Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 912 - 567: Picking Up Opportunity

Chapter 912: Chapter 567: Picking Up Opportunity

"Xu.. Chang..ge..?"

With the warm light emanating from the leaping bonfire, Feng Fangming’s delicate eyes widened slightly as she watched the young man in the brocade robe. Her small hand clenched the token, but soon her expression began to show a hint of conflict.

It took a while before Feng Fangming looked towards Xu Yuan but hesitated to speak.

Xu Yuan gave her a glance and said softly,

"If you have something to say, feel free to speak."

"That..."

Taking a deep breath as if making up her mind, Feng Fangming asked in a quiet but rapid voice,

"Who is Xu.. Xu Changge?"

Silence suddenly filled the air, with only the crackling of the bonfire to be heard.

Xu Yuan’s previously calm demeanor gradually stiffened.

Pretending to be someone he’s not until he encounters a fool.

Maintaining his calm expression, Xu Yuan gradually turned his gaze towards Bai Muxi.

The one playing the straight man, help me out here.

In response to Xu Yuan’s gaze, Bai Muxi’s beautiful face remained calm, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth seemed to struggle to hold back a smile.

Exchanging a brief look and receiving a warning glance from Xu Yuan, Bai Muxi forcefully suppressed the smile on his lips and calmly said,

"The Eldest Young Master of the Prime Minister’s Mansion..."

Before finishing the sentence, Bai Muxi noticed a flash of surprise in the eyes of the pretty youth before him, yet still somewhat puzzled, he quickly changed his words,

"Heh, it seems that explanation was not clear. Let me say it this way: our young master is the legitimate eldest son of the previous Feng Family Patriarch, Feng Qian and is the close nephew of the current Feng Family Patriarch, Feng Jiuxuan. Now, do you understand?"

At the end of his words, a flicker of panic passed through Feng Fangming’s eyes.

Although still somewhat confused, she had heard both of those names before.

Eager to rise from the ground and salute, she was interrupted by Xu Yuan.

When the pretense is broken, continuing it loses its appeal.

Xu Yuan casually waved his hand and quietly asked,

"Nowadays, isn’t the clan telling you about the relationship between the Feng Family’s side branch and the Di’an Prime Minister’s Mansion?"

A great family’s cohesion is silently shaped by its education. From the birth of a newborn, the clan’s teachings and propaganda would guide them towards loyalty and patriotism.

Feng Jiuxuan currently has no offspring, making Xu Changge, the legitimate eldest son of the previous Family Head, undoubtedly the first in line to inherit the position of Feng Family Patriarch. Yet this girl named Feng Fangming didn’t even know the name of her elder brother.

This could be either a major or minor issue.

On the minor side,

This could indicate negligence at the senior levels of the Feng Family’s side branch, allowing some issues with ideological propaganda.

On the major side,

If the Feng Family’s side branch promoted such rhetoric, did they intend for their people not to recognize their ruler?

"I’m.. not very clear about that."

Feng Fangming promptly replied with respect, her youthful voice hesitant, "Actually, I rarely go to the family hall."

"Oh?"

Xu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"

Feng Fangming tentatively looked up at Xu Yuan and explained in a quiet voice, "I have been following my grandfather in Wanyan Village for cultivation since I was a child... Wanyan Village is a small village next to the Pingxin Cliff at the northern end of the Xifeng Mountain Range, basically isolated from the world. It was only before my grandfather fell ill that he sent me over to the family hall, but..."

As she spoke, Feng Fangming’s small fist tightened slightly:

"But I only stayed in the family hall for about two months before I was driven out, so I’m not very clear about the family’s affairs."

It seems this issue didn’t arise from the Feng Family’s side branch.

But then again, how could the Black Scale Guards be stationed all around the Xifeng Mountain Range? Surely, the Feng Family’s side branch wouldn’t dare to commit such foolish acts so blatantly.

Thinking this, Xu Yuan picked up on an inconsistency in the girl’s words and asked with a light laugh,

"Didn’t you say earlier that you volunteered to be posted here as a sentinel on behalf of Feng Xianru? How come now you say you were driven out?"

Feng Fangming fell silent, bowing her head.

Xu Yuan stroked his chin,

"So... you offended him?"

Feng Fangming kept her head down without uttering a sound, seemingly admitting it by her silence.

Xu Yuan mused to himself,

"Thinking about it, although you’re not bad, if you had a conflict with Feng Xianru... you wouldn’t have a place in Qifeng Hall. Jealousy is a natural human trait; just a hint of disdain from that guy would lead your peers, even the teachers, to verbally lash out or even attack you physically."

Feng Fangming pressed her head lower but finally protested softly, "I actually don’t know why he dislikes me..."

Xu Yuan shook his head, not probing further.

From the girl’s words, Xu Yuan painted a mental picture of Feng Xianru, the side branch’s prodigious young master – a defiant and arrogant soul.

But he could understand.

When inherent power exceeds the constraints of the mundane, it is rare to see someone who remains modest and kindhearted at heart.

He, Xu Yuan, used to be like that too.

But people are often hypocritical, so Xu Yuan’s first impression of that side branch prodigy wasn’t too favorable.

As his thoughts flickered by, Xu Yuan reached out to take the identity token handed back to him by Feng Fangming and asked softly,

"Fang Ming, could you take me to see that cave?"

At these words, Feng Fangming’s petite and slender figure visibly shuddered as if afraid.

Xu Yuan noticed this and sighed lightly,

"He forbade you from bringing outsiders there?"

"Mhm..."

Feng Fangming’s eyes darted anxiously as she looked at the Eldest Young Master before her, "Feng Xianru said... if I dare bring anyone else there, he would kill me."

"Oh? This lad truly dares to kill his own clan members?"

"In the clan’s grand competition... he has killed someone before."