HBWnovel Chapter 10 Who is he to me?
Chapter 10 Who is he to me?
the next day is bright
In the morning after the rain, with the fragrance of the earth, it is refreshing and very comfortable.Bai Yutang stood at the door of the inn, stretched his waist a lot, then took the reins of the horse from the second-hand shopkeeper, got on the horse, and hurried all the way to Ding's mansion.While walking, he thought triumphantly that he must go to Zhan Zhao's room to cover his bed before breakfast time, who told him to come up with a blind idea yesterday and pull the red thread indiscriminately.Thinking about last night, he was still a little aggrieved. If he hadn't happened to meet the boy who came to deliver the letter later, he might have been depressed!
It turned out that the night before, Bai Yutang came out of the study angrily, looked around, didn't know where to go, and suddenly wanted to have a few drinks, so he went all the way to the stable, led a horse and was about to leave.As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he happened to see the butler Hong Bo talking to a man who looked like a servant. When he saw him coming, Hong Bo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said,
"Mr. Bai, you have already heard the news. You are going to see Lord Lu and the others? You are really well informed!"
Bai Yutang was also taken aback for a moment, looked at Uncle Hong, then at the young man, and quickly came to his senses, asking,
"Are all my brothers here?"
The boy nodded obediently and said,
"Going back to Master Wu, Island Master Lu, his wife and several other Island Masters have arrived at Mohua Village and are resting at the inn now. Look at the sky, the heavy rain may soon come down. Madam said, it's so late, Old lady, the ladies are probably asleep. Instead of coming in the rain and darkness at night, it’s better to come early tomorrow morning to say hello to the old lady. No, I’m just talking to the old housekeeper.”
Humber nodded,
"Madam Lu is very thoughtful."
Without even thinking about it, Bai Yutang said to the boy,
"You lead the way ahead, I'll go to the inn to meet Big Brother and the others."
He said to Humber again,
"Uncle Hong, I won't be coming back tonight. I will come with my elder brother and the others tomorrow morning."
He was a little angry, so he didn't even wait for Hong Bo's answer, and hurried away, and the boy quickly got on his horse and chased him.
Hong Bo knew that Fifth Master Bai always did things in his own way, so he was not annoyed at his unreasonableness, shook his head and closed the door of the mansion, and went in.Think about the young masters, the young master was still discussing things in the study, he called Dabao, and said,
"Dabao, go to the study and tell the young master that Mr. Bai went to the inn to meet Master Lu, and he won't be coming back tonight. Let the young master not worry about it."
Dabao led the way to the study, just missing Zhan Zhao who came out to look for Bai Yutang.
It is said that Bai Yutang galloped all the way to the inn, asked about the room, knocked on the door and entered the room, saw only Min Xiuxiu was there, and asked,
"Sister-in-law, where are they?"
When Min Soo Soo saw him, he was surprised and said,
"Fifth, why are you here? Your eldest brother and the others were in the shop in the town talking to some managers, and they are back now. How are you doing with the old lady? You are doing well with Xiao Zhan and the others. Right? Have you seen Yuehua?"
Bai Yutang was annoyed when he heard Ding Yuehua's name, and said displeasedly,
"Sister-in-law, I'll book a room first, and then take a shower. Let's talk about it together when the eldest brother and the others come back."
Only then did Min Soo-soo see that he was unhappy, and smiled accommodatingly and said,
"It's fine, I think it's a dark day, and there will be heavy rain, so don't leave today, and come with us tomorrow, it's a courtesy."
After a lot of tossing, Bai Yutang finally soaked himself in a bucket of warm water. The warmth and comfort made the resentment in his heart slowly drift away, and was replaced by longing for that "hateful" person. His concern made him wonder too.He has always believed that Zhan Zhao is a rare good friend who fits his temperament very well, but sometimes he can feel that he has an unreasonable desire to monopolize Zhan Zhao, as if Zhan Zhao is his friend alone and can only treat him. One cares.He slapped the surface of the water with his hands in annoyance, and the water splashed everywhere. Suddenly, the scene of kissing Zhan Zhao while taking care of him that day appeared in his mind again.At that time, the aggrieved expression on Zhan Zhao's face in his sleep made him feel so distressed, and made him want to care and comfort him.What exactly is going on?Bai Yutang asked himself deep in his heart, what happened to me?Why do I have such longing for Zhan Zhao? He is a man, a real man!Could it be. . .Could it be. . .I have unreasonable thoughts about him, do I have that disgusting habit of cutting off sleeves? !
Thinking of this, Bai Yutang's body trembled, and he immediately stood up from the water, thinking silently,
No, no, I don't like him, he's just my best friend.Women, I like women.
While struggling with himself, someone knocked at his door, and a loud, loud voice cried,
"Old Five, why are you taking a bath so slowly?"
No need to guess, he knew it was the third brother Xu Qing, so he quickly answered,
"Okay, I'll go right now."
After a while, he went back to the elder brother's room again, only to see that the elder brothers were all there.Seeing him, Lu Fang greeted him with a smile,
"Fifth brother, how are you staying at the old lady's place these days? Didn't you cause any trouble?"
"Good! It couldn't be better!"
"Oh? What's the good thing? Let's listen to it, and let the brothers follow Lele." Xu Qing answered heartlessly, but Jiang Ping and the others could all hear the resentment, and looked at Bai Yutang together , silently.
"Hmph, the brothers and sisters from the Su family in Zhejiang came this afternoon." Bai Yutang said angrily.
"Oh, the brothers and sisters of the Su family are here too? I heard that the young lady of the Su family is a famous beauty in Hangzhou!" Min Xiuxiu is a woman after all, so she was deeply impressed by the title of this beauty.
Xu Qing also joined in the fun and joked,
"Don't tell me the Ding family wants to marry the Su family?"
The second child, Han Zhang, thought it made sense, nodded and said,
"Don't tell me, it's really not sure. Except for Zhao Zhong, who is a little bit of an understatement, the Ding family is all good. I heard that Da Ding and Xiao Ding are already engaged, and they are all in the Shanghai area. The daughter of a rich family, it seems that Zhan Zhao is the only one who is worthy of being the number one beauty in Hangzhou this time."
"That's right. When I saw Zhan Zhao this time, I really looked like a modest gentleman. You need to have good looks, you need to be talented and talented, and you are the favorite of Mrs. Ding. It is really a match made in heaven with this Miss Su." Jiang Ping He had a very good impression of Zhan Zhao, so he nodded in agreement at this time.
"Snapped"
Bai Yutang slapped the table and stood up, startling Lu Fang and the others, all staring at him, Xu Qing said unhappily,
"Fifth, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Ping pulled Bai Yutang's sleeve, motioning him to sit down quietly.Bai Yutang just heard them praise that Zhan Zhao and Su Hong are a perfect match, and he was so angry that he didn't share the same feeling in his heart. He was extremely unhappy, so he replied,
"What's so good about Zhan Zhao? He's obsessive about everything, and he'll make things difficult for himself all day long. He can't even handle his younger siblings. Su Hong must be very favored at home. Zhan Zhao, that pissed cat How can you control her with her temper? It would be hard to get married!"
"Ha ha ha ha"
Xu Qing laughed, clapped his hands and said,
"I asked you why you were angry. It turned out that it was to compete with that kitten Zhan. Okay, I also think that the fifth younger brother is no worse than that Zhan Zhao in terms of appearance, family background, and ability. Big brother, it's better for us to strike first , give the dowry for the fifth younger brother first, and marry the number one beauty back to Xingkong Island to be the fifth younger brother and sister!"
Han Zhang immediately frowned and scolded him,
"Why are you messing around with the fifth child? Showing up the kitten? Turn around and let the old lady hear it, how inappropriate!"
Lu Fang looked at his wife thoughtfully, meaning to ask her opinion.
Min Xiuxiu frowned slightly, shook her head lightly and said to her husband,
"I don't think it's right. Mohua Village and Xingkong Island are neighbors, and the relationship has always been very good. If the Su family disagrees, then we will propose a marriage for the fifth younger brother. It will be reasonable and justified."
Jiang Ping had a delicate mind. He and Lu Fang had different thoughts. He asked Bai Yutang in a low voice,
"Old Five, do you think Su Hong is not good enough for Zhan Zhao?"
In fact, Bai Yutang himself couldn't explain clearly in his heart, so he simply shook his head, flicked his sleeves, and said,
"Oh, don't make up your minds. I decide my own affairs. Brother, it's getting late. I'm going to bed. Don't I have to pay my respects to the old lady tomorrow morning?"
As he spoke, he opened the door and went out. The elder brothers in the room could only shake their heads. Xu Qing panted heavily and cursed,
"Old Five has a bad temper! Hehe, we really spoiled him."
Han Zhang patted him on the shoulder and said in fake anger,
"You still say?! It's not that you help him every time!"
Several people laughed at the same time, and then went back to their houses.
The next day, Bai Yutang woke up early in the morning after struggling all night without getting a good night's sleep, and left a note to his brothers, telling them to take the first step.Soon, the dark brown gate of Ding Mansion appeared in front of his eyes, just after dawn, Bai Yutang tapped on the gate of the mansion, and the door opened soon.Bai Yutang came to the small courtyard of Zhan Zhao's bedroom with ease, and was thinking about how to play tricks on the cat, when he saw the door of Zhan Zhao's room opened, and the butler Hong Bo came out on tiptoe, looked up to see Bai Yutang, and was immediately overjoyed , took him by the arm, and said eagerly,
"Hey, my Mr. Bai, you are back!"
Bai Yutang was also taken aback, and asked,
"Uncle Hong, why are you in Zhan Zhao's room? What's wrong? What happened to him?"
Hong Bo stroked his mouth with his index finger, and said in a low voice,
"Master Bai, come in with me quickly. Fortunately, you're here, I'm dying of anxiety here! Go and see our third young master!"
Entering the room, Ah Fu was holding a towel to wipe the forehead of Zhan Zhao who was lying on the bed with a sad face. When he saw Bai Yutang, the worry on his face became heavier.Bai Yutang walked over quickly and asked anxiously,
"Ah Fu, what's wrong with your young master? He was fine last night!"
Ah Fu made room for him and said in a muffled voice,
"Then I have to ask you!"
Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao's face was red, and immediately realized that he had a fever. He touched his forehead, and it was really hot. He turned around and asked Ah Fu,
"What's the matter?"
Ah Fu twisted a cold handkerchief, handed it to Bai Yutang, and recalled,
"Last night, I went to the study to pick up the third young master back to his room. Who would have thought that he was not there? I heard from the young master that he went out to find you. I was about to leave when Dabao happened to come and said that you were going to the inn in the town I saw Lord Lu and the others went. I thought, the third young master couldn’t find you, so he will be back soon. I waited for him in the study, and then it started to rain. We sent some young masters and young ladies off I went back to the room, but I didn't see the third young master for a long time. The rain was very heavy..."
Bai Yutang got impatient and interrupted him,
"Hurry up and get to the point, what's wrong with the cat?"
Ah Fu was scolded by him, let alone being able to speak, Hong Bo said for him beside him,
"Ah Fu, go and change the water again, I'll tell Mr. Bai." Hong Bo lowered his voice and said to Bai Yutang,
"The third young master just fell asleep for a while, Mr. Bai, please keep your voice down a little bit, and I will tell you the situation. When Ah Fu came back last night, he said that he saw the third young master sitting in a daze at the door of your room in the heavy rain." Well. Later in the middle of the night, Ah Fu came to me and said that the third young master was ill. I followed him, only to find that the third young master had a large wound on his back shoulder, probably because the wound was soaked by rain, and he was injured It's freezing, and it's been burning since the middle of the night."
Bai Yutang's expression changed upon hearing this, and he asked anxiously,
"Did you call for a doctor? What medicine did you take? Let me see his wound first."
"Master Bai, don't worry, just listen to me." Uncle Hong hurriedly comforted Bai Yutang,
"Yesterday when the third young master was sober, he repeatedly emphasized that he could not find a doctor or let other people know. Because today is the old lady's birthday banquet, there must be many relatives and guests. The third young master said don't let the whole family know because of him. I'm worried, I've disturbed the old lady's birthday banquet again."
"You just listen to what he says?!" Bai Yutang muttered indignantly, and he himself knew Zhan Zhao's obstinate but stubborn character.
Ah Fu changed the water and brought it into the house.
Hong Bo looked at Bai Yutang, then asked cautiously,
"Master Bai, did you quarrel with our third young master yesterday?"
"No! Why am I arguing with him?" Bai Yutang took the towel and gently placed it on Zhan Zhao's forehead to cool him down, then turned his head and asked,
"Hong Bo, why do you ask such a question?"
Ah Fu glanced at him, lowered his head to wash the towel, and said complainingly,
"In the middle of the night, the third young master had a bad fever and kept talking nonsense. He kept calling your name, saying that he was wrong, so don't be angry. Then he asked me where you went? I don't know him Am I awake, or confused, I'm scared to death!"
As Ah Fu spoke, he choked up.But Bai Yutang froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.
"White...Jade...Tang"
A small voice, a little hoarse and exhausted, made Bai Yutang wake up immediately.He leaned down and saw Zhan Zhao who opened his eyes slightly, frowning slightly, looking at him in confusion.He hurriedly asked,
"Cat, are you awake? What's wrong? How's your shoulder? Does your head hurt?"
Zhan Zhao closed his eyes again and swallowed his saliva, but this action soon caused great pain, making his frown even tighter.he said softly,
"Yutang, you... don't... make noise! I want to... drink... water."
Ah Fu brought up the prepared water with great eyesight, but was stopped by Bai Yutang and said,
"Ah Fu, go and see if there is hot porridge in the kitchen, and bring me a bowl. Oh, and, you go to my room, there is a small red box on the bookshelf, bring it here, my sister-in-law made it herself The best trauma medicine I have given you, I will change it for your young master. Why are you standing there, go!"
Ah Fu looked at Uncle Hong, who waved his hand and said,
"So, you go to Mr. Bai's room to get the medicine, and I'll go to the kitchen to serve the porridge."
Only then did Ah Fu nod his head and go out, before he left, he looked at Bai Yutang worriedly.
Bai Yutang couldn't care about Ah Fu's attitude at this time. He sat on the head of Zhan Zhao's bed, holding the bowl in his left hand, and supported Zhan Zhao with his right arm, and then leaned his entire back against his chest, and asked carefully: ,
"Cat, is it okay to sit like this? Are you dizzy?"
Zhan Zhao wanted to shake his head, but he didn't have the strength to say,
"Give me some water first!"
Bai Yutang immediately put the bowl near Zhan Zhao's mouth to feed him, then put down the bowl, wiped the water from Zhan Zhao's mouth with his sleeve, and asked softly,
"Is it better? Do you still drink?"
After Zhan Zhao drank the water, he immediately felt that the fire in his throat disappeared. He nodded slightly and said,
"Well, it's much better. My throat was uncomfortable just now."
Bai Yutang put the bowl on the small table beside the bed and asked again,
"Can I sit down? Do you want to lie down for a while? Let me see the injury on your shoulder?"
Zhan Zhao didn't answer, he was concerned about other issues,
"Bai Yutang, where did you go last night?"
"I... I... It's not because of you... Blind..."
"I'm sorry." Before Bai Yutang could finish speaking, Zhan Zhao said what was already in his heart.
"Last night, I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully. About Miss Su..."
"Shut up!" Bai Yutang hugged Zhan Zhao tightly from his face, he didn't know why he hugged him, as if he was hugging his favorite treasure.He was really angry, angry that Zhan Zhao apologized again, he said angrily,
"I don't need your apology!"
Zhan Zhao was uncomfortable being hugged by him, and he heard his unfriendly tone, thinking that Bai Yutang was still angry, so he wanted to turn around and explain, but a slight shake of his head made him suddenly feel dizzy, the area on his chest Painful for a while, he raised his hand to press on his chest, Bai Yutang immediately knew what was wrong with him, and asked anxiously,
"Cat, what's wrong?"
He put a pillow behind Zhan Zhao's waist, then turned himself around, sat in front of Zhan Zhao, and supported him.
"Ahem," Zhan Zhao lowered his head for a while, then raised his head, looked at Bai Yutang, and said sincerely,
"Bai Yutang, I didn't do it on purpose yesterday, I've already explained it to my brother, don't be angry."
Bai Yutang was angry, looked at Zhan Zhao, was speechless for a long time, then admitted defeat and said,
"Okay, I see, I'm not angry anymore! It's you, what happened just now, does your chest hurt?"
Zhan Zhao was relieved when he heard that he said he was not angry anymore, the pain in his chest was not so bad, but he felt extremely tired and his eyelids were extra heavy.
"I'm fine, just...very...tired..."
Bai Yutang slid down when he heard that he hadn't finished speaking, and quickly grabbed him.Then he helped him lie down, tucked in the quilt, and wiped the sweat from his temples.After everything was done, he heard Zhan Zhao slightly short of breath, and Bai Yutang was worried, thinking that when his sister-in-law arrived, he would hurry up and let her come over to see what was wrong for the cat.Just as he was thinking, Zhan Zhao, who was already asleep, opened his eyes again, and Bai Yutang hurried up to him and asked,
"Cat, what do you want to say?"
Zhan Zhao blinked and said,
"Before the birthday banquet starts in a while, you must wake me up, I can't be late, the whole family is here."
Bai Yutang looked unhappy,
"You are so sick, how do you go?"
Zhan Zhao said weakly,
"Don't make a fuss, I'll just sleep a little longer, I'm not that useless."
"You also said that it is useless to be sick every three days!"
Zhan Zhao had no choice, he was really worried that Bai Yutang would not call him, so he raised his head slightly, propped his hands on the bed and was about to get up, Bai Yutang was startled, stopped him immediately, and changed his words,
"What are you doing? I'll just wake you up in a while, don't move, just lie down!"
As expected, Zhan Zhao lay down obediently and fell asleep after a while.
Seeing Zhan Zhao like this, Bai Yutang felt extremely uncomfortable.His reckless 'leave without saying goodbye' yesterday made Zhan Zhao so worried, he searched for him in the heavy rain for a long time, so that the old injury recurred and he caught the wind and cold.When this sick cat is in such an uncomfortable situation, seeing me, I actually thought of apologizing to me first, me. . .I. . .
Bai Yutang stood up excitedly, and walked to the window. The hazy light outside the window made him unable to open his eyes for a moment, and then the corners of his eyes became moist. He quickly left the light, and walked back to the exhibition hall. Zhao's bed.He remembered that not long ago, he looked at the tranquil and sleeping Zhan Zhao in the same way. At that time, this silly cat also took the initiative to come to Xingkong Island to look for him, just to say sorry to him.
Zhan Zhao, cat, what kind of person are you? !In my heart, who are you? !