Chapter 148: The Gentle Breeze and Drizzle Between Love Rivals
Daya looked at Xiao Yan with some amusement.
"My mother said we shouldn't mention it, fearing it would only make matters worse for Dad. She thinks men need to save face, and you probably don't want us to know."
Xiao Yan: "..."
This is really a misunderstanding.
He also hoped that Lu Qiniang would love him more.
Although he always comforted himself that his status was set and there was still a long way to go, he still couldn't help but feel anxious.
For example, when he first came, Doctor Hu was still worried about Dujuan's marriage, but now Dujuan has started embroidering her dowry.
In comparison, he seems a bit too useless.
Xiao Yan has always hated scheming people, but he discovered that sometimes it’s not that he really wants to be scheming, but that even without scheming, his feelings remain unchanged!
Daya looked at the disappointment in his eyes and couldn't help thinking that if it weren't for her, this family would have broken up.
"Dad, my mom hasn't been educated. She might not have thought things through very carefully, but she has good intentions. Others may not understand, but we in the family always do."
Xiao Yan understood.
If he doesn't understand, then he is not one of us.
So, he understood.
However, he admitted that it was for his own good without any mention of it.
Now that he is so close to the Fifth Young Master, it really hurts him!
When Yun Ting came back with water, he felt Xiao Yan's jealousy.
He poured the water into the large vat and followed Xiao Yan's gaze. "What are you looking at? Oh, what's there?"
The Fifth Young Master is thin and pale, looking like a sickly person. How can he be competitive?
Moreover, he is a poor guy who has no say and lives under the shadow of his stepmother.
In comparison, Yun Ting felt that he should be more wary of Zhang Heyao.
That bastard, even though he was fickle at first, he still felt that Lu Qinniang shouldn't be with Xiao Yan, and he would do something bad sooner or later.
That's not a good thing.
Yun Ting was worried about Xiao Yan.
The whole family had a lively meal in the evening.
Lu Qinniang did not forget her "original intention" - wasn't this meal just to make Xiao Yan happy and forget his worries?
Doctor Hu also said that the Fifth Young Master cannot drink alcohol.
So all the wine they bought was drunk by Lu Qiniang and Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan, give me some more, give me some more." Lu Qiniang kept busy.
Xiao Yan was also very honest. As long as Lu Qiniang poured him a glass of wine, he would accept it and raise his glass from time to time.
Lu Qiniang is more down-to-earth.
He drinks, and she drinks.
Lu Qinniang couldn't drink much and soon fell drunk.
"Abandoned Mother has drunk too much." Xiao Yan smiled at the Fifth Young Master, "Excuse me."
He picked up Lu Qiniang, who still weighed 140 kilograms, horizontally.
Lu Qiniang hasn't lost much weight recently.
I went to ask Dr. Hu why, but he scolded me.
Doctor Hu said, "I'm telling you, it's true that you can detox and lose weight in half a year, but you're eating and drinking to excess, and you expect to eat without gaining weight. You think you're eating into a dog's stomach!"
Lu Qi Niang: "...I feel a little better after eating."
When a poor person suddenly becomes rich, what's wrong with eating and drinking a little?
But she was also a little frustrated.
Although she is not pursuing a slim waist, she is a little too fat now. The fat on her belly makes her feel cumbersome when she walks.
She wants to lose another 20 pounds.
But the temptation of delicious food is too great, and my family is well off now, so I don’t lack oil and water for cooking.
Alas, she had always thought that the poison in her body had not yet been cleared, but in the end, the poison was blamed on her greed.
However, Xiao Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with weighing 140 kilograms.
He can hold it.
The Fifth Young Master watched him easily carry Lu Qin Niang into the house. When Daya lifted the curtain, he was even able to use his hands to protect her forehead to prevent it from being hit. He couldn't help feeling complicated.
He should be happy for his sister.
Xiao Yan is a very good man, completely different from what the rumors say.
If he was pretending, he was doing a damn good job.
The Fifth Young Master tended to believe that, at least for now, Xiao Yan treated Lu Qiniang sincerely.
Xiao Yan put Lu Qiniang on the kang, took off her shoes, undressed her coat, took the warm towel wrung out with warm water from Daya, wiped Lu Qiniang's face and hands, and covered her with a quilt before going out again.
After dinner, Xiao Yan asked Daya to make a pot of tea and invited the Fifth Young Master to have some tea, as if he wanted to have a late-night chat.
Daya took her two younger sisters back to the house early.
Only Yun Ting was ignorant and yawned while sitting on the stone bench, but his butt was rooted to the ground and he didn't move at all.
Xiao Yan glanced at him several times, but he was dazed and didn't notice. He even asked, "When are you going to sleep?"
He thought it was a men's conversation and he needed to participate.
Xiao Yan could only say bluntly: "Go back to sleep, the Fifth Young Master and I have something to talk about."
"I'll wait for you, go ahead."
"You can't listen."
Yun Ting: “…”
Well, well, this bootlicker has brought shame upon himself again.
When you lick to the end, you are left with nothing, right?
Yun Ting returned to his room angrily, slammed the door, and then—
He pricked up his ears and put his face against the crack of the door.
Humph, he insisted on listening.
He has a bad temper, right?
Xiao Yan was not unaware of his little action, but was too lazy to pay attention to him.
He didn't keep Yun Ting because he was afraid that what he said would embarrass the Fifth Young Master.
"I'll move out tomorrow," said the Fifth Young Master.
This was the topic that he and Xiao Yan happened to talk about before Lu Qiniang came back.
In fact, before they could say a few words, Lu Qin's mother came back.
"If you move away, Qi Niang will be worried. You'd better take care of yourself for a few days, recover your health completely, and think about how to deal with the affairs at home before leaving." Xiao Yan said.
"It's inconvenient for me to be here."
Mainly, I don’t want to see them being affectionate.
Knowing that his sister was doing well, he felt relieved.
Witnessing it with his own eyes was still difficult for him at this stage.
Maybe time will take away this discomfort?
Maybe.
"It's not inconvenient." Xiao Yan said, "If you leave, she will be worried about you. As for your family, I advise you to think carefully and make a decision when necessary. Otherwise-"
He spoke sincerely, "I am a lesson learned from past experience."
"You?" The Fifth Young Master was stunned. He didn't expect Xiao Yan to be so open-hearted, even willing to expose his own scars.
The Fifth Young Master felt a little guilty.
Did he think Xiao Yan was too sinister?
Just now, when he saw Xiao Yan carrying Lu Qiniang in, he was thinking with a mean mind whether Xiao Yan knew his feelings for his sister, or maybe he didn't know but was just suspicious, so he pretended to be suspicious for him.
Now that I think about it, Xiao Yan doesn't seem to be that kind of person.
He is quite frank and sincere, just like a sister.
Xiao Yan is much better than Zhang Heyao.
Xiao Yan said, "I'm also a concubine's son. Your stepmother openly dislikes you; mine is sweet-mouthed but treacherous. When I was in the most difficult time, she stabbed me in the back. You still have a long way to go. In the future, you will encounter various setbacks in the officialdom. You can't let the people around you stab you in the back, so you must first think of a solution to your family affairs."
Yun Ting curled his lips when he heard this.
You are so gentle and kind to your love rival, Xiao Yan, you are almost becoming a Buddha.
He didn't know that Xiao Yan would "take up the butcher knife again" next.
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