Chapter 253: Chapter 253
She then beamed with joy, "That’s more like it. Let’s go."
She took his hand, which was very rough, but her mood was excellent.
"From now on, you’re not allowed to be anymore. If something is making you unhappy, just tell me directly, okay? Communication is the most important thing between people. Many couples, friends, or even family members, who originally had good relationships, end up with broken bonds and cease all contact, mostly because there were issues in communication that weren’t resolved in time."
He suddenly gripped her hand back, as if a little scared. After a long silence, he stammered, "Don’t want, to never see each other again in life?"
She couldn’t help but chuckle, "Yeah, don’t want that. I also dislike the idea of being at odds over a trivial matter and never seeing each other again in life. That’s too serious. If we live our lives as companions in harmony, we’ll certainly get along better and better."
Only then did he relax, but he held her hand so tightly, as if he feared she would vanish in the blink of an eye.
When the two returned and pushed open the door, they saw Liang Yue Ning with a dark expression on his face. He glanced at the fourth brother and then at the foolish Dong Huiying. Seeing the two holding hands made his mood turn rather gloomy...
Dong Huiying thought, now that she had attracted the black market’s attention, it’d be better to lay low for a while. The money from the black market wasn’t easy to come by. So far, she had won a few hundred silver on the black market, and Hong Xiangjun had also made a good earnings by hitching a ride on this windfall. One should know when to stop; she understood the principle of moderation well.
Thus, the next day, she, along with Liang Haoming and Liang Yue Ning, went out to find Liang Shujun and returned before dark. That evening, instead of going to the black market, they bought rice, flour, and cooking oil, preparing to cook their own meal.
All day today, Liang Yue Ning had been distracted. Every time he looked at Dong Huiying, he pulled a long face, as if Dong Huiying owed him hundreds of silver.
Dong Huiying turned to look at Liang Haoming, "Haoming, is there anything specific you want to eat?"
Liang Haoming glanced at the young girl, then quickly shifted his gaze away. "Anything’s fine." He wasn’t picky about food.
In the past, when a drought hit the mountains, many people starved to death. He and his brothers had even gnawed on tree bark, and in moments of desperation, they’d wished they could bite into their own flesh.
Dong Huiying thought to herself, since Liang Haoming wasn’t fussy, they would go with Liang Yue Ning’s choice and have noodles tonight. It wasn’t good to eat greasy food in the evening, so she decided to make clear water noodles.
But Liang Yue Ning was quite unhappy.
He felt suffocated inside. It was too frustrating that she asked his fourth brother and not him. She cared for his fourth brother, not for him. His nose suddenly felt sour, but he thought it was too pathetic to throw a tantrum over such a matter.
He gave the young girl a sullen glance. With a serious face, he found a corner to sulk in, so upset that he felt like he was injuring himself internally, and she didn’t even come over to coax him.
He clearly remembered hiding in the room yesterday, peering through the crack in the door. He saw the fourth brother crouched in the corner with her looking so gentle as she consoled the fourth brother, not him. Was he really so insignificant in her heart?
Liang Yue Ning was both puzzled and heartbroken as he looked at the young girl bustling around the stove. All of a sudden, he felt like a frostbitten eggplant, completely wilted, his vitality and spirit drained away.
Dong Huiying was unaware that someone was sulkily brooding in the dark. Liang Yue Ning was capricious with a particularly short temper. Out of the three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, he probably spent three hundred and fifty of them in recurring anger and melancholy. The remaining fifteen days, no doubt, were missed because he overslept.