If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

"I remember you, you are Huoyue's boyfriend."

Some parents can make people nervous as soon as they open their mouths, at least Zhao Yanman is like this. Even though her eyes were sleepy, the words she said without thinking were quite explosive, which made Lin Nian who controlled her have a subtle expression, as if he was stunned or helpless.

"You admit your mistake," he said.

There are no lights in the house, so the EMP effect is very good.

"I rarely admit the wrong person, unless it's in a dream. Are you the boy that Hueyue brought to the yard that day? I remember your name was Lin Nian? That outstanding kid who studied at Kassel College in the United States. There are many elders in the family. My ancestors all spoke highly of you. You have worked with Hueyue before, right? Hueyue often said that you took care of her."

"I'm Lin Nian, which is good, but I'm pretty sure I haven't taken care of her, and this doesn't seem like something she would say." Lin Nian thought to himself, is it true that nonsense is an inherent skill of every parent? You can tell all kinds of lies. What are you doing, bringing yourself and Li Hueyue together? Li Hueyue is not so bad that no one wants her, right? As an orthodox "Yue", there should be many outstanding young men pursuing her, just like Sima Xuxu, who seems to have a bright future.

"Xiao Nian, right? Can I call you that?"

Lin Nian actually wanted to say no. It was his sister's privilege to call him Xiaonian. Not even Su Xiaoqiang had ever called him that, so Lu Mingfei only pretended to call him Nian Bao when he was deliberately disgusting himself. Since this was a special situation and the world had the greatest hostage, he acquiesced to this call.

He gently released his hand on Zhao Zianman. The other person's mood seemed very stable, but it was a little too stable.

"Xiao Nian, although I don't know how you sneaked in, it is a serious crime to break into the ancestral land without permission. You are the person Huoyue likes. I don't want to see you being held accountable. You can sneak out through the side door. Don't be caught by ancestral land." The people on the ground found out." Xian Man on the table straightened up and turned to look at Lin Nian curiously and said softly.

Lin Nian's face was expressionless, but he wanted to avoid the woman's gaze. This kind of gaze was no different from looking at his son-in-law. The gentleness always made him feel like someone from his memory. He had never been able to deal with it since he was a child. Come to this kind of person.

"I think you may have misunderstood the relationship between me and Li Huoyue. She and I are just friends, at most we are partners. It's better not to say nonsense. I won't believe it, and she won't be happy to hear it." Lin Nian said.

Zian Man smiled silently and said to Lin Nian quite seriously, "Listen to Auntie's advice. As long as there are clues about liking each other, it's best to find a chance to make it clear to each other, otherwise we will regret it later when it is too late. It’s too late.”

"I will do it if I have the chance." Lin Nian chose to obey. He has quite enough experience in facing similar scenarios. At this time, the other party can refute you whatever you say, so the best way is to obey, "So now we can have they gone?"

"Let's go? Where to go? Ah! If you are hungry, I can cook dumplings for you. The dumplings I made yesterday were originally made for Huiyue. Her favorite is cabbage and pork filling. What are your taboos? "?" Zian Man said and stood up, looking apologetic for not being well received.

Lin Nian didn't know for a moment whether she was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He frowned slightly from an angle that the other party couldn't see. He wanted to knock the woman in front of him unconscious and take her away, but his intuition told him that this might not be the best option. He can take this opportunity to figure out some things.

"I'm not too hungry. By the way, is that you, aunt, in the photo on the table?" Lin Nian put one hand on Zhao Yanman's shoulder without using any force, but the other party couldn't stand up anyway.

"Yes!" Zian Man was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Lin Nian to mention this matter. She subconsciously looked at the photo frame on the table and lightly scratched it with her thumb. "This is a photo from a long time ago. I was afraid of gathering dust, so I took it out and wiped it, but unexpectedly I fell asleep.”

As she spoke, she also lowered the photo frame. This subconscious move made Lin Nian realize that there was some story inside. "Is the man in the photo frame Li Hueyue's father? I have never heard her mention her father."

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It's a very simple question, and it's just an idiotic question to raise the topic. After all, Qian Man is Li Huoyue's mother, so who else could be the other half of the wedding photo? (Biological father in a non-traditional sense) But just such a question actually made Zhao Yanman quiet down. He still had a smile on his face when he looked down at the upside-down photo frame, but this smile was quite dim.

Lin Nian knew clearly that he had asked the wrong question.

what's the situation? Could the man in the wedding photo in the frame be Zhao Yanman's ex-husband? Did you step on a landmine? Lin Nian only said that the previous generation "Yue" was her mother, and Zhao Qianman was also her mother. If he pressed the other party again, he would not say anything. The relationship between Zhao Qianman and the previous generation "Yue" was also hazy. So what happened to Li Huo? Who is Yue's father? Is he really the man in the photo?

When it comes to gossip, Lin Nian is first-rate. Few people who are not familiar with him can detect the rich soul of gossip under his expressionless disguise.

"He um. We won't talk about him today, so you probably won't be interested. Let's talk about you and Li Hueyue!" Qian Man turned to Lin Nian and smiled again.

Lin Nian wanted to say that I was too interested in the orthodox "Yue" gossip. Who wouldn't be interested? Has the setting of beauty, strength and misery run through Li Hueyue's entire life? If the environment wasn't really restricted tonight, he could just move a stool and sit down while the aunt went to the kitchen to make a bowl of dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork.

"Since you don't want to talk, forget it." Lin Nian still chose the overall situation as the top priority. He really didn't come here today to listen to gossip. After taking Zhao Yanman away, he can hear whatever gossip he wants. "It's almost time. Zhengtong should react soon. It's time for us to leave, Li Hueyue is still waiting for you."

"What do you mean Huoyue is still waiting for me?" Qian Man looked at Lin Nian strangely.

"Are you really ignorant or are you pretending not to know? No one else is eavesdropping here. I checked the yard and there is no one else. All the electrical appliances in the house have been burned by the portable EMP, so there is no need to try to turn on the lights." Lin Nian Said, "If you haven't figured out the situation yet, then I can give you a brief explanation. Li Hueyue asked me to sneak into this courtyard, find you and take you to see her."

"If she wants to see me, can't she just come directly? Why do you have to go around in circles like this?"

"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?" Lin Nian said lightly. He no longer wanted to save face for his mother, and his tone gradually became colder. The red golden pupils that had been keeping the mother down also showed signs of melting. "Do you want me to make it clear? Li Hueyue is ready to betray orthodoxy. You are the key to this revolution. She would not have been able to make up her mind without you."

"Little Moon betrayed orthodoxy? What are you talking about?" Yan Man was stunned, "Why did she betray orthodoxy?"

After a moment, she suddenly seemed to react to something and looked at Lin Nian angrily, "Are you lying to me? You weren't called here by Huoyue at all. What are you here for?"

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Nian didn't understand this woman's mind. He didn't even feel any anger for a moment, only astonishment.

Zhao Yanman suddenly sat up from the chair, her eyes lit up with half a golden eye. But if she knew more about Lin Nian's story, she would know that this move was purely dancing on the tip of a knife. If the time was pushed back two years , now she has several wounds on her body and is lying in a pool of blood, wailing.

In Lin Nian's field of vision, Zhao Yuanman's speed was completely slow. He stood there and quietly observed her movements. When he reached for the pen on the table halfway up, he probably knew this woman. What do you want to do?

He struck out like lightning, grasped Zhao Yianman's wrist like an iron pincer, and kicked off the chair she was sitting on. He sat down and fell directly to the ground. Lin Nian pushed him over and turned him over, cutting his hands behind his back. Being pinned to the floor unable to move.

"What do you want to do?" Zhao Yanman asked angrily.

"It's my turn to ask you, what do you want to do?" Lin Nian asked slowly, "Li Hueyue is ready to launch a revolution. This is a rebellion that is bound to bleed. I understand why she asked me to come. Take you away as a condition of negotiation, because you are her mother - at least she recognizes you as her mother. You are the only person she cares about in Orthodoxy, and you are also the only fetter, as long as you leave Orthodoxy With the threat, she can do what she should have done long ago without restraint."

In a sense, Lin Nian and Li Hueyue are in the same situation. Is there really any fundamental difference between Lin Xian in the past and Zhao Yanman now? For Li Hueyue, life can be lost in battle at any time. If Zhao Yanman did not still exist in this world, she would have been alone long ago.

But now, the only person Li Hueyue valued was acting so disappointing. This had to make Lin Nian frown again and again, thinking that there must be some problem here that he hadn't figured out.

Zhao Yanman's attitude.

Why is Zhao Yanman so optimistic about her daughter's situation and life and death? When negotiating with the head of the Sima family in Longfeng Garden, the other party announced the next successor of "Yue" in front of Zhao Zianman. He originally thought that Zhao Zianman's joyful and natural attitude was just a disguise for psychological strength, but now It seems that the other party really doesn't care about this matter.

"It is impossible for Huoyue to do these things. She is an orthodox person! We are all orthodox children. We live for the clan and die for the clan. This is an honor! The vigorous death is the recognition of her life. She is the "Yue" ! How can a revolution be launched? What’s more, revolution? Whose life is she trying to revolutionize?" Zhao Yanman frowned and was pinned to the floor and kept twisting.

"No one is born to die spectacularly." Lin Nian said slowly.

Zhao Yanman suddenly paused, as if remembering something, he stopped struggling and lay quietly on the ground. After a while, he said, "I understand, you deceived Hueyue, right? You are from the Secret Party, You wanted to overthrow the orthodoxy and destroy our clan, so you tricked Huoyue into joining your camp!"

Lin Nian's pupils were burning red. He stared at the woman on the ground and asked in a low voice, "Zhao Yanman, the next generation of 'Yue' has been determined. That child of the Sima family, do you really want to see Li Hueyue being orthodoxed?" Abandon it and treat it as waste? If you don’t make a revolution, Li Hueyue will die. After her death, the consequences for you will not be much better. Her revolution can have many purposes, but it will never be for herself. on one's last legs."

"I don't understand. Isn't it bad to sacrifice for the clan? Isn't that the mission of each of us?"

Lin Nian looked at her deeply and said, "You are crazy."

At this moment, Lin Nian finally figured out why Li Huanyue had such a strong tendency to self-destruct even though she had an inseparable bond - if Zhao Yanman really meant what she said just now If you think about it, then the pressure Li Huoyue usually endures is probably unimaginable to Lin Nian.

"poor guy."

The golden figure appeared in the dark study room. She squatted gently next to Zhao Yanman and reached out to touch the back of her head. "My brain is no longer clear."

Lin Nian looked at Elena who appeared and said, "What's going on?"

This sentence not only asked why Yelena appeared, but also asked whether Yelena saw any problem.

"As I said, her head is not clear anymore, so don't force her." The blonde girl said lightly, "Orthodox is more ruthless than you think. Maybe on the first day she was found, her head was It’s already been damaged.”

Lin Nian watched the blond girl gently tap Zhao Yanman's head, and suddenly understood what she meant, "Brainwashing?"

"I'm afraid simple brainwashing can't control this woman. Her spirit is very strong and persistent, but she is trapped in the past. The person who rewrites her ideas is probably a word spirit, a word spirit that is released for a long time." The blond girl said softly. Sighing, "That's why I said that her mind is no longer clear. Maybe in her mind, orthodoxy is already her heaven. Didn't you find that her thinking logic has always been conflicting? On the one hand, she accepts Li Hueyue as a 'Yue' has been eliminated by the orthodoxy. On the one hand, she is looking forward to you getting married to her daughter. I suspect her head is already a mess."

"Can you still be saved?" Lin Nian asked.

Yelena's explanation made everything reasonable, including Li Huanyue's reasons for revolution, Zhao Yanman's bizarre attitude, and Zhao Yanman's appearance at the negotiation table in Longfeng Garden that day.

"There should be salvation, but not now." The blond girl tilted her head and glanced past Lin Nian to the courtyard outside the study. "You have to deal with the trouble first."

Lin Nian paused for a moment, then looked back outside the study, with a halo flowing in his molten red pupils.

It was dark and silent outside the courtyard, with no wind and no moon shadow. Only the outline of the osmanthus tree stood in the center of the inner courtyard, motionless as a mountain.

"It wasted too much time." Lin Nian looked away and said lightly.

"No, I can see that this is a game. No matter how nimble you are, you can't avoid some trouble." The blonde girl reached out and took out the hairpin hidden in Zhao Yanman's hand and inserted it into her hair. She put on a nice bun, "But that's nothing to you, right? You're not Zhao Yanman, nor Li Hueyue, nor the missing man in the photo frame. You don't have a knife in your hand, But you yourself are a knife that can even cut through steel. Those restrictive rules and regulations that bring tragedy are born to be smashed by you."

"Keep an eye on her." Lin Nian let go of Zhao Yanman and stood up.

Zhao Yanman still didn't move on the ground. The moment the blonde girl appeared, Time Zero was released by her.

"Hey, go show them some color!" the blonde girl said with a low smile.

Lin Nian disappeared into the study, and when he reappeared, he was standing quietly in the center of the inner courtyard of the courtyard. Under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, the autumn leaves that stopped in mid-air resumed the passage of time and quietly drifted down beside him. , fell to the feet.

He slowly looked around. At the corners of the four eaves of the courtyard, southeast, northeast, southwest, and northwest, four ghost-like black figures stood there, with bloody golden eyes as thick as ink. They were hidden in the darkness, like There was a deathly silence, and four eyes that were deeper than the darkness locked on him in the center of the empty inner courtyard.

【Jingguan】

An orthodox family slave of a dead soldier.