AMLFS Chapter 134
by VolareChapter 135: Taking Him In!
Chapter 135: Taking Him In!
Shadow Five and Sun Shu galloped all the way back, and by the time they reached Liang Xiuzhu’s door, it was completely dark.
Liang Xiuzhu and Jiang Wenyi had finished their supper and had returned to their rooms to rest.
Sitting in his room, counting his silver, Liang Xiuzhu suddenly looked up. He heard the sound of a horse neighing outside the courtyard.
He quickly put away the silver and locked it up. Liang Xiuzhu grabbed his coat and put it on, his heart pounding with alarm.
It was so late, why would there be a horse neighing at this hour? Could it be bandits?
The small courtyard in the suburbs was usually quiet with no outsiders coming and going, except for Sun Shu, who would come here every few days. Thinking of this, Liang Xiuzhu became a little nervous and decided to open the door to take a look.
Seeing that the lights in the small courtyard were already out, Shadow Five dismounted and knocked on the tightly closed gate: “Brother Liang! Are you asleep?”
The sound he made was very clear in the quiet night and disturbed the neighbors.
Dog barks came from the distance. Hearing the knocking, Liang Xiuzhu dressed even faster. He lit the candle in the room, picked up the oil lamp, and went out.
Jiang Wenyi also heard the noise in the side room and got up and came out: “What’s the matter? I think I heard someone knocking.”
Liang Xiuzhu pulled his coat tighter: “Mother, you go back to your room and don’t come out. I’ll go see.”
Holding the oil lamp, Liang Xiuzhu walked to the gate, but before he could ask anything, the figure outside the gate spoke first: “Brother Liang! I’m really sorry to bother you so late.”
“It’s you?” Liang Xiuzhu recognized Shadow Five’s voice and breathed a sigh of relief. He put the oil lamp aside and stepped forward to open the gate: “What’s the matter that you’re here so late?”
“There is something!” Shadow Five replied with confidence: “In the evening, Brother Sun got drunk and kept shouting that he wanted to see you, so I brought him here.”
As he spoke, Shadow Five took advantage of the night to put the antidote to the drug in Sun Shu’s mouth, then dragged him off the horse.
Liang Xiuzhu was momentarily unable to react to the situation before him. Shadow Five’s words exploded in his mind.
Sun Shu, drunk, shouting that he wanted to see him?
He knew what each of these words meant, but why did they sound so strange together?
Looking at the dazed Liang Xiuzhu, Shadow Five dragged the still unconscious Sun Shu towards him and said, “Um, Brother Liang, can you give me a hand?”
His hands moved faster than his brain. Before Liang Xiuzhu could figure it out, his body had already taken Sun Shu into his arms.
Seeing that he had taken over, Shadow Five, who had been supporting Sun Shu, immediately pushed Sun Shu completely into Liang Xiuzhu’s arms and stood aside, clapping his hands with a look of accomplishment.
Suddenly feeling a weight on him, Sun Shu leaned on Liang Xiuzhu, causing him to stagger a few steps.
Sun Shu was tall and burly, much taller than him and very sturdy. Liang Xiuzhu had to hold his waist to steady him.
Sun Shu smelled faintly of alcohol and tilted his head, resting it on Liang Xiuzhu’s neck. His hot breath sprayed on Liang Xiuzhu’s slightly cool skin.
Liang Xiuzhu shuddered, and goosebumps immediately covered his body. He almost pushed Sun Shu away.
“He’s off duty for the next two days, so please take him in, Brother Liang!” After saying that, Shadow Five gave a triumphant smile. He didn’t give Liang Xiuzhu a chance to refuse and quickly jumped on his horse: “I have something to do, so I’ll go first! Brother Sun is in your care!”
Sun Shu, I’ve helped you this far. The rest is up to you.
“Hey!! Wait!!”
Liang Xiuzhu was completely flustered, standing at the gate holding Sun Shu, watching his departing figure.
He felt like he had been tricked, but Liang Xiuzhu had no evidence.
Holding the person in his arms, Liang Xiuzhu felt like his old back was about to break. He turned his head to distance himself, keeping his neck away from him. With a sigh, Liang Xiuzhu had no choice but to put his arm around him and drag him back into the house.
Jiang Wenyi waited in the house with her coat on. Seeing that he had returned with another person, she immediately stepped forward: “Who is this?”
When they entered the door and Jiang Wenyi took a closer look at the person’s appearance, she was surprised: “Little Sun? How did he come here?”
Seeing that he seemed to be drunk and leaning on Liang Xiuzhu, unable to move, Jiang Wenyi quickly urged: “Why is he so drunk? Quickly take him to your room.”
As she spoke, she prepared to go to the kitchen to make him some hangover soup.
“Ah?” Hearing that Sun Shu was to be arranged in his room, Liang Xiuzhu protested with a tightening heart: “Then where will I sleep tonight?”
“You sleep with him!” Jiang Wenyi turned her head, with a matter-of-course expression: “We only have two rooms, what’s wrong with two men sleeping together?”
Hearing these words, Liang Xiuzhu almost burst into tears. He shouted in his heart: Mother, don’t you know that this man is after your son’s body? Isn’t this like a lamb entering a tiger’s mouth?
“Stop talking nonsense, it’s not like Little Sun can bully you.” Jiang Wenyi felt that Sun Shu was the kind of simple and honest person. He wouldn’t do anything outrageous, so she wanted to take this opportunity to bring the two together.
As she spoke, she hummed a little tune and went to make the hangover soup.
Son, this is a good match! Your mother’s judgment is never wrong! Jiang Wenyi watched the departing figures of the two, a knowing smile on her face.
Carrying Sun Shu to his bed, Liang Xiuzhu dutifully took off his shoes, socks, and coat. He threw him into the quilt.
After doing all this, Liang Xiuzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He sat on the low stool by the bed, looking at Sun Shu, who was still sleeping.
In his sleep, Sun Shu had a trace of blush on his cheeks from drinking. His long eyebrows were furrowed, and his handsome and sharp features became softer under the candlelight, not as serious as usual.
Looking at this man who he had brought back in a daze in the middle of the night and who had occupied his entire bed.
Liang Xiuzhu was quite troubled.
He hadn’t even sorted out his thoughts when he encountered this kind of thing. He didn’t dare to think about what expression he should put on to face Sun Shu after he woke up.
“Ahhhhh!!” Liang Xiuzhu was so tangled that he wanted to die, and he covered his face and shouted.
“What are you doing? Crying like a ghost?” Jiang Wenyi came over with the hangover soup, amused by Liang Xiuzhu’s appearance. But she held back: “Feed him this, it’s for sobering up.”
Putting the bowl in his hand, Jiang Wenyi stretched and yawned: “Take good care of Little Sun, Mother is going to sleep first.”
After saying that, she walked out and considerately closed the door.
Leaving Liang Xiuzhu alone, holding the soup, stunned in place.
He looked down at the soup, then at the person lying on the bed. Liang Xiuzhu decisively put the bowl aside. What if he woke up after drinking it? That would be terrible.
Just thinking about that scene made Liang Xiuzhu feel goosebumps all over his body. Too awkward!
Now that his bed was occupied by Sun Shu, Liang Xiuzhu had nowhere to sleep. Looking at the empty space next to Sun Shu, Liang Xiuzhu resolutely shook his head. He already knew that Sun Shu had bad intentions, what if the two of them were sleeping together the next morning? That would be even worse.
So, Liang Xiuzhu found a stool and sat there, preparing to get through the night like this.
Before he could even warm his butt, there was movement on the bed.
The antidote took effect, Sun Shu sat up, rubbing his still drowsy head. His vision gradually cleared and he looked at the person in the room, murmuring: “Liang Xiuzhu…?”