Chapter 35 She is so hard to please

Pear blossoms are like snow.

Xie Guanlan stared at the girl not far away, and silently placed his fingertips on the sword at his waist.

The sword blade was half an inch out of the sheath, and the moonlight reflected its sharp edge.

That sharp edge reflected in Wen Xingluo's eyes, and the girl clearly sensed Xie Guanlan's murderous intent.

She is an unstable factor in the Zhenbei Palace.

Therefore, Xie Guanlan wanted to get rid of her completely.

“Big Brother!”

Xie Shian was awakened by the quarrel between the two and appeared in the corridor with a cane.

His face was still pale, but his tone was firm: "I wanted to participate in the martial arts competition on my own initiative. I will bear the consequences myself. It has nothing to do with Xingluo!"

Wen Xingluo looked at him with complicated eyes.

No wonder he hesitated when she mentioned the martial arts competition. It turned out that he knew someone was secretly dealing with the Zhenbei Palace.

He knew the danger, but he still participated for her...

Xie Guanlan said coldly: "You can't afford it."

The sword was unsheathed two inches more.

Xie Shian's usually rebellious and young face rarely showed seriousness: "Brother, you can't protect me forever."

Xie Guanlan: "I can."

"Even if you can, I don't want to be protected by you for the rest of my life."

Xie Shian limped to Wen Xingluo with the help of a crutch.

The girl wore a silver butterfly hairpin he gave her in her bun.

The tiny silver butterfly, fluttering in the breeze on a spring night, looks tender and soft.

It made him want to protect it in his palm.

He rubbed Wen Xingluo's head lovingly and looked at Xie Guanlan solemnly: "In the past, I have always been blessed and protected by Big Brother. I could eat, drink, play, fight cocks, and run dogs as I pleased, and be an idle dandy. But Big Brother, I also want to protect someone now. I want to protect Xingluo, just like Big Brother protects me."

The boy lost his youthfulness at this moment.

The shoulders, which are not yet broad, seem to be able to bear the responsibility and burden.

But Xie Guanlan's expression was extremely cold: "She is not worthy of your protection."

"I think it's worth it, that's enough." Xie Shian arched his eyebrows and pinched Wen Xingluo's cheek, "I only have this one sister, I treasure her very much, what else can I do if I don't hold her in my hands and love her tenderly?"

Wen Xingluo's eyes were red, and he pinched his palms tightly to try to hold back his tears, but tears still rolled down.

She leaned into Xie Shian's chest, choking with sobs: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have used you to deal with Wen Rulei!"

"I did it willingly! I didn't like him anyway, and even if you didn't tell me, I would have wanted to beat him in the martial arts competition. As for you, I don't blame you, why are you crying again?" Xie Shian felt distressed and worried, and wiped the tears from Wen Xingluo's little face with a handkerchief, "Brother, can you please stop provoking her? She's so hard to coax!"

Xie Guanlan glared at them both coldly.

The air is filled with the subtle sweet fragrance of pear blossoms.

He was fed up with this lingering sweet taste, so he sheathed his sword and walked away with a cold face.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Wen family.

Wen Rulei sat in the corridor, his fingers twirling his belt nervously.

Although Yue Yin refused to bandage his wound, she was frail and fainted at the sight of blood, so there was nothing she could do about it and he couldn't blame her.

But for some reason, he felt uncomfortable.

When he thought of the scene of Wen Xingluo hugging Xie Shian and crying, his heart felt like it was being bitten by ants, spreading with fine and dense pain, making him unable to control his desire to snatch Wen Xingluo back.

Wen Rulei thought about it and looked towards the entrance of the mansion a few more times.

He was injured today and lost so much blood. He thought Wen Xingluo would come back to visit him tonight and make him some chicken soup or something like that as she used to. He didn't expect that this damn girl hasn't come back yet.

But she wasn't like this before.

She must have been so heartbroken and sad for him that she couldn't sleep.

Maybe, maybe it was because the palace had strict rules and she couldn't leave, so she didn't come back...

Wen Rulei was lost in thought when Wen Ruyun came over and said, "Third brother, have you noticed that Wen Xingluo seems to have become a different person?"

Today on the training ground, the scene of Wen Xingluo hugging Xie Shian and crying not only stimulated Wen Rulei, but also Wen Ruyun.

He had previously thought that Wen Xingluo was deliberately getting close to Xie Shian in order to make them jealous and force them to bow their heads and coax her, just like they coaxed Yue Yin.

But it was not until today that Wen Ruyun realized that Wen Xingluo was really in love with Xie Shian.

Wen Rulei was surprised: "What does Second Brother mean?"

"I guess maybe she feels that we don't treat her well enough, so she doesn't want to be close to us anymore."

"But she's so dependent on us, how could she not want to be close to us anymore?!" Wen Rulei couldn't accept it. "She values ​​us more than her own life. There's no way she'd give up on us! No, I'm going to ask her in person!"

"Don't." Wen Ruyun stopped him. "I've thought about it. The person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. If we treat her a little better, she will definitely change her mind and obey us again."

"Second brother, are you trying to coax her? How can that be possible? Wouldn't that just encourage her arrogance?! What if she develops a habit?! I don't want to coax her forever!"

"Just treat it as coaxing a dog." Wen Ruyun smiled calmly, "It just so happens that there's a fish lantern night parade in Fangyuan the day after tomorrow. I remember she always asked us to take her to see the fish lanterns in previous years, so why not satisfy her this time? After coaxing her, she'll have tasted the sweetness, so it's time for her to be sensible and become the Wen Xingluo she used to be."

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The next day.

Gold Courtyard.

Cuicui brought the Wen family's invitation to Wen Xingluo and said, "Miss, the Wen family's young master has sent you an invitation, inviting you to Fang Garden tomorrow night. He said he would take you to see the Fish Lantern Night Parade."

Wen Xingluo said coldly: "No."

The Fish Lantern Night Parade is a traditional event in Shu County.

Lantern makers made countless colorful fish lanterns and exhibited them in Fang Garden. There would also be a lively koi show and actors pretending to be a hundred ghosts parading at night. It was very lively and was the climax of the Shu County Garden Festival.

When Wen Xingluo was a child, he often heard his friends talk about these exciting things.

She longed to go there every year, but unfortunately her brothers never took her there.

They said she was not well behaved and would always point out her mistakes before leaving, such as her clothes not being washed clean or her study not being tidy, and then punish her by making her stay at home alone while they took her sister, who was dressed up, to Fangyuan to watch the Fish Lantern Festival.

Every year they play until midnight before going home, eagerly discussing the latest happenings of the night and holding their newly bought beautiful fish lanterns in their hands.

Year after year, Wen Yueyin collected a cupboard full of fish lanterns.

And she didn't even have a fish lantern.

At first I was very envious and even had a fight with them.

But how could she win over the other four of them with just one mouth? In the end, she was the one who got scolded.

As she grew older, she no longer looked forward to such events.

Wen Xingluo decided not to go to the Fish Lantern Festival.

But when she came to take care of Xie Shian, Xie Shian lazily ate melon seeds and said, "Is it because I'm handsome that you like to stay with me? Don't worry, I will never abandon you. There will be a fish lantern festival tonight, you can go and have fun, and remember to buy me a fish lantern. I don't want one that's not pretty."

Wen Xingluo looked at him.

She knew he wanted her to go out and have fun, to relax.