[Rat cat] Mirror City

"Father, is what you said true?" In more than ten years, this was the first time Xu Shuyan spoke in such a high voice.Realizing that he was speaking too loudly, Xu Shuyan immediately calmed down, but his delicate face was still flushed with excitement.

Chen Mu patted Xu Shuyan's shoulder lightly, trying to help her calm down her excitement.Excessive emotion is not good for Xu Shuyan's health. Sure enough, Chen Mu was still worried, but Xu Shuyan coughed intermittently.

Chen Mu caressed Xu Shuyan's back caressingly to help her breathe smoothly, while scolding softly, "Why are you so excited, are you uncomfortable? Take your time."

Xu Shuyan tightly grasped Chen Mu's sleeve, bent over and coughed softly.Chen Mu patted the hand on the back with a force to calm her down. The warmth of the palm penetrated into the body through the thin clothes, and the painful and long cough slowly subsided under Chen Mu's comfort. down.

But this time, this little pain was nothing to Xu Shuyan at all, and the joy that filled his heart had already pushed aside these insignificant things.

Xu Shuyan held onto Chen Mu's sleeve, and eagerly said to Chen Mu like a child, "Master, this time we can really go to see my aunt together." Chen Mu kept nodding with a smile on his wife's face.

"Well, there is plenty of time. You and your wife can stay there for a few more days and visit the surrounding scenery. This time, let's go out and have fun for a few days." Seeing Xu Shuyan so excited, Xu's father felt a little emotional, as expected. For many years, Xu Shuyan was told to stay at home and not to go out, which bored the child.

Thinking of this, and being infected by the happy smile on Xu Shuyan's face, Father Xu felt more and more that his decision was correct.

For this trip, Xu Shuyan couldn't wait, and countless plans jumped up. Of course, the first thing to consider was the birthday gift.

So Xu Shuyan turned around and said to Chen Mu, full of hope, "Master, why don't we prepare a gift for aunt. Hmm... It's more sincere to choose it yourself, and you can call it Shangyuqi. She loves going to the streets, which is interesting." I know a lot of things, so I picked them out for my aunt."

Xu Shuyan felt extremely happy when she thought of the three of them walking and laughing together on the street. She hadn't experienced such a scene for several years.

Hearing Xu Shuyan mention Xu Yuqi, the corners of Chen Mu's mouth froze, and his gentle smile suddenly changed.

Sensing that her husband's smile was tainted with a bit of haze, Xu Shuyan intelligently realized that there must be some unrealizable part in his idea just now, "Msg...." Xu Shuyan's voice weakened, he looked at Chen Mu, then looked at Chen Mu again. own father.

Father Xu coughed and said regretfully, "This time Yuqi can't go with us, she will take care of the family."

"How come..." Xu Shuyan opened her eyes wide in disbelief. In her imagination, this time should be a happy family outing.Since she was a child, she has been accompanied by her younger sister. Naturally, this time is no exception. What's more, this time she is going to see their aunt.

"Shuyan, I know that you and Yuqi have been inseparable since childhood, but you are already married, so take this opportunity to get along well with your husband. Besides, there is a big business to be discussed at home this time, and your aunt wants to see you again And Chen Mu, I have no choice but to wrong Yuqi." Father Xu said regretfully.

What Xu's father said was reasonable, and Xu Shuyan couldn't say anything to refute Xu's father's decision, "Yes... Dad." After hesitating for a long time, Xu Shuyan asked, "Dad, this matter will allow me to play against Yuqi. say?"

Xu Shuyan's decision surprised Xu's father, but there was nothing wrong with thinking about it carefully, so he nodded and agreed, "Then this matter should be done as soon as possible, Shuyan, you and Chen Mu want to choose a congratulatory gift, so go to Let's take a walk on the street, we will start the day after tomorrow."

After simply explaining these things, Father Xu left.

"Do you want to go out for a walk?" Seeing that Xu Shuyan was still frowning, Chen Mu tried to raise this idea, while Xu Shuyan was still immersed in the thought that Xu Yuqi couldn't go to congratulate with her.

After thinking about it, Xu Shuyan's pace gradually slowed down.When she came to her senses, Chen Mu had already walked three steps ahead of her, and the distance between them gradually widened from being side by side at the beginning.

And Chen Mu was walking absent-mindedly at this time, and he didn't notice that his wife was no longer by his side.Xu Shuyan sighed lightly, feeling a little lost in his heart.

If it was Xu Yuqi, Chen Mu would definitely find out soon.Different from her, Xu Yuqi prefers to run around, and if you don’t pay attention to her, she will disappear. When you look for her in the street, you will find that she is immersed in something interesting and can’t hear others at all. talking about something.

When the three of them paraded through the streets together, Chen Mu always walked slowly by his side, taking care not to be hit by the flow of people.But Xu Yuqi ran ahead for a while, and fell behind for a while.

Although Chen Mu has been taking care of himself, every time Xu Yuqi runs a little farther, Chen Mu will frown, and he won't relax until he finds her again.

Then the two of them would walk behind her, and when the girl recovered from her own world, Chen Mu asked in a cold voice, "Enough is enough", forcing Xu Yuqi to apologize and blink and say that she would never be like that again. Done.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Mu is paying attention to Xu Yuqi all the time.As for myself, how far behind would Chen Mu discover the fact that he was no longer by his side?

There were suddenly more pedestrians on the street, and the din of voices immediately drew Chen Mu's attention back. Chen Mu turned his head to remind Xu Shuyan to keep up with him, but Xu Shuyan, who was supposed to be next to him, was disappeared.

Where did you go?Chen Mu looked around in panic, looking left and right in the crowd, and finally when he turned around, he found that Xu Shuyan was several steps behind him, just standing in the crowd and looking at him.

"Why don't you follow along?" Chen Mu rushed back anxiously, he was relieved to be sure that nothing happened to Xu Shuyan, but found that his wife didn't listen to him carefully, "Shu Yan, Shu Yan?"

Xu Shuyan came back to his senses, and smiled apologetically at her husband, "I'm sorry, I was thinking about something just now."

"Don't get lost." Chen Mu said uncomfortably, "It's getting late, let's choose a birthday gift and go back early. Do you have anything you want to give to your aunt?"

When Chen Mu was distressed and didn't know what to choose, Xu Shuyan shook his head suddenly, "There's no need for my husband, let's go back. There are many things at home that are suitable as birthday gifts."

After a while, she bit her lip and said, "I want to go back and beg my father, and beg him to let Yuqi go with us."

Chen Mu was taken aback by Xu Shuyan's thoughts, and the question in his mind blurted out, "Why?"

"Isn't Xianggong thinking the same?" Seeing Chen Mu's unconcealed shock, Xu Shuyan expressed his inner thoughts to Chen Mu for the first time, "Youyuqi will go with us, and Xianggong will feel happier, right?"

Xu Shuyan looked into Chen Mu's eyes, Xu Shuyan's eyes were too quiet and deep, Chen Mu felt in a daze that Xu Shuyan seemed to be looking into his heart, wanting to pull out his thoughts hidden in his heart unscrupulously, forced him to face it.

Disturbed by Xu Shuyan's gaze, Chen Mu looked away, and his tone became a little impatient because of the chaotic mood, "Then do as you like."

The originally planned plan to choose a birthday gift broke up like this. After returning to the Xu Mansion, the two walked to a fork in the road, one went to the study room, and the other went to the other courtyard, and the two walked away step by step.

Xu Shuyan went to Xu Yuqi's boudoir at night.Looking at the small courtyard where he used to live, Xu Shuyan had indescribable emotions. It turned out that the two sisters were inseparable together, but now, they gradually moved further and further apart.

Suddenly, her shoulders warmed up, and a cloak covered her shoulders, and then she heard the familiar voice, "Does my sister miss this place? Just go in, it's not good for your health to blow the night wind outside."

Xu Shuyan turned around in surprise, and saw Xu Yuqi standing behind her, his smile almost lighting up the night.Infected by Xu Yuqi's smile, Xu Shuyan also smiled shallowly, but suddenly remembered that she was going to tell Xu Yuqi the bad news later, and her smile couldn't hold on anymore.

Taking Xu Shuyan back to the boudoir, the layout of the boudoir is the same as before, but there is one piece of the previous decorations missing, and it belongs to Xu Yuqi alone.

Xu Yuqi poured tea for Xu Shuyan, and asked with a smile, "Sister, why are you free to come to me today? Did you quarrel with your brother-in-law?" Noticing Xu Shuyan's depression early on, Xu Yuqi pretended to be relaxed and asked, and was going to help her mediate her mood .

Xu Shuyan nodded silently, then shook his head again. Before Xu Yuqi had time to speak, Xu Shuyan said, "That's not why I came to see you. Today, Daddy found me and my husband."

The smile on Xu Yuqi's face suddenly disappeared, and the voice that was originally full of laughter was raised by an unknown number of pitches because of shock, "What?"

"Daddy said that he would take me and my husband to celebrate my aunt's birthday. I begged Daddy, but Daddy still insisted on letting you stay." Xu Shuyan bowed his head full of apology, but was interrupted by the sound of a broken teacup .

Xu Shuyan looked up in astonishment, and saw Xu Yuqi knocking over the teacup, with countless emotions surging in his eyes.Xu Shuyan immediately held Xu Yuqi's hand that was red from the tea, and said anxiously, "Yuqi, your hand!"

She was about to turn around and call the maid to come in, but Xu Yuqi pulled her back all of a sudden. "Sister, don't go. What did you just say? Daddy asked you to go with your brother-in-law to celebrate your aunt's birthday, and won't you take me?"

"I've already begged daddy, but daddy doesn't agree to take you with me. This time my aunt wants to see me and my husband, so daddy is not going to take you with me. I begged daddy, you believe me." Xu Shuyan could only repeat anxiously, And kept looking at Xu Yuqi's hand that was scalded by the tea, so anxious that he was on the verge of crying.

"How is it possible, how is it possible..." But Xu Yuqi stood there dumbfounded, muttering to himself, as if he didn't feel any pain at all, he just repeated stubbornly.

Seeing her like this, Xu Shuyan was frightened and surprised. His father loved Xu Yuqi more since he was a child. Compared with himself, Xu Yuqi was lively and smart. Unlike himself, he couldn't help him with anything.

And in the past month, she first married the man she loved, and this time she even took Xu Yuqi's chance for her aunt's birthday, so she can naturally understand how hard Xu Yuqi has been hit.

It was as if, in such a short period of time, all the care that was originally focused on me was transferred to someone else.But none of that matters now.

"I know you want to go too. Let's deal with your hand first, and then go to beg Dad, okay?" Xu Shuyan only wanted to deal with his sister's wound now.

"No!" Suddenly, Xu Yuqi yelled loudly, causing Xu Shuyan to let go of his hand immediately.And Xu Yuqi also held Xu Shuyan's wrist at the same time, "How is it possible! How is it possible!"

"Yu...Yuqi!" Xu Shuyan's voice began to tremble. She had never seen Xu Yuqi like this before. She felt the pressure emanating from Xu Yuqi's body, which made her unable to breathe, "I...I know what you want go……"

"It's not like this." Xu Yuqi excitedly took a step forward, Xu Shuyan staggered a step back, accidentally bumped into the stool, and made a loud noise.

A maid asked strangely from outside the door, "Eldest Miss, Second Miss, what happened?"

Xu Shuyan looked towards the door in panic, and quickly said, "It's nothing, I accidentally knocked down the chair, you go to the entrance of the other courtyard to guard, don't come over." Then she quickly persuaded Xu Yuqi, "Yuqi, I know you are angry, but Calm down, will you?"

Xu Shuyan didn't have much confidence. To be honest, she didn't even know if the person in front of her was her sister.

"I'm not angry, that's not what I care about." Xu Yuqi couldn't control his emotions at all, "Sister, you can't go, I won't let you go."

Xu Shuyan opened his eyes wide in astonishment, and the sense of grievance since the day began to surge up, "Why? Why can't I go?"

Daddy hopes that you can go, and Xianggong also hopes that you can go.But because of me, you can't go.Because you couldn't go, I felt uneasy and guilty for a day, and even begged my father to take you, just hoping that you could go with me.

I've worked so hard and you think I can't go.Why can't I go? Could it be that in your eyes, I'm just a sick child, and I'm not qualified to step out of this house for the rest of my life?

Is it true that in the eyes of Chen Mu and his father, they also see themselves in this way.This time I took myself there because I felt pity for myself.Or maybe, in their eyes, they have never been better than Xu Yuqi.

Everything is self-indulgent, and my own existence has always been cumbersome and redundant.Without himself, the entire Xu Mansion will become complete.

"Should I stay in Xu's house for the rest of my life?" The grievances accumulated for many years erupted completely at this moment, tears slipped from the corners of the eyes uncontrollably, but the water marks burned violently like flames, almost burning the bone marrow pain.

Xu Shuyan covered his mouth in pain, not letting the sad sobs reveal his fragility, turned around and ran out of the room.

"Sister!" Xu Yuqi exclaimed, followed Xu Shuyan to the small courtyard, and held Xu Shuyan's hand tightly, "Sister, that's not the case."

The small courtyard did not know when the wind blew up, and the originally peaceful small courtyard was drowned by the sound of shouts at this moment.And Xu Yuqi grabbed Xu Shuyan's hand regardless, and said sharply, "You can't go, sister, you can't go, brother-in-law can't go, neither can go."

Xu Yuqi's voice pierced directly into Xu Shuyan's heart, she only felt that something exploded in front of her eyes, and the impact made her unable to see anything.When the darkness disappeared, Xu Shuyan only saw Xu Yuqi covering his red face and looking at him in shock.

Xu Shuyan looked at Xu Yuqi in astonishment, his mind was in chaos, and his right hand hurt untimely, like a needle prick.Xu Shuyan held his right hand, unable to believe it.

She and Xu Yuqi should have been as close as one person.Their hands are forever holding each other.They cry together and laugh together.Her hands would wipe off Xu Yuqi's sweat, apply rouge, and put her hair up in a bun, but she had never hurt her once.

The traces of injury were burned on Xu Yuqi's face, and Xu Shuyan's hand was also burned.Xu Shuyan just felt that this hand was not his own, trembling and wanted to throw it away, but this proof of hurting the person he loved was always with him.

"I'm sorry." Xu Shuyan said in a hoarse voice. Tears burst out of his eyes and fell down. Immediately, the two were relatively speechless.

"What's going on here?" Father Xu's stern voice was like thunder falling into the courtyard, and the two sisters who were immersed in their respective sorrows suddenly woke up.

Xu's father was angry, and his two daughters' eyes were red. Just looking at Xu Yuqi's red and swollen face, and Xu Shuyan's equally red hands, he felt as if he understood something.

Several people returned to Xu Yuqi's room in silence.Looking at Xu's father in the seat above, Xu Shuyan lowered his head, while Xu Yuqi just turned his head and stared at the two maids who stood beside Xu's father with their heads lowered and dared not speak. They were serving the two sisters respectively. They were guarding the gate of the courtyard.

But seeing the two of them standing beside Xu's father, Xu Yuqi understood the reason why Xu's father appeared here. "Talk too much." Xu Yuqi said coldly.

Hearing what Xu Yuqi said, the two maids knelt on the ground and said tremblingly, "Second Miss, spare me."

Before Xu Yuqi had time to say anything, Xu's father interrupted her severely, "Talking too much? If they hadn't told me in time that your two sisters were quarreling, I wouldn't have been able to catch up. What the hell is going on with you, not only are you quarreling , Shuyan, did you slap Yuqi?"

Suddenly asked by Xu's father, Xu Shuyan trembled, hesitating and hawing, not knowing how to explain.She didn't mean it, but she did hit her sister.

Chen Mu came later.As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Yuqi's flushed cheeks.Suddenly feeling a little distressed, Chen Mu ordered his servants to bring a hot towel and put it on Xu Yuqi's blushing cheeks, "Apply it."

Seeing her husband's concern for Xu Yuqi, Xu Shuyan was even more hurt.His already fragile body trembled even more violently in the warm room.

Seeing this, Xu's father gave a dry cough and reminded Chen Mu and Xu Yuqi of the current situation.Xu Yuqi was the first to recover. She snatched the hot towel from Chen Mu's hand and turned her face away.

Only then did Chen Mu come to his senses, and retreated to Xu Shuyan's side in embarrassment, looking at her apologetically.Xu Shuyan just turned his face away and didn't look at anyone.

"What's going on here?" Xu's father asked impatiently. Originally, this afternoon, he was upset because he refused Xu Shuyan's request to bring Xu Yuqi to celebrate his birthday. Now the two daughters who are distressed have happened again. Dispute, he will inevitably get angry.

"It's nothing." Xu Yuqi said, "It's just that I made my sister sad."

Make Xu Shuyan sad?Xu Yuqi's words left everyone present speechless.In Xu's family, who didn't know that the person who was least likely to make Xu Shuyan sad was Xu Yuqi.

"I don't allow my sister to celebrate my aunt's birthday." Xu Yuqi said calmly, as if she was just making the most ordinary decision for herself.Xu Yuqi's words hurt Xu Shuyan again.

"Bastard!" Father Xu slapped the table vigorously, "Do you know that your sister has been begging me to take you with her all afternoon?"

"I know." Xu Yuqi answered briefly, leaving father Xu speechless, "But didn't father agree?"

"You..." Xu's father was so angry that he could hardly stand still, "There is really no way I can't take you this time. You should understand it as my father's painstaking efforts. Why do you do these willful actions at this time, and offend your sister? ?”

"I don't care." Xu Yuqi walked forward, approached Xu's father, and said stubbornly, "I don't care whether I go to my aunt's house to celebrate her birthday. But my sister can't go, not only my sister, but also my father and brother-in-law. We are not going to celebrate my aunt's birthday!"

"Presumptuous!" Xu Yuqi's collision pushed Xu's father's anger to the peak, Xu's father raised his hand, and saw that the slap was about to fall on Xu Yuqi's face...

"Father-in-law, don't." Chen Mu stopped Father Xu's hand at some point.But Xu Yuqi just continued stubbornly, "It's good to apologize to my aunt afterwards, this time my aunt's birthday, our family will not go."

"can not go."

"can not go."

"Yuqi, you are obedient..." Chen Mu tried to persuade Xu Yuqi, but his dissuasion only made Xu Yuqi more emotional.

"I said no one can go!" Xu Yuqi screamed, making everyone back away in fear, "You don't even know what's going to happen!"

"Enough." Father Xu also lost his patience now, "Your aunt invited your sister and your brother-in-law for her birthday. Don't let her out until we leave the day after tomorrow."