Senior brother is so awesome!

The following is the main text of the novel "{?$article_title?}" ({?$jieqi_title?}) provided by {?$jieqi_sitename?}. Please enjoy! Because of the Ling family's visit, although it was to apologize to Ling Zhao, the master still hosted a welcome banquet that evening out of courtesy. The seven disciples naturally had to attend. Yang Shanshan was the happiest; a banquet, of course, meant lots of delicious food! Since arriving here, because her master advocated vegetarianism, she hadn't eaten meat even once. Haha, just thinking about tonight made her mouth water!

The sun had just set when the banquet began. Yang Shanshan was the youngest disciple, so she sat at the very end of the table. The little boy next to her was busy serving her food, which attracted the frequent glances of her senior brothers. She had to plead, "Senior brother, um, I have hands and I can pick it up myself. Please don't trouble yourself."

The little boy worked happily under the envious gazes of everyone, his hands moving constantly while he muttered, "No, no, how could senior brother be tired? Junior sister, you need to eat more, look how thin you are..."

Yang Shanshan watched in despair as the food piled up in front of her like a small mountain. She was wrong, her biggest mistake was eating with this group of people… People die from food poisoning…

Ling Tianyi's gaze had been following her ever since she entered the room. However, Ye Xianqing was beside him, so he couldn't be too obvious. He could only glance at her amidst the clinking of glasses. When he saw the pile of food in front of her, and that his little apprentice was still adding more, he couldn't bear to watch any longer and politely helped her out of the predicament: "I didn't expect that there would be such friendly relations between siblings in Sanqing Mountain. But Miss Qin, you can't eat it all, can you?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Shanshan exclaimed, "Savior!" She gave him a grateful look and nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, I can't eat anymore, look, my bowl is full..."

The little boy was unhappy when he heard this. He was about to speak but was stopped by Ye Xianqing's eyes. He pouted and sat down obediently. Yang Shanshan finally felt relieved. Her beautiful eyes drifted to where her second senior brother was. She saw him pouring himself a drink without much expression. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. She was being bullied and needed outsiders to save her. How hateful.

Without the little boy causing trouble, Yang Shanshan ate quite comfortably by herself. Although it was still a bit bland, for a foodie like her, meat was more than enough. Enjoying her meal, she turned her head to avoid meeting Ling Tianyi's gaze. She was very grateful to her benefactor, and besides, she had a good impression of such a polite and refined person, so she smiled sweetly. However, Ling Tianyi's immediately startled expression made her quite annoyed. Was she really that scary? "Huh, why isn't everyone eating? Why are you all staring at me?" She glanced around at her senior brothers, confused, and under everyone's strange gazes, Yang Shanshan could only laugh awkwardly and say, "Is there something on my face? Why are you all looking at me?"

Well, upon hearing this, the faces of the six senior brothers all darkened. Only Ling Tianyi, having recovered from his earlier amazement, noticed the awkward atmosphere. Having always been successful at the dinner table, he was naturally adept at defusing the tension. He quickly picked up his wine glass and said cheerfully, "Sanqing Mountain truly lives up to its reputation. Your disciples are all outstanding individuals, and their dignified bearing is truly admirable."

The atmosphere finally eased somewhat. Ye Xianqing smiled and shook his head, his eyes, which seemed to see through everything, glanced at the faces of his disciples and said with a smile, "Young Master Ling is too kind. Apart from a few of my eldest disciples, the rest are all inferior disciples, not worthy of being called useful."

Ling Yunyi had just opened his mouth to say something when he was interrupted by an arrogant female voice, "Senior Ye, you are too modest. In Xiang'er's opinion, your senior brothers are indeed outstanding individuals. It's a pity that I heard..." Ling Xiang smiled meaningfully, her arrogant eyes looking at Yang Shanshan before she said, "I heard that Miss Qin was mentally challenged before, and even after recovering, she was left with sequelae. I'm afraid she benefited from your senior brothers' influence." After saying that, she glared at Yang Shanshan triumphantly, then turned to look at Zhong Zhichen, her expression instantly becoming infatuated.

Yang Shanshan's lips twitched when she saw this scene. It turned out that Zhong Zhichen had caused her trouble. However, she didn't feel anything. After all, she wasn't the real Qin Yuechan. "Go on, continue. I want to see how my master will react when you speak ill of someone else's disciple on your master's turf."

As expected, Ye Xianqing's expression softened slightly, despite his constant smile. Ling Tianyi was annoyed by his sister's loose tongue and shouted, "Xiang'er, shut up! How dare you make up stories about Miss Qin?" His shout revealed the domineering air of a head of the household. Ling Xiang, clearly afraid of her elder brother's aura, glared resentfully at Yang Shanshan, pouted, and sat in her seat without saying a word.

Ling Tianyi had to force a smile to ease the atmosphere, but no one bought it. He felt embarrassed and like he had swallowed a fly. The banquet finally ended in a terribly dull atmosphere, during which only Yang Shanshan shamelessly ate happily by herself.

The group emerged from Xianyun Pavilion in silence. She patted her round belly and let out a comfortable burp. The little boy walking beside her looked at her with disdain, "What a vulgar person, like a starving ghost reincarnated."

Yang Shanshan felt perfectly content after eating and didn't bother with him. "Such a stubborn little kid!"

"What did you say?!" he glared at her. "Who are you calling a child?"

"You, aren't you?" Ever since the blunder at Xuyang Pavilion, the little boy hadn't come to see her. It was rare to have someone to banter with, so she treated it as after-dinner exercise.

Hearing this, Ling Xiang, who was walking behind, suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Yang Shanshan's sleeve, and scolded, "What a shameless country bumpkin! In front of everyone, you disregarded your table manners and was rude first, and then you seduced Brother Zhong and flirted with others. You have no shame!" She was going to make up for the loss she suffered at the banquet earlier, so that Brother Zhong could see her true colors. How could a man as majestic and powerful as him be interested in such a shameless woman who flirts around with just a slightly pretty face?

Yang Shanshan was baffled by the scolding. How had she seduced Zhong Zhichen? It was he who was sticking to her like a leech. Seeing Ling Xiang's pretty face turn red with anger, she found it ridiculous and laughed even more, saying, "Why don't you go and seduce him too!" With that, she chuckled and turned to walk away gracefully.