Chapter 3 Ye's Siblings

  Jiang Er held a large ceramic bowl in her hands, emitting a steaming hot vapor and a fragrance that hit the nostrils, Gao Yuan had been unconscious for a day and night, his stomach was already empty, smelling the fragrance, his stomach suddenly growled with hunger, hearing the sound, Gao Yuan still didn't feel anything, but Jiang Er's face was already flushed red.

  "Brother Gao, are you feeling better?" Jing'er asked softly from beside his bed.

  "Much better, much better!" Gao Yuan replied repeatedly. The aroma in the bowl kept drilling into his nostrils, and his stomach was not to be outdone, growling a few times.

  "Mother has cooked a bowl of chicken soup for you, I'll bring it over and help you nourish your body."

  "Thank you, miss! Thank you, aunt!" Gao Yuan repeatedly expressed his gratitude, but since he had no information about the girl in his mind, he couldn't help feeling a little awkward and didn't know how to address her, so he could only vaguely call her "miss" and address her mother as "aunt".

  Jiang Er suddenly lifted her head, looking at Gao Yuan with a puzzled expression in her eyes, as if Gao Yuan had said something wrong. Gao Yuan blinked his eyes, also unclear about what was going on.

  "I'm sorry miss, I've suffered a severe blow to the head and many things are unclear to me now. Even your name is beyond my recollection, it's really embarrassing." Gaoyuan rubbed his head in embarrassment, "I haven't even asked for your name yet?"

  "My sister is called Ye Jing'er, and my mother always calls her Jing'er." Before Jing'er could respond, a clear voice rang out from the side of a little boy.

  "So your sister's name is Jing Er? What a great name, it sounds good! Hmm, little guy, what's your name?" Gaoyuan asked with a smile, looking at the little boy.

  "I'm not a little kid!" The young boy puffed out his chest in discontent upon hearing Gao Yuan's words. "My name is Ye Feng, and I'll be turning ten soon. Mom said that once I turn ten, I'll be a man."

  Looking at the little guy's serious appearance, Gaoyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Not bad, not bad, Ye Feng will soon be a big man."

  "It's settled!" With a resolute nod, Ye Feng couldn't help but smile, "Big Brother Gao, it was always you protecting our family before. Now that I'm grown up, it's my turn."

  "I used to protect you guys?" Gaoyuan was taken aback, pointing at his own nose and asked.

  "Uh-huh!" Ye Feng nodded, "In the past, there were many bad guys who wanted to bully us, but it was always Gao Da Ge who chased them away. This time, you got hurt because a big bad guy wanted to bully Sister, and you fought with them, but you lost!"

  When the little boy spoke bluntly, Gaoyuan couldn't help but touch his nose awkwardly, "Brother Gao didn't lose, Brother Gao just wasn't careful, when Brother Gao heals from his injuries, he'll go find a rematch." He said with conviction.

  "Maple, don't talk nonsense!" Jing'er finally found a chance to shoo her brother away, "Big Brother Gao, don't listen to the kid's idle chatter, come on, while the chicken soup is still hot, hurry up and drink it!" she said as she handed him the bowl.

  Gao Yuan was indeed very hungry, and he took over the coarse ceramic bowl. To his surprise, there was a whole chicken in it, which didn't look too big, weighing about one catty. He took a big sip of the chicken soup, and the flavor was far more delicious than the delicacies he had eaten in his previous life. He couldn't help but exclaim: "So fragrant, good soup!"

  "Ha! This bowl of soup has been simmered for several hours, the flavor of the chicken has all melted into the soup, it's delicious!"

  "It was my sister who kept watch by the fire and cooked it, she got up before dawn, thinking I was still asleep, but actually I was awake!" Ye Feng chimed in on the side.

  Jiang Er was so embarrassed and annoyed that she stretched out her hand and pinched Ye Feng's ear, "Shut up, you don't talk, nobody thinks you're mute!"

  "I didn't even lie, why are you pulling my ears again?" Ye Jing'er pulled Ye Feng's ear and half-dragged him along, Ye Feng tilted his head, tiptoed, with a face full of resentment.

  "If you dare to talk back again, I'll go back and tell Mother, and let her punish you!" Ye Jing'er's face turned red with anger, she said.

  Ye Feng'er immediately shut her mouth, seeing this scene, Gao Yuan's heart was moved, it seems that the mother of these two siblings had very strict family rules.

  The sister and brother no longer spoke, Gao Yuan also couldn't find anything to say, lowering his head to drink the chicken soup, the room fell silent for a moment.

  With a gulp, Gao Yuan raised his head and happened to see Ye Feng swallowing a big mouthful of saliva. Seeing Gao Yuan looking over, he quickly lowered his head. Gao Yuan was taken aback, looking at the brother and sister's clothes with patches upon patches, fearing that their family was extremely poor. Seeing Ye Feng lower his head but still swallowing hard, Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile, stretching out a hand to beckon him over, "Little man, come here."

  "I'm a big man!" Ye Feng said with his head raised.

  "Alright, big man, come here!" Gaoyuan laughed and said.

  Ye Feng walked to Gao Yuan's side, and Gao Yuan smiled as he tore a chicken leg from the bowl and handed it to Ye Feng. "Here, eat a chicken leg, grow up quickly into a big man, and protect your mother and sister."

  I thought this little guy would eagerly accept it, but unexpectedly, Ye Feng backed away with his hands behind him, "I don't want to eat, this is for you to eat, you've lost a lot of blood, Mom said that eating more meat can help recover, I'm not hungry, I often eat chicken."

  "Just eat if you want to eat, big brother is injured and has a poor appetite, can't eat so much!" Gaoyuan said while looking at Yeqinger.

  Looking at Ye Feng's appearance of saying he wouldn't eat while drooling heavily, Ye Jing was apparently somewhat distressed, "Feng'er, Gao Ge let you eat, just eat it. I won't tell Mother."

  With Ye Jing's permission, Ye Feng finally took the chicken leg and ate it clean in a few bites, even chewing the bones into fragments and swallowing them whole, leaving Gao Yuan staring in shock, looking at this scene, he was afraid that Ye Feng usually often got stained with blood.

  Looking at Ye Feng's pitiful appearance, Gao Yuan tore off another chicken leg and handed it over. The chicken was originally small, and after two tears, there was almost nothing left in the bowl.

  "Xiang'er, isn't life at home a bit tough?" He raised his head.

  Jiang Er stared at Gao Yuan with a pair of bright eyes, thinking to herself that Gao Yuan had said he didn't remember anything about his past, and it seemed to be true. Otherwise, since the two families were only separated by a wall, how could he not know what was going on in her own household?

  "There are only three of us in the family, and we rely solely on my mother's needlework to make a living; it's already good that we can survive." Jing'er said softly with her head lowered.

  It was beyond Gaoyuan's expectation that the other party would be so embarrassed. Looking at the remaining soup in the bowl, he feared that this chicken was also a significant asset for them. The sister and brother were both thin as paper, and it seemed that they would be blown away by a strong wind, clearly malnourished. However, Jing'er's eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, especially when she stood there, she had an extraordinary aura, Gaoyuan couldn't think of any words to describe her for a moment, anyway, it made people feel particularly pleasing to the eye, if she was a bit more plump, she would be absolutely stunning.

  On the other side, Jing'er saw him staring at her and her brother without saying a word, and she couldn't help but blush again. She reached out to take the bowl from Gao Yuan's hand, "Brother Gao, you rest well, we'll leave first."

  Until the two of them left, Gao Yuan only then remembered that he hadn't even figured out how he got hurt. After thinking for a moment, he loudly shouted, "Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi!"

  "Master Gao!" Zhang Yi immediately appeared before his eyes. "I'm making medicine for Young Master, I just caught it."

  "Come here, I have something to ask you." Gaoyuan patted the bedside and motioned for Zhang Yi to sit down beside him.

  Zhang took a few steps closer and stood there, but didn't sit down. "What does Young Master want to ask?"

  "You also know, I don't remember anything, what was I doing, what was my family doing, how did I get hurt? And what about Uncle Lu, what was he doing? What's going on with the Jing family?" Gaoyuan asked a string of questions in one breath, leaving Zhang speechless. After being stunned for a while, he said: "Young master, you really don't remember anything?"

  "Nonsense! If I remembered, would I be asking you?" Gaoyuan said irritably.

  "Master Gao, you are called Gao Yuan. You are a native of Fufeng City, and Lord Lu is the county magistrate of Fufeng County, as well as Master Gao's uncle. The Gao and Lu families have a close relationship, and Lord Lu has always treated Master Gao like his own nephew. That Ye Jing'er is your neighbor, a mother and her three children!" Zhang Yidao said.

  "How did you get hurt?" Gaoyuan asked.

  "Master, wasn't it the day before yesterday that you saw Young Master Huo teasing Xiang'er and you stood up for her? You went forward to reason with him, but ended up fighting instead. With so many people on Huo Tianliang's side, of course, Master couldn't win. That's how things ended up like this." Zhang Yiyi said with a shrug.

  "What kind of person is Huo Tianliang?" Gao Yuan asked instinctively. The county magistrate knew that he was similar to the public security chief in later generations, and his power was not small. He thought that with his own background, Huo Tianliang still dared to lay hands on him, and he was probably not a good person either.

  "Young master had a few clashes with this Huo Tianliang before, he's the son of the supervising official, his father is even more powerful than our county magistrate!" Zhang Yi said in a low voice.

  "What does a postal inspector do?" In the distant impression, this official seems rarely heard of.

  "The inspector is sent by the prefecture to specifically supervise the county officials." Zhang Yi looked at Gao Yuan with some worry, thinking that this time the young master had suffered a great loss and his mind was all muddled, he didn't know anything anymore.

  "Then I won't have suffered in vain!" Gaoyuan angrily said: "After I recover from my injuries, Uncle Lu will definitely not let me go and take revenge."

  Zhang smiled slyly and said, "That's not entirely true."

  "How come" The distant eyes suddenly lit up.

  "Although the inspector's official rank is higher than that of a county magistrate, our master isn't someone to be trifled with either. Young Master, our master also has his own connections in the prefecture." Zhang Yi said calmly, "If you had accidentally beaten up that Hao Tianliang that day, our family wouldn't have been afraid of trouble either."

  Gao Yuan listened and immediately understood, and couldn't help but sneer: "Once I'm fully recovered, I'll definitely beat that piece of trash Huo Tianliang to the point where he can't take care of himself for the rest of his life."

  Zhang Yi was startled by the words. "Young master, Ho Tianliang usually doesn't go out alone, his family is very wealthy and he has several servants and bodyguards with him when he goes out. Young master, you shouldn't go alone, it's better to quietly ask Master to lend you a few strong men to go with you."

  Gao Yuan shook his head and waited for himself to recover from the injury. Those few dog legs were nothing, but borrowing troops from Uncle Lu was definitely not feasible. This was like his usual practice - two gangs fighting each other, you hit me, I hit you, it's no big deal. But if one side leads the police to fight against the other side, it's a different story and will cause trouble for Uncle Lu.

  "I've got it figured out!" he said in a low tone.

  Seeing the flash of sternness in Gao Yuan's eyes, Zhang Yi couldn't help but shiver, and he vaguely felt that Young Master Gao had been beaten to death this time, and after dying once, how did he seem to have changed into a different person?