death is my ghost

Chapter 2 The kid who is afraid of thunder

Hua Li has known Gu Yan since he was very young. At that time, the Hua family had not yet fallen, and they were in charge of the court, and even the emperor was afraid of it.He often goes to play in the palace. On the one hand, he likes the luxury and beauty of the palace, and on the other hand, his cousin, concubine and noble concubine always keep him.

They said they wanted to keep him, but they actually wanted to keep the emperor, because the power of the Hua family in the previous dynasty made the emperor, who had no military power, dare not speak out. He had to "take care" of Huali, the only male of the Hua family's direct line.

In fact, in the end, Hua Li "took care" to go to the Queen's Jiaofang Hall, while the Emperor stayed to accompany the concubine Chen.This is also one of the reasons why Huali likes to come to the palace.

Hua Li actually doesn't like her cousin Hua Mengyun, she is a woman who values ​​fame and wealth but also thinks she is noble, just like his parents, such people often end badly.On the contrary, he prefers Queen Mo Shi, she has a gentle voice and two lovely children - Gu Yan and Gu Heng.

He prefers to play with Gu Heng, probably because Gu Yan is as skinny as him, and often takes him to play some exciting things, the two of them are the devil kings in the palace, and they have done all kinds of bad things.

He and Gu Heng are very good friends, but the intersection with Gu Yan is not too deep, probably because Gu Yan is a few years older than them, always pretending to be old-fashioned The identity taught the two of them a lesson, which made Huali's affection for him plummet.

The intersection with Gu Yan started on a stormy night.

That was another night when he stayed in the palace. He originally slept with Gu Heng that day, but he was woken up by urinating in the middle of the night, went out to settle a meal, and then forgot the way back.In the dead of night, there was still a lot of wind and rain. The heavy rain and lightning made Huali a little scared.He suddenly regretted his previous tough request for the maid to leave without vigil.

Hua Li, who was looking for a room in the corridor, vaguely heard crying, which frightened him, anything can happen in the middle of the night.However, as a child from a high-ranking official family, he still has the ability to remain unchanged in times of crisis. After he calmed down and thought for a while, Huali realized that this was not the movement made by those terrible things, but the room behind him—— — According to his memory, it was Gu Yan's room, and the voice came from inside.

Hua Li was slightly surprised, then pushed open the door.There was not a single palace person inside... Hua Li was surprised that Gu Yan slept like him and liked to push back the palace people, and walked into the inner room following the voice.

The closer he got to the inside, the louder the whimpering was heard, until he reached Gu Yan's bedside.

On the luxurious and huge bed, a boy curled up in the middle of the bed, trembling and crying.

"Gu Yan." Hua Li called him.

The boy looked up at him, as if his mind was still in a trance, his black eyes were full of confusion, and there were still tears in the corners of his eyes, so cute.It was the first time Hua Li saw Gu Yan like this, it was pitiful, just like the puppy he raised a long time ago.

On weekdays, Gu Yan always looks like a serious big brother. Every time he sees Huali, his expression is faint and full of alienation. If he and Gu Heng are seen... he will probably start to reprimand them for nonsense with a straight face.I never play with them, either reading a book or practicing calligraphy.

"Boom—" A thunderstorm interrupted Huali's recollection, and then the sky was illuminated by thunder and lightning into day.

Gu Yan desperately buried herself in the quilt, no longer caring about Huali.

Only then did Hua Li realize that Gu Yan was afraid of thunder.

Looking at Gu Yan curled up on the bed, Hua Li thought of herself.He is the only male of the Hua family's direct lineage generation, so his family is very strict with his education, and he is often locked in the house because of trivial matters, unable to eat, drink, or move around.At that time, like Gu Yan, he could only curl up on the bed and cry while hugging himself.

After thinking about it, Hua Li took off his shoes and went to bed, lay beside Gu Yan and gently hugged him into his arms, imitating the way the queen coaxes Gu Heng to sleep, patted Gu Yan's back one after another, saying: " It's okay, I'm here, it's okay..."

Even though his body is much smaller than Gu Yan's, the posture of holding someone bigger than himself looks a bit weird, but it is inexplicably reassuring.

Gu Yan's body froze for a moment, then he slowly stretched out his hand and hugged Huali back.

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Since then, every rainy night, Huali would go into the palace to accompany Gu Yan, and even if she couldn't come in, she would ask someone to send various small items to Gu Yan, and attach a small note to tell him not to be afraid.Even though Gu Yan was no longer afraid of thunder, Huali would always subconsciously look for him on rainy nights.What has always been hidden in his heart is the boy who cried in the rainy night that day. It is not only Gu Yan, but also himself...

Maybe it was because he simply felt that Gu Yan was very pitiful that night, or it was because Gu Yan thought of himself... In short, since then, Huali's attitude towards Gu Yan has completely changed, and he is very kind to him. There is no expression, but it can be clearly seen that he is no longer alienated from Huali as before.

This change made Gu Heng feel unbelievable, so much so that he hated his elder brother who was better than himself in every aspect even more.

It doesn't feel good to be hated by his own brother, but Gu Yan is even more reluctant to part with the warmth in that rainy night.Of course, he is not Gu Heng, he understands many things, his father absolutely does not want to see him get too close to Huali.So even though he has gradually developed a good impression and even a sense of dependence on Huali, he can't express it, and can only face him with a cold face as always.

Until...the Hua family was wiped out, that was the turning point of everything.