Silly Girl, She's Taken a Fancy to Your Brother

Cheng Xiao spat out a mouthful of tea. The prefect roared angrily, "Cheng Xiao, why did you have to spit on me? Get out of my sight! Get far away from me! Seeing you like this is just annoying!"

Cheng Xiao looked like she wanted to say something but couldn't, and quickly climbed down.

Shangguan Wan'er, still unwilling to give up, said:

"I think we should investigate. I wonder just how powerful Black Wind Stronghold really is. I'm going to raze Black Wind Stronghold to the ground."

Just wait! I've already told my dad, what is Black Wind Stronghold anyway?

The prefect felt like he was being roasted over a fire; Zhou Wanwan's words had made it very clear.

If there's a next time, she'll kill all those people's families.

The prefect sighed and said, "Alright, the banquet is over. Everyone may leave!"

The head of the Lu Family looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Miss Zhou, why don't you stay at the Lu Family for a few days? Our Lu Family will certainly do our best to entertain you."

Zhou Wanwan pointed to herself and said, "Does your Lu Family want me to stay as a guest?"

Lu Family nodded and said, "Of course we should keep them."

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "How could I? My brother can stay too, right?"

Patriarch Lu Family nodded and said:

"Of course, not only you, but also the other ladies, young ladies, and young masters."

Those who wish to stay will also be entertained at our residence.

Cheng Chao quickly said, "Then I'll stay too."

Fang Zhiyuan looked at Gu Sinian and said, "Brother Gu, would you like to stay? If you do, I'll stay too, and we can have a good chat."

Gu Sinian looked at Zhou Wanwan. Since Zhou Wanwan wanted to stay, he naturally wanted to stay as well.

Many people, seeing there was something to see, didn't want to leave.

The head of the Lu Family hadn't expected that half of the guests would stay at the Lu Family.

Madam Lu was furious:

"You said you were going to entertain guests, but you didn't say they were going to stay overnight!"

"We have to entertain over 200 guests right now, what am I supposed to do?"

The head of the Lu Family sneered, "That's your business. They've all chosen to stay, what can I do?"

Madam Lu was furious. "Not enough rooms, not enough food, what am I supposed to do?"

The head of the Lu Family was also helpless; he had to keep Zhou Wanwan, otherwise how could he carry out his plan!

Zhou Wanwan must die, but the crucial thing is that this matter cannot become common knowledge.

The thought of Lu Lan made the head of the Lu Family furious; he wanted her to disappear without a trace.

"If your daughter hadn't said that, would I have needed to go through all this trouble to keep everyone here?"

Now things are all messed up, you'd better figure out a solution quickly!

Madam Lu sighed and sent someone to make the arrangements.

Zhou Wanwan was assigned a superior room. She looked at Feng Yueyao and said, "This room is quite nice. Let's stay here."

Feng Yueyao couldn't help but complain:

"Wanwan, how dare you stay here?"

Lu Lan's meaning was quite clear: she wanted to deal with you.

"They're probably going to make their move tonight. Should we go back?"

Zhou Wanwan quickly waved her hand and said:

"That won't do. I've finally managed to get out of here, and if I go back, I'll have endless homework and endless court sessions."

No way! The Lu Family is so much more interesting!

"The food and lodging here are great, and there are people to keep me company. I don't want to go back."

Zhou Wanwan is in great pain now. Whenever she goes home, she has to get up at 4 a. m. every day to attend the morning court session.

If she doesn't go to court one day, all those court officials will kneel in her courtyard, crying and wailing.

Feng Yueyao coughed and said:

"Alright then! I heard the Zhou Family has already sent you back several times."

"Are you really planning to go back to the Zhou Family?"

Zhou Wanwan quickly nodded and said, "After I finish things here, I'll go to Zhou Family Village."

Anyway, she won't go back to the mountain stronghold for the time being, so her ministers won't be able to find her.

Feng Yueyao looked at Zhou Wanwan pitifully and said, "Can I come along too? I want to stay at the Zhou Family as well."

Zhou Wanwan nodded quickly.

Zheng Xing'an walked in and looked at Zhou Wanwan, saying, "There's a noble lady from the capital who wants to see you."

Zhou Wanwan blinked and said, "You came here to argue? Let me have a couple of sips of water to moisten my throat. We argued so much today, my voice is hoarse."

Zheng Xing'an quickly waved her hand and said, "They said they came to visit you, but they don't seem to be arguing."

Zhou Wanwan said, "Then let her in!"

Soon, a bright-eyed girl walked in. She smiled at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Hello, Zhou Wanwan, I'd like to be your friend."

Zhou Wanwan paused for a moment, then asked softly, "You... you're also from Bianjing City?"

The little girl nodded quickly and said:

"My name is Su Zhixia. My father is a Principal Fourth Rank scholar in the Hanlin Academy in Bianjing."

I'm here with my family for a short stay.

After she finished speaking, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her eyes couldn't help but glance towards Zhou Wanwan's brother.

Zhou Wanwan coughed and said, "Miss Su, is there something you need?"

Zhou Wanwan genuinely couldn't figure out why Su Zhixia wanted to see her.

The Old Scholar Tree outside chuckled and said, "Silly girl, she's taken a liking to your brother."

Zhou Wanwan followed Su Zhixia's gaze and, sure enough, she was staring blankly at Gu Sinian and Zhou Qingyan, who were talking.

Which of her brothers has he taken a liking to?

The Old Scholar Tree continued:

"She's taken a liking to Zhou Qingyan, but I've already had someone investigate the Su Family."

The Su Family is considered a prominent family in the Upper Capital City, but their branch is from an illegitimate family, so their status within the Su Family is not high.

It seems her father had official business to attend to this time, and he brought her and her mother to stay for a few days.

Her father doted on her, and she also had three older brothers who treated her quite well.

Besides her mother, her father had two concubines, each of whom bore her two daughters, who were about the same age as Su Zhixia.

The Old Scholar Tree's investigation was so thorough, it was almost as if it had dug up the person's ancestors for eighteen generations.

If she weren't still alive, Old Uncle Scholar Tree would probably have brought up every old, trivial thing in her family.

Su Zhixia shook her head and said, "I don't have anything on my mind. I just think you're quite cute, so I wanted to talk to you."

Zhou Wanwan rubbed her stomach and said, "Are you hungry? Let's eat something first. Xing'an, I'm hungry."

Zheng Xing'an nodded and said, "I'll have the dishes served right now."

Then they heard voices from the neighboring courtyard saying, "Eating, eating, eating, like they haven't eaten in eighteen lifetimes, such a poor, stingy bunch."

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said loudly:

"Lu Lan, are you ever going to stop? It's already dark outside, are you starving?"

"Your dad is really something. He insisted I stay, and then he didn't treat me well. I've really learned something new."

Lu Lan chuckled and said, "Of course we'll treat you warmly. Go and serve them the food."

As a result, Zhou Wanwan saw a table full of leftovers. Lu Lan walked in with several elegant ladies and said:

I think these leftovers are best for you.

As the leader of Black Wind Stronghold, this is the kind of food you should be eating. Your stronghold must be very poor, right?

"You probably don't get to eat this good food all the time, do you?"