Chapter 102: Going to School for the First Ti
"It's not like what you think. The one that has the chance to be the family head is Lu Zhi's husband."
Lu Zhi's husband?
The phrase seed stranger in Ye Jiao's opinion because Lu Zhi was clearly only 12 years old or so. She knew that so girls married young, but she had never heard of them getting married at the age of 12 and still stayed in their parent's residence.
Lu Wan pondered for a mont. "What's your impression of Lu Zhi?"
"She's pretty." As long as she didn't open her mouth.
Ye Jiao only has a short ti to observe Lu Zhi, so she still didn't know much regarding Lu Zhi's capabilities. What she had seen so far was only the girl's appearance and foul mouth that didn't reflect on the girl's pretty face.
"That's correct." Lu Wan shrugged. "When I'm in the Hell Island, it seed that soone powerful took a fancy of her and proposed a marriage. In short, she's the fiancée of a high rank official in Chen Kingdom. Once she reached adulthood, she'll be married away and the position of Lu Family Head can be taken by her husband or my brother depending on who's more capable."
Ye Jiao was truly speechless at the words that Lu Wan uttered. She knew that Lu Zhi seed to be so confident, but she didn't think that this would be the case.
"Is she also a genius in Eon Energy?"
"The opposite," Lu Wan replied. "She's worse than average people in the capital city, so she doesn't have much hope in this field."
"I see."
The two of them stayed silent for a short period of ti. Ye Jiao was trying to digest everything she could into her brain while Lu Wan just tried to relax. From what he said, she could infer that Lu Zhi only has the potential to inherit the position because of her face.
Right, she had completely forgotten a woman's weapon.
"Now, you're going to help
with my experint," Lu Wan suddenly changed the conversation. His face turned sour. "Starting tomorrow, I'll have to go to school, so you have to stay here today to accompany
creating new poison."
"School?"
"Like I said before, My Father wanted
to uphold the Lu Family na. First of all, I have to start attending school again," Lu Wan replied. The thought of attending school again aggrieved him. He longed for the freedom he could get after the training schedule was over, but now it was impossible.
"I understand. It seems that I need to learn more about etiquette first."
"Wait, you have to help
in my experint."
"I don't have any knowledge in herbs. Besides, it'll be better if I train my acting skill lest that I make it hard to believe that I'm your servant."
The last ti Ye Jiao acted in her mission, she was so awkward in her movents. It was all pure torture for her, which she hoped to forget for her entire life. Because of that, she had been trying to engrave the acting skill into her bone whenever it was possible. Of course, her level was still low.
The only persona she could act out was only an ordinary servant, which was intended for her to survive in this residence. It was still in training, but she had beco better as the thought that Lu Wan was her senior brother made it easier for her to act.
"True enough," Lu Wan sighed. "We'll have a break from our training from now, so there's no need to bother
too much."
In training, knowing when to train hard and rest was important. As their body was still developing, it would be impossible for them to train all the ti. They needed proper rest to let their body absorb the training they had.
With the new arrangent, the two of them have a peaceful day for the first ti in a few months. Ye Jiao headed to the servant's quarter and asked about the rules and regulation while Lu Wan spent his ti in his room to make new poison.
The day passed quietly.
The next day, Lu Wan woke up early. He glanced at the window as he sighed deeply. "Ye Jiao, you're there, right?"
"I'm here," Ye Jiao replied. She was standing by Lu Wan's door. As her room was located in front of his, she could reach this place quickly.
"You should think of a na for yourself. I can't possibly call you with your real na in front of the Wei Family," Lu Wan said. He prepared himself and walked out after a few minutes. Seeing Ye Jiao was contemplating, he patted the girl's shoulder.
"I truly didn't know what na to use," Ye Jiao admitted. If she used a random na, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to get used to it.
Lu Wan scratched his head. "Certainly, you're not allowed to use Ye surna."
"Why?"
"Didn't you realize that you're the only person with Ye surna in this kingdom?"
Now that Lu Wan ntioned it, Ye Jiao had never heard of anyone else around them with the sa surna as hers. She thought it was because her grandfather had died, but if that was the case, was the Ye Family so small that it only has one successor?
"Ye Family is a small family?"
Lu Wan shrugged. "Don't ask , I'm not good at history. But at least, I know that this surna will grant you instant death. Not only Wei Family, the Imperial family also issues an order to kill everyone with Ye surna."
What?
Ye Jiao shuddered when she heard Lu Wan's words. She thought that they had been too much when they pressured her father and chased after her mother. Now they didn't give any leeway and gave an order to have her dead.
While Ye Jiao was in deep thought, Lu Wan entered the main hall. He turned his head to the nearby servant. "Bring my food to the carriage. I'll eat there."
"Yes, Young Master."
"Xiao'er, co follow after ."
"Ah- yes, Young Master," Ye Jiao was startled, but she followed after Lu Wan. Hearing the na that he used to call her, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh. It was her father's na with a different tone as this one was the one used for girls.*
The two of them headed outside the residence where a majestic carriage was ready. It was coated in brown color with beautiful engraving around it. Not only that, there was also character Lu on the front door.
"Tsk, I hate this carriage," Lu Wan muttered.
Lu Wan entered the carriage while Ye Jiao hesitated. Only after Lu Wan beckoned for her to co inside did Ye Jiao move. She ignored the eyes of the servants around them, who seed to wish to make a hole on her head.
As the carriage moved, Ye Jiao sighed in relief.
"I feel that there are a lot of people who wish to share the carriage with you, Young Master," Ye Jiao remarked.
Lu Wan shrugged. He picked up the bowl on the table that the servants have set up in the carriage. It was a large carriage and the table itself was luxurious, though the two of them paid it no heed.
"They're just trying to gain my favor because they know that whoever can gain my trust will be given an important role by my father," Lu Wan sneered. "That old fox just wants to tie
up to the residence."
Ye Jiao blinked several tis as she tried to digest the word that Lu Wan said. It seed that the lives of people in a large family was more complicated than what she had thought. They lived by making use of other people around them.
"Just eat, Xiao'er. They always prepare too much for ."
"Ah, right," Ye Jiao picked up the chopstick. Then she rembered sothing. "Right, why did you call
Xiao'er?"
"It's normal to use Xiao as a girl's na, so I think that this will be good. If you're against it, you can suggest a different na," Lu Wan replied.
It was indeed a common na, so Ye Jiao found Lu Wan's reason to be normal. She didn't have much qualm to use this na as it also helped to remind her of her father.
"It's fine. I'll just use this na."
"Good, now eat."
"Ok."
The two of them cleaned up the food on the plates as the carriage going to the school. When it was already near, Ye Jiao took a sneak peek from the window. Seeing the large gate in front of them, she sighed to herself.
If she was alone, she would never have a chance to enter the school's ground.
"There's no need to worry. Try not to catch any attention and you'll be able to escape unscathed."
"Yes."
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*Chinese pinyin can have multiple tone and have several different writing even with the sa tone.
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