Perhaps it was this topic that prevented her from joking, or perhaps it was just a fleeting feeling...
What Ye Lanyu said is the price of being born into a large Lineage. They have to work hard for their Lineage. Of course, there are many people like Ye Lanyu and Ye Lang who don't care about Lineage affairs, but very few who simply don't care about anything at all!
The more Ye Lang and Ye Lanyu act this way, the heavier the burden will be for their eldest brother and Second Sister, as they will not only have to take care of the Lineage, but also their younger brother and sister.
"Oh, so they're so great! But if Mom hadn't given birth to us, it seems like they would have done the same thing..." Ye Lang said blankly.
"..."
Although Ye Lang's words were heartless, they seemed to make a lot of sense. In fact, whether Ye Lang or his sister were there, their eldest brother and Second Sister would still have done the same thing.
Of course, this doesn't negate their care; Ye Lang is simply speaking his mind. His words always jump around like this, as in the following example—
"Also, sister, we're contributing to the Lineage too, otherwise why would we be here attending this meeting... Come to think of it, it seems like eldest brother and Second Sister will also be here, but they're our enemies!!"
"... This..." Ye Lanyu had also thought about this, but she thought she probably wouldn't have a chance to compete with the First Academy. Their Ye Family Academy was only competing for the top ten, not the first or the top three.
They have a clear understanding of this and will not be overly ambitious!
Even so, there's still a chance they'll clash with the First Academy, encountering their two older brothers Second Sister, which could lead to a fierce battle!
"Sister, do you think they'll betray the academy for the sake of the Lineage, or betray the Lineage for the sake of the academy? Haha, it'll be really fun then. No matter what they choose, they'll be traitors!" Ye Lang shouted with a hint of schadenfreude.
"..." Everyone was speechless, not only because they were speechless about Ye Lang's behavior, but also because they felt sorry for the other two people caught in the middle.
"If it were me, I might choose to forfeit and not participate in the competition!" Ye Zhiqin said, a solution that many people had come up with.
"Anyway, it's none of my business. I'm in the alchemy group, I won't run into them!" Ye Lang acted as if it were none of his concern, and his words indeed proved that no matter how things turned out, it wouldn't be unrelated to him.
"..."
"Me too!" Zhen Xiaoyan chimed in, echoing Ye Lang. She was also a member of the alchemy group and would be competing alongside Ye Lang.
"This is none of your business. You're not part of our family. If we run into you, we'll beat you up... Of course, you'll be the one getting beaten up!" Ye Lang didn't hold back at all, giving Zhen Xiaoyan a sharp rebuke.
"..."
"..." Zhen Xiaoyan wanted to explode, but in the end she chose to raise her head and snorted, "Hmph!! No midnight snack for you!!"
"... I'm not having a midnight snack tonight, I'm going to sleep!" Ye Lang gritted his teeth and said defiantly.
"Then you'd better not eat breakfast tomorrow morning either..." Zhen Xiaoyan snorted.
Ye Lang shook his head and said, "That won't do. Just prepare some congee with preserved egg and lean pork for me tomorrow!"
Do you think it's possible?
"Of course, you'll forget about this tomorrow morning!" Ye Lang said nonchalantly. He knew that Zhen Xiaoyan wouldn't hold a grudge and would forget everything after a good night's sleep.
"..." Zhen Xiaoyan wanted to strangle Ye Lang at this moment, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.
The others sighed, saying that Zhen Xiaoyan was truly pitiful, having encountered such a heartless scoundrel as Ye Lang ...
"Going back to my room to sleep! By the way, don't hold it against Cousin Zhiqing for what she did; you can blame it on me! Sigh, such a beautiful woman, why did she have to become a thief?!" Ye Lang stood with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and sighing.
"..."
Everyone fell silent again, not because of Ye Lang's cool demeanor, but because of his last words. His words implied that he still considered Ye Zhiqin a—
Thief!!
A beautiful female thief!!
"Little brother, how can you still call Zhiqing a thief? I've already told you she's your Cousin Zhiqing!!" Ye Lanyu said weakly, as if she could already imagine Ye Lang's response, which would surely leave her feeling powerless.
"She is Cousin Zhiqing, that's true, but she's also a thief. There's no connection between the two..." Ye Lang said blankly, that was his logic.
The fact that she's his cousin doesn't prove that Ye Zhiqin isn't a female thief!
"Thirteen..." Ye Zhiqin couldn't speak, because she didn't know what to say.
"You little idiot, Zhiqing came here to find us!!" Ye Lanyu tapped Ye Lang and said irritably.
"Oh, so you came here to steal for us! Cousin Zhiqing, you're so kind to us..." Ye Lang said with an air of understanding.
"..." What do you understand? You understand nothing at all!
Ye Zhiqin thought to herself, "It seems I can't escape my fate of becoming a thief..."
"I didn't steal anything!! This is just a misunderstanding. She is... uh, Zhiqing, how did you confront them?" Although Ye Lanyu knew it was a misunderstanding, she still hadn't figured out the whole story.
"I think the cause was that middle-aged man. He seemed to have done something inappropriate to me, and then he stirred up the conflict between me and the Knights of Light!" Ye Zhiqin recalled the events and quickly realized that the Duke was the one with the problem. It seemed that things had turned out this way because of him.
"Middle-aged man? Is it that bald guy..." Ye Lanyu said immediately.
"You're going bald, but you still have a little hair!" The Seventh Princess corrected Ye Lanyu.
"Yes, that's him! Do you know him?" Ye Zhiqin nodded, then looked a little puzzled. Judging from Ye Lanyu's tone, it seemed that they had both interacted with this middle-aged man who was almost balding.
"I know him! We fought with the Knights of Light today because of him. Otherwise, how could young ladies like us be fighting in the street?" Ye Lanyu smiled and pushed all the blame for the afternoon onto the poor Duke.
"..." The Knights of Light remained silent.
"Sister, so the meaning of 'a well-bred lady' is actually 'unruly and unreasonable'..." Ye Lang said at this moment, "I understand now."
"Pfft..." Almost everyone couldn't help but want to laugh, some even wanted to burst out laughing.