Liang Zhi Chen looked at Shujun in surprise and then said softly, "Wait for a moment. The fourth young brother is carrying Shu Yu and walking slowly. Yue Ning went to fetch the meals and hasn’t come upstairs yet; I’ll go and call them now."
Shujun just stood there, stood there, stood there...
Yixuan wanted him to sit down, as he was very worried about the Third Brother. He always felt that there was something terribly off about Third Brother’s state of mind. It seemed as though he was in pain, struggling within that pain, as if he were forcing himself, with a knife in hand, to painfully carve a piece of flesh from his own heart...
"I’m here, I’m right here." Yixuan supported Third Brother’s arm, hoping to make him feel his presence through this touch.
Shujun forced a smile and said, "These days... before I met you all... I thought, if I were to die in the mountains and never get out, at least... at least I could rest assured that without me, there would still be you to keep her company, so she wouldn’t be too lonely, so she wouldn’t be too solitary."
"The fourth young brother is reserved, the fifth slightly rash, but their hearts for Baobao are genuine, and so is yours. I know you have long harbored feelings for her..."
"Before, I was unwilling to share her with anyone. To tell you the truth, during that time I was really angry with you guys. You were too unfair to her; she really suffered a lot. But I also know that not everyone is like me. I am broad-minded enough not to mind, but that doesn’t mean others can be..."
"But, not until today have I truly, clearly realized something."
At this point, he suddenly grasped Shujun’s hand, squeezing it so tightly.
"Baobao, Baobao... she is the intended wife of the six of us. I am selfish, very selfish, I admit! But if it is to be a lifetime of a couple, how painful would it be for the one left behind if one of them passes away? Right now, it’s okay since I can’t see it but, if, if one day, I leave before her?"
"Help me take care of her, stay with her, don’t let her be sad, don’t let her be upset, and don’t let her cry, nor let her be cold or hungry, please?"
Liang Haoming stood outside the door, carrying Shu Yu on his back, with a dazed expression on his face, while Shu Yu gently knitted her elegant eyebrows. He appeared as if he hesitated to speak, seemingly reluctant to see his twin brother in such despair.
The moon waxes and wanes, people have their good and bad fortunes, Shujun thought too far ahead, he worried about the future, about what’s to come. But who knows what will happen in the future?
However, Shu Yu glanced back at Haoming, her fourth young brother who was carrying her, and he barely audibly sighed.
The flesh of both the palm and the back of the hand hurts; Shujun had his struggles, but so did Haoming, Yue Ning, and Yixuan, who were his brothers. He could see it, their feelings for that woman.
Liang Zhi Chen and Liang Yue Ning had also come upstairs by then, both hearing Shujun’s monologue. As the eldest brother, Liang Zhi Chen’s heart ached, and then he stepped into the room.
That night, Shujun and his brothers talked a lot.
The six brothers, heart to heart, bonded deeply on that night.
Dong Huiying took several small jars out of her luggage, and a colorful butterfly flew out of one of the jars. Yun Ge was amazed at how beautiful and lovely the butterfly was, and Mother Dong Feiyan also expressed her admiration; however, to Yun Ge’s surprise, she looked terrified.
Yun Ge knew that Dong Huiying had learned Gu Art and that it was because of this art that she had managed to deal with the Devouring God Gu inside her. But probably because she knew that Dong Huiying’s past sufferings were all due to Gu Poison, she felt like someone who’s bitten by a snake fears the rope for ten years, and was very wary of anything related to Gu Poison.