She deliberately avoided some content that would make her brother feel distressed and focused on telling interesting stories in the countryside, such as going to the river to catch fish with several children from Uncle Li’s family and going up the mountain to catch wild rabbits and shoot sparrows when she was craving for meat.
She also talked about old people in Xiaoxi Village, whose daughter married their son, whose father-in-law and mother-in-law who treated them well when they were young passed away…
Yu Yan listened to these trivial things very seriously.
The small mountain village that had been gradually forgotten in his mind over the years appeared in front of him again in Ah Wu’s description.
The familiar mountains, familiar rivers, familiar people, familiar laughter and scolding, as if time went back, as if he had returned to the time before he entered the palace.
At that time, although life was difficult, there were no big fish and meat like now, and power was in hand, but the mood was happy and people were free.
“It’s almost the time of Xu.”
Yu Yan glanced at the position of the moon, and his upper eyelids drooped.
Happy times were always so short.
Because of Yu Yan’s words, the peaceful atmosphere between the two people was instantly broken.
“Time flies so fast.”
Ah Wu still had a lot to say.
But the curfew was approaching, so Ah Wu had to go back to the Palace of Peace and Harmony.
“You haven’t told me what color you like yet. I hope I’ve knitted gloves of the right size by the time we meet next time.”
Ah Wu stood up and looked at her brother with a smile.
Yu Yan came to his senses at this moment. It seemed that he was still scolding his sister for being bold and reckless just a moment before. However, after his sister apologized lightly, his attitude changed again.
Not only did he not turn around and leave, but he also sat in the pavilion with her and listened to her family gossip for nearly an hour.
Fortunately, he changed the guards in the plum forest today, so no one except Ah Wu would appear.
“Dark blue.”
Yu Yan liked this dark blue color that was infinitely close to the night.
A moment before, he was still scolding this little girl for not being on guard and not being vigilant. The next second, he even made an appointment for the next meeting.
She wanted to give him new and more suitable gloves, and he said the color he liked. Didn’t that mean he agreed to meet next time?
Yu Yan cursed himself in his heart. He really had no resistance to his sister. He surrendered without her crying or laughing.
“You shouldn’t be so close to me. Have you ever thought about who I am and who you are? Don’t you think people like me are disgusting and scary?”
Yu Yan still asked the question which he had always been worried about.
“You saw it that day. The Marquis of Chengyi died in front of me. Over the years, I have killed more than one person.”
Some of them were people who deserved to be killed, while some were people who had to be killed because of their different positions.
Yu Yan was no longer a good person.
“You are someone who is like a brother to me and makes me feel close to you.”
Ah Wu was glad that he was not a good person. If he was a good person, perhaps she would not be able to wait for the day to meet him again. It turned out that she was also selfish.
People always have another way of thinking when facing things that are beneficial to themselves.
Thinking about it this way, she and her brother were also a good match.
It was getting late. Ah Wu looked at the sky, then waved to her brother, carefully lifted her skirt, and ran to the other side of the plum forest until she disappeared into the night.
Yu Yan covered his heart.
Just an identity that made her feel like a brother was enough to make Xiao Wu no longer mind that he was a eunuch who was neither male nor female and with blood on his hands.
So if he told Xiao Wu that he was her brother, would the things he was afraid of and worried about not happen?
Yu Yan’s heartbeat was getting faster and faster.
That night, he was originally going to give up, put an end to this past relationship, and never get along with Xiao Wu privately or communicate again. But in reality, it made him more ambitious and greedy.
He seemed no longer satisfied with this meeting and wanted a second, third, or even more.
Yu Yan looked down at the gloves wrapped around his palms.
Perhaps he will meet his sister again soon.
His sister would give him a gift, so he had to think about what to give as a return gift.
After looking again at the direction where Ah Wu left and making sure that he could no longer see the familiar shadow, Yu Yan gathered his cloak and walked in another direction.
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