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Ch89 - His most naive, most simple and innocent smile (1/2)

Who Touched My Tail Xiao Xuan 66840K 2022-07-20

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7.2 – His most naive, most simple and innocent smile

“You’ve returned?” The Duchess’ expression was distant. Although she had been very fond of Yan Qiwen ever since he was small, they were not very close. Most of the time, the relationship between them was strange. It could not be called distant, but it could be said that the Duchess could not forget her own little son. Every time she wanted to care deeply for Yan Qiwen, she would be reminded of her lost child and feel uncomfortable in her heart.

“Yes.” Xue Ling calmly responded. There was no hint of the fact that he had just broken off his engagement half an hour ago. He did not cry, nor did he make a fuss – he was nothing like the Yan Qiwen of the past.

The Duchess had a queer look on her face. “Have you really given up on Lou Cen? At the beginning, you stuck to him and stalked him endlessly, threatening death if you couldn’t marry him. Now you’re simply cancelling the engagement?” Although she did not express any intimacy towards him, the Duchess was still very concerned about Yan Qiwen. This was also the reason why Yan Qiwen had not been too hung up about his own identity over all these years.

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“I’ve thought it through clearly.” Xue Ling pursed his lips and said, “It’s meaningless to ask for a marriage contract this way. Madame Lou doesn’t like me, and tries in every possible way to interfere with my engagement to Lou Cen. Even if I marry into their family, I won’t be able to live happily.” Of course, what he was saying was all nonsense. If he had really married into their family, he could toss about there and make the Lou family restless, but it was still better not to harm other people’s families.

The look on the Duchess’s face finally relaxed. She sighed and said rather helplessly, “It’s for the best if you have thought things through. I’ve told you before that Lou Cen doesn’t care about the serious business of marriage. The means that your father used also stirred him up and made him feel discontented. I was worried that you would get nothing good when you married him.” Merfolk existed to be cared for and cherished. Previously, the Duke had used some special means to make Lou Cen accept the engagement, and the Duchess had always felt uneasy about it. But since Yan Qiwen liked him, she could only let him be. Now that Yan Qiwen thought it through, she was naturally a lot happier.

“Although the engagement has been broken, I still want to go and see Lieutenant General Lou.” Xue Ling lowered his brows and gaze, and looked extremely clever and obedient. “Even though we have cancelled the engagement, it was not because he was in a coma. I believe he will wake up… I want to make that clear to him so that at the very least, he won’t antagonize the Duke’s Palace and father in the future.”

The Duchess could not gather her wits together for a while. She looked at him in surprise, not having expected him to say such a thing. She was also a little touched – she had always worried that Yan Qiwen had been overly spoiled by her, her husband and their two sons. He was too naïve and simple, and sometimes was simply just a fool. It seemed that after experiencing this situation, he had become enlightened and knew to consider things from the perspective of the Duke’s Palace.

The Duchess touched her chest in relief and said, “I always thought that it would be best for you to find someone who cares for you and takes care of you if you never matured. Now that you have thought through and can understand some things, you’ve started to have your own ideas, and I won’t have to keep you at home all day long.” She placed a notice in front of Xue Ling. “This is the admission notice for the Merfolk Academy of Sacred Poetry School. Even though you can learn these things at home, at the end it’s still good for you to come into contact with the outside world and interact with more people.”

“Sacred Poetry Merfolk Academy…” Xue Ling thought about it for a moment, the corner of his lips twitching a little. “The Merfolk Academy that has always been known as a bridal academy?”

“Where did you hear that rumour?” The Duchess was somewhat helpless. “It’s not really a bridal academy, only the subjects that are being learned there are all things like learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Merfolk don’t have to work, so they learn are some interesting and amusing things instead. It also means that you won’t be bored at home all day.”

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Xue Ling’s lips twitched. His head hurt terribly as soon as he thought of having to head into a pile of fish, but according to his current character design, he had no right to refuse and could only nod his head obediently before bringing up another issue again, “Mother, about the matter of going to see Lieutenant General Lou…”

“I know. Just tell me which day you want to go, and mother will talk to Madame Lou for you. Since your engagement has already been dissolved, Madame Lou should have no reason to offend the Duke’s Palace.”

Xue Ling smiled and nodded. He had just been about to go back to his room in his floating merfolk chair when the door to their home was vigorously pushed open.

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“Mother! I heard that Lou family pulled out of little brother’s marriage!” The man rushed through the door with a furious expression on his face. “Now, everyone who knows about this is talking about little brother, saying that he is shameless for wanting to pull out of the marriage as soon as that one called Lou got into an accident!”

Xue Ling was sitting in his merfolk chair. After hearing such a long speech, he turned around rather helplessly and called out, “Second brother.

There were three young masters in the Duke’s Palace, of which two were breeders. Yan Chuhuan was the eldest and worked in the Imperial Palace, and Yan Zhaiyan was the middle son who was in the military. Back then, very few people knew that the Yan family had used some means to force Lou Cen’s agreement, and it was unknown how Yan Zhaiyan had discovered this news, or even how he had learned that people were talking about their youngest brother.

The Duchess looked on expressionlessly at her reckless second son and said, “If you have something to say, say it slowly. How old are you now, still acting so recklessly? Your manners are worse than your younger brother’s.”

Yan Zhaiyan was told off by his mother, and his steps hesitated. He first turned his head to smile foolishly at Xue Ling before saying, “I’m just angry that people are talking about Wenwen without proof! Say, Wenwen, was the marriage cancelation forced on you by Lou Cen’s mother? If she really dared to threaten you, then second brother will beat her for you!”

Xue Ling helplessly said, “Does second brother want to hit a mermaid?” Even if Madame Lou had done something wrong or made any mistakes, she still could not be beaten or hit. After all, she was a mermaid, let alone one of the small number of women who had transformed into mermaids through science. If Yan Zhaiyan really punched her, Madame Lou may actually die.

“Er…” He had spoken too fast. Yan Zhaiyan had not properly considered this question, and he clutched his head innocently.

The Duchess was rather helpless. Fortunately, her youngest one had finally seen the light. Otherwise, with the two of them around, neither of them would allow her to worry less. “Your brother agreed to the dissolving of the engagement, and it was not because he was forced by others. Let them say what they want outside, I will deal with it. You don’t have to worry about your brother’s reputation, and you don’t need to worry that he won’t be able to get married. It would not be a problem for a merperson from our Duke’s Palace to marry into the royal family. It was just a lieutenant general, and nothing to be worried over.”

Yan Zhaiyan looked at Xue Ling with bright, shining eyes. “Wenwen, you don’t like that violent maniac Lou Cen anymore?”

Xue Ling: “…” How should he answer that? Right now, he had no idea where his man was. In view of his previous criminal record of showing up as the protagonist, Xue Ling could not be sure if Lou Cen was his man before he met him in person.

He answered rather ambiguously, “It’s just that I’ve realized that forcing an engagement like this will not bring me any happiness.”