When the door closed, Yue Ning furrowed his brows, "Tsk." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

He displayed a look of great annoyance.

"Luckily, I have a big heart and thick skin."

What he was thinking was, his sixth brother Yixuan is perceptive and intelligent, but so-called intelligence means he’s prone to overthinking.

If the person truly brought in today by the Qin family from the back door was Yixuan, just the attitude of these servants would likely cause Yixuan more than a little displeasure, if not outright anger.

As for himself?

He regarded it merely as a good joke, as he said, because of his big heart.

Regarding thick skin?

That means not afraid to endure hardship.

He couldn’t help but muse on one thing, it’s easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality. The brothers in the family might have had it good for too long, and have developed somewhat of this bad habit.

It’s not that they’re afraid of hardship or can’t endure hardship, but because...

Since they have money and clearly can lead a better life, why should they make themselves suffer and treat themselves poorly?

Except for Yue Ning, like a mud doll that grew out of the dirt, who’s been helping build houses outside for the past few years, weathering the elements. For him, as long as there’s a place to lie down and sleep, sheltered from wind and rain, it’s considered quite good.

And looking at this courtyard, its outer appearance is shabby, and even more careless inside, like the bedding on the bed. If it were replaced with Yixuan who has tender skin, it would likely rub him raw, showing how coarse the fabric is.

Yue Ning lay on the bed, with both arms resting behind his head, one long leg bent, the other propped on the knee.

He leisurely swung his feet and suddenly, as if recalling something, the seemingly straightforward and irritable man revealed a somewhat strange, quirky smile.

"This is called, showing weakness to the enemy."

"I’m foolish, I’ll continue to be foolish, let’s see which of us truly has no schemes!"

...

"Second Elder, this is how things stand..."

The elderly woman responsible for meeting him, who’s well past fifty, was now reporting the situation to an elderly lady.

The elderly lady was precisely the Qin family’s Second Elder, who listened to the report and pondered slightly.

"Ha... no wonder my eldest sister has been hiding Qin Xuan."

Qin Xuan, who was adopted as an adopted son by the Family Head’s wife and given the title of Young Master, has stayed for these years secluded in the manor and has never come to the ancestral home. Even those Qin family members in Luolan City barely know Young Master Qin Xuan.

Nowadays many people regard Qin Xuan as the plaything of Old Lady Qin, a rumor deliberately spread by the Qin family to weaken the old lady’s influence, after all, in a family like the Qin’s, reputation is most valued.

The Second Elder mused again, "Outsiders believe that Qin Xuan is my eldest sister’s toy, but of this matter, the Qin family knows well. Yet in my view, although he does not hold such a worthless status as a mere toy, it’s not much better, ultimately filling the void of my eldest sister’s lifelong lack of offspring."

But regardless, Old Lady Qin’s intention to pass the Qin family to the so-called Qin Xuan after her hundredth year equates to threatening others’ interests, forcing Second Elder to come up with a response.

"Order it to be passed down, my eldest sister would not let her precious one come alone to the ancestral land if she knew this matter, surely there will be actions, this won’t end here. Also, pressure the Yan family on that front..."