Chapter 131: Fight for Favor
Xie Minglang looked at his elder sister in disbelief, feeling a heaviness in his chest, as if even breathing was painful.
His voice trembled, "Sister, I am your biological brother!"
Xie Zhuoning frowned, "I told you, Ah Yan's mother is a great benefactor of my Zhenyang Marquis Mansion, and he was injured because of you. Do you want me to kick him out now and let the Zhenyang Marquis Mansion bear the crime of betrayal and irresponsibility?"
"We can compensate him with a lot of money!" Xie Minglang immediately suggested.
Hearing this, Xie Zhuoning glanced at him vaguely, "Oh? Do you still have money?"
Huicui Building has been sealed off, and Yunjinxuan has few customers now. He has thrown away or sold off his other businesses, and there is probably not much left.
Moreover, the three-month betting period was about to expire. They had signed the contract in black and white. If he lost, he would lose everything.
A look of embarrassment appeared on Xie Minglang's face, and he stammered and was unable to speak.
After a while, he spoke in a low voice, "It's not impossible for him to stay in the mansion, but he has occupied my room, so where should I live?"
Xie Zhuoning was a little surprised. "Doesn't Xie Mansion have a room reserved for you? I saw that you liked living there, so I thought you wouldn't come home. Zhixing Courtyard is empty anyway, so I thought of giving it to Ayan to live in."
When the family was divided, Xie Minglang insisted on staying in the Xie Mansion.
In order to escape from the vampires in the big house, she struggled hard to get out of the quagmire.
However, he regarded her as a traitor to the Xie family and was ashamed of her.
Now that he is running towards me with his eyes wide open, what does it matter?
"I don't want to live there anymore. I want to go home!" Xie Minglang said firmly.
If he doesn't come back, my sister will be kidnapped by someone!
Xie Zhuoning certainly had no right to stop him. Zhenyang Marquis Mansion was her home and also Xie Minglang's home.
What's more, he is the eldest son of Marquis Zhenyang and will inherit the title in the future.
"Ayan is injured, and moving back and forth will easily worsen his injury. Besides, he is used to living in Zhixingyuan, and it will be troublesome to move here and there. Anyway, you have never lived there for a day, so I will have someone clean up Mingzhangyuan for you to live in."
Xie Minglang felt a little aggrieved, but he could only respond obediently, "Okay."
He knew that his elder sister would no longer pamper him as before, and if he was not sensible enough, he would only annoy his elder sister.
Besides, that guy has lived in Zhixingyuan for so long, and he still complains about it being dirty.
Xie Zhuoning didn't expect that he could tolerate this. Instead, he looked at him with some surprise and said, "Since you have decided to come back, then you should get along well with A Yan in the future."
Xie Minglang raised his eyebrows at Wen Yan, "Don't worry, sister, I will get along well with him!"
The next day.
Early in the morning, Xie Minglang ran to Xie Zhuoning's yard to practice sword.
He also deliberately brandished his weapon vigorously, making a sound of hunting.
He learned a lot of martial arts from his father when he was young, and later he asked a master to teach him specifically.
So in terms of martial arts, he is much better than Wen Yan.
Yesterday, when that guy wielded the sword like that, my sister praised him gently.
I got up so early today and practiced martial arts so hard. My sister will probably praise me, right?
Just when he was feeling smug, he saw Wen Yan walk in with a bowl of porridge.
Seeing him practicing martial arts, he shook his head and sighed softly, "Ah!"
"What are you sighing about?" Xie Minglang's face darkened and he looked at him angrily.
Wen Yan said calmly, "Don't you know that I have nightmares and have trouble sleeping at night? Sister Fuling said that I can only take a nap when it's almost dawn. You came to this yard early in the morning to practice swordplay. Do you want to wake up my sister who just fell asleep?"
His face turned pale instantly, and Xie Minglang stammered, "I... I didn't mean that... I didn't know that my sister had just fallen asleep..."
Wen Yan began to shake his head and sigh again, "Alas, as my sister's biological brother, you know nothing about my sister's affairs. Do you really care about my sister?"
“Puff——”
Like watching out for an arrow.
Xie Minglang felt so ashamed by what he said, but he had no way to refute it.
Seeing him holding the porridge in his hand, Xie Minglang retorted, "What about you? You are still pretending to be holding the porridge for my sister to drink. Aren't you afraid of waking my sister up?"
"Who said I made this for my sister?" Wen Yan sat down on a stone bench, served himself a bowl of porridge and started eating.
He just came over to see how delicious Xie Minglang was.
“Puff——”
Watch out for another arrow.
Xie Minglang was so angry that he wanted to hit him with a hammer.
The noisy sound naturally woke up Xie Zhuoning.
She put on her clothes and walked out. Her black hair was uncombed and fell to her waist like a waterfall. Her bright and dazzling eyebrows seemed to be a little world-weary and cold because of her bad mood after waking up.
"What's the matter?"
Before Xie Minglang could explain, Wen Yan immediately picked up another unopened bowl of porridge and walked towards his sister with a smile.
"Sister, I noticed that you haven't looked very well recently, so I made you some angelica and red dates porridge to replenish your qi and blood. It's still hot, please have a drink."
Xie Zhuoning frowned, and the coldness on his face suddenly faded a lot. "You are still injured, why do you have to do this?"
"Because I am happy to help my sister with something within my ability."
The boy's eyelashes were curved, his black eyes were shining, and his sincerity was so heartwarming.
Xie Zhuoning couldn't even say anything to reject his kindness. "Fuling, take it. I'll drink it in a while."
“Puff—puff—puff—”
It was as if countless sharp arrows were piercing his heart. Xie Minglang looked so ugly that he was speechless.
Seeing Wen Yan walk away from him in a domineering manner, he gritted his teeth and said, "You despicable villain, don't think you can buy my sister off by doing this!"
Wen Yan said, "You are wrong. I did not intend to buy my sister off. I was nice to her because I wanted to be nice to her and she deserved my kindness."
Xie Zhuoning's eyes flickered with emotion when he heard this. "Minglang, Ayan is an honest child. Don't pick on him."
Is he targeting Wen Yan?
It's obvious that the boy has evil intentions and wants to monopolize my sister!
Xie Minglang was speechless and turned away angrily.
Isn’t it just porridge?
He can endure it too!
Looking at the two people leaving, and glimpsing the porridge in Fuling's hand, Xie Zhuoning chuckled.
"Ayan is a very cunning kid."
But being smart is not a bad thing if you use it in the right way.
The reason why Xie Minglang is so naive is that he has never suffered a loss.
It would be good to let A Yan give him a hard time.
She poured a bowl of porridge and took a sip. "Hmm, it tastes good."
Just after finishing the meal, Li Jue, one of the four smartest brothers, came in to report.
"Miss, there have been many sneaky figures outside the Zhenyang Marquis's Mansion recently."
"Do you know who sent it?"
"We are still investigating. But according to my observation, the accent is a bit like that of people from Nanyang."
Xie Zhuoning's eyes moved slightly.
The troops from Nanyang were sent by Yang He.
She now has Yang Lie, whom Yang He wants to kill, and Wen Yan, whom Yang He wants to find.
It's not surprising that his people followed the clues and found their way to the Zhenyang Marquis Mansion.
However, Yang He has not come to ask for the person yet, and I am afraid that the information he got is not very accurate. Therefore, he dare not act rashly, for fear of offending the Zhenyang Marquis Mansion after making a mistake.
Xie Zhuoning smiled warmly, "Since Yang Lie is not dead, and Yang Hechi is afraid to ask for permission to take the title, then I will lend him a helping hand and let Yang Lie die for once!"