The handsome young man who looked much more timid sitting to the side quickly stood up to stop his sister.
Jiang Yuan paused for a moment before saying, "Excuse me, I'm a new guest and I don't know where my room is, so I accidentally went to the wrong one!"
He was speechless. This Kui Yuan actually had a sister at the Heavenly Spirit Realm. If that was the case, it would be difficult to make a move. Unless this woman left and gave him a chance to be alone with her, his ability to recover his insights would definitely be interrupted.
"A new retainer?" The woman crossed her arms and looked him up and down. After a while, she said, "Father, what's going on? You're bringing in someone so weak as a retainer. Isn't that just freeloading?"
"Father?" Jiang Yuan murmured to himself. He looked up at the woman and asked casually, "Are you the head of the family's daughter?"
"What's it to you! Get out of here! What are you doing loitering around my brother's room all day? Let me tell you, if anyone dares to touch my brother again, you'll be sorry!" the woman warned sternly.
"Oh!"
Jiang Yuan echoed the same sarcasm, coldly staring at Kui Yuan and laughing, "A man needs a woman to protect him. Do you think you're protecting him or insulting him?"
Hearing this, the woman clenched her fists. How could she not be furious at the double entendre? She retorted, "My brother is only at the True Spirit Realm now. So what if he can't beat others? Is it an insult to him to need his sister's help? Or have you never received help from your family and never felt this kind of kinship?"
The sharp words were all heart-wrenching, and every single one of them undoubtedly hit the nail on the head regarding Jiang Yuan's true situation.
"Alright, then you, as the older sister, will forever protect your little brother who never grows up!"
Jiang Yuan had no intention of staying. After saying this, he turned and left. Of course, he had a purpose in saying this. The purpose was simple: you better leave now and don't disturb the opportunity I'm giving your brother.
"you!"
The woman wanted to argue, but Jiang Yuan left before she could even finish her argument, leaving her feeling frustrated and unable to vent her anger.
"Sister, are you alright?" Kuiyuan helped his sister Kuimu up.
Kui Mu irritably shook off Kui Yuan's hand and said, "Did you hear what that person said? You need to learn to stand up for yourself. Do you really want to be a child who never grows up?"
"sister……"
"Stop calling me 'sister.' We came out of the deep mountains to make something of ourselves. How can you expect to gain the favor of the family head like this? You should know that since the family head's adopted daughter left, the huge Ning family has had no heir. Now, whoever can gain the favor of the two elders will be the one to inherit the entire Ning family!" Kui Mu said with exasperation.
"Sister, I understand, but I'm trying my best, it's just..."
"Alright, you can handle it yourself. The Ning family has a lot of things to deal with lately, and I have to go and take care of them!" Kui Mu interrupted Kui Yuan again, then pushed open the door and left with a powerful air.
After Kui Mu left, Jiang Yuan, who had been hiding in the shadows, revealed himself. He said with a solemn expression, "This woman actually left a protective talisman on Kui Yuan. It seems that taking back the Insight skill won't be so simple!"
Kui Mu possesses the strength of the fifth level of the Heavenly Spirit Realm. Although he is not afraid of her, this is the Ning family's stronghold, and the number of retainers and advisors gathered here is unimaginable. Once he offends her, it will be like stirring up a hornet's nest, and it will definitely not end well.
"Let's try appeasement first. If that doesn't work, then we'll have to think of something else!"
Jiang Yuan went back to Kui Yuan's room, but this time he didn't go in directly. Instead, he knocked on the door.
"who?"
The room was filled with the sounds of frightened birds.
"I'm sorry, I accidentally entered your room earlier. I've come to bring you some gifts to apologize!" Jiang Yuan's current identity is that of a new guest who has just arrived. It's normal for him to try to build relationships with others, so disturbing Kui Yuan doesn't seem out of place.
"It's you!" Kui Yuan opened the door, and the person who should have been the one apologizing instead looked apologetic and said, "It's alright, it's alright. Did you find the room?"
Jiang Yuan handed over a few fruits and said, "These are Spirit-level Fruit Kings, which are very beneficial to both the soul and the body. You can try them!"
"A gift for me?" Kui Yuan seemed flattered, because no one in the Ning family had ever given him anything before.
"Let's be friends. I apologize for what happened earlier!" Jiang Yuan didn't put on airs because of the other party's weakness. In fact, being able to gain insight into him was already a matter of fate, so there was no need for it.
"Would you like to be my friend?"
Kuiyuan never imagined that in this era where the strong are respected, his cowardly personality would still allow him to make friends. If it weren't for his sister's position in the Ning family, he probably wouldn't even be able to keep his status as a retainer.
Jiang Yuan glanced at the room. The living conditions for the retainers were not good. It was a single room of about ten square meters, and even the furniture was very simple. However, this was not a problem for the Spirit Awakener. On the contrary, the simpler the environment, the more one could immerse oneself in cultivation.
"I just heard your sister call the Ning family head 'Father,' so why are you here as a retainer?" Jiang Yuan found a seat and started chatting with Kui Yuan.
"oh!"
Kuiyuan seemed somewhat discouraged and said with low spirits, "My sister has a good talent for cultivation and is highly valued by the family head, so she was recognized as his goddaughter two months ago."
Jiang Yuan paused for a few seconds after listening, and then asked, "Doesn't the patriarch have any children of his own?"
Kui Yuan shook his head and explained, "It's probably not, but it's rumored that before the cataclysm, the Ning family head had a daughter. Unfortunately, after the cataclysm, the young lady never returned. Perhaps she died out there! After all, in this world, it's perfectly normal for someone to die!"
Jiang Yuan's heart tightened. It seemed that things were different from what he had imagined; the Ning family really was related to Ning Yanlan.
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