Chapter 221: Brave to Save My Brother

Chapter 221

The rickety wooden door was forcibly kicked open, and two strong black figures rushed into the courtyard, reaching out to seize An Jun.

Their purpose was very clear - not to hurt Xu Mo, not to touch Qi Huai, only to take the "knife-wielding man." Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m

It was obvious they wanted to silence him.

Xu Mo's hand that was holding the sheet of paper suddenly tightened as he quickly took two steps back.

Since Fang Heng had trained several servants, the siblings had rarely encountered such danger. Although they were looked down upon everywhere in the prosperous capital, there were few who dared to make such underhanded moves.

But this time it concerned the fraud in the imperial examination, so he didn't dare leak the news and thus couldn't bring Jiang San and Jiang Si along for protection.

Fortunately, Xu Mo was never the kind of person to act without certainty. Facing the oncoming black-clad men, he glanced at Qi Huai.

As the legitimate son of the Minister of Rites, and one of the most outstanding younger members of the Qi family, Qi Huai had never been a weak young master without any skills.

Or rather, the young masters of the capital city more or less all knew some martial arts.

Qi Huai lifted his leg and kicked one of the men in black, then flipped up the tattered clothes to wrap around the other black-clad man's head, barely managing to pull An Jun back.

Qi Yue was no weakling either. He let out a sharp cry and flew up to kick, landing only one hit.

The two men in black shook off the rags on them, realizing they couldn't achieve a quick victory. They slowly assumed a fighting stance.

"Robbing people in broad daylight, who sent you? Do you still have any regard for the law?" Qi Huai yelled, sheltering the other three behind him.

"Brother, I've learned some skills too, I can help you." Qi Yue clenched his fists.

If the foot that had kicked the man in black earlier wasn't still trembling, he would have sounded more convincing.

"That's enough, I'm here." Qi Huai said helplessly, "You protect XuBrother well, and Brother An too."

The sixteen-year-old lad leapt over and tangled with the two men in black, exchanging blow after blow.

But in the end, he was just one against two. Even though he struggled hard, Qi Huai was still entangled by one of the men.

The other's eyes were cold as he closed in on An Jun.

Although nervous, Xu Mo still instinctively shielded An Jun behind him - he must not let anything happen to An Jun no matter what.

Remembering his brother's instructions, Qi Yue gritted his teeth and stood in front of the two, "If you have any business, come at me, don't hurt them."

Then the man in black threw a punch.

The frail and slender little brother of the Qi family was flung into the corner, crying out in pain.

Qi Yue also looked over.

The wooden door that had been kicked open earlier was now lying on the ground. In the empty space stood two children about ten years old, staring indignantly at Xu Mo.

"Big brother!" Jiang Sheng said with hands on her hips, "If we hadn't shown up here, if Third Brother and Fourth Brother hadn't reacted quickly, were you not planning to take the provincial exam this February? Were you going to miss this year? Were you going to abandon your younger siblings?"

Jiang San and Jiang Si stood smugly on the side.

Xu Mo's expression grew even more helpless.

The slender youth took two or three steps towards his sister, bent down to meet Jiang Sheng's round eyes and round face, "Alright, alright, it's big brother's mistake. Big brother won't do it again next time. Sister won't be mad anymore, okay?"

That was a quick admission of wrongdoing!

Jiang Sheng's anger instantly deflated. She didn't know whether to keep venting or swallow it back down.

Chang Yan gave a light cough. "If we hadn't caught big brother, he wouldn't have admitted he was wrong, would he?"

Someone was adding fuel to the fire!

Xu Mo twisted his head and glared at his fifth younger brother. "Little Five, have you forgotten this tactic was the one you helped me come up with?"

So this is what's called 'same boat, same fate' between brothers!

Jiang Sheng stared with wide eyes, looking left and right. She suddenly realized she had been a silly little girl.

Big brother did things without telling her, Fifth Brother gave suggestions without telling her, yet she had been worrying and fretting every day. It turned out they knew everything anyway.

This was too much!

The little girl bared her lower teeth over the upper, the corners of her mouth pouting downward in grievance. "Bad big brother, bad Fifth Brother, I'm telling Auntie on you! I won't speak to you again!"

She huffed angrily and stormed out of the courtyard, standing against the outer wall.

Unfamiliar with this place, and big brother having just encountered danger, Jiang Sheng didn't dare run far. But staying in the yard was awkward too, so she resorted to a punishment stand outside.

Jiang San was worried at first and peeked out, but soon started holding back laughter.

The corners of Xu Mo's mouth also turned up. His little sister was just too adorable, he couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Until Qi Huai coughed lightly beside him.

Xu Mo snapped back to his senses and quickly made introductions. "This is Young Master Qi from the Minister of Rites' household, this is Young Master Qi's younger brother, this is Brother An, and this is my fifth younger brother."

"As for that chubby little girl outside, she's my sister."