"Brother, if you have any questions, you can just ask them directly. Why do you have to do this?"
"Little sister, please listen to my brother's explanation."
"Brother!"
"Xuan'er, tell me."
Liu Xuan held up the wine bag in her hand and signaled again.
"Brother, please."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Xuan complicatedly, took the wine bag from her and sighed softly.
"Oh, drink for my brother, drink for my brother."
"Brother, when Xuan'er was still young, you loved Xuan'er the most.
Back then, big brother, whenever you had some free time, you would play and play with Xuan'er.
When Xuan'er gets tired of playing, you will tell Xuan'er stories to make me happy.
Although the stories you told Xuan'er, brother, are so absurd and interesting now that I think about them, there is no trace of logic at all.
But every time Xuan'er thinks back to the stories you told me, brother, she is still very happy and very happy.
What makes my little sister happy is not that the stories you told me back then were so interesting.
It's because those stories contain the best memories of our youth as brothers and sisters.
The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.
Time flies by so fast.
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years have passed.
More than twenty years, more than twenty years.
Brother, you are already so old. Xuan'er, a little girl back then, is now almost thirty years old.
More than twenty years have passed, yet so much time has passed.
However, when the younger sister recalls the scene from that year, she still remembers it vividly.
I just don’t know, brother, do you still remember?”
Young Master Liu drank the wine silently and nodded sadly.
"Remember, little sister, you remember it, how can you not remember it as a brother.
Hahahahaha, you were just a silly girl at that time."
Liu Xuan nodded slightly, and a slightly bitter smile appeared on her lips.
"Hehehe, it turns out that big brother, like little sister, you still remember those past events that have passed a long time ago!
So good! So good!
However, I don’t know when it started.
We, brother and sister, seem to have become a little distant, and we are no longer as close as we were back then.
Even when you speak, you have to be careful and go around in circles.
Sometimes when I have nothing to do, my little sister can't help but go back and make guesses.
Why have we, brother and sister, reached this point today?
Is it your brother who has changed? Or is it Xuaner and I who have changed?
It's a pity that I have been thinking about this problem for many years, but in the end I didn't come up with a result.
Maybe it’s you who have changed, big brother, or maybe it’s me who has changed, little sister.
It's also possible that both of us have changed."
Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and patted Liu Xuan's shoulder.
"Little sister, have you ever thought about it, in fact, we brother and sister have not changed."
Liu Xuan suddenly turned her head to look at Young Master Liu: "Hasn't it changed?"
"Yes, nothing has changed."
"Hehehe, maybe.
Sometimes, little sister, I really can’t figure it out.
For example, right now.
Little sister, I really can’t figure it out. Is there anything that we, brother and sister, can’t talk about directly?
Brother, if you want to ask my little sister something, just ask directly.
If I knew, little sister, I would naturally tell you everything I know.
On the contrary, it is a little girl who will ask you what you want.
I think, brother, you will definitely tell me everything you know about my little sister."
As Liu Xuan spoke, she directly raised her jade hand to take the wine bag in Young Master Liu's hand, opened her red lips and took a big sip of the wine.
Liu Da rarely saw this situation and quickly stretched out his hand to tug her sleeve.
"Xuan'er, drink slowly, don't choke."
Liu Xuan nodded her head gently a few times, wiped the wine from the corners of her lips with her fingers, and looked at the bright moon in the night sky with melancholy in her pretty eyes.
"Hey, eldest brother, you used to love your little sister the most.
But, why has it become like this now?
Brother, tell me, why did everything so good turn into this?"
As Liu Xuan spoke, two lines of tears quietly fell from her pretty eyes.
As for the reason why these two lines of tears were shed, she herself could not explain.
It seems that it just flows down without warning and inexplicably.
Liu Dashu looked at the situation and patted Liu Xuan's shoulder with a melancholy expression. He sighed and put the wine bag into her hand.
"Oh, little sister."
"Hey, big brother?"
Liu Mingzhi took a long breath and walked forward slowly, facing the moonlight and the gentle breeze.
Liu Xuan took a deep breath, wiped the tears on her cheeks with her sleeves, and followed slowly.
Liu Mingzhi glanced back at the younger sister Liu Xuan who had followed him. He lit a pot of shredded tobacco and took a few puffs of smoke.
"Xuan'er."
"Why."
"My dear little sister, there are some words that I have been keeping in my heart for many years because of my brother.
I don’t know who to tell, let alone how to tell others.”
Liu Xuan silently nodded her head a few times and said softly: "Brother, if my guess is correct, your concern should be related to sister Qingxin...sister-in-law Qingxin.
Right?"
When Young Master Liu heard his younger sister Liu Xuan suddenly change her title, he chuckled and shook his head.
"Silly girl, Brother Wei and Qingxin girl are not really married yet.
You are a few years older than her, so it is reasonable to call her Qingxin sister."
Liu Xuan raised her eyebrows and waved her hands quickly: "No, no, no, no, it's more appropriate for me to call her sister-in-law Qingxin.
Brother, you have to know that habits are harder to change.
What if one day, she really becomes my little sister and my sister-in-law.
If I call her sister again out of habit, it will be embarrassing."
"Hahaha, whatever you want.
As long as you get along with girl Qingxin, you can call her whatever you want."
"Yeah, little sister, I understand."
Liu Mingzhi gently took a puff of the dry cigarette, frowned slightly and let out a long breath.
"Little sister, now that the matter is over, how about we, brother and sister, have a frank chat with each other and open our hearts?"
Seeing the serious look on Mr. Liu's face, Liu Xuan raised her eyebrows slightly and nodded her head a few times.
"About 'Ren Qingxin'?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded without hesitation.
"Of course!"
"Okay, let's just talk. I wonder, brother, how do you want to talk?"
"Little sister, I have been sitting in that position for more than seven years.
However, even though more than seven years have passed.
The incident involving Ren Qingxin back then is still a thorn in my heart.
This thorn has troubled me, my brother, for seven years."
Liu Xuantan took a sip of wine with her mouth slightly open, and silently turned her head to look at Young Master Liu.
"Brother, you are worried that sister-in-law Qingxin will become like the Ren Qingxin from back then..."
Before Liu Xuan could finish her words, Young Master Liu interrupted her.
"No!"
Liu Xuan's face was slightly startled, and she frowned involuntarily.
"Huh? Big brother?"
Young Master Liu took a long puff of dry cigarette and slowly narrowed his eyes.
"Little sister, I know very well what the Qingxin girl looks like now.
Brother, I will naturally wait and see what she will be like in the future.
Now, I just want to know one thing.
That is, who is the so-called demon queen Ren Qingxin who accompanied the child Li Ye back then?
What is her true identity?
Apart from this one thing, I am not interested in anything else."
Liu Xuan nodded lightly, smiled and raised the wine bag and put it in her mouth.
"So, the topic returns to the original question."
Young Master Liu nodded with a smile and said with a noncommittal chuckle: "Hahaha, you can put it that way."
Liu Xuan lightly shrugged her shoulders a few times, smiled and nodded to Young Master Liu.
"Hehehe, okay, then big brother, just go ahead and ask."
Seeing the calm expression on his younger sister, Mr. Liu's heart tightened and his expression suddenly became hesitant.
He looked at Liu Xuan's face with her lips slightly raised and her brows smiling, and his heart couldn't help but twitch a few times.
"Little sister, I... am a brother... Big brother, I..."
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Xuan hesitantly, and the expression on his face was not only hesitant, but also mixed with a bit of confusion.
That question was clearly on his lips and should have been blurted out.
At this moment, I couldn't say anything.
Seeing her eldest brother's complex expression and hesitating to speak, Liu Xuan gently shook the wine bag in her hand, smiled sweetly and handed the wine bag to Young Master Liu.
"Brother, have a drink.
After the wine enters your throat, you can talk a lot."
Liu Mingzhi nodded sadly, raised his hand and took the wine bag into his hand.
"OK."
"By the way, there's not much drink left. Brother, you have to drink less and leave some for me, little sister."
"Hahaha, stinky girl, as soon as we get out of the garden, my eldest brother will ask someone to refill your drink.
In our wine cellar, my eldest brother, I don’t have enough old wine.
At that time, Xuan'er, you can drink whatever wine you want.
Even if you empty out my wine cellar, brother, there will be no problem."
Liu Xuan raised her eyebrows, smiled and nodded,
"That's pretty much it, then you can drink it."
After a few gulps of fine wine went down his throat, the tangled look on Young Master Liu's face gradually calmed down.
Young Master Liu took a deep breath of alcohol and turned to look at Liu Xuan.
“Hu—Xuan’er.”
"Hey, big brother?"
"Xuan'er, is that you?"
Liu Xuan looked at Young Master Liu calmly, smiled and shook her head.
"Brother, no!"
Hearing the answer given by his little sister, Mr. Liu suddenly trembled and his body tightened violently.
"No...no...isn't it?"
"Yes, no!"
Young Master Liu looked at Liu Xuan's calm eyes and calm expression, and took a puff of his cigarette. His eyes were filled with excitement and uncertainty.
"Really?"
Liu Xuan raised her hand to fan the lingering smoke that her elder brother had exhaled. She looked at Young Master Liu seriously, smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, really."
Seeing the serious expression on his younger sister's face, Young Master Liu took a deep breath, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.
More than seven years, more than seven years.
The thorn in my heart, the burden weighing on my heart.
Now, I am finally relieved.
Thinking of this, Mr. Liu couldn't help but laugh a few times, and he lifted the wine bag to his mouth with joy.
"Hahaha, hahaha, okay! Okay!"
The pressure that had accumulated in Young Master Liu's heart for a long time was finally completely released at this moment.
"That's great, that's great."
"Brother."
Young Master Liu forcibly controlled the smile on his face and looked at Liu Xuan with a smile.
"Hey, little sister, tell me."
"Brother, are you so happy?"
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows and nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm happy, of course I'm happy for you, brother.
Xuan'er, you are still young and there are some things you don't understand."
As Young Master Liu spoke, he drank all the remaining wine in the wine bag in one breath.
Then, he grabbed Liu Xuan's wrist and walked quickly towards the exit of the garden.
"Xuan'er, let's go, let's go quickly. As soon as Brother Wei comes out of the garden, Brother Wei will have someone refill your drink right away.
No, no, no, we, brother and sister, will go to the wine cellar in the backyard together.
Whatever kind of drink you want to drink, brother, I will prepare it for you personally."
Seeing her eldest brother's ecstatic reaction, Liu Xuan gently shook her head.
"Brother."
"Hey, hey, Xuan'er, say it, Xuan'er, say it, brother, listen!"
"Brother, maybe my little sister really doesn't understand your thoughts and doesn't know what you are thinking about.
However, your reaction is a little too intense, isn't it?"
Hearing this, Young Master Liu laughed and looked back at Liu Xuan.
"Hahaha, hahaha, Xuan'er, good little sister, I'm so happy for my brother.
Brother, I am so happy, you know?"
Liu Xuan's pretty face froze, and she nodded with a strange expression.
"Uh! Okay, brother, just be happy."
"It's necessary. Of course I'm happy for my brother.
We brothers and sisters went to the wine cellar and took out more than a dozen jars of fine wine at once.
Then, let's go back to the pavilion to find the old man, mother, and your sisters-in-law.
For the sake of brother, I no longer go to the study to think about other things.
Our family must get drunk tonight."
Hearing Young Master Liu's excited words, Liu Xuan's pretty face was startled, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help but twitch.
"Brother, isn't it?"
"Hey, stinky girl, why can't it happen?
Brother, I'm happy today, we have to get drunk before we can rest."
Liu Xuan shook her head gently and nodded with a wry smile.
"Okay, little sister, I still say the same thing. Brother, just be happy."
Young Master Liu knocked out the ashes in the smoke pot directly under his feet, and pulled Liu Xuan quickly towards the outside of the garden.
"Xuan'er, hurry up, let's go quickly."
"Brother, you are holding my wrist right now. Little sister, I would like to go slower. Am I too slow?"
As time passed, Mr. Liu's excited mood gradually calmed down.
However, when the brother and sister were about to walk out of the garden, Mr. Liu suddenly stopped.
"Hey, brother, why don't you leave?"
The smile on Young Master Liu's face suddenly disappeared, and he took a deep breath with a slight frown on his face.
"Brother?"
Liu Mingzhi turned to look at Liu Xuan, his face suddenly became nervous.
"Little sister."
"Hey, big brother?"
"Little sister, since that person is not you, is it her?"