the cupboard and replied, "These are all prepared for you. I never like this."
"I wanted to bring you some of your favorite food, but it's hard to preserve it after the bumpy ride, so I can only bring you some dried meat first." He opened the oil paper package, and inside were various kinds of dried meat with beautiful colors and oily luster, "Just to satisfy your craving."
"When we return to the capital, I'll take you to eat something good."
"I heard that there's a new restaurant in the city that serves delicious suckling pig. I think you'll love it. I'll take you to try it when we get back to Beijing."
"There's also the shop in the south of the city that specializes in making steamed buns. I remember you liked it very much. Wang Chen has even discussed it with him and ordered a hundred large meat buns there so you can eat them when you get back."
"I have also robbed the imperial chef from the palace. I will ask him to make soup for you. You will gain weight soon."
You Shu lowered his head and chewed the jerky, his mouth full of the aroma of meat. He listened to Xiao Weixin muttering those words softly, silently clenched his fists, and kept stuffing meat into his mouth.
In fact, he knew that their prince was the one who didn't like to eat the most. He had never cared about things like a new restaurant opening in the city before, but now he could talk about it like the back of his hand. It was obvious that during the time when he was away, he must have been thinking about it like crazy, paying attention to his preferences everywhere, hoping that he could eat and use it when he returned one day.
Xiao Weixin talked for a long time without seeing any response from him, thinking that he was only focused on eating, he took the kettle beside him and wanted to feed him some water, but when he lifted his face, he found that Xiao Shu had been crying for some time, with tears all over his face.
He was stunned for a moment, then quickly put down the kettle and picked up the handkerchief to wipe his face again. He didn't mind the oil at the corners of his mouth at all, as if his severe mysophobia had completely healed after meeting You Shu.
"Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Xiao Weixin panicked when he saw him crying so miserably, and hurried to call Huachun.
But You Shu held him back and said with sobs, "I'm fine. I'm not feeling unwell."
Xiao Weixin was worried, "Then why are you crying?"
In his impression, Xiao Shu was a person who would not even groan even if his skin and flesh were dug open by a knife. This was the first time that he cried like this in front of him. He must be in great pain. "Don't bear it. Hua Chun will be here soon."
"I'm... really fine." You Shu wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, but refused to raise his face, "I'm just... useless."
He thought he was already very powerful, so whether facing his parents, family, or Xiao Weixin, he could just smile lightly and pretend to be calm and talk and laugh with them as before, as if nothing had changed.
But in fact, he was really too weak, so he couldn't help it after being treated gently by them. Like a child who finally had a backer, he thought he could indulge in releasing the pain and sadness in his heart.
In fact, deep down in his heart, he has always longed for others' tenderness and preference, so when Xiao Weixin treated him like this, he couldn't pretend to be strong.
It turns out that tenderness can really penetrate people's hearts better than swords.
Xiao Weixin quietly watched You Shu burying her face in her handkerchief and crying, and suddenly said, "From now on, Xiao Shu can say whatever she wants in front of me."
"I don't blame."
You Shu nodded.
Xiao Weixin knew why he was sad, but deliberately didn't mention it. As men, they knew how important dignity was to them. Xiao Shu didn't want him to see him crying, so he didn't watch.
The carriage slowly set off, carrying Xiao Weixin's treasure back to the capital.
Even though there were jackals, tigers and leopards waiting for them in the capital, neither Xiao Weixin nor You Shu took them seriously.
A car full of food was enough for You Shu to eat for many days on the road. He was in poor health now, and after crying for a while, he was exhausted and fell asleep leaning on Xiao Weixin's shoulder.
Xiao Weixin opened his arms and held him in his arms, leaning on the cushion with him, looking down at You Shu's peaceful sleeping face.
Before, they were so focused on the great joy of reuniting that they didn't take a closer look. Now that they were quiet, Xiao Weixin discovered that Xiao Shu had a long scar under her bangs, which spread all the way to the corner of her eye. Although it didn't affect her overall appearance, it still looked uncomfortable. He raised his hand and gently touched the scar, secretly wondering if it could be cured.
He thought of the words in the diary and felt a little sad.
Xiao Shu must be very concerned about his appearance... If he knew that he had this scar on his face, I wonder how sad he would be.
The carriage moved forward steadily all the way and went back without stopping. Hua Chun was in another carriage, while Liu Tiezhu was riding a horse with Wang Chen. The horses galloped past, raising clouds of dust.
After walking for an unknown number of days, You Shu woke up from his intermittent coma and saw Xiao Weixin reading a letter.
He quietly raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth.
Good, no drooling today.
He remembered that on the way back from the first day, he accidentally drooled on Xiao Weixin. He was so embarrassed and ashamed that he wanted to die on the spot. He didn't usually sleep like that, but after the injury, his body was too weak, and he slept too deeply and deeply, which caused him to lose composure.
Although Xiao Weixin was not angry and even kissed him gently to comfort him, You Shu felt that his image as a cool guy in front of the prince had collapsed. He felt that his life was bleak and he was listless for many days.
"Awake?" Xiao Weixin raised his head from the letter, "Are you hungry?"
You Shu felt a little ashamed. He seemed to be like a pig these past few days. He woke up to eat and then slept. Every time he woke up, the first thing his prince asked him was if he was hungry. He must have really thought he was a foodie.
"I'm not hungry." You Shu tried to save his last bit of face and sat up by holding on to the carriage.
Xiao Weixin put the cushions away for him and handed him the letter to read: "Xie Feiyuan sent a letter saying that Li Liang's family was exterminated."
"What!?" All of You Shu's thoughts disappeared in that instant. He immediately lowered his head and read the contents of the letter seriously. "Did that old villain Xia Maoan really do that?"
"That's his wife's sister!"
Xiao Weixin laughed sarcastically, "For a man like him, all his relatives are fake. Even if he was asked to kill his own wife, he would be able to do it."
The letter said that Li Liang had recently aroused Xia Maoan's suspicion, and he was in a very tight spot right now. In order to prevent Li Liang, a cowardly fence-sitter, from betraying himself, he simply took the initiative and sent out assassins late at night the day before yesterday to kill all 146 members of the Li family.
Even Li Liangcai's three-year-old granddaughter was not spared.
"But Li Liang is still alive." Xiao Weixin said calmly, "I had someone replace him in advance and found someone to die in his place."
"I'm reluctant to abandon that chess piece now."
You Shu nodded, "He is still useful."
Nothing would be more desirable for revenge than a person who lost all his relatives overnight. Moreover, Li Liang knew most of Xia Maoan's secrets. As long as he hid them well, when he bites back at him in the future, it would definitely be the most deadly.
"Don't read it. It hurts your eyes." Xiao Weixin took the letter from him and said, "Eat something."
You Shu wanted to say he didn't want to eat, as he had eaten almost enough these days. But when Xiao Weixin took out a plate of roast chicken from the food box like a magic trick, he lost his composure.
"I asked Wangchen to rush to the town to buy it." Xiao Weixin smiled, "Yesterday in your dream you kept yelling that a bird came out of your mouth and you wanted to eat meat."
You Shu felt like the sky was falling at that moment.
After drooling in his sleep, he even started talking in his sleep...
I can’t even get rid of my idol image.