son, don't mess around

It is not difficult to hear from An Ning's tone that she holds a great resentment towards Jinxiu.

The source of the resentment seemed to be closely related to Lin Jiangnian. As a result, even the look in his eyes when he looked at Lin Jiangnian had a hint of resentment.

Looking at the angry look of the sword-holding girl in front of him, Lin Jiang sighed and said, "Actually, Jinxiu didn't mean to hide it from you..."

The fact is, Jinxiu did deliberately hide it from An Ning. Of course, Lin Jiangnian couldn't say this.

"She did it on purpose."

However, before Lin Jiangnian could argue for Jinxiu, An Ning interrupted him.

She knew Jinxiu too well. They were twin sisters and grew up together, spending every day together. She knew very well what kind of person Jinxiu was.

She was just worried about being discovered by herself, and then feeling embarrassed and unable to hold her head up.

So, I deliberately kept it from myself.

Lin Jiangnian didn't know how to persuade her for a moment. An Ning's anger was well-founded and there was no way to refute it.

"So, you're mad at her for lying to you?"

Lin Jiangnian asked.

An Ning pursed her lips and shook her head, but did not refute.

Jinxiu lied to her, and she was indeed a little angry last night.

But if I were to say that I was angry just because of this...

Thinking of this, An Ning raised her head and glanced at Lin Jiangnian quietly. Then, she looked away with an unnatural look on her face.

After a while, he suddenly asked: "You..."

"When did you become good friends with Jinxiu?"

Lin Jiangnian was somewhat surprised to hear such a question out of the blue from An Ning.

However, he did not hide it: "It's been a while."

"Jinxiu and I are in love with each other..."

Seeing that An Ning was calm, Lin Jiang briefly told An Ning about what happened between him and Jinxiu in a young voice.

In fact, it was not as grand as imagined. It was nothing more than a long time of getting along and falling in love. Lin Jiangnian coveted her beauty, Jinxiu coveted his looks, so the two hit it off immediately...

After listening to this, An Ning fell silent again.

His eyes were dazed, as if he was in a daze, or as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, she came back to her senses, and a hint of anger appeared on her cold little face as if she had thought of something.

"She is indeed a liar!"

The tone was angry.

It turns out that she had been hooking up with His Highness for a long time!
That woman, on the one hand, spoke ill of His Highness and slandered His Highness's image in front of him all day long. On the other hand, she secretly fell in love with His Highness... She is a big liar!

The more An Ning thought about it, the angrier she became, and her originally rosy face turned slightly pale with anger.

"Jinxiu didn't mean to deceive you."

Lin Jiangnian quickly guessed that the girl was probably really angry, and consoled her: "She actually has her reasons for doing this..."

An Ning looked up at Lin Jiangnian, as if asking what his difficulties were.
But when Lin Jiangnian's words came to his lips, he couldn't say them.

What's the difficulty?
Jinxiu slandered His Highness in front of An Ning all day long, just to lower Lin Jiangnian's image in An Ning's mind, in case An Ning was hooked up by him one day.

Her intention was good, but obviously... it was not appropriate to talk to An Ning about this matter now.

Seeing that Lin Jiangnian didn't speak, An Ning's eyes became dimmer and her expression became colder: "She hid everything from me, lied to me, and at the same time..."

Having said that, An Ning subconsciously glanced at Lin Jiangnian, then turned away unnaturally.

"She's with you, and she kept it a secret from me..."

Speaking of this, An Ning's tone was full of grievance.

She didn't continue speaking, but Lin Jiangnian understood.

She was not only angry that Jinxiu had lied to her, but she was also angry that Jinxiu had kept it a secret from her. The two of them were supposed to be the closest sisters, but her sister had kept such a big thing from her. Anyone would be angry.

After realizing this, Lin Jiangnian said, "Jinxiu, she's just afraid that you'll be unhappy if she tells you."

"She didn't say it because it was for your own good."

"not good at all."

An Ning turned her head and spoke with a stern face.

"Then let me ask you a question, are you willing to separate from Jinxiu?" Lin Jiangnian suddenly asked.

This question also made An Ning stunned for a moment, and she subconsciously turned back to look at Lin Jiangnian: "What, what do you mean?"

"literal meaning!"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her quietly: "Are you willing to separate from Jinxiu and not live together in the future?"

This question successfully stunned An Ning.

Separate from Jinxiu?

She had never thought about this problem. As sisters who were born and raised together, the two had fought and had all kinds of temper tantrums over the years, but they always stayed together.

She had never thought of separating from Jinxiu, and she could not imagine what the scene would be like after the two of them separated.

Therefore, Lin Jiangnian's question stumped her, and she remained silent for a long time without being able to utter a word.

"Why, don't you want to?"

Lin Jiangnian's voice sounded again, as if forcing her to make a choice.

An Ning was silent, but a hint of panic and uneasiness suddenly appeared on her fair and delicate face.

He pursed his lips and never spoke.

But Lin Jiangnian already knew the answer.

He chuckled and said, "It seems that you are unwilling."

An Ning lowered his head and remained silent.

"Jinxiu, I think the same thing."

Lin Jiang sighed and said, "She and you are sisters, so she naturally doesn't want to be separated from you. That's why she has been hiding this from you..."

An Ning looked blankly, as if she couldn't figure out the connection between them.
Lin Jiangnian also patiently explained to her: "You also know the relationship between Jinxiu and me now, right?"

"The reason why she didn't want to tell you is that she was worried that she would separate from you after the truth was exposed..."

"Jinxiu is my woman now. It's only natural that she will stay with me, in this Linwang Mansion."

"how about you?"

Lin Jiangnian's sudden question made An Ning stand there in a daze. Her face gradually turned pale and her whole body was cold.

Divide, separate?!
At this moment, An Ning suddenly realized something... Yes, Jinxiu and His Highness are together!

Then, she must follow His Highness and stay in Prince Lin’s Mansion, and can no longer stay with the princess.

But, I still have to follow the princess!

In this case, wouldn't I have to separate from Jinxiu?
As this thought came to mind, An Ning, who had been sulking just a moment ago, now had her beautiful eyes confused and panicked.

"Can we not separate?"

An Ning asked subconsciously and instinctively.

She found it hard to imagine being separated from Jinxiu, she couldn't accept it.

"What do you think?"

Lin Jiangnian asked back.

An Ning's face became paler and paler.

This is of course impossible!
Jinxiu is already His Highness's woman, so why would she stay with the princess?

Then, wouldn't that be...

An Ning's face turned pale and she looked at Lin Jiangnian at a loss.

"So, now you understand why Jinxiu kept it from you, right?"

Lin Jiangnian spoke again.

And this time, An Ning finally stopped being silent.

She nodded. "Are you still angry?"

An Ning was silent for a moment and shook her head.

"Are you still angry?"

An Ning still shook her head.

Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief. The little girl was indeed easy to fool and deceive.

His words were obviously illogical and not enough to deal with the eldest princess, but they were more than enough to appease An Ning, a girl who was ignorant of the world.

Lin Jiangnian was certain that their sisterly love was deep and they did not want to be separated. Therefore, when he said that Jinxiu wanted to separate from her, An Ning immediately panicked and had no time to think about the logical loopholes in Lin Jiangnian's words.

At this time, An Ning saw Lin Jiangnian remaining silent.

My heart became more and more worried.

Although she did not get along with Jinxiu and was angry with her, she had never thought of separating from Jinxiu... She found it hard to accept such a thing.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

An Ning's voice came softly and nervously.

This was the first time she took the initiative to call Lin Jiangnian His Highness.

"how?"

An Ning looked at him uneasily, her eyes slightly red, and she looked pitiful. She said in a weak voice, "Can you... No, don't separate Jinxiu and me?"

Her tone was weak, and even contained a hint of begging.

Lin Jiangnian's heart trembled slightly.

I can’t stand it!
I can’t stand it at all!

When a little girl who is usually very cold and timid suddenly begs for mercy pitifully... no one can stand it.

Especially the little girl in front of him, who had a face exactly like Jinxiu's. After having physical contact with Jinxiu, every time he saw An Ning, Lin Jiangnian couldn't help but fantasize a little.

...It's so easy to get involved!
Lin Jiangnian collected his thoughts, suppressed the throbbing in his heart, looked at the pitiful little girl in front of him, and asked, "Don't you want to be separated from Jinxiu?"

The little girl nodded.

"why?"

Lin Jiangnian asked: "Don't you dislike her?"

"She always bullies you. Wouldn't it be better if you separated from her?"

An Ning lowered her head in panic and subconsciously retorted: "No..."

The voice was very light: "She, she didn't bully me..."

She wanted to explain something, but she was tongue-tied and couldn't say anything for a long time. She felt very bored and anxious.

Her little face turned red from anxiety.

Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian did not continue to force her, but sighed softly and said: "Jinxiu also does not want to be separated from you, so I have never known how to tell you this. Now that you already know, then..."

Having said this, Lin Jiangnian suddenly paused. He could clearly feel that the girl holding the sword in front of him was almost nervous and looked at him nervously.

"Of course, if you two sisters don't want to separate, there are actually ways..." Lin Jiangnian said after thinking.

"any solution?"

An Ning asked subconsciously.

"Of course there is a way, but..."

Lin Jiangnian understood in his heart that he was just trying to scare An Ning. The little girl obviously didn't know the whole story and immediately lost her composure after being scared by Lin Jiangnian.

"You have to promise me one thing first."

"What, what happened?"

"Go and reconcile with Jinxiu."

……

At the backyard gate, Jinxiu was pacing back and forth in the yard.

From time to time, his eyes looked towards the woods and lake not far behind him, and his handsome face was full of anxiety and uneasiness.

The servants in the mansion came to report that An Ning went to the lakeside of Ruyi Tower, and His Highness had also been there just now.

Jinxiu really wanted to go and take a look, but she remembered Lin Jiangnian's instructions and was worried that if she went there, she would make An Ning even angrier and it would not be worth it.

She could only wait here, worrying on the one hand whether An Ning would not forgive her, causing their sisterly relationship to become even worse. On the other hand, she was worried that His Highness and An Ning were alone together, and whether... something would happen?
Jinxiu was worried, and just when she could no longer bear it, she heard some noise from behind the yard.

"Your Highness?!"

Jinxiu spotted Lin Jiangnian at the entrance of the courtyard. She hurried forward and asked anxiously, "Your Highness, where is An Ning? Where is she? How is she..."

Jinxiu asked a series of questions, but Lin Jiangnian smiled and said nothing, just pointed behind him. Jinxiu looked in the direction of his finger and soon saw a girl in white clothes holding a sword not far behind Lin Jiangnian.

"peaceful?!"

Jinxiu walked forward quickly, but stopped after just a few steps. The anxiety on her face suddenly turned into a bit of uneasiness. Looking at An Ning's pretty face, she felt uneasy again for some reason: "Where did you go just now?"

“By the lake.”

An Ning's answer was still cold.

But there seemed to be a hint of strange emotion.

"oh oh……"

Jinxiu nodded stupidly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

But then, she took a deep breath, walked up to An Ning, and said apologetically: "An Ning, it's my fault. I'm sorry... I shouldn't have kept it from you. I apologize..."

Jinxiu's tone was very sincere. After realizing that An Ning was really angry, she felt very guilty and uneasy.

This matter itself was something she did wrong.

Therefore, she sincerely apologized to An Ning.

But An Ning didn’t seem to be that… cold about Jinxiu’s apology?
Looking at her expressionlessly.

"An Ning, you..."

Seeing An Ning's reaction, Jin Xiu felt uneasy, thinking that An Ning was still angry with her, so she softened her voice: "An Ning, please don't be angry with your sister, okay..."

"not good!"

Unexpectedly, An Ning rejected her in a cold tone.

He stared at her again: "You lied to me!"

Jinxiu lowered her head in guilt: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have lied to you!"

"You're still hiding this from me!"

"I shouldn't have kept it from you..."

"You're taking advantage of me!"

"It's me who doesn't...wait, when did I take advantage of you?"

An Ning looked at her expressionlessly: "If you want me to forgive you, you must agree to one condition of mine."

Jinxiu was delighted: "You say!"

"From now on, you must acknowledge that I am your elder sister and call me elder sister!"

When these words came out, Jinxiu was stunned at first. Then her eyes widened and she said subconsciously: "Impossible!"

"I am your sister!"

"you are not!"

"I am your sister!"

"If you don't agree, don't even think about me forgiving you!"

"If you don't forgive me, forget it. Whatever you want!"

Jinxiu exclaimed: "You still want to threaten me? Don't even think about it. I am your sister. It will be useless even if someone comes!"

Lin Jiangnian, who was originally happily preparing to watch his sister make up, said: "..."

Why are they arguing again? (End of this chapter)