"Brother, why are you here?" Lan Jinyu tried to change the subject, grinning, "I'm hungry. What are we having for lunch today?"

Lan Yingxiong said with a stern face, "Don't try to fool me. Tell me clearly. Where did you go last night?"

Lan Zheyu smiled and said, "Brother, didn't you run into us yesterday afternoon? We were delivering food. Who could have imagined the journey would be so long? When my third brother and I were about to return, we found it was already dark. In order to abide by the village rules, we had no choice but to stay at Zhu Tong's house for one night."

Lan Yingxiong asked, "What about the earthen houses you just mentioned?"

Lan Zheyu said, "Oh, that's right. I found that Miss Zhutong is kind and beautiful..."

Lan Zheyu didn't want his eldest brother to focus his attention on his younger brother Tianmiao, so he deliberately mentioned Zhutong and praised her several times. Zhutong was a girl, and Lan Zheyu mentioned her to make his behavior seem more reasonable. After all, he met Tianmiao for the first time yesterday. If his eldest brother knew that he and his third brother regarded Tianmiao as their own brother, it would definitely be inappropriate, so he could only let Zhutong down.

"You like her?" Lan Yingxiong had indeed misunderstood his second brother's words. He frowned and said, "Zhu Tong is indeed very handsome, but there are many young and beautiful girls in the village. Although these girls are not as beautiful as Zhu Tong, they are also very beautiful. Zhu Tong has a pair of ominous green eyes, even her hair is green... The black dog we raised back then had green eyes. I almost suspected that Zhu Tong was the reincarnation of the black dog."

"Brother, stop joking. When Miss Zhutong was born, the black dog was still alive and well in our house. How could she be a dog?" Lan Jinyu's face was full of disapproval.

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Lan Zheyu also spoke up for Zhu Tong, "Her green eyes are as clear as gemstones, pure and flawless. Our black dog's eyes are lifeless. There's no comparison between the two."

Lan Yingxiong's brows were so furrowed that they looked like they could pinch a fly. "Have you been drugged by her?"

The twin brothers have been very close since childhood and have similar aesthetic tastes. Lan Yingxiong seriously suspects that both brothers have fallen in love with Zhu Tong, which would be a terrible thing.

He said, "I think even if Zhutong isn't a black dog, he's the reincarnation of a black dog. As everyone knows, only dogs have green eyes. I've been to town with Daddy, and the wealthy families there have dogs. Their eyes are all green, just in different shades... You two can like anyone, but you can't like Zhutong."

Lan Jinyu, perhaps due to her rebellious nature, actually asked, "Then is it okay for us to like men?"

Lan Yingxiong flew into a rage and raised his hand to hit him. "What did you say?"

Lan Jinyu quickly said, "No, no, I was just kidding."

Lan Yingxiong then put down his hand and said, "Anyway, don't get close to Zhu Tong again. That woman killed her parents. She's a star of misfortune."

"Brother, I don't think what you said is right. I remember that many people in the village lost both their parents. If Zhu Tong was born with bad luck, how could her brother still live to be fifteen?" Lan Jinyu analyzed seriously, "I think Zhu Tong is normal. She was just born with a different hair and eye color, so she was rejected by others..."

Lan Yingxiong said: "No man in the village likes Zhu Tong. Even Uncle Wang, who lives next door to her, doesn't want to marry her."

Lan Jinyu said, "Wang the Hunter is already over forty years old. He is willing to marry, but Zhu Tong is not!"

"You--" Lan Yingxiong felt that his third brother was hopeless. He said something and his third brother refuted it, and the two sides could not communicate at all.

Lan Yingxiong turned to look at his second brother and asked, "What about you? What do you think?"

Lan Zheyu touched his stomach and said, "I want to eat meat at noon."

"Don't interrupt! I'm discussing serious matters with you. Are you really in love with Zhu Tong?" Lan Yingxiong said in a stern tone.

Lan Zheyu shook his head. "No, actually, my third brother and I don't like Zhutong. We just like her green eyes and green hair. We think she has a unique charm, so we want to live next to her house to see if she knows any magic..."

"Also," Lan Zheyu added, "Third brother likes to argue. He just spoke up for Zhu Tong, not because he really wanted to defend her, but simply because he wanted to convince you to agree with his point of view."

Lan Yingxiong thought about it carefully. He realized that his third brother was indeed that kind of person, who loved to argue. He nodded and said, "That's good. Actually, I was just saying that in anger. Zhu Tong's appearance is actually the best in the whole village, and she's not completely unwanted. There was once a villager who was bewitched by her looks and wanted to marry her. However, Zhu Tong had a younger brother who was a burden. The man's family was poor and couldn't afford the bride price. He didn't want to support an extra mouth, so he hoped that Zhu Tong would abandon her brother. Zhu Tong refused, and after that, no man was willing to marry her anymore."

——The man who proposed to Zhu Tong was ugly and not worthy of Zhu Tong's beauty at all. If he was willing to raise Zhu Tianmiao, perhaps Zhu Tong would marry for her brother, but he was unwilling to raise her, so Zhu Tong directly kicked the man out.

After hearing this, Lan Zheyu and his brother looked at each other and suddenly developed a great liking for Zhu Tong. They felt that Zhu Tong was loyal and righteous. It was not easy for her, a weak woman, to raise her younger brother with great difficulty.

This girl's character was so good that Lan Jinyu suddenly had an outrageous idea in his mind:

If he married Zhu Tong, wouldn't he be able to bring his younger brother Tian Miao to live at home with good reason?

By then, Tian Miao will be his brother-in-law and a member of his family!

Lan Jinyu ran to the bronze mirror and looked at himself. He felt that his appearance was okay, and his figure, physique, family background and other conditions were not bad either. However, marriage is a matter of mutual consent, so Lan Jinyu decided to pursue Miss Zhutong.

"You two are not allowed to run around anymore. There are assistants watching over the shop at home. You just need to study at home. I will make lunch for you later." Lan Yingxiong instructed. He turned around and went to his neighbor's house. A doctor lived on the left side of his house, and a teacher lived on the right side.

Lan Yingxiong walked into the teacher's house on the right and asked, "Is Mr. Chen here?"

"Yes." The teacher heard the noise and hurried out of the room.

Lan Yingxiong looked at Mr. Chen and snorted coldly.

Mr. Chen said humbly, "Young Master, do you have something to ask me?"

Lan Yingxiong said, "My second brother hasn't been studying well these past two days."

Mr. Chen thought to himself, "What does this have to do with me? I'm just staying at home. It wasn't me who told the Second Young Master not to study. Why are you accusing me of anything? I feel so wronged..."

Of course, he couldn't really cry out for injustice, so he could only look embarrassed and say, "Eldest Young Master, I have already given all the characters I know to the other young masters. I don't understand the meaning of the remaining books and scriptures, so I can't teach the second young master anymore. I can only let him memorize them. I can't help you in other aspects..."