Chapter 20 Buy out the Life-Saving Favor!

A carriage drove past the administrative road, onto the Su Causeway, crossed the bridge, and then stopped in front of a white estate covered in green trees and red flowers.

The ancient bronze doors opened to both sides, and an old man in a gray uniform stood at the door to welcome them.

The old man stepped forward to help open the door and said kindly, “Miss Cui, you’re back? The madam and the young master are waiting for you to have dinner.”

Cui Xiaoxin thanked the old man and said, “Uncle Yan, you are too polite. I am a junior. Just let me do it myself.”

The old man chuckled and said, “It doesn’t matter. I’ve already gotten used to it.”

The blue-robed man got out of the carriage, cupping his hands at the old man, and then walked toward the backyard. As for this old man who had guarded the Yan Family for decades, Ning Xinhai did not dare to slight him at all.

Accompanied by Uncle Yan, Cui Xiaoxin walked toward the hall.

The hall was ablaze with lights. A graceful lady in a purple cheongsam was playing chess with a handsome young man in a pink-blue satin shirt.

“Mom, I will not let you win this time. You just said that your Elephants can cross the river and Cannons can turn around. Now you dare to say that my Mandarins are hidden traitors. Mom, even if I am your son, you can’t bully me like this, can you?”

The glamorous woman rolled her eyes at her son. She actually had the youthful charm of a young girl.

“You are my son. What’s the use of giving birth to you? Naturally, I can bully you if I am not happy.”

“Mom, who makes you unhappy? Tell me a name, and I will take someone to break his legs tomorrow…” the teenager said, pretending to be angry, but there was a smile in his eyes that could not be dissolved.

“Yan Bolai,” the woman said.

The young man blinked his eyes and said with a wry smile, “Mom, can you change another one? This one is an iron plate for me. I’m afraid that I’ll hurt my own foot if I kick him.”

“No, it’s him.” The woman condemned the man’s atrocities with a face full of anger and said, “He promised to take us to look at the battlefield of the slaughter dragon three years ago, but he broke the appointment. A year ago, he promised me to go back to Capital Heaven to spend the Spring Festival, but he said he would be on duty and let us go back by ourselves. Two weeks ago, he promised to take me to shop in the Western Port Mall and he went to check up on work with some officers because he needed to accompany them. You can just count it up. How many meals has he eaten at home this month? How many times has he talked to us? Should such a person be taught a good lesson? Aren’t you Jiangnan’s famous playboy? Everyone says you are terrible and fierce when you bully people. As your mother, I am also happy and I feel proud. If you can avenge me, I will own you a favor.”

The handsome man smiled awkwardly and said, “We playboys have intelligence, or we’d be laughed at by others without any shrewdness or vision. We’d lose the face of the circle. Think about it, the people outside are already very angry with us. We’d better keep a low profile and be careful, right? I’ll remember this, and then I will teach him a lesson when I have the chance in the future.”

“Hmph, I knew you were a good-for-nothing. Don’t you know who your mother is?” The woman was furious and pointed at the young man’s forehead.

“Hehe.”

Cui Xiaoxin laughed out loud and walked toward the woman. She said, “Aunt, you’re really good at making things difficult for your son. If you make him kick his father, he wouldn’t dare to do it even if he had a hundred balls.”

“Ah, Xiaoxin, you’re back.” The woman looked at Cui Xiaoxin with joy on her face. She waved to her and said, “Come here and let me see you. Where did you go to play today? Are you happy? Did anyone bully you? If there is an ignorant guy looking for trouble, please tell me and ask your cousin to punish him. Your cousin is so idle all day that he always needs to find something to do.”

Cui Xiaoxin sat down in front of the woman and allowed her to hold her hand. She said, “Auntie, I’m fine. I just went out for a walk.”

Yan Xiangma put a cup of tea in front of Cui Xiaoxin, grinned, and showed two rows of neat teeth. He asked with a smile, “I heard that you have been helping one of your classmates to study recently.”

Cui Xiaoxin’s smile froze for a moment, then she regained her composure and said, “Yes. The Liberal Arts Exam is coming up, and his results are not very good. I want him to get better scores.”

Cui Xinci looked at Cui Xiaoxin with a kind face and said, “You are so kind. Ah, you are beautiful, with a good personality and a good family background. What kind of man will be worthy of you in the future? Fortunately, there are a lot of talents and heroes in Capital Heaven. At that time, the Cui Family will naturally find someone who can best match you. Every time I think that you will go back to Capital Heaven in the next half of the year, my heart seems to be taken away. You have been living with me for five years, and I always treated you as my own daughter. This time, when you go back…”

“Mom, are you done or not? Every day there is such a sad play. Even if you are not bored, we can’t stand it. The more you are like this, the more Xiaoxin is eager to go back to Capital Heaven. Am I right?” said Yan Xiangma helplessly, looking at his mother who acted like a movie queen.

“How could it be?” Cui Xiaoxin smiled and held her aunt’s hand tightly, saying, “I don’t want to leave my aunt either. I’m very happy to live in Jiangnan City. If it weren’t for studying, I wouldn’t want to leave.”

“Xiaoxin is the closest to me. They are as heartless as the Yans.” Cui Xinci said with a gratified face, “Xiaoxin, let’s go have dinner.”

“Okay.” Cui Xiaoxin stood up.

“My mother knew that you like to eat fish, so she asked people to buy a bucket of rockfish from Mount Tai. The fish grew in the spring water between the stone cracks, and their flesh was tender without thorns. They would melt in a stone under the sun.” Yan Xiangma took a bowl to serve his mother and Cui Xiaoxin, explaining, “With this fish boiling in the soup, the whole fish will melt inside it. You can’t find the fish pieces, nor any scales. But drinking this soup is like a small fish swimming in your mouth, which is very delicious.”

“You know how to flatter.” Cui Xinci interrupted her son.

“I’m flattering you, Mom.” Yan Xiangma said with a smile, “I’m just trying to remind my cousin to remember your kindness.”

“Hmph, she knows my heart. It won’t be interesting if you tell her.” Cui Xinci shook her head and said, “You, like your father, are full of complicated thoughts. Aren’t you tired?”

“Okay, okay. If I won’t say anything, okay?” Yan Xiangma repeatedly begged for mercy.

Cui Xinci and Cui Xiaoxin looked at each other and smiled. Cui Xinci asked Cui Xiaoxin to drink the soup and said, “The hot soup is delicious. When it’s cold, there will be a fishy taste. Xiaoxin, have a taste. If it’s too salty or weak, tell me. I will ask the kitchen to improve it next time.”

Cui Xiaoxin took a sip with a spoon, and her mouth was full of a delicious fragrance. She praised it. “It’s delicious and medium-salty. I like it.”

“That’s good.” Cui Xinci lowered her head and drank the soup.

“By the way…” Yan Xiangma looked at Cui Xiaoxin and said with a smile, “Is the classmate you helped the one who saved your life at the Beast-faced Pavilion last time?”

Cui Xiaoxin raised her eyebrows, looking at Yan Xiangma, and said, “Yes, cousin. He is very good, but his studying is not good. He will take the Liberal Arts Exam in a dozen days. I want to help him do some things. After all, if it weren’t for his help, I’m afraid that Uncle Ning wouldn’t have been able to save me in time.”

“Hmph, killer Crow, sooner or later he will die without a burial place.” Undisguised rage appeared on the face of Yan Xiangma. Because of his appropriate performance, his cruelty turned into anger. “People in Capital Heaven have taken action. The masters of the Cui Family and the Yan Family are looking for him everywhere. And we are searching in Jiangnan City. The masters of the Chatelain’s Manor were all sent out by my father. Don’t worry. Crow doesn’t dare to come again. Even if he comes, he will be wrapped up like rice dumplings by Uncle Ning and be killed into dregs.”

“Thanks for your hard work, Cousin and Uncle,” Cui Xiaoxin said in a low voice.

“Don’t say that. We are all family, and you are my sister,” Yan Xiangma said with a smile, “but cousin, it’s better to keep your distance from that classmate.”

Cui Xiaoxin looked at Yan Xiangyan calmly and said, “Cousin, what do you mean?”

“Think about it, your classmate is an ordinary person, who is very far away from our world. Uncle Ning appeared in time last time, so he intercepted Crow. If there is a next time, will your classmate still have such good luck? I know that you originally wanted to help your classmate, but if something happens, your classmate will get injured or even worse things will happen to him. With your temperament, I’m afraid that you will never be able to get rid of it in your life, right?”

Cui Xiaoxin’s eyes became sharp as she asked, “Cousin, are you warning me?”

“Cousin, this is just a piece of advice. What kind of warning are you talking about? I’m doing this for the sake of you and that student, don’t you think so? If you think I shouldn’t say these words, then I won’t say them. You’re smart, you can figure it out yourself.”

“I’ve already thought about it,” Cui Xiaoxin said carefully.

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Cui Xinci looked at her son, then looked at Cui Xiaoxin and said, “Xiaoxin, your classmate has helped you after all, and our family still needs to remember this favor. You said that his grades are not good, so then let your uncle help him get a special recruitment notice from Jiangnan University. Although Jiangnan University is not as good as Xifeng University, it can also be regarded as a top-class university in the empire. He can choose any major at will. What do you think of that?”

Cui Xiaoxin’s heart was surging, and the knuckles of her fingers holding the spoon turned white.

She understood what her aunt meant. She was going to buy out Li Muyang’s life-saving favor in one go.

However, could a life-saving favor be bought out?