Xiaolin leaned on her knees, motionless, and the atmosphere in the room became extremely awkward.
Just when Leng Ling didn't know how to continue, the sound of a car came from downstairs. It turned out that Xiaolie and Jerry were back.
"Mr. Lean, why are you alone? Where are my brother and Xiaolin?"
Xiaolie's drake voice, which was in the process of changing his voice, came from downstairs. It sounded particularly funny, but at this moment, he still couldn't adjust the atmosphere in the room.
"Hello, Your Highness Lie, Leng Ling and His Highness Lin are upstairs."
Patting Xiaolin's head, Leng Ling said, "Xiaolie is back. Let's go see him first. If you have anything to say, talk to me later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaolie shouted outside the door, "Brother, Xiaolin!"
Leng Ling stood up and opened the door, only to see the handsome young man standing in the corridor. After seeing Leng Ling, his face was immediately filled with a smile, and he ran over, "Brother, I'm back!"
After not seeing each other for more than a year, Xiaolie has grown a lot taller, and after going through the training of the military academy, his body has become a lot stronger.
The originally fair skin has become a healthy honey color after being exposed to the sun, and the eyebrows look a bit like his deceased father.
Seeing Xiao Lie growing taller, Leng Ling felt slightly better. He patted Xiao Lie on the shoulder and sighed sincerely, "Xiao Lie has grown taller and is becoming more and more like a man."
Already."
"Thank you for the compliment, brother. My goal is to become an excellent soldier like you, to kill enemies on the battlefield and protect my family and country."
Xiaolie's black eyes were shining. He looked at his brother and once again expressed his ideal.
Leng Ling smiled lightly, "Very good, Xiaolin and I are proud to have a brother like you."
Xiaolie looked around, "By the way, where is Xiaolin?"
"Xiao Lin isn't feeling well. She needs to rest in her room." Leng Ling pointed to the closed door and his eyes flashed slightly.
The handsome face of the young man wrinkled, and Xiao Lie said unhappily, "What's wrong with her? She was fine when she talked to me on the phone a few days ago. She said she was going to give me a big surprise when she came back. Why did I hide in this place when I came back?"
Have you gone to the room?"
"Your Highness, the coffee is ready. Would you like to drink some?"
Jerry's voice came from the corridor.
Xiaolie turned his head and glanced at Jerry, "Leave it there, I'll be right over." Seeing that there was no movement in the room, Xiaolie said mysteriously, "Brother, there happens to be no one right now. Let me tell you a secret."
"What secret?"
Xiaolie winked mischievously and lowered her voice quietly, "Xiaolin likes Ryan Hans."
Although Leng Ling had already heard what Xiaolin said personally, when he learned about it from Xiaolie's mouth, he still couldn't help but feel a little "thumped" in his heart.
"How did you know?"
"I discovered it accidentally. When I came back some time ago, I found Xiaolin secretly writing something. When I asked her, she refused to tell me, so I could only go and search in her room when she was not prepared. I found out
She wrote a poem, and although she didn't name her, I could tell at a glance that she wanted to write it to Mr. Lean."
Leng Ling nodded lightly, "I understand."
Finding that Leng Ling seemed to react very calmly, Xiaolie felt a little strange, "Brother, why are you not surprised at all?"
"There's nothing surprising. Xiaolin has grown up and it's time for her to fall in love. It's normal to have a boy she likes. It's just that Ryan Hans is not suitable for him."
"Yes, the age difference between them is too big," Xiaolie agreed, "Besides, Mr. Lean is so good, he must have had a girlfriend for a long time, how could he fall in love with her."
Leng Ling's expression changed, "Shut up."
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Xiaolie didn't seem to notice how hurtful his words were. He looked at Leng Ling with some confusion. When he saw the other person's cold eyes, his calves trembled unconsciously.
"If Xiaolin hears what you just said, she will be very sad. From now on, you are not allowed to say such hurtful words again, do you hear me?"
It had been a long time since he had seen his brother with such a serious expression. Xiaolie shrank his neck slightly and said, "I heard it."
Realizing that her attitude was a little too harsh, Leng Ling pursed her thin pink lips into a straight line, but her voice was a little darker than before, "Xiaolie, this matter is over here. I hope you won't do it again in the future."
Mention it in front of Xiaolin."
Xiaolie curled his lips and said, "I know."
Waving his hand, Leng Ling turned around and said, "You go down first. I've seen Xiaolin and will come right away."
"Um."
Xiaolin, who was in the room, could clearly hear the conversation between the two people outside the door at this moment. Her disheveled black hair fell down, covering her big red and swollen eyes, but she could not hide the sadness and loss flashing in her eyes.
Xiaolie is right, Mr. Lean is so outstanding, how can a disabled person like me be worthy of him?
My swollen eyes were almost closed from crying, but the tears inside were like broken pearls, constantly flowing out.
The slender fingers clenched hard, and the semicircular nails were embedded in the flesh. The dull pain was abnormal, but Xiaolin didn't feel any pain at all. She just wanted to sit like this, not to leave the room for even half a step, let alone face it.
Leng Ling and Li En.
Leng Ling returned to Xiaolin's room and heard faint sobbing. Her whole heart was tugged. She quickly walked to the bed and sat Xiaolin on her lap.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
Xiaolin and Leng Ling were face to face, but she just lowered her head and didn't say a word, crying even harder.
Seeing his sister crying like this, Leng Ling could do nothing to help. He only felt that he was very useless. He held up Xiaolin's wet face and gently licked the tear stains in the same way he used to coax her when he was a child. "
Stop crying. If you cry again, you will look like a cat. Tell me why you are so sad."
"Go away...go away..."
Xiaolin pushed Leng Ling, trying to get off him, but was hugged tighter.
"Don't be like this. It makes my brother sad to see you like this. Don't you like your brother the most? Come on, tell your brother why you are crying. It will make you feel better."
While comforting Xiaolin softly, Leng Ling's deep eyes gradually became serious.
What happened to my sister? How could she, who had always been well-behaved and sensible, become like this overnight? Could it be because she overheard the conversation between Xiaolie and herself? But, wasn't she in a bad mood last night?
What exactly is going on?
Xiaolin sat on Leng Ling's lap, struggling constantly, her red face full of pain, "Don't touch me... I don't want you to hug me... I want Brother Jerry, I want Brother Jerry to hug me...
"
how so……
Looking at his sister helplessly, Leng Ling's heart was completely cold. He didn't know why his sister was so resistant to him.
However, Xiaolin's mood was very unstable now, and something might really happen. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, he could only lay Xiaolin flat on the bed.
"Xiao Lin, you have a good rest, I'll send Jerry over right now."
Xiaolin turned over and lay on the bed, ignoring Leng Ling's words.
There was a touch of bitterness on her beautiful face, and she gently covered Xiaolin's body with a thin quilt, and Leng Ling walked out.
The atmosphere in the living room was quite good. Xiaolie was sitting on the sofa drinking coffee and chatting happily with Lien.
"Mr. Lean, I heard that you rushed into the Valencia military camp alone, blew up their granary, and caught them off guard. You are really powerful. Can you tell me how you did it?"
Xiaolie looked at Lien, his eyes full of admiration, and his black eyes were astonishingly bright.
Li En said humbly, "Your Highness, thank you for your compliments. It was not my fault alone. There was an officer who went with me."
When Xiaolie heard this, he became even more excited, "What's the name of that officer? Where is he now?"
"That officer..."
A young face flashed before his eyes, and Lien's eyebrows tightened.
"What's wrong?"
"That officer...died in the line of duty."
After uttering a sour word, Lien's eyes gradually dimmed.
Xiaolie said with some regret, "That's it..."
Lean nodded, "The noncommissioned officer's name was Ralph. He was very young when he died in the line of duty." After a pause, Lean said, "He was killed by Alan Salda."
"It turned out to be him."
After listening to Li En's words, Xiao Lie also fell silent.
"Yes, that person did a lot of things to betray Lansen. Your Highness, you should have heard about it in the military academy, right?"
"I heard that as a soldier in Lanson, that man would do such a thing. It is really a shame to us soldiers in Lanson. If I were the president's uncle, I would not let him die so easily.
I must torture him well and make him pay the due price for what he has done."
Xiaolie said angrily, with obvious indignation and dissatisfaction on his young face.
"Your Highness," Jerry came over with baked snacks, "These are freshly baked waffles. You can try them."
Xiaolie nodded lightly, "Well, Jerry, go and call your brother and Xiaolin down."
"yes."
Jerry nodded respectfully, and then walked to the second floor. Before he could go up the stairs, he saw Leng Ling with a livid face.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
Leng Ling raised her eyes, glanced at Jerry and said, "Go and see Xiaolin. She is crying very sadly."
Jerry was stunned, "Your Highness..."
"Xiao Lin asked you to go by name," she raised the corners of her mouth sourly, and Leng Ling smiled sadly, "Xiao Lin is very dependent on you. Also, my brother is not by her side all year round. She has grown up now.
, you don’t need me anymore.”
Looking at the lonely expression of the person in front of him, Jerry said sadly, "Your Highness, please don't say that. Your Highness Lin has always missed you and is looking forward to your return every day."
"Stop talking, go see her first, comfort her, and don't let her think any more."
Shaking his head feebly, Leng Ling walked straight past Jerry.
