A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 17 That person wasn't a good person either.

Zhou Hanzhang knew that this person was highly skilled in divination and astrology, and was worried that he might discover something was wrong.

I was just thinking of testing the waters.

Chen Moran turned and left.

After walking halfway, he turned back to look at her, and without saying a word, pulled her along, saying, "Come with me."

"Hey, hey, Senior Brother Chen..." Li Xianda watched his cousin being dragged away like that and quickly followed.

The remaining student and Jiang Bowen stood there, staring at each other in bewilderment.

Chen Moran dragged Zhou Hanzhang to a library, dropped her off, and began browsing through the books.

Zhou Hanzhang looked at his cousin, who had been left aside and was now panting as he caught up, with a puzzled expression.

"Cousin, what's wrong with him?" Zhou Hanzhang asked.

Although this cousin didn't have much talent in academics, he had an amazing talent for interpersonal relationships and business.

He knew that before he came here, he must have found out exactly how many clothes the people here and those who were about to come wore each day.

Maybe he knows.

Li Xianda looked at Chen Moran, who had suddenly gone mad, with a puzzled expression.

He wanted to quietly pull his cousin away from this place first.

"Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon," Chen Moran's voice came.

Li Xianda's once vibrant spirit died again.

Seeing that his cousin couldn't leave, he simply pulled him aside and said, "Let's not go near that library."

Zhou Hanzhang looked at him, not understanding the meaning of his words.

Seeing the bewildered look on his cousin's face, Li Xianda felt a surge of joy, thinking that finally there was someone better than his cousin in one area.

"Not all students can enter the library. Only with the dean's permission can one step inside, otherwise terrible things will happen."

"Something terrible?"

Li Xianda nodded, "It means training you to the bone, both physically and mentally."

Zhou Hanzhang understood immediately and silently pulled his cousin back a few steps.

Li Xianda then realized that his cousin had just called him "cousin brother".

Don't you usually call him by his first name, Li Xianda?

“You… seem a little off today.” Li Xianda looked at her suspiciously.

Zhou Hanzhang's heart skipped a beat. Oh no, his cousin was usually very sensitive to details.

Could it be that I did something different that made him notice?

Just as she was feeling uneasy, Li Xianda patted her on the back and laughed heartily, "You've really grown up since you got to Tianan Academy, you even know how to call me cousin now."

Zhou Hanzhang was terrified.

She pulled his hands off her body.

Seeing Chen Moran intently reviewing documents, Li Xianda secretly approached Zhou Hanzhang and said, "Let me tell you, there are five people in this courtyard. We need to be careful and pay special attention to avoid contact if possible."

Chen Moran.

Jiang Yichen.

Gu Qingfeng.

Shen Moli.

"Where is the other person?"

There are only four, right?

Zhou Hanzhang was puzzled.

But my cousin doesn't seem like the type to be unable to count even this much.

Sure enough, Li Xianda then said with a proud look, "The remaining person is naturally your cousin, me."

Zhou Hanzhang: ...

Really shameless.

Li Xianda seemed to know what she was thinking, and said with a proud look, "Don't think I'm shameless. You know, with a portion of our family's wealth, we could crush one of them."

He looked at Zhou Hanzhang in front of him and thought for a moment, then added, "But you should also count as one. After all, if you need it, let alone our family's wealth, even the turtles in our pond can serve as your vanguard."

Zhou Hanzhang: ...No need for that.

She knew that her cousin never spoke without reason; if he said something, there must be a reason behind it.

"Cousin, why are you paying special attention to these people?" Zhou Hanzhang asked, adopting a humble and inquisitive attitude.

This gesture greatly pleased Li Xianda.

He said happily, "The first reason is that these people are good-looking."

"It's that simple?"

“Yeah, they’re good-looking. If you were to be with them, wouldn’t you be overshadowed?” Li Xianda said with a serious expression.

“Cousin, your appearance shouldn’t be compared to these four,” Zhou Hanzhang said bluntly.

Li Xianda vehemently disagreed, “Nonsense! Your cousin’s family is incredibly wealthy, the richest in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if my looks aren’t quite as good, my wealth can make me look like I’m made of gold. Once I’m in that golden light, who can compete with me?”

“…What you said makes some sense.” Zhou Hanzhang suddenly thought of Mr. Ma in modern times.

My own cousin is much better looking than Mr. Ma.

He's just a bit chubby; if he loses weight, he'll probably be a handsome guy.

After all, fat people are often high-potential assets.

"Jiang Yichen is Jiang Mingyun's brother, as you know. I haven't had much contact with him, mainly because his sister is so arrogant. I'm afraid that if I get too close to her, she'll think I like her and try to get close to her through her brother. You should also keep your distance."

Zhou Hanzhang was surprised, "...You don't like Jiang Mingyun?"

Li Xianda looked at Zhou Hanzhang with a look of utter disbelief. "Don't tell me you like her. We should stay away from that person. Don't forget the time when you went to her house to play as a child and she pushed you into the lake and you almost drowned."

Zhou Hanzhang had really forgotten.

After racking my brains, I finally had a vague recollection: "She didn't do it on purpose, did she?"

“You…” Li Xianda was speechless, looking at her with a “Are you alright?” look.

"You really forgot that when she was little, she was arrogant and acted like a princess. She would bully any child who was prettier than her, and if she saw that you were prettier than her, she would push you into the lake."

Such a heart, tsk tsk...

Although he's toned it down a bit as he's grown older, you can still tell what a person will be like at three years old, so it's best to stay away from him.

Zhou Hanzhang dug into his memory. It seemed that when this girl was little, she always liked to follow him around and call him "brother."

However, their two families did have less contact after she fell into the water.

However, on the day she transmigrated, the Jiang family mother and daughter seemed to have come to her door and said they wanted to see her. If she hadn't been pretending to be sick, she probably would have met them.

"Anyway, given how this younger sister is, her family should probably have less contact with her," Li Xianda's voice continued.

"I remember Jiang Yichen and she weren't born of the same mother, were they?" Zhou Hanzhang asked, following his memory.

"That's right. The matriarch of the Jiang family was promoted from a concubine to the principal wife. Jiang Yichen's mother died when he was young."

Li Xianda lowered his voice, "According to rumors, his mother was apparently killed by a concubine. He lost his birth mother at such a young age, yet he grew up to be both scholarly and martial, which means he's not a simple person. Anyway, you should avoid contact with him."

"Oh, right..."

Li Xianda pointed at Chen Moran, who was engrossed in reading, and said, "That person is no good either. Don't be fooled by his usual amiable face; he's actually quite eccentric."

At this point, Chen Moran seemed to sense something and looked over at them.

That one glance startled Li Xianda so much that he immediately shut his mouth.