Soon, it was night time.
Li Xiao followed Lord Chen back to the House of Chen.
She asked in confusion, "Lord, aren't you going to the Yunshu Academy?"
"What can I do to help?" Chen Jue left this sentence.
He lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.
"..." Li Xiao thought about Lord Chen's skills and didn't say anything else.
But when she got out of the carriage,
She looked at Lord Chen who was walking out of the stable.
She felt a little sweet.
Although Lord Chen couldn't beat the big bad guy, he could protect her.
Dinner was still spread in Li Yu's courtyard.
There was no other way.
Once they returned to the residence.
Li Xiao stuck to Li Yu's side.
Chen Jue realized that.
Without Li Yu around, the little girl would follow him.
But with Li Yu around,
She would turn into her brother's follower and completely ignore him.
Why... was this child so practical?!
Just as he was thinking, the brother and sister on the other side were already sweet.
He didn't know what Li Yu did when he went out today.
He brought a lot of snacks when he came back at night.
He also prepared a silk flower for Li Xiao.
It was pink.
It was very cute.
At home, Li Xiao didn't wear a hat. Her black hair was shiny and soft.
The little pink flower was inserted.
It added a little girl's gentleness and beauty.
But Lord Chen looked at the silk flower that Li Yu inserted for her. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was dazzling.
"Brother.
Brother.
Tonight, we can solve another big case.
Lord Chen. "Before she could say the word 'amazing',
Li Xiao was interrupted.
"About the yamen."
Chen Jue gently slapped the table with two fingers and reprimanded her unhappily.
"Ah..." Li Xiao pursed her lips and realized that she had made a mistake. She quickly apologized, "Lord, I was wrong."
Li Yu watched as the joyful smile on his sister's face instantly disappeared and turned into an obedient expression. His gaze froze for a moment before landing on Chen Jue's face.
When Chen Jue met Li Yu's gaze, he didn't back down. He even added coldly, "Not even my own brother!"
"Yes, sir." Li Xiao nodded his head like he was pounding garlic.
"…" Li Yu's beautiful eyes blinked very slowly before he smiled and looked away. He looked back at Li Xiao and patted her on the back. He said in a gentle voice, "It's okay. Big Brother isn't very interested anyway.
Are you happy today, Xiaoxiao? "
Under the comfort of her brother, Li Xiao quickly jumped out of the sad mood of being scolded just now. "Happy, right, brother!"
She suddenly thought of something and turned around to pick up the small package she had brought back, placing it in front of her brother as if she was presenting a treasure.
"Brother, look, this is a snack given to me by a big brother named Xu Ting!
He said that he only sells ten packs a day! "As she spoke, she stretched out her hands in front of her and gestured to her ten slender fingers.
Then, she hurriedly pinched out a piece of snack. Worried that the crumbs would go to waste, she pinched the snack with one hand and picked up the crumbs with the other.
She handed it to her brother's mouth and widened her big eyes in anticipation. She looked at her brother and said, "Brother, try it. It's so sweet and crispy. It's delicious!"
Li Yu raised his eyes imperceptibly at Lord Chen — Lord Chen, whose eyes were so red that smoke was coming out of them.
Then, he withdrew his gaze and put the snack into his mouth with his sister's hand. As he chewed, he pretended to enjoy it. He nodded and ate very happily.
Li Xiao's eyebrows instantly curved, and she smiled like the happiest person in the world.
She withdrew her hand and, like a kitten, licked the crumbs of the snack that had fallen on her palm into her mouth and ate it happily.
"…" Chen Jue.
Li Xiao also fed herself a piece. When she was chewing, she looked up and saw Lord Chen looking at her with a serious expression.
As she chewed, she met Lord Chen's gaze and became a little nervous.
After swallowing the snack reluctantly, she thought for a moment and smiled. "It's a pity that you don't like to eat desserts. Otherwise, I'll give you a piece too!
Hmm, two pieces are fine too! "
"…" Chen Jue.
When Li Xiao handed Chen Jue the second piece of dessert, he picked up a piece of pork rib, put the meat in his mouth, and chewed hard!
"Eat more meat." Li Yu picked up a piece of pork rib for Li Xiao. "Xiaoxiao is starting to grow, right?"
"I've grown taller recently." Li Xiao tilted her head and smiled brightly.
"Although you don't like to eat carrots, you still have to eat some. You can't be picky when you're growing." Li Yu picked up another piece of carrot for Xiaoxiao.
"Ah … Brother …" Li Xiao looked at the carrot in the bowl awkwardly. Although she didn't want to eat it, she still picked it up and put it into her mouth when she saw how gentle her brother's smile was.
"…" Chen Jue felt that it might be better for him to eat in his own courtyard.
He shouldn't have come.
"Have some meat, Lord." Li Xiao suddenly threw a chopstick over.
It was a piece of "red" pork rib. It was fatty meat with a small bone in the middle. It was the most delicious kind of pork rib.
Chen Jue hated it when people put food in his bowl since he was young. His mother cared about him and put food in his bowl for him. He failed to stop her many times. In the end, when his mother put food in his bowl, he would take it out and throw it away.
His mother got angry a few times and finally got rid of the "bad" habit of putting food in his bowl.
Although she was angry and aggrieved, she couldn't do anything about her son who was difficult to please since he was young.
At this moment, Lord Chen, who hated it when people put food in his bowl because it made him feel like he was being forced to be difficult to please, looked at the pork rib in his bowl and frowned awkwardly.
Li Xiao said heartlessly, "Lord also likes to eat pork ribs. I like to eat them too."
She noticed that Lord Chen had been silent and eating pork ribs. Therefore, she put the last piece of "red" pork rib in her bowl into Chen Jue's bowl.
It was her habitual behavior of flattery.
Chen Jue raised his head and glanced at her. From the corner of his eye, he saw Li Yu looking at him.
He pursed his lips, but suddenly the corners of his mouth curled up. He picked up the meat and put it into his mouth. He even said faintly and arrogantly,
"Good boy."
Li Xiao immediately beamed with joy.
After receiving encouragement, she began to pick up food for Chen Jue from time to time and pour wine for her brother. She was so happy that she was like a little bee on the dining table.
She was so happy to be able to eat from both sides.
After the meal, Lord Chen, who had always been restrained during dinner, ate a lot of meat.
He really didn't like to eat meat that much, but he silently and enjoyed eating all the meat that Xiao Xiao picked up for him.
Li Yu, on the other hand, was very restrained. He would proudly put the food that he didn't want to eat into his sister's bowl. He looked like he doted on her and asked her to eat more.
Chen Jue thought, 'What a scheming man!'
After dinner and tea, Chen Jue and Li Yu sat across from each other at the table.
Chen Jue tapped on the table. As usual, he ordered Li Xiao, "Serve some melons."
Li Xiao immediately stood up and ran to the kitchen to order some melons.
Li Yu took a sip of the teacup and looked at Chen Jue. Seeing that Chen Jue was also looking over, he said, "I looked around today. It's really not easy to buy a suitable house."
"There's no rush. Just stay here first," Chen Jue said.
"I don't deserve a reward."
Li Yu's smile was always faintly discernible. When you thought that he wasn't smiling, the corners of his mouth would be slightly raised.
If you thought that he was smiling, his eyes were always indifferent.
"Do you have any special skills?" Chen Jue sized up Li Yu. He was handsome, had a refined temperament, and was a smart person.
Chen Jue felt that such a person would be able to achieve meteoric success as long as you gave him a chance.
Li Yu thought for a moment and suddenly raised his hand —
The folding fan beside Chen Jue suddenly flew up and landed in Li Yu's hand in a straight line.
"!!!" Chen Jue stared at the folding fan that was still in his hand a moment ago.
Then, he looked at the empty table beside him …
"!!!" Chen Jue's eyes widened in shock.
Then, he felt even more jealous than when he saw Li Xiao handing dessert to Li Yu.
"I've had this ability since I was young. When I didn't know how to use it, I actually got into a lot of trouble." Li Yu opened his palm and the folding fan flew back to Chen Jue's hand.
Chen Jue looked at Li Yu's somewhat lonely expression. He blinked and thought for a while. "I wonder what it feels like to have such an ability."
"…" Li Yu glanced at Chen Jue and knew that Chen Jue had probably sensed his emotions from his eyes.
He smiled bitterly. "When you first saw it, you were also envious, right?
But this isn't something to be envious of. "
"It's not a bad thing to have one more ability." Chen Jue's voice was clear and there was a hint of righteousness in it.
He wouldn't look down on people with supernatural abilities, nor would he be hostile because of their differences.
He was relaxed. When facing people with abilities like Li Yu, Li Xiao, and Xu Ting, as usual, he wouldn't be polite when it was time to scold, pamper, or be hostile.
Li Yu looked into Chen Jue's eyes. Those dark eyes were full of integrity and calmness.
He smiled at Chen Jue. It was sincere and carried a sense of relief.
It was the kind of mature smile that knew that he had met understanding and equality.
"Xiao Xiao always thought that mother had no choice but to use her supernatural ability when she was saving people. That was why she exposed her identity as a supernatural person. In the end, she was burned to death by the villagers as a witch …" Li Yu turned his head and looked in the direction of the courtyard door. Li Xiao was probably still in the small kitchen with the Cookmaid cutting melons. He closed his eyes. His voice was deep and there was a hint of pain.
"…" Chen Jue frowned. Hearing Li Yu's words, he already understood.
"I've always been in the village, living with my mother.
Although I received a lot of education from my father when I was young, and my mother had always bought me all kinds of books to read, I was young and frivolous and rebellious … I forgot my father and mother's advice. I ignored those warnings and used my supernatural ability. "His voice slowly lowered and became a little hoarse." My mother was only trying to protect me. "
"… The dead are gone."
Chen Jue sighed. It was as if he could see the frivolous and arrogant young man in front of him half a year ago.
"Just as the books say, sometimes suffering can break a person, sometimes it can also make a person grow rapidly." Li Yu opened his eyes and smiled bitterly at Chen Jue.
"My mother died because of me. Xiao Xiao is too young. I don't even dare to tell her the truth."
Li Yu's fingers unconsciously rubbed the teacup, showing the pain and anxiety in his heart.
Chen Jue stretched out his fingers and pressed down on the teacup that Li Yu was rubbing.
Li Yu's fingers paused. He raised his head and met Chen Jue's indifferent and calm eyes.
Lord Chen had a bad temper, but he often had the calmness of a mountain collapsing in front of him. At most, he would be angry for a moment.
Li Yu was strangely comforted. He nodded and let go of the teacup.
Chen Jue rarely served people. He poured hot tea for Li Yu.
The fragrance of the tea spiraled in the air, and it was steaming in the night. There was a sense of meditation that calmed people's hearts.
"When I lost Xiao Xiao, I thought countless times that I might as well die.
But in my heart, I still had a breath of hope. Perhaps Xiao Xiao was still alive and waiting for me to find her and save her … So, later, I found Xiao Xiao's traces and found my way to the capital. "
Li Yu took a sip of tea. "Lord Chen is really a gentleman. I know that if it were another man, he would not take care of Xiao Xiao, who was timid and cautious at that time, but naive and simple at the end of the day.
Probably, he would have … "
Become a concubine's plaything, or even …
Li Yu knew the bad habits of men. He knew how rare it was to have supreme power, a beauty by his side, and raise her in his mansion. It could even be said that it was' impossible '!
Therefore, even though Chen Jue had a bad temper, he still respected Lord Chen.
As a man, he understood that there was probably no second Chen Jue in this world.
He let the weak and helpless beauty by his side. He just ordered her to serve tea and be sent to be the dean of the Dali Monastery.
Every time Li Yu thought about it these days, he felt that the heavens were probably watching over their family …
Xiao Xiao was so lucky to meet this fierce, arrogant, and stubborn man in front of her … but he was really righteous …
He was a gentleman.
Chen Jue followed Li Yu's words and imagined if the first man Li Xiao trusted after she came to the capital was someone else …
He frowned and a thin layer of sweat unconsciously appeared on his back.
His anger was somewhat awakened. He thought angrily, "That stinky girl, I'm an outstanding beauty, but I don't have the ability to protect myself at all. She actually believed me so easily.
What if I'm a hypocrite?! "
In the future, he would find an opportunity to teach Li Xiao a lesson and let her have a deeper understanding of the sinister world and the ugly nature of men!
Looking at Li Yu, Chen Jue immediately put away his' empathy 'and said angrily, "As her brother, how could you lose your sister?
If she had made the slightest mistake along the way, hmph, you would never see her again in this life. "
Li Yu was criticized by Chen Jue, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled.
His wisdom and rationality let him know why Chen Jue was angry and angry at him.
It was because he wanted to protect Xiao Xiao and was angry from Xiao Xiao's perspective.
He complained that he, as her brother, did not protect Xiao Xiao well.
Fortunately, Lord Chen was always thinking for his sister unconsciously.
Li Yu let out a long breath and stopped smiling. "At that time, Mother had just passed away, and I was in a daze …"
Chen Jue snorted and scolded, "You were lucky."
"Yes, lucky.
Xiao Xiao is fine. "Li Yu's gaze fell on the long corridor at the end of the path.
"After going through all this, I became the person I am now. I'm completely different from half a year ago.
If Mother and Father saw me, they would probably be very surprised … But Xiao Xiao, this heartless girl, only cared about getting close to me … "Li Yu's voice was tinged with a hint of laughter, but his beautiful eyes were dark and deep.
It was hard to guess what he was talking about.
Had all of this made him mature, or … had all of this changed him in some way?
Chen Jue sensitively felt that the change in Li Yu was probably not as simple as maturity.
He smelled danger from Li Yu.
Following Li Yu's gaze, Chen Jue turned his face and looked at the path.
The stone path in the courtyard was zigzagging, adding a bit of elegance to the small courtyard.
At this moment, the young girl was walking on the winding path, twisting her slender waist as she turned around. She turned around lightly and happily. This was a pleasant scene that they had never imagined when they first built the path.