Oops, the male villain looked at me with affection in his eyes

Just when Ning Liancheng was holding his wife and children and lamenting that his daughter was older, a girl's timid voice came from outside the door: "Father, mother, but Brother Yu is back?"

When Ning Liancheng heard this voice, he frowned almost imperceptibly. He let go of his wife and children, helped Fang Yuan sit down on the couch, and slowly turned around.

"Huan'er, come in."

"Yes." The timid voice sounded again.

Ning Huan walked into the room holding a bowl of soup and saw Ning Liancheng holding Fang Yuan in one hand, Ning Yu standing beside him, and the whole family was in harmony.

The jealousy in her long eyes flashed away, and she returned to normal in an instant.

Ning Yu looked up and saw a girl in a pink dress slowly walking in with a light step and a soup bowl in hand.

The girl was thirteen or fourteen years old. She had fair skin and looked beautiful and dignified.

The person who came was none other than Ning Liancheng's youngest daughter, Ning Huan.

Ning Huan was born to the Yu family, a concubine in the mansion. Mr. Ning Zhenxing, Ning Zhenxing, who was already the Duke of Anguo at that time, saw that there were few people in the mansion, so he decided to marry Ning Liancheng.

Ning Liancheng was extremely fond of his wife Fang Yuan and did not accept the Yu family.

After getting drunk once, she consummated her marriage with Mr. Yu and had a little daughter, Ning Huan.

Ning Liancheng hated that he had done something wrong to Fang Yuan, and even more hated that Yu had taken advantage of her.

He even disliked Ning Huan. Every time he saw Ning Huan, it reminded him of the wrong things he had done.

Ning Huan lived in a side courtyard with her mother-in-law since she was a child. Although she could not afford food and drinks, she rarely saw her father. She could only see him from a distance during New Years and holidays.

At that time, his father would probably hug Ning Yu and hug his mother, and he would no longer be able to use his hands to hug himself or hug his mother.

She also asked her mother-in-law why her father didn't come to see her. She just smiled and said that her father was busy with work.

It wasn't until Ning Huan was eight years old that ten-year-old Ning Yu playfully hung the kite on the tree in the side yard. Ning Liancheng held Ning Yu over his head with a face full of adoration and went to pick up the kite from the tree. Ning Huan didn't know that His father's treatment of Ning Yu was different from his own.

My father is not busy, but he just doesn't have time to see himself.

From then on, Ning Huan learned to watch people's emotions and try different ways to please Ning Liancheng.

Knowing that his father liked his brother, he put some effort into his makeup.

The makeup they had been deliberately imitating for many years actually gave the half-brothers and sisters a certain resemblance.

Ning Huan smiled before saying anything, and said cautiously: "Huan'er has met her father and mother, and heard that Brother Yu is back. Mom specially made her signature white jade soup, and asked Huan'er to bring it to Brother Yu to calm his shock."

Ning Liancheng frowned: "Brother Yu, what do you want to eat? How come you, a young lady from the Duke's palace, are bringing a bowl by yourself? Where's the pandan?"

Ning Huan pursed her lips and said, "It was my daughter who wanted to deliver it to Brother Yu herself, so she didn't let Xianglan follow."

When Fang Yuan saw this, she couldn't help but curl up her lips and said with a smile, "Huan'er is interested."

After saying that, he was about to stand up to take the bowl, but was stopped by Ning Liancheng beside him.

Ning Liancheng took the soup bowl from Ning Huan's hand, put it on the small table next to him, and said calmly: "Don't do this kind of thing again in the future, it's the right thing to learn from female celebrities."

Ning Huan quickly glanced at her father who looked majestic, her hot red fingers shrank quietly, she lowered her eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, my daughter knows."

The eldest maid Hongzhi opened the curtain and saw that Ning Huan was there, so she raised her eyes and looked at Ning Liancheng: "Master, this slave has laid out the meal according to your instructions. Do you see it?"

Ning Liancheng helped Fang Yuan up and said calmly: "Let's eat."

After saying that, he turned to Ning Yu and said, "It's getting late, so please accompany me and your mother to have dinner here today."

After a pause, he said to Ning Huan: "Huan'er, please step back."

Ning Huan blinked her slightly narrow eyelids, covering up the disappointment and tears in her eyes, and said softly: "Yes."

Everyone walked out of the room, Ning Huan followed. She looked back at the bowl of steaming white jade soup on the side table.

The hot air was wisps of air, and the teeth and claws were showing, as if mocking one's own self-righteousness.

Ning Yu had a great experience of her parents' love during this meal in the main room.

This allowed Ning Yu, who had been born in two lifetimes and experienced the affection of her parents for the first time, to quickly calm down her complicated and excited mood.

After coming out of the main house, Ning Yu called Qing Mu to take a walk in Ning's mansion.

Ning Mansion is very large, with pavilions, winding paths, rockeries, rocks, and scattered flowers and trees.

The two passed through the hanging flower arch, bypassed a pink peach forest, and saw a pond the size of a room.

Lotus flowers bloomed in the pond, and groups of plump koi carp swam leisurely in it.

Seeing Ning Yu stop, Qingmu quickly found fish food and handed it to Ning Yu.

Ning Yu threw the fish food in the pond and watched the fat fish swim over quickly and open their mouths to grab the food. Her mood improved for no reason.

She summoned the system in her mind: What is the origin of An Guo Gong, and why is the mansion so luxurious?

[There is no detailed explanation in the original work. Although this place is in the book, it is no different from the real world to you. The author ignores the unwritten parts, and the host needs to figure out and understand it by himself. 】

Ning Yu: ...Okay, I'll ask myself.

She glanced at Aoki, who looked innocent beside her, and asked casually: "Aoki, I have a question for you."

Upon hearing this, Qingmu straightened his chest and grinned: "Master, you have asked the right person. There is nothing in this house that I, Qingmu, don't know."

Aoki is a son of a family in the mansion. His father, Uncle Zhong, has been the housekeeper of the mansion for a long time. His mother also works in the kitchen of the mansion. He has been exposed to it since he was a child and has already been familiar with the situation in the mansion.

A smile appeared on Ning Yu's face: "Oh? Then tell me, how did we get the title of Lord Anguo?"

Hearing this, Qingmu raised the corners of his mouth and said, "You have asked the right person about this. My dad likes to say a few words every time he drinks too much."

"In the early years, our old master Ning Zhenxing and his second master Ning Zhenyuan worked hard together. They started in the silk business in Jiangnan, saved tens of millions of dollars, and came to Shengjing City after many hardships."

"Later, the business expanded and spread to all walks of life. It is said that at that time, half of the streets in Shengjing City were owned by the Ning family. However, although the Ning family had money, they did not have any official titles."

Seeing Ning Yu's serious look, Qingmu continued: "It just so happened that the evil slaves were attacking and Tiansheng's treasury was empty. The old man was far-sighted and advocated selling his family property in exchange for weapons and supplies to donate to the court."

"The second master couldn't bear that the family property he had worked so hard for was sold off, and he and the old master had a quarrel and got into trouble. In the end, the two separated and lived separately. The second master returned to the south of the Yangtze River with his family, leaving the old master alone in Beijing."

"The old man sold most of his family property, exchanged weapons and supplies and voluntarily handed them over to the court. With this batch of weapons and supplies, the border troops were able to repel the vicious slaves for three hundred miles with their morale soaring."

"Emperor Tiansheng was particularly happy at that time. In gratitude for the old man's loyalty to the country, he specially made the old man the Duke of Anguo and allowed the descendants of our Ning family to inherit the title from generation to generation."

After Qingmu finished speaking, he looked at Ning Yu proudly and said, "Master, if you ask me, our old master is really like this!"

Aoki held out his thumb to Ning Yu.

Ning Yu nodded in agreement.

Seeing his young master's approval, Aoki spoke even harder.

"After many years, our lineage is still the Duke of the country, worthy of enjoying the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the business in the house is better than before, but the second master's lineage has gradually declined for some reason."

After Ning Yu digested the information she had just received, she couldn't help but laugh when she saw Qingmu's expression as if he was begging for credit: "I'll give you extra food tonight."

Qingmu looked at Ning Yu's shining eyes and scratched his head in confusion.

My young master seems to be different somewhere.

It turns out that although Ning Yu's appearance is good, her eyes are always evasive, her expression is uncertain, and her gestures are a bit wretched.

Today, Ning Yu is handsome and dignified, with a pair of eyes that are flowing and shining.