Shujun met Zhi Chen’s gaze, suddenly choked up, and then sighed heavily. "Her surname is He, she’s the owner of the He’s Grain Store in town, He Su."
"So the money for buying the ginseng was also because of her lack of funds?"
"Pei Yu grew up in our village with us, I had heard that he followed He Su, but was later expelled by her. Has he returned to Taihang Town recently?"
Shujun looked at her older brother oddly, thinking where did he learn about this?
Upon seeing the expression on Liang Shujun’s face, Zhi Chen’s heart suddenly sank.
All of this was the same as in his dreams.
In his dreams, six months ago, Baobao had died buried alive by a mudslide. After that, his second brother passed away from illness, and then, his third brother encountered Pei Yu, leading to a series of events.
Zhi Chen pressed his temples, finding it difficult to explain the current situation no matter how cunning he was.
Some matters that he shouldn’t have known, he had learned through his dreams.
There was an inseparable connection between dreams and reality; he seemed to have lived another life in his dreams, yet the dreams were different from reality.
He thought, if things really developed according to the trajectory of his dreams, given his second brother’s critical illness at the time, he really didn’t have many months to live...
It felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
And just as he was lost in thought over this, Shujun suddenly brought up another matter.
Shujun hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What do you think of Yue Ning?"
Zhi Chen was startled. "What do you mean by ’what do I think’?"
Shujun looked somewhat absent-minded.
"I know he likes Baobao, but ’like’, this emotion can sometimes come blindly. Maybe because someone treats you well, or that person is gentle and pretty, one can easily start to like the other. But this kind of liking is frivolous and fragile, and it can change at any moment. It might even be shattered by a trivial matter."
Shujun reminisced about the past; in the early years, his big brother was busy making money to support the family, and he himself was busy hunting, taking care of the second brother and the younger brothers. Later, he went to the town, opened a shop, and did some small business, thus he encountered many different types of people.
However, Yue Ning rarely left the village, and Yixuan was even more so; since they had come of age, Yixuan had been handling the family affairs, ensuring stability at home and allowing both himself and his big brother to leave home to strive for success without worries. But the lives of both Yixuan and Yue Ning had always been confined to that small village. They saw less, understood less, felt and comprehended far less.
Shujun’s gaze returned to Zhi Chen’s face.
"Half a year ago, due to that mudslide, Baobao’s temperament changed drastically. But us brothers were always like walking on a tightrope, wobbling and swaying, fearing that one misstep would lead us to smash into pieces. Yue Ning seems to have gradually accepted the new Baobao. He has a bit of affection for her but hasn’t thought it through deeply. However, from my perspective, just this affection is not enough to last a lifetime."
Zhi Chen remained silent.
Shujun continued, "I must have her, this feeling is very selfish. She is only one person and cannot be fairly divided among others. And if Yue Ning has truly fallen for her, I am willing to compete fairly, but if his feelings are just a blind fondness without discerning the truth, I hope he doesn’t continue to drown in them, because the deeper one falls, the harder it is to pull out later."
Leaning against the tree trunk, Zhi Chen appeared tired; he crossed his arms, and asked languidly, "I think the issue isn’t about you and Yue Ning, but how Baobao will choose. Are you so confident that you can win her heart?"