Chapter 224 - Penny for Your Thoughts? (2/2)

Bi Lu glared at his brother, ”That situation has been explained, do not mention it again.”

Bi Lo rolled his eyes, ”I'm just saying...She could have chosen anybody else at that moment, the streets were packed. But yet she chose him. It means there's something there...” He narrowed his eyes at his brother and continued, ”There were also those rumors...”

They had been observing Lei Xing all this time and have seen her interactions with Prince Yi. He always seemed to gravitate towards her and as for Lei Xing, he honestly could not tell with her, ”When there is smoke, there is often a fire somewhere you know...” Bi Lo added.

Bi Lu frowned and reprimanded, ”It is not our place to judge her, ou-”

”Judge who?” The twins glanced over to the side to see An Hao at their side, still holding his box.

”Oh, Xiao An!” Bi Lo exclaimed and bounced over to An Hao to ruffle his air, but An Hao swiftly jerked away and frowned, ”Don't call me that.”

”Ahh, Xiao Hao then?”

”Don't call me that either.” An Hao narrowed his eyes at him, ”I've told you we're probably the same age.” An Hao looked at the top of Bi Lo's head and added, ”...and I might even be older than you.”

Bi Lo chuckled and then pat An Hao's chest, ”You might be taller but definitely not older...I would have never thought you were interested in these sort of things or...That I'd see the day our Xiao Hao will be interested in a girl, or does she have a secret recipe you want? Hm? Tell me, I can keep your secret...” Bi Lo finished with a snicker.

After learning that he was Commander An's son, the twins always treated him like a younger brother and more annoyingly, like a child even when he was ranked higher than them. It annoyed An Hao but they honestly got along quite well.

An Hao frowned and ignored Bi Lo's insulting comments and asked, ”Why are you two he-”

”Look, he even brought a gift. Let me see.” Bi Lo interrupted with a chuckle, reaching for the box, but An Hao immediately pulled it away and sternly warned, ”Stop it! It's fragile...”

While An Hao could have simply handed over the gift to the servants like everyone else, he wanted to see Xiao Ting's expression when she opened it. Moreover, he put a lot of work into it, so he felt that he at least deserved that much.

”Leave him be.” Bi Lu said, brushing Bi Lo aside and then he looked An Hao over and smiled, ”You look good.”

An Hao straightened his shoulders and then cleared his throat, ”Why are you two here?” An Hao was not happy with their presence here. With these two here, it was only a matter of time before his father found out about his business and he was not interested in being questioned.

”Don't worry, your secret is safe with us.” Bi Lu said with an understanding smile. Unbeknownst to An Hao, the twins had already seen him hopping after Xiao Ting that one time in the market while secretly following Lei Xing.

An Hao looked off to the side as his cheeks turned slightly red, ”There's no secret to keep...Irrelevant things aside, again I ask, why are you here?”

Bi Lu informed, ”We're now Noble consort Lei's personal guards.”

”He made you her personal guards?” An Hao quietly exclaimed in surprise and then he looked down with a frown, ”Then the Emperor must really like her.”

”Like is an understatement, love, smitten, gone is more appropriate.” Bi Lo offhandedly supplied, as he narrowed his eyes at Prince Yi, who was still looking at Lei Xing. It honestly did not help that he was sat right across from her.

{...And here's another smitten-gone person. He's not even trying to hide it now...}

An Hao quietly thought for a bit and then asked, ”What do you two think about her?”

”I think that she's trou-” Bi Lo's words hooked in his throat when Bi Lu jabbed his side.

”The Emperor likes her and that is all that matters.” Bi Lu responded, ”The Emperor is smarter than all three of us combined. If he sees her as worthy, then she is...It is not our place to question his choices.” He finished narrowing his eyes at Bi Lo in warning to mind his words. Bi Lo scoffed and looked off to the side.

An Hao knit his brows in thought and nodded in agreement, ”He is the smartest person...” Then he let out a heavy sigh.

Bi Lu studied An Hao's expression and then asked, ”Something bothering you?”

An Hao looked at the two of them and then decided to get this story off his chest and sighed, ”Remember three years ago when Lei Yong went missing, and I said I saw two girls with his unconscious body the night he was found?”

The twins nodded. An Hao then pursed his lips, hesitated for a bit but then finally said, ”It was her...”