Chapter 224 That idiot
Xun Huan felt that his cool heart suddenly warmed up.
It's so strange to be sad because of a word from a person, but happy because of a word from another person.
His emotions seemed to be easily controlled by the third master.
He knew it was bad, but he was willing to do it.
Xun Huan stared at the person who was sitting by the bed and accompanied him, and asked curiously in a low voice: "The third master didn't ask me why, so he just said that he would protect him, so he wasn't afraid of getting into trouble?"
Pei Yi laughed and said: "You are already lying on my bed, isn't it too late for me to regret it?"
Xun Huan considers himself a seasoned veteran, but now he is inexplicably shy after hearing this, and feels warm in his heart.
He wanted to laugh unconsciously, but the injuries on his body were so severe that it was difficult for him to laugh.
Xun Huan said in a low voice with difficulty: "Third Lord, do you know the battle of Kun Pai thirteen years ago?"
Pei Yi's face became serious.
Her family's father mentioned that that day, saying that General Xun was defeated in the Battle of Kun Pai, and then his family was exterminated.
"I've heard it mentioned before, but I just listened to it casually, and I don't know much about this battle." Pei Yi whispered.
She dared not speak loudly at all now, for fear that the war-damaged beauty in front of her would not be able to bear it if she raised her volume a little.
"Actually, I don't know much about it." Xun Huan smiled self-deprecatingly.
He turned his gaze to the ceiling above his head, as if he was just staring blankly, his expression seemed to fly to a long time ago.
"I was just five years old when the Battle of Kun Pai started." Xun Huanyou said quietly, "My father was the commander of that battle."
Pei Yi felt a slight pain in her heart, and silently looked at the young man in front of her.
"I was very upset at the time, because the day my father led the army to go out to war happened to be my fifth birthday."
"He ran away in a hurry before he had time to celebrate my birthday."
"I was chasing after Dad's buttocks and crying, clamoring for Dad to stay with me for my birthday."
"In the end, Dad didn't turn around to coax me, and went out and got on the horse."
“I rushed to the door and shouted at Dad’s back: ‘I hate Dad the most.’”
"Daddy doesn't even bother."
"The uncles who were traveling with Dad were willing to look back at me."
“Everyone of them was laughing.”
“I was so **** at the time, I knew they must be laughing at me.”
"Brother also stood aside laughing at me and crying."
"Sister ran over to comfort me and told me not to cry anymore."
"Sister said that it's unlucky to cry on birthdays, it's also unlucky to cry when you go to war, and it's even more unlucky to cry in front of others."
"I didn't dare to cry at that time."
"But I'm still mad."
"I thought, when my father comes back from the war, my father must give me a birthday, otherwise I won't forgive him."
Xun Huan fell silent after saying this.
Pei Yi's heart twitched slightly.
She naturally knew, how could General Xun have a chance to make up for his birthday?
After the disastrous defeat in this battle, General Xun suffered a catastrophe.
"Later, a group of officers and soldiers came to our house to arrest people, saying that my father had committed treason."
“My elder brother started arguing with the officers and soldiers.”
"I wanted to rush over to help brother, but Uncle Zhong covered my mouth and dragged me to hide in a corner."
“I watched with my own eyes that officers and soldiers captured my elder brother and elder sister.”
"I saw... Nanny Li came out holding her grandson and said, saying..."
Xun Huan paused for a long while before continuing quietly: "She said that the young master is too young, so I beg the officials to forgive me."
Pei Yi was slightly taken aback.
Nanny Li said this on purpose to cause misunderstanding among the officers and soldiers, making them mistakenly think that this child is the young master of the Xun Mansion.
“I was scared and sad.”
"I am the young master of the Xun Mansion..."
"Don't those officers and soldiers know that they arrested the wrong person?"
"I wanted to rush out to get Nanny Li's grandson back, but Uncle Zhong kept holding me down."
Xun Huan's eyes were a little moist.
He stared blankly at the ceiling, choked up a little and said: "Nurse Li's grandson is called He Changsheng."
Pei Yi also felt uncomfortable.
He Changsheng.
The name "Longevity" means that parents and elders want their children to live a long and healthy life?
Unfortunately, this kid...
"Changsheng is as old as me."
"But he is more obedient and sensible than me."
"I always like to bully him."
"I know he is greedy for my toys, but I won't give them to him."
Xun Huan's voice suddenly took on a bit of grief and indignation.
"He is very stupid and easy to deceive."
"That day, Nanny Li told him that the young master wanted to play a game with him—if he pretended to be the young master so that the officers and soldiers couldn't recognize him as a fake young master, then he would win. The young master would put the toys Let him play."
"He Changsheng, an idiot, will believe it."
"When he went to the guillotine... he thought the executioner was playing games with him."
"He also asked the executioner if he could go home to get the toys now."
"The idiot!"
Xun Huan cursed fiercely with slightly red eyes.
Pei Yi's eyes showed sadness.
In this case, she didn't know how to comfort Xun Huan.
"How can I be worth someone else's life?"
Xun Huan thought of his brother who died tragically.
Brother was already a twelve-year-old young man, the eldest son of his Xun family, smart and sensible...
"Why isn't brother the one who survived?"
Xun Huan's voice was stained with tears.
"Whether it's brother or sister, they are all smarter and more sensible than me. Why aren't they the ones who survived?"
"If they are alive, they will be able to reverse the case for the Xun family."
"They can do better than me..."
The corners of Xun Huan's eyes became moist, and his crying became more intense.
"Third Master, I'm so scared..."
"If I go to the underworld this time, how should I explain to Father and the others?"
"I didn't let Bai Jiazhao's bad deeds be announced to the world, and I didn't let the Xun family's grievances be washed away..."
"I can't do anything..."
Pei Yi's heart was wrenched, and when she looked down, she realized that Xun Huan was crying.
But he cried very subduedly.
It's not the kind of posture that insists on crying all over the sky and secretly trying to vent all the grievances, but weeping silently, as if all thoughts are lost and I don't know where to go.
Pei Yi felt uncomfortable for a while.
It was only then that she remembered that even though Xun Huan would be that fearsome demon general in the future, he is still just a seventeen-year-old boy now.
He is also young and impulsive, and he is also suffering and confused. Even though he looks smarter and more experienced than his peers on the surface, in fact he just hides his confusion and fear deeply.
Pei Yi gently wiped Xun Huan's tears away.
The tears were hot, and they cooled down quickly after touching her fingertips.
(end of this chapter)