Chapter 968: A Visitor from the Cui Family of Chang’an (1)
nøvel.coɱ Loving someone you shouldn’t love, Mo Yan didn’t know whose fault this truly was, nor did she know how to console Big Sister Dani, caught in the throes of unrequited love, to help her step out of the pit that was Yan Junyu and find the happiness that truly belonged to her.
The only comfort to Mo Yan was that Dani could see reality clearly and wouldn’t do anything to hurt herself in a moment of confusion. Perhaps with time, this unreciprocated affection would slowly fade, and eventually, the man who could give her happiness would come along.
By the time she returned home, Yan Junyu had already come back. He was behind the kitchen, embracing half a watermelon with no decorum at all, spooning it into his mouth in big bites while imperiously directing Cui Pingan to clean up the big roe deer he had caught.
The roe deer was indeed very large, and the frail Cui Pingan found it difficult to handle. He really wanted to lift the deer and smash it onto Yan Junyu’s face, who was good at talking but not at doing. However, he couldn’t beat Yan Junyu, nor outtalk him, and his social status was leagues behind; he could only bitterly endure being bullied.
Perhaps their energies just didn’t align; Yan Junyu had been at odds with Cui Pingan since the first day, constantly picking on him. Cui Pingan was no match, nearly driven to tears by Yan Junyu’s taunting after just a few words.
A few days had passed, and Cui Pingan had essentially become Yan Junyu’s little brother. Although he didn’t have to wait on Yan Junyu’s every personal need, he couldn’t really object to the tasks Yan Junyu assigned to him.
Mo Yan had never meddled in the disputes between the two men, but this time, upon seeing Yan Junyu bully others so cavalierly, she couldn’t help but take Cui Pingan’s side for the first time, "Take care of your own business, it’s not like you don’t have hands or feet."