He Lanyi's pupils dilated in shock!
He looked at Helan Cheng in disbelief.
What did he do?
Why doesn't Yanyan recognize him anymore?!
Helan Cheng raised a faint smile, the curve of which was exactly the same as Helan Yi's, and said to Li Yunyan, "I met my elder brother in the courtyard and was thinking of saying a few words to him!"
"Oh." Li Yunyan nodded. "Then I'll go inside and wait for you. You and your brother can talk slowly!"
After Li Yunyan finished speaking, she turned around and was then stopped by He Lanyi.
"Yan... Sister-in-law!"
He Lanyi spoke in a deep voice, his tone carrying a stormy undercurrent: "Acheng and I have something to discuss outside, it might take a while, so don't wait up!"
Before she could reply, He Lanyi, with a dark face, grabbed He Lancheng's arm and led him out of the courtyard.
The two arrived at a secluded bamboo forest.
The woods were in the farthest corner of the mansion, and servants rarely came here.
This bamboo grove was a place the two brothers often visited when they were children. They practiced martial arts and played together here, and it holds many precious memories for them.
Without saying a word, Helan Yi struck at Helan Cheng's stomach. Helan Cheng dodged the blow and launched his own attack.
The two had been wanting to have a good fight for a long time, so they started fighting before they even exchanged a single word.
Bamboo leaves fluttered down in the purple bamboo forest, like a sky full of emerald green snowflakes.
The two exchanged blows, each one deafening, yet they tacitly avoided each other's faces.
The moon and stars were already sparse in the sky. They were finally exhausted from fighting and lay on the ground panting without any regard for their image.
He Lanyi, with his volatile temper, spoke first, "What are you trying to do with this?"
"Brother," Helan Cheng said calmly, "give Yanyan back to me!"
"Don't even think about it!" He Lanyi sat up, glaring at him angrily. "Why are you still thinking about this?!"
He Lancheng also sat up, leaned against a bamboo tree, and looked into his eyes as he replied, "Brother, Yanyan is my wife, and I can never give her up!"
I've already said the rest, and it seems Helan Cheng didn't listen to a word of it.
He Lanyi knew his own mind couldn't match his brother's meticulousness, and he couldn't fathom how many more tricks he had up his sleeve. He frowned deeply, looking at him with a complex expression. Could it be that he really intended to take his own brother to the point of no return?
Helan Cheng understood his silence, raised his eyes knowingly, and said calmly, "Brother, you guessed right. If we continue like this, one of us will die sooner or later!"
“So,” Helan Cheng stared at him intently, a hint of loss in his eyes, “brother, let’s make peace!”
"Make peace? How can we make peace?"
Helan Cheng stated his decision, "Brother, let's each take a step back and not try to have her all to ourselves!"
"What do you mean?" He Lanyi preferred to speak directly, and he couldn't react to this roundabout way of speaking for a moment.
Helan Cheng gazed at him with a faint smile, "It's because he's my elder brother that I'm willing to take this step back. Now, no one can tell the difference between you and me... not even Yanyan!"
He Lanyi's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief, "You mean...?!?"
He Lancheng nodded silently.
"You're insane!!!"
He Lanyi was so angry he almost laughed. How could he come up with such an absurd idea!
Helan Cheng looked at him, "Does brother have a better idea?"
He placed his hand on the purse at his waist, sniffed it lightly, then waved it smugly, saying to him, "Brother, if I wanted, this situation could happen a thousand times over! Brother, either kill me or I'll fight you to the bitter end!"
"I never expected you to be even crazier than me!"
Helan Cheng raised his eyebrows, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his words.
After his anger subsided, He Lanyi slowly fell into deep thought.
The current predicament is what has always worried him the most, and it is also a huge weight on his mind that he has been unable to lift out of his lap.
He could not give up Yanyan, but he also could not actually kill his own brother.
He pondered for a long time before finally speaking in frustration, "Give me some time, I'll think about it!"
You only have one night to think about it!
He Lancheng smiled and said with a hint of slyness, "Brother is going to Yancheng tomorrow to retrieve the crucial evidence from five years ago, isn't he?"
How did you know?
After his initial surprise, He Lanyi was filled with rage and shouted, "You bastard! So you timed this perfectly, deliberately choosing today to provoke me?"
He Lancheng raised an eyebrow, tacitly agreeing.
"You treacherous and cunning bastard! How come I never knew you were so heartless?!"
He Lanyi was furious and wanted to punch him again.
He Lancheng caught the fist that was thrown out, and said with great patience, "Brother, it's already very late. If we don't go back soon, Yanyan will worry!"
He Lanyi looked up at the sky; the moon was already high in the sky. He hadn't realized it was so late!
Yan Yan must be anxiously waiting at the door now, constantly looking outside.
His heart tightened, and he glared at Helan Cheng with hatred.
Then he grabbed the purse from his waist and strode away.
As expected, Li Yunyan anxiously looked around at the courtyard gate. When she saw He Lanyi striding back, she happily went to greet him.
"Husband, why are you so late?"
He Lanyi had already composed himself on the way. He took her hand and led her into the room, saying calmly, "My brother is going on a long trip tomorrow, which may last for one or two months. There are quite a few things to explain to him!"
"oh?"
Li Yunyan was slightly surprised. She and her elder brother saw each other almost every few days, and she had never heard him mention this matter.
He Lanyi looked at her intently. "Yanyan, when my brother returns from his trip, the injustice he was accused of might be cleared." So he absolutely had to go!
"This is a good thing!" Li Yunyan raised her watery eyes and said sincerely, "My brother is a good person. He shouldn't live his whole life with this stigma!"
His voice grew lower and lower, "In your heart, is He Lanyi really a good person?"
"Of course!"
Li Yunyan replied without hesitation.
He Lanyi held her tightly, feeling a thousand regrets in his heart.
Such good cigarettes can never be his alone!
"Yanyan." A surge of possessiveness rose within him, and he lowered his head to kiss her fiercely.
"Ouch! No!"
Li Yunyan playfully pushed him away, "We're still in the yard! And we haven't eaten yet!"
Seeing that his eyes were still fixed on her like a wolf, Li Yunyan blushed and said, "Husband, let's eat first~ I'm so hungry!"
"...Okay, let's eat first! Then I'll eat you."
He Lancheng waited until the two of them returned to their rooms before emerging from the darkness and going back to his own room.
A short while later, a very noticeable commotion came from the next room.
He Lancheng rubbed his temples helplessly. He knew it!
He Lanyi suffered a great loss, and he will absolutely not get away with it tonight!
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