Envy

"What can I do? As an elder brother, I just hope that he will live a normal life and live a peaceful life. He will not bear too much worldly vision and walk with his mother's fate. When he is crowned, I will ask my father to send him out of Shen Gui , let him live the life he wants. He can marry a virtuous wife and spend his life like a wild crane."

"Such entanglement is not a good thing for you or him. If you really care about him, you might as well let him go the way he should go, and don't let him cause trouble and create shackles on his own."

"His so-called joy is just because you took advantage of it when he needed comfort the most. And you, how long can your so-called liking last? Or is the sea dry and rocks rotten?"

"You are just a floating dust in the world of mortals. You can't even decide your own destiny, how to influence the fate of others."

"Meng Tou, do you know what he has to face when he is with you? Can you protect him forever? Can you..."

Meng Tou said, "I can."

There are stardust in his eyes, and his eyes are reassuring.

"I will protect him with my whole life."

From time to time, the north wind whimpers and the branches rustle.Yan Qingheng always remembered this scene. He closed his eyes forever in Eternal Night City, and the past scenes emerged in his mind. In the past, there was this young man's stubborn and peaceful eyes when he swore an oath with him.

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New Year's Eve came inadvertently.On New Year's Eve this year, Mu Su held a banquet.In front of the elders, how dare the younger generation let go of eating.The teenagers are all growing up and eating a lot.After the banquet was over, Meng Tou and the others invited them back to the courtyard to cook dumplings.

Meng Tou also invited Zhao Ce, but he claimed to be sleepy and refused to come with him.When Shen Gui's disciples went to Mu Su, they had to pay homage to their patriarch.Zhao Ce is Yan Shuhan's most respected disciple. After coming to Musu, he spent most of the time with Yan Shuhan to handle the sacrificial matters.

However, not long ago, Yan Miao and Huo Zhi expressed their feelings, and stubbornly told Yan Shuhan that he would not marry in this life.After Zhao Ce found out, he was lost for a while, unwilling to meet the two of them.Meng Tou didn't insist anymore.

With sharp eyes, Meng Tou found Yan Zhaohan and Yan Qingheng who were traveling together from the scattered crowd, and dragged them along.Yan Miao was naturally there too, she didn't make any comments on Yan Zhaohan, but she didn't say a word to him as usual.

Yan Zhaohan only called Yan Qingheng "Second Brother", and he called everyone else by their first names.To him, Yan Qingheng is his only elder brother and relative.Meng Tou remembered that Yan Qingheng talked to him that night, came back with him, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "If you have seen him when he was a child, you will understand why I protect him so much."

If time can go back, Meng Tou really wants to meet the young Yan Zhaohan and see if his cold little daughter-in-law was pretty when she was young.He approached Yan Zhaohan, taking advantage of the darkness, quietly grabbed his wrist, and then went down to hold his hand.

Yan Zhaohan glanced at him and said, "Your hands are cold." Then he interlocked his fingers.

The New Year's Eve of that year was lively.

In previous years, when the senior sister was there, they didn't have to worry about dumplings.Unfortunately, on this day, Senior Sister Jingshi had a headache, so she went back to sleep after the banquet.

Fortunately, Yan Miao can not only cook noodles but also make dumplings. After arriving in the courtyard, the young masters obeyed her and worked obediently along with her. No one dared to be lazy.But in fact, Yan Miao didn't keep a close eye on them, but just kept a close eye on Huo Zhi.

Yan Miao watched him make a dumpling with disgust on his face: "What an ugly dumpling."

Huo Zhi tilted his head to look at him quietly, his eyes were like bright stars, his brows were like swords.He still had some flour on his face.Yan Miao blushed and her heart was pounding, and hurriedly walked around the table: "I'll go see if the water is boiling."

Standing beside Yan Zhaohan, Meng Tou viciously covered his face with flour.Yan Zhaohan frowned and glanced at him, Meng Toucai wiped it away with a smile.Meng Tou grew up with him for two years, and he was taller than him. He lowered his head and gently brushed his cheek with his fingertips.Later, because the wiping was not clean enough, Meng Tou even used a towel dipped in water.

Yan Zhaohan thought he was being jerky, so he kicked his calf.

When the dumplings were cooked and served, Yan Miao said, "There are copper coins, bran and honey in the dumplings." In a pot of water, there are dumplings of all shapes.One is uglier than the other.

Xue Ye filled a bowl and took out a dumpling in the shape of Yuanxiao: "I remember this dumpling, I made it, and I made it into meatballs." He bit a few in a row and asked, "Why didn't you Did you get something with copper coins?"

Jiang Yi joked: "It means that you have nothing to do with money in the coming year."

Xue Ye stood up and leaned over to grab another bowl: "I don't believe it."

Li Xingfeng spat out a copper coin and said, "I ate one of these teeth-breaking things."

Xue Ye glanced at it, poked it into the bowl with his chopsticks, and asked with a bitter face, "Miss Miao, you didn't just put one copper coin in, did you?"

Yan Miao said: "No, I put some more. The second brother watched me pack it."

He finally had nothing to say.

Yan Qingheng smiled and asked Yan Zhaohan if he had any copper coins.Yan Zhaohan shook his head and said no.

Meng Tou put down the bowl and chopsticks, took Yan Zhaohan's hand from under the table, and put a delicate brocade bag into his hand.

Yan Zhaohan asked, "What?"

Meng Tou frowned: "New Year's money."

A white crane was embroidered on the brocade bag, and two jade beads were hung on the drawstring, which was quite pretty.The objects that Meng Tou carried with him were all extremely exquisite.Yan Zhaohan played with it for a while, but still accepted it.He wanted to keep it as a souvenir.

After New Year's Eve, all those present will temporarily separate and go their separate ways.

Xue Ye opened his eyes wide: "Brother Tou, what about us? Where's our lucky money?"

Meng Tou said innocently: "Didn't you see it just now? I gave all the money to my wife."

Xue Ye instantly felt that the indestructible friendship between him and Meng Tou had cracked.

After a few people finished eating the dumplings, they went to the yard to set off firecrackers and light fireworks.Yan Miao is such an adult, but she was as happy as a child when she saw the fireworks, running around in the yard, urging Huo Zhi to light the long firecrackers.Meng Tou said she was naive.

Yan Miao was not convinced: "Then I should lean on the pillar, look at the fireworks and say sadly, although the fireworks are gorgeous, but they only have a short life, is it really a pity?"

Meng Tou imagined that scene, it was a bit beautiful, and he didn't dare to imagine it again.The reason why Yan Miao is Yan Miao is because she never hurts the spring and autumn, never feels the world, and lives a simple and comfortable life.He admires such a girl.

Late at night, they all drank some beer wine to make them feel a little tipsy.Yan Miao and Xue Ye punched each other a few times, and they drank three jars of wine.When Yan Miao was drunk, she played a scoundrel and asked Huo Zhi to hug her.

Yan Qingheng supported his head, grabbed Meng Tou's sleeve, and said to him, "As the son-in-law of the Yan family, you must take good care of Zhaohan."

Meng Tou was not drunk, he was very sober, and said with a smile, "Son-in-law? Second brother, you admit me..."

Yan Qingheng raised his head suddenly: "Huh? So as the daughter-in-law of the Yan family?"

"...Second brother, tell me, I won't interrupt."

Yan Qingheng pulled Meng Tou, but he didn't know what to order.Meng Tou kept smiling and said yes gently.

Yan Zhaohan drank a few glasses of wine and was a little drunk.After the banquet was over, Meng Tou took him back to the other courtyard.

Meng Tou half-coaxed and half-coaxed him into bed, fetched hot water, and wiped his face and hands with a towel.Yan Zhaohan was unexpectedly well-behaved, like a lazy cat.His appearance was too alluring, with misty eyes and bright lips.He called softly: "Meng Tou."

Meng Tou sat down by the bed, held his hand and pressed it to her cheek: "Huh?"

Yan Zhaohan turned his head to look at him: "Good night."

Meng Tou smiled lightly, gathered the scattered strands of hair on his forehead behind his ears, and said softly, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes." He narrowed his eyes and said, "I only hope that the king's heart is like mine, and I will definitely live up to my lovesickness."