A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 446: What’s the difference between these nobles and the robbers?

"Sir, you're back, why are you blushing so much..."

Li Yunye escaped from Mu Liang's room in a daze, and hurriedly wiped the sweat off his head with a handkerchief. The servant Ah Qun happened to return to Liangyuan from outside. He was surprised to see the young master appear in the yard and immediately bowed to him. Looking at his red and sweaty face, he asked with concern. However, halfway through his words, Li Yunye frowned and just scolded him:

"Where have you been? I haven't seen you for a long time. Brother Muliang doesn't care about you on weekdays, but he has spoiled you into being so lazy that you don't even care when the master comes back."

If Ah Qun had been there just now, he would not have rashly barged into his brother's room and would not have found himself in such an embarrassing situation. Feeling ashamed and angry, he could not help but blame the other party.

Ah Qun, who had run back excitedly, was inexplicably scolded by the young master. He was so scared that he dared not say a word. He just stood there with his head lowered in grievance.

"Yun Ye, don't scold A Qun. I was the one who asked him to run and deliver something to Manager Yuan." Mu Liang also heard his brother's scolding in the house. He hurriedly opened his mouth to explain for A Qun. He couldn't help but wonder why his brother Yun Ye was so angry at A Qun for no reason?

Li Yunye was immediately ashamed by his brother's words. His already hot face became even redder. He coughed twice before apologizing to Ah Qun guiltily: "I'm sorry, I wronged you."

"Young Master..." Seeing that the young master actually apologized to her, Ah Qun, who was feeling aggrieved, was shocked and didn't know what to do. When she was about to bow and speak again, Li Yunye had already run away with a blushing face.

When the food was delivered to Liangyuan by the kitchen, Li Yunye also changed his clothes and came forward. The two of them sat on the bamboo couch by the window to have dinner. It was not yet evening but the sky was as bright as day. The room was not as stuffy as outside because of the ice and stones.

While eating, Li Yunye looked at Mu Liang's long hair tied behind his shoulders and couldn't help asking, "Is your hair still dry?"

"Half dry and half wet, let's just leave it that way for now. Anyway, we don't have to go out at night." Mu Liang said with a smile after drinking half a sip of tea.

Jiang Siyao smiled but said nothing. She inadvertently glanced at Mu Liang's loose open collar and began to be distracted again, but soon shook her head to calm herself down, and sighed with a bit of regret: Jiang Siyao, Jiang Siyao, look at your useless look, didn't you just see Brother Mu Liang's naked body? Why are you so hungry?

"What's wrong? Are you not feeling well?" Seeing his brother suddenly shaking his head and looking listless, Mu Liang immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked with concern.

"No...no." Li Yunye drank the tea in the cup guiltily, lowered his eyes and answered, then he remembered the business and asked: "Did Ange come back with you? Why didn't I see him?"

"I asked him to go out of the city to see Manager Li off. He should be back soon." Seeing that his brother was fine, Mu Liang felt relieved and picked up the bowl and chopsticks again and replied.

"Ange actually brought Manager Li along this time, how come I didn't know about it? He only told me that he was bringing two farmhands, so why did he bring Manager Li along?" When Manager Li was mentioned, Li Yunye naturally thought of his identity, but he pretended to be ignorant in order to test whether his brother would tell him the truth.

"You don't know? I thought Ange told you?" Mu Liang was also immediately surprised, but when he carefully noticed the evasion in his brother's eyes, he also showed a confusing smile.

"You asked him to keep it a secret, how dare he say it?" Li Yunye was not as calm as Mu Liang. Seeing the deep smile on his brother's face, he felt uneasy in his heart, so he raised his eyebrows and said to him angrily with a look of shame and anger.

"I'm sorry. I kept it from you before because I was afraid you would worry too much. After all, the Li family had a lot of things to do at that time, and I didn't want to add to your troubles. Later, I got busy and forgot about it. If you want to blame someone, just blame me. Why did you play tricks on me?" Knowing that his brother was not really angry, Mu Liang apologized to him and then looked serious, sighing helplessly.

As the boss of Jiangnan Mingli, he will inevitably have to put on a show in front of others in the future, but he hopes that his younger brother Yunye can still retain his previous frankness when facing him.

"The officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps? Brother Muliang is my teacher, and I must have learned by example. If there is really something wrong, shouldn't you reflect on it? Why are you blaming me first?" Li Yunye was really annoyed when he saw that he was scolded by his brother after playing tricks. However, he didn't lose his temper like before. Instead, he snorted coldly and deliberately said angry words to him.

"You are wrongly accusing me. When have I ever been so mean to you? I am truly doing this for the good of the Li family and your own good. I never expected that brother Yunye misses me so much. It really breaks my heart!" Mu Liang's eyes dimmed instantly after hearing his brother's words. Although he sighed as if he was heartbroken, he did not really blame him. After all, he did have the initiative to hide some things from him. But Mu Liang felt that he had no ill will towards the Li family or his brother.

“I didn’t mean that…” Li Yunye was very upset when he saw that his angry words had hurt Brother Muliang. He quickly stood up and sat down next to Muliang again, hugged his arm and started to act like a spoiled child: “I’m sorry Brother Muliang, Yunye was wrong. It’s all my fault that I got so angry that I deliberately said those words to you. These are not what I really think. I know how Brother Muliang treats me like a mirror. No matter what, I will never have second thoughts about Brother Muliang!”

Brother Mu Liang was heartbroken, and Jiang Siyao was also at a loss. She regretted it but was also afraid of losing him. In the eyes of outsiders, perhaps Brother Mu Liang was just relying on the famous Li family in Jiangnan, but Jiang Siyao knew that both the Li family and she could no longer do without Brother Mu Liang.

"Okay, okay, Brother Mu Liang was just joking with you. I just finished taking a shower in this hot weather and now you're sticking to me and I'm covered in sweat." Mu Liang has always doted on this sworn brother, and seeing him clinging to him and acting so coquettishly, there is no trace of gloom on his face, and tenderness is revealed in his eyes. He then pats the other's hand and smiles helplessly.

"Brother Muliang..." Although Li Yunye had calmed down, he still held Muliang's arm tightly with both hands, unwilling to let go. He then put his face on his shoulder, smelling the light and warm breath of his brother, and hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Will Brother Muliang stay in the Li family forever?"

"The Li family is also my home. Where else can I go if I don't stay here? Unless my brother Yunye wants to drive me away one day." Seeing that his brother-in-law no longer acted like a spoiled child, Mu Liang let him continue to lean on him. When he heard him ask this inexplicable question, he smiled gently.

"Nonsense! I definitely won't bear to chase away the best brother Mu Liang in the world!" Upon hearing this, Li Yunye's eyes turned red involuntarily. He hugged his brother Mu Liang tightly again and said firmly.

"In that case, I will protect the Li family for the rest of my life." Li Yunye's words also made Mu Liang feel warm in his heart.

"Young Master, have you been so clingy since you were a kid?" In the courtyard outside the window, An Yun and A Qun looked at the two brothers in the house being so clingy in this hot weather, and they couldn't help but shake their heads helplessly. A Qun asked curiously.

After all, he had only been in the Li family for a short time, so naturally he didn't know the young master's previous temperament. He only felt that although the young master was weak, he was fine in front of other people. Why did he always act like a delicate girl when he saw Young Master Mu Liang?

"When the young master was a child, he was also very close to Young Master Mu Liang. Later, perhaps because Young Master Mu Liang went to the capital and the young master grew up, the two of them became estranged. But since the young master went to Liangdu with Young Master Mu Liang, the two of them seemed to have returned to their childhood." An Yun said seriously after thinking about it carefully.

"How can this person be the same when he grew up, especially when they are two men?" Ah Qun shook his head in confusion again, and then moved closer to An Yun and continued in a low voice: "I heard that the young master used to be famous for his romantic life in Qile City, but a year before the master passed away, the young master seemed to have changed into a different person, and he didn't even bother with women anymore."

"Young Master, you suddenly come to your senses and need to keep yourself clean, is that not okay?" After Ah Qun finished speaking, An Yun glanced at him coldly.

Knowing that he had said too much again, Ah Qun quickly shrank his neck and ran away.

"Did everything go well this time? You didn't suffer at Yanjiaopo, did you? How much ransom did Yanjiaopo take from us?" At this time, the two people in the house had finished their meal. They got off the bamboo couch and sat at the table nearby to drink the cold drink brought in by Ah Qun. Li Yunye got back to the topic again.

So Mu Liang told them everything that happened between them and Yanjiaopo. After hearing that his sworn brother was treated to good food and drink at Yanjiaopo, Li Yunye was completely convinced that the bandits at Yanjiaopo were not evil villains who would kill people without blinking an eye. After hearing how Ange calmly bargained with the bandits and reduced the ransom from 50,000 taels to 8,000 taels, he was even more surprised and delighted, and clapped his hands in joy.

"Don't be happy too soon. Although Ange saved more than 40,000 taels from the bandits, King Zhao borrowed another 30,000 taels from him in Mo City." Seeing his sworn brother so happy, Mu Liang smiled bitterly and placed King Zhao's IOU and the remaining banknotes in front of Li Yunye.

Like a bucket of cold water poured down on him, Li Yunye's face darkened as he looked at the IOU in his hand while listening to his brother-in-law's story about the King Zhao borrowing money. Although he had the IOU in his hand, it was just a decoration. If the King Zhao didn't take the initiative to mention it, how could the famous Li from Jiangnan dare to ask him for it? Li Yunye was so angry that his face turned red. He snorted coldly without caring about it: "It is said that mountain bandits rob people of their money, but how are these nobles different from robbers? Relying on the power in their hands, they can plunder with just a few words..."

Before Li Yunye could finish speaking, Mu Liang looked out the window and hushed at him, even though he was at home, it was hard to guard against ears.