My smile was placed on my face and I couldn't get down for a while.

And she also smiled at me gently, as if she was talking to me just now about the topics of rouge and water powder between girls, mandarin ducks and butterflies.

But--

I didn't say anything for a moment, and after she said that, she didn't say anything else. She just smiled and looked at me, lowered her head and embroidered another needle, and then looked at me again - as if waiting for my reaction.

But I was still a little overwhelmed.

She just said, "I want to form an alliance with me?"

What I want to do, will she help me?

I was sure I heard it correctly, but when I looked up at the face with a gentle smile, I could not connect the words just now with the beautiful face in front of me.

After a while, I chuckled: "Ruoyu, what are you talking about?"

She also chuckled: "Cousin, I don't believe you didn't understand."

“…”

"You are a smart person, and even more a sensible person. I said so clearly that I would not be like you if I pretend to be stupid."

“…”

This time, I was silent for a little longer.

Obviously, she said it was right, and I heard it right—alliance and help me, that's what she was going to say.

But--

I looked at the light strands of hair on her forehead, covering her gentle eyes, and when I lowered my head to embroider, my fingers flew like a butterfly. No matter how I looked, I was a gentle and virtuous woman, how could I say that to me?

I looked at her with a smile: "Okay, I don't pretend to be stupid. But I don't understand, Ruoyu, why did you say such things to me? What is your purpose in forming an alliance with me?"

She smiled and said, "Because I need my cousin's help, I know that my cousin needs my help now."

I raised my eyebrows.

She smiled and said, "Let me talk about my cousin first. This time my aunt called us back, just when the head of the family was unwell, and the cousin's one--" She hesitated for a moment, looked at my slightly sad gaze. Before she finished speaking, she continued, "There is a war outside, and the current situation is very clear. Nishikawa cannot be as safe as before, so she must find an alliance with one side."

She said, pulling out the slender needle, then looking at me, with a little sharpness in her eyes: "This time, it will determine Nishikawa's future destiny."

“…”

"And cousin and the head of the family, you two have different opinions from the old lady. The old lady asked grandpa and others to suppress the head of the family. If there was no one to help my cousin, it would be very likely that he would fall into decline this time, and then the situation in Xichuan would be difficult to control."

“…”

"So, my cousin needs some support."

I didn't expect that she could explain the current situation and the difficulties I faced in just a few words.

This little woman has a torched look.

My smile became a little more cautious. I looked at her holding the embroidery needle and looked like a lady from a family, and said with a smile: "I'm finished talking about me, let's talk about you. I need your support, what about you? What do you need me to do for you?"

She looked up at me and said calmly and solemnly: "I need my cousin, you win."

“…”

My eyebrows frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

She said, "Cousin, I saw my brother today."

"Yeah, I saw it."

I just said this simply, but in fact, what I want to say in my heart is that I have seen more than once Yan Zicong was drunk and teasing the maid. When I think of it, I frowned involuntarily. Seeing me like this, Yan Ruoyu immediately smiled and said, "My cousin is also a knowledgeable person. Maybe he has seen that my brother is not a good person."

“…”

"He is a standard playboy, ignorant. In addition to my sister-in-law, he married three concubines at home. He also went out to spend time, play opera, and go shopping in brothels every day."

“…”

"To be honest, I have been studying with him since I was a child with his husband. His qualifications-"

She probably couldn't bear to finish this sentence, but before she finished it, I heard her chuckling coldly.

I looked at Yan Ruoyu without saying anything for a moment. There was still a faint expression on her gentle and beautiful face, and there was not much emotional ups and downs. But from those gentle eyes, I could see clearly contempt and unwillingness. However, I had never paid attention to the contacts several times during the day.

I forced a smile and said, "But, what does this matter have to do with this matter?"

Yan Ruoyu looked at me and said seriously with a smile: "I don't think my brother is qualified to be the head of the family."

“…”

As soon as this sentence was said, I felt like the needle in her hand was stabbing me.

I trembled violently.

What she means is-

Yan Ruoyu looked at me with a slightly shaking face and said, "He has no talent, but because he is a man, he knows he has no talent, and knows that he is just a playboy who is just a living and may ruin his family business. Grandpa and father still hand over the family business to him."

"Then your family business..."

“I have been taking care of everything at home over the years.”

“…”

"I just did it without any trace, and outsiders couldn't see it."

“…”

"Cousin, I'm not convinced."

“…”

"Since I can do it, why can't I take the home business into my own hands?"

My breathing became a little rapid as her words, but I still suppressed myself and didn't show it too much on my face. Just looking at her gentle face, I couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect you to have this kind of thought."

She looked at me with a smile: "My cousin must think that I should be the kind of person who can accept the most."

"It should be, depending on your appearance."

"I have been obedient for so many years, but now I don't want to."

“…”

I was still silent. She looked up at me and said, "I need to use one thing to influence his head of the family, but a small thing is not enough to be convincing. But this time this incident is enough to affect the situation in the world in the future. It is related to the survival of Xichuan, and naturally the fate of each of our families."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! I said: "Do you think this is an opportunity?"

"Yes! This time my aunt summoned everyone to Chengdu, which is actually what I hope."

“…”

"I want to take this opportunity to prove to the Yan family and everyone that he has no ability at all and that he cannot make the right choice. Only in this way can I drive him from my current position and get the power I want."

“…”

"Cousin, I want to form an alliance with you."

“…”

"And, I will help you win!"

“…”

"Because, it's not that you win alone, it's that we both win together!"

I still saw her not saying anything, and there was no too much expression on her face, but only I knew that my heart was ups and downs at this moment.

I didn't expect that Yan Ruoyu was such a woman.

Under his gentle appearance, he actually has such thoughts and courage.

This is something that many women dare not even dream of. Even if they are as powerful as Xue Qian, she can only rely on her mother's power to suppress Yan Qingchen. But I think she never thought of seizing the position of the head of the Yan family by herself, but the gentle and graceful woman in front of her has a stronger heart than others' appearance!

Moreover, after a few words, she had told me simply but clearly that we were on a boat with shared interests, not me alone, but both sides won together - win-win! In this case, it was difficult for me to reject her alliance proposal.

It seems that what she said just now is that she has been managing the family business on behalf of Yan Zicong over the years, so it should not be a lie.

Seeing that I was silent all the time, although she was very calm, she couldn't help but said, "Cousin?"

I looked up at her.

She asked, "What do you think?"

“…”

I was silent for a little longer, and the folds between my eyebrows became a little deeper. She seemed to have realized something. She had originally leaned forward and fell a little back a little, making herself look less anxious. She lowered her head and started to embroider the silk squid on her hand.

But her fingertips were trembling slightly.

She said, "Does my cousin think that people like me are too scary?"

“…”

"I dare not tell anyone that men have such ideas and are ambitious, but women have such ideas and are uneasy."

“…”
To be continued...