Yu Xiang peeled grapes from Xinjiang and threw them into her mouth. After hearing Zhangsun Yingying's question, she held back her laughter.
"If you want to laugh, then laugh. Why do you have to hold it in?”Zhangsun Yingying disagreed.
"I was afraid that you would blame me for laughing after hearing this story.”
"How can there be something that all of you know and I'm the only one who's in the dark?”Zhangsun Yingying felt that she had been neglected.
"Do you know how your parents died?”
"He died of illness." Fifth Brother had told her.
Yu Xiang shook her head." It was suicide."
Zhangsun Yingying opened her mouth in surprise.”
"He was afraid that you would get hurt, so he hid it from you. Back then, Sang Kunshan went to Luoyang to find his childhood sweetheart, and unfortunately, it was your mother. They eloped together and were stopped by your father. Your father tied your mother to himself and threw himself into the river to commit suicide. This was the reason why Brother Yu hated Sang Yunong and was unwilling to marry her.”
Zhangsun Yingying could not digest the tragedy that Yu Xiang had told her. She was too shocked. Sister Yunong's father was Sang Kunshan. He was the one who caused her and Fifth Brother to become fatherless children.
"I sympathize with you, but I can't help you. Now that you know that you have helped the wrong person, you shouldn't have attacked my sister and protected Sang Yunong. However, it was still not too late. He had to stop making mistakes.”
"I'm sorry, I can't force myself to like Yu Ping as my sister-in-law. Her heart was in a mess.
"Why do you hate Sister Ping so much?”
Zhangsun Yingying stood up and slowly walked to the door. She then turned around and glanced at Yu Xiang." I don't know. I hate you. There's no reason for that."”
"Is it because Sister Ping was born in Flower Street?”
Zhangsun Yingying shrugged. "This is only a small part of the reason. The person who cares about me is Grandpa. Actually, no matter whether I hate or like him, I can't stop Fifth Brother's decision. My opinion isn't the most important, really.”Then, she turned around and left.
Zhangsun Yingying fell into deep thought and walked away in a daze. She only came back to her senses when Zhang Zhiliang called her.
"I saw you coming out of Yu Xiang's room. Did she tell you?”Zhang Zhiliang asked nervously.
"Didn't you ask me to ask her? Now you're making a fuss over nothing. What do you mean?”Zhangsun Yingying roared unhappily.
"Keep your voice down. I don't mean anything else. I'm afraid that you won't be able to take it after knowing the truth.”
"Mind your own business. You already knew but didn't tell me because you thought I was a fool.”She rejected his kind concern.
"I just heard about it too. Yunong and I were extremely shocked when we found out the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask Qin Huizhi.”
"Qin Huizhi? Even Qin Huizhi knows about this?" Zhangsun Yingying spat out a mouthful of resentment.
"Back then, he and Yu Ping accompanied your Fifth Brother through the shadow of his parents 'death.”
"That's why Yu Ping thinks she has the right to marry into the Zhangsun family? Just because she appeared in Fifth Brother's most sorrowful years?”Zhangsun Yingying cried and laughed.
" Do you hate Yunong?" Zhang Zhiliang wanted to know what she was thinking.
Zhangsun Yingying wiped her tears. "What do you think? If it were you, would you hate her?"
Zhang Zhiliang was stunned.
"Even you can't be sure about something, but you want me to give you an answer in such a short time?”Zhangsun Yingying pushed him.
Don't hurt Yunong with your words."
She glanced at him."What exactly is your relationship with Sang Yunong?”
He pursed his lips uncomfortably." Good friends."”
" Will you elope?" she asked directly.
"Why are you asking?"
Zhangsun Yingying shrugged and said in a very soft tone,"Because I'm afraid that history will repeat itself, and Fifth Brother will burn his reputation.”
Zhang Zhiliang's scalp went numb and he shivered."Stop this from going in the direction of tragedy."”
"Can I stop it?”
Zhang Zhiliang cried out helplessly.
Ever since Sang Yunong found out that her father had once caused the Zhangsun family so much harm, she could not help but feel guilty. She seemed to be even more cautious and treading on thin ice.
Zhang Zhiliang's old house was completed and he invited Sang Yunong and Zhangsun Yingying to attend the banquet.
Sang Yunong stood outside the study room uneasily.
"Come in." he said.
She was stunned for a moment. How did he know that there was someone outside the door? She braced herself and pushed the door open.
He buried his head in the account book and said without looking up,"What is it?"
She hesitated for a moment before saying,"Zhiliang invited me to the banquet tonight."”
"What day is it today?"
"His housewarming."
He looked up." Must I go?"
Sang Yunong looked down at the tip of her shoes and chose to keep quiet.
" Look at me when you speak," he ordered her.
She looked at him."I really want to go.”
"You promise you'll only attend the banquet and won't play any tricks?”He stared at her with bright eyes.
"What tricks are you playing?" She was confused.
"For example…eloping."
She was shocked." What are you trying to say?" She became more sensitive than usual. Even the slightest ambiguous word made her nervous. She almost ran out of the door.
"Pretending to be stupid, eh? Don't you already know about Sangkunshan's evil deeds back then?”He looked at her teasingly. Yingying had already questioned him. At first, he was very angry with Qin Hui for being so nosy. However, after thinking about it, everyone could be honest and open. There was no limit to what they could talk about, so he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
She took a deep breath."My situation is different from your mother's.”
"How is it different?"
"Back then, your mother was already your father's wife. She shouldn't have selfishly abandoned her husband and child to pursue her own happiness.”
"If you sell yourself to me, you should be loyal to me. The principle is the same.”
"You're wrong. I think it's different. You hate me and your father loves your mother. If your mother was willing to accept your father's feelings and reject my father's love, perhaps the outcome would be different.”
"I hate you?" He wanted to hear her opinion.
"Because I'm Sangkun Mountain's daughter.”
He smiled with great interest."You know your limits!”
"I know that if it wasn't for my identity, you wouldn't have noticed me selling my body to bury my father.”This was what Yu Ping told her, and she also thought so herself.
"That's not necessarily true. You're quite good-looking. Sometimes, I'll be attracted to a woman like you.”
"Can you tell me, when will your torture end?”
He raised his eyebrows." Did I torture you?”
"I…"
He interrupted her," The pain your father inflicted on my family is a thousand times more than what I inflicted on you.”
His words stopped her from pleading. "So many years have passed, but you still can't forget?”She asked without any hope.
"If someone dies in your country, how long will it take for you to forget?”
"You always leave me speechless." She frowned.
"Alright, aren't we going out? Hurry up and get ready."
"You agree to let me go?" She was a little surprised.
"I'm not born to torture people. Don't always treat me as a bully.”he said casually.
"I won't go if she goes." Zhangsun Yingying pouted and threw a tantrum.
"It's more lively with more people. Don't be so petty.”Zhang Zhiliang coaxed her.
Zhangsun Yingying didn't think so. She was famous for hating Yu Xiang. If she was taught to travel in the same carriage with someone she hated, she would go crazy.
"I'm not going." She was very insistent.
"The atmosphere will be much worse if you don't go. Yu Xiang loves to join in the fun, so why would you lower yourself to her level?”
"She clearly likes you and wants to blame you.”
Zhang Zhiliang shook his head in disbelief." I'm not that good. Yu Xiang has high standards. Why would she take me seriously?”
"It's not important whether she likes you or not. What's important is whether you like her or not.”
"I didn't think so much, so don't think so much either.”He had no interest in Yu Xiang at all. He did not appreciate girls who were scheming and shrewd.
"You're not going to answer, are you? If you don't answer, I won't go to your house." Zhangsun Yingying became willful again.
"How should I answer? I have never considered whether Yu Xiang is suitable for me or not, because I have no feelings for her.”Zhang Zhiliang sighed helplessly.
"Really?" She shouted excitedly.
"You're so troublesome. Women are all troublesome.”He spat.
"Where is Sister Yunong? Doesn't she often trouble you?"
"She's easier to get along with than rich girls, and she's not as troublesome as you rich girls.”Zhang Zhiliang looked at the sun. "Do you want to take a nap?"
"I'm not sleepy." She wanted to chat with him for a while longer.
"Do you think your brother will let Yunong go with him?”
"It depends on your brother's mood and your attitude. Who taught you to hug each other and cry?”
"Who said we were hugging and crying! I didn't shed a single tear."
"You seem to be hugging Sister Yunong intimately.”
"You have too much to say. If you didn't say it out loud, your brother wouldn't have kept such a tight watch on Yunong.”Zhang Zhiliang's love for Sang Yunong had completely turned into friendship, and he was in a very good mood.
Zhangsun Yingying grimaced. "Of course I have to say it. Fifth Brother's unmarried wife is hugging another man. This is not a small matter. If something really happens between you two, won't it be tragic?”
"We have nothing. We are innocent.”He wondered why he explained so much.
"I only know now that you were putting on an act that day." After learning the truth, she was in a good mood.
Zhang Zhiliang didn't correct her thoughts, in case she couldn't find peace again.
You don't hate Yunong?"
"Why would I hate her? It was her father who did it, not her. However, he still felt a little strange.”She plucked a plum blossom leaf and sniffed it, then let Zhang Zhiliang sniff it.
"You are more rational than your brother." he said.
"It's not that I'm particularly rational. It's just that when my parents died, I was still young. I was brought up by Nanny since I was young, so my relationship with my parents was not very deep, so I lacked some strong family attachment. Unlike Fifth Brother, he saw what happened and naturally hated the Sang family more than I did.”
"At least you know that every debt has its owner.”
Zhangsun Yingying stretched. "I'm not that great. As long as Sister Yunong doesn't want to snatch you away from me, everything else is fine.”
Zhang Zhiliang was stunned." What did you say?”
"Forget it if you didn't hear it clearly. I won't say good things twice.”Zhangsun Yingying smiled and walked into the depths of the plum forest.
"Wait a minute, who did you say wanted to 'rob me'?”Zhang Zhiliang hurriedly chased after him.
"Are you deaf? I won't say nice things twice. Don't ask again.”Which girl would always be friendly?
He pulled her back." I'm not hearing it hard. I just want to make sure that you like me a little.”
She lowered her head and nodded shyly. "I don't like people casually. If you weren't honest and rich, I probably wouldn't have suffered much with you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have liked you!”Liking was liking. For the sake of her face, she could not help but explain a lot.
He seemed to be scared silly and could not speak for a moment. There was a sweet feeling in his heart. It was such a wonderful thing to be liked by someone. In the past, he liked Yunong, so he only knew how it felt to like someone. Now that a delicate girl said that she liked him, he had the urge to fly into the sky.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhangsun Yingying asked in confusion as she looked at him, who was smiling foolishly.
He came back to his senses. "I'm so shocked. You really like me and aren't lying to me?”
"Aiya! Don't ask anymore. It's embarrassing." She pouted.
He hugged her and said with a racing heart,"You only said it for me to hear. How can it be embarrassing?”
She listened to his heartbeat." What about you? Do you like me too?"
"Like, I like you. This kind of like is slowly accumulated. Yingying, don't worry, I won't let you down.”he murmured affectionately.
"If you like me, what about Sister Yunong?”She hugged him.
"She has your brother to protect her. We don't have to worry about her.”
"Fifth Brother's hatred for the Sang family has not been eliminated. They definitely won't be able to be as happy as us when they're together.”
"What do you have in mind?"
" They clearly love each other deeply," Zhangsun Yingying suggested." But they don't want to admit it. The most important thing now is to help them realize that they can't lose each other."”
"Your brother is a die-hard and extremely stubborn person. I'm afraid that I'll make things worse and cause their misunderstanding to deepen.”Zhang Zhiliang disagreed.
"No, my method will definitely work.”
Yu Xiang walked into Zhang Zhiliang's old house and her eyes immediately turned. "Compared to An Lan Villa, this place is a little small, but the decorations are still passable.”
Zhangsun Yingying rolled her eyes at her." It's not like you want to stay here. What are you talking about?”The two of them did not stop arguing along the way.
"What's wrong? Did I offend you by saying it casually?”
"Brother Zhiliang is already very polite to you by inviting you here.”
"Brother Zhiliang didn't say anything, so why are you talking about your mouth?"”
"Alright, stop joking. Accompany me to the hall to greet the guests. Zhang Zhiliang winked at Zhangsun Yingying.
Zhangsun Yingying held Sang Yunong's hand and walked towards the hall.
Only then did this argument come to a temporary stop.
During the banquet, the host and guest enjoyed themselves and ate to their hearts 'content.
At this moment, Yu Xiang actually held her belly and shouted,"My stomach hurts. I'm afraid I'm going to have diarrhea. Where's your toilet?”
"Next to the stable, Little Bean, take Miss Yu to the outhouse.”Zhang Zhiliang ordered the new maid.
"Little Bean looks a little similar to Miao Miao in the village.”Zhangsun Yingying said.
"Chang Zhi introduced him. He seems to be related to Miao Miao.”Zhang Zhiliang glanced at Sang Yunong as he spoke.
"Sister Yunong, I don't think you should go back to the villa."”
Sang Yunong was unusually quiet tonight and she was a little stunned after hearing Zhangsun Yingying's words."Can I not go back?"
"It wasn't easy for you to come out. If you go back, you won't have the chance to leave the village openly."Anyway, Fifth Brother doesn't really want you to go back. He just wants revenge."”
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhang Zhiliang reprimanded.
"I'm not talking nonsense! The reason why Fifth Brother was so generous to let Sister Yunong and me come to your house today was because it was convenient for him to secretly communicate with Yu Ping. Otherwise, why would Yu Xiang be sent away?”Zhangsun Yingying said it as if it was true.
Sang Yunong's heart naturally wavered. She was also curious as to why he was so assured to let her leave the house.
"Is there really such a thing?" Zhang Zhiliang followed suit. If he wanted to put on a show, it had to be realistic. Fortunately, he often watched shows, so this was not difficult for him.
"I didn't want to tell you at first because I was afraid that Sister Yunong would be sad. But I really hate Yu Ping too much. Thinking that she might become my sister-in-law, I have nightmares. When I was in Luoyang, Fifth Brother took extra care of Yu Ping. She was the only one who had a share of the good jade. I had to rely on myself to buy everything. I was his sister! If Fifth Brother didn't want to marry her, why did he treat her like that?”
"Zhangsun Yu is too much. How can he be two-timing? Zhang Zhiliang cursed in unison.
"You can't blame him. He has a reason to hate me. Sang Yunong smiled awkwardly.
"What logic? Why should you take responsibility for Uncle Sang's mistakes? If he doesn't really want to give you happiness, you have no obligation to stay by his side unless you are willing to be a concubine.”
Zhangsun Yingying added fuel to the fire and said,"I've asked Fifth Brother. He told me personally that he would never marry you. At most, he would treat you as a woman to sleep with."”
Every word and every sentence was ruthlessly hitting Sang Yunong's body and mercilessly lashing out at her restless heart.
"That's good. Yunong has long wanted to leave Zhangsun Yu. What's the big deal? Let him marry that stinky snake.”
Zhangsun Yingying laughed loudly." You said that Yu Ping is a stinky snake! Actually, she was not that bad. Moreover, she did not stink at all. Her entire body was fragrant! Sister Yunong, have you decided? Do you still want to go back to that kind of place and that kind of person?”
Sang Yunong wanted to be strong, but she could not hide her sadness." Zhiliang is right. I wanted to leave him when I found out the reason why he hated me. Now that the situation is even clearer, there is no reason for me to go back.”
Zhang Zhiliang and Zhangsun Yingying smiled at each other. "That's great. We're all happy for you.”
"Zhiliang, I want to borrow some money from you to pay for selling my body.”Until this moment, she still hadn't truly let go.
The carriage stopped in front of the stable of An Lan Villa. Yu Xiang immediately jumped off the carriage and ran off as fast as she could. "My stomach hurts again."
Zhangsun Yingying giggled." I didn't expect my croton to be so effective. Just putting some on the rim of the cup could have such a great effect."”
"I'm going back. Can you deal with your brother?”
"Don't worry, I won't give myself away.”Zhangsun Yingying was very confident in her acting skills.
"Be careful, your brother has a bad temper.”
Zhangsun Yingying nodded and walked towards the main house with the heavy silver.
"The light in the room is dim, so he must still be in the study.”As she spoke, Zhangsun Yingying turned to the study and saw that the lights in the study were also dim.
"Strange, where did it go?" She muttered to herself before walking over to Chang Zhi to ask him.
"Fifth Master is in the training room." Chang Zhi said. "After dinner, he checked the accounts with me for a while before Fifth Lord went to the practice room to practice.”
Hence, Zhangsun Yingying walked towards the strength training room and knocked on the door. "Fifth Brother, it's me."
Zhangsun Yu opened the door for her." Did you have fun?”
Zhangsun Yingying walked into the training room and handed over an embroidered bag filled with silver without a word.
"What is this?" He took it.
"Sister Yunong asked me to return you a lot of money! Zhangsun Yingying said with a smile.
Zhangsun Yu frowned gloomily. She actually dared to treat him like this. He had underestimated her courage and her weight in his heart.
He had been thinking about her the whole night, wondering if she would think that Zhang Zhiliang's house was more stylish than An Lan Villa, and imagine how Zhang Zhiliang would try to please her. In the end, she threw a bag of silver and asked him to let her go? She was ruthless enough!
"What did she say?" he asked stiffly.
"She said that she would treat all of this as a nightmare and hoped that Fifth Brother would forget her and stop pestering her.”
"Entangle?" He snorted and laughed.
"Fifth Brother, this is for the best. Sangkun Mountain's daughter is really not suitable to enter our Zhangsun family. Now that she has automatically withdrawn, it saves you the trouble of chasing her away, and you can relax.”
Zhangsun Yu looked at his sister coldly." I remember that not long ago, you wanted me to marry her. Now, you've become the opposition?”
"I had no choice. I didn't know that my parents were killed by Sangkun Mountain. Without a better candidate, I naturally felt that Grandpa's judgment was not wrong.”
"Where does she live?" he asked indifferently.
"Brother Zhiliang's old house. The newly built house is big and clean, but it's still far from our An Lan Villa. There's no natural lake or plum forest there.”Zhangsun Yingying observed her brother's reaction as if nothing had happened.
"Sang Yunong didn't come back with you?”
At this moment, Yu Ping's voice came from behind Zhangsun Yingying.
"Yu Xiang didn't tell you?" Zhangsun Yingying knew that she was up to no good.
"She had diarrhea until her legs went soft. I was just about to ask you why she was the only one who had diarrhea when you all ate the same thing at dinner.”Yu Ping looked at Zhangsun Yingying shrewdly. She knew this little girl too well. When had she not seized the opportunity to play tricks on her and Yu Xiang?
"How would I know! Maybe she ate something during the day and her stomach changed at night. What does it have to do with me?”Zhangsun Yingying shouted angrily.
"You didn't put medicine in Xiangxiang's food, did you?”Yu Ping made a bold assumption, looking as if she wanted justice.
"Stop slandering me! Fifth Brother, quickly help me judge. I didn't force Yu Xiang to have diarrhea, but now she's blaming it on me.”Zhangsun Yingying knew when to soften her stance.
"You really didn't do it?" He looked at his sister sharply. He knew his sister too well. She would definitely do something like drugging an enemy's bowl. However, without evidence, he couldn't embarrass her in front of him.
"I swear it wasn't me." She was right. She was the one who provided the croton, but it was Zhang Zhiliang who was responsible for the drug, not her.
"Why is Xiangxiang the only one who has diarrhea?”Zhangsun Yu asked, unwilling to give up.
"Only the heavens know.”She was a first-class rogue.
"You really know how to shirk responsibility." Yu Ping shook her head.
Zhangsun Yingying yawned." Fifth Brother, I'm so tired. Can I go back to my room to rest?" If there was anything important, they could talk about it tomorrow.”
"You can go!" He knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of her today.
Zhangsun Yingying yawned again and left as gracefully as she could.
Yu Ping protested unhappily,"There was clearly something strange, but she didn't do anything."”
"Is Xiangxiang okay?" He didn't want to chat. He wanted to be alone.
"I gave her some medicine. She no longer has diarrhea and has fallen asleep.”
He blew out the fire and walked out of the training room.
Yu Ping followed closely behind him." She chose to leave you just like your mother.”This was a cruel sentence.
His heart was throbbing with anger, and a sad light flashed in his eyes.
"Although they don't want you, I want you.”Yu Ping reiterated that she would always stand by his side.
"I want to be alone." He did not let his emotions show.
"If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me. Let me share your worries and relieve your boredom. She had loved him for many years, so why wasn't he moved at all?
He shook his head in refusal." I'll handle it myself. I just want to be alone and think about the past and the future.”
"She doesn't want you anymore. Why are you worried about her? A woman like that doesn't understand feelings. It's not worth it for you to break your heart for her.”
He smiled bitterly. Right now, he was like a walking corpse. The pain in his heart could not be cured.
Other than her…would she return to his side? What if he begged her?
How should he treat her now that she was back? She was Sangkun Mountain's daughter, and his parents had died because of her father. Could he forget that?#
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