The old lady kept praising Jiang Lai for being virtuous and considerate, but she couldn't help but frown while eating.
I am used to eating exquisite snacks with delicacies from the mountains and seas, but the simple meal in front of me is really hard to swallow.
Murong Dun had no appetite and went back to his room after eating a few mouthfuls.
The two of them were used to putting down the dishes and chopsticks and leaving immediately after eating. They didn't realize until they sat at the table the next day that the dishes and dishes from yesterday had not been washed yet. No one had done these things for you.
Jiang Lai was cooking, and Murong Dun had no choice but to use a crutch with one hand and take the dishes out for cleaning.
The water in early winter was bone-chilling, and the coarse linen clothes on his body were leaking air everywhere. Murongdun coughed hard. Looking at the depressing and cold environment around him, he couldn't help but feel desolate and desperate.
Do you want to live like this for the rest of your life?
He couldn't imagine it.
At night, Jiang Lai would comfort him and ask him to put aside his identity and past and look forward to the future. He also said that he had secretly left some private money with him so that he could go to the countryside to buy some land to grow some food and become self-sufficient.
Murong Dun was already deeply moved by Jiang Lai.
From the very beginning she decided to leave with him, but now, as a pampered young lady, she is still able to comfort him and take care of his thoughts.
Murong Dun only felt that all the blessings in his life were spent on meeting Jiang Lai.
After being passive for a few days, Murong Dun finally decided to cheer up. After all, he was once a prince who had received royal education. He was missing his legs but still had his hands. Being able to write well was enough to earn some money for a living.
Jiang came to a book-buying shop and brought some poetry books that Murong Dun had copied to sell. Seeing that his calligraphy was good, the boss gave him a few more popular books for him to copy.
Twenty coppers are given to copy one copy. Currently, one copper can buy ten steamed buns. Murong Dun can copy two copies a month, and the money earned will be enough for family expenses.
The old lady didn't want to be idle, so she picked up the needle again and started embroidering handkerchiefs for Jiang Lai to sell.
Jiang Lai secretly sold some of his private jewelry in a pawn shop, bought some medicinal materials, and developed medicine at home every day.
Life continues like this hard but plainly.
Murong Dun learned to make fun out of hardships, tapping the table with wooden sticks when he didn't have the piano to play, while Jiang Lai danced to the rhythm.
He thought that life would continue like this until one day he discovered that the door to the backyard would always open for no reason. After that, there would be more exquisite meals and pastries on the table that day.
Murong Dun thought it was Jiang Lai's parents who secretly sent it. Unexpectedly, when he deliberately got up early and waited at the corner of the backyard, he found that the person who came to deliver the thing was not a servant at all, but Jiang Ling!
He actually came to deliver food to Jiang Lai himself!
After each delivery, he would not leave immediately. Instead, he and Jiang Lai would stay in the corner of the backyard and chat for a while before leaving.
When Jiang Ling left, Jiang Lai came in with a lunch box in his hand and a smile on his face.
As expected, there were several rich and exquisite dishes on the dinner table that day.
Murong Dun hesitated to move his chopsticks, his face was gloomy and his breath was suppressed. When Jiang Lai asked him, the man slowly raised his head and looked at her with a cold tone.
"Did your parents send this to you?"
Jiang Lai nodded.
"Yes, my parents asked someone else to send it to them. What happened?"
"Someone else? Who is this other person? Is he a servant?"
Jiang Lai frowned.
"I'm not a servant, but who is important? What's wrong with you? You're so weird."
Murong Dun sneered.
"Why don't you dare to tell me who that person is?"
"It's Ah Ling. My brother sent it here. Is there any problem?"
Jiang Lai was a little angry and put down his chopsticks with an annoyed tone.
At this time, Murong Dun realized that his attitude just now was indeed a bit too extreme, so he pursed his lips and softened his tone.
"This kind of thing can be done by servants. And now I have to pay for copying books every month. This money is enough for us to eat good food occasionally. Let me tell you that my family does not need to send anything here next time. we do not need."
Jiang Lai stood up and left with a sullen face, his back looking a little angry.
Seeing this, the old lady helplessly glared at Murongdun.
"After all, they are her mother's family. We can take advantage of the opportunity of delivering food to see her. Why are you so angry? Isn't it good for the whole family to live in harmony?"
Murong Dun remained silent.
He didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that what he really cared about was Jiang Ling, his younger brother who had no blood relationship with Jiang Lai.
The man's intuition told him that Jiang Ling's attitude towards Jiang Lai was definitely not the love of a younger brother for his older sister. He looked at Jiang Lai with a possessive look in his eyes that only a man could see.
How could this reassure him that Jiang Lai would continue to contact him.
When he returned to his room at night, Jiang Lai sat by the window and refused to go to bed. Murong Dun knew that she was angry.
"Are you thinking that I am too poor to be serious?"
Murong Dun knew that Jiang Lai was soft-hearted, so he immediately started to show weakness.
"Jiang Lai, I just want to prove to your family that even if I am not a prince, I can still support you and support the whole family. You know, your family has always looked down on me, and now they hate me even more."
"Don't think so."
As expected, Jiang Lai softened his attitude.
"As long as you are nice to me, the rest is not important, I don't care."
"I care, I want to give you a better life, I want you to live your old life, and I want your family to accept me. Do you understand me, Jiang Lai?"
Jiang Lai: I understand your mother is making a comparison.
"Well, I know, I understand."
Murong Dun hugged Jiang Lai happily.
In the dead of night, after confessing his true feelings, Murong Dun wanted to have some intimacy, but there was no reaction from his body.
He didn't dare let Jiang Lai find out, so after saying a few more words, he turned around and fell asleep.
Jiang Lai smiled and stroked the jade bracelet on his hand, thinking about the current heart rate.
Ninety-eight percent.
The remaining two percent is not easy for a man like Murong Dun, who is selfish at heart, to achieve it.
Finally, a strong dose of medicine is needed.
Not long after, Little Pudding told her before going to bed one night.
"Don't gasp now."
Jiang Lai did as he was told, and after holding it in for a few seconds, he continued to pretend to be asleep. After a while, the door of the room was slowly pushed open from the outside, and a slender figure walked in from the outside. He walked lightly to the bed and stretched out his hand to Murongdun's nose. Sprinkle some medicinal powder underneath.
The next second, Murongdun woke up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the woman he hated in his dreams, Luo Yang.
"you……"
"Shh, Saburo, come with me first, and I will explain everything to you."
Then, Jiang Lai felt Murong Dun get out of bed lightly, followed by the sound of the door opening and closing in his ears.
Little Pudding reported to her in real time.
Murong Dun: "Luo Yang, is this interesting to you? You just kicked me away after using me. What are you doing now? I'm a useless person and have no use value!"
