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Ruan Tang covered his mouth in a daze, and called softly, "Brother..."

He leaned slightly sideways, Zhou Jincheng supported his upper body, and after feeding the sugar, he didn't back away much, and the two of them faced each other very close: "Huh?"

Ruan Tang still covered his mouth, and after hesitating twice, he said in an unsteady tone: "Sweet..."

"Sugar is sweet, I know."

Zhou Jincheng chuckled and lay back on the pillow.The two of them were still very close, Ruan Tang slowly moved his hands away, facing Zhou Jincheng with a tender bun-like face, and leaned forward, with his arms and legs resting on Zhou Jincheng's body.The sweet breath was hot, but Zhou Jincheng's hand was pressed against his face.

It was really tender.After touching it twice, Zhou Jincheng couldn't hold it back. He pinched one side of Ruan Tang's face with two fingers, and gently tugged, causing a cat-like cry of pain.

"Brother, are you still sad?"

Zhou Jincheng didn't answer, and after a while, said: "She was my mother's cousin, and she was engaged to my father before my mother." He took Ruan Tang into his arms, put his chin on Ruan Tang's head, and said softly Said, "Entered the Zhou mansion earlier than my mother. But within two years, her mansion was defeated, and her parents went away. The brothers divided the family property and opened their own mansions, and left Yuncheng. At that time, my father had just passed the Jinshi exam. , when she was proud, but after all, she was young, maybe she couldn't be the master, obeyed her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, so she divorced her, married my mother, and re-mated her as a good family."

Ruan Tang hesitated, "Aunt Xiu, why?"

If Zhou Jincheng believes that his mother is a serious wife, then Lin Sulan can only be his aunt, and Ruan Tang can tell the difference.

Zhou Jincheng said: "Nothing came out."

"Jin Zhong..." Ruan Tang paused for a moment before realizing, "He was born after my elder brother."

"Yeah." Zhou Jincheng pulled Sanjin and the two of them covered him up, "As far back as I can remember, my father and mother have been at odds. They live in two yards. My mother is not in good health, so she left after a few years."

There are two courtyards, one is in the Zhou Mansion, and the other is two streets away from the Zhou Mansion.It is a family, but it is often entered by two families.

Ruan Tang was silent, pursing his lips slightly, being held in Zhou Jincheng's arms and unable to move, he had to reach out to touch Zhou Jincheng's chin.

After the funeral, Zhou Linfu added a lot of gray hair to his sideburns. He looked old and not in good spirits, so don't look for Zhou Jincheng's fault.There was someone added to Zhou Jincheng's room, and someone would always chew their tongues into his ears, but he didn't care too much, and just told Zhou Jincheng to be more cautious.Zhou Jinzhong also came to the study to ask for advice, but he talked a lot less.

Zhou Jincheng treated him a little more kindly. In order to appease Zhou Jinzhong and understand his discomfort, he would train Ruan Tang first if there was any rift between Ruan Tang and Zhou Jin.

It snowed early in the morning, the leaves on the trees had already fallen, and the study room was far away from the courtyard where people lived. There was no earth dragon, and it was cold no matter how much the brazier was added. Zhou Jinzhong's maids and nanny came to look for him, so Zhou Jincheng let him go, Seeing that Ruan Tang's face was also pale from the cold, he simply packed up his books and had a relaxing day.

Since entering the Zhou Mansion and following Zhou Jincheng, Ruan Tang ate and slept well every day. In half a year, his stature has grown a bit, his baby fat has faded, his figure is tall and straight, and he looks like a young man.It wasn't in the summer that Zhou Jinzhong and Zhou Jinzhong squatted on the ground, and others thought they were about the same age.

However, the heart is still the same.

Without reading the book, Zhou Jincheng went to the main room to meet his father, and the butler stuffed him with a bowl of ginseng soup.Zhou Linfu didn't say anything to him, but only asked him about the progress of his study with Zhou Jinzhong, and asked him to take care of Zhou Jinzhong, saying that he was tired and wanted to take a break.

Zhou Jincheng probably stayed in the main room for two cups of tea, and when he went out, the servant went somewhere, the sun was just right in the clear sky, and the snow that filled the courtyard was even brighter before it had time to sweep, and he walked alone for a while, feeling a little gloomy some.

But before entering the room, Zhou Jincheng felt that the atmosphere inside was not right.He raised his hand to lift the cotton curtain, the little girl serving tea came up first and said softly: "Young master, the second young master is sleepy, and was led back by the servants just now, I want to say hello to the young master before leaving."

Zhou Jincheng nodded.

This is another quarrel with Ruan Tang.

Ruan Tang was sitting in front of the Duobao Pavilion, with a book of mountains and seas spread out on his lap, looking at the pictures on it, fascinated, he didn't realize until Zhou Jincheng walked in front of him. "Brother." Ruan Tang looked up at him, with a sweet smile on his face, and paused after shouting, his eyes rolling.

Zhou Jincheng clasped his hands behind his back, didn't answer, didn't stop, and went straight to the room.

After a while, Ruan Tang chased after him.There are two exquisite hand stoves on the small kang table. Ruan Tang threw orange peels into it when he got up early, and now the smell slowly dissipates, filling the room with the sweet and bitter smell of orange peels.

He yelled again next to Zhou Jincheng who was reading idle books, but he still ignored him, so he drooped his head, slowly leaned over, and leaned on Zhou Jincheng's shoulder.

As usual, at this moment, seeing that acting like a baby is not enough, Ruan Tang would ramble on about his own reasons, and then admit his mistakes—Zhou Jincheng knows it best.

But today Ruan Tang kept silent, and slowly... even sniffed.

Zhou Jincheng couldn't take it anymore, he threw down the book and turned around to look at it, and saw that the person's eyes were red, he didn't look angry and reasonable, but lowered his eyebrows to please his eyes, and the tip of his nose was also red. Seeing him turn around, he lowered his eyes even more ——Extremely wronged.

"What's the matter?" Zhou Jincheng pinched his chin and asked him to look up. He was anxious, so he asked uselessly, "Why are you crying?"

It's not that he doesn't know why Ruan Tang has red eyes, but Ruan Tang usually doesn't like to cry, and when he gets annoyed with Zhou Jin, he keeps a straight face. He either acts like a baby without skin or face, or argues plausibly. He has never been so wronged. look.

Ruan Tang didn't raise his head, but stuck into Zhou Jincheng's arms. It was okay to ignore him just now, but after Zhou Jincheng asked a few words, he missed the sound of crying and choked in his throat.Zhou Jincheng recalled the scene when the man softly called his brother when he entered the door, and he lifted his leg and walked away. He felt regretful, stretched out his arms to grab Ruan Tang on his lap, and coaxed him softly: "It was my mistake, I will be with you in the future." Talk, will you?"

Ruan Tang hugged his neck, crying almost silently, but the profile of Zhou Jincheng's ear was really wet.

Zhou Jincheng coaxed him for a long time before he opened his mouth, his mouth was still choked up, and Zhou Jincheng's heart ached, "Don't you want to be my brother now, and from now on... you just want to be Zhou Jinzhong's brother? Every time he Annoyed, my brother scolded me, I was wrong, so he is not wrong? Can't I give him what my brother gave me?"

Ruan Tang withdrew one of the hands holding Zhou Jincheng's shoulders to wipe his tears, and wiped his face vigorously, unable to stop sobbing: "I don't want anything anymore, give him the inkstone, give him the paper, give him the beads , sugar for him too..." Wiping away his tears, he hugged Zhou Jincheng tightly again, but still kept saying: "I don't want anything, I don't want anything!"