Continuing from last time, I learned that the benefit of not sleeping in the middle of the night is that I can hear the villains say bad things about me, but the actual effect is just that...

In the next few days, my brother really lived in Qianhetang every day, staying in the room next to mine, and never going out of the house with me. I was recuperating, but he really wanted to turn himself into a girl in the boudoir. The most outrageous thing was that during meals, he would definitely take a bite of my chopsticks of food as soon as I ate it. That guy was like an emotionless machine, so wouldn't I make him feel emotional?

I stared at the dishes on the table and unexpectedly - bluffing, I stretched out my chopsticks to pick up the bitter melon from the sweet and sour pork ribs, raised my head and swallowed it in one gulp. My brother frowned and hesitated for a moment. Just when I thought he was going to give up? He looked at me with disgust and smiled secretly? In the end, he gave up, but he put the chopsticks into the mouth of the silly-smiling brother Qingyun next to him, and he almost choked to death.

"Fu Shuchen! Ugh, cough, cough... You're trying to murder me, aren't you..." Brother Qingyun covered his chest and coughed. It was a unique sight to see a handsome guy embarrassed. I bit my lip and didn't laugh out loud until Brother Qingyun finally swallowed the thing. I came up with a permanent solution: "Auntie! Where's the recipe? Give it to me now!"

He wailed towards the kitchen, and his aunt hurriedly handed him a small notebook. He then tore off the pages that he didn't like and hid them in his pocket.

Me: Well...

How is this not a great idea? But have you ever considered that bitter melon has a high nutritional value? That is to cure my!

I then waved and asked them to bring my medicines in advance. Those small pills were fine, as they were for body supplements. It would be fine if they were taken. At most, they would cause nosebleeds. But the last bowl was more intriguing. It was pitch black and smelled foul. My two brothers lay at the table for a long time, but finally fell silent.

"Here, do you still want to drink?" I asked tentatively.

As expected of "strong men of steel", the two put their arms around each other's shoulders, looked at each other, nodded heavily, and took a sip of the medicine each. The first time they tried it, they leaned over and almost vomited the meal they had just eaten. Zhizhi was more curious than me, so he went over to ask them how they felt after drinking it.

"Do you know sulfuric acid?" Brother Qingyun held his forehead with his hand and sighed heavily at such a young age: "This thing is like sulfuric acid that slides along the esophagus, little by little, little by little - into your internal organs! And then it breaks your mentality..."

"Is it so serious? Fortunately I didn't drink." Zhizhi shook his head.

My brother vomited for a long time before he recovered. He felt like he was going to break down. "So what are these two bowls of medicine for? They are so bitter. Why don't I remember drinking them before?"

"Then your 'before' should be traced back to more than three years, right? Tsk tsk tsk." Zhizhi said in a low voice, but my brother glared at her and she became obedient. She coughed lightly and said, "This bowl of soup is for kidneys. It won't be a problem for normal people. It may even improve your kidney function, which is a good thing."

"You're talking to me like that in front of my sister? Little yellow flower of the motherland?" My brother gave him a look of disbelief.

Er Zhizhi: "Brother, your sister has already given birth to twins. What do you know more than her? You are about to have three children, one more than her?"

"Alright, alright, his is for treating kidneys, what's this about mine? Why does it smell so choking? Did I drink some hidden product?" Brother Qingyun tried to stop the fight, but this sentence hit the nail on the head, and Zhizhi couldn't suppress her smile.

"You..." He paused and said maliciously, "She is weak after childbirth, and she is treating uterine coldness, but you don't have a uterus, so I don't know where to add motivation to you."

"What?!" Brother Qingyun covered his stomach in despair and shock, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "Then, then I won't grow one if I don't have one, right?"

"If you can grow it out, it will be a medical miracle!" My brother slapped him lightly and couldn't help but relax a little. He turned slightly to look at Qi Cheng behind him who looked like the armored man in the castle. He nodded honestly and left.

I was also surprised. Second Uncle was obviously angry with my brother. As people get older, their jokes become childish. How could he poison me? The Hou family was on high alert. Now Xuan Ze had to accompany me from the beginning of preparing the medicine. There was no room for him. Brother Qingyun felt even more wronged. It was useless for him to "show his teeth and claws" to make my brother happy. The second branch had few people, only these two Miao Miao people. Once they quarreled, it would be impossible to stay in this family.

So he went back early on the pretext of looking at the plan, Zhizhi went to help organize the files, and I went back to the room for a nap. My brother has become a person who cannot be persuaded, so I don't want to lower his morale with just a few words. Second uncle chooses to distract himself from internal fighting at this time, so don't blame me for adding insult to injury. I can't do anything at home, but no one can control me outside. He wants to bring me back to the second room to "work" for him, and I must be the boss.

Regarding Jinhai Shipping, 70% belongs to the Li family, 20% belongs to me and 10% belongs to the second branch. My two brothers will definitely participate in the Gao family affairs with me, but don't even think about bringing in any of the second branch's things. I will contact my foreign friends and go to the dock to make some noise. If contraband is brought on board, the crime will be serious. At that time, the Gao family will at most allow the second branch to send one person. Even if the truth comes out afterwards, my brothers will not be able to leave because they are too deeply involved.

I calculated the time and I should receive the news tonight.

I will leave for Linjiang tomorrow, and I have only one thing left to do. I will take my soft white moonlight battle robe pajamas from the closet. I still feel a little "ashamed" after going over the lines in my mind. The key is whether this will lower my prestige. It seems that I look down on myself. But there is no other way. I have to bite the bullet and go to the study with the midnight snack.

Brother Qingyun hasn't slept yet. He must have been very bored these past few days. The trick of pretending to be stupid will not work for a lifetime. There is an idea in Freud's "Totem and Taboo" that the father is the first enemy in the son's life, because when he is young, the father has absolute power, and the boys who admire the strong will envy and worship him, but once they have the power to compete with their father, they will have the idea of ​​resisting patriarchy. This idea is the patricide complex. In more realities, this situation is regarded as a rebellious period.

But in fact, whether it is rebellion or patricide, I don't think it is innate. Who would dislike someone after birth? Especially blood relatives, but it is all acquired choices and education. Brother Qingyun is unwilling to fight with his second uncle because he has no sense of security. He is not his second uncle's biological child, so his second uncle will naturally not show all his emotions to him. He is like treating a child from a relative's family, always polite and respectful, but he only has "high hopes" and oppression for his brother.

Who could bear such a situation, especially for a child who lost his mother at the age of six and has always lived in a single-parent family? The elder brother had no other place to vent his emotions, only to resist.

Thinking of this, I knocked on the study door and walked in. Brother Qingyun smiled when he saw me: "Why aren't you asleep so late? Why are you here?"

"I can't sleep, and I saw your light was still on, so I brought you some midnight snack." I lifted the box in my hand, put it on the table, looked around, and moved a chair from the corner. Brother Qingyun was afraid that the thing would crush me, so I rolled up my sleeves and carried the chair to Brother Qingyun with both hands, sat down with a plop and hugged him. My brother laughed, put down the book and took off his glasses with a little helplessness, then turned around and hugged me.

"Why can't you sleep?" Brother Qingyun touched my forehead. This gesture has almost become a must-do these days. He feels uneasy if he doesn't touch it. Then he rolled up my sleeves and said, "Let me see if your rashes have healed."

"It's healed a long time ago. It's just a few scars. It's nothing serious." I said indifferently.

Brother Qingyun nodded my head in dismay: "How can scars be good-looking? Oh, you rarely wear short-sleeved clothes, so if you don't show it, it won't be visible, right?"

"You're not going to marry me, so why do you care whether I look good or not?"

After I finished speaking, I looked back at Brother Qingyun and saw that his expression changed instantly. He looked embarrassed and a little guilty. After he got "furious", he patted my head and said, "What are you talking about? You are a girl, aren't you ashamed? Aren't you ashamed..."

"Girl? Thank you for your evaluation of me. Now I can only say that I am a young and beautiful widow." I laughed out loud.

Originally I was just joking, but in Brother Qingyun's eyes this situation became a super double point for him. Jiang Yinan's matter was probably an injustice to Second Uncle, but Brother Qingyun still had this knot in his heart, and lowered his head with pity and self-blame.

"What do you want to see me so late?"

"I said... I want a hug!" I bit my tongue and rushed over quickly, rubbing against his chest pitifully. I finally coaxed my brother into submission. He slowly stroked my hair, and I breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "What could be the problem? I just came to accompany you. You and my brother made such a big fuss these past few days, and I thought it was serious. I was afraid that I was overthinking... I don't understand what's going on."

"Your brother and I are just worried about you. We also want to better understand how much you have suffered. The medicine is hard to drink..." Brother Qingyun wanted to perfunctorily answer at first, until a drop of cold tears fell on the back of his hand. He paused and could not hide it: "You don't understand or you dare not understand."

I couldn't act anymore when the emotion reached my heart, and I finally burst into tears: "I can't die, I still have children, I'm afraid that after I die they will have no hope at all, I..."

Brother Qingyun was startled and quickly interrupted: "No! No."

"I will! If this continues, what do you think will happen to me? Brother, I can't stand it..." I looked up at him, tears streaming down my face: "So, can you help me tell him, help me tell my second uncle that I give up, what else does he want? I have nothing now, and the people around me are all like that, but I can't see anything! I always thought I was about to end, but now it seems that it has just begun, just the beginning. Brother, I can't go to the Gao family, it will only be another hell, so... I will agree to all of my second uncle's requests and ask him to keep me, but, but if I take a step back, will you marry me?"

Brother Qingyun was speechless for a moment, as if his breath was stuck in his throat. He managed a bitter smile with great difficulty: "Shishi, we are brother and sister..."

"We are not related by blood! Even if we really grew up together, I, I don't want to bully you or marry you, but... what do you want me to do?!" I shook my head desperately under his grip, broke free from the hands that bound me, and pressed him down instead: "Brother, brother! My daughter is only two years old. My parents are dead, my husband is dead, and they only have me. But everyone treats me as a thorn in their eyes. If I die again, what will happen to the children? Who will take care of them for me, even if I have to risk my life or death? Do you know what it feels like to live under someone else's roof? I can't take them to marry again. Those words of the Gao family were all made up by me. Chengcheng won't let me leave, and he won't even let me out of this door! What should I do? I, I dare not sleep every night. I'm afraid that once I close my eyes, I will never see my children again. Brother, I beg you, marry me... No matter what happens after marriage... It doesn't matter if you don't like me, I will admit it. Anyway, Second Uncle just wants a title."

Brother Qingyun gasped for a long time after listening to my "nonsense". I lowered my head, feeling a little ashamed after I finished speaking, and was really afraid that he would agree. Fortunately, my brother was standing in the way. Brother Qingyun, as a husband, could not be irresponsible. Since he could not take responsibility, he could only let me go and turn to solve another problem. He still held me tightly in his arms.

"I won't let you do anything you don't like. Don't be afraid. I won't let them bully you anymore."

I remained silent. In fact, I couldn't tell whether his words were perfunctory or sincere. My brother and Brother Qingyun had made such promises many times, but this time the situation was different. My brother had put it into action, so he was not afraid that Brother Qingyun would turn a blind eye. His closest relative and friend has always been my brother, not my second uncle.

Thinking of this, I tried to hug him tighter, moving from the waist to the spine little by little. As a man, it is impossible for me to not feel anything. But Brother Qingyun was more awkward and wanted to push me away. But I felt guilty about it, so I had to hold on to the seat with one hand, wishing I could take my brain off and not think about those things.

It was just a coincidence that someone broke into the study at this moment. When he saw this, he was so speechless that he pointed at us in disbelief. I immediately stood up and turned my back. When Brother Qingyun saw that I was wearing pajamas, he quickly took off his coat and put it on me. Only then did he remember to wake up the person who was watching the show.

"What are you thinking about? I'm just talking to my sister. What about you? Don't you know how to knock on the door? Why did you rush in so hastily? What happened?" Brother Qingyun asked several questions in a row in a slightly irritable manner. Sheng Mingjie didn't know which one to answer first, and had to rely on Brother Qingyun to remind him: "Say the last one first!"

Sheng Mingjie scratched his head: "Oh, that's it... The Somoro arrived at the agreed port a week late, and Mr. Li asked me to come over to ask what to do. Young Master Gang didn't want to listen and kicked me out, so I had no choice but to come to you..."

Brother Qingyun was even more stunned: "Brother, isn't it normal for the sailing time to be a few days different? Why are you asking me about this?"

"But this is the fourth ship to have problems this month. The first three ships at least still had signals, and we could see that they were heading elsewhere. It wasn't a storm, but a school of fish or something blocking their way. The Somoro has been silent since last night, and then the first three ships also disappeared. They were not taking the same route, so it couldn't be the same problem." Sheng Mingjie was puzzled.

I didn't care about much and turned around quickly: "What do you mean? All four ships disappeared?"

Sheng Mingjie nodded. "That's understandable for now, but just before I came up, there was news that Mr. Li and his team had received a distress signal, but it was quite far from where the cargo ship disappeared, so it didn't seem like it came from the ship. They still planned to send someone over to take a look, fearing it was sent by the crew on the lifeboat."

"It's impossible for four ships to be wrecked at the same time. There was no news about a storm..." I pondered for a while, and was already thinking about something bad. Brother Qingyun suddenly patted me on the shoulder and I was startled. I quickly apologized with a silly smile.

Brother Qingyun didn't pay attention to my expression, but was more anxious: "Shishi, go to bed early, I have to go down the mountain to find Li Yiyi, don't worry too much, maybe they are just making a fuss and making a mistake?"

"Then tell me immediately if anything happens so that I can be prepared to comfort the family members. What if... don't you agree?" I paused.

Brother Qingyun agreed and quickly changed his clothes and left. I also went back to my room with a heavy heart. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen while acting? The point is that no matter who secretly messed up, my plan was ruined. I also wanted to put contraband in the customs and wait for the customs to check it. Now, what is there to check when the ship is gone?

I closed the door and quickly called Li Qianyin. It took a long time for the other end to answer, and I heard the depressed and sleepy voice of my friend: "Sister - you finally remembered me. I have been sitting at the port for several days, and I haven't seen our cargo ship coming. What's going on? I'm almost waiting for my husband to come..."

"There's no hope. Others have taken action. The Somorro will most likely not come back. You should quickly destroy that thing, book a flight back home, and pretend that this never happened." I lowered my voice.

Li Qianyin was startled and asked tremblingly: "What do you mean by I can't come back? No, sister, it took me a lot of effort to get this thing, so I'm not going to do it anymore?"

"Did you eat it?! The ship is missing, I don't want to give up this opportunity to play a trick on someone!" I was so anxious that I stamped my feet several times before I calmed down: "I'm telling you, this is not right. Even if the ship comes back, we won't get involved in the short term. There are a total of 20 ships in the family, four of them are lost, and there are still eight that are shaky on the sea. Who knows what will happen next?"

"That's serious! Then, can I throw the things... into the sea right now?"

"Okay, okay, okay! Throw it farther away and hide it well. Don't let it go off and take you with it. After throwing it, fly back immediately. I'll ask Tinglin to pick you up." I agreed and hung up the phone. When I turned around, I found two pieces of paper lying quietly on the table in the bedroom. I walked over and saw that they were notices.

During the time when Brother Qingyun was out, Li Yiyi sent me an updated message. They received the distress signals from the first three ships, but like the Somorro, they were very far away from where the ships disappeared. If there were any survivors, they are probably now in the vast ocean with only a small lifeboat under them.