All Hail Cousin Brother

Chapter 495: Unity

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

When Song Mingzhao was mentioned, the little girl’s attitude was completely different from that of an aristocratic family. It was obvious that she was distant from Song Mingzhao and did not have a good impression of him.

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At the mention of the purple-gold inkstone, she did not care at all. It was a rare thing, but when it was handed to her, she only “carelessly looked at it”. She did not even pick it up and take a good look before putting it into the storeroom.

Ordinary people would usually keep such good things in the study and use them regularly.

He was happy to see Yu Youyao’s indifferent attitude towards Song Mingzhao.

However, he also vaguely sensed that something was amiss.

However, Yu Youyao disdained the purple-gold ancient inkstone that Song Mingzhao had given her, but she couldn’t bear to part with the one he had given her. He had already experienced the difference between heaven and earth, so there was no need to make things difficult for himself.

Yu Youyao smiled. “What Cousin personally carved isn’t an antique in my heart. It’s better than an antique. Nothing else can compare to it. Naturally, it has to be placed in the study and often used.”

Zhou Linghuai smiled.

As Yu Youyao played with the purple-gold inkstone, she asked, “Cousin, quickly tell me what happened while you were in Shandong.”

Zhou Linghuai put down his teacup. “Didn’t Yin San tell you everything?”

Otherwise, how could those books about him have circulated in such a short period of time?

Yu Youyao pursed her lips and said in disdain, “Yin San is a fart that can’t be hit with three sticks. You only reply to me when I ask. As for the process and details, there’s nothing at all. I have to rely on my own imagination. It must be very different from the real situation. I want to hear it from Cousin himself.”

It was also because her cousin had analyzed the situation in Shandong early in the morning and even explained the tactical strategy that she could guess many details.

But!

She wanted to know how her cousin had used his glib tongue to defeat a million soldiers and instigated the clans that were almost impossible to cooperate with the Imperial Court to resist Li Qiguang.

She also wanted to know how her cousin had beaten them at their own game, causing internal strife in the clan and catching them all in one fell swoop.

Zhou Linghuai’s smile deepened. “Just based on Yin San’s words and analysis, he has already pieced together the complicated situation in Shandong and many details of this battle. It’s not much different from the real situation. Cousin, you’re really impressive!”

Yu Youyao’s eyes widened. “Cousin, you’ve already seen the books about you on the market?”

Zhou Linghuai nodded. “I roughly saw it.”

Yu Youyao’s face turned red and she felt a little embarrassed. “I know that Cousin must have made arrangements too, but the opportunity was right in front of me. Even if it’s just an insignificant matter, I want to help Cousin. I-I didn’t want to disrupt your plan, so…”

The little girl looked up at him. Her fair neck, which was half hidden in her clothes, was as slender as jade, as if he could completely hold it with just a palm…

For no reason, he felt a sense of greed and wanted to get closer.

Zhou Linghuai leaned forward and reached out to pull the collar of her shirt around her neck. “There’s nothing wrong. You’ve always done very well.”

Her lapel was pulled up to block his heart-wrenching weakness, the beauty of the delicate jade neck. He felt his fingertips tremble.

Yu Youyao was stunned. “Cousin?

She tilted her head and saw her cousin’s hand. His joints were clearly like jade, and his fingers were long and smooth. It was very beautiful.

His well-proportioned joints were part of a hand that controlled the world. It was calm and noble, but it contained the power of a jade mountain.

Perhaps it was because he did carving often, but his fingertips were a little calloused. When he was tidying her clothes, he gently scraped the thin flesh on her neck, making her tremble a little. She resisted the urge to dodge.

Zhou Linghuai seemed to have woken up from a dream and suddenly retracted his hand.

He clearly only felt that the little girl’s collar was a little low. At a glance, her fair neck was long and fair. When she looked up at him, she said, “A woman’s fair neck is so beautiful that she doesn’t need makeup.”

Suddenly, he wanted to pull up her lapel and block his wild thoughts.

Yu Youyao was a little suspicious. “Is there something wrong with my clothes?”

Zhou Linghuai suddenly felt embarrassed. He lowered his eyes and picked up his teacup as if nothing had happened, but he only looked at it without any intention of drinking.

He avoided the main point and said, “The key to the so-called strategy is not the ‘plan’, but the ‘chance’ and ‘change.”

Yu Youyao only thought that there was something wrong with her clothes. Her cousin had helped her tidy it up. When she heard her cousin mention the measures to change the situation, she unknowingly composed herself and listened carefully.

Only then did Zhou Linghuai put down his teacup. “It’s guided by the situation into a chance. If you take advantage of the situation, it’ll cause a change.”

“Change is related to time. What’s the right timing?

“The time, the place, and the people are part of the right timing.”

“Change is change. The world is divided into yin and yang. Only when yin and yang change can the five elements be changed. Only when the five elements change can there be changes in everything in the world.”

Yu Youyao came to a realization. “Cousin, you’ve said before that you scheme on people in the underworld, scheme on situations in the middle, and plan for a change in the underworld. The changes in this world happen when fate allows it. It’s just a change in time.”

Zhou Linghuai nodded. “Your previous actions were also guided by the situation. You planned to change the situation from small to big. You’ve indeed helped me a lot and saved me a lot of trouble.”

The original plan was to use Mr. Xian Yun.

However, his little cousin’s “campaign” had already used the public opinion of the world to achieve his goal.

After taking a big detour, they were actually praising her. It was clearly just some small tricks to gain favor, but why did it become so grand when it came from his cousin?

Yu Youyao smiled and deliberately asked, “Cousin, you don’t blame me for making the decision on my own?

The lipstick that was made from roses was fragrant. At a glance, he felt his heart skip a beat. Zhou Linghuai looked down at the teacup. “You know your limits and know when to advance and when to retreat. I should be happy.”

He was happy that she was always paying attention to the royal court and was on his side.

He was also happy that she had painstakingly planned for him.

He was even happier that her heart was like glass, pure and flawless. Her heart was pure and flawless, and it would not be changed by the world or her identity.

Yu Youyao was curious. “Cousin, I have a question for you!”

Zhou Linghuai nodded. “Ask away!’

Yu Youvao asked the question that she had been suppressing for a long time. “Back then, at the Precious Peace Temple, I accidentally broke through

Cousin’s tracks. I felt that Cousin wanted to kill me. Why didn’t he kill me later?”

At that time, her cousin was dressed in black and looked at her with hostility, as if he was looking at a dead person.

She had a problem since she was young. The more nervous and afraid she was, the more she spoke. In the face of someone who wanted to kill her, she actually spoke incoherently.

After that, even she did not know how she had survived?!