[BL]The Big Landlord

Chapter 51 - Plan Revival

Chapter 51 – Plan Revival

Next day. Afternoon.

An Xue Yan returned home and found both of her parents in the main hall. Furthermore, the expressions on their faces were very ugly. She thought that they had found out about her sneaking out of the house, and was thinking of sneaking back to her room when she realized that they didn't notice her at all.

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She knew that recently her parents have been fretting over the son of her uncle, An Zi Ran. As for her own personal feelings towards An Zi Ran, she disdained him. He was ugly and fat. If it weren't for the fact that consanguinity couldn't be severed, she wouldn't even want to recognize him as a relative. An Xue Yan didn't want her parents to take their anger out on her, so she decided to take another route back to her room.

As she was turning around the corner of the hallway, she happened to encounter An Yao Zong who was acting sneakily.

An Chang De and his wife gave Yao Zong that name because they hoped that someday their eldest son would accomplish something great. They wanted him to pass the imperial exams like his father and bring honor to his ancestors. Instead, not only did he not like to study, but he also liked to gamble.

No doubt the allowance that he got every month was all lost to the gambling houses. He even racked up quite the debt behind his parents' backs. Only An Xue Yan knew about this, and the only reason she didn't say anything was because he bribed her.

"(Older) Brother, are you going out to drink and play around* again?" An Xue Yan saw that he was gaudily dressed and immediately guessed his intentions. It was already getting late. Going out at this time meant that he was definitely going to be hanging out with his scoundrel friends at brothels and such.

[*T/N: 花天酒地 is an idiom meaning "to spend one's time in drinking and (sexual) pleasure"]

An Yao Zong was hiding from his parents, so when he saw that it was his sister, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, it's you, Xue Yan. You scared me. I just told father and mother that I would be burning the midnight oil (studying), and to not bother me. You absolutely must not tell father and mother that I am not home."

An Xue Yan opened up her palm and extended her hand towards her brother. "Sure. This time I want one tael."

An Yao Zong swatter aside her hand. "Don't try this with me again. You snuck out today too. I have yet to report you to father and mother, and you dare to ask me for a silencing fee. Today, you're out of luck."

An Xue Yan thought about the consequences of her parents finding out and knew that they would ground her at home, so she did not persist. Instead, she said with enthusiasm, "Brother, guess what I heard today while I was outside. I bet you can't guess what it is."

"What else can it be? It must have something to do with An Zi Ran." An Yao Zong gave her a blank look.

An Xue Yan stared. "How did you know?"

An Yao Zong said, "Just now father and mother were talking about it. I heard that An Zi Ran got married to a man." His eyes were contemptuous and his tone was mocking.

A man marrying himself off to another man. His status must be some lowly official. And the man could only be a concubine. Their status was lower than that of a prostitute. When people spoke of them, there was usually disdain in their eyes. But An Yao Zong did not know that An Zi Ran had married Fu Wu Tian, and that his status was higher than that of some big landlord by several hundred times.

"Is that all?"

An Xue Yan blinked her eyes.

An Yao Zong did not bother to hear what else she had to say. With an impatient expression he said, "I have a previous engagement. If there is nothing else, then I will go first."