Mistakenly Connected to the Jade Flower Branch

Chapter 371 The Floor

When Xu Sheng called him a fool, saying he was sold out by An Liangchen and still helped him count the money, he was absolutely right.

But on the other hand, she indirectly caused the death of An Liangchen's own brother. An Liangchen's decision not to tear her to pieces or even show her any remorse was already merciful.

Nianyao asked, "Do you think Luo An knows that it was An Liangchen who said it?"

Xu Sheng said, "To him, what difference does it make who says it to him?"

Right!

Nianyao then asked, "Then guess again, why didn't Ninth Brother directly ask Luo An to take me in, but instead had to go through me?"

Xu Sheng stood up and after a long while said, "Did I already say that?"

Nianyao stood up and asked, "Are you serious?"

Xu Sheng nodded.

Without a second thought, Nianyao kicked him mercilessly.

Xu Sheng didn't move at all, just took the kick, his brows furrowed slightly in pain, but he didn't cry out.

We were having a good chat just now, and now they're kicking Xu Sheng! These people really change their minds faster than flipping through a book.

So pitiful! Xu Sheng is so pitiful!

Conch instantly broke down, completely forgetting Xu Sheng's instructions not to argue with Nian Yao, and cursed, "Are you all sick? Why did you kick him for no reason?"

Nianyao hadn't expected the conch to react so strongly, and threatened him, "If you say that again, I'll chop it up and feed it to the fish!"

Conch completely lost her mind: "You're just a bully who relies on his master's power. If you're really capable, you can fight him one-on-one and see who kills whom!"

Xu Sheng quickly reassured him, "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt at all. She was just joking."

It doesn't hurt? Of course it hurts! Just looking at the conch shell makes me feel terribly pained! He angrily dragged Xu Sheng away, cursing as he went, "Crazy, they're all crazy..."

This is Xi Zhai, where else can we go?

Xu Sheng settled the conch shell next to Luo An's bedroom and then took the bedding to Luo An's bedroom.

Nianyao looked at Xu Sheng spreading the bedding on the floor and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xu Sheng said, "Sleeping on the floor, can't you tell?"

Nianyao rushed over and flung open the bed curtains: "Luo An, look at him..."

The bed was empty and no one was there. Nianyao's breath caught in her throat for a moment. She turned her head and saw Luo An standing by the window looking at her.

Nianyao's terrified expression hadn't faded yet. She sat down on the edge of the bed, still shaken, and said, "I thought you were gone."

Xu Sheng said, "I told you you don't need to worry about him!"

Luo An stared at Xu Sheng with a strange expression.

Xu Sheng thought Luo An didn't want him to sleep on the floor, so he rolled up his bedding and said, "I won't sleep tonight, I'll keep watch for you, is that alright?"

Luo An suddenly said, "Actually, you are the Empress's biological son, and I am the adopted one."

Xu Sheng was bending down to hug the blanket when he heard this, and the blanket slipped from his hand and fell down. He looked at him in confusion.

Luo An said, "My father has already sent her back to Nan Yue. It's not impossible that he would give her his own son and then adopt a child to comfort himself!"

Luo An thought about it for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and the more right it became. Moreover, Xu Sheng was more divine than him.

Xu Sheng straightened up and looked at Luo An, confirming that Luo An was very serious and there was no joking in his eyes.

Xu Sheng turned to Nian Yao: "What did he just say?"

Nianyao was also stunned. She slowly walked up to Luo An, placed her hand on his forehead, and found that his temperature was normal and he did not have a fever.

Nianyao asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you talking about?"

Luo An grabbed Nian Yao's hand and held it in his own; his palm was cold and damp. "Am I wrong?"

What exactly happened? Nianyao asked with a worried expression, "Why would you think that?"

Luo An's voice and expression were wooden: "Because that's in line with Father's style. He lived his whole life for her, and he died for her. He even risked his life for her, so how could he not give her his own child?"

Luo An saw Xu Sheng and Nian Yao staring blankly at him: "You two also think it's right?"

"What a load of rubbish!" Xu Sheng realized, and responded rudely, then added, "Nonsense."

Luo An glared at him angrily: "What's wrong?"

Nianyao looked at Xu Sheng. She couldn't pinpoint what was wrong, but Xu Sheng's certainty must have a good reason.

Xu Sheng had a fearless, "I'm going all out, what can you do to me?" attitude: "Your cowardly father and pretentious mother could only have given birth to a cowardly and pretentious person like you, not a brave and decisive son like me."

After Xu Sheng finished speaking, he picked up the bedding and ran towards the door. As soon as he opened the door, Luo An kicked him hard in the back.

Xu Sheng was prepared and staggered forward. He only steadied himself when he heard the deafening sound of the door slamming behind him.

Hearing something was wrong, Conch next door opened the door and peeked out, only to see Luo An kicking Xu Sheng.

They were just kicking him a moment ago, now they're stomping him. Everyone's bullying him like this.

Enraged, Conch flung open the door and jumped out, intending to kick Luo An's door.

Xu Sheng turned around and pulled the conch shell back into the room in time: "When you're under someone's roof, it's not shameful to bow your head. I'm fine, I don't hurt at all."

The conch shell looked at him with its beak pursed, its eyes red like a little rabbit's. Xu Sheng's heart skipped a beat at first, then began to pound violently, as if a rabbit was jumping around inside him.

Xu Sheng turned his head away, not daring to look at him again. He picked up the teapot, tilted his head back, and poured half a pot of cold tea down his throat before his heartbeat gradually slowed down.

Xu Sheng sat down with his back to the conch shell: "You go to sleep first, I'll sit for a while."

Conch picked up Xu Sheng's quilt and spread it on the bed. After spreading it out, she thought for a moment and made the outer quilt bigger and the inner quilt smaller: Xu Sheng was bigger than her, so he should take up more space than her.

After spreading out the blankets, Conch sat down opposite him and said, "I used to think they were a good couple, but I never imagined they were birds of a feather, neither of them are good people."

"You can even use idioms now?" Xu Sheng patted his head and praised, "You've learned well."

The conch shell, having received praise, proudly raised its chin and said, "You're still the best, the greatest good person in the world."

Xu Sheng was both amused and exasperated: "Go to sleep!"

Conch shook its head, picked up the pen and ink and continued copying the book: "If you sleep, I'll sleep; if you don't sleep, I won't sleep either."

Conch diligently copied the book, filling the room with the fragrance of ink. Xu Sheng was deep in thought, and the room fell silent.

As night deepens, time passes peacefully, years linger, and life flourishes.

Luo An was soaking in the hot spring pool when Nian Yao massaged his lower back from behind: "How's the pressure? How does it feel?"

Luo An was lost in thought and it took him a while to come to his senses: "It's nice, very comfortable."

Nianyao asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Luo An said, "I'm wondering if I'm being stupid."

Nianyao stopped what she was doing, turned to face him, and asked in shock, "What's wrong? Why would you think that?"

Luo An's voice was tinged with frustration: "I'm starting to doubt whether I'm even my parents' biological child?"

Could there be anything more stupid than this? And yet he said it out loud. Luo An felt ashamed just thinking about it.

Nianyao kept her disbelief to herself, not daring to show it at all, for fear of hurting Luo An's feelings.

Luo An relayed Chief Escort Chu's words to Nian Yao: "Could it be that Xu Sheng and I are really twins? But I haven't heard anyone mention it all these years, not even the rumors circulating in the streets."

When Madam Luo gave birth, there were midwives, imperial physicians, maids, guards, the late Emperor... a whole bunch of people were waiting. If it was twins, how could no one have spread the word? How could Father have never mentioned it?

Nianyao suggested to him, "Go back to the palace and ask the emperor. He will definitely know the answer."

However, when the emperor met Xu Sheng, he did not show any true feelings; it was all scheming.