A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 235 Brother Muliang, You Must Be Well

There are only three days left before the New Year's Eve, and Mu Liang has not returned from the Fan family in Jicheng to cancel the engagement. Li Yunye is busy with the affairs of the famous Li family in Jiangnan during the day, but he can't sleep all night when he returns to the attic. While thinking about his brother Mu Liang, he also feels uneasy. He should have returned long ago according to the normal round trip distance, but why hasn't he returned yet?

"Sir, it's time to take your medicine and have dinner."

Li Yunye sat on the couch, looking at the darkening sky outside the window, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. At this time, An Yun walked in with a food tray.

"An Yun, how many days has Brother Mu Liang been in Fancheng?" Li Yunye asked anxiously when he saw An Yun.

"Today is the tenth day." An Yun said as he placed a bowl of medicinal soup in front of Li Yunye. Seeing that the young master was worried, he comforted him, "Don't worry, young master Mu Liang still has Old Zhou by his side, right?"

An Yun's words did not put Li Yunye's mind at ease. No matter how powerful Lao Zhou was, he was just one man with bare hands. If he encountered a group of bandits like they did before, how could he escape when he was outnumbered? Thinking of this, Li Yunye became even more restless. The mountain bandits in Jiugang Village seemed to have made him a frightened bird. Once bitten by a snake, he would be afraid of ropes for ten years. The bandit disaster was now a shadow buried deep in his heart.

"What time is it now?" Li Yunye stood up and looked out the window again, and continued to ask.

"It's almost the evening hour." An Yun replied.

"The city gates are not closed yet. Pick two skilled men and go out of the city to look for Brother Mu Liang."

Seeing that the young master suddenly became anxious, An Yun also became nervous. He responded and hurriedly ran out to send someone.

"Young Master..." But not long after, An Yun ran back.

"Have you sent out all your people?" Seeing An Yun come back so quickly, Li Yunye couldn't help but feel suspicious. No matter how fast he was, it was impossible for him to be so fast, right?

"It's not Young Master, it's Young Master Mu Liang who is back." An Yun hurriedly shook his head and replied without waiting for Li Yunye to finish speaking.

After hearing this, Li Yunye's heart was finally at ease. He didn't say anything and just ran out of the room. As soon as he reached the stairs, he saw his brother, who was covered in snow, striding up the stairs. Mu Liang also saw his brother waiting at the stairs and immediately showed a warm smile.

The person he had been thinking about had finally returned. Li Yunye was overjoyed, and his eyes were covered with a layer of mist. He almost said out loud his longing for her, but when he saw Lao Zhou coming up, he sobered up instantly, swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and asked:

"Why did this trip to Jicheng take so long?"

"We encountered heavy snow and the road was blocked, so we had to take a detour and were delayed for a day. Then we went to the shop in Jicheng and were forced to stay for another day by Manager Ni, which delayed us."

Mu Liang had already walked upstairs while talking. Li Yunye turned around and made way for him, hiding the inappropriate emotions in his eyes.

"Master Mu Liang, he was worried just now and said he would send someone out to look for you." Seeing that the master was relieved, An Yun beside him also breathed a sigh of relief and said casually.

"I'm sorry to have made Brother Yunye worried." Mu Liang looked at Li Yunye and was deeply moved.

"Have you seen your mother?" Li Yunye curled his lips, deliberately avoiding Mu Liang's gaze, and asked while going back to the house.

"Yeah, I just saw him." Mu Liang followed closely with a warm smile on his face.

An Yun raised his leg to follow in but was held back by Lao Zhou.

"What's wrong?" An Yun looked at Lao Zhou in confusion.

"Ahem, why are you joining in the fun while the two gentlemen are talking?" Old Zhou smiled meaningfully and pulled An Yun downstairs. "Come on, come on, I'm still hungry. Take me to the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat."

"You've been at the Li family for so long, you're familiar with everything. Do you still need me to lead you?" An Yun was naturally very reluctant, but he couldn't break free from Lao Zhou's pull, so he had to follow him downstairs obediently.

"You forgot to take the medicine again? The medicine is cold..."

Returning to the inner room, Mu Liang felt warm and took off his cloak. He turned around and saw the cold medicine on the table. He immediately looked at his silent brother with a reproachful look, but his tone was still gentle.

When Mu Liang was about to call An Yun in to reheat the medicine, Li Yunye couldn't help but throw herself into his arms and sobbed.

"You are now the head of the famous Li family in Jiangnan, why do you still cry all the time?" Mu Liang raised his hand and patted his brother's head gently. He pretended to be helpless and disgusted, but his eyes were full of endless doting.

"I'm just worried about you!" Li Yunye stood up and gently hit Mu Liang's chest with one hand. He glanced at him with tearful eyes and said angrily.

"It's my fault for making you worry so much. I won't do it again next time." Mu Liang wiped away the tears on Li Yunye's face with a smile, and comforted him softly.

"Brother Muliang..." Looking at his sworn brother in front of him and thinking of the worries in his mind just now, Li Yunye hugged Muliang tightly again in fear, and couldn't help but shed tears again: "Father is gone, Brother Muliang, you must be well."

"Well, Brother Mu Liang will be fine, don't worry." Mu Liang couldn't help but his eyes reddened, then he patted Li Yunye on the back and responded softly.

After crying for another while, Jiang Siyao finally broke free from Mu Liang's arms. She wiped the tears from her face and couldn't help sighing in her heart: I used to hate being emotional, but why do I get sad so easily now?

"You didn't take the medicine and didn't have dinner. How can your body recover like this?" Mu Liang glanced at the porridge and dishes on the plate again and couldn't help feeling distressed again.

"I was just about to eat, but you came back and I was delayed." Li Yunye looked at him with a wronged look.

"Well, I haven't eaten either, and I have someone to keep me company."

Mu Liang lowered his head and smiled, turned and left the room. Seeing that An Yun was not there, he called the maid Wu'er up and asked her to take the medicine soup, porridge and vegetables down and reheat them.

"Did the cancellation of the engagement go smoothly at the Fan family?" Soon, hot porridge and dishes were placed in front of the two. After Li Yunye finished drinking the re-warmed medicine, he asked Xiang Muliang again.

"The Fan family knew that they were wrong for not coming to offer condolences, so they didn't dare to say anything. Besides, they also wanted to cancel the engagement, so we just went with the flow, so it went smoothly." After Mu Liang finished speaking, he handed a delicate box to Li Yunye and continued, "This is the engagement token that your adoptive father gave you on his behalf. Your adoptive mother asked me to give it to you."

Li Yunye took it and opened it. Inside was a pair of finely crafted white jade bracelets that looked very expensive.

When she first arrived, Jiang Siyao was particularly envious of the rare treasures in Li Yunye's room, but things are different now. She doesn't know if she has seen too much, or if she feels that she can't take these jewels back to the modern era. No matter how much gold and silver there are in her dreams, in the end, it will all be empty-handed when she wakes up.

"Since you don't want to marry that young lady from the Fan family, and now that the engagement has been cancelled for you, why are you sighing?" Mu Liang asked nervously when he heard the sigh from Li Yunye's mouth.

"I'm not sighing about this." Li Yunye glared at Mu Liang and then put the box aside.

"Why is that?" Mu Liang became even more curious.

"I won't tell you." Li Yunye smiled and shook his head.

Mu Liang had no choice but to give a doting smile.