"Don’t... don’t co in." Xiao Manxuan nervously shouted, knowing that if Zi Yan saw this scene, not even jumping into the Yellow River would clear her na.
"Sister Manxuan, you’re here too. Did you co to wake up that lazybones Lin Tian?" Zi Yan’s voice was getting closer, and just one more turn and she would see everything.
Xiao Manxuan’s expression beca even more anxious; suddenly, she threw the torn shorts onto Lin Tian and reproached, "Here, take your shorts back, you big bully."
After saying that, the little girl turned and ran out, bowing her head and not daring to look at Zi Yan, fleeing the room in a flash.
Alas, I’ve beco the bad guy again. Whose fault is it that the shorts were torn? Really, it’s an injustice more baffling than snow in June, colder than Dou’e’s accusation. Lin Tian held his pitiful shorts and silently questioned the heavens.
"Lin Tian, why did Manxuan run away in such a hurry..." As Zi Yan walked into the bedroom, she found no one beside the bed, just a blanket on the floor.
Just in the nick of ti, Lin Tian had run into the bathroom. He shouted through the door, "Sister, I’m using the bathroom. Please go out first."
"You two, always up to sothing sneaky. Hurry up, Sister Song is already in the living room," Zi Yan glanced at the bathroom, shook her head, and walked out.
Damn it, this makes look like I’m sneaking around with the Second Miss. Lin Tian felt very annoyed by the thought.
Once he finished washing and dressing, Lin Tian strolled downstairs leisurely. The living room was already filled with the voices of a group of won. He hadn’t even reached the bottom when it felt like he had walked onto a busy street; indeed, it wasn’t just three won making noise.
"Ah, Sister Song, long ti no see. When did you arrive in Xikou City? Why didn’t you tell so I could have picked you up?" Lin Tian walked towards the sofa and saw Sister Song sitting there chatting with Miss. He couldn’t help but call out loudly.
And that little girl Xiao Manxuan, her face flushed, turned her head to the side, pretending to turn on the TV to watch.
"Little Brother, why didn’t you sleep a bit longer? Zi Yan said you stayed up late to pick her up," Song Yanan said with a smiling tone.
"Hehe, with Sister Song here, how could I still sleep?" Lin Tian chuckled, sat on the sofa, and looked around, then asked curiously, "Where’s Brother Wan? Why don’t I see him?"
"He’s still busy with his business, so he couldn’t make it this ti. But before I arrived, he kept talking about you," Song Yanan said with a smile.
Just as Lin Tian was about to continue talking, the TV that the little girl had turned on suddenly displayed a familiar scene. It was the aftermath of a fire at the Nanhu Villa, number eighty-eight. The entire villa was charred black, with so areas collapsed.
"The following is an important news update: around eleven o’clock last night, a fire broke out at the Nanhu Villa District’s villa number eighty-eight in Xikou City. Fortunately, there were no casualties in this fire. After the firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found a large number of makeshift knives inside the villa. The police suspect that criminals were gathering at the villa, and the investigation is ongoing..."
No casualties? The Xiao sisters exchanged a glance, both seeing the confusion in each other’s eyes. They both had watched Lin Tian leave last night and knew what he was out to do. Given his temperant, how could there have been no casualties? They didn’t understand.
"Zi Yan, that’s the Nanhu Villa you were talking about just now, right?" Song Yanan looked at the TV and asked.
"Yes, I’m planning to move out," Zi Yan nodded in response.
As the news continued to broadcast, two more people walked into the hallway—both were young girls. Lin Tian looked at the one on the left and found her sowhat familiar, as if he’d seen her sowhere before.
This girl appeared quite youthful and was definitely not yet of age, likely around sixteen, but she was already very beautiful. Her jet-black hair cascaded down her back, and her bright eyes, beneath long lashes, held a hint of timidity, which instantly invoked a sense of tenderness in others.
The skin on her delicate face was surprisingly good, tender like an infant’s, and she wore a white dress that showed her increasingly statuesque figure.
These days, do all girls grow up eating papayas? Judging by her height, she looked to be a high school freshman, and yet her figure was already taking shape.
"Are you that... friend of Ou ngng, Li Xiaoxiao?" Lin Tian flashed back to an image in his mind and expressed his surprise, rembering the girl from the race at East Snake Mountain.
"Brother Lin, you still rember ." The girl giggled shyly, delightedly exclaiming.
The conversation between the two made all the girls turn their attention to Lin Tian, especially Xiao Manxue and Zi Yan, whose aningful glances seed to suggest, "This lecher wouldn’t spare even a young girl, would he?"
"Hey, what are you all staring at for? I only t her once when I went racing at East Snake Mountain with Zhou Botong," Lin Tian said with a helpless look, responding to the girls’ expressions.
"Brother has also t Xiaoxiao. You two must be fated," Song Yanan beckoned the girls to sit down, smiling, "These are my two disciples. You’ve already t Li Xiaoxiao, and this is Bei Xiaowen."
"Disciples?" Lin Tian was stunned, remarking in surprise, "Such young disciples, isn’t that too exaggerated? Does learning a skill really require starting from such a young age?"
Laughing, Song Yanan explained, "You must be quite astonished, Brother. To begin learning a craft at such a young age... Well, I was even younger when I started learning jade carving; I was just starting to understand things when I began studying with my grandfather."
Teenage years are for playing, and sticking with a master to learn jade carving surely ans a true love for the craft; otherwise, no amount of patience would suffice to keep one persevering.
Yet, Lin Tian still had questions and asked, "Xiaoxiao and Ou ngng are close friends, and by that logic, Li Xiaoxiao’s family should be well-off, even rich. Why would her family let her learn jade carving?"
Though jade carving is an art, learning it is quite strenuous, and if she were a second-generation rich kid, why would her elders allow her to study it? It would be more reasonable to expect her to learn sothing like corporate managent.
"Brother, you’re thinking correctly but also not entirely so. Xiaoxiao’s family is not just wealthy, but among the richest families in Huaxia—the Li Family. Together with your northern Yun Family, they are known as ’South Li and North Yun.’ You must know about the Yun and Li families without my having to say more, right?" Song Yanan said.
The Li Family! The Yun Family! Lin Tian felt a slight shock within, as this was genuinely beyond his expectations. These two families were amongst the wealthiest in Huaxia, with industries spanning various sectors.
The Xiao Family was nothing in comparison; their wealth was localized, whereas the Yun and Li families had influence throughout all of Huaxia!
However, when the Li Family was ntioned, the Xiao sisters seed sowhat uneasy, and Lin Tian, observing their expressions, suddenly had a thought. Mrs. Xiao’s maiden na was Li Xinyi, also a Li. Could she be related to the Li Family?
Otherwise, why would the Xiao sisters’ deanors be so peculiar? Just as Lin Tian was considering a good excuse to inquire further, Li Xiaoxiao approached the sisters.
"Big cousin, Second cousin..." Li Xiaoxiao gazed at the sisters with caution, speaking softly.
Cousins? Lin Tian hadn’t misheard this ti. Li Xiaoxiao addressed the Xiao sisters as her cousins, which ant that Mrs. Xiao’s identity had co to light—her maternal family was, in fact, the Li Family!
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