hard work

"Master...?"

Wen Huaizhou was brought back to his thoughts by the voice, and the Kutong in front of him at this moment turned his head and looked at him full of doubts, his eyes were clear and clear, like an obsidian, shining brightly.

Those eyes again.

Wen Huaizhou pondered for a moment, then quickly lowered his eyes to avoid looking at the person in front of him, then held Kutong's right hand tightly again, and tapped Kutong's head with his spare left hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Write carefully."

Ku Tong didn't suspect him, so he quickly turned his head back and sat upright.He used to not know how to read people's faces, but now he has no teacher in Wen's residence.The exceptionally clever Kutong felt that Wen Huaizhou must be angry again at this moment, although he didn't know what was going on this time, but he didn't dare to provoke this moody master again.

Wen Huaizhou breathed a sigh of relief in the back, and then supported Ku Tong's hand to write two words.

Ku Tong was slightly surprised, as he knew his name naturally.

Wen Huaizhou, who wrote these two words unconsciously, was also stunned. He let go of Kutong's hand unnaturally, coughed twice and said, "Your name is these two words?"

There was a bit of uncertainty in his tone.

Ku Tong nodded happily, knowing that Wen Huaizhou might not be sure which two characters his name was, and he replied self-consciously: "Is this name a bit strange? When Master gave me this name, I thought twice." I was old, and the master used to call me bai'er, so I added a word for "tong" which is similar to the word for "baby" according to the word "ku" in the names of many senior brothers in the temple, and this became my name."

After Ku Tong finished speaking, Wen Huaizhou was silent for a long time without speaking, so he quickly stood up and said to Wen Huaizhou, "I'm sorry, young master, I accidentally said so much just now, you must be annoyed?"

There was more of that familiar cautiousness in his tone.

"No, it's a good name."

Wen Huaizhou seldom complimented others, but at this moment he was sincere and serious, and there was a little smile on his usually serious face.

But Ku Tong rarely listened to people's compliments, and he was standing by the side at a loss, smiling shyly but extremely shyly.If you look carefully, you can also find that his white ears are red a lot.

He secretly made a wish for Wen Huaizhou in his heart, he just felt that Wen Huaizhou was the best person in the Wen family.

Ku Tong knew that he had disturbed the three young masters for a long time tonight, and when he was about to take the initiative to pack up the dishes and leave, Wen Huaizhou suddenly grabbed his hand.

That hand was as warm as ever, but his brows and eyes were extremely cold.

He only heard him ask in a deep voice: "What's the matter with your hand?"

When Ku Tong was about to quietly pull his hand back, Wen Huaizhou grabbed the other hand instead.He carefully looked at the scars on Kutong's palm, and then pulled his sleeve away as if he had a premonition.

There are blue and purple streaks of red stripes on it, some light and some deep, scattered on Ku Tong's arms in a disorderly manner, leaving his fair skin covered with scars.

Wen Huaizhou understood why Kutong said such things before, and also knew why Kutong was so afraid of himself.

He heard himself asking in a very low voice: "I asked you just now, why didn't you tell me?"

But Ku Tong smiled brightly at this moment, and pulled his hand back to hide behind his back, and said in a nonchalant tone: "I accidentally did this when I was working, could it be that telling the young master is Want you to laugh at me?"

When Wen Huaizhou asked this, he began to regret it.He has rarely been at home since Ku Tong entered the Wen Mansion, and the intimate contact with Ku Tong in Mengxianglou in those few days also happened when his emotions were quite out of control. Today is the first time that the two of them are sober, calm, and Get along independently of any other factors.

And what can the poor boy say?If the bitter boy had told himself this time before that, not only would he not comfort him, he would even sneer at him.

Because in the past, he wished that this illiterate and skinny Kun Ze would fend for himself.What's more, everyone knows that this is the same murderer who killed their Wen family.

Even a "Wen family" who is not worth mentioning.

But now, when he really got along with this person, he found that he was still a child who was too innocent.What's more, this person is so similar to Bai Lian.He began to look at him differently, or in other words, as long as he looked at this white-like face, he couldn't calm down, and couldn't even see him as an ordinary person.

Of course, since Bai Lian is his "property", no one is allowed to covet it.

The same is true for the poor children who are similar to it.

Although Wen Huaizhou didn't have the slightest affection for Ku Tong, but he was still living in his own yard at the moment, and he was still his half wife and concubine in name, so how could it be someone else's turn to discipline his family members?

Ku Tong took a sneak peek at this gloomy and uncertain person, and he didn't know whether to leave or not, and stood aside anxiously.

Wen Huaizhou raised his head after a long time, and his tone became colder: "Go back first, I'll take care of this matter."

Ku Tong felt relieved, and quickly left Wen Huaizhou's study with the food box.

He stared blankly at the crescent moon hidden in the clouds outside, and his heart was also like this layer of clouds, three points confused and seven points hesitant.Then he looked away resentfully, and turned back to the side hall.

Soon, the temporary marks on Ku Tong's body gradually disappeared, and most of the injuries on his body healed. One day, when he got up and went to the big room to look for Yin Yin, the old servant's face was extremely unnatural when he saw him. With flustered eyes and a flattering face, he praised Kutong a few times and invited him back in person.

Ku Tong didn't ask the reason, but it was probably due to Wen Huaizhou's contribution, and he secretly felt relieved.

However, after being together for a while in the study that time, Wen Huaizhou didn't spend the night in the mansion anymore, and went to sleep next to Bai Lian in Mengxiang Tower.Sometimes when I go back to the house during the day, I also do work, and occasionally seeing Ku Tong is just a nodding acquaintance.

Ku Tong faintly feels that there is something wrong with the relationship between the two at the moment, it seems that Wen Huaizhou is deliberately alienating him, but Ku Tong has no dissatisfaction, but is happy and at ease.

Another half a month has passed quietly. At this moment, Hoping County has entered the early winter, and the leaves outside are completely withered. The weather is not easy to worry about. Sometimes there is a strong wind, and sometimes the sky is clear. No matter what it is, it is not calm. Lose the meaning of cold winter.

It was a rare sunny day, Kutong got up early in the morning and hurried up and down, wanting to clean the whole house inside and out.Yanhua Yanying has heard that Mr. Wen unexpectedly came when the two of them were lazy to go shopping in the market last time, and now she doesn't dare to be lazy anymore, only Wen Huaizhou will blame herself for coming suddenly.

But this Yanhua Yanying is a girl after all, not to mention that since the two of them entered the mansion, they have been focusing on how to be lazy, and they have learned nothing about serving others. That's enough.

Ku Tong was used to working since he was a child, and he sent the two girls to rest a long time ago, and he cleaned up the house by himself, from the ceiling to the Eight Immortals table, and there was no place that was not clean.

The bitter boy who had worked all morning and all afternoon was tired and hungry, maybe he forgot the time when he was working, so now he had to ask Ah Yun to come over with food.

And I began to think about the tall beams with spider webs again.

He borrowed a wooden ladder from the servant, and stepped on it wobbly. The ladder may have been used for a long time, and Ku Tong could hear the sound of "creaking" when stepping on it. He just wanted to put his hands on it quickly. After the work was done, Ku Tong took a light leap, sat on the beam and began to wipe gently.

This is what Wen Huaizhou, who was in the side hall in the future, entered the door for a long time and saw such a scene.

Today he is wearing a sapphire-colored crane cloak, with thousands of black hair coiled up high, looking like a jade tree facing the wind, and his appearance is also made younger, as if he is the same age as Ku Tong.

But Ku Tong couldn't see such a scene, and put all his attention on wiping the beams of the house.

Wen Huaizhou was not in a hurry to call him, but instead sat aside and drank a cup of tea for himself, although his face was expressionless, there was a trace of sadness between his brows.

Ku Tong climbed up and down the beams so much that he was sweating profusely even in early winter, and his coarse shorts were almost dirty, so he sat on the beams to take a breath before getting ready to get down.

But Ku Tong didn't know that the wooden ladder was already on the verge of falling, and now it was smashed into pieces by Ku Tong's hard jump.

Just when I thought I was going to break my bones, I was hugged by a steady arm.

This person is Wen Huaizhou.

Ku Tong fell into his arms and was extremely uncomfortable. Seeing Wen Huaizhou dressed so well today, he didn't want to get all the dust on his body, so he hurriedly struggled to jump off.

Wen Huaizhou didn't stop him either, but he was indeed taken aback by the appearance of this person almost falling off, but with such a horizontal hug, Wen Huaizhou felt that Kutong was wearing extremely thin clothes and his body was much lighter.

Ku Tong hurriedly thanked him, even though he didn't know when this Wen Huaizhou came, but fortunately this person came right away, otherwise he would really end up with a hemiplegia for the rest of his life.

Wen Huaizhou nodded absently, then sat aside and said to Ku Tong: "Today, I will rest here overnight."

Ku Tong was quite surprised, Wen Huaizhou had never come to his wing to sleep with him except for the wedding night, but for some reason today...but seeing Wen Huaizhou's unconsciously sad face, he wisely didn't ask.

Maybe he had a quarrel with Mr. Bailian, Ku Tong thought to himself seriously.

But this time, Kutong really guessed right, but rather than saying that Wen Huaizhou and Bai Lian had quarreled, it would be better to say that Bai Lian was unilaterally making trouble against Wen Huaizhou.

Bai Lian used to be very obedient, but ever since this poor boy came to the house, he was always gloomy and gloomy every day, only when he went to see him, he had a moment of joy.But since he and Ku Tong had sex in the brothel for three days, Bai Lian's temperament changed drastically. When he saw Wen Huaizhou, he washed his face with tears and cried all day long, not looking like a man.He also became very suspicious, thinking that as long as Wen Huaizhou didn't come here, he would be hanging out with Ku Tong.

Wen Huaizhou was patient enough, coaxing Bai Lian for a few days to make him feel better.But at this time, many common people in the streets and alleys of Haoping County were discussing one thing - the current Holy Majesty wanted to betroth Princess Chenyue to the third young master of Wen's family, Wen Huaizhou, the Great General of Zhen Guo, on the day of her birthday.

Now Bai Lian was even more furious, she just felt that Wen Huaizhou had brought everyone back, so how could he reassure him?Now there was another big quarrel.But for Wen Huaizhou, this is completely fabricated out of nothing, he and Na Chenyue can be said to be incompatible, how could there be such a ridiculous statement.

But Bai Lian didn't believe it, and Wen Huaizhou was overwhelmed by the trouble.

Wen Huaizhou was making fun of himself, it happened that the next day was Chen Yue's birthday, he was going back to the mansion tonight, so he got on the carriage and went back to Wen's mansion.At the moment, the streets and alleys are also extremely lively, the emperor loves this younger sister very much, the whole country celebrates together, the streets are full of people that day, and the lights and festoons are decorated, it is actually a year ahead of schedule.

But Wen Huaizhou was the complete opposite, his heart was empty and dull.After returning home, for some reason, he came to this side courtyard of his own yard.

What he was thinking in his heart was that Bai Lian couldn't comfort himself at the moment, so let Ku Tong come, after all, they are so alike, aren't they?Wen Huaizhou thought deceptively, but never asked Ku Tong for his own opinion.

When he entered the door and saw Kutong was sweating profusely but smiling extremely happily, he was deeply infected.

I just felt like I was really right this time.

He felt that Ku Tong was the side of Bai Lian from before, innocent, lively, and considerate, just like how Bai Lian played with him when he was a child, he could only laugh every day, carefree, but influenced many people around him, even Own.

So he fell in love with Bai Lian, during the years of being together day and night when he was a child.But suddenly one day, he left, and he didn't know where he went. The young Wen Huaizhou felt that the light in his life had just left him. He was sad, but there was nothing he could do.

Until that day when he came to Mengxiang Tower with all the sons of the family.

He was wearing a spotless white dress and sat behind the dancers playing the piano, but he was completely different from those dancers who were posing. He came out of the mud without being stained, clean with ripples but not demonic, and the mole at the corner of his eye. Wen Huaizhou almost confirmed that this People are people who have been secretly looking for for many years.

Later he asked Bai Lian if he still remembered him, Bai Lian was stunned for a long time, then smiled and nodded slightly.For these two years, they got along day and night. Although Wen Huaizhou found that Bai Lian was quite different from the one he remembered, he was deeply involved in it and enjoyed it.

But Ku Tong actually let him regain the shadow of Bai Lian. He is well-behaved but eccentric, like the bright moon in the sky, transparent and holy.Although he knew very well that Ku Tong did not belong to Bai Lian's certain appearance, but perhaps Bai Lian was too sullen and suspicious during this time, so Wen Huaizhou could only look for his shadow among this innocent person.

Even if he deceives himself and others, he also enjoys it.

But he had never asked Kutong for his opinion, and Kutong was always so obedient, neither resisting nor refusing, so he took it for granted that Kutong would agree.

But he forgot that the bitter boy is also an ordinary person, and his heart is not a tree or stone, so how can he be indifferent?

After eating that night, Ku Tong changed out of his dirty coarse clothes early, and took a good bath for a long time. He kept his whole body clean and tidy, for fear that Wen Huaizhou would dislike him because of it.

Wen Huaizhou didn't care much, he blew on the oil lamp on the table and fell asleep with Kutong in his arms.

Yes, hold.

When Ku Tong felt that he was hugging him very naturally, he didn't dare to move his whole body, and he didn't dare to take a breath.But Wen Huaizhou was in a happy mood, sniffing the faint fragrance of Kutong and fell asleep.

Wen Huaizhou didn't know why he could sleep so comfortably next to Ku Tong, a person who hadn't been with him for a few days.

It seems that I am rippling in a sea of ​​camellias, but walking with me is Bai Lian, who is smiling like a flower.After a while, Wen Huaizhou fell into a deep sleep, only feeling that the bed under his body had become soft, as if he was lying on his side on a cloud.

On the contrary, Kutong couldn't help sleeping extremely badly, even staying up all night.

After all, maintaining a side-lying position is also very hard.

Ku Tong had no choice but to smile wryly when he heard Que'er who got up early outside the window.Today, it finally dawned.