The weather in June was extremely hot. Xu Yixing was drunk and stood in the yard for a long time before the smell of alcohol on his body was half gone.
Just as he was about to go in, he saw Yi Wen passing by his courtyard gate, not knowing where he was going.
"Xu Yiwen! Come in!" Xu Yixing leaned against the gate of the yard, waving a handkerchief with one hand to fan himself, and waving the other hand at Xu Yiwen, signaling him to come quickly.
Xu Yiwen was on the road when he suddenly froze for a moment. He turned around and saw that it was his sister calling him in the yard. Strange, did she just call my name?
"Yi Yan, have you been drinking?" Xu Yiwen walked closer and smelled a strong smell of alcohol.
"Yes, I drank a little, but not much, hahaha."
"You, who did you drink with?"
"Lu Anyuan, this is a delicious restaurant."
Xu Yiwen saw his sister's hazy eyes and knew that she was really drunk. He helped Xu Yixing back to the room and asked Siqin to help her clean up, but Xu Yixing drove her out.
"Everyone leave! I'm going to interrogate you, everyone else stay away!"
Siqin and the young master looked at each other and went out with their people. Who knew what the second young lady was doing today because of the drunken madness? It was all because of that seventh prince who always took the second young lady to do whatever she wanted!
"Yi Yan, you want to interrogate me? What do you want to interrogate me about?" Xu Yiwen smiled as if he was teasing a child.
"Humph." Xu Yixing said with a cold face, not joking at all: "Lu Anyuan said that you want to find someone to go to the prison. Let me ask you, what do you want to do, huh?"
Xu Yiwen's eyelids jumped. Was the Seventh Prince using Yi Yan's mouth to warn him? Otherwise, why would he tell Yi Yan about this?
"Yi Yan, you must have heard it wrong. Why would I go to the Heavenly Prison? I think the Seventh Prince is playing a trick on you." Xu Yiwen stepped forward and handed Xu Yixing a cup of tea to sober up, but she did not take it.
"You want to kill Sun Ziyou to avenge Xu Yixing, but he will definitely die. I advise you not to do this. Otherwise, you will hurt yourself and others. Dad and I will be implicated by you!"
Something is wrong. Yi Yan is very wrong today. His tone is wrong, his address is wrong, everything is wrong.
"I did ask the people in the Heavenly Prison, but they were heavily guarded and I didn't go in. Yi Yan, you should get some sleep. We can talk again when you sober up."
After Xu Yiwen finished speaking, he turned around and tried to leave, but his sleeve was grabbed fiercely.
"You've already harbored murderous intent and attempted to carry it out. The only difference is that you haven't yet completed it. This isn't a good thing. Only the Emperor and the Ministry of Justice can determine Sun Ziyou's crimes. If he dies before his charges are confirmed, it will arouse suspicion. If the Duke's Mansion ever makes a comeback, they'll definitely use this as a stunt. Do you understand?"
Speaking of hatred, who could hate Sun Ziyou more than Xu Yixing herself? Yet, she continued to endure, plotting how to kill him. Xu Yiwen, consumed by hatred, chose the simplest method, not even attempting to conceal her actions. This inevitably gave her opponent a handle on her.
Xu Yiwen stopped when he heard this and gently pushed Yixing's hand away: "Yiyan, how would you know how much I hate you."
He moved a chair and sat beside the bed, looking Xu Yixing in the eye. "Before my eldest sister got into trouble, everyone said that the Xu family's ancestral tomb had good feng shui and that they had raised a good daughter, saying that the father was blessed. After the accident, everyone said that the Xu family was really lucky. When one person died, another one immediately took his place, and married better than her sister."
Xu Yiwen shook his head as he spoke, as if compared to Xu Yixing, he was the drunkard.
"But who mentioned me again? I am the only son of the Xu family!" Xu Yiwen lashed out with his sleeves fiercely, hitting the air with a not-so-loud explosion.
"Hehe...sister, I'm the only son of the Xu family. But over the years, first there was your sister, and then there was you. I seem to have become a non-existent person, but I'm not jealous at all. I'm very happy for you. I think it's good for our family to continue living like this."
Xu Yiwen looked up and saw his sister across from him, her brows furrowed in thought. Her blushing cheeks gave him an indescribable feeling of strangeness. It was like a child wearing adult clothes, completely out of place.
"Unfortunately, everything changed after my sister married Sun Ziyou. Yi Yan, I really tried, but all the friends I made and the money I spent were useless. No one was willing to help me. I couldn't even bribe a jailer!"
Xu Yiwen's voice was excited and trembling, as if he was in great pain.
"Dad will find a way, brother, don't be impulsive." Xu Yixing had actually sobered up a long time ago. Her mind had always been clear. She just wanted to take advantage of the alcohol to meet Xu Yiwen, but she didn't expect him to have such a big reaction.
"Dad has a plan, you have a plan, even the Seventh Prince has a plan, everyone has a plan, why can't I have one!"
"Because your plan is too stupid. I told you, even Lu Anyuan could find out that you bribed the jailer. Could it be that our other enemies also couldn't notice it? Everyone is waiting for you to make a mistake, waiting to catch you in the act."
Xu Yiwen pulled himself out of his anger and lowered his head slightly. In fact, he felt guilty. He knew that his plan was too shallow, but he couldn't understand what his father was going to do, and he didn't even understand what his sister and the seventh prince were tinkering with all day. It felt like the whole family was working towards a common goal, but no one was taking him out to play.
"Even so, I have to do something, Yi Yan. I don't want to be a waste. I hope you can understand me."
"I can't understand. If you don't want to be a loser, then go out and earn money, fight for it, and work hard. But you haven't done anything. Years ago, Gu's company withheld your expenses and kicked out a bunch of people from your compound, and you didn't even say a word! If my sister were in this situation, do you think she would scratch Gu's face?"
Xu Yiwen's throat tightened a little. These things sounded particularly harsh and unpleasant coming from his sister's mouth, but they were the facts and he couldn't refute them.
"You... don't tell me... Gu's deducted your money more severely. You, we are the same, how can you compare with my sister..."
Silly brother, how could you think Yi Yan is the same as you? She is a hundred thousand times smarter and more capable than you!
Xu Yixing was truly disappointed with his son. This was the downside of having only one son in the family. No matter how bad he was, he had his father and the Gu family to back him up. Even if he wasn't good at literature or martial arts, his father would still ensure his lifelong safety. This was how he developed his "good habit" of never competing or fighting!
"Why do you think I'm the same as you?" Xu Yixing began to show her sarcastic smile again, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, a cold voice, and disdain in her eyes.
"If I'm really like you, then how did Mrs. Gu die? How did Mrs. Gu lose her position as housekeeper? How did the people around her get wiped out one by one?"
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