dim lights

The figure of the prince gradually faded away, and Shen Tingyun remembered the snowy night many years ago when he stood at the entrance of the village and watched the child in the woodshed leave.

It was really cold that night, in the middle of winter, the snowflakes were bigger than the fallen leaves in autumn, and almost all limbs lost consciousness.But no matter how cold it was, it was nothing but the cold on the skin, not the chill that pierced into the bone marrow today.

Yuehua's identity is too obvious.Shen Tingyun's childhood jokes have always been properly hidden in his heart, and he has never mentioned it to anyone—except for his brothers who are so close that they don't know each other.So he felt even more disappointed and chilled.

When they were servants in Annan's rich man's house, the lights in the servant's room were dimly lit, and the moths were left behind.

"Xiao Ai, brother will tell you a secret." Shen Tingyun wrapped his knees and was next to Fang Ai. The two of them got together to keep warm. "Actually, the child that father kidnapped to our house was the heir of King Xuan." .”

"King Xuan?" A child who was born as a commoner, how can he tell the title of prince and marquis? Fang Ai looked at the eldest brother in a daze, not understanding what he meant.

Shen Tingyun scratched his head and said, "I can't say the specifics, but in short, it is a very big official. That's why Dad was arrested. Anyway, I released him that night. Before he left, he asked me He even told me that I can go to him in the future. When my brother saves some money, he will secretly go to the capital to find him. With the help of the son, we will not have to live a hard life."

Fang Ai seemed to understand, and her frostbitten fingers clenched Shen Tingyun's cuffs tightly: "Then, when you become a high-ranking official, brother, don't forget me."

Shen Tingyun held his younger brother's cold palm instead, and said: "Silly Xiaomai, if brother enjoys happiness, how could he not take you with him. Whether to enjoy happiness or suffer, we are all together."

Shen Tingyun still remembers Fang Ai's way of agreeing to herself with his eyebrows bent.

It's a pity that within a few months, the rich businessman died of illness, and his unfilial sons and grandchildren made a fuss and wiped out the family wealth. He and his blood relatives were separated in the end.

only……

Shen Tingyun strode into the room, stood at the junction of the inside and outside, and carefully looked at Yuehua in red.

Today's Yuehua is really beautiful, the blurred outline on his face has an indistinguishable beauty, even the oiran ladies in Kyoto shy away from him.

Although he and Fang Ai are twins, they are not very similar, but their beautiful and delicate mother follows in their eyebrows and eyes, and the similarities can be seen when you look closely.It's just that Yuehua belongs to the prince, how dare Shen Tingyun look at it carefully before.

"Guard Shen, if you have nothing to do, please go out." Yue Hua's tone was very unfriendly. For some reason, he was always subconsciously worried that his status would be threatened by this guard.It's ridiculous, he's just a little guard, why should he be worried.

But he was still flustered.It's like stealing someone else's things, and afraid of being found by the owner.

"Princess, do you have any brothers or relatives alive?"

Yue Hua looked into Shen Tingyun's eyes vigilantly, and said in a panic, "Are you laughing at my humble background and no relatives to rely on?"

"Is it true?" Shen Tingyun walked towards Yuehua.He doesn't believe in his younger brother, knowingly taking over his elder brother's identity, but when asked by a stranger, he is unwilling to even admit his elder brother's existence.

Yue Hua was puzzled, and suddenly understood something.His handsome face lost color in an instant, his lips were pale and slightly trembling: "You...you are..."

"Xiao Ai, do you really not remember brother?" For some reason, Shen Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief.He finally asked what he wanted to ask, and he had nothing to worry about anymore.

Yuehua panicked, people came and went in the courtyard, it seemed that every word they said would be overheard by someone with ulterior motives.

"It's inconvenient to talk here, follow me." Yuehua paled, and led Shen Tingyun up to the roof of the small building in the east.

Tables and chairs are available on the roof, and the small pavilion is covered with tulle. Occasionally in the evening, the prince likes to drink tea and watch the setting sun here.

Yuehua brought Shen Tingyun to the fence, and whispered to him, "Brother... I'm sorry."

Seeing Yuehua admit his identity, Shen Tingyun had mixed feelings.

Over the years, the person he cared about the most was his younger brother, but now that he saw him, he was not as happy as he imagined.

Maybe it's because Fang Ai realizes that Fang Ai is no longer the timid child who huddled beside her in the past, and is no longer pure and innocent.

Shen Tingyun forcibly suppressed the words of questioning in his heart, and tried his best to calmly ask, "How have you been all these years?"

Yue Hua shook his head, and his tone was full of complaints: "That kind of place is not for people to stay at all. I was locked in a cage that didn't see the light of day, and I was forced to learn how to serve others. If my mother didn't like it, she would beat and scold me .It was easy to learn it, and I was able to stand under the sun and meet people. I didn’t expect that the nightmare had just begun.”

For more than ten years, he has seen all kinds of guests, people who are over [-] years old and have more than a dozen side rooms who still go out to whore, people who look like dogs but like to torture when they are on the couch... There are all kinds of things in the world, and he has tasted it. It was too early, so I hoped day and night that someone would be willing to give him a hand.

Shen Tingyun burst into tears when he heard it.

Compared with Xiao Ai, the hardships he has endured all these years because of martial arts, seem to be nothing.

Shen Tingyun leaned against the railing and asked Yuehua: "Xiao Ai, do you really like the prince?"

"I really like it." Yue Hua nodded, but he laughed at Shen Tingyun's innocence in his heart.What is true liking and false liking? The prince may not really like him, and a person like himself is not worthy of talking about love.He just didn't want to repeat that hopeless life again.

Shen Tingyun smiled wryly twice.

Wang Ye and Xiao Ai like each other, but they are nothing.

The person who saved the prince back then, was he or Xiao Ai, what was the difference, as long as the prince liked Xiao Ai, wouldn't that be all right?

But... but.

Shen Tingyun grasped the front of his robe tightly with five fingers, and closed his eyes tightly: "Xiao Ai, if you really like the prince, I will let you. I will treat you as Fang Meng. I will keep it for you, and I will not tell you." .”

Yue Hua was stunned, he didn't expect Shen Tingyun to say such words, and asked: "Brother...Really?"

Shen Tingyun looked at the veil in the distance, nodded and said: "Really, I don't mind, and I won't say anything. From now on, you should be the one who saved the prince back then. I won't say anything. People will know. Xiao Ai, you have to treat the prince well and live a good life with him."

"Brother, I'm so touched. With a brother like you, I'm really..." Said, Yuehua strode up to Shen Tingyun, and hugged him tightly.

Shen Tingyun's back was pressed against the railing, fearing that his younger brother would fall, so he leaned forward, wanting to hug Yuehua tightly as well.

However, Yuehua's voice suddenly became cold, and he whispered in his ear.

"But bro, I don't mind."

The hands on his waist suddenly increased their strength, desperately trying to push himself down.

In an instant, Shen Tingyun suddenly understood that Xiao Ai wanted her own life.