Chu Yi bowed his head, while Rong Jiu sat on the chair with a calm expression, but Pei Weinan, who was sitting opposite, looked confused.
What a coincidence in this world, the little beauty from the Rong Wu family might actually be Chu Yizhuo's sister. No wonder this person kept looking at the person before. He thought it was love at first sight and love again in the storybook.
"Rong Wu, since we are so destined, why not let the little beauty come over and ask clearly!"
Pei Weinan was talking to Rong Jiu when he noticed that his friend turned his head and looked at the tea cup on the table, which looked like a wooden stake.
Although this happened suddenly today, it shouldn't be scary.
Just as he was about to stand up and remind him, Rong Jiu had already stood up from the chair and reached out to hold Chu Yizuo's arm: "This is natural!"
After finishing speaking, he called Xingyun to the door: "Go and ask Taoye to come over, and also send Qingxing some burn medicine, and let her go to the back to rest first!"
"Thank you, Brother Rong!"
Chu Yizuo frowned slightly when he heard Rong Jiu's last words, but now he was preoccupied with whether Tao Ye was his little sister.
"This slave has met the fifth young master and the two young masters!"
Taoye lowered his head, hiding the confusion in his eyes. Why did the fifth young master call him over?
"Miss Taoye..."
Before Taoye heard the fifth young master shouting, a person blocked him in front of him, his eyes full of eager hope were fixed on him.
"The girl is from Yunzhou, but do you still remember her name?"
Chu Yizuo suppressed the excitement in his heart, stabilized his emotions, and then kept his words clear.
The person in front of her was too close to her because of her excitement. Although Taoye was not disgusted with this person and even felt a long-lost feeling of closeness from the eager eyes, she was used to being cautious and subconsciously took a step back. Then he looked back at Rong Jiu with a puzzled look on his face.
"Just answer Brother Chu's words!"
Rong Jiu picked up the already lukewarm tea and put it to her mouth, but took a sip unintentionally.
"This slave is indeed from Yunzhou, and her name when she was young was... Shen Yuan!"
Shen Yuan, these two words passed through Tao Ye's throat for a long time before they came out.
After she said this, the person in front of her actually shed tears, and her suddenly red eyes made the familiar feeling in Tao Ye's heart even stronger.
Chu Yizuo's reaction made several people in the room look different. Pei Weinan smiled slightly, Taoye looked confused and inexplicably warm-hearted, and Rong Jiu lowered his eyes and remained silent.
The day before yesterday, Rong Jiu learned the names of her mother and brother from Tao Ye, but this was the first time he heard the word Shen Yuan.
"Master Chu, this is..."
Taoye raised her eyes and looked at the three people with different expressions in the room, and couldn't help but call out to the person in front of her.
But before she finished speaking, her arms on both sides were gently held, so lightly that she could break free with just a slight movement.
"Ayuan, is it really you?"
"Brother finally found you!"
She subconsciously shrank back, and when she heard this sentence, it was like a spring thunder exploding in her ears. It was obviously a joyful thing, but she was shocked and dizzy.
Maybe Tao Ye was stunned for too long, panic flashed across Chu Yizuo's face, but even so, he just put his hand lightly on Tao Ye's arm, and even took it away for fear of scaring people. Both hands trembled and stopped in mid-air: "I am the eldest brother, Shen Zhuo! Do you still remember, little sister?"
"Ayuan, do you still remember this injury?"
Chu Yizuo reached out and pushed back some of the hair on the left side of his forehead. There was a light brown scar on the scalp covered by the hair.
She remembered, of course she remembered, that was the scar left by her eldest brother being beaten by three grown men in order to protect her. On the way to escape, they lacked food and clothing, let alone medicine, so she and her mother could only use their own rags to provide food and clothing. The elder brother held his hands to stop the bleeding.
The next day, she was kidnapped by traffickers.
Therefore, it was eight years later that she saw the scar healed.
"Brother..."
Taoye couldn't bear the shaking of her body before she restrained herself and didn't fall into the arms of the person in front of her.
"Don't cry, Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan, be good!"
Chu Yizuo's originally anxious handsome face was full of confusion at this moment. He wanted to wipe away his sister's tears like he did when he was a child, but he could feel his sister's forbearance and caution.
His sister is already... Chu Yizhuo felt a pain in his heart.
Although the adoptive father was a branch of the Chu family, he also had three concubines around him. Mrs. Chu could not have children and did not allow the concubines to have children, so she gave them the infertility medicine.
This is true for a concubine with a serious status, but my sister is just a concubine who waits on the bed.
What's more, he had been in Shengjing for two years, and he had witnessed that the powerful children of the academy treated the maids around them as playthings, taking them in their arms and playing with them when they were fond of them, and throwing them aside when they were not interesting.
Although Young Master Rong Wu is not like those playboys, how much can he pay attention to a married woman.
Otherwise, I would not have reprimanded my sister indiscriminately just now.
But with his current powerless status, even if he told Young Master Rong Wu to take his sister out of the house, he might not be able to protect her. In order to control him, the Chu family forced their mother to sell herself into slavery. Who knows? Will he reach out to his sister again?
"Brother, are you okay, mother?"
Not only were their brothers and sisters in the room, but they were also unable to express personal feelings, so Taoye had no choice but to pick the most important questions.
"Okay, mother is still alive!"
Chu Yizuo's voice was choked with sobs, but Taoye just felt that her elder brother was excited when he saw her.
Rong Jiu, on the other hand, turned her head and glanced this way.
"That's good!"
Taoye was relieved that everyone she cared about was still alive. This was the best news she had heard in the past eight years.
"Okay, brother Chu, don't be sad anymore. It's a good thing to find your relatives!"
Pei Weinan stepped forward and patted Chu Yizuo on the shoulder.
"But you brothers and sisters are not alike, otherwise Rong Wu and I would have noticed it a long time ago!"
Although Chu Yizuo was handsome, he was far less stunning than Tao Ye, and their facial features were completely similar.
However, Pei Weinan didn't think much about it. He listened to what these two people just said, and he knew at a glance that it was impossible to identify the wrong person.
"Others also said the same thing. My sister even asked this question when she was a child!"
Chu Yi wiped her tears and managed to regain her previous elegance.
"Brother Chu, what are your plans next?"
Pei Weinan asked this question for his friends. They are people who have read countless people. Although the sincerity and falsehood cannot be seen at a glance, it is still eight or nine points. With Chu Yizuo's love for his sister, he must want a peach. Ye escapes from slavery.
Although with the power of the Prince of Jingguo and the Prince of Yongning, let alone Tao Ye, who was bought into the Duke of Jingguo as a slave, even if it was really a robbery, others would not pay attention to it.
But friends are not such people, not to mention Chu Yizuo is the person they want to win over. Not surprisingly, this person will definitely be among the Jinshi next year.
But as a good friend, he could see that Rong Wu was obsessed with this girl.
