Chapter 191 Brother, Ningning likes me

Xie Shian was annoyed, "Wen Xingluo, you are asking for special treatment!"

Wen Xingluo slowly withdrew from Xie Guanlan's arms.

She hesitantly smoothed her hair, then slowly turned to Xie Shian and said, "It's mainly because Fourth Brother hasn't taken a shower and looks dirty and smelly, so I don't want to hold him."

"you--"

Xie Shian was choked with speech.

What she said made so much sense, he couldn't even refute it!

But he still felt something was wrong. As he was racking his brains, Xie Guanlan glanced at him and said calmly, "You just said that I was surrounded by enemy troops and you saved me?"

"Ahem..." Xie Shian felt guilty.

Facing Xie Guanlan's relentless gaze, Xie Shian could only honestly say, "I was surrounded by mistake, and Big Brother led three thousand soldiers to charge into battle, invincible. That's how he drove away the enemy and saved me. Is that okay?"

"About the siege?"

"Oh, it was me who couldn't capture the city, and only after Big Brother arrived did we come up with a plan to sneak into the city through the moat and open the city gate, okay? Big Brother, you really are such a fool! Can't you just let me pretend in front of Ningning?!"

"cannot."

Xie Shian: “…”

Wen Xingluo smiled and said, "Come in, I'll make you some tea. I've recently learned how to make tea from my mother, so you can try my tea and see if it's good."

After she left, Xie Guanlan and Xie Shian sat down in the small flower hall.

Xie Shian crossed his legs and casually plucked a hibiscus flower from the flower table. Suddenly, he said, "Brother, I discovered a secret."

"What?"

"Ningning likes me."

Xie Guanlan: “…”

Xie Shian looked around, moved closer to Xie Guanlan, and lowered his voice and said, "Think about it, she dares to hug you, but she doesn't dare to hug me. If this isn't love for me, what is it?"

Xie Guanlan: "What's the inevitable connection between the two?"

"Brother, it's because you're so focused on government affairs that you know nothing about relationships! I heard from the brothers in the barracks that girls only get shy when they like someone. Ningning doesn't even dare to hug me, isn't that shy?!"

Xie Guanlan was speechless.

"Also, last year, Ningning specifically asked me what kind of woman I liked. When I told her my requirements for a partner, she suddenly looked very disappointed. Now that I think about it, it must be because she knew she didn't meet my requirements for a partner, so she was sad."

Xie Guanlan: “…”

"But I only think of her as a younger sister and have never had any thoughts in that direction." Xie Shian was a little distressed. "It must be because I am of the same age as her and I take good care of her on a daily basis. Plus, I am handsome, so she couldn't help but fall in love with me. Big brother, if Ningning confesses her feelings to me in the future, how should I reject her so as not to hurt our feelings?"

Xie Guanlan looked at him deeply.

His brother is crazy.

"However, my brothers also said that girls' feelings are like clouds in the sky, coming and going quickly, so maybe Ningning won't like me soon. Girls of this age always crave novelty."

Xie Guanlan looked at the hibiscus on the flower table.

Do girls of this age all crave novelty?

Then she treated him...

While the two brothers were lost in thought, Wen Xingluo came over with the brewed tea.

Wen Xingluo put down the teacup and glanced at Xie Shian.

For some reason, she always felt that Fourth Brother looked at her strangely.

She asked, "Fourth brother, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Shian said earnestly, "Ningning, you are still young, and you will meet someone better in the future. So don't stop for the sake of temporary novelty, you have to look forward."

Wen Xingluo hugged the tea tray tightly.

Did Fourth Brother know the secret between her and Xie Guanlan?

Yes, his fourth brother went to the border with him, and they were brothers, so they naturally had a lot to talk about along the way.

But this kind of thing...

How could he tell others about this unspeakable private matter...

With a feeling of grievance stuck in her chest, Wen Xingluo was about to ask Xie Shian if he knew about her and Xie Guanlan, but Xie Guanlan suddenly interrupted her, "I didn't tell anyone."

Wen Xingluo was stunned and suddenly broke free from his previous emotions.

She looked at Xie Guanlan and read from his eyes that he had been keeping their secret, which Xie Shian was unaware of.

She almost said it herself!

Xie Shian stared at the two of them.

The more I look at it, the weirder it gets.

The eldest brother said that he didn’t tell anyone.

This tone seemed to be clarifying something.

Could it be that the eldest brother already knew that Ningning had a secret crush on him, and was afraid that Ningning would misunderstand that he had revealed her secret, so he clarified it immediately?

Xie Shian drank half a cup of tea with a heavy heart.

Tasting the bitter sweetness between his lips and teeth, he felt that he had experienced the ups and downs of love and hate, and was no longer the ignorant boy he used to be.

He said earnestly, "Ningning, I saw your feelings for me myself. It wasn't my brother who betrayed you."

Wen Xingluo: “…”

Her feelings for Xie Shian?

She looked at Xie Shian strangely, knowing that he had misunderstood.

Xie Shian continued to persuade Wen Xingluo, "Ningning rarely comes into contact with men outside, so she doesn't know that there are many young talents out there, although they are not as brilliant as me. When Ningning is free, she can go to the banquets in Rongcheng and get to know more officials and young men. For example, the eldest son of the Song family is very good. He looks majestic and calm-"

Xie Guanlan put down the teacup heavily and said impatiently, "You haven't bathed in many days. What's the point of running around in a girl's yard? Go back and bathe yourself."

Xie Shian: “…Oh.”

He always felt that his elder brother had become less and less patient with him since he returned home.

He walked out of Xiejinyuan dejectedly and couldn't help looking back.

He suddenly grabbed a piece of willow.

No, he's already out, so why is his elder brother still staying in Ningning's yard?!

What common language could they have?!

At this time, in the small flower hall.

Wen Xingluo faced Xie Guanlan alone, lowered his head and twisted his handkerchief, staring at his boots out of the corner of his eyes.

She had many things to ask him.

Like how he had been doing in the past six months, whether the fighting was hard, and whether he was seriously injured, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know where to start.

It seemed like it was just a simple question, but he was afraid of overstepping the boundaries.

The two sat in silence for a long time before Xie Guanlan said, "You are coming of age today. I brought you a few boxes of jewelry and head ornaments. They were all found in the treasuries of Yelang, Ailao, and Dian. I wonder if you like them."

Wen Xingluo whispered, "I like it..."

"Ningning hasn't even seen it yet, how do you know you like it?"

Wen Xingluo wrapped her handkerchief around her fingertips again and again, her face flushed and she couldn't answer.

Just as he was at a loss as to what to do, Fushan came in and reported, "Master, General Song and his men are hosting a banquet at Hua Man Lou to celebrate their victory. Please come and join us."

This time, Xie Guanlan returned with a great victory, and all the small countries in the northwest and southwest surrendered.

However, he suppressed the news and did not publicize it. The memorial he wrote to the court not only claimed that there was no great victory, but also claimed that most of the Shu County army was trapped deep in the battlefield in the northwest and southwest and could not escape.

Therefore, even the celebration banquet was held secretly in Huamanlou.

After Xie Guanlan left, Wen Xingluo went to the warehouse to see the gift he had given.

They were all rare treasures passed down by the royal family for hundreds of years, and had been selected in advance. The ones sent to her were all complete sets of jewelry and head ornaments that were well preserved and in new condition, including gold, silver, jade, agate, and pearls, totaling twenty-nine boxes.

When he went out to fight, he actually moved all the treasures of those small countries back to her warehouse!

Wen Xingluo picked up a bucket of pearls and asked Cuicui to distribute them to the maids and servants in the yard.

Wei Ying appeared, holding a sword, and said, "Xie Guanlan treats you very well. This will make it easier for us to carry out our plan. Cousin, you can conquer him tonight, capture him, and sleep with him!"

Wen Xingluo: “…”