I just want to live a good life

Chapter 447 Brother, be careful

It’s the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and there are still ten days until the Chinese New Year.

Su Nuan has been very busy these days, busy avoiding Mu Yunting.

Of course, this is not accurate. She was just so busy that she happened to avoid Mu Yunting.

Ever since Xun Zheng came to Duiyueju, she has been leaving early and returning late every day.

Every morning, I would go to the general's mansion to check in and see how my eldest brother was doing, and then leave to do my own things before Mu Yunting arrived.

She selected two shops for Madam Xia, both of which were in good locations and reasonably priced. Each shop could earn one hundred or eighty taels of silver per month.

Don't underestimate these one hundred or eighty taels. A little bit adds up to a lot and can be of great use at a critical moment.

In the past few days, Su Nuan has sorted out all the affairs of the shop, so Mrs. Xia doesn't have to worry about taking care of it and can just wait to receive the money every month.

Falcon sent back news early this morning that there had been progress and he would bring Zhu Mingliang into the city today.

According to the previous agreement, they would meet at Piaoxiang Tea House when they entered the city.

Su Nuan went out as usual. Ye Xiaobai was still driving the carriage, but there was Liefeng beside him.

Ever since Xia Changze and Liao Xinyi returned to the General's Mansion, Liefeng has been following Su Nuan. He was clearly a secret guard, but now he has become an open guard. He follows Su Nuan wherever she goes, never leaving her side, and he must be closer to Su Nuan than Ye Xiaobai.

Since Ye Xiaobai was sitting on the shaft to drive the carriage, Liefeng would have to sit at the door of the carriage and guard it.

As per custom, the carriage arrived at the general's mansion first.

Su Nuan went to check on Xia Changxiao's condition first.

After being treated by several veteran doctors and Liao Xinyi, Xia Changxiao's arm was able to move normally, but he could not practice martial arts because the remaining poison had not yet been cleared.

In order to conceal his tracks these past few days, apart from going to Xia Changze's room on time every day for treatment, he behaved like a normal person at other times.

When Su Nuan came, Xia Changxiao was about to go to Xia Changze's place. The two siblings met outside Xia Changze's yard.

Before the two of them could say anything, Ye Xiaobai pounced on Xia Changxiao like a whirlwind.

Su Nuan was stunned. She had clearly asked Ye Xiaobai to wait in the outer courtyard, so how did this person enter the inner courtyard?

She quickly spoke up to stop Ye Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, stop!"

But Ye Xiaobai seemed to be deaf to it and launched a crazy attack on Xia Changxiao.

Xia Changxiao reacted very quickly. Seeing Ye Xiaobai rushing over, he used his moves to meet the enemy without saying a word. He was used to using weapons to kill enemies in front of the battle, and fighting with bare hands lacked some momentum. Even so, Ye Xiaobai felt a huge pressure coming towards him.

The two of them started fighting in just a moment.

Ye Xiaobai is light and agile, while Xia Changxiao is experienced.

Ye Xiaobai attacked with all his strength, but Xia Changxiao didn't dare to use his full strength because of his injured arm.

After a few moves, Ye Xiaobai saw Xia Changxiao's weakness, and when the time was right, he punched Xia Changxiao's right hand. Seeing that the punch was about to hit Xia Changxiao's wound, Su Nuan screamed in fear, "Brother, be careful!"

Xia Changxiao tilted his body slightly, turned his right hand, and grabbed Ye Xiaobai's wrist with a grappling hand.

Then there was a hearty laugh, "This brother is quite skilled and has a strong ability to respond to enemies. You must be the strongest guard of the little sister that Third Brother mentioned!"

Xia Changxiao praised Ye Xiaobai with just one sentence.

Ye Xiaobai smiled awkwardly and replied, "That's the Third Young Master praising me. I couldn't even last ten moves under the general, so how dare I use the word 'strongest'?"

Xia Changxiao loosened his grip and continued, "It's amazing that you have such skills at such a young age. You didn't lose in martial arts, but in judgment. You saw that I didn't use force on my right hand in the first few moves, and concluded that my right hand was my weakness, so you attacked my right hand with all your strength, hoping to break through, but you didn't expect that you fell into my trap."

As he spoke, Xia Changxiao glanced at Su Nuan meaningfully.

At this moment, Su Nuan was looking at Ye Xiaobai thoughtfully.

"General, your strategy of luring the enemy deep into your territory is very clever. I have to admit defeat."

Ye Xiaobai looked at Su Nuan after he finished speaking, "Miss, I'm sorry, you asked me to stop just now but I didn't listen to you, I just wanted to have a real competition with the general. Although the third young master said that he would find an opportunity for me to fight with the general, I'm afraid that the general will be like Ye Yin, only giving half of his strength, like coaxing a child. In the situation just now, the general would definitely use all his strength against me, this opportunity is rare, so I..."

"You martial arts fanatic, you challenge everyone you meet. My eldest brother is the god of war of Nanzhao Country. Fortunately, he came to visit my third brother today and didn't bring any weapons with him. Otherwise, you could go and keep my third brother company right now."

Su Nuan said as she looked at Xia Changxiao with a smile: "Brother, you have seen many small scenes like this so you won't mind it, right?"

Xia Changxiao smiled dotingly, confirming Su Nuan's words.

"Xiaobai, wait for me outside. I'm going to talk to Xinyi later."

Ye Xiaobai left in response, leaving the brother and sister staring at each other.

After a while, Su Nuan couldn't help but speak first, "Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"

Xia Changxiao's eyes were sharp, like an eagle, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm watching where you took my naughty and innocent sister?"

Su Nuan was shocked. Was she found out?

She quickly recalled in her mind what she had said and done with Xia Changxiao during the past few days. How did this elder brother, who did not even leave a deep impression in the original owner's memory, discover her flaws?