silent age

"You talk nonsense!" Gu Zhen panicked before Bai Sihuan finished speaking, and retorted: "Looking at your honest appearance, I didn't expect you to lie without blinking your eyes! Uncle, don't believe what he said ! He's on Lin Heng's side!"

"I'm not lying. If Lin Heng really asked Karen to bite you, then Karen would have bitten you long ago. And Karen would never let go without his order. If you don't believe me, you can let Lin Heng try." Bai Sihuan has personally experienced such a thing, so he understands it better than anyone else.

Bai Sihuan looked at Lin Heng, signaling for him to give Karen an order.Lin Heng was slightly stunned, with a startled look on his face.He didn't expect that Bai Sihuan was usually gentle and simple, and he couldn't speak well, but now he was able to speak clearly and intimidate Gu Zhen.

Naturally, Lin Heng didn't understand how a person who didn't know how to ride a horse dared to take the risk to save him on the horse in order to protect him, how could he not dare to speak a few truths.

Half a second later, after realizing what Bai Sihuan meant, Lin Heng called out coldly: "Karen."

The grinning Karen barked, and Gu Zhen took a step back in fright, and immediately gave up: "Yes, I heard it wrong, right? I saw the dog running over, and I thought it was going to bite me, so I fell off myself." Bar?"

The upside-down black and white was reversed again, Mr. Zhu's face changed drastically, he glanced at Bai Sihuan, and asked Gu Zhen: "Then why did this child get hurt? Why did Lin Heng hit you?"

Gu Zhen is like a machine for fabricating lies, he can fabricate lies faster than water from a faucet: "He didn't know how to ride a horse and he accidentally fell off his horse. As for Lin Heng... just now our competition was too intense, so there was a little misunderstanding , I didn’t explain clearly, so he hit me!”

"It's really funny. This Young Master Gu is the champion of the equestrian championship? Can he compete fiercely with Lin Heng?" A girl among the spectators laughed out loud and said deliberately.

Gu Zhen was ashamed and annoyed when a girl exposed the truth and laughed like that, and wanted to glare at the gossiper, but didn't dare to look back.

Mr. Zhu felt that this nephew had done all kinds of embarrassing things, he couldn't even make up a lie, he just felt that he lost all face, his face became more and more ugly, if it wasn't for his face, he would have slapped Gu Zhen long ago.

Gu Zhen saw his uncle's serious face, his face turned pale with fright, and his whole body trembled.Gu Zhen knows better than anyone what his uncle looks like when he is angry.

That day, Lin Musheng, the daughter of the Lin family, went to plead with Mr. Zhu, hoping that he would let Lin Xianyan go. She accidentally said a few unpleasant words, but he slapped her twice in the face and ordered someone to beat her up.

The dignified Lin family's daughter accidentally made a slip of the tongue in front of him and ruined his face, and he was beaten severely by him, let alone his nephew who was dependent on others and had mediocre parents.

Seeing that Lin Heng was innocent, Cheng Sutang frowned, and came up to smooth things over: "Mr. Zhu, young people are so reckless. If you don't fight today, you may become good brothers and friends tomorrow. We will also be friends." Don't worry too much about their affairs." She pulled Mr. Zhu by the arm and walked aside, "Anyway, don't hurt your friendship, right?"

Mr. Zhu's complexion improved a little, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "Mrs. Lin is right."

Cheng Sutang got a bargain and sold himself as a good boy: "But in the final analysis, it was our family Lin Heng who beat him first, and it was our family Lin Heng who was wrong. How about this, I will send you a painting tomorrow, and I will make it up to you. I I know Mr. Zhu that you like calligraphy and paintings the most, this time I bought this painting from Mr. Shibazaki for [-], it is an ukiyo-e from the Edo period."

"Six hundred, then I have to see it too!" Mrs. Chen came over and said.The "hundreds" in their mouths usually have to be followed by tens of thousands. People in the circle always have such transactions, giving a pile of cash and taking an unremarkable item, which is not novelty.

Several elders took things lightly, talked and laughed and left.

The embarrassed Gu Zhen was embarrassed to mix in with his peers, followed behind these elders, turned his head and gave Bai Sihuan and Lin Heng a hard look: "Wait for me!"

After these people left, Lin Heng pulled Bai Sihuan to ask this and that, wanting to see where his injuries were.

Lin Siying said: "Take it to the hospital first, I'll go and talk to Dad."

The three of them left the deer park first, and took Bai Sihuan to a nearby hospital for an examination.

After the examination, there was no major problem, except that some parts of the thigh were bruised, and the skin on the back was broken. There was no internal injury, just apply some medicine.

Lu Yuan didn't go back, and the three of them took a taxi home after they came out of the hospital.

Back home, Lin Heng asked his servant to apply medicine for Bai Sihuan, looking out of his mind.Bai Sihuan saw something was wrong with him, wanted to ask but didn't know how to ask.

Gu Zhen's provocative words kept echoing in Lin Heng's mind. Gu Zhen's words were not credible, as can be seen from the excuse he made for himself after the accident.But those words while riding the horse were still lingering in Lin Heng's mind. He didn't know whether what Gu Zhen said was the truth, or whether it was intentional to provoke him.How much is true?How much is false?

Thinking of this, he heard Bai Sihuan suddenly hiss, looked up, and saw Aunt Liu was at a loss with the potion in one hand and the cotton swab in the other.Lin Heng blamed her: "I asked you to apply a potion for him, why are you so clumsy?"

"The place where the skin is broken, it will definitely hurt if you apply this medicine." Aunt Liu looked at Lin Heng and said awkwardly.

Bai Sihuan hurriedly spoke for Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu didn't hurt me, I just feel that the potion is a bit cold, not that it hurts."

On weekdays, when Lin Heng and his servants get angry, Bai Sihuan can calm them down with a few nice words for them.This time it didn't work very well, Lin Heng grabbed the potion from Aunt Liu's hand and waved impatiently: "Get out of the way!"

Aunt Liu pursed her lips, fearing that Lin Heng would lose her temper again, so she hurried away.

"Lin Heng, don't be so tempered all the time."

"Huh?" Hearing Bai Sihuan's sudden words, Lin Heng stopped the hand that was about to apply the medicine for him.

In the past, Bai Sihuan would never have dared to talk to Lin Heng like this, but when something like this happened in Deer Park today, he felt that, as Lin Heng's elder brother, it was necessary for him to teach him properly: "If it wasn't for you today, you would have to talk to that Gu Zhen If you can’t make it through, you won’t let him succeed so easily.”

Lin Heng was silent, without saying a word.

Bai Sihuan thought badly, this young master is about to lose his temper again.With the hair on his back exposed, his body was stiff and he didn't dare to move, waiting for Lin Heng to have an attack.

A few seconds later, Lin Heng suddenly pinched his cheek, squeezed twice and said, "You are getting more and more courageous."

Bai Sihuan was pinched to the point of tears. Seeing his red eyes, Lin Heng softened his heart, let go of his hand, and softened his tone: "Okay, I promise you, I won't get angry casually in the future."

Bai Sihuan rubbed his face, seeing that he was finally willing to listen to someone's persuasion, he smiled in relief.

Within two hours, Cheng Sutang and Lin Huan came back, just as Lin Heng and Bai Sihuan came out of the room and met them who had just gone upstairs.

Lin Huan was about to find Lin Heng: "Ah Heng, come here, I have something to tell you."

Lin Huan walked towards the study room, Lin Heng froze for a moment, and followed closely behind.

After Lin Heng and Lin Huan left, Cheng Sutang saw that Bai Sihuan was still there, gave him a squinting look, and cursed: "A villain, just like your mother."

After Lin Heng left, he didn't come back for more than half an hour.The distance from Bai Sihuan's room to the study is not that short, you have to go through a gallery and an antique road.

In the middle of the night, the lights in the gallery are still on. The gallery has newly replaced the Nordic-style wallpaper. All the precious paintings hanging on the wall have to be taken down and replaced with new ones. Two servants are picking up the ukiyo-e from the Edo period. He picked up a hook, and held it lightly: "Be careful, don't break it, this is for Mr. Zhu, it doesn't matter if it gets dirty!"

Seeing Bai Sihuan walking by, the two of them glanced at each other, didn't say anything, and continued to concentrate on painting.

Bai Sihuan's current status in the family is still very embarrassing. In terms of status, he is the son of his husband, a young master, and his ranking is higher than Lin Heng.But in the final analysis, he is an illegitimate child who cannot be seen in the light, and even his surname must follow his mother's surname. In the future, Lin Huan will go first, and it is not certain whether he will leave two sons for him. Will he be able to stay in this house? , depends on good fortune.

In the eyes of the servants, they only knew that the wife didn't like Bai Sihuan, that Bai Sihuan was weak and incompetent, and had no status in the family, and the respect that could only be squeezed out on weekdays had to be given to someone with a higher status.The rice bowl they held in their hands was like blue and white porcelain. Although it was beautiful and valuable, it was fragile.It doesn't matter who you hold it for, but holding it firmly is the most important thing.

Walking through the long gallery and the antique road, Bai Sihuan finally saw the door of the study.

From a long distance away, he heard Lin Huan's deep voice yelling loudly behind the door: "Who let them be born in this family? Being born in this family is their fate! How do you think the Lin family has survived for so many years? God sent it for nothing?"

"But they are your biological daughters!" The voice belonged to Lin Heng.

Then Bai Sihuan heard Lin Huan's scolding words vaguely, and just wanted to get closer, when a familiar voice sounded behind him: "Sihuan."

Bai Sihuan turned his head and found Lin Siying standing behind him.

"Ignore the things in the study, go back to sleep." Lin Siying reminded him.

Bai Sihuan hesitated to move forward, Lin Siying emphasized "Let's go" again, and Bai Sihuan left slowly.He looked back at the study room again and heard the noise inside. He couldn't help but worry: "Did they quarrel because of the eldest sister and the second sister? Is it because the eldest sister and the second sister have left the Lin family, so...?"

Lin Siying, who always had a smile on her face, suddenly darkened, and said with a half warning: "Don't ask about these things in the future. Go to sleep."

Bai Sihuan was taken aback, seeing Lin Siying's reaction was so strong, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.Nodding his head, he walked slowly back to his room.

In this family, he is indeed like an outsider.

Early the next morning, the family of five got together for breakfast again, as if nothing had happened.Lin Heng's face was pale, and he didn't say a word during the whole process except for the sentence to ask Bai Sihuan to sit closer.

Bai Sihuan seemed to have gotten used to the oppressive atmosphere at the dinner table, he lowered his head and ate his own food.

Halfway through breakfast, the doorbell rang suddenly, and the servant went to see the person. Five minutes later, the servant hurried over and whispered in Lao Pei's ear.

Lao Pei's expression became more serious the more he listened, and he glanced at Bai Sihuan.

Seeing this, Lin Huan put down the spoon for scooping up the porridge and asked, "What's wrong?"

Old Pei paused, then replied: "A kid came outside, claiming to be the younger brother of Young Master Sihuan."

Hearing this, Cheng Sutang and Bai Sihuan also stopped their chopsticks.

Cheng Sutang pursed her lips and raised her eyebrows. Just as she wanted Lao Pei to drive him away, Lin Huan said, "Oh, really, then let him in."

With permission, the servant nodded and opened the door.

"I'll go and have a look." Bai Sihuan hurriedly got up and followed.

Lin Heng heard that the person who came was Bai Sihuan's younger brother. Seeing Bai Sihuan leave, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he stopped eating.