After reprimanding Liang Yuening, Liang Zhichen continued, "And there’s Haoming. Haoming previously placed a reward in the black market to find someone. Initially, he was looking for Baobao, but after Baobao was found, Shujun went missing. Now, the reward has been changed to look for Shujun and He Su. Seeing isn’t always believing. We brothers share the same breath and branches. How could I, Shu Yu, Haoming, and Yixuan, not worry at all? So, what you see is just one side, but that doesn’t represent everything. You need to consider all aspects when handling matters, understand?"
Liang Yuening felt awkward for a moment, then lowered his head in shame, "I just... I just... was a bit worried about Third Brother. Although he’s quite annoying, always clinging to Baobao, but... but I don’t want to see him get into trouble..." He would actually prefer Third Brother to be annoyingly close to Baobao, serving as a constant reminder, than the uncertainty of not knowing where he is or how safe he is.
"Alright," Big Brother said, "you’ve also been through a lot tonight, go to sleep now. I will call you at breakfast."
Liang Yuening nodded and then noticed that Yixuan was already awake, looking at him with a resigned expression.
"...What are you looking at!" he snapped before burrowing into his own blanket, covering his face with it.
Even Yixuan saw what was happening, yet he himself had missed it; he thought his brothers had forgotten about Third Brother. He... he just wanted to help, but now realized he had acted foolishly once again.
Heat rushed to Liang Yuening’s cheeks, turning him red with embarrassment. He curled up under his blanket, fists clenched, thumping the pillow before he finally closed his eyes, trying hard to sleep.
But his face grew hotter and hotter, nearly unbearable, to the point of not wanting to show his face anymore.
Dong Huiying estimated the time, thinking it was about time to visit Sky Blue Building. The reason she hadn’t gone these past few days was not because she was busy but rather, she did it on purpose.
Initially, when she went to Brother Liubao with the bold demand for eighty percent of Sky Blue Building’s profits, she was already at a disadvantage. To Brother Liubao, this probably seemed no different from outright robbery. So, after helping Cui Zhu and others with their makeup, she advised Brother Liubao, creating the idea of ’turning the card’ and the term ’young master’ to raise the status of Cui Zhu and the others, accurately predicting that they would cause quite a stir that night. Brother Liubao was surely going to taste the sweetness of the scheme.
She intentionally gave Brother Liubao the cold shoulder for a few days, which could also be seen as playing hard to get, giving him time to think over these days about whether to accept her proposal or to reject it. If he accepted, how much benefit it would bring him, and if he refused, how much loss he would need to face?
Brother Liubao had been looking after Sky Blue Building for years, dealing with this kind of trade. She believed he was a smart man and by now, he must have made up his mind.
With these thoughts, after breakfast, Dong Huiying proposed a trip to town.
Liang Yuening, dark circles under his eyes, heard the words ’to town’ and remembered the ’good deeds’ he had done the day before. While drinking water, he suddenly choked, his face turning beet red with coughing, embarrassingly so.
He silently looked towards Big Brother, Second Brother, and Little Liu, praying in his heart that they wouldn’t reveal his foolish actions to Baobao, otherwise... otherwise he would be utterly mortified!
Fortunately, these brothers were not gossips. Shujun gave Liang Yuening a mocking smile and calmly took a sip of plain water... Yes, while others enjoyed their tea, he could only have the tasteless plain water.