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"What are you doing? You started drinking in broad daylight? "

The wine jug was suddenly snatched away. Wen Lun blankly stared at his empty hands, and then he fell head first onto the table. With a somewhat helpless voice, he said, "Bai Zhen, my brother left …"

Bai Zhen was taken aback. His brows, which had originally held a hint of anger, loosened. For a moment, he was unable to understand what he meant. "Where did Brother Wen go?"

"I don't know, I don't know." Wen Lun helplessly shook his head. His fingers tightly gripped his hair and he had a pained expression. "He left without saying a word …" I only left a letter saying that he left and that we don't have to wait for him to come back … Why? Why did you leave me like that? Am I that annoying to him? "

Bai Zhen was silent for a moment before pressing a hand on his shoulder, "Zi Yu, Big Brother Wen won't abandon you."

Wen Lun acted as if he did not hear his voice and sobbed, "Why is it like this? Mom doesn't want me anymore, and Dad isn't willing to look at me anymore. Only Big Brother is willing to stay with me, only you are willing to stay with me, only Qing Han is willing to stay with me … But, mom is gone, big brother is gone, Qing Han is also gone, you have to go too … "Why, do you not want me?"

"I miss my mother …"

Bai Zhen's pupils constricted as his fingers subconsciously curled up into a ball.

"Second Grandpa, I miss my mother."

"Your mother …" She's gone. "

"Second Grandpa, my mother said that she will wait for Father to come back with me. When will Father come back?"

"..." "Soon."

"Second Grandpa, Mom said that Daddy will be happy if I study hard. But, why isn't father laughing? Does he not like me? "

"No, your father is just too tired."

"Second Grandpa, that woman is not my mother."

"Right, she isn't your mother …" Your father has failed your mother. "

"Mother …" "I missed you. I wanted dad to look at me a few more times …"

"What did I do wrong? Why doesn't anyone like me? "

"..."

"Are you Uncle Bai's son?" My name is Wen Lun. " Lifting his head from his book, he saw a youth of his age standing where the tree's shadow had fallen. The fragmented sunlight shone on his body and his smile was so bright.

"My name is Bai Zhen." After a long time, he finally mustered the courage to reply.

The youth blinked, "I know, you're uncle's eldest son."

"..." "Right."

The teenager tilted his head. "Can you climb trees? Let's sit on it, it must be beautiful. "

"Father will not agree."

The youth pulled him to his feet. "He won't be discovered. He'll come down after a while."

"Alright then."

Sitting on a tall branch and looking down over the shingles of the house, he could see the view on the other side of the wall. True... Beautiful.

He had never felt so happy before. He had never spoken of the secret to anyone else, but this afternoon, he poured out all of it until the sun set in the west.

It was unknown when a tall figure stood beneath the tree, but her delicate and pretty eyebrows slightly bent. "Young gongzis, it's been a long time since we had dinner. Don't you feel hungry?"

This strange face was not someone from the residence. Besides, no one had ever asked him in such a soft, smiling voice. His father, who did not laugh, and his servant, who was respectful and taciturn, were the only things that mattered in life.

Still in a daze, the youth next to him cheered and leaped towards the tree: "Big Brother!" The tree was as tall as a man, and when it jumped, there was no sign of fear. It was as if he firmly believed that the person under the tree, who was tall but not muscular, would be able to catch him.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

The young man in white caught his brother and took a step back. He laughed lightly, "It's getting heavier again." The traces of her hair in the air made by the loose strands of her hair were very beautiful.

The youth proudly raised his head. "Of course, I will grow up to be as tall as Big Brother in the future!"

The youth stretched out his hand to remove a leaf from his brother's head. He bent over and let him fall to the ground, "I will." He straightened up and looked at himself with the same shallow and gentle smile. "Do you dare to jump down?"

"This way... "That's not good, right?" It shouldn't be as easy as it seems to be to catch a seven or eight year old boy, right?

Before his brother could say anything, the youth had already said, "Big Brother said that before he grows up, he will try to jump down from the high ground and be caught by father once again. Although my father won't play with me, but luckily I have a big brother. I've lent you my big brother, jump off! "

Because of the first half of his sentence, his dull eyes slowly lit up with a strange expectation when he heard the second half of his sentence — there was someone standing at a place where he was bound to fall in pain, steadily holding onto him. This sort of feeling was probably worth looking forward to, right?

The young man continued to look at him, his gaze gentle without any hint of impatience. He only slightly opened his arms, using his actions to tell the hesitating youth that he would definitely catch it.

He did not know why, but he felt a breeze by his ear and he had already jumped down from the tree branch, filled with anticipation and fear.

After falling and hurting so many times, they had already started to fear the pain of falling from higher altitudes.

But there was no pain.

The young man's embrace was wide, much more solid than his seemingly weak chest.

Up close, this man might not have been considered a young man, but at least his unbound hair suggested that he had not yet attained the crown. However, in that moment, in the arms of this young man, he felt a dependence that he had never felt before. He smelled very good. It was a faint scent of fresh blood mixed with the scent of incense.

He was gently placed on the ground. The two youths standing side by side looked up at him with bright eyes.

The young man squatted in front of the two of them, one hand pressing down on one of their heads. If you can just keep growing up like this and become people you can all trust in each other, that would be great. "

The young man beside him tilted his head as he thought, "Is it the kind that goes about life and death in the martial arts world?"

The youth said, "More or less. It's just that the rivers and lakes are dangerous. It's better not to walk around."

The young man puffed out his mouth and said seriously: "When I grow up, I must adventure through the martial arts world — together with Bai Zhen."

The youth could not help but laugh, "Aren't you afraid of the danger?"

"Not afraid." The young man replied quickly and surely, "Because Big Brother will protect us!"

In that instant, the youth was somewhat startled, but he quickly covered those things they could not see with a smile: "Alright, then do as you wish. As long as I am still here, I will stand by your side and protect you. "

He rubbed the top of his head with his hands. "If you believe me, I will do it."

"..."

"He said that he will stand by my side to protect me …" But I left without saying anything. "

Wen Lun's voice caused Bai Zhen to be jolted awake. He pursed his lips and then said softly, "Just like last time, Big Brother Wen will be back."

Wen Lun clenched his fist and said in a despairing voice, "I'm not afraid of the days when I don't have my brother by my side. I'm just afraid that he'll hate me for making trouble like this. I'm just afraid of him …" Just like last time, I took on everything, but I didn't know anything about it. I was afraid of the kind of situation where I knew he was living with a knife in his hand, licking blood, but I was powerless and didn't dare to take any responsibility for him. I'm afraid... I'll never see him again! "

Bai Zhen pursed his lips. "He will definitely come back."

"Do you believe that?" Wen Lun suddenly stood up and grabbed the front of Bai Zhen's shirt, forcing him to retreat step by step until his back bumped into a tree. "Why are you using these words to deceive me?"

Bai Zhen fell silent, then replied, "I am not lying to you. I'm as scared as you are, so I can only bless you. "

Wen Lun gritted his teeth. "I really want to beat you up."

Bai Zhen nodded. "Alright."

Wen Lun was stunned. "What can I do?"

Bai Jian said, "If beating me can make you feel better, then beat me up. Anyway, I will call her back, and both of us need to vent. "

Wen Lun looked at him for a long time and suddenly let out a bitter laugh. "What are you venting for? Do you still need to vent? You're so calm, so good, so strong... Just like my brother. "

"Big brother Wen …" Bai Zhen's gaze grew dim. "Just how did he manage to treat us with such a smile after experiencing so much?"

Wen Lun punched him with his empty hand. "Aren't you the same? I hate people like you who can hide everything with their smiles... Why don't we all cry together? " He lowered his head and stood unsteadily. As he swayed, he could vaguely make out a few crystalline drops of water falling from the tip of his nose.

Bai Zhen reached out to support him before chuckling, "We haven't even said anything and you're already crying. Do we still dare to say anything?"

"I'll say it, second rate …" Wen Lun slapped away the hand he was holding and walked away and sat down on the floor.

Hearing him call out his name, Bai Zhen was taken aback. "Huh?"

Wen Lun raised his head and looked at the greyish sky. "Do you really think that I am fooling around for no reason?"

Bai Zhen was silent for a long time before shaking his head, "No, I know you won't be so depressed. You care about Qing Han, but you care about Brother Wen as well. So... You won't be stupid. "

"He won't be stupid? Heh, I was naive and foolish. " He raised his hand and looked at the different sky through the gaps of his fingers. Wen Lun laughed self-deprecatingly. "I thought that this kind of me would make big brother reluctant to leave."

Bai Zhen said helplessly, "You can't even fool me."

Wen Lun stretched out his arms and lay down. "It feels very good to be drunk."

Bai Zhen smiled. "When it's time to wake up, you still have to."

Wen Lun shook his head. "I don't want to wake up. "When you wake up, you will see how difficult it is to move in the martial world without your big brother's protection. Killing intent filled every inch of your body."

Bai Zhen sighed, "If no one allows you to enter the martial arts world, you can choose not to."

"You are in the martial arts world, Qing Han is in the martial arts world, and Big Brother is in the martial arts world. "Even if I know it's a dead end, I still have to step on it." Wen Lun muttered.

Bai Zhen's expression changed slightly. "If I had hoped that you would not enter the martial arts world, would you have agreed?"

Wen Lun was slightly startled. He sat up and asked, "Why?"

Bai Zhen blinked, "Because Brother Wen and Father will take care of the matters of the Hou clan. If you and I were to help randomly, it would only add to the problem."

Wen Lun curled his lips. "I don't believe it. If it was that easy to solve the problem, Big Bro would not be in such a difficult situation, and he might even leave without saying goodbye. "

Bai Zhen asked, "Do you know where Brother Wen went?"

Wen Lun rolled his eyes in annoyance. "How would I know?"

"He went to find Senior Brother Xia with my father." Bai Zhen's eyes carried a faint smile as he hooked his fingers and indicated for him to come over. "Master Hou once entrusted me with a wooden box, and told me to give it to my father, who would then pass it to Senior Xia. The marquis' manor is famous for its divination techniques. If they knew that death was imminent, how could they just sit there and wait for death? "

Wen Lun came to a realization. "Then the reason they're going this time is precisely to …"

Bai Zhen made a silencing gesture. "You must not mention this matter to anyone else."

Wen Lun quickly stopped. "I understand the implications. This matter will definitely not be brought up with a second person."

Bai Zhen paused for a moment before continuing in a serious tone, "Ever since the incident at the duke's manor ended, Father has always been with Brother Wen. We have also gone to look for Senior Brother Xia this time. Just as you worry about Brother Wen, so I worry about my father. Even if you don't believe that Big Brother Wen will really be fine, you must believe me. His eyes were determined, but his fingers, hidden in his sleeves, were curled up and his fingernails pierced the palm of his hand.

Wen Lun finally breathed a sigh of relief. "With uncle going, it should not be a problem."

Bai Zhen smiled helplessly. "Therefore, Ziyu, you don't have to worry. With Big Brother Wen's character and father by your side, how could he be in danger?"

"Big brother's character?" Wen Lun asked back with a somewhat complicated expression, "If he really had such a temper, how great would it be if he kept showing it in front of us?"

She had slightly curved eyebrows, a slight smile, a gentle voice, a steady arm, and a reliable chest. And an easy blush.

His words were very beautiful, elegant and gentle. He would slowly rub the ink together before writing them, without a trace of impatience.

His hands were beautiful, thin and soft. He could play the piano and play with the birds as he pleased, without any hint of sharpness.

He really liked light-colored clothes. Each set was worth a few hundred taels of silver, and each set was worth over a thousand taels. At his waist was a jade pendant carved by a craftsman, and in his hand was a fan of poems written by a famous scholar of the West Lake. "She gently waved her sleeves and waved her folding fan. She was like an elegant young master, she did not kill anyone nor reek of copper.

He hated the rain. He hated the mud on the ground that soaked his shoes and boots. He also hated the cold feeling. However, he was willing to rush into the pouring rain. He carried a little puppy back to his room and let it sleep there all night.

His martial arts were good, even if it was only to the ears. He could easily catch the young man who had jumped down from the tree wall. He could stand firmly on the bow of the ship without shaking, and he could easily grab the porcelain cup that had fallen off the table and put it back into its original position without letting even a drop of water fall. However, because of the people on the streets, they would stumble and retreat in a hurry. They would faint from the light sway of the boat, and they would sigh endlessly when the priceless antiques and antiques of the previous dynasty shattered in front of them.

He could taste the new and old of a cup of tea, hear the tiny mistakes of a zither song, throw aside the old teachings and talk, and write poems that were not inferior to those of the famous Jiangnan scholars. However, in front of others, he was just a merchant who only knew the smell of copper.

He'd never been able to figure it out …

Actually, Bai Zhen had long since known that the Wen Wan that he had seen was fake. Not only was he playing dumb, he was also acting. Pretending to be gentle, pretending to be refined, pretending to be kind …

At some point, Bai Zhen had revealed a wry smile. "Perhaps this is the kind of person that Brother Wen wanted to be?"

After a long silence, Wen Lun replied in a muffled voice, "This is probably the kind of person that Big Brother is the most disdainful of."

Bai Zhen was momentarily at a loss as to how to respond.

In that person's eyes, the one thing that could not be tolerated the most was probably benevolence and gentleness.