Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

Xiao Zongwen pushed open Xiao Xuan's door. The windows were closed, and the room reeked of alcohol. Leftovers from last night lay on the table, along with an empty wine jug lying to the side. It was clear he'd been drunk from last night until this afternoon.

Xiao Zongwen frowned, reached out and pushed open the window, and a cool breeze instantly blew in. Xiao Xuan drowsily pulled the quilt around him.

"stand up."

Xiao Zongwen's voice was colder than the wind outside the window. Looking at Xiao Xuan's decadent appearance, he didn't look happy at all.

Xiao Xuan didn't open his eyes, but snorted to express his dissatisfaction.

"Xiao Lan is moving today, pick something and go look at it."

Xiao Zongwen pulled off the quilt beside him. Xiao Xuan felt unhappy all over, but he instinctively endured it.

He supported himself on his elbows, half-opening his eyes, and glanced at Xiao Zongwen's cold expression.

"Oh……"

He answered weakly, mostly out of helplessness, knowing that struggling was useless.

For example, Liu Yue left whenever she wanted, and no one could stop her, and he couldn't follow her.

Xiao Zongwen's words showed his disdain for Liu Yue, and even Liu Yu's mention of her was dismissive. Therefore, Xiao Xuan didn't want to provoke them, and he didn't dare to think about the consequences. After all, when Liu Hu appeared before him, covered in blood, he was even more frightened than Liu Yue.

Xiao Xuan said that he wanted to learn how to do business with Xiao Zongshan and Xiao Lan, but because Xiao Lan always had problems, he has not officially appeared in front of Xiao Zongshan until now.

Xiao Zongwen had been feeling unwell for the past few days. He had always been weak, so his health had never been very good. Especially in winter, it was easy to catch a cold. A single cough would require months of medication.

Because of this, Xiao Xuan had a few days of leisure. Xiao Zongwen was too busy to care for him, and he was unhappy. Because Liu Yue had gone back, because they said, since you two are so in love, you should make some efforts for Liu Yue.

Xiao Xuan didn't know why, to Liu Yu, his brother wasn't important, and his sister even less so. The saying "blood is thicker than water" didn't seem to hold true for him.

However, Xiao Xuan didn't understand why he, a son, was never important to his father.

Xiao Zongwen looked at Xiao Xuan without any sympathy. To him, Xiao Xuan had always been a burden, a disgrace, and disgusting. But since he had grown up this far, he would continue to use him.

"What to give?"

Xiao Xuan straightened his clothes, lowered his eyes and fiddled with the stains on his sleeves, looking listless.

Xiao Zongwen was very dissatisfied with his current appearance. He reached out and picked up the cold water for washing face next to him and poured it over him from head to toe.

Xiao Xuan shivered all over from the cold water, but he acted as if it was normal and reached out to wipe the water off his face.

"Thank you, Father. I'm awake."

Yes, Xiao Xuan forced himself to wake up. He was awake. His eyes were open, and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile that was as inconspicuous as usual.

"Take a shower and change your clothes! From today on, there's no chance of delaying you!"

"Okay..." Xiao Xuan nodded, stood up, walked to the door and shouted to the waiter downstairs, asking him to boil some water.

Xiao Zongwen was slightly satisfied to see that he was finally more energetic.

"His family is embroiled in a multitude of troubles, and they haven't let you get involved in their business affairs. Now that Sun Shaohua is dead, the county magistrate has his parents in the capital to bother him. Xiao Lan is all alone and has no desire to deal with you. You should pay attention to her and coax her into a good mood. She will rely on you in the future, and then we can seize the opportunity."

Xiao Zongwen felt tired and wanted to sit down. But he looked at the wine jugs scattered around the room and felt disgusted. In the end, he stood...

When he heard him say that Xiao Lan was alone, he asked, "Where's Liu Hu?"

"..." Xiao Zongwen paused before answering, "I'm afraid I won't help her in the future."

Xiao Xuan looked up in confusion, "Why?"

Xiao Zongwen was too lazy to discuss those trivial matters. "Just ask them yourself. Xiao Lan already knows that you recognize her."

"Oh..." Xiao Xuan didn't say anything else, knowing that his father would not waste any more words on him.

"After you go there, you know what to say and what not to say. Justify what you said before."

After saying that, Xiao Zongwen left the house and returned to his room.

Xiao Xuan didn't go out to think about buying gifts until the waiter had cleaned the house and he had taken a shower and changed his clothes.

In the end, I only packed a bunch of food from Baixianglou and some candied fruits and candied haws, and went to Xiao Lan before the sunset.

When Xiao Xuan arrived, Xiao Lan was watching Xin'er and Sun Jiye playing. Xiao Xuan asked someone to announce everything and quickly entered the main courtyard.

His signature smile was still on his lips, but he couldn't hide the fatigue in his eyes.

"Who are you looking for?" Xin'er hadn't seen him for a long time and had almost forgotten him.

"Xiner has forgotten me so quickly. Uncle is really sad." Xiao Xuan handed over the candied haws, and Xiner looked back at Xiao Lan hesitantly.

Xiao Lan smiled and nodded. Xin'er took the two candied haws and turned around to give one to Sun Jiye.

The two of them jumped and skipped with the candied fruits given by Xiao Xuan, and had a lot of fun playing in the pavilion.

"Long time no see."

Xiao Lan and Xiao Xuan had indeed not seen each other for a long time. Since Xiao Zongwen came, the two had not met privately again.

"Is something wrong?"

Xiao Xuan didn't answer, but raised the wine and food in his hand to show Xiao Lan, the meaning was obvious.

Xiao Lan looked at him, her eyes filled with sadness, thinking it was probably because of Liu Yue's return to Beidu.

"Please sit down. The hall isn't cleaned up yet, so why don't we just stay here?"

Xiao Lan pointed to the pavilion, and Xiao Xuan nodded in agreement. He put the dishes on the table and sat down.

Haitang was coming over. Looking at the table full of food and wine, she said, "How about I take these down, heat them up, and serve them on plates?"

"Okay, thank you."

Xiao Xuan has a gentle and elegant temperament to begin with, but now that he is in a bad mood, he looks even more melancholy. He would take a second look at anyone who comes to see him.

Haitang was no exception. Xiao Lan saw her blushing and chuckled, "Don't fall for him. He has someone he loves."

Haitang became even more shy after hearing what Xiao Lan said, and she quickly left with the wine and food.

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy because you didn't get any benefits from the Xiao family?" Xiao Lan looked at him and said sarcastically.

Xiao Xuan didn't care and answered truthfully, "Liu Yue was sent back."

Xiao Lan already knew this, but she didn't take it seriously. "You can go back with me."

"Father won't allow it."

"So obedient? Oh, that's right. Now that I've already set foot in the Xiao family, I can't bear to go back." Xiao Lan stopped looking at him and turned to watch the children playing, reminding them, "Don't run while eating candied haws. The bamboo sticks will prick your mouth!"

Xiao Xuan followed her gaze and looked at the children, "I didn't mean to..."

"Come on, it doesn't matter whether it's intentional or not, we're still doing this now."

Xiao Lan held her chin with her hand, looking bored.

"What are you...doing here today?"

"I need to have a good relationship with you so that I can protect Liu Yue."

Xiao Xuan spoke frankly. Xiao Lan turned to look at him. There was no lie in his eyes. There was sadness, worry, and helplessness.

"So direct?"

"I was telling you straight." Xiao Xuan lowered his eyes, "What happened to Liu Hu? I heard..."

"What can I do? I've already done my best to save his life, why would he still shamelessly ask for help? Now that I know his true intentions, I will naturally have nothing to do with him anymore."

When Xiao Lan said this, he stopped supporting his chin and angrily pounded his fist on the stone table.

"I haven't seen him these days..."

"Who cares? Shame on him!"