C5

Shen Junxiao felt like he had a long dream.

He opened his eyes as soon as he woke and looked at the dark blue canopy. After a long time, he closed his eyes again. When he opened his eyes again, the anger, confusion, and shock had all disappeared, and his pair of phoenix eyes were clear and calm.

He moved and found something tugging at his sleeve. He turned his face while enduring the dull pain from the back of his head and saw a girl with a round, jade-like face. She had her eyes closed, her delicate lips pouting slightly. She was pink and tender, making people's heart go weak just by looking at her.

It's Xiuying. Why is she sleeping on the side? She's even holding his sleeve.

Shen Junxiao looked at her sleeping face and found it funny. His heart was unusually calm, but the little girl was still so cute and pleasing. He smiled. It was unknown what he was thinking, but the curve of his lips soon disappeared, and his expression became one of unconcealable iciness. Silently, he took her small hand.

There was a little girl guarding inside the house. Previously, he didn't even notice that he had woken up. When a sharp-eyed little girl saw him, she was both surprised and happy. "Lord Third is awake!"

Old Madame Shen also rushed over, and she had the time to comb her hair.

"Third brother!" Old Madame Shen's eyes turned red when she saw her youngest son sitting on his pillow.

She took three steps forward and had to stop as the long slump in front of the bed blocked her way. Shen Junxiao made a slight gesture to her, and under her astonished gaze, he pulled Xiuying to his side. Seeing that she was still sleeping soundly, he said to the little girl, "Take the couch away." As he spoke, he covered her with the blanket.

Old Madame Shen was finally able to get close to her son. She walked to the edge of the bed and sat down to carefully observe his expression. His face was still pale and his spirit wasn't too good, but at least he had woken up.

"Ol 'Three, do you feel that something is not right? Go and invite Lang Zhong over!" Old Madame Shen turned around to give her orders again. The little girl replied that she had sent someone to invite her. She heaved a sigh of relief. "You're going to scare me to death. Don't do this again!"

The fake mountain was neither high nor low. Old Madame Shen felt that this time, it was truly blessed by the gods.

Shen Junxiao nodded lightly. His mother's emotions were complicated, but he was still happy. He had always been a reserved person, so he always seemed cold and aloof. However, when he was happy, the corners of his long and narrow eyes would be raised.

Old Madame Shen was the one who knew her son the best. Naturally, when she saw him like this, she too felt happy in her heart. She asked him how he was feeling and if his wound still hurt.

Shen Junxiao answered them one by one in a soft voice to ease her mind. As expected, Old Madame Shen beamed with joy and seemed to be more spirited. Seeing that his son was still not in good spirits, he patted his granddaughter's back from time to time to comfort her. He stood up and said, "Lie down and rest for a while. Let them serve little girl Ying."

"I'm fine." Shen Junxiao said in a light voice, "She can't disturb me even a little bit. I'll wait for Lang to arrive before I rest." He was saved from being yelled at again.

"Then I'll come back later." Old Madame Shen doted on her youngest son and agreed to anything.

"Yes." Shen Junxiao replied. After the old man left, his expression became extremely calm.

— Looks like he was fourteen years old.

However, this little girl shouldn't have been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall. Why did she come to his side? But that's good too. It's good that she didn't suffer.

She had indeed suffered too much.

Shen Junxiao thought about those things with a solemn expression. When Master San woke up, it was even more important to keep people away from him than before.

Lang came over, checked the back of Shen Junxiao's head still bulging, and asked a few words without any problem. Old Madame Shen gave him a big red envelope and sent him out, personally going to watch the girls fry the medicine. Lang Zhong said that as long as he put a few more pills on, the medicine would stop after the bulge was gone.

Xiuying was still sleeping soundly, making a small hill on Shen Junxiao's blanket. She was talking in her sleep all the way up to the moment he drank the medicine.

Shen Junxiao lowered his head to listen, but he couldn't make out what she was saying. It was just that she was frowning unsteadily.

Did he have a nightmare?

He lay on his side, reached out and patted her back again, and she stirred. Shen Junxiao thought that she would continue sleeping, but who knew that a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes would open.

"In a daze, her gaze became brighter and brighter upon meeting his …" "Third Uncle!" The hill under the blanket sat up abruptly, moving so fast that it almost fell backwards.

Shen Junxiao pressed his hand on her shoulder, "Be careful."

Xiuying looked at the empty space behind her and realized that it was a bed!

Her small body jumped up again, so fast that before Shen Junxiao could even react, she had already jumped off the bed with her pretty shoes on.

Shen Junxiao also sat up. The quilt slid down from his body, revealing his white shirt. His clothes slightly opened up, and a fourteen-year-old youth's Adam's apple bulged. His thin collarbone could still be seen … It was a kind of lazy beauty.

Xiuying looked on dumbly. Then, her face heated up, she hurriedly lowered her head and twisted the hem of her clothes with her hands.

Don't look at him unless he was polite, don't look at him if he wasn't polite. How could she stare at Third Uncle's body!

The little girl stood uneasily in front of the bed with her head lowered, seemingly very embarrassed. Shen Junxiao looked at her for a while and then suddenly chuckled.

The little girl had already brought some clothes for Xiuying to put on. Xiuying stretched her arms out, but didn't dare to raise her head even after listening to Xiuying's laughter. Third Uncle couldn't have seen how he lost his composure, right?

Actually, Shen Junxiao only found his niece to be fun.

She had always liked to jump on him the most. Sometimes, when she was being naughty, she would even hug his neck and not let go.

The girls quickly dressed Xiuying. They didn't dare to look up at Third Master Shen who was laughing. They all knew that Third Master Shen would only show his good mood when the big girl was around. However, this person changed his face whenever he said something. No one dared to make any unusual movements, as they were afraid of angering him.

"Have you slept enough? I heard you stayed up half the night last night. " Shen Junxiao pointed to the edge of the bed.

Xiuying pursed her lips, then sat down on the bed and said, "Third Uncle saved me, that's how it should be. You... "Does it still hurt?"

"It hurts." Shen Junxiao said.

Ah, it hurts. Xiuying opened her eyes wide and looked at him. She didn't even know how to answer the call. Should she do the same as before, bragging to Third Uncle?! No, it was too childish. She couldn't say it now.

Then why did she ask?

The girl's face was round and her peach blossom eyes were wide open as she stared at him in a daze. She looked as if she didn't know how to speak. No matter how one looked at her, she was still a silly girl. She was so cute that it would hurt the heart of anyone who looked at her.

Shen Junxiao smiled and wanted to laugh again. It seemed like he didn't laugh for a long time. When he saw the little girl again, he could make her laugh at any time. He really did like this cute and innocent little niece.

It was as if ever since he had become sensible, she was the only pure person in his world. It made him want to protect her and let her be free from worries and worries. Thus, when he saw her fall down the fake mountain, he didn't even hesitate before jumping down.

"Alright, Third Uncle doesn't hurt anymore." The little girl couldn't speak anymore, he was the only one who could smooth things over.

Xiuying was stunned when she heard that. She should be the one to coax Third Uncle in this situation, why did it have to be the other way around?

Shen Junxiao didn't continue to study what she was thinking. He just told the girl to bring her breakfast and she slept through the breakfast time.

The girl in the room started to get busy. Xiuying wanted to say no, she could just go back to her mother's place. Seeing Third Uncle leaning against the bed looking at her, she seemed to be very happy. She suppressed her thoughts and let the girl lead him to the brick bed opposite. He then looked at the several dishes filled with food.

— Shrimp dumplings, meat buns, red dates and millet porridge, hawthorn cakes, and all kinds of pickled vegetables were her favorite dishes.

A greeting sounded from outside. It was Master Shen and Second Old Master. Old Madame Shen had also returned.

"Are you better, Third Brother?" Master Shen strode into the room, but he didn't hear him. He was full of energy.

Xiuying had no choice but to let the little girl help her down the brick bed and pay her respects to the elders who came in.

Shen Junxiao looked at the newcomer with a cold gaze. His handsome face was expressionless.