Urban Sims

A light snow fell.

The earth is covered with silver and is pure white.

After the operation, Zhou Ming, who was recuperating in bed for another week, finally recovered a lot, and the wounds scabbed over. This morning, he even got out of bed and walked a few steps.

Lying on the bed, watching or cleaning the room, or feeding cattle, sheep and chickens in the backyard, or boiling water and cooking in the kitchen, his sister Alice who is busy all day long, Zhou Ming hesitated. What to tell her?

"Brother, drink some mutton soup. I killed the last lamb in the house this morning. In a few days, there will be no more mutton soup."

Alice came in with a pottery bowl, with some tears on her face. She is kind-hearted. During the time when her brother was recovering from his injuries, she had already killed several lambs that she usually regarded as treasures. There are a few cute sheep , she even gave them a nice name.

But for the sake of her brother's health, she had to do it herself. Every time she did it, she would be sad for a long time.

He took the pottery bowl, drank two mouthfuls of hot mutton soup, looked at the thin and haggard Alice, her appearance was still so beautiful, but she was no longer innocent, cheerful and lively as before.

One blow after another made her lose her sweet laughter.

"Alice, my brother wants to ask you, when you grow up, what kind of person do you want to marry?" Zhou Ming put down the pottery bowl and asked Alice who was sitting by the bed.

"Married?"

Alice held her cheek in her hands and thought for a while, shook her head and said, "I haven't thought about this problem yet. I want to stay with my brother all the time!"

"Silly girl, how can you live your whole life with your brother? You will still get married after all. Tell me, what kind of person do you want to marry?"

After patting Alice on the head, Zhou Ming asked a little funny.

Alice lowered her head and thought for a while, looked up at Zhou Ming, and suddenly said, "I want to marry someone like my brother! Someone who will love me, care about me, and protect me!"

"Fool, are there two people who are exactly the same in this world? Even if you find a brother like him, but he is just a farmer, what's the use? He may die on the battlefield at any time, he may die in famine at any time, and he may meet at any time." All kinds of dangers...are you still willing to be with such a man?"

"I do! As long as he can care about me and love me like you, brother!" Alice nodded and said firmly.

"Little fool..."

Zhou Ming shook his head and smiled helplessly, but he still asked the question that had been brewing in his heart for a long time: "Alice, if you were given two choices, one is to marry a farmer and live an ordinary life, and the other is to marry a farmer. Marry a baron, become a distinguished baroness, and live a lifetime of food and clothing... If these two choices were placed in front of you, which one would you choose?"

"Brother, how can you choose like this? Who to marry depends not on whether that person treats me well. If he treats me badly, even if you marry the king, what happiness can there be?"

The remaining innocence in Alice's heart gave an answer that made Zhou Ming laugh bitterly.

Is this sister really spoiled by herself? In this cruel and realistic world, she still hasn't wiped out the innocence in her heart?

"Alice, if you marry a farmer, the farmer will treat you very well, but with your appearance, maybe it won't be long before someone like Baum will try his best to kill him, and then you may Become the mistress of the noble, or become the maid who waits for the noble, and when you get old, they will kick you away without hesitation, or you will be reduced to a dusty place... When you get old, you will be alone and helpless , you may be like the old woman Theresa in the town, living by begging for alms..."

Zhou Ming, determined to teach Alice a lesson, painted a desperate and tragic scene for her.

"Stop talking, stop talking! Brother, I don't believe it. I don't believe it won't happen. You lied to me, you lied to me!"

Alice was so frightened that she cried loudly and covered Zhou Ming's mouth with all her strength, not wanting to hear him say any more.

"Dear Alice, do you think my brother is willing to tell you these things? Look at the injuries on my brother's body. My brother doesn't have the ability to protect you anymore. Without my brother's protection, the second Baum, the third Baum, It will come to our home soon, do you think we can stop it?" Zhou Ming said helplessly.

"I will never marry again. I will never marry again in my life! I will always stay with my brother and go to a place where there are no bad people!"

Alice threw herself into Zhou Ming's arms and cried loudly.

Looking at this stubborn girl, Zhou Ming felt a pain in his head and regretted it very much. If he knew this, he should have brought her to suffer more when he was young.

"Alice, don't cry! Listen to your brother, trust your brother! In this world, only your brother will not lie to you, only your brother will treat you well, and only your brother will really think about you! Regarding who you will marry in the future, Just let my brother make arrangements for you. He will definitely find you a husband who treats you well and is capable of protecting you... Do you believe me?"

Zhou Ming stared into Alice's eyes and asked.

"Um!"

Alice nodded heavily.

…

The next morning.

Donnie, who was holding a bag of pastries in his hand, saw Zhou Ming walking slowly in the room.

"Ryan, it's amazing! You were so seriously injured that you stood up within a month. Everyone in the castle thought you were dead."

Danny excitedly stepped forward to support him and said.

"Let them continue to think so, Donnie, you didn't tell me about my waking up, right? Including Mrs. Madeleine." Zhou Ming asked seriously.

After he was injured in the training ground of the castle, even the well-known travel doctor who lived in the castle shook his head and said that he could not survive, and he waved his hands and gave up his treatment.

Only Donnie and Alice who didn't give up and had someone carry him home did things get better.

A miracle can only be said to be a miracle.

"No, I didn't tell anyone, including my mother."

Downey knew the meaning of Zhou Ming's words, and Zhou Ming had also told him that if he "dead", nothing would happen, but if he "lived", then there would be big troubles.

"Donnie, go and close the doors and windows over there. I have something to tell you." Zhou Ming suddenly said with a mysterious look on his face.

"What's going on, so mysterious?"

Donnie complained, but he closed the door and window anyway. The originally dark room suddenly became dark.

"Donnie, I have an idea..."

Zhou Ming covered Downey's ear with his hand, and whispered into his ear. After a while, Downey's eyes suddenly widened, and his breathing became short of breath. Hearing the back, even his eyes turned red. He grabbed Zhou Ming's sleeves tremblingly, and the veins in his hands burst out.

And the way he looked at Zhou Ming was like looking at a devil.

"Ryan, are you sure you want to do this? Edward is my biological brother, I...I..." Donnie said in a trembling voice.

"You don't need to do anything, what are you afraid of? Think about it, as long as you nod your head, everything in Grandland will belong to you, and you don't need to go all the way to the capital to accept all your unknown fates What? Think about Edward again, how has he treated you as his own brother all these years? I’m afraid he can’t wait to drive you away right away? Think about Fatty Baum, a pig-like thing, in Edward’s heart is more important than you, There’s nothing left to hesitate about…”

Zhou Ming's devilish whispers kept echoing in Donnie's ears.

"Enough is enough! Stop talking, stop talking! I promise, I promise!"

Danny kept breathing heavily, clenching his fists tightly, and the teeth in his mouth chattered loudly.

Edward, since you are unkind to me, don't blame me for being unkind to you!

"Donnie, I support you very much, but there is also a small condition. If you don't agree to this condition, you can just pretend that I didn't say what you said just now. It's best to let it all rot in your stomach."

Seeing Donnie nod, Zhou Ming made another timely request.

"What's the request? Say it quickly! Say it quickly!" Downey was anxious. In the end, why was Ryan still playing this game?

"Marry Alice as your wife. Remember, you are marrying her as your wife, not as a mistress with no title."

"Marry Alice?"

Downey was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Okay, okay, I like Alice the most, I am willing to marry her, I am willing!"

"I am marrying Alice, don't make a mistake!" Zhou Ming glared at him and emphasized.

"Yes, yes, marry Alice, I am willing to marry her!"

Seeing his wishful-looking look, Zhou Ming knew that his plan was basically perfect. Even though there would be some changes in the future, for now, there would be no mistakes.

After carefully giving instructions on what to pay attention to, Zhou Ming sent Donnie out of the door, who was so excited that he almost fell on the threshold.

Standing at the door and looking at the beautiful snow scene in the yard, Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment.

"Brother, why did you come out? It's cold outside. Go back inside and rest quickly." Alice, who was clearing the snow, saw him and stepped forward to express concern.

"Alice, what do you think of Master Downey? Do you like him?" Zhou Ming suddenly asked jokingly.

"Brother~! Why are you asking this all of a sudden? I don't like Master Donny..." As she spoke, Alice's voice became softer, and she suddenly blushed.

"Hahahaha~"

Zhou Ming laughed heartily, there was drama, there was a bit of drama.

This chapter is the foreshadowing and the next chapter is the climax. Please vote for me!