Chapter 105: Staying Out of the Incident (3)
"Of course I have never thought of this, not even during that time, and I certainly won't think of it now. I just want to remind you that I will no longer stop you from doing anything you want to do. I just hope that you will think clearly before doing something, and your actions will always come before your thoughts. You must have your reasons for going to see King Zhao, and I understand, but at the same time I must remind you that this is an extraordinary period. You are my brother, the prince of the Great Zhou, and you have a million soldiers under your command. Your every move will have varying degrees of impact."
Zhou Cheng discussed the matter objectively and took the opportunity to give appropriate suggestions and reminders. Others might doubt his motives, but Zhou Yan believed that Zhou Cheng had no such motives. In a sense, apart from their feelings, Zhou Yan and Zhou Cheng were a pair of brothers who truly knew and were familiar with each other.
"I know what I am doing. On the contrary, I don't know what you are doing, my brother. In my opinion, you are also an outsider, so you will never be able to defeat King Zhao."
To Zhou Yan, Zhou Cheng's words were undoubtedly preaching, but he no longer needed it. He was no longer the Zhou Yan that Zhou Cheng knew, so he was annoyed by Zhou Cheng's preaching. When Zhou Yan was annoyed, his words also deeply stimulated Zhou Cheng, so much so that Zhou Cheng wondered if he had heard it wrongly?
"I didn't want to believe it at first, but after I came back this time, I was convinced. Not only did you fail to compete with the King of Zhao, you couldn't even do what I could do. I am so disappointed in you."
After saying this, Zhou Yan opened the door of the imperial study and left without saying goodbye or looking back, leaving Zhou Cheng at a loss.
Compared with Zhou Cheng, Zhou Yan, who was in the dominant position, was not much better, because Zhou Cheng had indeed touched the untouchable place in his heart; his usual cold expression now clearly revealed a hint of anger. Zhou Yan had been extremely unhappy since he left the imperial study. He quickly walked through the corridors in the palace, not taking the passers-by seriously at all, and completely ignoring the servility of others. The anger emanating from Zhou Yan's body made others retreat and shudder.
Distracted by his reckless running all the way, Zhou Yan bumped into someone at a corner of the corridor .
"Are you blind?"
The two bumped into each other at the same time, and Zhou Yan just came to his senses and yelled loudly. If it were normal, he would definitely not be so impulsive. He could only blame the person he bumped into at this time for being unlucky. However, Zhou Yan not only failed to push the person who bumped into him out, but the other party not only did not react, but on the contrary, the other party was still clinging to him, which made Zhou Yan even more furious. Just when he was about to teach the person a lesson, but when he saw the person in his arms, the anger in his heart was instantly calmed, and was replaced by surprise...
"Xinxin?"
Zhou Yan looked at the person in his arms in surprise. The previous shouting did not shake her. When Zhou Yan saw clearly, Zhou Xinxin was crying like a tearful person, which made Zhou Yan startled.
"What's wrong?"
No matter how cold Zhou Yan was usually, he was never cold to Zhou Xinxin. He felt his heart tighten when he saw Zhou Xinxin, who cried like a tearful person as soon as they met after not seeing each other for a long time. After all, Zhou Xinxin was one of the few people Zhou Yan cared about, not to mention that they were blood relatives.
Finally, when Zhou Yan's voice sounded again and again, Zhou Xinxin in his arms finally responded, raised her tearful face, and greeted her long-lost brother. The tears in Zhou Xinxin's eyes gathered more and more, and as they flowed out, she threw herself into Zhou Yan's arms; Zhou Yan looked at Zhou Xinxin blankly , and of course he didn't suspect that Zhou Xinxin was acting, but he was worried that something had happened, otherwise Zhou Xinxin, who had always been strong, would not lose her composure like this, but what could make Zhou Xinxin cry so sadly? Zhou Yan immediately realized what had happened.
Zhou Yan really wanted to push Zhou Xinxin away and ask for clarification, but when he felt Zhou Xinxin's frail body trembling in his arms, he chose to remain silent and hugged her gently with his arms. It was rare to see Zhou Xinxin in such a state. I believe that at this moment she would rather have an embrace in which she could cry.
After a long time, when Zhou Xinxin in his arms stopped sobbing, Zhou Yan lowered his eyes and realized that she was actually sleeping in his arms. He raised his hand with doting to wipe away the tears on Zhou Xinxin's face, then gently picked her up and carried her back to Zhou Xinxin's bedroom...
When Zhou Yan sent Zhou Xinxin back to the bedroom, the palace maids and eunuchs were all frightened. Zhou Yan only learned from the maid that Zhou Xinxin had gone out suddenly. Even Zhou Yan didn't know the reason for going out so late at night. Standing beside Zhou Xinxin's bed, Zhou Yan realized that they had not seen each other for a long time. Thinking of Zhou Xinxin's sad crying just a moment ago, Zhou Yan felt that he lacked care for her.
"Even after all the calculations, I still overlooked you?"
Zhou Yan slowly sat down on the bedside, reached out to brush away the hair on Zhou Xinxin's forehead , leaned over and gave her a gentle kiss. This kiss was full of brotherly doting on his sister. No matter when, how much Zhou Yan and Zhou Cheng hated each other, they never involved Zhou Xinxin, let alone exposed her to any danger, as if isolating her from the world, not letting her get hurt at all. But since Yin Yin lost her memory, Zhou Yan seemed to have never cared about her. He didn't know how Zhou Cheng treated her, he only knew that he really owed her.
"If I hadn't been born in a royal family, if we were just ordinary siblings, maybe I would have been a good brother, and in that case... I wouldn't have fallen in love with her, right? Or if she was just an ordinary person——"
As he spoke, Zhou Yan began to speak to himself. Zhou Xinxin's matter had already troubled him. Thinking about Yinyin's matter, Zhou Yan felt that even if he had everything, if he couldn't even make the person he loved happy, would it still be meaningful? Was it really the right choice to let Yinyin go? Go to the only person who could really threaten him. Zhou Yan had asked himself this question more than once, but he still couldn't find the answer.
