"I like you?" Lin Xiuyan laughed. "Yes, I consider you family. I like you just like I like my father."
Xu Qianting's eyes instantly turned red.
At that moment, he felt his head buzzing and he was on the verge of collapse.
Ever since she hugged him last time, he had always thought that she liked him, but he didn't know that the liking was actually the liking of family.
He wanted to marry her; he didn't want to be her brother!
He originally thought that as long as she wasn't engaged, he would eventually be able to marry her.
But now it seems that it was just wishful thinking on his part.
He felt a tightness and pain in his chest, and a torrent of emotions surged forth, bringing him to the brink of collapse.
He slammed his fist against the doorframe and said, "I don't want to be your brother!"
He finished speaking and strode away.
Lin Xiuyan didn't stop him, but just sighed softly, hoping that this time she could make him give up completely.
Ye Junfei saw this scene from a short distance away, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Wu Dao, standing nearby, said softly, "Young Master, should I go and teach that fool a lesson?"
Ye Junfei was in a great mood today, having gotten what he wanted, and said in a low voice, "He is also a pitiful person, there is no need to pay attention to him."
Wu Dao responded.
Xu Qianting left the Lin residence with a dark face. He didn't go straight back to the Xu residence, but instead randomly found a tavern to drink, getting completely drunk.
Not far away, a very ornate sedan chair was parked. A man who looked like a guard walked from the tavern to the sedan chair and said, "Princess, that is the youngest son of Commander Xu."
“He and Lin Xiuyan grew up together and had a very good relationship.”
A somewhat deep voice came from inside, its gender ambiguous: "Take him back first, and interrogate him yourself after he sobers up."
The guard responded and immediately ordered Xu Qianting to be taken away.
Xu Qianting was so drunk that he was completely unaware of the crisis he was about to face.
The eunuch Yu whispered beside the sedan chair, "How does the princess intend to deal with this boy?"
Princess Anle's voice was somewhat languid: "With him here, we can keep Commander Xu in check and make him work for us."
“Zhou Chenyang is a useless piece of trash. He has only been in Yucheng for half a year and he has made Yucheng into this mess. I have to clean up his mess.”
"If it weren't for the fact that he still has some use, I would have killed him long ago."
Eunuch Yu hurriedly said, "Zhou Chenyang is indeed very useless, but we cannot remove him from his position as city lord yet."
"Otherwise, if the Prince of Pingnan's men take this position, it will eventually cause trouble."
Princess Anle propped her head up with one hand and said, "The previous news said that the Prince of Pingnan's heir was at the Lin residence?"
Eunuch Yu nodded: "Yes, he has always acted arbitrarily, so it is normal for him to live in a merchant's house."
Princess Anle narrowed her eyes: "Let him be before the marriage, and I will personally teach him manners after the marriage."
Eunuch Yu laughed and said, "It is a blessing he earned in his previous life to be personally trained by the princess."
Princess Anle asked lazily, "Is there anything unusual at the Lin residence?"
She had been in Chongqing for several days. She was supposed to go directly to the Prince of Pingnan's residence to deliver the imperial decree and marry Ye Junfei as soon as possible.
However, she discovered that Zhou Chenyang had made a mess of Yucheng, so she decided to stay and deal with the situation there.
Although she was a princess, she was extremely cunning and capable.
In the past few days, she has explored every corner of Chongqing, but there are still some details she needs to ask Zhou Chenyang.
Zhou Chenyang was so badly tormented by Lin Xiuyan last time that he is still lying in bed unconscious, and those details are impossible to verify.
After learning about these things, she developed a great interest in Lin Xiuyan.
There are three reasons:
Firstly, Lin Xiuyan dared to annul Zhou Chenyang's engagement, and succeeded even when Zhou Chenyang was unwilling.
Secondly, Zhou Chenyang sent hundreds of soldiers to besiege the Lin family mansion, but they were repelled by Lin Xiuyan and less than a hundred servants from the Lin family mansion.
Thirdly, Lin Xiuyan caught Zhou Chenyang in a compromising situation with the caravan. If she hadn't intervened in time, Zhou Chenyang would have lost his position as city lord.
All of these things tell Princess Anle that Lin Xiuyan is no ordinary person.
After learning that Ye Junfei was living in the Lin residence, she became even more interested in it and sent people to investigate, but they couldn't even get through the gates of the Lin residence.
This result made Princess Anle even more interested in Lin Xiuyan.
Eunuch Yu replied, "If there's anything unusual, it's that Lin Xiuyan suddenly got married. The groom seems to be a tutor in the household, and it seems he's marrying into the family."
Princess Anle was wondering if Lin Xiuyan's sudden wedding was to marry Ye Junfei.
Upon hearing that the man was marrying into her family, she no longer took the matter to heart.
Although she looked down on Ye Junfei, she knew that as the heir of the Prince of Pingnan, Ye Junfei could never marry into a merchant family.
Even if Ye Junfei acts recklessly and agrees to this matter, the Prince of Pingnan will not agree.
She said calmly, "It's probably because Zhou Chenyang has been promoted to the official city lord, and they're afraid he'll use force, so they're taking advantage of Zhou Chenyang's illness to hasten the marriage."
"The Lin family handled this matter quite decisively, showing some courage. It's just a pity that even if she gets married, Zhou Chenyang won't let her go when he wakes up."
Princess Anle then asked, "Besides this matter, are there any other issues at the Lin residence?"
After thinking carefully, Eunuch Yu said, "A merchant caravan entered the Lin residence early this morning."
The Lin family was engaged in business, and merchant caravans frequently came and went from the mansion. Those who had a good relationship with the Lin family would even stay at the Lin mansion for a period of time.
Because the Prince of Pingnan knew about this, he had the betrothal gifts loaded into a carriage and disguised as a merchant caravan when he came to the Lin residence.
Princess Anle did not pay attention to this matter. She said calmly, "It's just a caravan. There's no need to take it to heart."
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