"Don’t say it!" Su Qing’er gently covered his mouth, her eyes blinking softly, shimring like the surface of a pond, her voice as tender as a feather, "You will protect , won’t you?"
"Mmm," Shi Fengming held her hand and kissed it, looking at the girl before him as if she were the world’s most precious treasure, "But I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect you and you’ll suffer..."
Su Qing’er’s eyebrows lifted slightly as she giggled, "Even a tiger does not eat its cubs. If you threaten them with death, they will surely accept for the sake of our mutual affection! If they look down on my background, no matter how, just give a new identity and all will be well, as long as they can accept , I’m willing to do anything!"
"This—" Shi Fengming hesitated.
The hand which Shi Fengju had at his side couldn’t help but clench tightly into a fist; this woman truly was shaless, inciting this foolish boy to pressure his parents with a threat of death? How could she even say such things!
"Second Brother!" Su Qing’er saw his hesitation and imdiately started acting spoiled and foolish, shaking him and refusing to relent, "After all is said and done, you just look down on , thinking I’m not worthy to step into the Shi family’s door! You say you will only like in this lifeti, only cherish alone, I see it’s all a lie! The mont you grow tired of , you’ll secretly pack your bags and run away, then even if I cry my eyes blind, what can I do to you!"
The more Su Qing’er thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and she couldn’t help bursting into tears.
Seeing her cry, Shi Fengming’s heart ached terribly; he kept coaxing her in a low voice, but Su Qing’er wasn’t easily consoled, making even more of a fuss.
Shi Fengju could no longer bear it and stomped his foot heavily before knocking on the door forcefully.
The crying, the commotion, and the coaxing inside the house ca to an abrupt halt.
"Who is it?" Shi Fengming exclaid in alarm.
Since Shi Fengming had eloped with Su Qing’er, it was naturally impossible for them to visit relatives and friends. They had been staying here for over ten days, and no visitor had ever co. Besides, it was nightti, and the knocking was rather impolite.
Shi Fengming had a bad premonition, stopped Xiaolian from opening the door himself, and as he opened the door and saw Shi Fengju standing there, he was dumbstruck.
Shi Fengju offered a faint smile, "What? Aren’t you going to invite in to sit?"
"Big, Big Brother!" Shi Fengming was completely flustered, offering a stiff smile and stepping aside.
Shi Fengju glanced at him and stepped inside.
"Isn’t this—the young master? Qing’er has seen the young master!" Su Qing’er and Xiaolian also ca over, and upon spotting Shi Fengju, Su Qing’er was unexpectedly delighted, she quickly made an obeisant greeting with a smile. She then hurriedly said with a chuckle: "I didn’t expect the young master to honor my humble abode, with nothing prepared for such an occasion, and the place is simplistic, please pardon us, young master!"
With her words, Su Qing’er cast herself as the lady of the house.
Shi Fengju sidestepped to avoid her courtesy, casting a cold glance at her, "Honor your humble abode? I’m here to see my brother; what does that have to do with you? Is this courtyard rented or bought by you? Quite a large claim to make!"
Su Qing’er’s complexion turned unsightly at once, she forced a smile and glanced at Shi Fengming with a look of grievance.
How could Shi Fengming bear to see her wronged? A trace of displeasure imdiately rose in his heart, "Big Brother—"
Shi Fengju coldly interrupted: "Let her leave, I have sothing to say to you!"
"Big Brother, Qing’er is the person I like, whatever you have to say can be said in front of her without any issue!"
Seeing the two brothers on the verge of squabbling, Su Qing’er, eager to curry favor with Shi Fengju to speak on her behalf, quickly smiled and said: "You guys talk, you talk! I’ll go brew so tea!"
Having said that, she curtsied again and, taking Xiaolian with her, left the room.
The two brothers sat down in the house, and for a mont, there was an awkward silence.
"How did Big Brother find this place?" Shi Fengming absentmindedly brushed his robe and asked with a forced smile.
Shi Fengju said with a mocking smile, "Don’t you want to find this place? You clearly know I’d be in Hangzhou at this ti, and our family has quite so business in Hangzhou, yet you also ca at this ti; I thought you were waiting for to co looking!"
Shi Fengming was montarily stunned, a thought seemingly on the cusp of erging from his mind, but oddly enough, he subconsciously didn’t want to ponder it too deeply.
Yet it was as if Shi Fengju could see through his thoughts better than he could himself, he lifted an eyebrow with a light smile, "I guess, following your wishes, you wouldn’t have co to Hangzhou at this ti, right? It was Su Qing’er’s idea, wasn’t it?"
Shi Fengming felt a slight unnaturality in his heart and could only nod, "Qing’er said she wanted to see how bustling the Jiangnan Chamber of Comrce is and what new and interesting products there are, so we ca..."
Shi Fengju continued, "Really? I thought she’d hope to run into , so you could both conveniently return to Qingzhou with . No need to deny it, I heard everything at the door just now!"
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