Chapter 229 Can’t You Just Shut Up if I’m Engaged to Him?

Actually, while Ling Mo was sneaking out of bed, Xia Xinyan had already woken up.

However, she didn’t make any extra movements.

She guessed what Ling Mo was planning to do; it wouldn’t be bad for her at this point. If Ling Mo succeeded, that would be even better.

She also had no intention of helping because she couldn’t assist Ling Mo forever. Eventually, he would have to walk his own path, so she had to seize every opportunity to train him.

As for what Ling Mo had said before… Xia Xinyan had figured it out.

No matter how thoroughly one thinks, life must go on, just like how some people believe life is inherently meaningless, yet they don’t go committing suicide, right? Since we’re living in this mundane world, there’s no need to be overly aloof; such detachment only leads to suffering with no other benefits.

Xia Xinyan simply hadn’t turned the corner for a moment, but she wasn’t stubborn; once she understood, she turned the corner.

So when Ling Mo returned, she was already fast asleep again.

Nothing happened that night.

Early the next morning, Xia Jincang knocked on the door.

Ling Mo was the one who opened it. The two exchanged glances, and Xia Jincang asked, “Where’s my sister?”

“She’s still sleeping. What’s up?”

“What’s up? You still have the face to ask me that?” Xia Jincang was so annoyed he laughed, “Don’t you have any thoughts about what you did? Or do you think everyone’s blind?”

After a pause, he suddenly stepped forward, grabbing Ling Mo by the collar, and coldly said, “You should understand that I only allow you to approach my sister because she has a little bit of a crush on you, but I absolutely won’t allow anyone to hurt her. You can choose to keep playing dumb, but I hope you know the cost of doing so.”

Ling Mo’s expression didn’t change, but his tone gradually became firmer: “Brother Jincang, you can rest assured that even if the whole world betrays Xinyan and gives up on her, I will definitely be by her side. You just said you wouldn’t allow anyone to hurt Xinyan; I hope you can put your words into action.”

If he used to worry about the Xia family looking down on him, he cared less about their thoughts now because he had gained strength.

One could even say that at his current state, even if the Xia family had their means, trying to take his life would not be easy—after all, typical methods like poison and assassination in novels wouldn’t work, and more forceful measures… were unnecessary.

The Xia family wasn’t at the point of tearing their face with him yet, and to take a step back, even if it truly came to that, the outcome would only lead to a nationwide or even global supernatural incident, exposing supernatural beings to the public eye prematurely.

Any sane person wouldn’t do such a thing.

As for his attitude toward Xia Jincang… after Xia Xinyan had mentioned their “previous life” experiences, Ling Mo couldn’t say he had much respect left for him. At most he’d call him brother, which was the least and greatest respect he could offer.

If Xia Jincang could really protect Xia Xinyan from any harm as he claimed, then the Xia Xinyan of the last life wouldn’t have had such a tragic ending.

That was Ling Mo’s biggest point deduction against him.

Ironically, Xia Jincang, unaware that he had inexplicably taken on a baseless point deduction, actually saw his opinion of Ling Mo decrease further due to Ling Mo’s increasingly poor attitude.

With a bit of power, he was already crossing his tail into the sky; what would happen when he became even stronger? Wouldn’t he bully Xinyan?

For someone like him, Xia Jincang would think twice about letting him into the Xia family, let alone allowing him to be his sister’s boyfriend.

Especially after seeing this guy walk into Monica’s place yesterday, Xia Jincang’s impression of Ling Mo had already dropped to negative scores.

He now found Ling Mo unpleasant in every way.

In other words, they mutually disliked each other.

It was completely consistent with how Xia Jincang and Xia Xinyan had interacted in their last life.

Should I say fate is indeed peculiar sometimes?

Xia Xinyan woke up just as the two were at a standoff at the door.

“What are you two doing standing at the door? The vegetables are going to burn,” she stood at the bedroom door, glanced at the kitchen, and then her gaze fell on the two at the door.

Ling Mo immediately turned and ran to the kitchen: “Xinyan is up? Breakfast will be ready soon; you can wash up first.”

Xia Xinyan yawned and met Xia Jincang’s gaze: “So, why did you come over, brother?”

Although she had a pretty bad impression of Xia Jincang in the past, now seeing him genuinely caring for her made her not look at him with so much disdain anymore.

Hearts are made of flesh, and she wasn’t a cold-blooded person—if we had to put it plainly, there was really no deep enmity between her and Xia Jincang, they simply both couldn’t be bothered to untie the knot between them. To be clearer, regarding their mutual dislike, both sides were quite happy indulging in it.

From an outsider’s perspective, it seemed rather childish.

And when one side suddenly stopped playing this childish game, the other side naturally couldn’t keep it going.

That was pretty much Xia Xinyan’s situation.

As for a favorable impression, it wasn’t definitive; she could barely count him as an ordinary friend—the part-time tool.

Xia Jincang, however, was still as eager towards Xia Xinyan as before. He entered the living room, turned around, and said seriously, “Sister, I came to tell you something about Ling Mo.”

Ling Mo in the kitchen perked up his ears.

He guessed Xia Jincang would talk about last night’s events, but he had gone to find Monica alone because he didn’t want Xinyan to know he needed others’ help to gain strength—he felt that would make him seem useless. However, if this matter were to come out, he wouldn’t be afraid.

A clear conscience fears no scrutiny.

However…

“Are you going to talk about last night when Mo Mo went to see Monica? I know about it; I sent him,” Xia Xinyan preemptively grabbed the words from Xia Jincang.

Xia Jincang: “…”

Ling Mo: “…?”

Xinyan… knows about this?

Xia Jincang was even more surprised than Ling Mo: “You… you told him to go? But… but why did you send him so late?”

“I suddenly remembered leaving something at her place, and I was too lazy to get up, so I asked Mo Mo to help me get it.”

“Too lazy… Wait! Are you two living together now?!” Xia Jincang sharply caught onto that key piece of information.

Ling Mo perked up his ears again.

Xia Xinyan didn’t deny it: “Yeah, he’s sleeping on the floor.”

“He… no, you two aren’t… aren’t engaged… how could you sleep in the same room?!” Xia Jincang was dumbfounded, “Even if he’s sleeping on the floor, that’s not okay! Xinyan, a girl’s reputation is very important, do you understand? Brother doesn’t…”

“You’re so annoying! Who I sleep with is none of your business!” Xia Xinyan frowned slightly, seemingly a bit impatient.

“Of course it’s related! You’re my sister!” Xia Jincang stood firm for the first time in front of his sister.

“If I’m engaged to Mo Mo, then can you just shut up?” Xia Xinyan was completely fed up.

Hearing this, Ling Mo: “!!!”

Suddenly, he felt that Xia Jincang wasn’t as bad as he had thought.