「可憐的是蒔兒,還是覺得蒔兒可憐的你們?」53Please respect copyright.PENANAPM6DdRmj9X
忽如其來的問話同時嚇到男人與女孩,雙雙猛然回頭發現洪九安不知站立在那處多久,其神色不悅、語調中則壓抑怒氣,聽得葉鸛剎那知曉自己又嘴拙講錯話,趕忙慌亂解釋:「洪、洪三舵主,葉某並非這個意思.......」53Please respect copyright.PENANAo8kOXCNK5s
但他其實不明白為何洪九安如此戾氣尖銳。53Please respect copyright.PENANApJuZVO48MJ
「閉嘴!我的蒔兒還需要你們來評斷可憐不可憐嗎!」53Please respect copyright.PENANALiFvYkxlN7
「洪三舵主......」53Please respect copyright.PENANA4QMMvroAdk
葉鸛還想解釋,卻被對方眼神遏止,戰戰兢兢不敢再言語。53Please respect copyright.PENANAYWiAv95SgK
「收起你們那個可憐的心態!」本來對他就無好臉色的洪九安此刻再也沒能忍住,伸手拉起女兒的手就要她遠離葉鸛,難得厲聲道:「蒔兒,跟阿娘走!」53Please respect copyright.PENANAIqlkWTi8zE
洪九安帶著洪蒔就要離去,而女孩本欲幫葉鸛求情,卻注意到母親眼神從未如此鋒利,滿溢厭惡,讓其將所有未出口的話又都吞回肚裡。53Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ffmx4T32V
她不清楚那樣的憤恨是針對自己,還是大俠,又或者誰,只知阿娘的怒火輕易燒毀安穩。53Please respect copyright.PENANAMH2DJRPJiV
阿娘為什麼這麼生氣?53Please respect copyright.PENANAfUpdiCZw6A
為什麼?53Please respect copyright.PENANAtQi0YnXh4h
「蒔兒!走了!」53Please respect copyright.PENANApO4dOFMGsU
女孩滿腹疑慮卻無法開口,僅能頻頻回頭看葉鸛獨自站立於遠方。又直到遠離男人後洪九安方放緩語調,蹲下來凝視女兒後又緊緊抱住她,用盡可能溫柔又懇求的語調叮囑:「以後不准再跟他來往,知道了嗎?」53Please respect copyright.PENANAJGiqXKy3ou
「阿娘是為了你好,妳有一天就會懂了。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0cB96jmqu
洪蒔背後顫抖的小手握緊拳頭又放開,最後點頭允諾。53Please respect copyright.PENANAgUlK8TGEeO
「好的,阿娘。」
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葉鸛接下來數日都未見得洪蒔和洪九安,他亦在房中沉思、惶恐於洪九安的怒火,卻仍沒能明白這種情感。53Please respect copyright.PENANAnZHyu9BNPy
為什麼女人如此憤怒?53Please respect copyright.PENANA3gkb3IS9AW
畢竟世間本就是沒有血緣非家、未血脈相連不存父母慈愛,不是嗎?53Please respect copyright.PENANAr43yqp8ZNA
而為什麼覺得女孩很可憐⋯⋯?53Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dydma0Pdj
難道不可憐嗎?53Please respect copyright.PENANAc9WnffO7qU
為什麼?葉鸛捫心自問。53Please respect copyright.PENANA8QhaVHoVXr
究竟是來自對爹娘的怨恨或者眷戀,又或者對葉家渴求親人般的靠近,讓葉鸛依舊替女孩感到難受?53Please respect copyright.PENANAC2hpxhBeuV
而此時他無意識要拿取熱茶飲用,卻被燙得抽手,不敢再碰。53Please respect copyright.PENANAfM4h2n6rS8
痛。53Please respect copyright.PENANAslYKMUXluv
好痛。53Please respect copyright.PENANACW1wjMXzGV
「你是覺得自己可憐吧?」53Please respect copyright.PENANALcagDuHFd9
心底猛然出現如此話語,讓他握緊自己的手。53Please respect copyright.PENANAeFShk3Ik38
門口忽地傳來輕扣門板響音,接著其他藏劍弟子說話傳來:「六少爺,您該去巡視了。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAbUcvweXv0V
「知道了。」收起所有心思,葉鸛允諾:「我這就去。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAId6Qbqse4f
幾些日子來,男人注意到洪蒔都會躲在柱子後偷偷和自己揮手,而他也覺得與這孩子頗為投緣,但每每欲上前輕拍其頭時想到其母親對自己的反感,便有些退縮。53Please respect copyright.PENANA85ymTyhXy5
然而,他又在拿到洪蒔偷偷塞給他的甜食時思量許久,終於鼓起勇氣想和洪九安解釋與致歉。53Please respect copyright.PENANAgqOOuR1Pik
丐幫而門外丐幫弟子門見到葉鸛在外頭觀望,互望後雙雙上前勾住他的肩頭,咧嘴笑道:「葉六少爺。」53Please respect copyright.PENANALZwXSKrGV3
「你既然來了,就好好跟三舵主談談吧!她可被你氣得不輕。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAB2OeUAhXz4
儘管言語間盡是輕鬆笑意,男人聽得仍全身緊繃,在眾丐幫的大笑聲中戰戰兢兢走向洪九安所在之處。53Please respect copyright.PENANAVGXsa2kWBh
葉鸛盡可能放輕腳步,因此當其踏入廳堂時洪九安並未立即注意到他,仍隻手撐著臉頰、緊皺眉頭處理分舵帳務。這時女人未帶著先前的怒火,面容不掩疲倦,似乎勞累許久從未好好休息過般,不時捏緊眉間嘆氣,看得葉鸛微愣下意識想前進,卻不小心撞到身旁櫃子,即刻驚動對方。53Please respect copyright.PENANA61ipBRQKMV
霎時掃去倦容,洪九安即刻目露不悅道:「又是你?我不想看到——」嚇得葉鸛趕忙開口:「洪三舵主!葉某是來致歉.......」53Please respect copyright.PENANAOjpcWXz54k
本還有話欲說洪九安甚是詫異,但見對方行禮不起,雙手甚至微微顫抖,語調又相當誠摯,半刻間她也沒能再次厲聲將其趕走,許久後才揮手。53Please respect copyright.PENANAfholZBsZ72
「說吧,葉少爺要道歉甚麼?」53Please respect copyright.PENANA3AZgvp6zHf
「葉、葉某.......」深吐息後葉鸛聲音還有些顫抖,卻清楚說出欲表達之事:「葉某絕對不是看輕洪三舵主與令千金。」53Please respect copyright.PENANATetrZvqxD1
「葉某不過是葉家一屆養子.......」53Please respect copyright.PENANAGoHlVFN1fz
他畏縮卻嘗試將過去斷續講完,從爹娘將其賣給葉家作承接災厄的養子開始,到難以達到眾人對葉家少爺之期待,還有透露出自己都沒發現渴望擁有的親情。而洪九安竟沒有打斷他,耐著性子聽完。53Please respect copyright.PENANAooURysmP7j
「所以那句可憐,是葉某忍不住這樣想.......抱歉。」男人再次深深作揖,只差沒跪下。「葉某再次發誓,絕對非看輕洪三舵主。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAHciQnldL2r
無論如何,他想要請求原諒。53Please respect copyright.PENANARPcCqUocFx
洪九安聽聞後訝異並不表現於神態,心底卻終是明白男人那畏縮害怕來自何處,又怎麼執著於血脈之親。53Please respect copyright.PENANAjWzafOx77t
難怪.......53Please respect copyright.PENANAaCKpMBOdQl
「原來你是養子嗎⋯⋯」53Please respect copyright.PENANAyfdsrIqZge
女人無法再更多說些甚麼,本尚存的氣憤惱怒也莫知為何消失大半,僅能搖頭嘆息:「這不是什麼好回憶,多年來應該很辛苦吧?」53Please respect copyright.PENANAJZugPBQGXT
此話既出,葉鸛猛然抬頭,雙眸流露訝異。53Please respect copyright.PENANAYkqcSh9B9w
從未有人對他說過此類話語。53Please respect copyright.PENANAbBDPjGEqcd
更沒有人覺得他辛苦,都只認為他應該要辛苦努力去到達那些理所當然的期待。53Please respect copyright.PENANA02MALBy39a
某種男人從不覺得該出現在自己身上的委屈,還有心塞頓時全數湧上,使他鼻頭陣陣酸楚,趕忙撇頭,避免自己醜態畢露。53Please respect copyright.PENANA8tTkPj0vnF
洪九安看了再次訝異,隨後露出個五味雜陳的神情。53Please respect copyright.PENANA3b9igcg6ST
他們沉默許久,女人才又輕聲說:「我爹娘也都不在身邊了,有時候還是會思念他們。」她說著同時指尖在桌面打轉,邊道:「然而師門師兄姐都對我很好,又加上有了蒔兒,讓我覺得有些家人並非要血脈相連才能存在。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAgUMELyUv8S
講到此,她憶起那總把自己當成親妹的師姐。53Please respect copyright.PENANAVNaCc0SVjM
胡姚師姐啊......53Please respect copyright.PENANAEm3k7g6KyJ
聽洪九安不再言語,葉鸛便偷偷抬頭望向其陷入沉靜的神態,心底思考她所說之話。53Please respect copyright.PENANAnlK3lHwmcv
家人究竟是甚麼?53Please respect copyright.PENANAxGqKTcZW0j
男人本不斷抱持質疑的事物在此露出裂痕,他方才意識到江湖上有賣出張火的父母,也存在帶回洪蒔的洪九安;有愛著存在血緣的世家族人,亦有並非血脈相連而成立的丐幫。53Please respect copyright.PENANAehGxjrzJmf
許久,女人又似乎不想繼續對話,語調平淡表示:「起來吧葉少爺,即使是葉家養子,你亦是名門子弟,別老如此。」並又重新開始批改帳簿邊開口:「今天就先請回。」53Please respect copyright.PENANAr9lYRWwih8
葉鸛知曉此乃逐客之令,卻仍忍不住想懇求原諒。53Please respect copyright.PENANAoeYCAQqbw4
「洪三舵主......葉某......」53Please respect copyright.PENANAoKpqTDxI77
洪九安頓了頓,並未直接說出他欲聽之話,見男人慌張的神態後僅是放鬆緊鎖的眉目道:「明天我等還得相討共議藏劍山莊與丐幫的生意,不是嗎?」53Please respect copyright.PENANAM9i2sxSreT
語畢,她似乎還露出個無奈又閃瞬而逝的笑容。53Please respect copyright.PENANAEYrfPU2LdF
讓葉鸛難以忘懷。
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