Chapter 375 The Gentle General
Despite the fact that Ms. Tian had just returned to the mansion, she was one who was used to labor.
She had not forgotten the protocol in the mansion.
Therefore, she had gone to the kitchen early in the morning to prepare the young master and mistress’s favorite food for their breakfast. In the anti, she got to et and greet her old-ti co-workers.
Everyone had heard the news that Elder Miss Lin was going to bring Ms. Tian to the prince’s mansion and therefore they said many words of flattery to her.
However, Ms. Tian was still hesitant about this plan. She had always been a cautious and low-keyed character. The sole purpose of her going to the prince’s mansion was that she could continue to keep an eye on Elder Miss Lin and so making sure she was not taken advantage of.
The table was filled with both her brother’s favorite breakfast as well as hers. She was thankful that after she transcended ti and space to co to this place, she had the special trait of not putting on weight even after eating a lot.
As a result, she could go all out to enjoy delicacies for now.
“What do you think these n did to warrant they being eradicated?”
Earlier, Lin Nansheng had made a visit ho in a hurry with his father. He was grateful to the point of tearing up when he saw that his younger sister had fully recovered as in the beginning.
However, when he went back, he was starting to feel that his younger sister was actually way too intelligent!
Although the children of the Lins had inherited the family’s traits of courage and wisdom, his little sister had transford from a lady in the house into an advisor who was able to plan victory from a thousand miles away. This did not make much sense to him.
Nevertheless, he was very certain that this amazing girl was indeed his younger sister even though it felt like a tangled-up knot in his heart. Despite all this, he had complete trust in her.
However, there was a hint of testing in his tone of voice. He could not help being curious about Lin ngya’s limit.
How could Lin Nansheng’s intention to test her escape the highly intelligent Lin ngya?
To Lin ngya, her brother was perfect in every expect, only he was too competitive.
On the surface, it seed that he went along with what his little said in all things, however, he had long wanted to pitch against her in terms of their ideas.
To be honest, Lin ngya was far from her brother in terms of her skills in martial arts and war strategies.
However, if they were to compare their ability to read the human mind with many twists and turns, her straight-forward brother would not be able to match up to the little girl who was full of sly tricks up her sleeves.
“Naturally I don’t know what they did. Anyways I’m going back to Prince Yu’s Mansion soon. My dear brother, I’m afraid you’ll have to handle the matter in the Marquis Zhennan’s mansion. Oh yes, there seed to be a big problem in the pond in the backyard. Please don’t go near it lest any accidents happen to you.”
Lin ngya had created a snare for her elder brother quietly. Lin ngya knew Lin Nansheng’s character too well. The more she tried to stop him from doing sothing, the more he would go ahead.
Serve him right to collude with Long Tianyu and keep the reason for his visit ho a secret from her. Since they each had secrets, Lin ngya would wait and see who could keep the secret right to the end.
“The scenic pond? Ya’er, are you keeping sothing from ?”
As Lin ngya expected, her brother was to beco impatient after her implied mystery. It was just too bad that she would be leaving for the prince’s mansion in the afternoon and her brother could not follow her.
She could not help but laugh secretly to herself. Was it not rely a secret? She could easily cook up one or two.
The dragon turtle might be a formidable creature, but Lin Nansheng was definitely capable of dealing with it. Moreover, with Lin ngya’s reminder, Lin Nansheng would not be bothered.
What was more, it was their mother’s dying wish that the scenic pond not be destroyed.
Elder Brother was a filial son and would surely not go against his mother’s dying wish. For this reason, Lin ngya had nothing to worry about, so she leisurely helped herself to a cup of fragrant tea after she finished her food.
The only regretful thing for her would be the fact that she would not be able to witness her elder brother turning all nervous and panicky.
After breakfast, Lin Nansheng helped Lin ngya tidy up the rest of their mother’s belongings she left behind.
After so considerations, Lin ngya decided to leave the dical books in her father’s study. No matter how audacious Shangguan Qing was, she would not dare to touch those dical books which her father always go through each ti he ca ho.
Of her mother’s belongings which she had already tidied up, she left a few items for her brother as a nto, she put the rest of them into a big box.
“My dear little sister, can’t you stay a few more days?”
As Lin Nansheng called to mind the silly little girl who used to trail behind him while calling out to him, “Elder Brother, Elder Brother”, he felt nostalgic and could not bear for her to turn into an elegant young lady all of a sudden.
Lin Nansheng was overwheld by a feeling of loss.
“Dear Brother, this place will always be my ho. If you miss , you can co to the prince’s mansion to look for anyti.”
In fact, after she took over this body, she always felt a familiar feeling of strangeness whenever she thought about the Marquis Zhennan’s mansion.
Deep in her heart, she much preferred Liuxin Courtyard, the place where people accepted the new her completely.
Every plant and tree here belonged to the past Lin ngya, the pitiful young girl. On the other hand, only the things in the Liuxin Courtyard truly belonged to her.
“Yes, I know that. You be careful while in the prince’s mansion. While Prince Yu would not let you suffer in any way, you still need to be cautious in everything.”
Lin Nansheng instructed as he was not totally at ease with the situation. Lin ngya did not know whether to laugh or to cry at her brother’s words. Ever since she ca to this world, she finally had the opportunity to experience the tenderness coming from a man of iron.
If the enemies and comrades of her valiant father and brother turned into submissive little lambs when they were around her, their jaws would drop from shock and disbelief.
“Elder Miss Lin, Madam and Second Miss are here.”
When this endearing brother-sister pair heard these words, their attitude turned cold in a split second.
Lin ngya pondered for a mont purposely exposed the corner of her coat and pretended to be unbothered. The mother-daughter pair really did not know to behave tactfully to have appeared at this ti.
Ms. Tian brought the two people into Lin ngya’s bedroom. Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu appeared frustrated, perhaps because of their repeated failure.
At present when they ca before Lin ngya, it seed that they could not even be bothered to put on a fake smile.
“Mother, Younger Sister.”
Lin ngya greeted them, adhering to the etiquette. She bowed slightly as paying her respect.
“Erm, I heard you are going back soon, so I’ve co to see if you still need anything.”
From the mont she entered the room, Shangguan Qing’s eyes were like X-ray, scanning the entire room and scrutinizing every item in it.
Lin ngya raised her eyebrows a little as she felt perplexed. Shangguan Qing had obviously co from a much more prestigious family. Her courtyard and house would be much more splendid and luxurious than everything in this old room.
However, she was looking at Lin ngya’s belongings in such a way, unless...
“Thank you for worrying about . I’m not wanting in anything here.”
Lin ngya purposely took one step to her left thereby blocking Shangguan Qing’s vision of the pile of her mother’s old clothes.
It seed that she was guilty and did not want people to see what was there in her room.
However, the more she tried to block their view, the more Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu desired to see what it was.
It was Lin Nansheng’s cold stare that deterred them from taking any action.
“Oh, these must be the items Elder Sister left behind. Ya’er, only you would be so sweet to go through them, but they are now so old and torn, and it must be awkward for you to bring them back to the prince’s mansion. Why don’t you leave them here? I will get soone to nd them before sending them over to you. What do you think?”
Shangguan Qing always managed to find noble excuses for her actions.
In the past, she had remained in Prince Yu’s Mansion and refused to leave, citing the reason that she missed her daughter.
Now, she was trying to keep the belongings of Lin ngya’s mother citing the reason that they needed nding.
Given how much she cared about her own interests, she was not going to let this go so easily.
“Don’t bother, Mother. I’m bringing these along with as a nto. They may be torn and tattered, but that’s how it should be kept, in their original state. Please allow to bring them along with , considering how much I miss my mother.”
Lin ngya knew better than anyone else how much Shangguan Qing hated her mother.
By reasoning, Shangguan Qing, the Second Miss of Shangguan Family was indeed being short-changed when she married Lin ngya’s father, a widower at that ti. It puzzled Lin ngya that Shangguan Qing was willing to do this.
“Alright then, it must have been so much for you. I had been personally handling all the matters in the mansion these years, I’ve neglected taking good care of all three of you, children. n, make a record of every item here so Master can have a look at the list when he returns. Be careful lest you break any of Elder Sister’s old belongings.”
Even she had failed to block Lin ngya from taking these things away, at least she had to see what they were.
Lin ngya sneered, standing by the side.
Although she was not clear what Shangguan Qing’s intention was, using her father to stop her nonsense was the best way about it.
Lin ngya could only nod in agreent as she let the mother-daughter pair look on while she packed. They must be feeling anxious since they could not lay their hands on those items.
“Rest assured that they wouldn’t be able to take anything belonging to Mother.”
Lin ngya was not aware when Lin Nansheng walked up behind her and spoke softly to her.
With Baizhi and Ms. Tian looking on, they could only look on and not touch those items.
When the mother-daughter pair saw those delicately-made clothes, decorated with all kinds of precious stones and gems, Lin ngwu was especially jealous.
If not for Ms. Tian’s severe expression on her face, coupled with Baizhi’s stare, perhaps Lin ngwu would have appropriated them to herself.
“There are altogether thirty-six items, Madam and Second Miss. I’ve recorded them all down. Also, Ms. Tian and I had shown and explained every item to you. Is there anything else I can help with you?”
There was a cold look of jealousy in Lin ngwu’s eyes, as she thought, “That wretched Ruyue, who used to cry for rcy when I beat her, but now Lin ngya has her back so she despised .”
At that instant, Lin ngwu almost could not suppress her anger. Looking up suddenly, how she wished she could give Baizhi a tight slap.
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