The scumbag brother is finally accepted

The injury on his hand recovered fairly quickly, so Lu Qingyuan came to apply medicine to Shen Mengzhuang whenever he had time.Although you won't be able to stay for a long time, it is enough to have a close look at the moment.

Shen Mengzhuang laughed at himself. He didn't know when he became so easily satisfied.

After sleeping and waking up, Shen Mengzhuang had a severe headache, stood up on his elbows, and was about to get out of bed and drink some water.The door was suddenly pushed open, and when I looked up, my heart beat violently.

The person who came was Senior Brother Shen. After stepping over the threshold, he closed the door gently.He strode towards the bed with his head held high, glanced at Shen Mengzhuang's hand, raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled confidently: "He's recovering well."

Shen Mengzhuang took a deep breath, and responded calmly: "The doctor said it will take three to five days. I can't do anything like this. If you can't wait, just cut it off."

Senior Brother Shen snorted coldly, stood with his hands behind his back, looked down at Shen Mengzhuang who was sitting on the bed, and said sarcastically, "Stop pretending, I've underestimated you because you can still remain calm until now."

As soon as these words came out, Shen Mengzhuang's restless heart finally fell to the ground. He was not afraid of the imminent death. He was not afraid of death in the first place. Instead, it was more relaxed when the dust fell to the ground.

Now that you know it, there's nothing to hide from.

Shen Mengzhuang shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "Since you know everything, I have nothing to hide. Now that I have no internal strength, I'm just an ordinary person, and Xiao Jiu didn't recognize me. Even if you kill me, he won't be with me." You're stuck. So, what are you going to do?"

"kill you?"

Senior Brother Shen snorted, leaned over and pinched Shen Mengzhuang's cheek, and exerted force with his fingertips, as if he wanted to break the bone.

"Wouldn't it be too cheap to kill you? I just hurt your hand, but you killed me. If I hadn't been rescued by an old friend, how could I come back now? The revenge of the family, you and I are irreconcilable. Besides, what makes me hate it even more is..."

Senior Brother Shen's fingers kept exerting force, so strong that the sides of Shen Mengzhuang's chin were instantly bruised.Shen Mengzhuang looked up at the face distorted by hatred in front of him, his eyes were red, like a beast ready to go.He heard him almost gnashing his teeth and said: "You use my body to make love with him, it's absolutely disgusting."

Shen Mengzhuang was forced to raise his head to look at him, suddenly chuckled, looked at him and said calmly: "So, now you rely on my relationship with him and use your body to curry favor with him to achieve your goal, the two of us, who is it? more disgusting?"

The momentary quick talk made Senior Brother Shen unhappy, and it also made himself unhappy.A punch hit the face impartially, Shen Mengzhuang leaned back, hit his head on the bedpost, gasped in pain, blood oozes from the corner of his mouth.

Not to be outdone, he responded with his fists, ignoring the injuries to his hands, grabbed Senior Brother Shen's lapel with one hand, and beat him hard with the other, both of them were so painful that their facial features were distorted.

Senior Brother Shen bumped into the corner of the table, and half of his face became red and swollen instantly.He seemed to be enraged, strode forward viciously and grabbed Shen Mengzhuang, just planning to swear not to give up until he beat Shen Mengzhuang until hemiplegia.However, when he approached, he met a firm and formidable look, and the anger just now was replaced by something else in an instant.

Fist stopped in mid-air, Senior Brother Shen tightly grabbed the lapel of Shen Mengzhuang's chest, finally let go, and said in a deep voice, "Follow me to meet someone."

Shen Mengzhuang tidied up his long hair and clothes, and followed Senior Brother Shen out of the Demon Realm.There was still some resentment in his heart, he used to do everything possible to beg his grandpa to tell his grandma to go out, but every time he was caught by Lu Qingyuan, every time after being arrested, the relationship between the two became extremely stiff.

Now that Lu Qingyuan has changed his past, Shen Mengzhuang can come and go freely.

But he is not Shen Mengzhuang anymore.

Just thinking about it secretly, the person in front of him suddenly stopped.Shen Mengzhuang was about to open his mouth to ask, but he saw Senior Brother Shen running up to a woman in a panic, and thoughtfully took the firewood from the woman's shoulders and carried it on his shoulders. Wait for me? What if this kind of heavy firewood hits your waist? And the baby, what if you hurt the baby?"

The woman stretched out her hand to support the firewood, and from time to time comforted him virtuously.

Shen Mengzhuang followed the two of them, staying silent all the way, listening to their conversation.It seems that Senior Brother Shen has known this woman for a long time and has been helping her.

After walking a few steps, the three of them came to a cabin.

Senior Brother Shen put down the firewood on his shoulders, the woman took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "I picked some pomegranates yesterday, do you want Xiaozhuang to try it?"

"Okay."

Senior Brother Shen held the woman's hand, stretched out his hand to support her waist, and walked into the wooden house.

Shen Mengzhuang couldn't calm down for a long time when he heard the sound of "Xiaozhuang".When he saw the woman's smile, in a trance, another person appeared in his mind, who was also so gentle and considerate.

He followed the two into the house, and after entering, the woman seemed to have finally discovered the existence of another person.Looking at Shen Mengzhuang, then at Senior Brother Shen, he said doubtfully, "This is..."

Senior Brother Shen took the bowl from the woman's hand and introduced him, "Friends."

Helping the girl to sit down at the table, Senior Brother Shen looked up at Shen Mengzhuang and said, "This is Sister Lan."

Shen Mengzhuang looked at the pale woman. Although she was thin and frail, her lips didn't even have a trace of blood.But the beautiful and gentle eyebrows and eyes, he is so familiar, so nostalgic.

Dreaming back at midnight, haunted by dreams.When the heavy snow is flying, the worry is unforgettable.

Sister Lan...Eldest Sister...

He feels guilty, misses, and misses the person he has spent half his life with.

There was a damp heat in his eyes, and Shen Mengzhuang rushed towards Sister Lan like a wanderer returning home, squatting at her feet and holding her hands, and said in a trembling voice: "I, my name is Mo Zhuang, Sister Lan, can you call me too?" A little Zhuang."

Sister Lan pursed her lips and smiled, her eyebrows and eyes stretched, she was overjoyed.Stretching out his hand to caress Shen Mengzhuang's head, he happily said, "Okay, Xiaozhuang."

After she finished speaking, she smiled again, pointed at Shen Mengzhuang and said: "You are Xiaozhuang." Then she pointed at Senior Brother Shen: "You are also Xiaozhuang."

He seemed to be elated as if he had found some treasure: "You are all Xiaozhuang." He reached out and touched his belly, "Should my child be called Xiaozhuang in the future?"

Shen Mengzhuang stretched out his hand to touch his stomach, and looked up at Sister Lan.Seeing her nodding her head in agreement, she covered it lightly, and there seemed to be a sound of a little life kicking her stomach in her palm.This subtle feeling surprised and delighted him, and he was about to ask if he had chosen a name after several months, when his fingertips suddenly became scarlet.

"Sister Lan, what's the matter with you?"

Shen Mengzhuang looked up and saw Sister Lan spitting out vermilion, her face pale.Senior Brother Shen first picked up Sister Lan and put her on the bed, then found a porcelain bottle from the drawer, poured some water, and helped her to drink the medicine.

It seems like this happens a lot.

Senior Brother Shen thoughtfully covered Sister Lan with the quilt, squeezed the corner of the quilt, and coaxed softly, "How about sleeping for a while? I'll call you after dinner."

Sister Lan nodded, then closed her eyes.

Shen Mengzhuang stood aside in a daze, at a loss, watching Senior Brother Shen get up and walk towards him, motioning for him to follow him out.

After gently closing the door, Shen Mengzhuang walked behind Senior Brother Shen and asked, "She is..."

"Yes."

Senior Brother Shen nodded in recognition, took a deep breath, his eyes were sad and deep, so dim that there was no trace of pride and confidence.

"It's the third time."

Shen Mengzhuang looked at him in surprise, the simple words seemed to be overwhelming, making him unable to breathe.He quietly and dumbly waited for Senior Brother Shen to finish speaking.

"The first life was an eight-year-old little girl who died in a fire. When I arrived, there were only bones left. The second life lived longer, married a butcher, and was beaten all day long. The husband had a bad temper and got flowers outside. The mother-in-law is not a good thing to provoke grass, so I try to make things difficult for her. When I was 30 years old, because my child was eaten by wolves, I finally couldn't survive and threw myself into a well. This is the third life, I asked..."

Senior Brother Shen paused for a moment, his eyes filled with damp heat.Shen Mengzhuang was waiting for his answer, and seeing his mournful expression, his heart was shocked.

This is the first time to see loneliness and frustration on the real Shen Mengzhuang's face.

It was also the first time that the two had shared emotions.Only at this moment, their joys and sorrows are connected.

He looked at Senior Brother Shen, a layer of sweat gradually formed in his palms, and he didn't dare to breathe.

He heard him say, "Difficult to give birth."

Shen Mengzhuang seemed to have been punched hard, and he heard Senior Brother Shen's hoarse voice: "My husband was killed by a wild boar when he went up the mountain to cut firewood three months ago. The family is poor and poor. When he was eight months pregnant, he died of dystocia."

He heard every word and every sentence like a death sentence, and his whole body ached.Suddenly remembered something, he looked eagerly at Senior Brother Shen, and was about to speak, but he was guessed and got the answer in advance.

"Now, seven months."

seven months...

Shen Mengzhuang's legs were weak, and all his strength was drained by this conversation.

In other words, only one month.

He asked incredulously, "Why..."

Senior brother Shen turned his back to Shen Mengzhuang, looking at the mountains in the distance, rolling up and down, like the fate and hatred in the world that are constantly being cut and chaotic.

He was silent for a long time, his voice as hoarse as dry rotten wood.

"Because the Demon Lord..."

The shoulders trembled slightly, it turned out that some words were painful even to say them.

"See the red mark on her neck?"

Shen Mengzhuang was stunned for a moment, recalling that there was a circle of pale pink red marks on Sister Cailan's neck just now.It's not Lu Qingyuan's death mark, but like...

He remembered that the eldest sister had her neck cut off by the Demon Venerable.

"That's why she lived life after life without a good end."

Senior Brother Shen's voice became lower and lower, like foam disappearing in water.He lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and murmured in an ethereal voice: "I can't end well...I can't end well..."

He turned around suddenly, tugging at Shen Mengzhuang's skirt, his eyes were red, and even his lips were trembling.

It seemed that all of a sudden, Shen Mengzhuang, the high-spirited Cangxuan disciple, disappeared like the moon on the water.

The two people standing in the same place were equally sad and mournful.

Senior Brother Shen held Shen Mengzhuang's skirt tightly, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Tell me, what does it mean to have a bad death? She is such a good person, why didn't she die well?"

Shen Mengzhuang looked at Senior Brother Shen weakly, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.In the end, he just hung his hands in vain, letting go.

He heard Senior Brother Shen growling irrationally in his ear: "I hate him, I wish I could kill him with my own hands, but I also hate you. You have my memories and emotions, but you do everything possible to protect him, even absurdly Fall in love with him, you make me sick."

The entanglement at this time is real and unceasing.

For Shen Mengzhuang, one side is close relatives, and the other side is true love.

For Senior Brother Shen, one side is close relatives, and the other side is deepest hatred.

There is no right or wrong in feelings, regardless of rank or grade.

This is luck, but also misfortune.

Shen Mengzhuang let Senior Brother Shen grab his lapel, even if he was beaten again at this moment, he would have no complaints or regrets.But he also knew that if it could be solved with just a little injury, the current situation would not exist.

He lowered his head and looked at the ground, and said softly: "He was not born a wicked person. When he first entered Cangxuan, he was just a child who didn't know the world and had a simple mind. You have the heart to treat a child like that? The death of the eldest sister, including the one hundred years ago Killing has nothing to do with him, why should he bear it?"

Senior Brother Shen looked at Shen Mengzhuang in disbelief, his reason seemed to have collapsed: "So this is a reasonable excuse for you to fall in love with him? Just like me and you, what did I do or what did you do? Is there a difference? He didn't do it a hundred years ago, so what about a hundred years later? Shizun, Bufan, Zhenzhen, Cangxuan Sect, and the innocent people who died tragically in the dark realm, which one was not done by him? He committed so many killings, you You actually still love him with peace of mind, you are simply hopeless."

Shen Mengzhuang raised his head and met Senior Brother Shen's angry eyes. After a long silence, he asked, "Have you ever loved?"

Senior Brother Shen was suddenly asked such a question, all his anger froze for a moment, and he unconsciously let go of his fingers.

Shen Mengzhuang took a deep breath, his eyes gradually regained a trace of peace, like a glacier gradually melting in spring.He looked at Senior Brother Shen, but his eyes were firm as he went forward.

No matter how many years pass by, he still carries this affection sincerely, as always.

He said calmly: "I know that he has sinned deeply, and I know that I should not protect him. But even though he is a bastard, I still love him with all my heart."

"In the last life, I died for the people and left him alone. Now that I'm back, you're back too. You can avenge yourself, and I'll protect him."

Time flies by, but fortunately, this true love has not changed a bit.

He looked at Senior Brother Shen, laughed at himself, and said, "Just treat me as cheap, no matter what happens, I can't stop loving him."

Senior Brother Shen met Shen Mengzhuang's gaze with sharp eyes, and a surge of hatred rolled in his heart.Shen Sheng said: "Okay, as you said. Since you want to stand by his side, then go to hell with him. I won't soften my heart, don't regret it."

Shen Mengzhuang returned a gentle smile, but he was extremely firm in the wasted years.

"I never regret it," he said.

When Shen Mengzhuang and Senior Brother Shen were out, Lu Qingyuan was not in the Demon Realm either.

In the teahouse, Lu Qingyuan stared at the child beside Leng Shanlan, and said with a smile: "When did Senior Sister Leng give birth to the child? And why don't you invite me to a wedding?"

Leng Shanlan picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said calmly, "I picked it up."

The child immediately shouted: "It was saved! It was saved! My aunt saved me!"

That day when all the ghosts went out to catch the living, Leng Shanlan rescued Xiao An'an who was protected by her parents' corpses, and since then she has been sticking to her like a piece of brown sugar.

Lu Qingyuan held back a smile and leaned over, asking, "What's your name?"

The child looked at Lu Qingyuan and blinked, and slowly said word by word: "My name is An An, safe An."

Lu Qingyuan held a peanut in his hand, handed it to An An, and imitated his tone and said, "How old is An An?"

An An took the peanuts and said coquettishly, "Thank you uncle, I am five years old this year."

"It's brother."

Lu Qingyuan put on a serious face and seriously corrected the wrong name.

An An looked up at Leng Shanlan, saw that she still had a stern expression, then turned her head to look at Lu Qingyuan, and asked, "Brother? Aren't you the same age as my aunt? Why are you called brother?"

Lu Qingyuan did not know when he conjured up a stick of candy, handed it to An An, and said, "Want to eat it? If you want to eat it, call brother."

An An couldn't move her eyes from staring at Tang, and her saliva was about to flow to the ground.He scratched his head, looking at Leng Shanlan for a while, and Lu Qingyuan for a while, wanting to eat but afraid to take it.

In the end, Leng Shankou finally spoke, and said lightly: "Eat."

An An happily took the candy, grinned and said, "Thank you brother, thank you most, best, best brother."

Seeing the happy look of the children smiling after eating candy, Lu Qingyuan also laughed.In a trance, he remembered the agreement he had made with Shen Mengzhuang.

Lu Qingyuan picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked, "Sister, do you plan to keep it?"

Leng Shanlan nodded and responded: "He will cry when he leaves me, no one can take care of him."

Lu Qingyuan imagined that Leng Shanlan, who is usually serious and serious, was being made wild by a kid the size of a carrot. It was interesting to think about it.

The gossip is over, let's talk about business.

Leng Shanlan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I heard that the blood king of the demon world seems to have some kind of connection with Jiushengtian, you can start from this."

"Blood Monarch?"

Lu Qingyuan murmured, some vague memories flashed in his mind, it should be someone related to Hei Li.

"I'll find out about this."

Halfway through the matter, Lu Qingyuan suddenly remembered something important.Suddenly stood up and shouted: "Damn it, today is the brother's birthday, I have to go back quickly. It's getting dark, sister, you can take An'an back, and I will find you when I find it."

Leng Shanlan nodded without saying a word, and the two parted.

Today is the first birthday that Lu Qingyuan spent with his senior brother after he came back.The sparrow palace was extremely lively, Lu Qingyuan personally cooked for his senior brother to make longevity noodles, and the two walked together, admiring the moon and stars.

Shen Mengzhuang followed a few maids to clean up the dishes.

When everything is done, it is already Haishi.The rest of the people went to bed, and Shen Mengzhuang was the only one in the dining room.

Shen Mengzhuang walked to the stove, looked at the empty pot, hesitated for a moment, then went to the water tank and poured a piece of cold water into it.Then he walked to the stove and sat down, imitating others and stuffing firewood into it.

The entire kitchen was full of smoke, and Shen Mengzhuang choked to the point of tears, and in a hurry, he finally made a bowl of longevity noodles.Although it looks dark and mushy, there is no soup and no poached eggs, but it should be edible.

Shen Mengzhuang walked to the table with his face upright and sat down, looking at his "masterpiece", heaved a long sigh.Cangxuan's disciple Shen Mengzhuang is omnipotent, but he can't cook.In the past, the young master didn't have to do these things, but after he became a big disciple, he still didn't have to do these things.

There used to be a elder sister, and later Lu Qingyuan made longevity noodles for him.

Shen Mengzhuang picked up a few and blew on them, smelling a burnt smell at the tip of his nose, he frowned and ate a few mouthfuls.

Longevity noodles, that means, how to eat is not to eat.Before the birthday is over, just eat a few bites.

Shen Mengzhuang buried his head in sucking the noodles, and when he raised his head again, suddenly there was a person sitting beside him.He looked at Lu Qingyuan and blinked blankly, forgetting to chew the noodles in his mouth.

Lu Qingyuan sat down, glanced at the noodles in Shen Mengzhuang's bowl, and asked, "Why do you eat this too?"

Shen Mengzhuang lowered his head, held the bowl with both hands and pushed it into his arms, as if a child was protecting his food from being snatched away.He whispered: "I... just, I see you are a bit, a little gluttonous..."

Looking up at Lu Qingyuan still looking at the noodles in his bowl, he quickly found a topic and asked, "Aren't you going to accompany him?"

"Brother is asleep."

"Oh."

Shen Mengzhuang answered absently, and continued to bury his head in eating the noodles. The noodles were already a little cold, and the taste was even worse.

Just when he was in a trance, a voice suddenly came from above his head, saying, "Give me a bowl."

"Ok?"

Shen Mengzhuang looked up at Lu Qingyuan, thinking he had heard wrong.

Seeing Shen Mengzhuang's puzzled look, Lu Qingyuan couldn't help but find it funny, "You want me to say it a second time?"

Shen Mengzhuang got up and went to the stove to fill a bowl of noodles that were still warm but lumpy, and when he handed it to Lu Qingyuan, he felt ashamed when he looked at it.It doesn't matter if you eat by yourself, Lu Qingyuan really can't show this kind of craftsmanship.

Lu Qingyuan didn't say anything, picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and immediately spit it out, his facial features huddled together, and asked, "Your first time cooking?"

Shen Mengzhuang nodded resentfully, "Yes".

Lu Qingyuan suddenly laughed, but his eyebrows and eyes were a little joyful and proud: "My senior brother has never cooked before, I cook for him."

He looked at the battered noodles in the bowl, then got up and walked to the stove, poured out all the remaining noodles, then added water again, and covered the pot.

Shen Mengzhuang sat at the table, watching Lu Qingyuan's skillful movements, and the white eyes slowly rising from the lid of the pot.Smell the smell of fireworks, smell the gradually rich fragrance.Suddenly, a sense of warmth welled up in my heart, and that warmth enveloped endless sourness.In the crackle of the firewood, it gradually melted.The bitterness inside flowed continuously, flowing to the heart, spreading to all limbs.

While he was staring at Lu Qingyuan in a daze, two bowls of freshly cooked noodles were already on the table.

Shen Mengzhuang looked at the noodles with poached eggs in front of him, and impatiently picked up a few chopsticks.The familiar smell strongly stimulated his nerves.

Things that were once taken for granted are now so precious and rare.

Sometimes, it's just a bowl of noodles.

Shen Mengzhuang lowered his head to eat the noodles, the tip of his nose was sour, and a layer of mist appeared in his eyes, which was as moist as the steaming heat.He suppressed the tears that swirled in his eyes, and kept his head down, not daring to look up.

Lu Qingyuan quickly ate a bowl of noodles, looked up out of the window, then glanced at Shen Mengzhuang's bowl, and said, "It's getting late, so I won't wait for you to finish eating. Brother should be angry if you go back late, you Don’t wash the dishes before your hands are healed, go back to bed early.”

Shen Mengzhuang almost buried his face in the bowl and nodded slightly.

Lu Qingyuan couldn't help but smile when he saw that he was eating so much that he couldn't bear to raise his head, "Is it delicious? I couldn't bear to raise his head."

The rising heat sprayed all over Shen Mengzhuang's face, he didn't know whether it was the heat or the soreness in his heart, more tears piled up in his eyes.After hearing Lu Qingyuan's words, he could only bury his head deeper, and replied in a low voice, "It's delicious."

The originally joking smile on Lu Qingyuan's face suddenly froze. He looked at Shen Mengzhuang with his head down, and seemed a little lonely and thin for some reason.

Silence, again silence.

Lu Qingyuan took one last look at Shen Mengzhuang, and thoughtfully said: "Okay, I should go back. Remember to apply the medicine when you go back, and go to bed earlier."

Shen Mengzhuang nodded, "Yes".

Lu Qingyuan had already walked away, the noodles in the pot were nestled together, and the heat gradually dissipated.The fire in the stove has been extinguished, and there is still a little warmth in the ashes.The water droplets in the lid of the pot meandered and dripped into the pot, tick tock, like tears falling into a bowl.

A few frogs can be heard outside the window, especially noisy in the silent night.Amidst the croaking of the frogs, one could faintly hear the sobbing of Ren Ren, probably covering his face with his hands.