Chapter 166 Warmth
The incident of the missing Wulian Celadon Cup was like a small episode. It only rang in the tea room for a while and did not have a big impact. Soon, everyone responded When they arrived at their respective posts, they each performed their duties.
Shang Ruyi could tell that although Jin Yun was hesitant, he had important matters ahead of him and didn't say anything more.
On the contrary, it was at night, when no one was around, that Tu Sheer came up to her and said softly: "Miss, why do you want to lock up Chang Wan?"
Shang Ruyi said: "Why, shouldn't it be closed?"
Tu Sheer thought for a while and said, "I don't believe that Chang Wan can steal things."
Shang Ruyi glanced at her: "You know again?"
"The slave has come to the country. Although the Duke's residence is only a few months old, and the people around Madam always talk little and don't interact with us much, they are all good in character. Not bad. The one named Chang Wan is even more arrogant. I heard that he has read a few books, but he is not a person willing to be a thief.”
“Really?” >
Tu Sheer met her eyes, thought about it again, and smiled: "Of course, I guessed it."
Shang Ruyi also smiled faintly and said: "That's right. If others ask, can I just reply - I guessed it. How can I convince others?"
"..."
"Locking her up is only temporary, the important thing is the evidence."
Tusheer frowned The head said: "But this matter is a deadlock. She bit the thing to death and returned it. Uncle Gui has no order. Apart from witness, where can the evidence come from?"
Shang Ruyi Said: "Since the matter is related to the loss of the cup, the evidence is naturally the cup."
Tushe'er shook her head even more: "Everything is lost, how can I find it back?"
As she said that, she stared at Shang Ruyi: "Do you want to search?"
Shang Ruyi immediately shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It is my wife's funeral now, and people are coming and going. If you search for stolen goods in the house at this time, what will happen if it spreads? Wouldn’t it bring shame to the Duke’s house?”
“…”
“At this time? , the last thing we can do is make this matter a big deal.”
Tusheer suddenly realized: "No wonder, Miss, you immediately asked someone to lock up Changwan. You didn't want to cause trouble and let outsiders see our joke."
"Yes."
" But if you don’t search, how can you find the cup?”
Shang Ruyi was silent for a while and said calmly: “It depends on the situation. "
After saying that, she looked up at the sky outside. It was already very late, and then she told Tusheer: "Go to the backyard and say that there are a lot of people coming to the house now. Why? The night-free shop can take advantage of this opportunity and ask them to close the back door and the small doors on both sides. If anything happens, they can only enter and exit through the side doors on both sides of the main entrance.”
Tusheer said: "Yes."
After saying that, she went down.
As soon as she left, Shang Ruyi looked back at the mourning hall. The arrangements were in place, and there were no other things to deal with for the time being. Naturally, no guests came to the door at this time.
So, she poured a cup of hot tea with her own hands, lifted the curtain and walked to the back hall.
Yu Wenye was still kneeling there, motionless.
Even when Shang Ruyi walked in, he didn't look at him at all - but his body was trembling slightly because of the cold wind that blew in when he lifted the curtains.
Shang Ruyi walked up to him and said softly: "Second brother, you haven't eaten or drank water all day. This won't work."
"..."
"Would you like to drink some tea? At any rate, it will keep you warm."
"..."
Even she herself didn't notice that her tone was soft and soft, like a mother coaxing a child who refused to eat. Yu Wenye's lowered eyelashes trembled slightly and he raised his eyes to look at her. Shang Ruyi hurriedly brought the tea cup to his mouth carefully.
"Just take a sip, okay?"
"..."
Yu Wenye didn't say anything, only glanced down at the cup. The clear tea reflected his gloomy eyes. At this time, the usual sarcasm in his eyes seemed to be sarcastic to himself.
He slowly closed his eyes and turned his face to one side.
Shang Ruyi suddenly became a little anxious and whispered: "I don't advise you to go back and rest, but if you continue like this, your body won't be able to bear it."
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Yu Wenye still ignored her.
Shang Ruyi had no choice but to pour something into his mouth. He could only put the tea cup aside and slowly knelt beside him, shoulder to shoulder, even rubbing their arms tightly. his arm.
Yu Wenye still had no reaction.
Shang Ruyi silently dragged the brazier in front of him, took a pile of golden tinfoil money, and threw it into it one by one. The flames gradually rose, and warmth fell on Yu Wenye's body. .
Shang Ruyi said softly: "Actually, I know why you did this."
"..."
"You are not only sad about your mother's death, you are still Blame yourself, you blame yourself. At that time, why didn’t you persuade her more? If you could persuade her to stay, maybe she wouldn’t——”
"..."
"What I want to tell you is-"
Shang Ruyi turned to look at him: "That's true."
"... "
"If we had persuaded my mother together at that time, or even thought of some way to let her stay, maybe she would not have become seriously ill in Liaoxi, and she would not have let go. "
Hearing her words, Yu Wenye's body began to tremble.
His eyes were always cold and quiet, as if they were covered with a layer of ice. But at this moment, the ice seemed to be cracking and breaking, and his broken emotions covered by the ice were all gone. It slowly poured out at this moment.
He turned his head and looked at Shang Ruyi, his eyes turning red little by little.
Shang Ruyi looked into his eyes, and then said: "But - you don't have to take all the responsibilities on yourself."
As soon as he heard this, Yu Wenye's body was shocked again.
Shang Ruyi continued: "For mother, staying with dad is more important than anything else. If we force her to stay, maybe the torment in her heart will be more painful than anything she will experience in the future. As juniors, we , I can only persuade, but cannot really arrange their lives."
"..."
"Second brother. "It's enough for you to do your filial piety, and you shouldn't blame yourself for the results."
These words, sentence by sentence, fell into Yu Wenye's heart, not only her voice was gentle and deep. , and more importantly, these words are almost all the words he used to comfort Shen Shiyan when she was demoted and exiled, and Shang Ruyi was in great pain.
She actually wrote it down almost word for word and returned it to him sentence by sentence.
It’s the same as before, in Yanmen County.
Only this time, she was comforting him. The heat from the money she threw into the brazier surrounded him at this moment, and even she pressed against him tightly. At this moment, the arm beside him felt a steady stream of warmth filtering through the clothes and ironing onto his body.
Yu Wenye looked at her and finally spoke for the first time, in a hoarse voice: "You——"
(End of this chapter)