Jun Yannuo turned her head and looked at her unhappily: "What are you two doing?"
While eating a potato, Qin Kou'er told him, though her words were indistinct, "It's just about having some tea, chatting, and playing the piano, nothing else!"
Jun Yannuo's brows furrowed involuntarily: "You should be more careful in the future. Lan Xiuyuan's feelings for you are not just simple admiration!"
"I know! But I don't like him, so what's there to be afraid of?!"
In Qin Kou'er's eyes, Lan Xiuyuan was no more important than the potatoes in front of her.
Jun Yannuo was even more unhappy, "What's there to be afraid of? What I'm afraid of is him forcing himself on me!"
"Cough cough cough!"
Qin Kou'er was caught off guard and choked by Jun Yannuo's words.
Jun Yannuo quickly brought water to Qin Kou'er, saying, "How old are you? You should be careful when you eat!"
Qin Kou'er picked up the bowl and drank it all in one go. After she finished, she turned around and yelled at Jun Yannuo, "What are you talking about, being a tyrant! Don't you know I'm still a young girl? Why are you being so blunt, as if everyone else is a beast? Besides, do you think Lan Xiuyuan could be a tyrant to me with his little tricks? I'd be the one to teach him a lesson."
"The Lan brothers are all beasts! You know that! So, you better watch yourself from now on, and don't go running around at night! Do you hear me?"
Qin Kou'er immediately rolled her eyes, unable to bear it any longer, and mumbled something unintelligible.
Jun Yannuo glanced at her and pulled her directly to a stool: "Eat your food properly! After you finish eating, go and rest!"
Qin Kou'er decided to let it go for the sake of the potatoes and not stoop to Jun Yannuo's level.
Jun Yannuo looked at Qin Kou'er and felt a lot of melancholy. Lan Linxue hadn't even completely left yet, and Lan Xiuyuan was already standing by, ready to fight. Was his hope really so slim?
When Lan Xiuyuan was forcibly dragged over by Lan Linxue to visit his elder brother, Lan Linxue originally wanted to pretend to be asleep and make him make a wasted trip. However, when she thought of how he and Qin Kou'er had just been being all lovey-dovey, she was so angry that her liver hurt.
Lan Xiuyuan's leg wasn't fully healed, so he had to be carried in. He sat down in a chair and looked at Lan Linxue, who was causing trouble in the middle of the night, with a hint of helplessness.
"Brother, are you feeling any better?"
"I'm not sick!" Lan Linxue felt uncomfortable all over when she heard Lan Xiuyuan's voice. She turned over and left Lan Xiuyuan with her back turned.
Lan Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Since Your Majesty is well, I will go back to sleep. I am ill!"
"What's wrong with you? Are you out of your mind?" Lan Linxue turned around angrily and glared at Lan Xiuyuan.
Lan Xiuyuan pointed to his leg, "It's still swollen."
"Serves you right!" Lan Linxue glared, a smug smile creeping onto her lips.
Lan Xiuyuan stared at Lan Linxue for a long time without reacting, before finally sighing and saying, "Brother, even if you're cursing your younger brother, you don't have to say it so bluntly! If others hear it, it will damage the royal family's reputation! It will make it seem like we brothers are so discordant!"
"We're not on good terms to begin with, so why pretend?" Lan Linxue said, completely unconcerned. "Besides, where is anyone? Where are they?"
Lan Xiuyuan leaned back lazily in his chair, glanced down at the ring on his finger, and said in a low voice, "If Father's men weren't around, how could he know your every move so clearly? So, brother, you'd better watch your words!"
Lan Linxue snorted, crossed her arms, and lay on her side, saying mockingly, "I should really thank you for your fake kindness!"
"You're welcome, it's all what I should do!" Lan Xiuyuan didn't seem to think he was being shameless at all, and smiled slightly, which was quite handsome.
Lan Linxue disliked Lan Xiuyuan's smile the most, because it was very likely that Qin Kou'er would be stolen away by that smile.
"Your smile is so fake, I really don't know how Qin Kou'er can stand it?" Lan Linxue shook her head in disgust.
Lan Xiuyuan raised an eyebrow at Lan Linxue and said calmly, "I have always been sincere with Kou'er, there is no such thing as a fake smile! Besides, my brother has endured for so many years and he is still fine, I believe Kou'er will be fine too! My brother does not need to worry!"
Lan Linxue was so angry at Lan Xiuyuan that she almost lost her temper. Then she picked up a grape and threw it accurately at Lan Xiuyuan: "You are so shameless, I am ashamed for you!"
Lan Xiuyuan picked up the grapes and chuckled, "Your Majesty really loves to worry! But I may not fully understand your ruthless methods. We brothers are all the same! I just hope that in the matter of Kou'er, Your Majesty can at least show some magnanimity and not hold onto Kou'er's hand so tightly, even when she is desperately trying to escape. I will not stand by and watch her be bullied by Your Majesty!"
Lan Xiuyuan is clearly provoking us.
Lan Linxue immediately became interested and sat up. She looked at Lan Xiuyuan with a wicked smile and said, "Are you issuing me a challenge?"
"I'm telling my elder brother that there are some things I will absolutely not give up on!"
Lan Linxue stared at Lan Xiuyuan, a strange smile slowly creeping onto her lips: "Too bad you're too late! You're destined never to take Kou'er away from me in this lifetime, because she already bears my mark!"
"What's the meaning?"
Lan Xiuyuan stared at Lan Linxue with a puzzled look, feeling that there might be a meaning in Lan Linxue's words that he couldn't understand.
Lan Linxue smiled smugly, "You can think whatever you want to mean! But it's okay if you're just imagining things, because at least this time I'm telling the truth!"
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