CHAPTER 53: 53, LITTLE SISTER

The door was knocked. Tang Yan Xi opened it and asked, "Dad, I have some questions about the Tang Dynasty business. Do you have time now?"

Tang Mingyi glanced at Tang Yanqing and slowly nodded, "Alright, come in."

Tang Yanqing felt as if he was pardoned, held back until he reached the door, and finally smiled lightly. The distant and near rosy mist of lights gathered on his face, making him appear even more charming and his eyes captivating.

Waiting outside, Shen Wan grabbed her son, laughing and scolding, "You little rascal. If I were your father, I’d definitely give you a good lesson tonight. You’re such a big boy, yet all you do is cause trouble for your dad. Why can’t you learn more from your brother?"

The Tang Family originally had expectations for each of the younger generation, which can be seen from their names. "Yan Xi" was originally intended to refer to the bison horn of Yan, symbolizing a military general, so the family hoped this grandson would inherit the military lineage and become a general; while "Yanqing" was hoped to be like a white-clothed minister, taking on a modern clerical role... Unfortunately, the two kids ended up being completely opposite, with Yan Xi becoming a lawyer and Yanqing becoming a sword-wielding Detective.

The Tang Family’s elders’ hopes were dashed, and while they could still tolerate Yan Xi, Yanqing turned out to be a complete reincarnation of the Demon King, making the whole family both love and hate him.

Yanqing made a face, "If you really want me to be like my brother, why did you and Dad go to so much trouble to have me? You could’ve just cloned another Yan Xi, right?"

Saying this, his long eyes flashed with a mischievous light as he hugged his mother, teasing, "Or perhaps, I’m just a byproduct of Mom and Dad’s ’love of exercise,’ and had to be born, huh?"

Shen Wan blushed furiously. Despite being petite, she disregarded her cheongsam and high heels, jumped up, and gave his cheek a hearty slap, "You brat!"

The two of them laughed and played, causing a string of silvery laughter to echo down the corridor.

Only then did Yanqing look up. Under the purple sandalwood corridor, amidst the red mist of lights, stood a girl in a white dress, graceful and poised, her black hair cascading like a waterfall, and her smiling face blooming like a flower.

Yanqing raised an eyebrow, wickedness in his eyes as he wrapped an arm around his mother’s shoulders and lightly hummed, "Little Yi Yi, you dare laugh at me too?"

Tang Yan Yi’s clear eyes were like water and showed no fear as she walked straight up and sized Yanqing up and down, "I heard our Tang Family has a clone. I’m here to pay my respects. We haven’t been short of anything in the Tang Family over the years, but a clone is the first."

Shen Wan couldn’t stop laughing, "Among the girls in our family, only you, Yi Yi, can hold your own against him."

Tang Yan Yi, however, wasn’t showing off, her bright eyes remained fixed on Yanqing’s face, "Indeed, Yan Jian and the others are the only ones bullied by him, Sister Yan Sheng only spoils him, and Yan Yu just gets into mischief with him."

Yanqing gritted his teeth, smiling as he leaned closer to Yan Yi, "...Is it just because I always asked you when you would undress when we were kids?"

Yan Yi’s pretty face blushed instantly, "You’re talking nonsense again. Don’t you have any semblance of being an older brother?"

Among the Tang Family’s granddaughters, Yan Yi was somewhat special. She wasn’t their biological granddaughter but was adopted after Su Xi Liu was severely injured during a case and confirmed unable to have children.

Yanqing squinted his eyes, "Hmm~ From childhood to now, when have you ever really treated me like an older brother?"

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[To explain a little, Shi Nian’s memory has been tampered with, not using the clichéd amnesia trope. It’s a case of high-intelligence crime. In our crime-writing genre, these types of cases must be written.]