Reborn as a concubine's daughter and entering a noble family: Xie Lang, don't be too seduc

"Brother, don't you know me? No matter what, I don't like reading." Xie Lin answered "sincerely," not caring at all whether Xie Shu would laugh at him. He only glanced at Huo Sanghua's strange behavior and was a little puzzled.

But he continued—

“My elder brother is a virtuous and upright man, so naturally he won’t think there’s anything wrong with it. But Sang Hua has to be a decent person. She’s learning to read and write from my elder brother. People who don’t know the situation might think you two are sharing a room... If that gets out, how much of an impact will it have on Sang Hua?”

As he spoke, he gestured to Hawthorne.

Today was supposed to be his day to inspect the camp outside the city, and according to the original plan, he wouldn't be back until noon.

So he got up very early and left the city before dawn.

I made a special trip back before Hawthorne's class so that I could attend class with her.

With him, her nominal "husband," by her side, Sang Hua and Xie Shu were no longer alone together in a room...

No, it's not about a lone man and woman, it should be...

Brother-in-law and sister-in-law? If these words got out, it would probably cause an absurd and scandalous affair.

He was still basking in his own smugness at his meticulous arrangements, unaware that Hawthorne's face had turned ashen.

Seeing her constantly covering her back, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong?"

Seeing that Sang Hua was in a difficult situation, Xie Shu cleared her throat again and took the initiative to help her out by explaining the situation. "Earlier, I had Liao Bin find the table and chairs you used before in the warehouse, cleaned them, and prepared them for Sang Hua to use. However, the chairs were not completely dry, and Sang Hua accidentally sat on them, getting her clothes wet."

"That was just now..." Xie Lin finally realized what was happening.

Recalling how Sang Hua had just charged forward like a little calf, head down, crashing headfirst into his chest...

"She was in a hurry to go back and change her clothes, but you just had to show up at this time." Xie Shu was also helpless. These two seemed like they were incompatible. She couldn't help but privately complain about Ah Lin's carelessness, which made Sang Hua even more embarrassed.

"Let me see—" Xie Lin didn't think about that much; he just wanted to see where it got wet.

He pulled Sang Hua aside and started to look behind her.

Xie Shu's heart tightened, and she felt quite displeased. She was about to stop him...

Huo Sanghua was both anxious and angry. He covered his back, his face flushed red, and he raised his foot to kick Xie Lin's shin.

This person is crazy!

Xie Lin suddenly understood, "Cough... What's the big deal? It's just getting your clothes wet... You didn't do it on purpose."

As he spoke, he took off his cloak, draped it over Sang Hua's shoulders, and carefully tied the straps.

"Alright, go back and change." After finishing that, he walked back to the side, waving his hand dismissively, telling her to hurry back and change her clothes.

The enormous cloak wrapped her completely, and the hand that had been covering her back could finally be released. She tugged at the front of her garment, then limped out the door...

"She's like a child, so impulsive and restless." Xie Lin explained to his older brother as he walked to the seat that had been specially arranged for Sang Hua, pulled over the chair, wiped the water droplets off it, shook it, and then went to find a rag.

Xie Shu turned her gaze away from Sang Hua's limping figure and saw Xie Lin wiping the seat for Sang Hua. "You..."

"This isn't the one I used before." Xie Lin carefully dried the desk and chair before noticing the problem. "Brother, this is the one you used before. My desk, the corner here is broken, don't you remember?"

When they were young, the brothers studied together in this study with their teacher.

Besides the desk in the center for his father, Lord Xie also specially made a desk for each of them, which was exactly the same.

But Xie Lin was mischievous as a child, and Xie Shu would force him to come to class, where he would doze off on his desk...

He fell to the ground and tried to get up immediately, but the back of his head hit the corner of the desk, knocking off the carving on the bottom of that corner.

Later, as they grew up, the two desks in Lord Xie's study were moved to the storeroom, where they gathered dust over the years. Only today have they been brought out again...

However, this one isn't Xie Lin's, it's Xie Shu's.

"...I didn't notice," Xie Shu explained. "Perhaps Liao Bin didn't notice when he moved it either. If you mind..."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whose desk we use." Xie Lin hadn't thought that much about it, but seeing this desk immediately reminded him of many times when he and his older brother studied together as children, which made him quite emotional. "However..."

He sat down in the chair.

He fiddled with it from side to side—"When I was little, I thought this chair was huge, and the desk was huge too. I haven't used it for years, but looking at it again today, it seems... smaller?"

Xie Shu felt uneasy. He had originally been thinking about Huo Sanghua, and since A Lin had no interest in Sanghua, he thought that if he fought for her... it would be like taking back what originally belonged to him.

But now, hearing Xie Lin speak so unguardedly about their past brotherhood...

Facing Ah Lin, he did feel a sense of shame and embarrassment.

“But Sang Hua is small, tiny, so it should be just right for him.” Xie Lin looked up at his older brother and smiled sheepishly, gesturing that someone as small as Huo Sang Hua sitting in this chair would probably look like they did when they were in class as children.

“You and Sang Hua… seem to be doing very well.” Xie Shu could even hear her own erratic breathing.

The intermittent, faint sounds were his pride shattered into pieces.

"Not bad!" Xie Lin sat in the chair, recalling the bits and pieces before and after his marriage to Sang Hua, and couldn't help but smile. "At first, I thought she was a bit of a troublesome little girl, I didn't know what she was afraid of... But later I felt that she had some secrets, and those secrets made people feel more and more sorry for her, the more you understood her, the more you wanted to protect her... You could say she's smart, but sometimes she's reckless, falling into other people's schemes without even realizing it, foolishly covering for them. You could say she's stupid, but... she always seems to be able to quietly slip away when she gets caught up in trouble."

As he spoke, he burst out laughing.

Hawthorne is indeed a troublesome girl who gives people a bit of a headache.

He himself was unaware that when he mentioned Sang Hua, the longing in his eyes seemed to be gently telling him how much he was moved.

Xie Shu simply watched and listened quietly.

The arm behind his back slowly clenched into a fist...

He cares about Sang Hua, but he also cares about his younger brother, and he doesn't want either of them to get hurt.

Ah Lin initially thought she didn't like Sang Hua and that the absurd marriage was just an unintentional act, so she tried to put everything back in its place. But it turns out that during their many days together, Ah Lin had unknowingly fallen for Sang Hua.

The mistake has been made, and it may be difficult to turn back.

As Ah Lin and Sang Hua grew closer and closer, as they became increasingly intimate...

Xie Shu felt empty inside, and her face gradually lost its expression. "If you like her, treat her well. Don't always mess around and torment her. She's still a young girl, and she's easily embarrassed. She can't stand your teasing."