Chapter Thirty-Three: Inflating

  Han Feng's face was stern, but he quickly summarized what Han Jiang Xue had said to him earlier and directly spoke it out. In the end, he didn't care whether Han Jing responded or not, and with an expressionless face, he threw out another sentence: "This is your only chance to fight for what's rightfully yours, if you have the ability then go fight for it, if you don't have the ability then kneel until you die!"

  After that, he turned to Liu and the others with a similar expressionless tone: "From now on, whether he lives or dies is up to him. Even if heaven itself comes down, no one else is allowed to disturb me in my study!"

  Han Feng is a man who, although has a soft spot for his family, is not completely without temper. However, he rarely shows it in front of his wife and daughter. Now, even though he knows the chances of Han Jing completing that task are slim, he still made concessions for his son, so he's not entirely pleased about it. Adding to that, with what happened to Han Ya Jing, it would be strange if he had a good attitude towards Liu Shi and the others.

  Seeing his second daughter Han Yajing's reluctant face, Han Feng felt even more suffocated in his heart, so he simply ignored everyone, out of sight, out of mind.

  Mrs. Liu and her daughter were still in a daze, but they saw Han Feng turn around and enter the study. The door slammed shut with a loud bang, and there was no more movement from inside. Mrs. Liu subconsciously wanted to follow him in, but she stopped herself before taking a step. Firstly, Han Feng had explicitly forbidden it earlier, and secondly, she didn't know how Han Jing would react.

  Although she knew that the opportunity given by Han Feng was something that Han Jing absolutely could not do, this naturally meant that the conflict between father and son would no longer be as intense as she had previously expected.

  Just as he was thinking about whether to add fuel to the fire, Han Jiang Xue directly walked in front of Han Jing and said sternly: "Big brother, you've already caused enough trouble today. Father has made such a concession, if you still don't know what's good for you and continue to force things, then even I, your own sister, will look down on you!"

  Han Jing was stunned, somewhat at a loss, and raised his eyes to look at his sister, with an indescribably complex expression flashing across his face for a moment.

  Without noticing Han Jing's gaze, Han Jiang Xue spoke again with an exceptionally cold tone: "If big brother is a man, then stand up and give it a try, whether you succeed or not, at least you'll be able to face the heavens and earth. If you don't even have the courage to do that, then you really aren't qualified to make any demands!"

  "Xue Er, don't be too anxious either. Your big brother..." Liu Shi saw the situation and tried to mediate with a reluctant expression.

  Who would have thought that Han Jiang Xue was even more severe, directly cutting off her words: "This matter, mother will no longer care about it, I won't care about it either. Let this guy who has been blinded by infatuation for a woman go against our whole family. If he still doesn't come to his senses today, then so be it, I'll just consider myself without an older brother from now on. He doesn't have any manly dignity at all, and it's better that way, otherwise he would have brought shame to the Han family!"

  After that, Han Jiangxue left with an exceptionally angry swing of her sleeve, truly looking like she didn't want to bother with them anymore. This was unexpected by both Liu mother and daughter, who hadn't thought that Han Jiangxue would really not care about it anymore and completely stop protecting her brother as she had before.

  At this moment, before Liu's mother and daughter could recover from Han Jiangxue's sleeve-flicking action, they saw Han Jing suddenly punch the ground fiercely, then let out a loud roar and instantly stood up, his face full of anger as he turned around and chased after Han Jiangxue.

  "Be careful!" Liu was completely unaware of what the situation would be, and subconsciously wanted to go forward to pull Han Jing, but was suddenly pushed away by Han Jing.

  "Leave me alone!" Han Jing yelled in an unusually impatient tone, not even glancing at Liu Shi. He strode straight towards the courtyard outside the study, calling out to his sister, "Han Jiangxue, stop right there!"

  But Han Jiang Xue ignored them and didn't care, the two siblings walked away with one chasing after the other, and soon disappeared from sight. Zi Yue Qing Mu naturally followed suit and left as well, leaving only Liu Shi Mu Nv in the courtyard.

  "Mother, are they going to fight?" Han Yajing sneered with a look of schadenfreude: "A pair of fools!"

  "You're the stupid one!" Liu heard this and suddenly glared at Han Yajing, lowering her voice to scold, if not for fear of being heard by Han Feng in the study, she would have liked to thoroughly scold her foolish daughter: "No one else is kneeling here, your father's great anger will also dissipate!"

  Han Yajing finally reacted, realizing that Han Jiangxue had been intentionally provoking Han Jing to get him to stand up and leave. As long as Han Jing didn't continue being stubborn, today's matter would be considered a big thunderstorm with little rain, and it would pass just like that.

  "Mother, what should I do?" Her voice involuntarily weakened a lot, carefully looking at her mother with an unpleasant expression.

  "Let's talk about it when we get home!" Liu said and then walked away without looking back.

  Han Yajing subconsciously glanced in the direction of the study room and knew that this was not a place to talk, so she also followed suit and left.

  "Sister, what do you mean by this? Xiao Xiao is about to be engaged to someone else soon. Let alone three days' time, even if I had more time, it would still be impossible for me to make her status match mine!" Han Jing, who was already seated in the snow cottage, no longer had the anger and irritation he had when chasing after her earlier, but his anxious expression remained unchanged.

  Only brother and sister were left in the house, even Zi Yue and Qingmu were staying in the yard, let alone Liu's other ears and eyes, they didn't dare to hear a word of gossip.

  "That's what I mean!" Han Jiangxue said calmly: "This is the only chance for big brother to make an honest effort to marry Lin sister, although it's extremely difficult, but at least there's a direction to strive for, which is much better than you kneeling there with no possibility of getting any results."

  "But the problem is..."

  Han Jing's words were not yet finished, but Han Jiang Xue shook her head and said: "Big brother doesn't have to think this is a dead end, as long as we first think of a way to solve the first hurdle in three days' time, changing identities later on isn't impossible. Does big brother know what identity the Northern Liang's fifth prince's consort holds?"

  Han Jiangxue suddenly mentioned this, Han Jing was puzzled and thought for a moment: "I... heard that the fifth imperial concubine is the daughter of the Northern Liang Emperor's Taifu, why did my sister suddenly mention this?"

  "Big brother only got it half right, the fifth prince's consort is just the Taifu's adopted daughter, and her original family status is not as good as Du sister's." Han Jiangxue reminded him, but didn't say anything more.

  But Han Jing suddenly understood, his eyes lit up, and he was excited, but after a moment, he couldn't help but feel downcast and said: "The problem is, how can I have the ability to let Xiao find such an illustrious and weighty sworn relative?"

  "How would you know if you don't try? If big brother really likes Lin sister, then cheer up and work hard for her. Regardless of the outcome, I think Lin sister will appreciate your sincerity. What's most feared is giving up without even trying! Moreover, if your abilities are great enough to support the Han family, I don't believe Father would still be so stubborn and ignore your opinions, clinging to his prejudices about social status!"

  Han Jiangxue struck his elder brother again: "Big brother, what you need most now is to calm down and solve the problems three days later. As long as we think of a good way, I believe that with human effort, there will be a turning point."

  Hearing these words, Han Jing fell silent for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh. With an extremely determined look on his face, he said: "Sister is right, I'll listen to you. No matter what, I'll try my best not to disappoint you or Xiao Xiao again! Tomorrow, I'll go to the Wu's house and sincerely ask them to give up their engagement plans. Even if Father didn't make any promises with me, I won't be reckless and do anything rash from now on."

  Han Jiangxue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, feeling delighted at her brother's current mindset. However, she was certain that his approach would not work: "Going to ask the Wu family is absolutely impossible, big brother doesn't know yet, but earlier father accidentally let it slip that the reason the Wu family suddenly proposed to the Lin family was because Liu Shi secretly helped facilitate it. So even if you wore out your tongue, Liu Shi wouldn't possibly grant your wish!"

  As soon as he heard this, it was actually Liu's doing again. Han Jing said with extreme hatred: "It's really too despicable!"

  "Big brother, no need to rush. The road to the Wu's house is impassable, we can still take the road to the Lin's house." Han Jiangxue suddenly burst out laughing and said with a mysterious face to Han Jing: "I told you earlier, I have my own way to make this marriage fall through!"

  PS: Thanks to Ji Pinghuang sister for sending me a peace sign, continue to ask for points, collection and comments, muahahaha~~~