Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

The courtyard gate opened, and a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old walked in.

The girl was petite, with perfectly proportioned and beautiful features. Her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and her temperament was pure and lovely. One glance told you that she was a lively and spirited young girl.

As soon as Huo Xiuxiu entered, she saw Xie Yuchen and a handsome young boy sitting leisurely at a stone table under a tree, brewing tea.

Two men who looked menacing were sitting under the eaves on the other side.

A man in a hoodie leaned against a pillar, basking in the sun with his eyes closed, while another man in a leather jacket and sunglasses, with a smug grin, was cleaning a dagger.

These are the famous "Southern Blind and Northern Mute" from the underworld. Has Brother Xiaohua become so powerful now? He actually managed to bring these two great masters under his command.

"Xiuxiu, what brings you here today?" Xie Yuchen poured tea for Su Li on his left and placed a small white porcelain cup on his right, asking.

Huo Xiuxiu skipped and hopped to sit down next to Xie Yuchen, picked up the freshly poured tea, took a sip, and nodded in satisfaction.

I missed you, so I came to see you.

As he spoke, he stared intently at Su Li across from him, his eyes practically gleaming.

Su Li shuddered at the sight, lowered her head to drink her tea, and pretended not to exist.

Xie Yuchen casually flicked the little girl on the forehead. "Speak properly."

Huo Xiuxiu winced in pain, clutching her forehead. "Ouch, Brother Xiaohua, you hit my head again!"

Xie Yuchen ignored Huo Xiuxiu's coquettish behavior. "Did Grandma Huo send you?"

Huo Xiuxiu was not surprised that he had guessed her purpose, and simply nodded.

"Yes, as you know, Brother Xiaohua, our family has some official influence. Recently, the higher-ups have been acting strangely towards the Xie family, so Grandma sent me, the spy, to gather intelligence."

Xie Yuchen smiled faintly.

He had always known that Grandma Huo wanted to pair him up with Xiuxiu in order to achieve her goal of controlling and annexing the Xie family. That's why she extended an olive branch and gave him support when he first took over the family business.

Unfortunately, neither he nor Xiuxiu had any romantic feelings for each other. They had a genuine brother-sister relationship, but nothing more.

"What do you want to know? Tell me," Xie Yuchen said with a light laugh as he poured more tea into Huo Xiuxiu's cup.

"I don't want to know anything." Huo Xiuxiu waved her hand, her eyes still fixed on Su Li without blinking.

"I'll stay here a little longer, and when it's almost time, I'll go back and give Grandma an explanation. I don't want to know about your business."

Huo Xiuxiu is a very insightful and intelligent girl. She knows her grandmother's plans and her brother Xiaohua's thoughts.

She lacked her grandmother's ambition and boldness, and couldn't scheme against Little Flower Brother, but she also couldn't disobey her grandmother, so she could only go through the motions.

Xie Yuchen smiled and patted Huo Xiuxiu's head. "Okay, stay here. Go back after dinner. The kitchen will make your favorite honey-glazed lotus root for dinner."

"Great! The honey-glazed lotus root you make is the best, Brother Xiaohua. The lotus root I eat at home always feels like it's missing something."

In an instant, the courtyard returned to tranquility.

Huo Xiuxiu looked at this one and that one, and tsk tsk tsk, the whole courtyard was full of beauties, each with their own unique beauty and style, and no two were alike. It was incredible, incredible.

She quietly moved closer to Xie Yuchen and asked him in what she thought was a whisper.

"Brother Xiaohua, who is this little brother? He's so handsome. Is he your new apprentice? You have such good taste. If he dressed up, he would definitely be as good-looking as you."

The people present were all sharp-eared and sharp-eyed.

Zhang Qiling: Hold on, don't let go of this burden.

Xie Yuchen: Hold back, mind your image.

Black Bear: I'm dying of laughter, I can't help it at all. This guy is laughing like he has epilepsy, his hands are twitching.

Su Li was so embarrassed that she was about to kick herself out of the library, her face burning red.

"Ahem, Su Li, this is my younger brother, the young master of the Xie family." Xie Yuchen coughed lightly to ease his smile and introduced him.

"Ah Li, this is Xiu Xiu, the young master of the Huo family. She grew up with me." This means that she herself is an ally, but not the family, so she cannot know too much.

Su Li gave Xie Yuchen a resentful look. She no longer wanted to resist his determination to be her older brother. Oh well, brother it is then. Hua Hua is indeed more like an older brother than she is.

And Huo Xiuxiu...

So why didn't I know that Little Flower Brother has a younger brother?

So why doesn't Xiaohua's brother have the surname Jie?

Never mind, that's not important. The most important thing in maintaining a friendly relationship is... don't pry too much. Knowing too much is useless and can easily ruin a friendship.

"Oh, how about Su... Ali? Ali is so handsome, just as good-looking as Xiaohua." Praise is the right thing to do; pretty kids need lots of praise, the more you praise them, the better they look.

"Um... thank you, you're very pretty too." Su Li felt so embarrassed he wanted to shut up. After thinking for a moment, he took out a jade bell hairpin that some senior sister had given him in his space and pushed it in front of Huo Xiuxiu.

"As a greeting, call me brother."

Huo Xiuxiu: ? ? ? The child has this hobby?

Looking at the hairpin in front of me, which was of excellent quality, the jade was translucent and without any impurities. It was warm to the touch and had a slight warmth to it. It was truly a flawless piece of jade.

The carving is also fluid and natural, truly a masterpiece.

Huo Xiuxiu was, after all, the most favored successor of the Huo family, yet she had never handled an item of this quality before, and she wondered if her grandmother had any treasures that could compare.

Moreover, in her opinion, this hairpin was clearly not something from the ground, so she felt no psychological burden wearing it on her head.

Such a precious treasure, and this child just gave it away like that? Who raised such a spendthrift child?

He glanced at Xie Yuchen, his meaning quite clear.

Your child is so wasteful, aren't you going to do anything about it?

Xie Yuchen shook his head slightly. He couldn't control it; he was happy to do it. "Ali gave it to you, so just keep it."

Since that's the case, Huo Xiuxiu didn't hold back. To be honest, she liked it very much; the item was so beautiful that she believed no girl could resist it.

"Then... thank you, Ah Li... brother... brother?" It's not shameful at all, not at all. Calling a little kid "brother" is like calling him a treasure. If she could, she could call Su Li "brother" until he went bankrupt.

Kid, you're awesome!!!

Zurich smiled, "I won't go bankrupt. There's plenty of money. I can even do wholesale."

"Sigh!" The response was very crisp, showing that the child had been feeling stifled for a long time and was now quite happy.

"Brother Ali, I want one too~" A affected, manly voice suddenly rang out beside me.

Su Li, who had just been happy, suddenly shuddered and darted far away. He looked at the black bear that had somehow appeared beside him with a look of horror. The power of that sound was so great that he got goosebumps all over.

"You, you've been possessed by Bao Yun?" This is terrifying.

Bao Yun: Thanks for the invitation, but this ghost really can't do that, please don't ask.