Chapter 361 My stupid brother!
Chapter 361 My stupid brother!
The night was deep, with only a faint moonlight shining through the wooden window into the house, making it seem particularly desolate. The faint smell of blood and alcohol in the air made people particularly sober.
Wang Lin sat in the room for a long time with his upper body exposed and his eyes empty and confused. Then he sighed heavily, breaking the silence.
Unexpectedly, his niece had such a wide circle of friends. She even had friends in North City, including General Chen Du’s granddaughter Chen Jiaoyi, who was quite familiar with him.
He still vaguely remembered that in his previous life, this little girl was abducted by the Hu people very early, the Chen family was almost wiped out, and she also suffered humiliation from the Hu people, and lived a life worse than death for half her life.
Wang Lin rubbed his sore arm. In order to prevent Chen Jiaoyi from noticing anything unusual, he had been playing with a big hammer for half an hour. The hammer was specially made by Duke Chen for physical exercise.
He sighed again, saying that the world is unpredictable and there are variables everywhere.
Then, the crying face of his little niece appeared in his mind, and he sighed again.
At this time, a woman's voice sounded outside the door, "General Wang, Madam ordered the servant to bring hot water."
As Wang Lin shouted "Come in", the door was slowly pushed open, and two tall maids came in carrying hot water.
A fragrant breeze blew past his nose, and Wang Lin's eyes fell on the maid. His gaze slowly moved across the woman's slender figure, and finally stopped on her broad palm.
He sneered, "Mrs. Chen is really interesting. She actually let a man dress up as a woman to serve me. What? Are you afraid that I will become a beast?"
The two maids who were pouring water paused and looked at each other.
One of them slightly turned his eyes to look at Wang Lin, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he sighed in a male voice, "It is said that after three days of not seeing someone, you should look at him with new eyes, but this saying will never be true for you. Wang Lin, you are so arrogant, how come you haven't made any progress at all."
When Wang Lin heard the familiar voice, he couldn't help but stand there in a daze. He looked at the woman in front of him with astonishment, and a name popped up in his mind - Wang Cheng.
At this time, another person glanced at him with contempt, and said in a mocking tone, "He is just pretentious. I guess he thinks no one here can kill him."
Wang Lin: ..., Lin Yuzan
Then, under his shocked gaze, the two of them simultaneously reached out and lifted the "skin" on their faces, revealing their true appearance in North City for the first time.
Wang Cheng looked cold and distant.
Lin Yuzan's face was indifferent and calm.
The two of them greeted in unison, "Linzi, it's been a long time."
Wang Lin opened his mouth slightly, but suddenly faced with two people, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Lin Yuzan threw the bucket to the ground, glanced at the wounds on Wang Lin's body that were still bleeding and the marks of fire, then raised his eyebrows and glanced at his old rival. Sure enough, he saw pain in this man's eyes.
He sneered, walked around the two brothers, sat down at the table, and clinked the tea sets.
Wang Cheng's eyes flashed with speechlessness, and then he said, "Lin Zi, sit down. I'll give you some medicine first. Shunan and I have something important to do later, so we can't stay any longer."
Wang Lin subconsciously blurted out the word "Wang", then paused abruptly, and then showed an unnatural smile, "Thank you, brother."
Wang Cheng seemed not to notice anything was wrong. Without any strange expression, he took out the ointment he had prepared long ago and applied it to his brother carefully as before.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became depressing.
Lin Yuzan calmly poured himself a cup of tea, then stretched out his hand to Wang Lin and said concisely, "A letter."
Wang Lin didn't react immediately, "What?"
Lin Yuzan glanced at the idiot impatiently and spoke again, "Give me Wanniang's letter and Qingjie's letter."
Wang Lin looked embarrassed and replied, "I came in a hurry, and my sister didn't have time to write a letter, but Sister Qing asked me to tell you and my brother to go back early. She misses you."
Hearing this, Lin Yuzan looked at him deeply, then picked up the teacup and took a sip.
This glance made Wang Lin feel a chill running down his spine, as if someone had seen through his thoughts, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
He was about to explain further when he heard his brother's unhappy complaint.
"Qing Jie'er is such a heartless kid. We haven't seen each other for just a month. I'm afraid she has forgotten all the good things we did for her. That's why she brought this message."
Wang Lin laughed and shook his head, "Qing Jie'er originally wrote a letter, but Qing Jie'er didn't want to leave me, so she suddenly got angry, took the letter back, and took it out on the clay figurine."
Wang Cheng froze instantly.
Lin Yuzan's expression gradually turned cold. He glanced at the person who was speaking and asked in confusion, "Sister Qing's clay figurine?"
“That’s right. She smashed the clay figurine.” Wang Lin recalled the scene at that time and smiled warmly. Then he said regretfully, “When I left, Sister Qing cried for a long time. Unfortunately, I had already set off and couldn’t comfort her.”
"Bah!"
Lin Yuzan placed the teacup heavily on the table. His eyes, bright as cold stars, were filled with anger. He glanced at Wang Lin fiercely, took a deep breath, stood up, put on the human skin mask again, pushed the door and walked out.
Wang Lin looked at the departing figure in astonishment, and at the same time, Wang Cheng, who was originally behind him, sat down opposite him.
Wang Cheng suppressed his annoyance and asked directly, "Why didn't your parents see you off?"
“How do you know…” Wang Lin’s words stopped abruptly. He lowered his head uncomfortably, trying to hide the complicated emotions in his eyes. “Just take care of yourself. It’s not your business whether my parents send me off or not.”
After hearing this, Wang Cheng laughed at himself and said, "Lin Zi, I have been taking care of you since you were a child. Now that you say this, aren't you afraid of hurting our brotherhood?"
The man opposite him slowly clenched his fists, with a trace of struggle and pain on his face. He was silent for a moment, and finally replied firmly, "I'm grown up now, so I don't need you to worry about me anymore. If you want to live a carefree life on your own, you can leave your parents to me to take care of."
"Do you know what you are talking about?" Wang Cheng's face darkened instantly, and he said in a cold tone, "You want me to be an unfilial son..."
Before he finished speaking, the man opposite him raised his eyes and stared at him coldly and sharply. The man calmly replied, "Who can tell what will happen in the future? I just gave you a way to get out of this, and it also fulfilled our brotherhood."
Wang Cheng stared at his brother, his emotions surging like raging waves. He suppressed his anger and said, "You are really capable. You have thought so carefully about me. Wang Lin, I am the eldest son and the legitimate wife. I will take care of my parents. No one can compete with me for this matter."
"I am the eldest in the family, so I should take care of everything at home. You don't need to worry about it."
As he said this, he stood up, with a sarcastic smile on his face, looking at his brother: "If you want to bypass me and inherit everything, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so. As long as I am alive, you will never be able to do so."
The two brothers hated each other and confronted each other for a long time.
In the end, it was Wang Lin who gave in first. He said reluctantly, "Brother, pack your bags and go back to Yanjing first. The North City is unstable now. I will deal with the Hu people and then come back home to discuss with you."
Wang Cheng did not want to talk to him any more, but reasserted his sovereignty and said, "Wang Lin, do not fight with me. You cannot win against me. My parents have always loved me. As long as I ask, they will hand over all the family business to me, including you."
Wang Lin:......
Wang Cheng walked slowly to the door, put his hand on it, and gave Wang Lin a piece of advice, "The Chen family army is in high spirits due to the arrival of food and money. Tonight will definitely be uneasy. Be careful in the Chen Mansion."
After saying this, he opened the door and left without looking back.
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