Chapter 219: Chapter 219

“What nonsense are you spouting, girl? As a lady of the inner chambers, how can you casually mention an outsider man?”

As she spoke, Yang Wan instinctively looked up and glanced at An Ning beside her.

On the soft couch, An Ning blinked, quickly matching the title of this lord to a name.

Young Master Xie—the son of Minister Xie of the Ministry of Rites, and also the biological son of the current Grand Princess. The original body’s best childhood companion and the legitimate elder brother of Lady Mu of Muyang County.

He was also the culprit behind the original body’s nearly lifelong bout of depression in the previous life, and her husband in that lifetime.

Since the original body had always maintained a good relationship with the county princess, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him a close companion, so naturally, she had some dealings with him.

The original young lady grew up within the inner chambers, and the number of outside men she had seen could be counted on one hand. The moment she saw someone with both good looks and talent, her heart naturally settled on him.

However, from An Ning’s perspective, considering the original body’s character, forget about emotional openings—within that limited brain capacity, there were probably barely any emotional threads.

Thinking about the original young lady’s thick pile of storybooks hidden under the quilt about talented scholars and beauties, An Ning couldn’t help but want to pinch her forehead. Storybooks are harmful!

But now, under the embarrassed gazes of the two in front of her, An Ning propped her chin on her hand, seemed to ponder for a moment, then frowned in disgust:

“That guy with the surname Xie!”

“If he comes, then let him come!”

He didn’t bring her any good gifts, so why bother thinking about him?

A beauty, especially a great beauty, naturally looked good doing anything, even when slightly pursing her lips like now.

Seeing her attitude, not only did Yang Yuan’s eyes add a trace of suspicion, but even the eldest sister Yang Wan couldn’t help but doubt:

“Third Sister, you’re not…”

Before the question could be finished, the visitor muttered softly:

“A perfectly good face, how come your eyes are blind then!”

Although the voice was low, Yang Wan clearly heard it:

Yang Yuan, also nearby and hearing it clearly, was speechless:

Although this sentence had no context, the two who knew their sister well quickly guessed the reason.

Indeed, Third Sister usually cherished her face the most; how could she have no reaction at all after being denied?

Only, Young Master Mu Ai, just because of that casual remark, completely disappeared from her favor…

Inside the room, the two sisters instinctively exchanged a glance.

But Third Sister’s words were not surprising.

Thinking about her erratic personality, and the many precious pieces of jewelry she casually tossed aside years ago after a brief phase of attention.

But that was fine—Yang Wan instinctively breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she was the legitimate younger sister; Yang Wan didn’t want her to be too obsessed…

Young Master Xie came from a long line of scholarly nobility, naturally talented, while her own younger sister, besides her face, what could possibly compare?

It was better to dispel those thoughts early for everyone’s sake.

On the way back, Yang Wan still felt a little uneasy and said to Second Sister beside her:

“Second Sister, do you think Third Sister…”

“I actually believe Third Sister is serious this time. These past few days, Young Master Xie has come more than once. No matter what, Third Sister should have heard something by now.”

Anyone with even a little interest wouldn’t just not ask at all.

“As for Young Master Xie lately…”

Right, Yang Wan then nodded.

“It’s good that she’s let it go! Third Sister’s temper… sigh! Really…” As for the last sentence, Yang Wan didn’t pay any attention to it. After hearing it, she simply said:

“Perhaps it was entrusted by the county princess!”

Like before, from the start, Yang Wan didn’t think her sister’s feelings had the slightest chance. She didn’t even consider that beside Young Master Xie, even his personal maids were all quite talented, casually reciting all kinds of poetry.

Such a person—what feelings could he possibly have for Third Sister, who was different in both literary and emotional matters?

Why? Because of that face? Yang Wan instinctively shook her head.

Meanwhile, Second Miss Yang just smiled quietly without speaking, her slightly lowered eyes hiding unknown thoughts.

Inside the room, seeing this scene, An Ning leaned lightly in front of the couch and gently tapped her fingertips. After a moment, she pulled out the one who was secretly dozing within her spiritual sea:

“System, just now, here in this room, did you sense the aura of a similar entity?”

“That means there was!”

Seeing the system not answering but blinking heavily, as if afraid she didn’t see, it even nodded deliberately.

An Ning immediately understood.

Was it unexpected? Hmm… actually, not very surprising.

From the original body’s memories, many things had already shown signs.

Poetry, books, calligraphy—especially calligraphy—even if there were truly gifted prodigies, some foundation could not be faked after many years of mastery.

Especially for the past several lifetimes, she had been involved in these areas. Not to mention anything else, but her eyesight was not lacking.

What puzzled An Ning was that this person was only about ten years old this year, yet the calluses on his fingers were quite thick.

They said Second Miss was always diligent.

But as a doctor, combining with the other’s constitution, An Ning could easily see that this had to be several years of hard study.

As a daughter of an official family, there were usually hand creams, just like the original body, who had at least dozens of different skincare and hand care products every day.

Even though Lady Yu had personal motives, she was not a harsh mistress. Just seeing how often she let the concubine daughter stand out was enough to judge. At least in this respect, the other’s share wouldn’t be less.

So to have hands “used” to this extent.

Combined with previous experiences and after pondering a bit, An Ning quickly said:

“By the way, System, do you have something in your system world that can enlarge or extend the time ratio?”

Oh, it seemed there was.

Now, without the system nodding, An Ning already guessed roughly from its expression.

But this one was indeed diligent.

She just didn’t know who this Second Miss really was. In the original life, was she intentional or unintentional?

“Um… Host, the system isn’t really powerful. Should we try to…”

Casually fiddling with the sparkling beads in her hand, it was still uncertain whether the other party was an enemy or had backup.

Moreover, a system space that continuously extended time for studying actually sounded quite interesting.

“But if so, for the same studies, you have one hour, and they have ten or a hundred hours. Sigh, the original body wouldn’t be crushed by the blow, that’d be strange!”

“You say that as if if it weren’t like that, the original body wouldn’t be crushed and go into a shell…”

True, thinking of the original body’s learning ability, the system was momentarily stunned. This brain was, to put it bluntly, a perfect genetic inheritance from the mother. Even with the host’s intentionally trained spiritual awareness, this body’s memory was so bad it took several days to memorize a medical book—unbelievable.

In other words, this brain, if it had even a little more knowledge, risked exposure.

Looking at the dejected dog, An Ning couldn’t help but chuckle: “Instead of overthinking, why not think about what special outstanding strengths the original body has?”

The system instinctively scratched its chin:

Anything else…? Pure… pure?

Forget it. She looked speechlessly at her dog and finally said: “Don’t you think the original body has had pretty good luck from childhood till now?”