"If you were worried, I think I would certainly have noticed,"
Liang Zhichen folded his arms across his chest, "It looks like your health has greatly improved, otherwise you wouldn’t be fretting over these trifles. As for Shujun... Although he’s disappeared, he is certainly not dead. What’s there to worry about? On the contrary... Now I am convinced of one thing, his abduction by He Su has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for him, as it has allowed him to avoid an inevitable death trap."
At this, Liang Zhichen’s gaze darkened.
Shu Yu frowned deeply, "Big brother, your words are so equivocal, can’t you be more straightforward?"
Liang Zhichen suddenly smiled, "That remark, I think, should be the least of all said by you. Don’t forget, it was you who started all this beating around the bush."
Shu Yu was taken aback, then looked over at the dirty iron box on the kang. "Does Shujun’s disappearance have anything to do with this box?"
"There’s no connection."
Shu Yu glanced at Liang Zhichen, then turned and walked to the cabinet, took out a pure white handkerchief, wrapped it around his hand, and then pursed his lips, as if with disdain, gently opened the rusty iron box.
Liang Zhichen couldn’t help but shake his head at this, wondering who Shu Yu took after with such obsessive cleanliness. It was clear he was born and raised in the countryside, but he was fastidious from head to toe.
Shu Yu covered his mouth and coughed softly, feigning frail health, "I am in poor health, so naturally I must be careful with everything."
"It’s just touching a bit of dirt, could it really cost you your life?"
Shu Yu answered earnestly, "I don’t know medicine, you should ask Baobao or ’Doctor’ Xiao, not me."
Having a brother was really frustrating!
After opening the box, Shu Yu saw several small bottles inside, as well as a neatly folded piece of cloth with dry, brown bloodstains on it.
"Is this... a Blood Letter?" He placed the handkerchief in his hand, picked up the ’Blood Letter,’ and then spread it out on the kang, keeping his body far from it, as if fearing to catch some sort of bad luck.
What caught his eye were lines of wild calligraphy, and the first words Shu Yu recognized were ’Liang family.’
He slightly furrowed his brow and quickly skimmed the letter. In the end, he sneered with derision, "Absurd!"
He looked up at his big brother, "Don’t tell me you believe she wrote this Blood Letter. Even if you say so, I won’t believe it."
"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth."
"The Blood Letter states that the Dong family was deceived by a Nun, convinced that she and my six brothers have the fate of the Big Dipper? Ridiculous! And after she married into our family, her actions, time and time again, caused you and our brothers to suffer injuries and broken limbs, and it’s all because of that so-called Gu Poison? That’s even more laughable! No matter the intentions or the reasons, the things she did were not only wounds that penetrated flesh and bone, they are also scars etched onto my heart, a torment I will remember for a lifetime, unforgettable wounds!"
Shu Yu’s expression was bleak; his voice soft, yet his cold, detached eyes revealed a chill.
"I will never forget, during the deep winter snow, when she carried me up into the mountains. In the biting cold wind, I could only wait for death. However, if I had died then, perhaps it would have been for the best. At least the family wouldn’t have a burden like me."
"What nonsense are you talking about!?"
Visibly angered, Liang Zhichen gave Shu Yu a slap to the face, but far from being annoyed, Shu Yu simply laughed lowly.