I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

"what happened?"

Jun Huailang heard Xue Yan's voice from behind.He looked up, and saw Xue Yan coming forward, looking down at him.

Judging from the color alone, these two pairs of eyes have the same appearance.

"There's a cat." Jun Huailang looked up to Xue Yan with a smile in his eyes.

Xue Yan met the soft smile in his eyes, and his heart softened involuntarily.

Then, he turned his head to look at the little tabby in the corner.

Half of the soft fur was soaked, and the rest stood up alertly, as if to make himself look more vicious.

But it turned out to be just the opposite, the meowing sound was so soft.

Xue Yan only glanced at it, then turned his gaze away in disgust.

Jun Huailang stretched out his hand towards the kitten.

"The rain won't stop for a while, such a small thing, I'm afraid it will freeze to death if left in the rain." Jun Huailang said, touching it tentatively.

The kitten tried to bite him, but the baby teeth fell on the back of the hand, but there was no strength, as light as a baby.

At this moment, Fu Yi not far away sneezed.

Jun Huailang suddenly remembered, turned back and said to Fu Yi: "Aren't you afraid to touch this kind of furry animal?"

He remembered that when he was young, Fuyi touched a puppy, and the dog's hair stuck to his body, causing him to sneeze and develop a rash, and it took him two or three days to heal.

Fu Yi said in shame: "Young Master, don't worry about me."

How can there be a master who doesn't keep cats because the slaves can't touch animals?

But Jun Huailang withdrew his hand hesitantly.

Raising a cat is a trivial matter, but Fuyi is by her side every day, and it is inevitable that he will come into contact with it.

But when he looked at the kitten's eyes, the crystal clear amber eyes made him inexplicably reluctant.

"Otherwise, go talk to the concierge and ask them to take the cat back." Jun Huailang said, but didn't get up, and looked at the cat with fixed eyes. "Rescue it first, and the rest..."

But at this moment, a slight but long stream of sandalwood lingered around his side from back to front.

Xue Yan's breath was approaching, and then, he stretched out his hand and scooped up the cat on the ground.

He didn't have the consciousness of holding the cat, and he could easily hold it by holding the middle part of its body with one hand.The cat was suddenly picked up and struggled with its four claws, but it was useless.

Jun Huailang looked up, and saw Xue Yan standing behind him, leaning over to catch the cat.

"I'll take care of you." He said lightly. "Whenever you want to see it, just come to me and watch it."

He didn't say, he couldn't see the other party's reluctance.It's just a little beast, so if you want to raise it, you can raise it. Why don't you want to embarrass him with such a trivial matter?

But I don't know what kind of picture is in front of Jun Huailang at this moment.

One is a tall and serious young man, tall and slender, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, standing in the rain like a green pine, with the coldness and indifference of a superior; Small deciduous teeth.

Two pairs of amber eyes were looking at him.

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His Royal Highness King Guangling is one of the most noble people in the world. Although he wants to raise cats, naturally he will not really let him do it himself.

He took the cat back to his room like a prisoner of war and threw it to Jinbao.Jin Bao quickly and carefully wiped the cat dry, warmed it up, fed it food and water, and directed the maids to build a nest for it in the house.

The master can naturally leave it alone, but if the kitten dies, Jinbao probably will have to pay for it with his life.

Fortunately, the kitten was clever, and it didn't rain too much, and it was still alive and kicking when it came back.Now that he is full of food and drink, he is very energetic, and he still has the energy to proudly open his belly, and condescendingly let Jinbao touch it.

Jin Bao couldn't help cursing, this cat is more likable than his master.

After Xue Yan returned to his room, he went to the study to sort out the materials of today's water conservancy inspection.In addition, there are quite a few official documents sent to his desk.Before he came, the highest-ranking official in Jiangnan was Yongning Gong, but now that he came, these official documents were sent to him naturally.

Xue Yan has already gotten used to it by now, and these small things are easy for him.

The rain outside the window was pattering steadily, and it gradually entered the night.

At this moment, a slight meow came from his study.

Xue Yan looked up, and saw that the cat had slipped into his study at some point.When he was working on weekdays, no one in the room dared to make a sound, except this little beast who had just arrived here, who dared to meow here as if nothing had happened.

Xue Yan looked up at him.

I saw that the wet and rather embarrassed kitten was already refreshed at this moment.It took catwalks, patrolled around Xue Yan's study, and then jumped onto Xue Yan's desk.

Xue Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at it.

It turns out that not only people will be proud of being favored, but also this kind of little beast.Relying on getting Jun Huailang's blue eyes, he dared to swagger around here, as if he had become its territory.

Xue Yan slowly put down the pen in his hand, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pinched the back of his neck and brought the cat in front of him.

With a meow, the little tabby fell into Xue Yan's hands again.

The servants in Xue Yan's room naturally all like this furry little raccoon slave.It was brought here today, who didn't touch it carefully?Only Xue Yan, who was grabbed and dragged around, showed no affection at all.

The evil spirit on him was so strong that the kitten started meowing again in fright.

Xue Yan held it with one hand and looked it up and down coldly.

There is nothing special about it.Xue Yan looked indifferent, thinking silently in his heart.I don't know where he got his blue eyes, presumably he is kind-hearted and doesn't want this little beast to get wet in the rain.

Thinking of this, Xue Yan smiled lightly.

When Jin Bao hurriedly opened the door and came in, he saw such a scene.

Sitting at the table, it was the first time that my master didn't concentrate on doing something, but instead held the cat tenderly, with a contemptuous expression and a smile on his lips.

The cat had already sensed the danger, and was now meowing.But this little milk cat, no matter how miserable it is, it still has a bit of whining, but it makes the scene in front of it look indescribably weird.

Jin Bao swallowed.

"What's the matter?" Xue Yan raised his head, put away the smile on his lips, and asked lightly.

Only then did Jin Bao come back to his senses, and quickly put the letter in his hand on Xue Yan's desk: "Go back to your lord, Duan Shishi is back."

Xue Yan casually placed the cat on the table.

The cat stumbled and stepped into the inkstone on Xue Yan's desk.It jumped out in fright, ran two steps, and stepped on the brand-new secret letter on Xue Yan's desk, leaving several plum blossom-shaped footprints.

Xue Yan raised his head and glanced at Jin Bao.

Jinbao understood, and hurried forward to hug the cat away.

"Don't let it enter my study next time." Xue Yan opened the secret letter with lowered eyes and said. "Go out."

Jin Bao hurriedly backed out with the cat in his arms.

Xue Yan took out the letter from the envelope.He had just arrived the day before yesterday, so he sent Duan Shishi out to investigate the current situation in Jinling.As expected, this kid came from the East Factory, and he used it much more smoothly than Jin Yiwei. Within two days, the news was sent back.

The letter was concise and to the point, without redundant information, and all the important local officials in Jinling were listed on it.

Xue Yan looked down.

The news from the investigation was similar to what he had observed in the past two days.Although the prefect of Jinling was a bit slippery, there was nothing wrong with it, and most of the group following Duke Yongning were scholars who had entered the imperial examination, and their family background was clean, and there was nothing to check.

Then, his eyes fell on a name.

Guo Rongwen.

This person was also an official through the imperial examination, and he was a Jinshi on the same list as Yongning Gong back then, and now he works for the Ministry of Household Affairs.

He and Yongning Gong still had some connections back then. He entered Beijing for the imperial examination from Lingnan alone.Afterwards, Duke Yongning sponsored him and found him a residence in the Duke's Mansion until he was named on the gold list and entered the court as an official.

Therefore, Guo Rongwen and Yongning Gong have always had a good relationship.Even though Mr. Yongning's official career has been mediocre and no one cares about him these years, Guo Rongwen still has good friends with him as before.

This person is supposed to be fine, even reassuring.When they went south this time, Duke Yongning assured him to monitor all the accounts of the Jinling Mansion.

There was nothing wrong with him, either.

But Xue Yan's eyes fell on a line of words.

On a certain day in a certain month, just over a week before he came to Jinling, Guo Rongwen met with someone in Wan'an Restaurant.He didn't talk about anything, but he paid for the exorbitant wine for someone, and then bought a kabuki for a lot of money, and sent it to a house.

That house was exactly where the young master of the Xu family stayed.And that Young Master Xu was the one who knocked Shen Liufeng into the lake because of the dispute between Su Xiaoqian and Jun Huailang that day on the East Lake.

And this Xu family is not another Xu family, it is Xu Xiang's family who is an extremely personable minister in Beijing.

He is the only son of Xu Xiang's eldest son. He was born weak and sick, so he was raised in the back house since he was a child, and he basically never went out.Afterwards, a wandering Taoist priest came to Chang'an and prescribed a prescription for him. After taking it for seven or eight years, it was considered complete.

And it was a coincidence that this wandering Taoist died strangely within a few years after he opened the prescription, leaving only a young disciple.In order to repay his kindness, Xu Xiang sent his disciple to the palace and into the Qin Tianjian.

It was Ling Tailang who had an affair with Yi Jieyu.

And after recovering from the illness, the back house couldn't keep the young master who had been pampered since childhood.In the past two years, this young master has traveled around the mountains and rivers, and during this time, he happened to be in Jinling.

So I stayed here.

Xue Yan looked at the line of words, pondered for a moment, and showed a smile that was so faint that it was almost invisible.

"Duan Fourteen." He said out loud.

The shadow in the dark appeared: "The subordinate is here."

Xue Yan raised his eyes and asked, "Where did the maid I brought back that day sing before?"

Duan Shishi clasped his fists and said concisely: "Wan'an Restaurant. On the day Guo Rongwen went there, she had a quarrel with Xu Cong'an."

Xue Yan's smile deepened a little.

That being the case, it makes sense.

Even though Guo Rongwen hadn't done anything yet, there was only one reason why he was serving at Duke Yongning's side and he went to curry favor with the young master of the Xu family.

The Xu family bought him off and waited to arrange for him to do something.

As for what happened, Xue Yan didn't care much.He only needs to use this idiot young master to let him do something wrong and let himself grasp the handle, that's enough.

"Keep an eye on him." Xue Yan ordered. "Go and find some trouble for that Xu Cong'an, and find trouble for making him short of money."

After speaking, he looked up at Duan Shishi, and continued: "If he wants to go to Guo Rongwen, don't stop him. If Guo Rongwen embezzles money from the public account, follow him."

As he said that, he withdrew his gaze, and said calmly: "As long as he uses the money in the account, you can find a brothel, find a firework girl who has not received customers, and after you get paid, just spend money to praise her, and make her the oiran. If you are famous in Jinling, go and monitor Xu Cong'an's movements."

Duan Shishi took the order and was about to retreat.

At this moment, Xue Yan raised his eyes and suddenly asked, "Do you hate Duan Chong?"

Duan Shishi paused, raised his eyes for the first time, and met Xue Yan's gaze.

Those dark brown eyes seemed calm and calm, but there was a sharp edge hidden in the bottom of the eyes.

He didn't speak.

Xue Yan couldn't be more familiar with his expression.

Duan Chong wanted to raise a dog, a weapon that could seal his throat when he saw blood, so he didn't treat him as a human being.

He only thought of Duan Shishi as useful, but he had already forgotten that this dog who couldn't wag its tail, no matter how obedient it was, was still an unfamiliar wolf.

What's more, Duan Chong thought that Duan Shishi didn't know that he was Duan Shishi's enemy who killed his father and mother.

Xue Yan met Duan Shishi's gaze without hesitation, and raised the corners of his lips.

"Get my affairs done, I'll give you a chance to kill him and replace him." He said slowly.

Duan Shishi didn't make a sound. After a while, he clasped his fists at him and hid himself in the darkness.

Xue Yan withdrew his gaze, as if he didn't say the words just now, slowly put the secret letter on the lamp, and burned it to ashes bit by bit.

He knew that Duan Shishi agreed to his proposal.

There were clearly two people in the room, but it was dead silent.A male lion lies in the open, and a jackal that turns against him is lurking in the dark.

The quiet air was almost stagnant.

Just then, the door was pushed open again.

Knowing that it was Jinbao, Xue Yan frowned impatiently.

"What's the matter?" He threw the remaining corner of the letter into the candlelight, and the flame suddenly lit up.

Jin Bao hurriedly said: "Go back to your lord, the tiles of His Highness Shizi's house on the east side have been washed away by the rain! The main house is leaking now, so it must be impossible to live in!"

Xue Yan immediately looked away from the candlelight, and immediately got up: "I'll go and have a look."

As he said that, he had passed Jinbao and walked out of the study.

Just now, the calm and gloomy look on his body has disappeared for a long time.