17 They're Nice And Kind

"Eldest Cousin Sister Li, Elder Cousin Brother Heng." Zhu Xiao Wan smiled. She sat with her back straight, with one leg overlapping the other.

"What are you doing?" Ning Rou Li asked while picking up a piece of pastries to eat. Ning Hai Heng was observing his eldest brother and Zhu Xiao Qian.

"Just watching them," she said.

"Xiao Wan, when your contractual spirit awakens, I'll practice with you," she exclaimed. "Your brother is really strong!"

Ning Hai Heng nodded. Ning Su Cai and Zhu Xiao Qian stopped their training and went over.

Ning Su Cai put the sword down and said, "Father wanted to speak with you two but Xiao Wan was invited to Princess You Yan's Manor."

"Princess You Yan?" Zhu Xiao Wan murmured, then sipped her tea while smiling.

"That princess!? What does she want with our Xiao Wan!" Ning Rou Li's brows puckered in a frown.

Zhu Xiao Qian looked at his sister, saying, "If you are going, then I will come with you."

"I will go with you, too," Ning Su Cai said.

"Let Eldest Brother go with you." Ning Rou Li stood up and went to put her face right in front of Zhu Xiao Wan's. "I'm worried that you won't be safe there alone!"

Ning Hai Heng nodded. Who Princess You Yan really was, he knew. Whenever Shen Wang talked to an unmarried girl, Princess You Yan would treat her nicely. But the jealousy and viciousness hidden deep inside could not escape his eyes. None of those girls had a good ending. That day at the banquet, that she was trying to humiliate Zhu Xiao Wan was hidden from everyone's eyes but was obvious in Ning Hai Heng's perception.

He was the youngest child of the three, so he kind of wished to have a little sister. Now that Zhu Xiao Wan became his little cousin sister, he would not want any misfortune to happen to her.

Their worries made Zhu Xiao Wan a bit surprised. They were so good to her, very sincerely at that. She could see why Zhu Xiao Qian was kind to them. It would be good for him to be with these people. His life after revenge would not be boring like her previous life, without any purpose for oneself.

'...He can protect himself…'

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"Tian Xu, Ning Xiao Wan is very beautiful." Tang Rue smiled. "I'm sure you'll like her when you see her."

"A beauty?" Tang Tian Xu grinned. "Although my inner courtyard is not empty, it's not full either."

Tang Rue still had a smile on her face, but inside, she snorted. 'Can the inner courtyard ever be full?'

"I too want her to be yours." Her eyes beamed with malicious. "She'll be here soon."

Tang Tian Xu raised his brows, and there was a huge grin on his face. 'If people know that his elder sister was a malicious woman instead of a virtuous and benevolent princess, who knows what their reactions will be.'

After a while of waiting, a maid came and said, "Young Miss Xiao Wan had come with Young Master Ning and Young Master Xiao Qian."

'I should have guessed they'll come, too."

Zhu Xiao Wan and the other entered. The room was well decorated, bright and elegant with hints of gracefulness. Princess You Yan was sitting in the master seat, on a guest seat sat a young man.

"Greeting to Your Highness Princess You Yan, Your Highness Xi Wang (Prince Xi)." Ning Su Cai bent and bowed. The Zhu siblings followed his action with a slight bow of their heads.

"How impudent for you to not bow properly to your superior!" Tang Tian Xu pointed his finger at them.

"Xi Wang, this lowly one is sorry for them. They were new to this kingdom." Ning Su Cai quickly apologized.