eurekapd Chapter 221: Brother Xuan who was wronged
Chapter 221: Brother Xuan who was wronged
Xuan Ge'er pushed Kang Ge'er's face and spoke only after he was far away.
"No, my brother and I are best friends."
Kang Ge'er ignored the little hand pushing him, and moved over, hugging Xuan Ge'er like a good brother.
"Xuandi has his own little secrets, but he won't tell me."
Xuan Ge'er was like a frightened rabbit, he opened his eyes wide and shook his head quickly.
"No, there's no secret, brother. You're overthinking it."
"Don't lie to me. I see you like picking your hands the most when you lie."
Kang Ge'er pointed at Xuan Ge'er's hand, and Xuan Ge'er's thumb involuntarily clasped the first joint of his index finger.
Xuan Ge'er put his hands behind his back feeling a little guilty and his eyes started to wander.
"Brother, the ancestral tablets are all here. You can't lie in front of the ancestors."
Kang Ge'er's faint voice came over.
He couldn't help but glance up, feeling a little hairy on his back, and involuntarily sticking close to the person next to him.
Kang Ge'er looked at his younger brother standing next to him and smiled secretly in his heart.
Little guy, you followed me since you were a kid, and I didn't even know you.
Looking at his brother's frightened and pitiful expression, his heart softened again.
"Brother, tell me, did someone say anything to you?"
long silence
Kang Ge'er didn't rush him, but just looked at him quietly, waiting for him to think it over.
"pat"
"pat"
First one or two drops, then the tears poured out, soon casting a dark shadow on the kneeling mat.
Xuan Ge'er lowered his head and his shoulders twitched involuntarily.
"I heard that my sister and I are guests of the Earl's Mansion, and that we eat and drink better than the real masters on a daily basis. This is not in accordance with the rules."
When he said this, his voice was choked.
"She also said that Grandma loved us dearly, and that even if the other masters in the family had complaints, they wouldn't dare to say anything. She also said that as long as we could find a stepmother for my sister and me, we could move out of the mansion and avoid having to eat and drink for free, which was really a joke."
Xuan'er's eyes were blurred with tears. He felt more and more ashamed as he spoke, and he didn't dare to look up at his brother.
Kang Ge'er's face was unusually cold, and he gritted his teeth as he asked word by word, "And what else did you say?"
Xuan Ge'er ignored all the rules, knelt on the mat, and cried out all the grievances he had felt in his heart in recent days.
"I often hear them whispering behind my back, 'There's no other family in the capital that raises all their grandchildren together, regardless of whether they're brothers or sisters. People outside don't know how they'll laugh at us, the uncle's family.'"
"They say my mother had a miserable life. She married a woman who was not as good as my second aunt. She has no relatives in her husband's family, and the child she gave birth to is still a burden."
"She also said that I was ignorant and obsessed with my brother all day long, and I had no manners."
By this time, Xuan Ge'er was already crying so hard that he was out of breath and his speech was intermittent.
The child seemed to be unable to breathe due to constant sobbing.
Kang Ge'er clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles cracked.
He held Xuan'er in his arms, patted his back constantly, and tried to soften his tone to comfort him.
"Those people are talking nonsense. I'm your brother, and I'm happy to take you out to play. Anyone can be a guest, but you and cousin Wei are never. The Bo Mansion is your home. Wait until I find those nonsense people and I'll pull out their tongues."
When he said the last sentence, Kang Ge'er's tone was as cold as frost.
Taking out the handkerchief from his arms, Kang Ge'er wiped his brother's tears, holding his little face and letting him look at him.
"Xuan'er, be good. When we get out, tell me who said that and I'll take you to deal with them. Let's go tell the old lady. She'll be so angry that she'll pick up a note and kick those people out."
"The old lady loves you so much, and mother likes you so much too. And father once said that if he weren't in poor health, he would definitely keep you by his side every day. Even I envy you sometimes. Father never took care of me when I was a child. The old lady and mother never let him interfere in my affairs. It's only in the past two years that he seems to be in better spirits."
"You don't know that your father always kept you by his side during that time. I was envious for several days."
"Really? Really?"
Xuan Ge'er envied his brother very much because he had a mother and a father by his side, although he was always scolded.
He secretly thought in his heart that if possible, he would rather be scolded every day and have his father and mother by his side.
Kang Ge'er gently wiped the tears from Xuan Ge'er's face with a handkerchief and nodded seriously.
He really envied Xuan Ge'er, especially when he saw Xuan Ge'er walking with his father, he felt that Xuan Ge'er was more like his father's biological son than him.
But he was just envious, and more than envy he felt heartache, heartbroken that this little brother had left his father at such a young age.
"Of course, but I'm still happier in my heart."
Xuan Ge'er was twitching and tears kept sliding down the corners of his eyes.
After hearing this, he was a little confused. Why was he still happy?
But his brother didn't continue. He was curious, so he raised his head and looked at his brother in confusion, sobbing.
"W-why?"
Kang Ge'er sighed. The handkerchief in his hand was already wet. He had no choice but to wipe him with his sleeve.
"Because there's one more person who loves Xuan'er. We have the old lady, mother, father, and fourth uncle. Now there's also fourth aunt, cousin, and of course me. That means there are seven people who love Xuan'er. Not only that, Qi Mama, Suchun, Lu Mama, Qiu Mama, Peiju, they all love Xuan'er very much."
"So, seeing so many people love you, do you feel very happy?"
Xuan Ge'er nodded blankly. It was really a lot when he counted them.
"wrong!"
Xuan Ge'er pursed his lips.
"What's wrong?"
Xuan Ge'er suddenly burst into laughter, and a bubble of snot came out of his nose.
"And father, you forgot to mention it."
Oh oh oh, look at my stupid brain, I forgot about Xuan Ge’er’s biological father.
Shen Xianli, who was handling official business, suddenly felt a little chilly. It seemed that he needed to put on more clothes.
"Look at me, hey, I forgot, forgot."
Then Kang Ge'er seemed to have thought of something.
"So, there are still some that you've forgotten. Second aunt, do you still remember the one who hugged you and wouldn't let go during the New Year's Day? And your two cousins, they all loved Xuan'er, right?"
Xuan Ge'er nodded. He remembered his second aunt. Every time she came back, she would hug him and cry.
Sometimes I cry quietly so that he won’t notice, and sometimes I cry unconsciously just looking at him.
"Does Second Aunt look a lot like Mother?"
Xuan Ge'er asked in a low voice. He seldom mentioned his mother, or to be more precise, he almost never mentioned her in front of adults.
He was only two years old when his mother died.
I just have a vague impression that he was held in the arms of a woman, who was humming a ballad to coax him.