Who else could you love besides me

Chapter 124

Looking in the direction where his fourth brother disappeared, Xi Ri sighed inwardly. After a year apart, his fourth brother was still the same—careless and negligent.

She snapped out of her reverie, suddenly realizing something was wrong. Turning around abruptly, she saw a pair of deep, angry eyes. Her heart pounded, and she stumbled back two large steps, struggling to regain her balance. Her whole body trembled uncontrollably. She heard Tian Shuang's trembling, slightly terrified voice: "Young Master Long... Young Master Long... how did you... get here..."

Upon hearing Tian Shuang introduce himself, Tian Xiri became utterly dejected. Despite all his calculations, he still couldn't escape.

Indeed, I am a reincarnation of Zhang Guiyi!

"I still lost." In the second young lady's boudoir in the backyard of the Tian family mansion, a man's sorrowful voice came.

"Third Brother... I..." Xi Ri called softly.

He smiled faintly, a fleeting trace of sadness: "You left that letter, saying that you would choose whoever found you first. From that moment on, I knew that your heart was with him. He is skilled in disguise and has a spy who can slay the world. You just wanted to give me an excuse to let go on my own."

"I....."

He raised his hand, interrupting her, turned his back to her, and said, "I once wanted to have you no matter what, but in the end, I was still not good enough for you." He smiled bitterly and continued, "I just want to know... did you... ever love me?"

She paused, gripped her sleeves tightly with both hands, and said firmly, "I loved."

His back stiffened, as if he was trying his best to suppress something. After a moment, he said, "That's enough."

He lifted the curtain and stepped out, but stopped at the doorway and said, "Fifth Sister... if he bullies you even a little, come and tell Third Brother."

As the curtain fell, his figure gradually disappeared into the distance, resolute and without hesitation, never looking back.

Night, under the starry sky, on the rooftop.

You don't know yet, do you?

"What?"

Minglu's son is already four months old.

"What?"

“Minglu let you go so easily, you don’t need to be so sad. Minglu ruthlessly sent all his concubines to another residence for your sake, and I really admire his decisiveness. However, one of his concubines, Ruyan, was not of noble birth, but she was very strong-willed. She deliberately hid her pregnancy from Minglu, and even secretly took Minglu’s child back to her parents’ home in a fit of anger and hid until she gave birth. But eventually, the truth came out. Not long ago, I searched everywhere for you but couldn’t find out. I accidentally discovered this news, and in my joy, I immediately informed Minglu’s mother.” Long Ming said this with an unchanged expression, as if it were none of her business, and continued, “These past few days, the old princess has sent people to bring Ruyan and her child over. They are probably on their way to the capital now. Now that the Ming family is reunited, I should be credited, but I think it’s better to keep a low profile, so I didn’t let them know that I was the one who did it.”

Xi Ri's thoughts drifted slightly. "Madam?" she thought, recalling that intelligent and virtuous woman... Xi Ri murmured, "Will they be happy?"

Long Ming answered irrelevantly: "Do you know why Ming Lu married so many wives?"

"Why?" Xi Ri asked. Wasn't it because Third Brother was a womanizer?

Long Ming replied, "Naturally, it's for the sake of offspring. The Minglu family has only had one son for three generations, so offspring have always been a very serious issue for them. Now that Consort Ru has given birth to a son for him, the old princess will not let go of him. Therefore, it makes sense that he says he is not good enough for you."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiri's mood inexplicably sombered. Suddenly, she remembered something, and her eyes twitched slightly as she stared intently at him, saying, "You've been eavesdropping on our conversation from the rooftop again?!"

Long Ming immediately shut up, looked up at the starry sky, and said, "The moon is so round tonight!"

She couldn't help but grit her teeth for a moment, but in the end, she could only let out a helpless sigh.

a long time.....

"Long Ming, you seem to have changed a bit..." she said calmly.

His expression was cold and aloof, unlike his usual frivolous and casual demeanor: "I cannot accept your departure. You heartless woman, how could you bear to abandon me! At that moment, I even had the thought of killing Minglu. For you, I did not hesitate to secretly collect everyone's weaknesses to threaten them into participating in this competition."

He continued coldly, "You damned woman, if you dare leave me again, I'll make you watch as I become an enemy of the whole world!"

She turned away, looking guilty and dejected. Suddenly, she remembered something—their weakness? She turned back, puzzled, and asked, "Long Ming, I want to ask, what leverage did you have over Third Brother that allowed him to participate in that kind of competition?"

"Him? His only weakness is you. He'd be willing to do anything to lure you out."

Is that so? Is she his only weakness?

"What about the eldest brother?"

"I like collecting nude pictures of beautiful women."

What?! My brave and mighty elder brother actually...?

"Where is my second brother?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly. "Could he also have some kind of unusual fetish?"

"They often cheat when gambling."

Is that true?

"Where is Fourth Brother?"

"I'm afraid of Ningxiang."

Fourth Brother and Ningxiang? "They're together?"

nod.

Fourth Brother was finally won over by Ningxiang.

"Where is Xu Yi?" Xi Ri continued to ask.

"Embezzlement and bribery."

Xu Yi is actually this kind of person.

Where is Zhao Zhengqi?

"He enjoys collecting banned books."

He has this kind of hobby?