SQLJBFDTW Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Healing – Where is Little Junior Brother? Where is Little Junior Brother?

Chao Jianxue lived a life that could be described as divine.

When he was thirsty, someone brought water; when he was hungry, someone brought food. Yu Wei even lit incense burners and lanterns for him.

He hummed a couple of times, and Yu Wei would ask, “What is it, Senior Brother?”

Chao Jianxue feigned modesty and pointed to the books on the table: “I was halfway through reading them earlier and wanted to continue, but I can’t focus on the words. Little Junior Brother, could you read them aloud for me?”

Li Zhenzhen, who was visiting him, retorted: “Your eyes aren’t blind, so why are you acting so delicate? A real man should shout out when it hurts! Stop reading!”

Playfully, he extended his demonic claws to press on Chao Jianxue’s leg.

Taking advantage of Yu Wei’s absence to fetch the books, Chao Jianxue kicked out, hitting the bullseye. Li Zhenzhen, holding back, waved his hands.

Chao Jianxue gave him a look: he was doing all this to delay Yu Wei’s cultivation progress!

If he wasn’t here, Yu Wei would be diligently cultivating!

Li Zhenzhen suddenly understood and staggered to a seat, changing his tune: “Excellent, even while recovering from injuries, you don’t forget to study. Such a spirit of learning should be emulated.”

Seeing Yu Wei approaching, he continued, “Having a junior brother like Yu Wei, I’m truly envious. If only Yu Wei were my own junior brother.”

Chao Jianxue moved inward, patting the edge of his couch to signal Yu Wei to sit down.

Then, he smiled at Li Zhenzhen: “You can’t envy this, Senior Brother. Go, go, don’t disturb my cultivation. Remember to bring a bag of roasted chestnuts when you come tomorrow!”

Li Zhenzhen only said, “Won’t come, won’t come.”

Once he left, silence descended.

Yu Wei held the book and asked which page he was on. Chao Jianxue had forgotten, so he simply said, “Let’s start from the beginning. Little Junior Brother, would that be too much trouble for you?”

He knew Yu Wei wouldn’t refuse, but he still had to put on an act. So, he leaned weakly against the wooden pillow, looking at him with hopeful eyes. Paired with his pale face, he looked truly pitiful.

Yu Wei blinked slowly and said, “It wouldn’t.”

It was strange, but the originally dry and obscure words in the book became exceptionally easy to understand when read aloud by Yu Wei. His voice was clear and smooth, like an unceasing stream of flowing water. It was easy to become engrossed in listening, and Chao Jianxue stared at Yu Wei intently.

The soft, pouring spring scenery streamed through the window behind him, plating his profile. Every strand of hair was shining, like a halo.

The pear blossoms in the courtyard had bloomed, resembling snow or clouds. Their fragrance carried on the wind.

The shimmering silver threads on Yu Wei’s headband sparkled in the light, hidden within his ink-black hair. Every corner of his clothes was neatly pressed, and the hand holding the book was jade-white and slender, with thin calluses from holding a sword. His collar was buttoned up tightly, and above that, ah, his chin was also perfect. His lips were thin, his nose had a distinct bone structure, and his eyebrows and eyes were delicate yet also had a hint of heroism…

“…this passage, does Senior Brother have any insights?”

Chao Jianxue: “…”

Yu Wei closed the book, his brow slightly furrowed as he looked over, blocking the view of the pear blossoms through the window.

Chao Jianxue licked his lips awkwardly. He had been watching too intently and had been caught. But Yu Wei really did look good. He hadn’t felt this way before, but the more familiar he became, the better he looked. It was the kind of good that was pleasing to the eye, the kind that made you want to enshrine him.

Yu Wei looked at him and said, “Senior Brother is too distracted. If you’re still in pain, don’t think about anything.”

With that, he was about to stand up.

Chao Jianxue hurriedly grabbed his sleeve. He didn’t know what kind of satin it was made of, but it felt cool to the touch, like grabbing a handful of snow.

“No, no, don’t go…” His mind raced, and he made an unreasonable request, “Little Junior Brother, can you sing? I want to hear you sing!”

“…” Yu Wei looked very troubled, but his sleeve was being held, and he couldn’t leave. “I can’t.”

Chao Jianxue said, “It doesn’t matter if you can’t! You must have heard the simplest nursery rhymes, right? I just want to hear that! Your voice is nice, so you must sing well!”

Yu Wei was clearly flustered, no longer having the ethereal air he had before. He tugged at his sleeve, trying to pull it back: “I… can’t…”

Chao Jianxue used both hands: “Just that one, uh, that one ‘Little Bunny, Open the Door,’ just sing it once with me…”

He even demonstrated the tune.

“Never… heard it.” Yu Wei resisted with all his might, but he had to be careful not to knock Chao Jianxue, the injured patient, off the bed. The latter’s entire upper body had fallen out of the bed, and his inner shirt had rolled up, revealing a section of his waist.

At this moment, due to the tension, two shallow dimples of his waist and deep back groove are exposed.

Yu Wei glanced at it and seemed to be scalded, averting his gaze.

“Little Junior Brother, I’m begging you, just sing one line, just one line…” Chao Jianxue said.

“Given Senior Brother’s personality, if I sing one line, you’ll make me sing a second and third line.” Yu Wei hit the nail on the head, actually understanding him very well.

He didn’t understand why Chao Jianxue suddenly wanted him to sing. In fact, Chao Jianxue just wanted to dispel the feeling of wanting to enshrine him that had made him afraid to breathe.

He suspected that he had been bewitched by his beauty and felt that it was not a good thing, so he stubbornly insisted on Yu Wei breaking his own fairy-like demeanor.

He was just taking advantage of the fact that Yu Wei now regarded him as his own senior brother.

The two were deadlocked, like children who wouldn’t give in. Only then did the fabric suddenly let out a trembling sound. Chao Jianxue was stunned. He had actually torn Yu Wei’s sleeve.

Having lost its support, his upper body was already off the bed, and now he fell to the ground.

With a “thud,” his forehead hit the floor, landing right on the edge of the soft carpet, so the sound was very loud, and unlucky.

Chao Jianxue remained motionless, his hands raised, still holding the broken sleeve.

Yu Wei was also taken by surprise and came over to pull him up: “Senior Brother…”

This position was particularly difficult to turn over in, and Chao Jianxue was determined to play dead. He slowly “slid” off the bed. Yu Wei helped him up and heard him say “ouch” softly.

How could it not hurt?

The ligament tear was still healing, and he had also bumped a big lump on his head.

Yu Wei said coldly: “Who told Senior Brother to act shamelessly…”

Just as he took a step, the soft carpet on the floor, which had been pushed up by Chao Jianxue’s head, tripped Yu Wei, and the two of them fell onto the bed. Chao Jianxue cried out in pain.

Opening his eyes in a panic, he saw Yu Wei with his hands propped on either side of his face, his eyes wide with astonishment, so close that Chao Jianxue could see the small red spot on the outer corner of his lower eyelid.

Yu Wei wanted to get up, but his sleeves and clothes were being pressed down by Chao Jianxue, making it difficult to pull them out.

His expression was colorful. Chao Jianxue found it funny and couldn’t help but laugh, and his head didn’t hurt so much anymore.

“Senior Brother!” Yu Wei said coldly.

Chao Jianxue rolled to the side: “Okay, okay, my bad, it’s Senior Brother’s fault.”

Yu Wei pulled away his clothes and quickly took a few steps back, bowing his head and saying, “I’m leaving. Senior Brother, rest well.”

Chao Jianxue lay on the bed, saying with lingering interest, “You’re leaving already? Are you angry? Will you come again tonight?”

Yu Wei said, “Can’t Senior Brother sleep for a while? Why do you always want me to… stay here?” He paused, originally with anger, but his tone eventually weakened.

Chao Jianxue was shameless and spouted nonsense: “I like you staying here. Don’t be angry, Little Junior Brother…”

Yu Wei choked upon hearing this, left the sentence “Not angry,” and left Qingxue Pavilion without looking back.

Through the window, one could see him walking with the wind, and a pear blossom had fallen on his shoulder.

Qiu Shui barged in, holding a new medicinal soup. She greeted Yu Wei, but she hadn’t noticed that Yu Wei had his sleeve ripped until he walked away.

Entering the inner room, she saw her senior brother holding the ripped sleeve, with a big bump on his forehead, as if he had been punched.

No wonder Little Junior Brother was in such a hurry just now, as if he were running away!

Qiu Shui went back and told Nan Shan: “The Senior Brother tore Little Junior Brother’s sleeve! Little Junior Brother seems to have punched Senior Brother too!”

Nan Shan was in disbelief and sealed her mouth: “Don’t talk nonsense, spreading rumors will get you fined!”

Qiu Shui struggled and said: “Aiya, that’s not what I meant, it’s the literal meaning, why is your brain so dirty!”

Nan Shan was amused and annoyed: “You’re turning the blame on me after you said it!”

The two bickered as usual, another ordinary day of chaos.

The next day, Li Zhenzhen brought a bag of roasted chestnuts to Chao Jianxue, complaining about how annoying his junior brothers and sisters were.

Lord Shen Du had recently taken in a three-year-old child, relying entirely on him, the senior brother, to take care of the child. He even looked older.

During the complaining, he occasionally received messages from Xie Bingyuan, asking which cabinet held Little Junior Brother’s favorite clothes, where Little Junior Brother’s wooden sword was kept, and so on.

Li Zhenzhen shouted at the jade pendant: “Cabinet, cabinet! The bottom left last compartment, did you see it? The wooden sword broke yesterday, you should carve another one for him today, remember to use softer wood…”

Chao Jianxue waited absentmindedly for a long time and didn’t see Yu Wei. Feeling uneasy, he asked, “Did you see Yu Wei today?”

After finishing the communication, Li Zhenzhen collapsed, not expecting this person to ask about Yu Wei as soon as he opened his mouth, not caring about himself at all. He reached out and snatched away the peeled chestnuts from Chao Jianxue.

“You’re thinking about Yu Wei all day long. Do you even consider me your only brother? When the time comes to run away, it’s the two of us running away together, not with your Little Junior Brother!”

Chao Jianxue said “Eh,” and said, “I think you’re quite good at taking care of children. Xie Bingyuan asks you about everything, and your little junior brother is also shouting ‘Where is Senior Brother?’ He likes you a lot.”

“Tired, understand? The world is about to be destroyed, and I’m still being a male mother!”

Chao Jianxue laughed: “Male mother!”

“Don’t laugh! Today is the twentieth, and it’s that little brat Xie Bingyuan’s birthday. Do you want to join in the fun?”

Chao Jianxue was too lazy to move: “I’m a patient, I can’t walk.”

He thought for a moment and instructed Li Zhenzhen to take a short flute made by Qiqiao Pavilion from his shelf.

“It’s unused, and it looks especially nice. Help me give it to Xie Bingyuan as a gift.”

Li Zhenzhen smiled and accepted it for Xie Bingyuan, then touched other things on his shelf, anticipating: “My birthday is coming up soon too, what are you giving me?”

Chao Jianxue lazily glanced up: “Take whatever you want. Except for that lotus incense burner, you can take anything else.”

“Really! Then I won’t be polite!” Li Zhenzhen’s eyes lit up and said, “Actually, I have two birthdays! One from my previous life, and one from this life!”

Chao Jianxue was speechless: “Take it.”

“Ahahaha! Wonderful, wonderful!” Li Zhenzhen carefully chose and then asked, “What about you? When were you born?”

“Forgot,” Chao Jianxue blurted out these two words.

Li Zhenzhen was silent for a moment, paced over, and cautiously probed: “How could you forget? If you forgot this life, then count the previous life!”

Chao Jianxue rolled his eyes: “I’ve never celebrated it, I don’t remember it anymore!”

Li Zhenzhen was particularly sentimental at times, and he immediately imagined Chao Jianxue’s miserable scene of having no friends, no love, and no one to care for him. He said sincerely, “Don’t be sad, I’ll celebrate it with you in the future.”

“Get lost!” Chao Jianxue scolded him with a laugh, “I’m not sad. I’ve never valued birthdays. It’s just an ordinary day, it passes in the blink of an eye, it’s not that pathetic, really!”

Although he said that, Li Zhenzhen still thought he was miserable, looking at him with an expression that said, “Brother, I know it’s not easy for you,” without saying a word.

Chao Jianxue threw a chestnut at him: “Then peel chestnuts for me!”

After eating a few more, Chao Jianxue didn’t think they tasted very good. He tilted his head and looked at the cloud shadows outside the window.

“Today is the twentieth?”

Li Zhenzhen nodded: “That’s right.”

“I always feel like I’ve forgotten something…”

What was it?

Chao Jianxue suddenly jumped up from the bed.

It’s Yu Wei, Yu Wei’s dan poison attack day!