After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Your adoptive father's eldest brother, Song Qingyang, has achieved remarkable success, becoming the top scholar in the imperial examination. If he continues to develop his talents, he will become the Grand Secretary of the current dynasty.

Xie Xing was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean by 'if it can develop well'?"

The system sighed: "The three sons of the Song family are all exceptionally talented. The eldest son achieved the highest rank in the imperial examination, the second son became a renowned and wealthy merchant; if he lives long enough, it's only a matter of time before he becomes incredibly rich. The third son is a legendary general, and dominating a region is entirely within his grasp."

However, they all have one thing in common.

"what?"

"That's a top-tier sister-complex guy."

Xie Xing was stunned.

The original owner of this body grew up surrounded by love, much like Xie Mingzhu, except that she was spoiled and arrogant, which made her disliked by everyone as soon as she arrived in the capital.

[Her brothers disliked her, and compared to the obedient and sensible Xie Mingzhu, the original owner of this body was a typical villainous supporting character.]

[If it were just based on the original owner's Xie family background, how could they possibly bully Luo Hanfeng, who later gained the emperor's favor and whose status with the emperor gradually rose?]

[It's all thanks to her brothers.]

However, your encounter with Song Qingyang should have taken place at the palace banquet.

Xie Xing was stunned.

At a palace banquet?

"But Song Qingyang should just be a scholar, how could he enter the palace?"

He was Jun Lanjin's advisor.

The system launched a deep-sea bomb.

Xie Xing stood there stunned for a long while before finally speaking, "Then Jun Lanjin lost..."

Actually, Xie Xing could guess it himself without the system even saying it.

Jun Lanjin was defeated, and Song Qingyang, as his advisor, naturally did not fare well, not to mention that he was Xie Xing's ally.

The system replied: "Yes, commit suicide at the palace gate."

[The original owner of this body was still alive at that time.]

In the story, the original owner was imprisoned in the basement and tortured beyond recognition by Luo Hanfeng. She died of anger when Luo Hanfeng told her that her three older brothers were dead.

Xie Xing: "..."

Xie Xing was speechless for a long time.

She wasn't the original owner of this body, so she couldn't judge who was right and who was wrong in this matter.

If the original owner hadn't deliberately provoked Luo Hanfeng, there wouldn't have been Luo Hanfeng's subsequent revenge.

But as Xie Xing thought about it, he felt that something was not right.

Why did the original owner specifically target Luo Hanfeng to bully?

Is it possible…

"Could the original owner have liked Luo Hanfeng?" Xie Xing asked with a complicated expression.

The system paused for a moment, then said, "This isn't mentioned in either the book or the plot."

However, many viewers speculated this way, and some even shipped them as a bizarre, underworld-themed couple.

Xie Xing: "..."

She made the same expression as the old man on the subway looking at his phone.

Then he turned around and went back to his room.

Difficult to comment.

I won't comment.

……

For the next three days, Xie Xing stayed indoors and did not go out.

The account books of Yunyan Pavilion were brought over the night Xie Xing returned home.

Xie Xing had nothing to do, so he picked up his homemade charcoal pencil and started doing calculations.

As the ledger pages went by, Xie Xing even went so far as to list the bills again in a simplified way.

When it came to Xie Xing's special performance, she moved very quickly.

The ledgers were calculated page by page, and a month's worth of ledgers were completed in just two and a half days.

Yunyan Pavilion is quite large; there are four or five account books piled up on Xie Xing's desk, each one quite thick.

After finishing the accounts, Xie Xing sorted through the ledgers and went to the old lady's courtyard.

Passing by the training ground, I happened to bump into Xie Tongchen practicing with a knife.

Xie Xing paused slightly and looked towards the training ground.

In the vast training ground, Xie Tongchen stood alone, spear in hand, his movements clean, crisp, and incredibly dashing.

Xie Xing's eyes widened slightly.

I got quite engrossed in watching it.

Holding the ledgers in her arms, she stood obediently beside the training ground, her bright figure attracting the attention of her colleagues watching from the side.

Several teenagers, dressed in silver armor, looked in Xie Xing's direction for a while.

Everyone found it rather strange.

Everyone knows that Xie Tongchen has two younger sisters, but only Xie Mingzhu appears in front of everyone most often, and Xie Mingzhu is the one Xie Tongchen talks about the most.

Seeing Xie's younger sister now is like seeing a rare animal.

Beside the training ground, Xie Xing held a book in her arms, wearing a pink lotus root-colored long dress, her hair tied in two buns with a pink ribbon hanging down her back, fluttering in the wind, looking extremely cute.

Especially those bright, lively eyes, like a fawn's.

Xie Tongchen also saw Xie Xing. He glanced at his restless colleagues and coldly threw the spear in his hand at them.

"Brother Xie, are you trying to kill us?!"

One of the boys grinned as he took the spear and walked towards Xie Tongchen.

"Brother Xie, is that your new sister? She's quite pretty."

Feng Wuhan, carrying a long spear, walked beside Xie Tongchen.

Xie Tongchen ignored him and walked towards Xie Xing: "What are you doing here?"

"Second Brother," Xie Xing called out with a smile.

Her voice was already soft and pleasant, and this "Second Brother" was so sweet and tender that it struck Feng Wuhan's heart.

Feng Wuhan exaggeratedly clutched his chest, looked at Xie Xing, and teased, "Little sister, your calling me 'second brother' has really touched my heart."

Xie Tongchen cast a cold glance at him.

Xie Xing tilted her head and glanced at him, pretending not to hear what he said, and then turned to Xie Tongchen and said sweetly, "I was going to Grandmother's. I saw Second Brother training on the way, so I stopped to take a look."

"Ah."

Xie Tongchen's attitude was extremely cold.

He noticed the books Xie Xing was holding and asked, "What are those in your arms?"

"It's an account book for my grandmother."

"Hmm?" Xie Tongchen stared intently.

Xie Xing said, "My grandmother asked me to learn how to read accounts. Some time ago, she sent my cousin and me to Yunyan Pavilion. Here is Yunyan Pavilion's account book for one month."

"Let me see." Xie Tongchen reached out his hand to Xie Xing.

Xie Xing then handed the ledger in his hand to Xie Tongchen.

She stood with her hands behind her back, her eyes crinkling, completely unconcerned about Xie Tongchen's indifference.

Her appearance did catch Feng Wuhan's eye for a second.

Xie Tongchen opened the ledger, intending to casually scan a few pages, but the ledger contained records and was arranged in an unusual way.

This struck Xie Tongchen as rather odd.

When did the manager of Yunyan Pavilion make the account books so simple and easy to understand?

"Who did this?"

Xie Xing smiled and said, "I made it."

Xie Tongchen didn't realize at first that she was talking about him, and casually handed the ledger back to Xie Xing: "Well done."

After realizing what he had done, he paused, "You did this?"

Xie Xing nodded, "Grandmother asked me to finish the Yunyan Pavilion's account books in three months, and I did all of these."

Xie Tongchen frowned: "When did you learn to read accounts?"

He was actually somewhat dissatisfied that his grandmother was actually teaching Xie Xing.

Doesn't that mean even Grandmother acknowledged Xie Xing's identity?

But my grandmother clearly disliked Xie Xing before.