AMLFS Chapter 133

Chapter 134: Brothers, Don’t Blame Me!

The sun was good that day. Sunlight filtered through the dappled shadows of the trees, shining on the two people in the small courtyard.

Jiang Wenyi sat on a bamboo chair, embroidering with a frame, looking much better. Since moving out of the Liang Mansion, the two of them had lived in the mountains and fields without much disturbance.

The suppression and grievances she had suffered for many years were slowly dissipating, and the current days were just right for her.

Her needle and thread moving constantly, Jiang Wenyi looked at Liang Xiuzhu beside her, who was holding a handful of scallions and preparing them: “If you keep pinching them, I don’t think we’ll be able to eat these scallions.”

“Huh?”

Liang Xiuzhu, who was lost in thought, heard Jiang Wenyi’s words, came back to his senses, and looked down to see that the small scallion shoots had been plucked into sections, leaving only a little bit of the white part.

Throwing the section of scallion white in his hand to the side, Liang Xiuzhu grabbed the handful of scallions and sighed, “Ah.”

“What’s wrong? You seem absent-minded,” Jiang Wenyi said, frowning as she put down the embroidery frame in her hand, seeing his listless appearance. “Is something the matter? Tell your mother? Is there not enough money?”

Speaking of money, there was still a lot of the silver note Sun Shu had given him.

Thinking of Sun Shu, Liang Xiuzhu shook his head and sighed again, “It’s nothing, you wouldn’t understand, mother.”

Ever since that day, no matter what Liang Xiuzhu did, he would hear Ying Wu’s words in his mind. Every time he thought about it, Liang Xiuzhu felt his heart go numb and his breathing become rapid.

He wanted to find Sun Shu and ask him clearly, but who knew that Sun Shu hadn’t come to his house for the past few days. The more he thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed.

Was Sun Shu avoiding him?

As for why he was avoiding him, Liang Xiuzhu didn’t dare to think too much. The answer was obvious, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn’t control his heartbeat.

His heart felt like kittens were scratching at it, tickling him!

The thought that Sun Shu might like him popped up in his mind from time to time.

He used to look down on him, but now he was saying he liked him, which was really incredible.

Jiang Wenyi saw that he only said half a sentence and then began to drift off again, his face showing confusion, then unease, then a smile. It was like he was bewitched.

“What are you doing?” Jiang Wenyi frowned and pushed him, “Are you putting on a magic show here?”

Liang Xiuzhu looked at Jiang Wenyi, not knowing what to say. He couldn’t say, “Your son is beingThink about itby his brother, right?”

“It’s nothing, I’m thinking about how to make money,” Liang Xiuzhu said with a laugh, trying to gloss over it.

Jiang Wenyi didn’t know about the little secrets between the two of them. Remembering that Sun Shu hadn’t come for several days, she casually asked, “Why hasn’t Little Sun come these past few days? Did you two quarrel?”

It would have been better if she hadn’t mentioned it, but as soon as she did, Liang Xiuzhu’s expression instantly became tense: “No… he’s a… Imperial Guard, he’s probably very busy. How could he have time to come to our place every day…”

Although he said that, a hint of loneliness still appeared in Liang Xiuzhu’s eyes.

After speaking, he stood up: “I’ll go cook first…”

Jiang Wenyi looked at his flustered figure and muttered to herself, “I haven’t said anything yet, why is this child reacting so strongly?”

There must be something going on.

Jiang Wenyi decided to find out and followed him into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Liang Xiuzhu was standing in front of the cutting board, preparing the vegetables. Seeing Jiang Wenyi following in, he quickly said, “Mother, what are you doing in here? Be careful you’ll choke on the fumes when I start stir-frying.”

“But you haven’t started stir-frying yet,” Jiang Wenyi walked to his side. “What’s going on between you and Little Sun? Did you two have a fight?”

Hearing her words, Liang Xiuzhu’s hand holding the kitchen knife stopped. His eyes darted around, and he immediately retorted, “No! You’re thinking too much!”

“Really?” Jiang Wenyi looked at his guilty appearance, obviously not believing it. “If not, then why are you panicking? Tell me, did you provoke Little Sun?”

She understood her own son. Sometimes he was both stupid and stubborn. Little Sun looked like someone who understood reason, and he certainly wouldn’t be as petty as Liang Xiuzhu. So the problem must be with Liang Xiuzhu.

Jiang Wenyi thought Sun Shu was reliable and knew that he was interested in Liang Xiuzhu. She also thought about bringing the two of them together.

Little Sun was a favorite of the Emperor’s, following him would certainly save him from suffering, and after observing Sun Shu these days, Jiang Wenyi was also very confident in his character.

Liang Xiuzhu didn’t know that he had been sold out by his mother, and he didn’t understand why his mother insisted that it was his problem.

Putting down the knife, Liang Xiuzhu felt a little aggrieved: “I didn’t! He’s the one who hasn’t been coming, I haven’t offended him!”

“That’s good. Little Sun has helped us so much, you can’t be ungrateful,” Jiang Wenyi said jokingly.

Ungrateful? Liang Xiuzhu continued to cut the vegetables. Could it be that he really had to repay him with his body?

In a restaurant, Sun Shu picked up a wine cup and drank one after another. Ying Wu, seeing his depressed look, laughed: “What’s going on? Is this our Brother Sun, drowning his sorrows in alcohol?”

Sun Shu glanced at him sideways, said nothing, and only kept drinking.

Realizing that something was wrong with him, Ying Wu didn’t dare to joke around anymore. His expression became serious: “It couldn’t be… you and Brother Liang didn’t make it, did you?”

As soon as he thought that he might have done a bad thing with good intentions and ruined his good brother’s love, Ying Wu felt a little guilty.

He quickly tried to make up for it: “Ah, Brother Sun, forced melons aren’t sweet. You shouldn’t be so persistent.”

Sun Shu, who was already in a bad mood, felt even more choked up when he heard these words. He wasn’t sure about Liang Xiuzhu’s attitude, but he didn’t have the courage to break through.

In his opinion, Liang Xiuzhu had always treated him as a friend, and he was the one who had had inappropriate thoughts. He was afraid that after breaking through, they wouldn’t even be able to be friends.

Hanging his head, with a look of dejection on his face, Sun Shu silently thought in his heart. Would Liang Xiuzhu… find him disgusting… for being liked by him…?

The pot of wine on the table quickly ran out, and Sun Shu called for more wine.

“You!” Ying Wu held down his hand holding the cup: “Weren’t you inviting me to drink? You drank all the wine, that’s too unkind, right?”

Hearing this, Sun Shu gave up raising his cup and pursed his lips in silence. That handsome face was stained with melancholy.

Watching his brother tormented by love, with some of the responsibility on his shoulders,

Ying Wu opened his mouth and asked, “What exactly happened? Give me a reaction.”

Looking at his best friend, Sun Shu opened his mouth, but still chose to continue.

“He… he seems to be avoiding it…” Sun Shu recalled the way Liang Xiuzhu had avoided him that day, and said with a wry smile: “Yeah, who would want to be liked by a man. It’s disgusting, isn’t it.”

“…” Ying Wu touched his chin after hearing this, and said in confusion, “How could this be?”

But at the time, when he tested Liang Xiuzhu, he didn’t show any signs of disgust. The shock in his eyes was genuine.

Could it be that after he left, something else happened between the two of them?

“After I left, did anything happen between you and him?” Ying Wu asked intentionally.

Sun Shu briefly explained what happened after Ying Wu left that day. When Ying Wu heard it, his heart calmed down – there was still hope!

“Buddy! You…”

Ying Wu looked at the person in front of him, really hating him for not living up to expectations, and said through gritted teeth: “What the hell are you doing, drowning your sorrows in alcohol here? Didn’t he not say anything?”

“Also, you broke through the window paper, and then you ran away without a care. Who exactly is avoiding it?”

Saying that, Ying Wu pulled him up: “You’re off today, aren’t you? What are you doing sitting here? Go ask directly if he finds you annoying or if he likes you!”

“What?” Sun Shu stood up, feeling a little dizzy from the alcohol. He hurriedly pushed Ying Wu away: “Wait, I’m not going.”

Even if he was going, it wouldn’t be now. He couldn’t appear in front of Liang Xiuzhu looking like this.

“What are you dawdling about!” Without saying a word, he dragged him downstairs.

Ying Wu had been through the battlefield of love for a long time, wasn’t Sun Shu’s drunken appearance the best opportunity right now?

Saying that, he dragged the person out the door. Sun Shu’s footsteps were unsteady, and he still wanted to struggle. Ying Wu directly sprinkled a handful of dizzy powder on him and knocked him down. The medicine was so strong that Sun Shu immediately stopped moving and his body went limp.

Dragging the person onto the horse, he rode towards Liang Xiuzhu’s house. Ying Wu muttered as he drove the horse: “Good brother, I’m doing this for your happiness! Don’t blame me, don’t blame me.”