Chapter 78: The Three Legs
After hearing what happened, Liang Jinyu praised him generously: "You did a good job. As a brother, you should take good care of your sister. Although it was a misunderstanding, you did save Miss Chu, and you deserve credit for that! But next time, you must pay attention to your own safety and don't let others beat you up again."
"Blame me." Yan Xing shook his head in frustration and pointed at Wang You, "Starting tomorrow, the training time will be doubled. Do one more set of the boxing I taught you last time every day."
Wang You frowned, stroked the scars on his finger joints, and nodded vigorously: "Okay."
"It's windy. I think we should find a place to sit down and eat something. I heard there will be fireworks later." Liang Jinyu suggested.
Everyone nodded in agreement. The streets were fun, but too cold.
Liang Jinyu was just thinking about whether to go to a teahouse or just find a small shop when he heard someone calling out "Master Yan."
Liang Jinyu subconsciously looked at Yan Xing.
Yan Xing raised his fan and waved towards the building opposite, with a look of surprise on his face.
Liang Jinyu followed Yan Xing's gaze and saw the best teahouse in the city - Pinlv Zhuang, which was also owned by the Xie family.
It is said that the cheapest pot of tea costs two taels, and a plate of mung bean cake costs five cents. All the guests who can go to the second floor are either rich or noble.
After a while, a slightly fat old man with a mustache and wearing a mink coat came out.
"Mr. Yan, I saw you from a distance. My eldest lady wants you to come up and sit down." The old man said with a smile.
Yan Xing looked towards the open window on the second floor. There were many figures around, and it seemed that quite a few people had come.
"Well, maybe I won't see her anymore." Yan Xing said with a smile, turned around and greeted Liang Jinyu, then followed the old man into Pinlu Manor.
From beginning to end, the old man never even looked at Liang Jinyu and the others.
The third wife said unhappily, "Like master, like servant. I don't think that young lady is easy to get along with."
"Hey, this young lady can book the entire Pinlu Manor. How can an ordinary person do this? If it were me, I would be even more arrogant than him!" A stall vendor at the side interrupted.
After a while, there was a burst of laughter from upstairs, and a clear female voice could be heard vaguely saying something.
Liang Jinyu lowered her eyes, covered her sleeves tightly, and said calmly, "Let's go."
Bang!
Fireworks bloomed in the dark night sky, and the city was bustling with activity.
Soon after, more fireworks of different colors burst into flames, turning the night into day. The stars and the moon lost their luster at this moment.
Liang Jinyu looked up for a long time and felt that the fireworks were far inferior to those in the capital.
On the teahouse.
"Young Master, everyone is here." Rao Ji came over and reminded.
Xie Qingyu withdrew his gaze from the window, his slightly pale face expressionless: "Go and find out what Yan Xing is doing recently."
"Master Yan is inside, why not..." Rao Ji reacted halfway through his words and lowered his head, "I understand."
At this time, a cheerful voice came from inside, and she complained: "Brother Yan, when did you return to Shaozhou? If I knew you were here, Fourth Sister would definitely come over tonight."
Yan Xing was as casual as ever: "It's been a while. How's your fourth sister? Is she feeling better?"
"It's still like that, sometimes better, sometimes worse. But if she knew you were here, she would be half better immediately!"
As they were talking inside, there was a knock on the door outside.
Rao Jun was pushing his wheelchair just as he walked to the door. Just as he was feeling strange, he saw a maid nearby open the door.
"Huh~ I finally caught up." Chu Qiaoling strode in, her clever eyes scanned the area and landed on Xie Qingyu. She exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, are you really lame?"
"How dare you!" Rao Li shouted.
Chu Qiaoling shuddered with fear and pursed her lips in grievance, "I was already a cripple..."
Whoosh——
A silver light flashed and went straight to Chu Qiaoling's neck.
Chu Qiaoling screamed in fear, and the next moment she was pulled behind the guards beside her.
With a "ding" sound, the flying knife did not penetrate the door panel, leaving only a red thread.
Chu Qiaoling looked back stiffly, then reached out and touched her neck. Seeing the blood on her fingertips, she screamed in fright.
"Shut up!" A stern threat came.
Everyone turned their heads to look. The person with the fiery red fox fur, the cold eyes, the unusually tall figure, and the aura that kept strangers away was none other than the eldest daughter of the Leqing family—Chu Yeyou!
"Sister, you have to help me get revenge, wuwuwu, it hurts so much..." Chu Qiaoling covered her neck and ran towards Chu Yeyou crying.
Chu Yeyou looked down at his half-sister, his eyes filled with confusion.
Suddenly, Chu Yeyou raised his hand and slapped Chu Qiaoling on the face.
Chu Qiaoling covered her cheeks in shock, she couldn't believe that her elder sister, who had always loved her the most, would hit her in front of so many people.
"You're such a disgrace, why don't you get out of here?" Chu Yeyou scolded.
The old women and maids were so frightened that they dared not say a word and dragged the crying Chu Qiaoling out.
Chu Yeyou strode up to Xie Qingyu and looked down at him: "Are you satisfied now?"
Xie Qingyu smiled gently and said calmly, "It's my fault for not disciplining him properly - Feng Yang, why don't you apologize to him right away."
Feng Yang took the flying knife from the door and put it back to his waist. Hearing this, he clasped his hands together without hesitation and said in a loud voice: "Miss Chu, I'm sorry!"
"It's New Year's Day, let's talk it out nicely. It's not easy for our three families, Yuan, Xie and Chu, to get together. Harmony brings wealth! Harmony brings wealth!" Yuan Shanting came over, smiling and trying to smooth things over.
Chu Yeyou turned around, and his wide fox fur flew across the air, like a passing red glow, dazzling and eye-catching.
"I don't have time to play house with you guys here. I just want to say one thing: our Chu family never gets involved in uncertain matters lightly, but for things that are already certain, our Chu family will definitely win!"
"The uncertain thing refers to the southern patrol. The certain thing could be that... Weiyang will be elected?" Yuan Shanting asked carefully.
Chu Yeyou looked back at Yuan Shanting. She was much taller than Yuan Shanting. As she stared at him from above, an inexplicable pressure was instantly released.
Yuan Shanting swallowed and thought to himself that the eldest daughter of the Chu family was indeed a yaksha, and was becoming more and more terrifying.
"Things change, and it's time for someone else to sit in that position. Don't you think so, Fifth Brother?" Chu Yeyou asked with a smile on his face.
Yuan Shanting was shocked. He thought that he was going to be dragged into the water. He quickly turned to look at Xie Qingyu.
Xie Qingyu smiled and said, "That's a good idea. I'm looking forward to it."
Chu Yeyou's eyes turned cold, and he said loudly: "Yan Xing, have a drink with me."
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"Mr. Yan didn't come back last night."
After Third Aunt had prepared breakfast, she saw Liang Jinyu coming out and started talking a little more.
Liang Jinyu placed the already cooled sleeve warmer on the table and asked with a smile, "How did you know?"
"The dogs didn't bark. In the past, whenever Master Yan came home late, the two dogs would bark like crazy, but they didn't bark at all last night."
Liang Jinyu drank some soy milk and said calmly, "He's a grown man, how could anything go wrong? Don't worry about him, just prepare the New Year gifts for me."
Liang Jinyu doesn't know many people, and the number of people she has a close relationship with can be counted on one hand.
She first went to Li's grain store, and then turned around and went to Zhou's house.