HCB Chapter 425: At a Crossroads 2
Chapter 425: At a Crossroads 2
Huo Ying became even angrier. He stood up, pointed at Chen Sanlang's nose, and said word by word:
"Do you have a woman? Do you want to start your own business and leave our four brothers' woodworking shop? Tell the truth!"
Chen Sanlang was a little confused. He covered his face with his cold hands and rubbed them. He still didn't understand what Huo Ying meant. He let out a long sigh and frowned.
"Brother, I don't understand. Can you please just say what you want to say? We are brothers who have shared life and death together. There is no need to hold back when talking!"
"Who are you talking about? I'm not like you..."
Huo Ying was extremely angry when Chen Sanlang said that he was not honest. He grabbed Chen Sanlang by the front of his collar.
"Why did you call for Yi when you had a fever? And you said you wanted to go find her? Is that right? Tell the truth..."
Seeing Huo Ying's distorted face, and hearing him mention the fever and looking for someone, Chen Sanlang nodded silently. Huo Ying saw Sanlang nodding, and suddenly thought of something wrong, and nodded angrily.
"Well, since you have an affair, I can't keep you..."
He pushed the person back and turned around to walk out. The door was open. The cold wind that blew in woke up the thoughts that were taken away by Wang Jinyi. He hurriedly chased after her. When he ran out of the courtyard, he saw Huo Ying had already walked to the alley. He pointed at the figure in front of him with one hand and shouted,
"Stop! Y-Stop!"
Huo Ying was still furious and walked quickly in the cold wind, showing no intention of stopping. Chen Sanlang held onto the outer wall, lowered his head to take a breath, lifted up his cotton robe and took a step forward to chase after him.
Turning the corner, he saw the wonton stall owner, who was talking to Huo Ying. Chen Sanlang panted and leaned against the wall, panting and shouting:
"Don't let him go, hold him for me!"
Huo Ying turned back angrily, only to see Chen Sanlang's face turning pale and he had fallen against the wall.
The wonton stall owner had already noticed that something was wrong with these two people, and now that Chen Sanlang had fallen again, he dared not let Huo Ying go, and grabbed his arm:
"Brother Huo! Come and look at Sanlang!"
Huo Ying turned around suddenly and saw a figure curled up in the snow. The anger in his heart was immediately extinguished by the ice water, leaving only panic.
He shook off the stall owner, strode across the path, knelt on one knee, half-lifted Chen Sanlang, and cursed in a rough voice:
"You damned brat! Can't you just give me some peace of mind?!"
Chen Sanlang's lips were frighteningly white, and he was panting slightly as he grabbed Huo Ying's collar.
"Brother...I want you to kill me or chop me up, just listen to me..."
"Bullshit! Go back first!"
Huo Ying yelled angrily, but carefully helped the man up.
He exerted force with one arm, and the veins on his forehead throbbed. It was unclear whether it was because of anger or because he was trying hard to support Chen Sanlang.
The two of them entered the yard, sliding with each step.
The wonton stall owner hurriedly chased after him with a lantern in his hand to light the way.
After entering the house, Huo Ying pushed Chen Sanlang onto the bed, turned around and added some firewood to the stove. The light from the stove crackled, making his profile flicker in light and darkness, making it difficult to tell whether he was sunny or cloudy.
After half a cup of tea, Chen Sanlang finally breathed smoothly and spoke in a hoarse voice:
"Brother, I have no intention of going out on my own. You should know this!"
Because he was speaking in a hurry, Chen Sanlang was panting. "Brother, I don't know what you heard, but how can we count the nonsense of a sick person? Brother!"
Huo Ying was adding water to the pot. He paused when he heard this and turned back suddenly:
"Are you serious? Don't you want to ignore everyone? Don't you have a lover?"
Chen Sanlang nodded, his eyes reddened, and shook his head:
"Brother, I'll take a rest and tell you in detail when I'm refreshed..." He smiled bitterly and lay back, saying silently:
"I have never had any second thoughts about the woodworking shop or my elder brother."
Huo Yingwei stood by the stove in a daze, the water in the pot bubbling.
He thought of his outburst and his face turned red and white.
"Hey! Damn it! I haven't thought clearly yet..."
Seeing him like this, Chen Sanlang laughed: "Brother, you are also confused because of your concern."
"Don't you care! It's me!"
Helping Chen Sanlang to lean against the bed, Huo Ying picked up the freshly boiled kettle and poured two bowls of water.
The two men sat opposite each other, one bowl of water was given to Chen Sanlang, and one bowl was placed in front of themselves. Their tempers also calmed down. Both brothers lost their tempers.
Chen Sanlang held the hot bowl, and his fingertips finally felt warm: "Brother...Brother, let me tell you something..."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Huo Ying interrupted him, his eyes brightening, "You are my brother, just speak directly if you have something to say.
If you have any problems, I will help you!"
The cold wind was blowing outside the window, and Chen Sanlang was talking and thinking in the room. Huo Ying felt more and more frightened the more he listened. Why?
In order to explain the past lives of Qing and Wang Jinyi, Chen Sanlang said that they were Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai who turned into butterflies and fell in love in their past lives... Huo Ying listened attentively and asked in a daze,
"This is real?"
"Brother, I have been looking for someone who survived an accident like me in Xunnan. Do you still remember? At that time, you came to scold me and said that everyone in the county called me Chen the Fool..."
Chen Sanlang silently observed Huo Ying's expression, and seeing that he was just listening attentively and did not refute, he told him what he saw when he fell down the slope while unconscious while chopping wood.
"You mean you dreamed about it while you were unconscious?"
"Brother, I wasn't sure at first, but then I came to Xunyang City and saw someone looking for me, so I..."
At this point, Chen Sanlang silently took out a missing person notice written on colored hemp paper. Huo Ying took it away and looked at it from front to back.
"Is this the one posted by the Wang family in East City?"
"No, this is posted on the notice wall at the city gate."
"Ah? What's this? Someone else is looking for you?"
"It's the same person who keeps trying to find me!"
"Brother, think about it again. Is it definitely for you? Are you mistaken? Are you still going to burn it?"
Huo Ying reached out his hand to touch Chen Sanlang's forehead, but Chen Sanlang dodged to the side.
"Brother, someone is looking for me, that's for sure, but I don't know who that person is!"
"Ah? What should I do then?"
"But the Wang family posted the same missing person notice..."
That night the two brothers resolved their misunderstanding, and both became masters of reasoning, thinking of various possibilities. It was not until dawn that the carriage from the Four Brothers Woodworking Shop came to pick them up, and the fruitless analysis came to an end.
The carriage rolled over the thinly icy road and returned all the way out of the city to Xunnan.
The two-horse carriage, also speeding on the official road, entered the Xunyang city gate and finally stopped in front of the Wang family mansion.
The doorman heard the sound of carriages and opened the door. He saw that it was the master who came back to celebrate the New Year. Someone was busy reporting to the master in the yard, while others went out to greet him.
The graceful young girl in the carriage had a pretty face. She ran happily into the gate after getting off the carriage. She glanced at the brothers who were running out to greet her, then turned around and asked her mother softly,
"Mother, why didn't Jin'er come to greet me?"
"Probably on the second gate!"
"Really? Then..." Wang Yueyi greeted everyone in a hurry and went to the second gate with the little maid. The men in the family went to the main hall, chatting and laughing all the way.
It was only said that Wang Yueyi and her mother arrived at the second gate, and the nanny beside her grandmother came out to greet them. She didn't see any family members, so she pouted and glanced at her mother.