"It's raining." Shen Yu said, lying on the window.
Xie Tingzhou reached out from her to close the window and said warmly, "It's time to sleep."
In this inconspicuous house, listening to the sound of rain outside the window becoming more and more intensive, they lay down with their clothes on, sleeping on the same bed, and they were the most compatible souls sticking together.
Xie Tingzhou saw her eyes open in the darkness.
"Can't sleep?" Xie Tingzhou asked in a low voice.
Shen Yu nodded slowly.
She was a little afraid of sleeping. When she fell asleep recently, her dreams were filled with Xie Tingzhou's bloody figure.
Xie Tingzhou pressed his cheek against hers, "You've been having nightmares lately, and sometimes you call my name. What did you dream about?"
Shen Yu turned her head and buried herself in his arms, "I dreamed of Yanliang Pass."
This is the best way to stop the topic. Yanliang Pass is the pain buried in her soul that she can never let go.
As expected, Xie Tingzhou stopped talking and kissed her on the temple, "Go to sleep. I'll wake you up if you have a nightmare."
Shen Yu closed her eyes obediently, but heard a footsteps that did not belong to the night in the sound of rain.
"Shh." Xie Tingzhou raised his hand to his lips, quietly got out of bed, and grabbed the Yin Feng on the knife rest.
The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally stopped at the door. Under the lightning, a shadow fell on the door.
"Auntie." The person outside the door asked, "Are you asleep?"
Xie Tingzhou was stunned and turned around to see Shen Yu getting up from the bed in a panic like a catapult.
"It's my brother, what should I do?" she asked silently.
Xie Tingzhou walked over and whispered: "Your brother will know sooner or later. You continue to sleep and leave the rest to me."
"My brother will beat you up."
"It doesn't matter if you get beaten up for grabbing his cabbage." Xie Tingzhou asked her to lie down and put down the bed curtain.
Shen Zhao put his ear against the window. He seemed to hear someone speaking, but he was not sure because of the thunder.
"Ah Yu?" Shen Zhao shouted again.
I thought it was strange. I couldn't sleep when there was thunder in the past, but tonight the thunder almost hit my head. Why am I still sleeping so deeply?
Shen Yu was indeed afraid of thunder, but that happened in her previous life. Living alone in the world, she had to learn to be strong.
Shen Zhao didn't hear the reply and was about to leave when the door suddenly opened.
One was wearing pajamas and the other was wearing a bamboo hat. The two looked at each other in the bright light of lightning.
Shen Zhao seemed to be frozen, and then was shaken awake by a crack of thunder.
"Where's Ayu?" Shen Zhao's face turned pale.
"Sleeping." Xie Tingzhou said calmly: "She hasn't been sleeping well recently. Let's go talk elsewhere."
Shen Zhao clenched his fist tightly, as if the fist would fall on Xie Tingzhou's face the next moment.
Xie Tingzhou closed the door and walked towards the side room.
After entering the house, he lit the lamp, turned around and said, "Brother..."
There was already a sound in his ears. Xie Tingzhou could obviously avoid it, but he took the punch forcefully and was hit by Shen Zhao, causing his head to turn sideways.
The force was so strong that Xie Tingzhou's ears rang for a moment.
Shen Zhao grabbed his collar again and said word by word: "Thank you, Yun, you thought there was no one in the Shen family and you bullied my sister. How dare you, how dare you..."
His hands were shaking violently, and he punched Xie Tingzhou on the jaw again with his backhand.
The smell of blood emerged from Xie Tingzhou's mouth, "I won't defend myself." He said, "I love Ayu."
"You love her?" Shen Zhao was furious, "If you love her, you should respect her, but you have an unmatched relationship with her like this. What a fucking love!"
"This word is too much." Xie Tingzhou pulled away the hand holding his collar in displeasure and said, "Brother can scold me, but -"
"Shut up!" Shen Zhao threw the bamboo hat and said angrily: "You have no right to call me big brother."
Xie Tingzhou continued: "Brother, it's okay to scold me, but don't look down on your sister. The word just used on her and me is just looking down on her."
Shen Zhao shouted: "If you didn't despise her, why would you be in her room tonight?"
"I can't help myself. I can't be at ease if I can't see her." Xie Tingzhou said seriously: "But I also respect her. Although she has agreed to my marriage proposal, I also swore on my father-in-law's grave that she would marry me." I will protect her for the rest of my life, but I will not cross the line until we officially get married."
After hearing what he said, Shen Zhao's anger faded a little, but only a little.
"I'm telling you." He sneered: "I realized something was wrong that day. Tell me, did you use the threat of revenge to force her?"
"Is she the kind of person who can be coerced by others?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Shen Zhao was so angry that he was pacing back and forth. His anger had nowhere to vent, and he kicked over a chair with his feet.
"Don't even think about it!" He looked at Xie Tingzhou gloomily, "Don't think about marrying my sister away from me easily."
Xie Tingzhou knew that when it came to talking to Shen Zhao, he must not use the trick of calculating people's hearts. What he had to rely on was sincerity.
"I never thought it would be easy." He said calmly: "Marrying her has never been easy. Brother, I don't know how much I have paid along the way. It doesn't matter. I will see you in the future. In fact, I am happy for the punch I received tonight. Yes, it means you love her, and there is another person in the world who loves her."
Shen Zhao was so angry that his forehead ached with anger. He pulled up a chair and sat down, "She didn't sleep at all. Even if she did, she should have woken up due to such a big movement. She knew she had done something wrong. Don’t you dare come to see me?”
Xie Tingzhou said: "I don't think she did anything wrong. It's not that she didn't come, but that I didn't let her come. Brother is angry. If you have any anger, you can take it out on me. I thank Tingzhou for taking care of the order." Accept it, but Ayu can’t.”
Xie Tingzhou looked at the water in the courtyard and said softly: "She has suffered so much along the way. I don't want her to suffer at all. If you see her, maybe you will give her a good scolding, and she will not agree with you." Talk back, but she will feel very uncomfortable. You are a very important person to her, and any word you say is very important to her, including scolding."
Shen Zhao's anger calmed down a bit. Hearing Xie Tingzhou talk about how miserable she had been along the way, he was heartbroken.
Xie Tingzhou picked up the chair that fell on the ground, picked up the bamboo hat, and said: "To me, she is my only wife in Xie Tingzhou's life, but to me, you are just his brother. I Won’t let anyone hurt her.”
He looked over calmly, "Including, including you."
Shen Zhao saw the danger warning in Xie Tingzhou's eyes. It was the look of a raptor protecting its cubs, and it was Xie Tingzhou's determination to take Shen Yu under his wing.
Shen Zhao was surprisingly not angry, "Thank you Tingzhou, the days are still long."
He pointed to his eyes, "I'll keep an eye on you."
When Shen Zhao was about to leave, Xie Tingzhou saw him off with a lantern.
It rained heavily, and there was a lot of rain splashing on the porch.
Xie Tingzhou was walking in front wearing a loose robe, and Shen Zhao was watching from behind, thinking that his grace was truly peerless and independent, and I'm afraid there would never be another person like him in this world.
But……
Anyway, no one is worthy of my Ayu.
