Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 67

"He, must love my brother very much," this was not a question, but an affirmation. Shen Liang recalled very vividly how Huo Yelin had single-handedly charged into the enemy's forces to bring back his brother's body. He paid the price with injuries that confined in to bed for months. If he didn't love the other person, how could he do such desperate act without regards for himself?

"En, second eldest brother is a stubborn man. Apart from our master and us brothers, Shen Da is the only person who had been able to walk into his heart for all these years," retracting the gaze he had on Shen Liang, Pei Yuanxian nodded his head. If second brother didn't love Shen Da, then he wouldn't have let them meet, much less help Shen Da ask him to look after Liangliang.

"Why did they suddenly send the child back? It can't be that they..." recalling Shen Da's death in his previous life, Shen Liang immediately panicked. 

Pei Yuanxian hurriedly grabbed his hand: "No. They're fine. It's just that the situation on the battlefield is getting more tense. The fact that second eldest brother had a child cannot be revealed for the time being. It's only because that they truly couldn't hide You'er's presence anymore that they reluctantly sent You'er here." *You'er is an intimate address for Shen You.*

Even though it was only once or twice, Pei Yuanxian could already tell that Shen Liang was deathly afraid and concerned with anything happening to Shen Da. Every time such a possibility was brought up, Shen Liang's emotions would be all over the place. It was as though he had experienced something beforehand. He simply had too many secrets hidden in his heart!

"If there's nothing, then that's good. That's good," his previous life's tragedy was simply carved into his bones, reminding him consistently that he still wasn't strong enough. 

"Look at you. Second brother and Shen Da, neither of them are ordinary people. How could it be so easy to harm them? Besides, this lord's people have already been sent to the Northwest border. As long as nothing out of the ordinary occurs, then they should be leading their army back in victory within a few months in triumph."

"That's good. Ge Ge has someone who loves him. He also has a son now," Shen Liang leaned over and rested his head on Pei Yuanxian's shoulders: "My lord, just leave the child for me to take care of."

Since he now knows that the child was his brother's, how could he bear to send the child away? Even though with the child, it would only make his situation even more difficult, this was what he owed them. He must personally protect this child well until his elder brother and sister-in-law returns peacefully. Only then could he safely return the child to them.

"Are you sure? For there to suddenly be a child from nowhere and no apparent reason, once those people from the Shen Family knows, You'er will become your greatest weakness. He will also become the greatest weapon to use against you," Pei Yuanxian lowered his eyes and looked at Shen Liang with worry. He had indeed brought the child here today with hopes that Shen Liang would be able to care for him. But his original intent was to have Shen Liang pay a visit to the Duke of Qingping Manor everyday and not to just leave the child here. Doing this would be too risky and laborious for Shen Liang?

"Is there something wrong?" Shen Liang sat upright and met Pei Yuanxian's worried gaze evenly. he smile in a self-depreciating manner: "As long as I remain to be Shen Liang, then it would be impossible for them to let me live peacefully. But, it is bound time that I have a serious talk with that father of mine."

Envy can drive demons into people's hearts. The Marquis Donglin Manor had long since became a den for monsters and demons dancing wildly around. Shen Liang's decisions could only barely make things worse.

"You want to tell him about the child?" Pei Yuanxian scowled. The letter his second brother had wrote him specifically ordered him not to let Shen Ruiting and them people to know about the child's presence.