nashuaworldcup Chapter 1075 How can it not be considered using one's looks to please others?
Chapter 1075 How can it not be considered using one's looks to please others?
"It hasn't been born yet, it's just a lump of flesh right now. If you can't bear to part with it, I'll give you an address so you can bring it to your place and raise it."
As she spoke, Xue Wan got up and quickly wrote down the address and handed it to Xue Heng.
Xue Heng didn't even look at it before throwing it into the brazier to burn.
“I’m not as meticulous as Awan, so Awan can help me raise the baby. After the baby is born, we can change the rules we originally set, like four or six.”
"Half and half, I want a 50/50 split."
"Okay, I'll draft it right now, let's change the old almanac."
Xue Wan often couldn't understand her older brother.
"Does my elder brother really not love Qiongniang?"
Xue Heng didn't even raise his head; his brush moved with effortless grace.
"I only took pity on her back then and used her as a prop for others to see. She had nowhere else to go and only wanted to be with me. The flower was in full bloom, and it would be my fault for not appreciating it."
Xue Heng quickly wrote the new contract, and Liang Chongyue raised his hand.
Xue Heng then placed the contract in front of Liang Chongyue.
Liang Chongyue wanted to laugh. He wondered if General Xue knew that the two children he valued and wanted to use had already planned how to divide up the General's Mansion behind his back.
Liang Chongyue enjoyed watching these kinds of scenes; she liked ambitious children.
Xue Wan was even smarter than she thought; she actually didn't want the Xue family's money.
Liang Chongyue looked at the contents of the contract and saw that the Xue family were vampires.
Without anyone to keep things in check, it's easy for trouble to arise.
“My elder brother is willing to split the profits with me, so he doesn’t seem like he doesn’t love Qiong Niang.”
After watching Xue Wan sign the contract, Xue Heng looked up at her and said, word by word:
“Awan, you are a woman, and you are at a much greater disadvantage than men when it comes to love. Trust me, true love that lasts forever only exists in picture books. Stop looking at those things.”
Xue Heng spoke with a straight face, but he quickly put the contract away.
He described Xue Wan as an immature child.
Xue Wan remained silent.
"Besides, why would you sign this contract with me if I didn't have something to pledge to you?"
Xue Heng waved the contract that the two of them had just signed in front of Xue Wan.
“Awan is a person who has seen a lot. She doesn’t like the things here. So it has to be something that Awan also cares about in order to make Awan feel at ease with my contract.”
Xue Wan carefully put away her share, keenly sensing something.
"But if I renegotiate the contract, you'll clearly be at a disadvantage."
From childhood to adulthood, Xue Wan and Xue Heng have signed this contract five times.
With each new contract, Xue Wan's share increased.
This was the first time their respective percentages had been equal, and Xue Wan tightened her grip on the contract.
"I won't hide anything from you anymore, I know."
Xue Wan did not respond, only her brows furrowed slightly, a hint of confusion flashing across her face.
"Alright, that was a great performance. I'll take you to learn properly next time, so you don't waste your talent."
The two had practically laid their cards on the table, and Xue Wan didn't want to involve His Highness in the matter.
She didn't want to be led by the nose by Xue Heng.
She suffered too many losses at the hands of Xue Heng when she was a child.
"His Highness has already attended the morning court session, what are you pretending for?"
Xue Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then put it down because it burned his mouth.
"The maidservant named Nanxing who serves Your Highness is injured. It seems she died halfway through her previous travels."
Xue Wan had to admit that Xue Heng was much more perceptive than his father in this regard.
"His Majesty's sudden suspension of court that day must be related to this matter."
Just kidding, there are 365 days in a year, and His Majesty sits on the dragon throne for 355 days.
The reason for the sudden suspension of court could absolutely not be that His Majesty failed to get up early that day.
Even if you threw Xue Heng into the lake and rinsed him in the water, his brain would be full of water, and he still wouldn't believe it.
"However, His Majesty had already agreed to Her Highness the Crown Princess's travels, and I imagine it won't be long before Her Highness sets off again."
His Highness is used to a life of luxury and cannot possibly live without servants by his side.
My dear sister, this wonderful job might just fall into your lap. Seize the opportunity! If you need anything, just send someone to me.
I can't help with the big things, and I don't want to help with the small things either. Good luck to you.
As Xue Heng finished speaking, he explained the contract to Xue Wan before returning to get her another cup of hot tea.
I poured out the cup of tea that had almost cooled down.
Seeing this, Xue Wan knew that Xue Heng must have burned his mouth with the tea.
"Is there anything else, Sister Awan? Your brother is always here."
Xue Wan looked at Xue Heng's face, which resembled hers very much.
Of the entire family, only Xue Heng resembled her.
When Xue Heng was young, his mother liked him for a period of time.
It wasn't until her father said he wanted to register Xue Heng under her mother's name that her mother changed her affection for Xue Heng.
Even now, Xue Heng is not allowed to enter his mother's courtyard.
"Now that you know about this, you must provide me with everything you need. I can't rely on my parents, so please don't let me disgrace the Xue family after I leave home."
Xue Wan noticed that the steam from the tea in front of Xue Heng had cooled down a bit.
She then reached out and added some hot water to Xue Heng's cup.
"Don't worry, Sister Awan. Your brother recently got a lot of good stuff from Xiao San and Xiao Si. He has already sold it for cash and used it all to buy things for you."
The Xue family didn't have much money.
The Xue family used to be soldiers stationed at the border, and all their people and belongings were there.
Although life was relatively comfortable when we were at the border.
But that was at the border, and they were only better off than the families of other soldiers.
Xue Heng is the only child in the family who has survived hard times.
My father wasn't exactly kind-hearted; he just had nowhere to embezzle.
Everyone at the border was dirt poor.
There are practically no exceptions.
After His Majesty's great victory, my father earned many military merits for his hard work on the battlefield.
Many officials in the capital were killed by His Majesty, which gave my father the opportunity to return to the capital and take up a post that was neither too high nor too low.
As a result, His Majesty cracked down on corruption in the capital, leaving my father with nowhere to embezzle.
More than money, the father cherished his own life, which he had barely survived from the battlefield.
The only way for his family to become wealthy was to take in several beautiful concubines from merchant families.
This is why Xue Wan's mother couldn't compete with the beautiful concubine.
Because the concubine paid for it.
The household affairs, big and small, were simply beyond the means of a general who had no foothold in the capital and had just returned from the border, and whose salary could not cover them.
Those were really tough times for my family.
Looking back now, I realize that my father had it tough too.
Having survived the battlefield, and having a house full of beautiful concubines whom one cannot scold or beat, how can this not be considered using one's beauty to serve others?