After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

"Second brother."

Yan Shiyan called him after he entered the room, sat down opposite Yan Yuanan, and asked with concern: "Have you slept better now?"

Yan Yuanan smiled: "Are you here just to show your concern for me?"

As he spoke, he grabbed a cloth towel from the side and wiped his feet with it. Then the two of them stepped forward, holding the inkstone and the pen, and together they lifted the heavy wooden barrel away.

Yan Shiyan looked up at him and touched his nose with his right fist: "You know what I'm doing here, why don't you tell the truth."

"What do you want to hear?"

Yan Yuanan casually put the cloth aside and slowly put on the dry silk socks that he had prepared long ago.

As soon as he saw his attitude, Yan Shiyan knew that he was not going to tell the truth.

Yan Shiyan lowered his head and adjusted the hem of his robe, exuding a cold air.

"Brother, I don't care what secrets you have, but there is one thing: you must not do anything to let Mother down."

This is his bottom line.

He knew that his second brother was meticulous and thoughtful, and that no matter how many other children combined they flattered him, they could never match his level.

That's why he appeared here, just to show his attitude.

Yan Shiyan doesn't want any fratricide to happen in the future.

If his second brother wanted to do something bad to their mother, he would definitely stand against him and stop him at all costs.

Yan Yuanan laughed: "What are you thinking about?"

He put on his shoes, stood up and walked to Yan Shiyan, bent down to look at him and asked: "Third brother, do you think I am such a cold and heartless person?"

Yan Shiyan laughed out loud from his nose and asked him, "Are you not?"

Having grown up together, how could he not know what kind of person the other person is?

As the saying goes, "A woman's heart is as unfathomable as the sea." In his opinion, the second brother's thoughts are the most hidden and unpredictable.

Back then, when the Xiao mother and daughter were still in the mansion, he could pretend to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

Not only did he accept Zhou Qinghe's hypocritical kindness, he also took the initiative to make a deal with Xiao to gain some benefits.

After his mother came, he turned against them and betrayed them ruthlessly.

Yan Shiyan asked himself, he simply couldn't do it, so he felt that his second brother was a terrible person.

His love and hate are both extreme, and he cannot be hypocritical.

All along, he has been someone that Zhou Qinghe could not bribe.

Yan Yuanan made a "tsk" sound but did not deny it.

He straightened up and said calmly: "If you are afraid, you don't have to recognize me as your second brother. Anyway, we are not brothers connected by blood."

Yan Shiyan became angry when he heard this, and a faint blush appeared on his cold and pale cheeks.

He sneered a few times and pointed outside the door and said, "Okay, why don't you go and tell Big Brother right away that we are not brothers?"

Yan Yuanan immediately kept silent.

With his personality, what he fears most is someone with a sincere heart, especially when that person is his elder brother who has protected him for many years.

He couldn't bear the thought of the hurt look in his eldest brother's eyes because of him.

Forget it.

Yan Yuanan sighed, stopped arguing with his third brother, and said slowly: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, I really have no choice but to do so."

His life experience is related to a shocking conspiracy. It would be fine if his mother knew about it, but how could she drag his third brother into it?

Yan Shiyan didn't say anything when he heard this, but just looked at him coldly.

Under such gazes, Yan Yuanan raised his right hand in surrender: "I am really afraid of you, why are you so stubborn?"

Yan Shiyan remained silent.

"Okay, I promise you that I will never hurt mother's heart, and I will never betray you or those who are loyal to mother in the mansion."

He finished speaking seriously, raised his right hand, put his three middle fingers together and asked, "Do you need me to swear?"

"hair."

Yan Shiyan's words are concise and to the point.

His idea was simple: Since you have this intention, why are you afraid of swearing?

Yan Yuanan had no choice but to close his eyes, repeating what he had said before, and continued: "I, Yan Yuanan, solemnly swear here that I will never go back on what I said today. If I break this oath, I will be deserted by my friends and relatives in public, and I will die in my own cocoon."

It sounds like this oath is not as serious as being torn apart by five horses or pierced by arrows.

But Yan Shiyan knew his character. For Yan Yuanan, "being abandoned by everyone and trapped in his own web" was the most difficult outcome for him to accept.

The most difficult thing for smart people to accept is not failure, but miscalculation.

He didn't know that when Yan Yuanan made this oath, his heart seemed to be burned by a red-hot iron, and the pain was so severe that he had difficulty breathing.

"what happened to you?"

Seeing Yan Yuanan's face suddenly turn pale and press his palm against his chest, Yan Shiyan hurriedly stood up and helped him sit down, his nervousness evident on his face.

Yan Yuanan felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't speak for a while and he had to force himself not to moan.

"Would you like a cup of hot tea?"

His appearance made Yan Shiyan panic and he didn't know what to do: "I'll ask someone to invite Master Qu."

As he said this, he picked up the hem of his shirt and was about to go out.

While the two brothers were talking, the servants tactfully avoided them, and now there were only the two of them in the room.

Yan Yuanan grabbed his wrist with his backhand and shook his head with difficulty.

It's time to go to bed. If I go to ask Master Qu to come, everyone will know it.

He didn't want to alarm his mother.

Having just discussed such an important matter this afternoon, he didn't want his mother to misunderstand and think that he fell ill in the middle of the night because he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

"elder brother!"

Seeing that Yan Yuanan couldn't speak and was still holding on to him tightly, Yan Shiyan couldn't help but get anxious: "You are sick!"

The sharp pain in his chest finally passed, and Yan Yuanan finally caught his breath.

He held Yan Shiyan's wrist tightly: "I'm really fine."

"It's already like this, why are you still arguing with me?"

Yan Shiyan's eyebrows were raised, and there was no longer any indifference or alienation on his face. Instead, there was only genuine worry for his brother.

"You..."

A pale smile appeared on Yan Yuanan's lips: "You have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. With this kind of personality, you will suffer one day."

Seeing that he still had the mind to make fun of himself, it was obvious that everything was really fine.

Yan Shiyan finally breathed a sigh of relief and didn't argue with him. He frowned and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, just take a good rest and don't talk."

He walked to the table, felt the temperature of the teapot with the back of his hand, poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Yan Yuanan.

"It's a little cold, but I can drink it."

Yan Yuanan didn't take it immediately. He raised his eyelids and squinted at him: "You said I was cold and indifferent, so why are you so nice to me?"

For some reason, seeing his usually cold third brother getting anxious, he always felt like playing a trick on him.

Yan Shiyan was so angry that he laughed: "Drink it quickly, can't you shut your mouth or what?"

Although his tone was fierce, his hands gently handed the teacup to Yan Yuanan.

Yan Yuanan held the teacup in one hand, leaned back on the armrest, and looked at Yan Shiyan with a smile on his lips.

He has always been dignified and rarely shows such lazy attitude.

Only in front of a brother whom you completely trust will you be so relaxed.