Xiao Zhan looked at the beauty in front of him with some complexity, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that it was really the eighteenth change of the female university, and he hadn't seen it for three years, if it wasn't for Nalan Yanran who opened his mouth, he wouldn't have recognized it at once.

And if it hadn't happened three years ago, this girl would have become their Xiao family's daughter-in-law, but unfortunately there was no if.

With Nalan Yanran's divorce three years ago, the relationship between the Nalan family and the Xiao family has already fallen to the freezing point, although there is no statement of severing the relationship, but there is basically no difference.

"Uncle Xiao Zhan, this is here for a three-year appointment in the near future?"

Nalan Yanran was also a little surprised, she just wanted to go out to hide from Liu Ling, but she didn't expect to bump into the person she thought she was most sorry for, and under the accidental sigh, she naturally wanted to make something clear to Xiao Zhan.

"Xiao Yan is now in the imperial capital, and I think he should be temporarily settled in the Mitre family, but before that, I don't know if Uncle Xiao Zhan can take a step to speak?"

Nalan Yanran lowered her posture very low, and she could no longer see the arrogance of the young sect master of the Yunlan Sect three years ago, which made Xiao Zhan a little stunned.

“………”

Xiao Zhan was silent for a moment, and then dismounted.

He didn't want to have more contact with this girl who was about to prove his son right and wrong three years ago in the Yunlan Sect.

"Okay."

But after thinking about it, if this is the case, it seems that he, the head of the family, is a little too petty, not to mention that he doesn't know what kind of medicine is sold in Nalan Yanran's gourd, whether it is her father or her grandfather's instructions.

Even if he didn't think about any old feelings, at least he should have the strength of the head of the family, Xiao Zhan finally nodded lightly: "Since that's the case, then I'll go with Miss Nalan." ”

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan turned his head and gave an order, and immediately followed Nalan Yanran to find a nearby teahouse.

Nalan Yanran ordered a private room, and the noise below was isolated from them.

"Miss Nalan, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Xiao Zhan said.

"Not really...... I just wanted to ask Uncle Xiao Zhan about my grandfather and the Xiao family's old master of Xiao Lin. ”

On the tea table, Nalan Yanran's slender jade fingers lightly tapped the thick and smooth tabletop, and then said in Xiao Zhan's somewhat surprised eyes.

"Why do you suddenly want to know about such a thing?"

Xiao Zhan involuntarily raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but say.

"To tell you the truth, in the past three years, Yanran has thought a lot, but she has never understood the root cause of the entanglement between me and you, so today's incident is here."

Nalan Yanran explained.

Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, and then subconsciously took a sip of tea.

To be honest, he really didn't know what Nalan Yanran wanted to do now.

Why did it suddenly get involved in the affairs of their older generation?

"On this topic, isn't it better to ask the head of the Nalan family directly?"

Nalan Yanran just shook her head and said: "Grandpa, he is an old man, and when he talks about the Xiao family and the old master of the Xiao family, his brotherhood is on his lips, so Yu Yanran might as well not inquire." ”

"Oh."

Xiao Zhan pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, this was very similar to what the old master of Nalan would say.

"In that case, let's just make small talk."

Maybe Nalan Yanran did give Xiao Zhan enough reasons, or maybe the girl in front of her at this moment can be said to have almost subverted Xiao Zhan's impression of Nalan Yanran, who came to the Xiao family three years ago to withdraw from her marriage, Xiao Zhan felt that it was better to mention the family past that he knew.

"A few decades ago, the original head of the Xiao family was still my father, Xiao Yan's grandfather, that is, the old head of Xiao Lin's family, and the old man of the Nalan family, who rose as the original cutting-edge family."

"The two fell in love, so they became close friends, fighting side by side on the battlefield, fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and it was enough to trust each other to hand over their backs to each other's comrades-in-arms."

"It is precisely because of this relationship that after I and your father Nalan Su became married, the two heads of the family once said that if there is a family between the two families, the newborn is of the same sex, it is a brother and sister, if it is the opposite sex, it is a husband and wife, and the marriage contract between Ling and Yan'er also came from this."

"It's just that later, the good times didn't last long, my father died early, and there was no one in the Xiao family to provoke the beam, and finally moved out of the imperial capital and moved to Utan City."

"When Yan'er was born, the relationship between our two families had actually faded as we moved away from the imperial capital."

"I don't know if Miss Nalan remembers that when the two of you were five or six years old, I once came to the imperial capital with my family to visit Nalan's family? At that time, you had not yet entered the Yunlan Sect and were chosen by the Yunyun Sect Master. ”

Nalan Yanran did not avoid Xiao Zhan's gaze, but those beautiful eyes were full of confusion, and she rarely remembered the things of five or six years old.

In this regard, Xiao Zhan was not surprised, he was also disgusted with the kind of falsehood and sanctimony that pretended to know, seeing that Nalan Yanran did not react to this, he silently took a sip of tea, and ended the topic.

"Yanran doesn't remember anymore."

Nalan Yanran shook her head, and then said: "Actually, my memory of staying at home when I was young is already very vague, as if I have been practicing swords in Yunlan Sect since I have a memory. ”

"Then there's no way."

Xiao Zhan sighed, a little sentimental, but he didn't despise Nalan Yanran because of this, life is too long, and there are not many things that a person can remember, even very few.

As I get older, the only things that can always be remembered are those unforgettable things.

And those peaceful years will be buried forever in the deepest part of memory, perhaps only when a person's life is at the end of his life, will he catch a glimpse of his life in a moment of trance.

"However, although I don't remember, Yanran still thanks Uncle Xiao Zhan for telling me these things."

Nalan Yanran said seriously, what she heard from her grandfather was always his heroic deeds and the brotherhood between him and the old master of Xiao Lin, but what did these have to do with her?

This is the core of this contradiction.

And today, she also knows that there is no special reason, just because she was born in the Nalan family and is the daughter of the Nalan family, so such a thing will fall on her head from the moment she was born.

She wasn't complaining and dissatisfied, it was nothing more than a fact.

And if he hadn't entered the Yunlan Sect by himself, I was afraid that he wouldn't even have the ability to resist in the end.

What the Nalan family is like, she knows best.

Nalan Yanran exhaled softly, obviously it was just a trivial matter of the older generation, but in these simple words, she decided the beginning of her life, which was really ......

Xiao Zhan silently observed Nalan Yanran's slightly changed pretty face, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Putting aside the opposing position of the two families now because of a new generation, he actually doesn't hate Nalan Yanran, Xiao Zhan is not such an old-fashioned person, and he also knows what it means for a woman to get married.

What's more, the most lethal thing is that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran have no emotional foundation at all.

A fingertip with no emotional foundation for marriage, with Nalan Yanran's character, even if it becomes a family tragedy in the future, I am afraid it will be a family tragedy.

After three rounds of tea, the two of them chatted about the same, Xiao Zhan immediately stood up and said, "I chatted with Miss Nalan today, and I'm embarrassed to say nothing, I'll pay for the tea." ”

"Uncle Xiao Zhan doesn't have to be polite, compared to this, Uncle Xiao Zhan still remembers what I said when I came that Xiao Yan has already come to the imperial capital?"

Nalan Yanran's words made Xiao Zhan stunned.

"I also know people in the Mitre family, I want to come to Uncle Xiao Zhan maybe I know him, why don't you let Yanran give her a ride?"

Xiao Zhan was indeed a great change in Nalan Yanran's opinion, and in the end, he did not refuse.

When the two came to the headquarters of the Mitre Auction House, when Concubine Ya saw these two people standing together, she couldn't help but rub herself, wondering if she had worked too hard during this time, and actually saw the illusion that Xiao Zhan and Nalan Yanran were standing together.

However, she soon realized that this was not a delusion.

But even so, the picture of Nalan Yanran and Xiao Zhan standing together still gave Concubine Ya a strong sense of trance, just like a dream.

However, she controlled her expression very well, and said with a smile: "Yanran, why did you come with the Xiao family master?" ”

"Xiao Yan is in the imperial capital, so he can't let the father and son not even see each other, right?"

Nalan Yanran shrugged her shoulders and said.

And when Xiao Zhan saw Concubine Ya, his eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of discoloration, in the past year or so, thanks to the care of Mitre Auction House, the Xiao family has completely overwhelmed the other two families and become the well-deserved overlord of Utan City and its surrounding areas.

It's just that because Nalan Yanran is still in front of him, it is inconvenient for him to thank Concubine Ya, but it makes Concubine Ya look at the two people in front of her, and she is unspeakably embarrassed.

But in the end, Concubine Ya still took the two of them to Xiao Yan's current residence, the property under the Mitre family.

On the way, Nalan Yanran didn't say anything more.

When she arrived at the small courtyard, Nalan Yanran raised her eyes and saw that the little girl called Qinglu in the small courtyard was still there, Xiao Yan didn't seem to have come back yet, and she didn't see the figure of Yao Wan, maybe she was resting or cultivating inside.

"Sister Yafei."

Seeing that Concubine Ya was coming with someone, Qing Yan couldn't help but smile and stepped forward.

"Well, Sister Qingscale, what about Brother Xiao Yan?"

Concubine Ya smiled affectionately and asked immediately.

"Young Master Xiao Yan hasn't come back yet, I heard that he went to attend the Alchemist Conference."

Qing Yan saw that he was an acquaintance, so he didn't have any defense, and after finishing speaking, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhan and Nalan Yanran behind Concubine Ya, and wondered: "Sister Concubine Ya, who are these two?" ”

Concubine Ya smiled, and then said, "This is the father of Xiao Yan's younger brother, the head of the Xiao Zhan family." ”

"Ahh

Qing Yan was taken aback, and his originally relaxed and delicate body suddenly tensed: "Young Master Xiao Yan's father?!" I'm sorry I didn't recognize it—"

Xiao Zhan looked at the delicate and cute girl in front of him, and he couldn't help but wonder, who is this girl? Why did he react so much when he heard that he was Xiao Yan's father?

Just when Qing Yan was worried and Xiao Zhan was puzzled, Concubine Ya explained beside her: "Her name is Qing Scale, she is the girl that Xiao Yan brought from the Mo Tie mercenary group of her two brothers, and now she is Miss Wan's maid. ”

"Oh, it's Miss Wan'er's maid."

Xiao Zhan suddenly, speaking of which, the girl is really with Yan'er?

This not only made Xiao Zhan's originally somewhat worried mood relaxed, after all, Yan'er was really a little relieved to be outside alone, and having Miss Wan'er by his side did make him feel a lot more at ease.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhan's gaze at Qing Liang gradually softened.

"Since it's Miss Wan'er's maid, there's no need to say much."

“…… Sister Yafei. ”

After thinking all the way on the road, Nalan Yanran finally sighed softly and said, and said to Concubine Ya gesturely.

Concubine Ya is so sensitive, as soon as she heard Nalan Yanran's tone, she already knew what she wanted to do.

She glanced at the girl who had changed a lot in the past three years with some confusion, and then suddenly smiled: "Green scales." ”

"Sister Yafei, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Xiao Zhan didn't seem to be angry with himself, Qing Yan was overjoyed, and then looked up at Concubine Ya who was smiling.

"Well, there are some things next, Sister Yafei wants to talk to Sister Qinglu alone."

Concubine Ya said with a smile, and then looked at Xiao Zhan, who had an inexplicable expression, and said, "Master Xiao, Concubine Ya is inconvenient to accompany you more." ”

"Where, if Miss Yafei has something, let's go and get busy first."

Concubine Ya owed, so she went out with Qing Scales.

After Qing Liang and Concubine Ya left, Xiao Zhan turned around and said, "Okay, what else does Miss Nalan want to tell me?" There's no one else here. ”

"Uncle Xiao Zhan."

Nalan Yanran smiled bitterly and said, "I made a big mistake three years ago, and I never cared about the feelings of you and Xiao Yan's family, and today I found such an opportunity." ”

"—I'm sorry, Uncle Xiao Zhan."

"Three years ago, it was me who was wrong."

At this moment, when Xiao Zhan vaguely noticed something, but it was really a little unexpected, the girl who broke into the Xiao family three years ago and withdrew from the marriage in public was now faded away, bent her arrogant head and slender waist, and said.

Xiao Zhan looked at Nalan Yanran, but did not stop her behavior.

"In the next three years, no matter whether I win or lose, I will come to Utan City again and repay all the things I was ashamed of the Xiao family in the past."

Nalan Yanran said.

Xiao Zhan watched Nalan Yanran lower his head, and finally just sighed lightly.

He knew very well that with Nalan Yanran's temper, no one could force her to apologize to herself, just as no one could stop her from coming to the Xiao family three years ago and saying that she would withdraw from the marriage.

"It seems that in the past three years, you have really changed a lot, Nalan niece."

"You better get up, in the final analysis, since we didn't really hurt the Xiao family, then naturally there is no hatred between us."

Xiao Zhan sighed, the originally arrogant and domineering young sect master has transformed into a mature lady, what Nalan Yanran has experienced, he naturally doesn't know.

"It's just that since you and Yan'er are destined to have no chance, then I naturally can't force anything."

(End of chapter)