Chapter 111 Secret Love Must Be Mutual
Chapter 111 Secret Love Must Be Mutual
"Bai Liangchuan, you are now the heir of the Marquisate. Many people want to curry your favor. You must see clearly who are the human beings and who are the ghosts."
Bai Ningwei picked out some gifts for her eldest brother and asked him to take them back home. Before they parted, she did not forget to give him some gifts.
The prosperity of Kyoto is dazzling, and he is single, so it is easy for him to be targeted by others, and it would be unpleasant if something went wrong.
"Don't worry, Madam. I have Chen Xu. With him keeping an eye on things, nothing will happen to me."
These words made people feel a little sad. Bai Ningwei couldn't imagine how Chen Tong could tolerate Bai Liangchuan, such a fool, hanging around her sister every day.
"Find a time and bring Chen Xu to the palace. I haven't seen her for a long time."
"What are you going to do, Madam?"
Seeing Bai Liangchuan looking like he was facing a great enemy, she wanted to give up.
"What should I do? I'll ask her if she's willing to accept a fool like you who has no brains!"
"Why, why are you cursing me? You are the Queen Mother, your manners are…"
Bai Liangchuan's mumbling became quieter and quieter, and finally he slipped away while touching his nose under Bai Ningwei's captivating gaze.
It’s over, it’s over. His sister has become the Queen Mother, and the pressure is too great. As the eldest brother, he can’t get any face at all. He has to leave quickly. He won’t come here again.
With this in mind, he returned to the bookstore and found Chen Xu working on an abacus.
"Hey, Ah Xu. Let me tell you something."
Chen Xu saw Bai Liangchuan as soon as he came in. Without even raising her eyelids, she stared at the account book in her hand and uttered a single word calmly.
"explain."
"My sister, the Queen Mother, asked me to bring you to the palace. She said she has something to tell you."
After hearing this, Chen Xu was puzzled, and finally decided to put down the abacus in his hand and looked up to talk to him.
"Didn't the Queen tell me what she wanted from me?"
She is now a man and has no official position, so it is not convenient for her to enter the palace, so her communication with Bai Ningwei is through letters.
This is the first time in such a long time that she has been allowed to enter the palace.
Bai Liangchuan shifted his gaze guiltily.
"You don't even know what it is, so how should I know? Even though she's my sister, she never discusses things with me. I'm just the messenger. But what I can be sure of is that it's not a bad thing."
Bai Liangchuan spoke at length, his brows furrowed slightly as he spoke. She had known Bai Liangchuan for quite some time, and the way he spoke seemed to suggest something fishy. A sudden panic welled up in her heart, wondering if the Empress knew something and was trying to warn her.
"You don't even know what the Queen wants to talk to me about, so how do you know it's not a bad thing?"
"Ah, well, the Queen looked quite happy when she told me about you."
With quick thinking, Bai Liangchuan finally managed to fool the crowd.
"Really?"
Chen Xu was suspicious. Bai Liangchuan rarely met with the Empress. Could it be that the Empress didn't care about her eldest brother's marriage? Did she know what was on her mind and summon him to help her understand herself?
Chen Xu clenched his hands guiltily, with a hint of barely perceptible nervousness.
"Okay, got it. When you go to the palace one day, let me know when you have made arrangements."
After saying that, Chen Xu buried his head in the account book and pretended to continue with the work in his hands.
Bai Liangchuan still wanted to talk to her.
"A Xu, come to my house for a couple of drinks tonight."
"I have an appointment with my second brother."
Chen Xu refused quickly. She felt a little confused, so she didn't want to drink and sing with him today.
The second brother is Chen Xu's eldest brother. Because Bai Liangchuan insisted on joining the sworn brother relationship, the three of them were ranked according to seniority, and Chen Tong became the second brother.
Because of this, Chen Tong looked at Bai Liangchuan as if he was seeing a villain who bullied men and women, and the two of them did not get along well.
"Then let's call Chen Tong along. The Queen has given me many treasures, and I want to show you something new."
Bai Liangchuan rubbed his hands. Although his sister said that she would help him ask Chen Xu what he thought, expressing love was something a man should do, so he wanted to find an opportunity tonight to test Chen Xu's attitude.
Chen Xu wanted to refuse. Ever since she discovered that she also liked Bai Liangchuan, she had been standing on the edge of a cliff called love.
She hesitated, but when she looked back, there was only a small path. Bai Liangchuan was on that path, which determined the ending of her secret love.
Looking at the man's ignorant and foolish smile, she knew she should keep her distance, but she was greedy for that tiny possibility, and finally nodded and agreed in a bewildered manner.
In the evening, Chen Xu followed Bai Liangchuan and the two returned to the current Pinghou Mansion.
"Why did Shopkeeper Chen want to come back today?"
When Bai Shan saw Chen Xu coming tonight, he didn't know how to greet him. Every time Chen Xu left, his master would hold the wine jug and sigh, looking very pitiful.
Chen Xu knew that Baishan did not welcome her.
She responded with courage.
"Big brother, I can't refuse your kindness."
"Baishan has a whole table of food and wine, today it's just me and Axu."
Bai Liangchuan happily instructed that Chen Tong couldn't come tonight due to other matters, so he would just wait until the evening to pick up Chen Xu. He was naturally happy that the two of them could stay a little longer.
To be honest, one of them was in an open relationship while the other was in secret, but the timing of their acquaintance was not good enough, which led to such an awkward situation now.
Bai Liangchuan is already 22 years old. Some men of his age have children who can go to school, but he is still unengaged. Bai Shan is more anxious than anyone else.
So he disliked Chen Xu, thinking that it was all her fault and it was abnormal for his master to be implicated.
Therefore, Chen Xu felt a little embarrassed when she saw Bai Shan's reluctant expression. Girls are shy, so she could only pretend not to care.
I can only blame it on the unreasonableness of love. I was clearly heartless and detached from love from the beginning.
But after spending so much time together, it was hard for her not to be moved by this lively and handsome guy who would not go west when she pointed east and would never sit when she stood.
But girls’ feelings are always easily tainted with sadness. The girl Bai Liangchuan likes is a man named Chen Xu, not a woman named Chen Xinxin.
This made her feel lost and confused, and coupled with her disfigured face, the inferiority complex buried deep in her heart made her dare not reveal the fact that she was a woman.
She couldn't avoid it, so she simply dragged it out, taking it one day at a time. As long as they didn't make it clear, they would still be brothers, and they could still drink and chat happily.
But every time when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Chen Xinxin would shed tears silently. She knew that the lie would be exposed one day. How would Bai Liangchuan look at her then? He would definitely not even be friends with her, a disfigured person who disguised herself as a man and had impure thoughts.
Chen Xu picked up her glass and drank it in one gulp. She was feeling a bit reckless today. She had a strong feeling that the Empress had discovered something and was warning her. So, she thought that tonight might be the last time she would drink with Bai Liangchuan, so she naturally wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.
Bai Liangchuan held the wine glass and secretly looked at Chen Xu. He felt that Ah Xu was very different tonight and seemed murderous. He was thinking about whether he should test him with a few words.
So if I speak up later, will I get hit?
"Axu, eat some food and don't get drunk."
Chen Xu drank another glass of wine.
"A Xu, do you like..."
"Brother, do you like women?"
…………Three Sentences Theater…………
Bai Liangchuan: What I like is A Xu.
Chen Xu: Then tell me, do you like women?
Bai Liang Chuan (sweating profusely): I don't like it. Yes, yes, yes, I really don't like it!
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