I just want to live a good life

Chapter 343 Heart to Heart 1 Family

The sixth child's real name is Ye Xiaobai. He is from Jiangnan. His father is a scholar who teaches in school. His mother runs a tailor shop. The family has enough food and clothing and some surplus left over.

Such warm and happy days were ended by an unexpected fire. Both parents died in the fire. Ye Xiaobai, who was only six years old, was lucky to survive, but he also became an orphan.

Then he begged for food on the street for two years, and it was while begging that he met his future owner.

His master fed him, taught him martial arts, and he grew into what he is today.

After hearing what Lao Liu said, everyone felt a little more favorable towards his master, except Su Nuan, whose abacus beads were clattering in her heart.

How much money does it cost to raise a child and provide him with basic food, clothing and shelter? And after raising him, he will risk his life and do bad things for you. This cannot be measured by that little bit of money.

Master Laoliu is something special!

Lao Liu is nineteen years old this year. When he was six years old, that is, eleven years ago, he went to Jiangnan. Now he is a powerful official in the imperial city. This is the scope defined by Su Nuan in order to investigate the identity of Lao Liu's master in the future.

Since she had promised Lao Liu not to force him to reveal the identity of his original owner, she could not go back on her word, but she could investigate secretly.

"Brother Xiaobai is also a miserable person."

Su Qingmo's sigh attracted Su Nuan's attention, "Sixth Brother, no, Xiaobai has finished speaking, now it's your turn."

Su Qingmo felt a little regretful for saying something extra at this time, but thinking that he didn't have any shameful background, he spoke openly about his background.

Su Qingmo is the youngest son of Su Qi, the richest businessman in Jiangnan. Because he was a bastard born to a concubine, he was not taken seriously since childhood, and his relationship with his father and brother was not very good. Later, his mother died of illness, so he left the Su family under the pretext of relaxing, and from then on he traveled around mountains and rivers and became addicted to them.

Others had no feeling towards the name Su Qi, but Lao Liu's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"You are actually the young master of the Su family. When I was begging, I would go to the Su family's porridge stall every month to get porridge. Master Su is a very kind person."

Su Qingmo smiled bitterly and said, "Can you be called a great philanthropist if you give out porridge once a month? You're just trying to gain a good reputation."

Lao Liu was unable to continue speaking and he looked at Su Nuan for help.

Su Nuan said with a smile: "Even if it is for fame, you have to spend real money. We don't look at the purpose but only the result. Many people may have survived hunger because of this bowl of porridge. Mr. Su, a great philanthropist, deserves this title."

Su Qingmo didn't expect Su Nuan to say such a thing. After being stunned for a moment, he smiled with relief.

Then everyone looked at Chu Qi at the same time.

Chu Qi sighed helplessly.

Chu Qi was really called Chu Qi, because when his mother gave birth to him, his father had already accepted six disciples, so he was given this name.

My mother was unhappy and had a big fight with my father because of the name, but in the end nothing could be changed.

Chu Qi has been overshadowed by his six senior brothers since he was young. His childhood was miserable. He started doing horse stance at the age of three, walking on plum blossom piles at the age of five, and doing pile driving at the age of seven, and he would do it all day long.

On his ninth birthday, his mother bought him a beautiful jade pendant, which he loved very much. However, he played with it for a while longer and was seen by his father, who crushed the pendant into powder in front of him.

Mother had another big fight with father, and they even fought. In the end, mother couldn't beat father, and she cried in anger. From then on, she locked herself in the Buddhist temple and refused to come out.

At a young age, Chu Qi thought that his mother was angry because the jade pendant was destroyed, so he thought that he could appease his mother by buying a similar jade pendant. However, he searched for a long time but couldn't find the same jade pendant, so he tried to make it himself.

This attempt was unstoppable, and he became obsessed with everything from jade pendants to jade hairpins to all kinds of jewelry.

At first he did it secretly, but after being caught several times, he simply gave up.

After being beaten and scolded, he grew up and became bolder, so he secretly left home.

After listening to Chu Qi's narration, Su Nuan felt very sympathetic towards him. Isn't this the child who lives under the shadow of "other people's children"? She thought he was rebellious before, but now she feels that he is not rebellious enough.

It is not easy for a child who grows up like this to not become psychologically abnormal.

She silently patted Chu Qi's shoulder as a way of comforting him.

Chu Qi gave her a strong smile in return.

Then several people fell silent. Originally they thought that no one was sincere in treating each other as friends and that was why they were hiding their backgrounds. But now it seems that it was not a deliberate concealment at all. It was obvious that they just didn't want to show their wounds to others.

Even though everyone talks about it lightly, the sadness of a six-year-old child begging on the street, the helplessness of a bastard being excluded, and the hardship of a person with mediocre talent desperately trying to catch up with a genius cannot be expressed in a few words.

Everyone sighed for a while, and just during this short period of time, the hearts of the people became much closer.

Su Nuan stretched out her hand and said to the others, "We will be a family from now on. We will eat meat together and drink soup together."

This was said proudly, and Su Qingmo was the first to agree. Then, following Su Nuan's eye guidance, he placed his palm on the back of Su Nuan's hand.

Following his example, Lao Liu and Chu Qi also put their hands together.

The only one missing was Xia Changze. He frowned as he looked at his sister's palm at the bottom. Then, under the gazes of several people, he lifted Su Qingmo's palm and placed it on his own hand. Then he placed Su Nuan's hand on the top, saying, "We are all grown men. Do we need your comfort?"

Su Nuanxin said, "Third brother, you don't understand. This is called a family with hearts connected."

As the relationship between the few people became closer, they spoke with less scruples, and Chu Qi spoke out what was on his mind.

"I still think Concubine Xia should return to the Crown Prince's Mansion. His Royal Highness is sincere to you. I heard from my senior brother that His Royal Highness has been so anxious these past few days that he has been unable to eat or sleep.

Even if the Queen really wants to harm you, I think His Highness will protect you."

As soon as Chu Qi finished speaking, Xia Changze snorted coldly and said, "He is about to marry a wife, so how can he care about your life or death?"