Ye Xiao asked in surprise, "Why would you suddenly decide to move out?"

Chu Nian: "I am, after all, a son of a concubine. If I continue to live in the Prince's mansion, it will inevitably attract criticism."

Ye Xiao: "Are you still angry with me for having someone beat you last time?"

Chu Nian: "Your Highness is overthinking it. I just feel that once the sons of concubines in other households come of age, they all move out to live independently. I can't rely on your protection forever."

Ye Xiao said earnestly, "You're only sixteen."

Chu Nian: "Sixteen years old is already an adult."

Normally, people of this age in this era would be getting married. However, the original owner of this body kept saying that she didn't want to get married so early. In addition, Ye Xiao was already twenty years old and still hadn't started a family. Their parents had also passed away, so it was naturally inappropriate for her older brother to force her to get married.

Ye Xiao, his face dark, said in a deep voice, "Fine, I'll agree to whatever you want, except for matters involving Fei Yan. How about that?"

This is quite a concession. But honestly, given the original owner's personality, he probably wouldn't make any demands on him! The reason he disliked the female lead was because she was like a jinx, bringing all sorts of disasters to Ye Xiao as soon as she appeared.

Chu Nian: "Then, Your Highness, please grant my current wish. I wish to be independent."

Ye Xiao: "Are you really going to move out?"

Chu Nian: "Yes."

Ye Xiao: "Alright, I have a villa in the suburbs of Beijing..."

Chu Nian: "I have already found a place suitable for me to live, so Your Highness need not trouble yourself with this matter."

"Ye Nian!" Ye Xiao slammed down the book in his hand and stood up. "Are you really determined to fight me to the bitter end this time?"

Chu Nian was somewhat bewildered and said, "I just want to be independent. How did this become a competition with you? As a man, is it wrong for me to want to be independent? Is it wrong for me not to always depend on you? Why do you insist that I depend on you and never be independent?"

Ye Xiao was stunned by the four questions in a row: How come I never noticed that Ye Nian was so eloquent before? Where did that honest and extremely beautiful child go?

Ye Xiao slumped back down, pinching his brow with his hand, and said helplessly, "We'll talk about this later. You should go back and calm down first."

Chu Nian said, "This is the result of my calm consideration."

Ye Xiao grabbed a book from the table and threw it at Chu Nian in anger.

Seeing this, Chu Nian quickly dodged to the side, and the book flew past her in a perfect parabola, hitting the food plate in the hands of the female protagonist who had just entered carrying a food plate.

The plate and the bowl of medicinal food on it were smashed and landed on the ground in a spectacular fashion.

The male and female protagonists locked eyes and froze instantly. The male protagonist, like a child who had done something wrong, quickly turned his face away. The female protagonist, while complaining, "What's wrong with you two?" bent down to pick up the food plate and broken pieces of porcelain from the ground.

Chu Nian noticed several broken pieces of porcelain at her feet, so she squatted down to pick them up.

The female lead looked at her with some surprise.

Chu Nianqi asked, "What's wrong?" As she spoke, she put the broken porcelain shards in her hand into the plate that the female lead used to collect the broken porcelain shards.

The female lead quickly shook her head, blushing, and said, "It's nothing!" Ye Nian would never have been so calm and collected towards her before, and this was the first time she had ever had a man help her pick up the things that had fallen on the ground!

When she placed the food plate on the table and looked at Ye Xiao, Chu Nian realized the height difference between herself and the female lead, and then belatedly remembered that she was now a man, not a woman.

However, in the modern world, some gentlemanly men often do this kind of thing. So, her helping to pick up things probably isn't too feminine, is it?

Ye Xiao didn't pay much attention to her helping Nie Feiyan collect broken porcelain shards. After all, the other illegitimate sons in the mansions did this kind of thing almost every day, cough!

Nie Feiyan said helplessly, "Your Highness, can't you talk to the young master properly? Why do you smash things all the time?"

Ye Xiao said angrily, "Did he listen when I tried to talk to him nicely? Look at him, he's only sixteen and he insists on moving out, saying he wants to be independent. I offered him a house in the suburbs of Beijing, but he refused, saying he'd already found a place. What does he mean by this? Is he trying to cut ties with me?"

Nie Feiyan turned to Chu Nian with some surprise: "Young Master, didn't we reach an agreement that day?"

Chu Nian nodded and said "Mm".

Ye Xiao asked, puzzled, "What consensus?"

Nie Feiyan said, "I had a talk with the young master, and he understood that we shouldn't be enemies. I think that even if we live in the Night King's mansion together, we can get along peacefully." After saying that, she turned to Chu Nian, revealing an innocent and kind smile, and said, "Isn't that right, young master?"

Chu Nian immediately smiled back, revealing the same innocent and kind smile as her, and replied, "Yes, Miss Nie."

Ye Xiao sensed something was off about the interaction between the two.

But then Nie Feiyan said again, "If that's the case, why did you move out?"

Chu Nian: "I am an illegitimate son, and I should have moved out and lived independently a long time ago."

Nie Feiyan: "The other sons of concubines moved out because the legitimate sons didn't like them. But I think the prince values ​​you, his younger brother, quite a bit. Besides, he has clearly stated that he doesn't want you to move."

Chu Nian paused for a moment, then said in a clear voice, "Although I was born into the Night King's Mansion and grew up eating the Night King's Mansion's rice, my birth, or rather my arrival, was not for the Night King's Mansion, but for myself."

From now on, I will have my own life. This life may or may not be related to the Night King's Mansion. Regardless of whether it is related or not, the Night King's Mansion can never be my entire life; at most, it can only be a part of it.

Do you two understand what I'm saying?

Nie Feiyan was utterly shocked: which illegitimate son would dare to utter such words so openly? You must know that even if illegitimate sons from other households moved out to live independently, they would still have to give instructions to the legitimate son's household.

Ye Xiao was so angry he almost ordered someone to drag her out and give her another beating. He pointed at Chu Nian's nose and scolded, "You brat, do you think you're all grown up now and want to sever ties with the Ye Royal Mansion?"

"Ha, you really don't know who you are! Fine, you want to move out and live independently, is that it? Then go ahead, I want to see if you can survive outside without the Night King's Mansion!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Nian respectfully clasped his hands in a salute, then turned and left gracefully, truly leaving without a trace.