Another three years passed.
This year, Xiyan was sixteen, Chaoyan was eighteen, and Haoyun was twenty-three. The three of them had known each other for more than six years.
Six years was not a short period of time. It was enough for a ten-year-old girl to grow into a slim and graceful young lady.
The 16-year-old Xi Yan was in the delicate stage between a girl and a woman. She was cute and beautiful even though she was still childish. Other than her petite size, there was nothing to nitpick about her.
The 18-year-old Chao Yan had transformed even more shockingly. She had been called a little beauty since she was young, and her beauty had increased even more after she grew up. Her beauty would make men's hearts flutter and women lose their color. She had a face that could make fish sink and geese fall, a face that could even make the moon shy and flowers shy. She was one of the targets that many young princes wanted to kiss the most.
This pair of sisters, who were only two years apart, each had their own beauty and characteristics. Perhaps most people who had seen them would think that the older sister was more beautiful than the younger sister, but this was also the truth.
The elder sister's beauty was stunning, but the younger sister's vivacity was a charming trait that the elder sister did not have.
Although everyone's aesthetic standards were different, in the eyes of ordinary people, whether it was appearance or temperament, the elder sister was slightly better than the younger sister.
What about Haoyun?
The 23-year-old Baylor Haoyun was even more handsome than he was three years ago. His mature manly aura was becoming more and more lethal to women. If Chaoyan was one of the most sought-after candidates for marriage among all the concubines, then Haoyun was one of the most sought-after candidates among the royal family's descendants.
Although six years had passed, the relationship between Xiyan, Chaoyan, and Haoyun had yet to come to an end.
How could there be a result? This was because there was no mutual affection between the three of them!
Everyone knew that Xiyan liked Haoyun, and it was not a secret that Haoyun only loved Chaoyan. As for Chaoyan and Haoyun... Other than Chaoyan herself, no one else knew.
Xiyan and Haoyun, Haoyun and Chaoyan, were both one-sided.
Then, did Chaoyan love Haoyun or not? If Chaoyan was interested in Haoyun, perhaps things would be much simpler. Chaoyan and Haoyun were a couple, so Xiyan's unrequited love could only be unrequited love forever.
It was precisely because Chaoyan did not express her stance that the relationship between the three of them had become so complicated.
When would things become clear? No one knew, not even the person involved.
However, those who knew the inside story should have the same idea. It would be soon. Chaoyan was already eighteen years old, wasn't she? As long as Chao Yan expressed her stance, everything would be clear.
The stalemate between the three of them seemed to be waiting for Chaoyan alone.
Haoyun was waiting. It was not easy for Chaoyan to turn eighteen, so he had no reason to wait.
Where's Chaoyan? No one knew what she was really thinking. Only she knew the truth.
As for Xi Yan, she was probably the one who wanted to maintain the status quo the most!
Although she was young, she knew many things better than anyone else.
She knew very well that the person she loved the most was Chaoyan. He had always liked Chaoyan, from six years ago until now.
What Hao Yun was looking forward to the most was what she was most afraid of.
She was afraid that Chao Yan would speak her true thoughts because there were only two possibilities. The other was that the two of them could only be good friends. No matter what, she was destined to face the fact that she had lost Haoyun.
If Haoyun and Chaoyan were together, of course, she would give up on Haoyun. If Haoyun couldn't be with Chaoyan, Haoyun wouldn't turn to her without Chaoyan. She knew this better than anyone else.
Poor her, she couldn't even be Chaoyan's substitute. She didn't even have the right to be a backup.
Only by maintaining the status quo could she love Haoyun in a dignified manner and intervene between Haoyun and Chaoyan.
Therefore, she was still honest about her feelings. When she wanted to see Haoyun, she would go to him. It didn't matter if he didn't want to see her. As long as she could see him, even if it was just a conversation, she would be satisfied as long as she could hear his voice.
Even if she knew that as long as Chaoyan was around, Haoyun's gaze would never stop on her, she did not care. It didn't matter if he didn't love her, as long as he was willing to let her secretly love him in her heart. It had been six years, and she had walked this way.
Ever since Hao Yue ran away from home and eloped with Di Sheng, Hao Yun's mood had never been good in these three months.
Chaoyan should have been the one comforting Haoyun, but Chaoyan was not like Xiyan. She had never taken the initiative to look for Haoyun.
As for Haoyun, based on his personality, he would not show weakness in front of Chaoyan, so he would not look for Chaoyan to comfort himself.
Since Chaoyan could not comfort Haoyun, Xiyan, who could not bear to see Haoyun depressed, had to do it herself. As an accomplice, she had this responsibility, didn't she?
When she arrived at the familiar residence of Prince Rong, the first person Xi Yan saw was not the person she wanted to see, but the person she hated the most-Haoxue Gege from the residence of Prince Rong.
Hao Xue and Hao Yue were of the same age. She was a few months older than Hao Yue and was the second daughter of King Rong. She was Hao Yun's half-sister. Now that Haoyue was no longer around, the eldest daughter had already married someone else's wife, leaving only her, the second daughter who was over twenty years old, in the residence of Prince Rong.
"Oh, I was wondering who it was. So it's the one who always likes to visit other people's houses, Gege Xiyan!”When Haoxue saw Xiyan, a mocking smile appeared on her face that was not beautiful even with heavy makeup.
" I have a place to go," Xi Yan replied." It's not like someone doesn't even have a place to go!"”
There was a reason why Xi Yan hated Haoxue. She was not a person who judged people by their looks. Although Haoxue's looks were so poor that people would not even take a second look at her, if Haoxue did not always like to mock others harshly, Xiyan would not have any reason to hate her.
Strange, they were clearly from the same Ama Sheng, why was Haoyue so gentle and kind, but Haoxue made people feel that everyone in the world had a grudge against her. It didn't matter if she wasn't good-looking, but if she had a bad personality, it was no wonder that no one wanted Haoxue.
Haoxue glared at Xiyan and said mercilessly,""Do you think you're so arrogant? Humph! My big brother loves your sister, and you, as his sister, come to my house every two or three days to disturb my big brother. Do you have any shame? Even an outsider like me feels ashamed for you!”
Xi Yan did not want to argue with her, but Haoxue had gone too far this time and her words hurt her.
"Since you know that you're an outsider, don't meddle in other people's business. Brother Haoyun didn't say that he wouldn't let me look for him. Why do you care so much?”
"Yo, how dare you talk to me like that! If you really marry my brother, then I'll be your aunt. It's fine if you don't curry favor with me, but you actually dare to say that I'm meddling in other people's business!”
Haoxue glanced at Xi Yan, who was so angry that her little face was red, and continued with contempt,""But then again, even if I wanted to be your aunt, I wouldn't have the chance because my brother wouldn't marry you at all, so you don't have to worry about offending me, right?”
For some reason, Haoxue hated Xiyan. Her beautiful appearance and innocent personality made her hate her from the bottom of her heart.
Just because she was beautiful, she could openly snatch her sister's lover? Just because of her cuteness and naivety, everyone allowed her to shamelessly pester Big Brother for six years? Why could she do this? This was very unfair, wasn't it? Haoxue believed that if her and Xi Yan's roles were swapped, she definitely would not be like Xi Yan because she was not good-looking and was not as lovable as Xi Yan.
Xi Yan didn't want to stay here and make herself angry anymore, so she walked past Hao Xue.
"Where do you want to go?" Hao Xue asked despite knowing the answer. She was in a bad mood today and wanted to vent her anger on Xiyan.
"None of your business!" Xi Yan ignored her, but Haoxue refused to let go.
"I think you better not go. My big brother will only have a headache when he sees you. He won't be happy at all.”Haoxue provoked Xiyan again.
Xi Yan was not someone who liked to get angry, but she was really angry now. "What are you trying to do? Don't block my way!"
"Hey, I'm doing this for your own good, I don't want you to lose face!”
"What are you talking about?”
"This is my home. You should be the one leaving.”
Just as the two of them were arguing, Hao Yun, who happened to pass by, appeared in front of them with a cold face.
"What are you two arguing about? I heard your voices from afar.”Hao Yun said unhappily.
"Brother Haoyun!" At this moment, Xi Yan's anger had completely dissipated. She bounced up to Hao Yun with a bright smile. "It's all Haoxue's fault. She kept blocking me from looking for you.”
"Oh?" Hao Yun's cold eyes drifted towards Hao Xue, and the previously overbearing Hao Xue shrunk to the side like a deflated balloon.
"Haoxue, what's going on?" Hao Yun asked coldly.
Haoxue was not afraid of anything but her brother, so she vented her anger on Xiyan.
"I'm doing this for her own good! She's not young anymore and keeps pestering you all day. She clearly knows that the person you like is Sister Chaoyan, but she still shamelessly came here…"
"Shut up!"
Hao Yun shouted angrily. Hao Xue was shocked and quickly shut her mouth.
"Who are you calling shameless?" Hao Yun walked in front of Hao Xue, his face that was so good-looking even when he was angry approached Hao Xue. "What did Xiyan do to offend you? Hurry up and apologize!"
"Brother Haoyun, forget it, I won't take it to heart!”When Xi Yan saw Haoyun scolding Haoxue, she felt sorry for her!
"How can we forget about it?" Although Haoyun was cold to Xiyan, he would never forgive those who hurt her.
He couldn't respond to her feelings. At the very least, he couldn't let her be bullied because she was the sister of the person he liked!
Haoxue had no choice but to apologize to Xiyan under Hao Yun's glare. "Xiyan, I'm sorry. I was wrong.”
Without waiting for Xi Yan's response, Haoxue quickly finished speaking and left.
That despicable Xi Yan had actually made her suffer such humiliation. She would remember this debt.
"Xiyan, why are you looking for me?”Hao Yun asked Xi Yan. There was no smile on his cold face.
Although it was expected, Xi Yan was still a little disappointed.
She didn't know when Brother Haoyun would welcome her with a smile.
Even if it was just once, she wanted to see Sister Chaoyan's smile bloom for her.
"Of course I came to see you!”Xi Yan smiled cutely at the person she loved. This should be considered one of her strengths! No matter how Hao Yun treated her, she would never let him see her unhappy side. She would always face him with a smile.
Unfortunately, her smile only received a cold response from Hao Yun. "Now that you've seen it, can you go back?”
"Why are you chasing me away so quickly?”Xiyan complained. "Even if you don't want to accompany me, let me see you more!”
Hao Yun said expressionlessly,"If you want to see it next time, I have something to do."”
"Then I'll go with you."
"I'm going to an appointment, not to have fun.”
"I'm going with you, not to play.”Xi Yan pouted.
Hao Yun looked at her enigmatically." You really want to go with me?”
"Yes." Xi Yan nodded vigorously.
"It will be dangerous!"
"Dangerous? What danger?"
"That person seems to think that he has a grudge with me." By the way, you know that person too. He is Prince Shun's residence's Yuanheng Bei Zi. Haven't you met before?”
Xiyan tilted her head and thought. "Yuan Heng Bei Zi?" Suddenly, she cried out,"Oh, I remember now. It's that 'quilt'!"”
That was three years ago. During the Hunting Meet three years ago, she spent the entire afternoon with Yuan Heng after being ignored by Hao Yun. She still remembered that Yuan Heng was very talkative and good at joking. It was a very happy thing to chat with him.
Now that she thought about it, Yuan Heng should be a good person in her memory, but Hao Yun said that he had a grudge with him. How could that be?
"Brother Haoyun, you and Yuanheng…" she asked hurriedly.
"Children don't need to know too much.”Hao Yun wanted to dismiss her with a simple sentence.
"I'm not a child anymore." She protested seriously.
"Anyway, I have something to settle with him. As for you, go home obediently. I don't want to take care of you while dealing with him.”Hao Yun thought that Xi Yan would back off after hearing what he said.
She did not expect Xiyan to be so curious, especially when she found out that the other party was someone she knew. She wanted to find out what was going on.
"I want to go, I want to go!" She held Hao Yun's hand and refused to let go. "If you don't let me go, I'll complain to my sister that you went out to cause trouble.”
This little girl actually dared to threaten him? Hao Yun looked at Xi Yan sternly, but Xi Yan made a face at him.
"If you're not afraid of death, then come!" Hao Yun couldn't be bothered with her. Towards her, his patience had reached its limit.
Hao Yun shook off her hand and walked out quickly. Xiyan followed closely behind him.
Haoyun and Yuanheng's feud was formed three days ago.
Three days ago, Hao Yun and Yuan Heng ran into each other on the street.
At that time, the streets were crowded. It was unknown how it happened. When Hao Yun noticed it, his people and Yuan Heng's people had already started fighting.
After that, he investigated the reason. According to his people, Yuan Heng's people deliberately pushed them and even secretly punched them a few times. They were angry and started fighting with Yuan Heng's people.
At that time, the scene was chaotic. In addition, there were many people. In order to prevent the two sides from fighting this meaningless fight, Hao Yun did not control his strength well and accidentally injured Yuan Heng's people.
Hao Yun didn't mean it, and his people were also injured, so he didn't want to pursue it. In the chaos, the whole matter was left unsettled.
In fact, it was just a small matter. Hao Yun had long forgotten about this matter. If Yuan Heng did not take the initiative to find trouble, he would not think about this matter again.
Yuan Heng had sent a letter to Prince Rong's residence early in the morning, saying that he wanted to meet him to find out what had happened three days ago.
This was really boring, wasn't it? Hao Yun didn't want to bother with him at all, but seeing that he and Yuan Heng were both members of the royal family, he had to give him face. Besides, if he didn't go, the problem wouldn't be solved. Instead, it would snowball.
While it was still a small matter, he would personally settle it!
Hao Yun walked to the agreed location on foot. It was an open space behind a temple. Yuan Heng was already waiting there.
Seeing more than ten people standing behind Yuan Heng, Hao Yun couldn't help but feel amused.
Bringing a group of people here, what was this Bei Zi thinking? Was he going to take down Haoyun? Just because of a baffling unhappiness?
"Yuanheng Bei Zi, what exactly do you want?”
"Hey, you must be Gege Xiyan!" Yuan Heng did not seem to hear Hao Yun's words. He looked at Xi Yan, who was standing behind Hao Yun, in surprise.
Xi Yan nodded. Because she was worried about Haoyun, she was not as happy as Yuan Heng. "Yuanheng Bei Zi…"
"Xiyan, why are you being so polite? Just call me by my name." Yuan Heng interrupted her. He could not take his eyes off Xi Yan's transformation.
Hao Yun looked at all of this coldly. It seemed like this Bei Zi liked Xi Yan very much.
"Alright, then I'll call you Yuan Heng.”" Why did you invite my Brother Haoyun here?" Xiyan asked Yuan Heng directly. You even brought so many people. Do you want to bully Brother Haoyun?”
"I…I'm not…"
"Humph, we were the ones who wanted to seek justice from Baylor Haoyun!”One of Yuan Heng's subordinates said loudly.
"Looking for me to seek justice?" Hao Yun looked at Yuan Heng with a smile that was not a smile." Bei Zi Yuan Heng, I don't remember offending any of you.”
"You still say you didn't!" The person from before shouted angrily. "You allowed your men to beat up our brothers, but you just left after beating them up. Do you know that one of our brothers suffered a serious head injury and is still lying in bed unconscious?”
"You want to blame me? Don't forget that you were the ones who started it. The situation was so chaotic at that time, and it was unclear who was fighting who. If you were injured because of this, could you blame anyone else? If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves!" Hao Yun's cold gaze swept across the room. Except for Xi Yan, who was used to it, everyone's heart turned cold. What a terrifying gaze!
Logically speaking, the people who were afraid should not act rashly. However, perhaps because they were too angry or felt that Hao Yun was bullying them too much, half of the people in the dozen or so people rushed towards Hao Yun without saying a word, holding sticks or knives.
"Everyone, don't be rash!" Yuan Heng didn't expect that his subordinates wouldn't listen to him. He brought them here just to argue with Hao Yun, but he didn't expect them to be so impulsive, and even brought knives and sticks behind his back.
No one was willing to listen to Yuan Heng's words. These people had already lost their minds. They were bent on seeking justice for their brothers. They attacked Hao Yun without any regard for their lives.
This mob! Hao Yun only sneered. He seemed to be unarmed and easily blocked the knives and sticks that were approaching him.
Haoyun did not care about this group of people at all, but Xiyan, who was at the side, did not think so. In her opinion, it was very dangerous for Hao Yun to fight alone in the middle.
"Stop! Don't hit him!" The anxious Xi Yan forgot that Haoyun's martial arts were strong and was more than enough to deal with these nameless people. She even forgot that she was just a weak woman who had no strength to even tie a chicken. She squeezed herself between them recklessly in order to protect Haoyun.
"Ah, Xiyan!" Seeing Xi Yan rush in without a care for her life, Yuan Heng shouted and joined them.
In an instant, the chaos on the scene could not be described with words.
"Xiyan! Xiyan!" Hao Yun couldn't find Xi Yan who was drowned in the crowd. Damn it, why didn't she eat more to make herself taller?
The anxious Hao Yun pushed the people in front of him away one by one. When he finally saw the petite Xi Yan, he happened to see a hand holding a dagger reaching out from somewhere and about to cut Xi Yan.
"Xiyan!" He shouted, but it was too late. The hand had cut Xiyan's left wrist with a dagger, either intentionally or accidentally, leaving a bloody wound about the length of a middle finger.
Hao Yun rushed up and hugged Xi Yan's falling body.
" Brother Haoyun..." Xiyan looked at Haoyun who was hugging her absentmindedly. She did not feel much pain at this moment because the hug that she dreamed of had distracted her.
Even though she was being hugged under such circumstances, she still felt happy. She was deeply immersed in this happiness and forgot about her injury.
Hao Yun's anxious look for her was captured in her eyes. She knew that he still cared about her. She felt very happy.
"Xiyan! "Xiyan…" Hao Yun's voice was getting further and further away. What's wrong? Wasn't he right beside her? Why did she feel that she could not hear his voice anymore?
Also, her eyelids were getting heavier. She really wanted to sleep…
In the garden of Prince Yi's residence, Chao Yan was reprimanding Hao Yun.
"How can you do this? He knew that someone was looking for trouble with him, but he still brought Xiyan along and even injured her. If Xi Yan lost an arm or a leg today, I'd like to see how you're going to answer to me and my mother!”
Chaoyan could not forgive Haoyun for hurting her when he was by her side. Fortunately, Xiyan's wrist was only cut and the wound was not deep. She did not lose too much blood. Otherwise, she would definitely be done with Haoyun.
Hao Yun's serious expression was filled with regret and self-blame. "I didn't expect things to turn out like this. I was too careless. Chaoyan, just scold me as much as you can. That way, I'll feel better.”
If it wasn't for Xiyan pestering him, why would he let her go with him? He had wanted to teach Xiyan a lesson and let her back off. He wanted to see if she would restrain herself in the future, but he did not expect her to get hurt because of this. He deeply blamed himself for being rash and careless.
Chao Yan looked at him with her beautiful black eyes and sighed.""How can I scold you?”
Hao Yun did not speak.
"Now you should know how important you are to Xiyan!"”
"I don't understand what you mean."
It would be strange if he didn't understand! Chao Yan looked at him reproachfully. "How long are you going to play dumb? Xiyan sees you as more important than herself! For you, she can even give up her life. Don't you feel her affection for you this time?”
Chaoyan, who had always given people the impression of being gentle and graceful, would rarely be so aggressive. If she did not care about Xiyan, she would not have spoken to Haoyun in such a tone.
Hao Yun's handsome face didn't show the expression that Chao Yan wanted to see, only coldness. "I'm sorry. It's not that I can't feel it, but I don't want to feel it.”
Chaoyan did not expect Haoyun to say such heartless words. Her eyes reddened and she felt sorry for Xiyan who was still unconscious.
"You're really heartless, aren't you?”She said with a choked voice. "Xiyan has always loved you. You're the only one in her heart! It's been six years. Could it be that her six years of deep love did not move you at all?”
"You say I'm heartless, but what about you?”Hao Yun looked at her with a bit of reproach in his eyes. "You only care about Xiyan, what about me? Xiyan has been in love with me for six years, and I've been in love with you for six years too. You only care about Xiyan's feelings, but have you ever thought about me?”
Chao Yan looked at Hao Yun in shock. She did not expect Hao Yun to say these words to her at this time and place.
" Don't look at me like that…" She lowered her head. "We're talking about you and Xiyan now, not me…"
Hao Yun grabbed her shoulder and she cried out softly. His large hand lifted her pretty face and forced her to look at him.
"Don't run away from my question!" Hao Yun's eyes were burning hot, and so was the breath that sprayed on her face. "How much longer do you want to run? It's been six years. Do you still want me to wait?”
" Don't say anymore…" Chao Yan begged him. "I don't want to hear it…"
"You have to listen even if you don't want to!" Hao Yun didn't allow her to escape.
He pulled her closer to him. It was the first time they were so close.
"The three of us know very well, don't we? Do you think I like to play around with you sisters? Let me tell you, I'm already tired of it. We don't have to do this, as long as you…"
"Someone is coming!" Chao Yan was lucky to find a good excuse to interrupt Hao Yun's words and escape. Actually, this was not an excuse. There were really footsteps coming towards them.
Hao Yun had no choice but to let go of Chao Yan. At this time, it was the servant girl of Prince Yi's residence who appeared.
"Big Ge Ge, the Fujin wanted me to tell you that Little Ge Ge is awake.”
"Is Xiyan awake?" Chao Yan was overjoyed when she heard that. She turned to Hao Yun and said,"I'm going to see Xiyan, come with me!”
Ignoring Hao Yun, Chao Yan followed the servant girl and left in a hurry.
She escaped again. Hao Yun looked at Chao Yan's graceful back and smiled bitterly.
Although she managed to escape this time, he would not give up.
It had been six years. From the first time he saw her, he had determined that she was his woman.
All these years, he had been waiting for her to grow up. He didn't want anyone else but her. He just wanted her to be his Fujin.
She couldn't escape. The person that he, Baylor Haoyun, liked, he wouldn't allow her to throw herself into the arms of others.#
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