bookbashuk Chapter 942: Brother-in-law's Concerns
Chapter 942: Brother-in-law's Concerns
After everything was arranged, Kong prepared to take Yuanshang back to the Kingdom of Night God to deal with the request raised by Shao Yun.
However, just as Kong turned around and prepared to leave, Shao Yun suddenly called him.
Shao Yun took out some deer tenderloin and ribs from his backpack and warmly invited Kong to stay for dinner.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. We've finally gotten together, so how can we not eat something delicious? Come, let's have some barbecue together! Then let Yuan go upstairs and buy some cold beer!"
Kong looked at Shao Yun with some surprise. He didn't expect Shao Yun to suddenly make such an invitation.
However, Kong himself hadn't had dinner yet, so he was a little hungry. But...
“But I don’t drink…”
When Shao Yun heard this, he immediately laughed and retorted, "Oh? Really? Then who was drinking with me in Aru Village? Come on, it's okay to drink less!"
Having said that, Shao Yun grabbed Kong without further ado and made him sit down on the ground.
Kong saw that Shao Yun had already taken out all the meat. It was hard to refuse, so he sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, I can't beat you..."
Yuan Shang saw that Kong agreed to have dinner with Shao Yun, so he quickly said, "Then I'll go buy some cold beer!"
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Afterwards, while Yuan went upstairs to buy beer, Shao Yun started a fire and sat side by side with "Kong". On the campfire between the two of them, venison was being licked by the flames, emitting bursts of tempting aroma.
Sora stared at the jumping flames quietly, but his thoughts had already drifted to the distant past.
Kong recalled every little thing his brother-in-law "Shao Yun" and sister "Ying" had experienced along the way.
The time we spent together was filled with laughter, tears, arguments and reconciliations.
And at this moment, Kong suddenly realized what an important role Shao Yun played in his sister's life.
Kong turned his head, his eyes fell on Shao Yun, and he said abruptly: "Brother-in-law, thank you."
Shao Yun was a little surprised to hear Kong thank him so suddenly, but he immediately smiled and said jokingly:
"What's there to thank for? We are a family, aren't we?"
Kong was slightly stunned. He didn't understand why he suddenly said such words to Shao Yun.
Perhaps it was because he had always felt a sense of indebtedness towards his sister deep in his heart.
For such a long time, he has been busy with the affairs of the Abyss Cult, as well as the task of reviving Kanriya and fighting against the law of nature, and has paid too little attention to and care for his sister.
Even when his sister was pregnant, he only asked Yuan Shang to help take care of her, but he failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a brother.
Sora felt that he was not a good brother...
"I feel like I owe you and my sister a lot. I basically didn't provide you with any help or any emotional value." Kong's voice was a little low, revealing his inner self-blame.
"If Ying hadn't been pregnant, I wouldn't have been able to stay with you for that long."
Shao Yun gently patted the back of Kong's head and said jokingly:
"Since you feel that you owe Ying something, how about you make it up to her after I rescue her in a few days?"
Sora subconsciously touched the back of his head, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he responded:
"Okay, no problem! Then I'll let Ying slap me hard a few times, and that should help calm her anger, right?"
Shao Yun nodded with satisfaction, and was quite appreciative of the "punishment" method proposed by Kong. He said, "Well, this is a good idea. I think it will work!"
As the two chatted and laughed, time passed quietly, and the venison they were waiting for was sizzling on the fire, emitting an enticing aroma.
Suddenly, Kong seemed to have remembered something important. He quickly took out an opened letter from his pocket and said:
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, this is the letter Piero the Harlequin sent me. Do you want to see it?"
As he spoke, Kong handed the letter to Shao Yun.
Shao Yun looked at the letter in Kong's hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head. He pushed the letter back to Kong and said, "No need. Just tell me what's inside."
Seeing this, Kong didn't force it. He put the letter away and said to himself:
"There's nothing special about the content of this letter. It's just Piero reminiscing about the past and reminding me not to be impulsive and cause trouble."
"In the letter, he also mentioned my life in Kanreya... I was thinking, do you want to know about my past or something?"
When Shao Yun heard that Kong wanted to let him know about his past through this letter, he joked:
"I've said before, let's not talk about the past. Things are so messy right now... There's no time to think about things that happened hundreds of years ago."
Just when Kong was about to say something, he suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps.
Immediately afterwards, Yuanshang's figure appeared.
He was holding a bag full of ice beer in his hand. There was a thin layer of frost on the bag, emitting a slight cool breeze.
Yuan Shang came over with a satisfied look on his face, put the ice beer next to the two of them, and said with a smile: "I bought the ice beer. Fontaine's products are really complete!"
"When I first lived in Fontaine, I thought it was a great place. With convenient water transportation, you can buy everything there."
Seeing Yuan Shang praising Fontaine's products so excitedly, Shao Yun smiled maliciously and asked:
"Oh? Since you like Fontaine's products so much, why did you come to the orchard of the Varessa family in the Volu country of Nata to buy vegetables and fruits?"
Yuan Shang's mind worked very quickly. He realized that Shao Yun was teasing him on purpose, but he still showed a loyal expression on his face and replied:
"Of course there are reasons to come to Nata to buy vegetables and fruits! First of all, there are no middlemen to make a profit, so the prices are more affordable;"
"Secondly, freshly picked fruits and vegetables are fresher! They are healthier and more delicious!"
Then, Yuan Shang said solemnly with a righteous look on his face: "For the sake of His Royal Highness's blood relatives, Miss Ying can eat good food. This insignificant little thing is what I should do!"
Yuan Shang is like this, a person who always shows loyalty, otherwise how could he become the model worker and the best employee of the Abyss Cult?
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Afterwards, Shao Yun and Kong sat quietly by the campfire, enjoying the delicious roasted venison and the coolness of ice beer.
This was the first time they had been together so relaxed since Ying was kidnapped.
Kong drank the cold beer that Fuchsami brought back from Fontaine in big gulps, thinking that he could forget his troubles in this way.
He drank four bottles in a row. Since he was not very good at drinking, his cheeks gradually turned red and he was obviously a little drunk.
When people are drunk, they often behave in different ways.
Some people will act crazy when drunk, while others will take advantage of the alcohol to speak out their true feelings or talk nonsense.
Kong was no exception. He chose to ask Shao Yun a question that had been buried deep in his heart.
"Why do you like my sister?" Kong said as he poured another bottle of cold beer into his mouth.
Shao Yun couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Kong's question.
He looked at Kong's flushed face and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
This question seemed to require no explanation to him. If he liked someone, he just liked them. Why would he ask so many questions?
"I like it because I like it. Why do you ask me why?" Shao Yun said to the air with a smile.
Kong didn't care about Shao Yun's answer. He opened another bottle of cold beer and drank it all in one gulp.
Seven bottles of beer in a row were enough for Kong to stay in a thinking state.
Under the influence of alcohol, he began to confide his inner worries to Shao Yun.
"I'm worried that my sister... won't be able to attract you as you are now." Kong's voice was a little unclear, but Shao Yun could still hear his concern for Ying.
When Shao Yun heard Kong's words, he was stunned.
He really couldn't understand why Kong was worried that Ying couldn't attract him.
What does this mean? Is he afraid of cheating?
If he really was going to cheat, why did he agree to the threat from the God of Wind to save Nata? Wouldn't it be better to just live in the Jade Pavilion and let Ningguang serve him?
"No, Ying doesn't think so, why do you worry about it?"
Shao Yun felt that Kong’s worries were completely unnecessary. After all, you knew the feelings between Ying and yourself, right?
Sora himself didn't know why he had such thoughts.
According to common sense, he really shouldn't be so worried. After all, Shao Yun's love for Ying is even deeper than his own.
However, there was always a vague sense of uneasiness deep in Kong's heart.
In Kong's eyes, Shao Yun was too dazzling.
His abilities and charisma are impossible to ignore.
Kong couldn't help but begin to doubt whether his sister could really attract such an outstanding man.
In Kong's opinion, as long as Shao Yun had a little bit of evil thoughts, no one would be able to stop him from doing anything, including cheating...
With this worry hidden in his heart, Kong tightly grasped the beer bottle in his hand, staring at the blazing fire, his mood becoming heavier.
"How can I not worry? I am her biological brother."
Shao Yun looked at Kong, who seemed to be feeling somewhat insecure, and smiled with ease.
Then, he eased the atmosphere with a slightly teasing tone and said, "Do you need my guarantee? If you need it, I can do it now..."
However, before Shao Yun could finish his words, Kong shook his head gently.
Then, Kong took advantage of the alcohol and confided some of his innermost thoughts to Shao Yun.
"No, I mean, if you have another woman, don't let my sister know."
"I understand. Now that you've become so powerful and the center of attention, naturally there will be a lot of girls who like you. I can totally understand that."
Then, Kong leaned forward slightly, looked into the eyes of Shao Yun beside him, lowered his posture, and continued in an almost pleading tone:
"If, one day, you no longer love my sister, please don't hurt her."
"I will take her away from here, please. She is my only relative."
Shao Yun looked at Kong saying these strange words, was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and once again used laughter to ease the slightly awkward atmosphere.
"Haha, you must be drunk and talking nonsense! We are a family, and I am also your relative. This is an indisputable fact."
As Shao Yun spoke, he reached out to grab the bottle from Kong's hand.
"Alcohol numbs your brain... I should not have let you drink if I had known."
Kong looked at his brother-in-law who took the initiative to give him a way out. His emotional intelligence was not that low.
He showed a slightly embarrassed smile and quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, I'm drunk. When people drink, they like to talk nonsense..."
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Afterwards, Shao Yun and Kong no longer mentioned what happened before, but quietly ate barbecue and drank beer.
The aroma of barbecue filled the air, and the two of them chatted occasionally, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
After he had almost finished eating, Kong felt dizzy, as if he was drunk.
He stood up slowly, his body swaying a little, and muttered, "Thank you, my good brother-in-law, for the hospitality. This barbecue is so delicious... Now, I have to go first..."
Seeing this, Shao Yun quickly stood up, looked at Kong with concern, and responded: "Okay, brother-in-law, please walk slowly and be careful."
Then, Shao Yun turned to look at Yuan Shang who was standing beside him and supported Kong, and said, "Yuan Shang, hold my brother-in-law well, don't let him get bumped or hurt."
Yuan Shang nodded seriously and said with assurance: "Okay, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of His Royal Highness the Prince!"
After Yuanshang helped Kong slowly leave, Shao Yun sat back on the ground, but his mind couldn't help but recall what Kong had said to him when they were drinking and eating meat just now.
"Is it because my aura is too strong that makes my eldest brother-in-law feel insecure and think that Ying can no longer attract me?" Shao Yun muttered to himself, frowning slightly, as if thinking about something.
Then, Shao Yun said self-deprecatingly: "But after going through so many things, why would my brother-in-law have such thoughts? How could I not love Ying?"
Unfortunately, the system is still silent as always. I don't know what it is doing...
Seeing that there was no system to answer his questions, Shao Yun became a little worried. Could something have happened?
However, except for the chat function, all other functions seem to be used? This is strange...