Chapter 314 No one knows Brother better than Sheng Sheng
Xie Yunjia raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?"
Xie Yunjia propped her chin up, feeling increasingly uneasy. She raised an ambiguous smile and let out a cryptic chuckle.
Fortunately, Xie Yunqi and Lu Chi were feeding the fish by the pond and didn't participate in the girls' conversation, otherwise Li Manyan would definitely be embarrassed right now.
Li Manyan felt intimidated by the two people staring at her, and at the same time, she was also annoyed and reflecting on herself: she seemed to have been daydreaming all day, what was going on?
Unfortunately, the question had barely surfaced in Li Manyan's mind when it was interrupted by Xie Yunqi's excited shout.
"Wow, they actually caught it!"
Lu Chi held a fish in his hand, looking smug: "Of course, how about that, I'm much better than you, right?"
Xie Yunqi snorted defiantly, "I'm not good at water battles. How about we go and have a game of pitch-pot?"
"Let's go!"
Sheng Sheng was worried that Xie Yunqi would run into the same situation as before and get into an argument, so she subconsciously got up and followed him: "Hey, Sheng Sheng is going too!"
After the children left, Xie Yunjia and Li Manyan naturally wouldn't stay in the same spot any longer. They didn't have time to think about anything else, so they got up and followed them.
In the end, Xie Yunjia couldn't get the answer to the question, and Li Manyan herself didn't think about it any further.
Not long after, the group returned to the place where they had been playing the game of pitch-pot.
Lu Chi and Xie Yunqi enthusiastically competed in the pitch-pot game. In order to keep a closer eye on Xie Yunqi, Sheng Sheng acted as a referee, standing next to the two of them and helping to count the number of arrows thrown in.
"One, two, three, four, five, six..." The voices on both sides counted on their fingers simultaneously, "Two, four, six, eight..."
Others joined the game of pitch-pot along the way. I don't know if it was because the news of Huang Guohua being reprimanded had spread, but the crowd kept coming and going, and I was distracted by the noise. I didn't hear anyone gossiping anymore.
"Hey, Lu Chi, you're actually no worse than me!"
"Nonsense, if I were worse than you, would I even have the face to live?"
"Hey, what do you mean?"
The two bickered while constantly throwing arrows into the jar, creating a noisy and lively atmosphere.
"No wonder I could hear my fifth brother's voice from so far away. It turns out he really is here."
A familiar voice rang out, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound. It turned out to be Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan, who had arrived late.
The speaker was Xie Yunyang, who was dressed in an apricot-yellow casual robe with gold patterns. A jade belt around his waist accentuated his tall and straight figure, exuding nobility while maintaining a gentle and youthful vigor.
Beside him stood Xie Yunchuan, dressed in a long black robe with subtle silver patterns on the hem. His black hair was loosely tied up, and his handsome face was expressionless, as if covered with a thin layer of frost. Standing in a corner of the spring banquet, his black robes accentuated his cold aura, like a solitary peak that could not be warmed, forming a stark contrast with Tonghuawu.
Whether it was because of their outstanding appearance or because the colors they wore were relatively rare in Tonghua Village at this time, Sheng Sheng felt her mood improve as soon as they arrived, and even felt a sense of lightness in her eyes.
"Brother, Crown Prince!"
She stopped counting and ran off to find someone, leaving Xie Yunqi behind.
Xie Yunchuan opened his arms and hugged the little dumpling who ran towards him. Li Manyan saw the coldness in the man's eyes melt a little, and asked the little dumpling in her arms with affection, "I heard you just taught that young master of the Huang family a lesson?"
Sheng Sheng thought Xie Yunchuan had come to interrogate her, and wanted to explain that she hadn't intentionally taken her anger out on others, but she didn't want to tell him the real reason. The words caught in her throat, and she stammered, "Um..."
The little dumpling's eyes darted around, looking a bit guilty. Xie Yunchuan chuckled, "What's there to be guilty about? Your brother doesn't blame you."
"Oh, really?"
Xie Yunyang chimed in from the side: "Shengsheng, don't be afraid. Your Crown Prince brother is still here. Even if your second brother really wants to be angry with you, he'll have to get past me first."
Sheng Sheng was relieved and looked touched: "You're so kind, Crown Prince."
The three siblings chatted and laughed, creating a harmonious atmosphere. People around them subtly and overtly cast their gazes in their direction, especially on Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan, trying to ascertain whether the recent rumors were true or false.
No matter how others looked at it, there was no animosity between Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan; on the contrary, they seemed very intimate, which didn't seem fake.
Huang Guohua appeared in the corner at some point. Seeing the scene of brotherly affection, he scratched his head in confusion and asked the person next to him, "That's strange. I clearly heard that His Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are at odds, and that the Empress has been confined to her quarters for life. There must be a conflict between the two factions, so what's going on?"
Huang Guohua, growing impatient, nudged his friend beside him, who remained silent for a long time. "Speak up! I've been overhearing all this from my father's study. Does your father have any inside information?"
Her friend beside her said, "...I dare not speak. I don't want to be scolded by Her Highness the Princess."
Huang Guohua: "...Fine, I won't say anything more."
When their elder brother arrived, Xie Yunjia and Xie Yunqi bowed respectfully. Even Lu Chi and Li Manyan were not so relaxed and also bowed solemnly to the two of them.
"No need for formalities, you all do your thing, don't let me and my second brother disturb your enjoyment."
Xie Yunqi didn't stand on ceremony and immediately pulled Lu Chi to continue playing the arrow-throwing game.
Xie Yunjia laughed and scolded, "You little rascal, I've never seen him be polite."
Xie Yunyang smiled and said, "I'm used to it."
As soon as the two left, Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunjia started discussing how difficult Xie Yunqi was to manage, and Xie Yunchuan's gaze naturally fell on the remaining people.
Xie Yunchuan had a barely perceptible smile on his lips as he looked at the girl who maintained a faint smile, pondering what to say to break the silence.
Sheng Sheng glanced at Xie Yunchuan, then at Li Manyan, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Oh, Sister Yan Yan, I suddenly feel like going to that corner on the east side to see the flowers there again. The crabapple blossoms there are the most vibrant in Tonghua Village, they're so beautiful, I love them so much!"
Li Manyan didn't think much of it: "Then let the Second Prince accompany you?"
The two had already seen that corner when they first strolled around the garden. Li Manyan thought she wanted to take Xie Yunchuan, who was late, to admire the flowers, so she naturally said that.
Xie Yunchuan looked down and gave Shengsheng a look. Shengsheng glanced at it quickly, only meeting his gaze for less than half a second. He didn't really understand the meaning of Xie Yunchuan's look, nor did he have time to think about what it meant.
However—no one knows Brother Shengsheng better than him.
Even if Sheng Sheng didn't clearly see what that look meant, she could still guess what it meant.
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