Chapter 145 - Covertly Pleasing (1/2)

Ou Yangming returned to his room and conversed happily with Old Craftsman for some time before he noticed a familiar figure through the window.

He made an excuse to leave without leaving a trace and went far from the room with Ni Yinghong

Ni Yinghong stopped and turned to smile when they arrived at the garden. “Master Ou, you’re truly a master in acting, your performance was just right, and it’s really praiseworthy.” Ou Yangming shrugged. “Ahh, I wonder who exactly was the one who gave me the idea of making the Fang family beg me for help?”

“I only suggested, but if you didn’t have the same thought, you wouldn’t have agreed and even performed so well, right?” Ni Yinghong blushed.

Seeing as Ni Yinghong was about to rage, Ou Yangming quickly stopped teasing her and said in a serious tone, “Brother Ni, thank you!”

Ni Yinghong’s eyes lit up as she blurted all of a sudden, “Can you really not tell, or have you been addressing me this way on purpose?” Ou Yangming was stunned, and his heart beat fast when he looked at the charming face in front of him. He opened his mouth as he wanted to admit it, but was suddenly afraid because he was worried. ‘If I expose her ident.i.ty, are we not even going to be friends anymore?’

The smart Ni Yinghong got her answer when she noticed how anxious Ou Yangming was. She put her hands behind her back and expressed, “I’m actually happy with the current state, and I don’t want to change anything.”

Ou Yangming stared at her with his bright eyes. “What about the future?”

“The future?” Ni Yinghong hesitated before she answered, “The future is such a huge topic, and it’s full of uncertainties, so I dare not think much about it.”

“You don’t have to think about it if you don’t want to,” Ou Yangming responded proudly. He slapped his chest and a.s.sured, “Leave everything to me, I’ll do things well!”

Ni Yinghong kept blinking. She wanted to remark that Ou Yangming was talking big, but when she saw the look of determination in his eyes, she could not bring herself to ridicule him.

Nonetheless, she was always not someone who would admit defeat. She pouted her lips and said, “Leave the future for the future. Fang Xuande is already begging my First Grandfather, what are you going to do?”

Ou Yangming giggled. “Let it be and don’t let it affect me!”

Ni Yinghong initially wanted to make things difficult for the young fellow, but she laughed when she saw how relaxed he was. As Ou Yangming had said, he did not do anything wrong at all. In any case, the Fang family was the concerned party, thus he did not need to bother one bit.

With that, they began talking casually in the courtyard and the atmosphere became more harmonious. Just as Ou Yangming had the urge to take their relations.h.i.+p to the next level, familiar footsteps were heard.

Ou Yangming quickly curbed his thought and acted like a gentleman. He put on a straight face without smiling.

Ni Yinghong’s eyes glowed, and she could not help but laugh internally. For some reason, she was also feeling slightly regretful. ‘Ah, my useless older brother, he really doesn’t know how to pick a good time!’

If Ni Yunhong, who had hurried here, knew what she was thinking, he would probably burst out crying. Ni Yunhong paced toward Ou Yangming and Ni Yinghong in a hurry and sighed a breath of relief when he saw that they were acting decently. “Brother Ou, I have good news and bad news for you. Which one would you like to hear first?”

Ou Yangming grinned. “The good news, of course!”

Ni Yunhong replied to him straightforwardly, “I’ve spoken to Fang Xuande. They must pay a price to get your help. When we previously invited you to come, we promised to teach you the Suit Skill and the high-level appraisal art, so they must reward you in a similar way if they truly want your help.”

“Brother Ni, you’ve spared no effort in helping me.” Ou Yangming was touched.

“It’s not a big deal!” Ni Yunhong waved his hand and smiled.

“You’ve said the good news, so what’s the bad news?” Ni Yinghong asked.

‘Younger sister, why are you more impatient than this b*stard?’ Ni Yunhong secretly teased her. That said, he revealed, “The bad news is Fang Yihai has gone to look for Old Craftsman, and the old man is looking for you everywhere!”

Ou Yangming slapped his forehead and spoke with regret, “I’ve made a mistake, I’ve made a mistake. I actually forgot about that…”

Ni Yinghong furrowed her eyebrows. “It’s not strange that Fang Yihai came up with the idea, but how did he find Old Craftsman?”

“Someone obviously brought him to the old man!” Ni Yunhong scoffed. His stern voice suggested that there was an irrepressible fire in his heart.

Ou Yangming immediately recalled that not everyone from the Ni family was friendly toward him earlier. Some of them cast cold looks at him while some looked at him with hatred.

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He shook his head helplessly. This was the difference between a big clan and the military. In the military camp, if two parties disliked each other, they could simply fight each other with real weapons. It was just like how the soldiers from the East Camp and West Camp opposed each other because their respective commanding generals were incompatible.

Nevertheless, regardless of how they fought, they always strived to do their best and would neither become a disgusting person nor be a drag on someone else!