Chapter 254, Private Chat
"My goodness, it's been almost an incense stick's worth of time (half an hour), and you still don't want to stop?"
Looking at Daohua and Dong Yuanyao who were still fighting in the yard, Yan Wenkai sighed.
This is almost as much time as they spent sparring during their martial arts training.
Dong Yuanxuan smiled and said, "Yuan Yao and Sister Yan are both the kind of people who won't give up easily. I think there's still a fight to be had."
Xiao Yeyang also laughed and said, "Daihua, she has strong endurance. You see, every time she is beaten out by Miss Dong, she will grit her teeth and rush back."
"As for Miss Dong, she has practiced martial arts for a longer time. Whether it's reaction speed or moves, she's better than Daohua by a wide margin."
"However, Miss Dong doesn't seem to be as strong as Daohua. If she continues to be tormented by Daohua like this, I don't think either of them will be able to do anything to the other in the short term."
It was indeed as Xiao Yeyang said. At this moment, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao were already exhausted, but neither of them wanted to admit defeat, so they just kept fighting.
Seeing the two of them sweating profusely from the fight, Yan Wenkai felt sympathetic for their exhaustion and pouted, "Why bother? Girls, why are you so competitive?"
The words were spoken loudly. Daohua and Dong Yuanyao, who were struggling with how to stop their moves, looked at each other quickly after hearing it, and stopped their moves at the same time. Then they looked at Yan Wenkai at the same time, rubbed their hands, and walked straight over.
Seeing the two approaching, Yan Wenkai suddenly felt something was wrong, but he was not afraid. He puffed out his chest and jokingly said, "Why, you two still want to fight me?"
The two men's skills are indeed quite good, but compared to him, a genuine martial artist, they are still not as good as him.
Dong Yuanyao was eager to try, and said with a fist: "Fourth Brother Yan, please teach me!"
Daohua didn't even say a word of courtesy: "Fourth brother, watch this." After saying that, he threw a punch.
Yan Wenkai turned his head and turned away. Just as he was about to say something proud, he felt a pain in his legs. He looked down and found that Dong Yuanyao's legs had stretched out and were about to trip him.
"Okay, you two want to fight two against one, right?"
Dong Yuanyao's strength was insufficient, and she didn't trip Yan Wenkai. Yan Wenkai immediately rolled up his sleeves and said, "Today, I'll show you what it means to be powerful!"
Seeing this, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao smiled at each other. They were not afraid at all, but instead took the initiative to attack.
Next to them, Xiao Yeyang and Dong Yuanxuan saw Yan Wenkai surrounded by two people on the left and right, and they shook their heads and laughed.
"Let him be rude!"
Looking at the three people playing together in the yard, Xiao Yeyang felt very relieved. The epidemic was under control, his uncle could report to his superiors, and his uncle the emperor could also breathe a sigh of relief.
Dong Yuanxuan was also in a relaxed mood. Now that he was fine and his sister was safe, the elders in the family could rest assured.
In the yard, Yan Wenkai was able to handle it with ease at first, but gradually, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao cooperated more and more tacitly, with one responsible for restraining and the other for attacking. In the end, Yan Wenkai suffered a lot of beatings.
"Ouch, stop hitting me, it hurts!"
Yan Wenkai shouted with his teeth bared.
Daohua and Dong Yuanyao exchanged a few more moves before stopping and standing aside with victorious smiles on their faces.
Yan Wenkai rubbed his arm and yelled, "Don't be complacent. I'm just being lenient with you. You're two little girls, so I'm embarrassed to hit you too hard."
Daohua wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with a bright smile, "Fourth brother, don't forget that Yuanyao and I are not armed."
Yan Wenkai curled his lips and said, "I didn't take it either. Otherwise, you wouldn't even have a chance to attack!"
Dong Yuanyao laughed and said, "Fourth Brother Yan, if you brag, you'll get your tongue hurt."
Seeing Yan Wenkai still arguing with the two girls, Dong Yuanxuan immediately shook his head and said, "You should come out!"
How can a man just barge into the yard where a girl lives?
"Next time I'll show you how powerful I am!"
Yan Wenkai made some domineering and harsh remarks before leaving the yard.
After everyone left, Daohua and Dong Yuanyao smiled at each other again.
"My fourth brother is so cute. We can often come to him for sparring in the future."
Dong Yuanyao nodded. "Okay, okay! My brother used to say Fourth Brother Yan was a bit of a jerk, but I see he's quite considerate. When we were sparring just now, he gave in to us in every way."
Daohua raised her head and said proudly, "That's right, my fourth brother is a gentleman." She paused and said, "However, he can be quite careless and not very considerate sometimes."
Dong Yuanyao smiled and said, "Most boys are like this."
Daohua: "Come on, let's go inside and wash up to avoid catching a cold."
Since then, the relationship between Daohua and Dong Yuanyao has become better and better.
After getting to know her more, Daohua discovered that Dong Yuanyao's ideas were very modern and avant-garde, and they could always find many common topics when chatting with her.
In addition, both of them disliked dogma and rules, nor did they like being confined to the inner courtyard. Many of their ideas and concepts were surprisingly consistent, so things got better and better.
After the imperial court sent several batches of medicinal materials, the plague in Xingyun Prefecture was completely under control. No new patients appeared in the city, and the previously infected patients were recovering.
However, as a precautionary measure to prevent the plague from spreading further, the city gates were never opened.
On the 15th day of August, Daohua and his group celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xingyuan.
"Luckily, my older sister is here, otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to eat mooncakes this year."
Yan Wenkai held a mooncake in one hand, eating it while speaking proudly to Dong Yuanxuan and the others.
Su Hongxin rolled his eyes at him and didn't say anything, just eating mooncakes in silence.
Because of limited ingredients, Sister Yan didn't make many mooncakes. Instead of wasting her time and energy with Yan Wenkai, that big eater, it would be better to eat two more mooncakes.
No one else paid any attention to him, except Xiao Yeyang, who was eating without hesitation.
There's no other way. For the past month or two, I've been taking medicine except for eating some light meals. Now that we finally have a festival, we can have mooncakes, so of course I have to eat more.
Several plates of mooncakes were eaten up by these half-grown teenagers in a short time.
After Daohua, Dong Yuanyao and their servants prepared the hot pot, they looked back and saw only a few empty plates.
At this time, Xiao Yeyang and others remembered that the two seemed to have not eaten yet, and they all looked embarrassed.
"Well." Yan Wenkai's hands were quick, so he still had half a mooncake in his hand. He looked at Daohua and said with a wry smile, "Big sister, do you dislike it? If you don't dislike it."
"I hate it!"
Daohua interrupted him and turned to get the dipping sauce for the hot pot.
Yan Wenkai smiled awkwardly, feeling that it was not a good idea to only ask Daohua, and then he looked at Dong Yuanyao with the mooncake in his hand.
When Dong Yuanyao saw him looking at her, she didn't wait for him to speak and quickly said, "I don't like mooncakes." After that, she ran quickly to find Daohua.
Yan Wenkai was speechless: "Why are you running so fast? I'm not a tiger!" He snorted and looked down on him. He was reluctant to give it to him, then he tilted his head back and ate half of the mooncake.
When others saw this, they were all very happy.
At this time, the hot pot was opened and Daohua invited everyone to eat.
Because there were no elders around and they were in a foreign land, the group of people were free from their previous constraints and ate, drank and laughed to their heart's content at the dinner table.
Daohua was in a very relaxed mood at the moment. If everyone hadn't just recovered from a long illness, she would have wanted to steam a pot of wine and drink it.
After a while, Daohua was full. Because it was not convenient to leave the table early, she looked at the other people at the table.
Looking at the group of young men in their prime in front of her, Daohua smiled and suddenly became interested, whispering to Dong Yuanyao.
"Which of them do you think is better?"
She didn't dare say this to anyone else, not even Zhou Jingwan. Although Zhou Jingwan was not so restricted by her family, her thoughts were still constrained by the times.
Just like when watching a play, if she wanted to talk about the actors' figure and appearance, Zhou Jingwan would feel embarrassed.
But Dong Yuanyao is different. She is bolder and more casual. Another thing is that, like her, she is obsessed with looks.
As expected, as soon as these words were spoken, Dong Yuanyao began to observe with a burning gaze: "When it comes to nobility, the young prince's aura is unmatched by others."
Daohua nodded. Even if she said nothing, everyone's attention would be attracted when Xiao Yeyang sat there.
"As for elegance, your elder brother is not bad, and elder brother Zhou is also okay. However, I think he is a bit pretentious and prudish."
Daohua was so amused by what she heard that she nodded repeatedly: "Exactly, I think so too. My eldest brother hasn't been able to practice his thick skin yet, and he sometimes feels awkward, but Brother Zhou is not like that."
Dong Yuanyao continued, "When it comes to being considerate, my brother is the best."
Daohua nodded: "Brother Dong is thoughtful and steady, he is indeed a first-class person. Unlike Brother Su, he likes to show off a bit, but he is not annoying."
Dong Yuanyao smiled and said, "The Su family is a noble family. Most of them only love to study. They are used to seeing gentle and elegant children. When they have a lively and active child like Big Brother Su, they naturally pamper him with all their heart."
Daohua nodded in understanding, "Scarcity makes things valuable." She then turned her gaze to Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao, who were both busy eating. "When it comes to being straightforward and frank, my fourth brother is the best; when it comes to being honest and reliable, my third brother is the best."
Dong Yuanyao agreed. "Fourth Brother Yan is really fun. It's relaxing to play with him. Third Brother Yan feels very reliable and is a good friend with whom I can confide."
Daohua said proudly, "My brothers are naturally good."
Dong Yuanyao glanced at the proud rice flowers and said depressedly, "Hey, why do I only have one brother?"
(End of this chapter)
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