Chapter 16
"Congratulations to my second brother for high school."
Su Yining's silvery laughter came along the wind. Xie Anning crossed Xie Yu and opened the curtain, glanced outside, and then quickly looked back at his brother.
"Brother, let's go down and have a look, too?"
Xie Yu didn't even raise his eyelids, and said in a cold voice: "I said Yang Cong missed, don't you believe it?"
Xie Anning glanced at Xie Yu with disgust, then raised the curtain and looked outside. There are two figures over there, a man and a woman. They are not close enough to tell whether they have a close relationship, but one is attending the Spring Festival and the other is here specially to look at the ranking. I am afraid it is not as simple as an ordinary relationship.
She rolled her eyes: "Yes, I won't cry until I see the coffin, and I won't give up until I reach the Yellow River. I have to go and see it."
Xie Yu opened his eyelids and glanced coldly at the two figures who had walked to the outside of the crowd. Su Yining didn't know what she was talking about. Yang Shen tilted his head to look at her, even the frame of his ear was red.
The hand on his knee slowly tightened, and the knuckles of his fingers turned white from the exertion.
Xie Anning was troubled by his stubborn look. Regardless of whether he agreed or not, he directly ordered someone to stop the carriage and pulled Xie Yu to get out of the carriage.
"I'm not going." Xie Yu shook off Xie Anning's hand.
Xie Anning was so angry that she put her hands on her hips and said, "Brother, if you become a bachelor, it's definitely because of your bad temper."
After saying that, she jumped out of the carriage and no longer wanted to care about Xie Yu.
Xie Anning pushed through the crowd and went to the front to find Yang Cong, who was frustrated because he had failed the exam and looked like a frost-beaten eggplant. She was lively and jumped directly to Yang Cong's side and patted his drooping head: "It's okay. I'll take the test next time. I'll take you to eat shabu-shabu."
When he saw it was her, his drooping head suddenly stiffened, and he said awkwardly: "Well, how can that be done? I haven't finished the homework left by my husband."
After studying like this, he was still thinking about his homework. Xie Anning blinked and said, "Then you do your homework first. After you finish it, we can eat shabu-shabu."
As soon as he finished speaking, before Yang Cong could react, Xie Anning had already pulled him out of the crowd.
"Wait a minute." As soon as Yang Cong walked out of the crowd surrounding him, he grabbed Xie Anning who was about to go forward. "The second brother is over there. He is in high school today. I should go to congratulate Yihe. Please wait for me. A while."
Xie Anning didn't let go, and pulled Yang Cong towards the tall acacia tree where Su Yining and Yang Shen were.
Yang Shen was talking to Su Yining with a red face.
"Second sister is wearing a pink dress today, which is particularly dazzling." Yang Shen rarely interacts with women and doesn't know what to say. He just asked Su Yining if she had eaten breakfast. Now the two of them have nothing to talk about. , he could only find something to say when he had nothing to say.
Su Yining smiled, tucked her hair that was messed up by the wind behind her ears, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Thank you, second brother, it's just an ordinary piece of clothing."
Seeing Su Yining say this, fearing that she would think that he was perfunctory, and fearing that she would think that he was a glib person, Yang Shen quickly explained: "No, I am not deliberately exaggerating. This is really my truth. I I think the second sister looks extremely beautiful no matter what she wears."
After saying that, he felt that what he said seemed too frivolous. Would Su Yining think that he was teasing her? Yang Shen is a dignified and well-educated man who has written all kinds of articles. In the past, he was erudite and eloquent, but today he feels that he can't speak.
He immediately added: "I have no intention of offending, nor do I have any dirty thoughts. In my heart, my second sister is like the bright moon..."
The more he spoke, the more anxious he became. Su Yining smiled at him and interrupted him: "Second brother, there is no need to explain. I don't think there is anything wrong with your words. I treat second brother as I treat my own brother. Full of respect. I think the second brother should look at me as he looks at his sister. It should be more of his love for his sister and there will never be any other evil thoughts. "
She actually understood what Yang Shen meant to her. After meeting her once in the Su Mansion that day, he made several appointments with her, which were nothing more than the things that men and women who meet each other would do, such as drinking tea, admiring flowers, and flying kites.
Su Yining made excuses one by one to refuse. She had promised her grandmother to meet him before, and she was rushing to marry him. At that time, Su Yining thought that since she couldn't find someone she liked, she might as well follow her grandmother's wishes and marry someone she liked.
But these days, her heart is in chaos again.
The relationship between her and Yang Shen was still a little bit different, so it was better not to give others hope for no reason and then disappoint them.
So, intentionally or unintentionally, she brought the topic to the relationship between brother and sister.
Yang Shen is a smart man, and when he heard her say this, he probably understood what she meant. But he did not retreat despite the difficulties, but took a step forward, lowering his head and speaking sincerely.
"No, second sister. Although I call you second sister, that's not what I think in my heart. When I saw you coming just now, I thought you came here specifically to see if I had made the list. You didn't know that at that moment I had How happy."
"But when I calm down, I know that the second sister will not come here specially for me. I know what happened to the second sister in the past. I also understand that the second sister has her heart. I also understand that the second sister does not want to give in. .”
"However, Yang Shen's heart can be learned from the sun and the moon. I am willing to stand there and wait until the second sister is tired that day. Maybe she can look back and see me?"
His voice was clear and his expression was solemn. When he spoke to Su Yining, he kept half-bowing. Except for the first step he took, he never moved an inch forward. He always adhered to etiquette and maintained a reasonable distance from Su Yining. .
The way he spoke was pious and polite.
Yang Cong, who was about to step forward and salute, was grabbed by Xie Anning's shoulders and pulled back.
"Cousin?" Yang Cong didn't know what was going on and turned to look at Xie Anning.
Xie Anning directly pulled him to the banyan tree on the other side. The two of them leaned their heads and looked out through the thick trunk of the banyan tree. Lying on Yang Cong: "Lower your head, blocking me from seeing my brother."
After hearing what she said, Yang Cong also followed her gaze and looked to the other side.
Xie Yu, who had just said so coldly that he couldn't get out of the car, had already stood behind Su Yining and Yang Shen without anyone noticing.
Xie Anning excitedly slapped Yang Cong on the shoulder: "Oh my God, there's going to be a fight later, you have to hold my brother back."
Yang Cong nodded: "Well, in this case, my cousin might beat my cousin to death."
The more they talked, the more excited they became, and their heads stretched longer and longer under the banyan tree.
But under the honey locust tree on the other side, it is particularly harmonious. When Xie Yu heard Yang Shen's words, he didn't look angry and walked past him calmly.
He even smiled, looked up at Yang Shen, smiled, and said slowly: "Congratulations, Tanhua Lang."
Yang Shen was still waiting for Su Yining's reply, but was brought back to his senses by Xie Yu's congratulations. At this moment, the people at the bottom of the list were noisy, those who were on the list and those who were not on the list were talking in twos and threes, and many people were shouting.
There was so much excitement over there, but no one noticed the three people under the honey locust tree here.
It's approaching early summer, and the weather is already a bit sultry, and the wind blowing in the face is also mixed with moist heat. Su Yining just felt embarrassed when she heard Yang Shen express his feelings, but now Xie Yu's arrival made her feel stuffy.
I don’t know when he came, let alone how much he listened to the conversation between them.
Su Yining turned her face away from Xie Yu.
Yang Shen cupped his hands towards Xie Yu and bowed in return: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty. Compared to His Majesty, Yang's literary, Taoist and military skills are far inferior."
This is a compliment to him, but it is indeed an indisputable fact. Xie Yu became famous at a young age. He took the imperial examination at the age of fifteen and is still a role model for the students of Daliang.
Xie Yu raised his eyebrows, glanced briefly at Su Yining, and then turned to look at Yang Shen: "Young Master Yang, you are being humble. Young Master Yang is both talented and beautiful, and he is also the harem of many women in Jinling City. Dreamer."
Su Yining stood aside without saying a word and moved to the side calmly. She stood beside Xie Yu. When she raised her eyes, she could see the way he was speaking through gritted teeth. When she lowered her eyes, she could see his clenched fists.
You obviously don't like talking to Yang Shen, but you insist on coming here to praise him. What's wrong with him?
Yang Shen felt a little guilty after being praised by Xie Yu. He immediately bowed and waved his hands. He wanted to say something more, but the eldest lady of the Yang family who was waiting in the carriage over there had already sent someone to urge her.
He had no choice but to say goodbye to Su Yining and Xie Yu.
Su Yining returned the greeting and gave him a faint smile.
After Yang Shen left, Su Yining also turned around and was about to leave. Xie Yu raised his hand and did not touch her, but just stopped in front of her.
"I am also the second best in the family. I am also older than you."
"Why, we've known each other for many years, but you haven't called me. Where is my second brother?"
Su Yining looked up at him and knew that he had heard everything just now, but she pretended to be nonchalant and came to greet Yang Shen to say hello. She was really good at acting.
"The little girl has nothing to do with the prince now. We should even meet less often. I really don't dare to overstep the bounds of calling you second brother."
Xie Yu was so angry that she was speechless. He yelled affectionately to others about his two brothers and two sisters, and smiled for a while. When it comes to him, he has nothing to do with it and doesn't dare to overstep it.
He tried to calm down for a long time and stopped worrying about this, then turned to ask her again.
"Then he just said that your heart belongs to someone. What's going on?"
"In the past few years since I've been away, you haven't been idle."
