Chapter 9: back road
It was clear and generous eyes, but there was a hint of anticipation hidden in it, but it seemed like an invisible thread, hanging tightly on the other person's heart, and a slight movement could make her heartache sad.
Bai Ziqi blushed silently. After all, he couldn't stand it anymore. He closed his eyes and yelled, "Don't just look at me! Big brother is over there, look at him!"
Bai Chu smiled inwardly, and winked innocently on his face: "But eldest brother has always been very kind to me, I'm worried that brother Ziqi, you don't seem to like me very much..."
It's not that Bai Zizhen took care of the original owner. In fact, he treats several younger siblings equally. It can be said that the Bai family is the only one who did not treat Bai Yinhua and Bai Chuhua differently because of their identities.
Feeling Bai Zizhen's gaze, Bai Chu looked up, smiled sweetly, and said gratefully, "Thank you, big brother."
Bai Zizhen was stunned for a moment, Duan Su's face softened a bit, and his voice was low: "As the eldest brother, I should take care of my younger brothers and sisters, no need to say thank you."
As soon as Bai Zizhen was born, he was raised by the original owner of the Bai family, that is, the grandfather of their siblings. He was raised until the age of 19. When his grandfather passed away, he returned to Zhang's lap.
In his eyes, there is no difference between his biological sister and his non-biological sister. Anyway, they are all sisters, and they are raised by his mother's side, so they are taken care of together.
However, Bai Zizhen was a calm and reserved person, neither Bai Yinhua nor Bai Chuhua could let go in front of him.
Bai Zizhenyuan didn't feel anything, until after listening to Bai Chu's words, he realized that this introverted and shy sister actually wanted to be close to him.
Bai Zizhen is used to being a responsible elder brother who shelters his younger siblings from the wind and rain. The first time he heard about a younger sister, he didn't think he was too serious and unapproachable. This thank you, no matter how prudent and restrained his temper was, he was also warmed by the warm current flowing slowly in his heart.
In response to his words, he turned to look at his elder brother, and Bai Ziqi became dissatisfied again: "Why are you suddenly obedient? Do whatever you are asked to do." He looked at Shen Yuzhi vigilantly as if thinking of something. "It's not the Shen family who bullied you, right?"
wrong!
An alarm bell suddenly sounded in Bai Yinhua's mind, and she subconsciously reached out to hold Bai Ziqi in front of her.
Bai Ziqi turned his head strangely, and when he saw Bai Yinhua's pale face, he panicked: "Sister, what's the matter with you? What's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine," Bai Yinhua reassured him in a soft voice with a hint of weakness, "Perhaps it's just been a little dizzy after being in the sun for too long, so it's fine."
Before Bai Ziqi could speak, Bai Chu worriedly supported her from the other side: "Just in time to leave Hanli Garden here, sister, let's go and take a rest."
Bai Yinhua looked at Shen Yuzhi hesitantly, but when the other party noticed that she was looking at her, she retracted her gaze a little in a panic, lowered her head, and followed Bai Chu's wishes to Hanliyuan.
After carefully helping her into Hanli Garden, Bai Chu pulled Bai Zizhen and Bai Ziqi out, half coaxing and half deceiving.
"Where are you going?" Bai Ziqi looked impatient, but it was because of his affection that he didn't let go of her hand.
Bai Chu pursed his lips and was a little disappointed: "Brother Ziqi, don't you want to stay with me?"
"Where did you come from here with so many messy thoughts," Bai Ziqi said angrily, but his expression calmed down a lot, "Isn't my sister sick? You can't just leave her here."
Bai Chu disagreed: "Isn't that the third young master Shen still there?"
Bai Ziqi was stunned for a moment, then looked over with a sullen face: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Originally the eldest sister and the third young master are the fiancées, aren't they? Although I don't know how I was replaced in the end, the third young master is not happy about this, and the eldest sister is also puzzled. Even if I don't ask, I know how many times. At home today, the eldest sister must be restless, lost and haggard, right?"
Bai Ziqi thought about it for a while, and it was true.
Originally, no one said that the third young master Shen and Miss Bai were a match made in heaven, and Bai Ziqi also regarded Shen Yuzhi as his future brother-in-law in his heart. Who knew that fate would trick people, and the eldest brother-in-law became the second brother-in-law.
Even though Bai Yinhua had told him many times, this matter had nothing to do with Shen Yuzhi or Bai Chuhua, it was just that the two of them had nothing to do with each other.
But seeing that the eldest sister who had loved him since childhood was unhappy and thin for days, Bai Ziqi couldn't help but anger Shen Yuzhi and Bai Chuhua.
At this moment, the knot in his heart towards Bai Chuhua dissipated a lot, and all his anger was directed towards Shen Yu.
The arrogant young man darkened his face and said coldly, "Why, does the surnamed Shen plan to come to the Queen's Queen? He wants to be beautiful!"
"Ziqi!" Bai Zizhen interrupted him in a deep voice, "Let's see what the occasion is."
Bai Ziqi suddenly returned to his senses, looking at the plain white face in front of him, staring blankly at him, showing a bit of cute childishness, as if he was younger than him.
He coughed a few times unnaturally, and his tone was a little awkward: "Don't be fooled by others, then Shen Yuzhi is not a good person."
Bai Chu Zhanyan said with a smile: "Actually, the third young master Shen also likes my sister. I have thought about it, no matter what the final result is, at least let the two of them see each other well and make it clear. , and there will be no regrets in the future.”
"It's only once in life, so naturally you have to be happy. If you always think about this matter and this person and regret that you can't save it, the rest of your life will be so sad."
Her argument can be called shocking in this era. In fact, it would be a scandal if Shen Yuzhi was alone in a room with his wife and sister.
Bai Zizhen frowned and disagreed: "Since you two are married, you must act decisively if you should." His brows were stern, and it was estimated that if Shen Yuzhi stood in front of him, he would not be able to help himself, "Don't be too wronged. Own."
Bai Chu smiled softly: "Actually, it's not for them, and I don't look like I married into the Shen residence. If my elder sister and the third young master are reconciled, I might be able to get out of the Shen residence."
"Why?" Bai Ziqi heard Bai Yinhua mention before that whenever she and Shen Yuzhi went out to play, Bai Chuhua always looked forward to going together. He thought she liked Shen Yuzhi.
"I..." She lowered her eyes, "I don't really want to get married."
Bai Ziqi's facial features were wrinkled together in distress, and he glanced at Bai Zizhen for help.
Bai Zizhen was also a little embarrassed. Even if he was a real brother, he should avoid these daughters' thoughts.
Before the two could come up with a solution, Bai Chu said again: "I really liked the third young master very much before, but at that time because the third young master was very kind to my sister, I thought, if I have a husband in the future, if I can be like the third young master Treat me like you did to my sister." Her eyes flowed, and the smile she carried was quiet and warm, and her heart softened when she saw it.
Even she herself was moved by the attitude of this innocent girl.
"But before I could find it, I married the third young master by accident." Bai Chu said with a chuckle, "It feels like God has accidentally messed up the fate of several of us. I want us to all Going back to the original path of life. My sister and the third young master Shen are in love, and they should be together, right?"
While saying this, Bai Chu recalled several classic episodes of Qiong Yao's drama in his mind, and tried his best to convince himself that "love is the supreme truth, love is supreme, love is supreme..."
Bai Zizhen's brows furrowed even more, and he tried to speak to her in a gentle tone: "Chu Hua, don't think too much, I can assure you that Yinhua will never have anything to do with Shen Yuzhi in the future. You, this world is not easy for women, at least the Shen family is good enough, but it is a good home. If you really feel that you can't stay in the Shen family, I will try my best to deal with you. "
"Anyway, it's your own happiness that matters most."
This is the longest sentence Bai Chu has heard from him including the original owner's memory. If it weren't for the strict etiquette in this era, she would have wanted to go up and give him a big hug.
Big brother thank you so much!
But he finally waited for his words.
Bai Chu exhaled slowly in his heart, and sincerely thanked Bai Zizhen: "Thank you eldest brother, your words have helped me a lot."
From the bottom of her heart, she was extremely unwilling to waste her second life on Shen Yuzhi. I came to Bai Mansion today, firstly for Bai Yinhua, and secondly to find out if there are any forces or allies who can cooperate in the original owner's home.
If it was only on her own, if she wanted to get out of the Shen residence with the eldest princess in charge, she would have to leave all the way, and the difficulty and danger would be extremely high.
The corners of Bai Zizhen's lips raised slightly, revealing a faint smile: "I said, I'm your elder brother, it's right to take care of you."
Seeing their brothers and sisters playing together, Bai Ziqi, who was ignored, was unhappy, and he twisted his body to insert himself between the two: "What about me? It was agreed in advance that if Shen Yuzhi made something wrong, you If you still endure it silently, then I won't help you."
"You have to say it when you are bullied, you know?" Seeing the red coral stamens embellished on her bun, Bai Ziqi suddenly felt a little itchy in her hands. The bun is messed up.
Bai Chu took a step back abruptly, almost not screaming. He raised his eyes in astonishment to see Bai Ziqi proudly showing his big white teeth, which were especially conspicuous in the sunlight.
...what a bear boy.
Bai Zizhen couldn't see it anymore, so he said helplessly: "Okay, don't make trouble, I'll have someone go to the government doctor, you go to the house first."
The reason why he and Bai Ziqi came here was because Mrs. Zhang was left in the Cihetang because of Bai Chu's words. There was no other way but to tell the maid to secretly go over to spread the letter to Bai Zizhen. It happened that Bai Ziqi was there. It just exploded. If you have to come here, you can't stop it.
However, even without Zhang's instructions, Bai Zizhen would not have allowed the eldest sister to meet the second brother-in-law alone, especially since their identities were embarrassing.
Just because of what Bai Chu confessed to him just now, Bai Zizhen felt a little hesitant in her heart. She really did something wrong, but she didn't have any bad intentions behind her. Even if she wanted to hurt someone, she was hurting herself.
Bai Zizhen has heard some rumors about the relationship between Shen Yuzhi and Yinhua, and he also understands that most of them are probably true.
The most innocent among them was Bai Chuhua who was suddenly involved.
Bai Zizhen is a person who attaches great importance to rules and responsibilities, and he has long been dissatisfied with Shen Yuzhi, both because he failed Bai Yinhua, and because he married Bai Chuhua but still couldn't let go of his obsession, causing the three of them to be disturbed. Not happy.
Thinking of this, he felt more pity for Bai Chu, Yinhua still had room to stop the loss in time, but she was already caught in it.
The cold and hard lines on Bai Zizhen's face gradually softened, and he said to Bai Chu: "Chu Hua, Yin Hua and Shen Yuzhi are both older than you, there is no reason for you to bother to plan for them, you are in the Shen family. If you have any trouble, or if you want to do something, just tell someone to tell me."