Chapter 473: Chen Yan: No, You

The sun rose and set again, and Chen Yan stayed in Chang'an for five more days.

To his surprise, the noble family didn't contact him during this time.

Chen Yan was puzzled; logically, his requirements seemed strict but were not unacceptable to the noble family, so why hadn't anyone approached him in this period?

When night fell again, he grew tired of waiting.

The sole reason he remained in Chang'an City was to wait for the noble family to come to him.

Since they wouldn't come, he saw no need to stay in Chang'an any longer.

That night, before sleep, after finishing his wash, Chen Yan said to Li Lizhi, who was washing her face, "Tell someone to tidy up; we'll prepare to return to Weinan County tomorrow."

"Huh?" Li Lizhi blinked, "Are we in such a hurry? It's already very late today."

"We should go back early," Chen Yan shook his head, "Your Fourth Imperial Brother didn't return to Chang'an with us; the Wei Wang Consort can't control him at all. I'm afraid that after I leave, your Fourth Imperial Brother will run wild."

"The things he's delving into are quite dangerous; we need to go back and keep an eye on him."

On the other side, Gao Yang, who had just lain down, heard this and said sarcastically, "You? Watching him?"

"It'd be fine if you two didn't ascend together; you're still watching him. Have you forgotten how you both got injured last time?"

"If you ask me, you'd be safer apart; together you might create some bizarre thing and hurt yourselves."

Li Lizhi was speechless; she actually thought the same.

Chen Yan snapped, "That day was an accident—do you understand what an accident is?"

"Besides, for the progress of the era and the strength of the Tang Dynasty, what's wrong with me taking a little injury?"

"If I don't get injured with Wei Wang, where would the explosives come from? How would we face wave after wave of future wars? How would we protect our country?"

"What do you mean I'm more dangerous together with Wei Wang? Then why don't you mention the great significance of the things we develop together?"

"You can, you can!" Gao Yang shot up instantly, glaring at him, "Out of all the people in the Tang Dynasty, you're the only one, right?"

"I'm even embarrassed to mention you. Remember last time Wei Wang made a hot‑air balloon? You were smearing your face, saying he didn't care about safety, then you went up and beat him."

"If you ask me, you should first slap yourself hard, kill that living waste of land, and when dead, become a polluting, scrawny calf!"

Chen Yan was startled.

Damn, Gao Yang actually learned how to curse.

Li Lizhi saw the two about to argue, opened her mouth, intending to intervene.

But she was a step too late; Chen Yan had already spoken up.

"Ow, ow, the old man sits in a cradle, and you still pretended?"

"All day you take that little notebook where you've recorded the young master's words for over a year, and after learning three melons and two dates, you dare to stick your nose up and show off in front of me, right?"

"Your speech is already coarse, but you also have a big head, big nostrils, big front teeth, and a big heart, plus a thick waist, thick legs, thick neck—still looking for a next partner?"

"Look at you; even if you put up a sign on the street advertising selling yourself to bury your father, no one would take you. Don't delay my lady; she suffers grievances following you."

Li Lizhi: "......"

"Sigh~"

If her guess is right, tonight will be lively again.

Sure enough, Gao Yang was already flushed.

Every word stabbed into her heart.

No one would take her even if she put up a sign on the street selling herself to bury her father?

Is she that terrible?

"Chen Yan!!!"

"You bastard, what are you saying? If you have the guts, say it again!!!"

"I'm not done with you today!"

"Never ending!" Chen Yan bluntly said, "Is 'never ending' all you can do? I thought you'd learned more, daring to chatter with me, and that's all you got?"

"Your navel is farting, how are you making that sound?!"

"Your brain is that big—can you actually use some of it? Usually ponder the gap between us? A bat with chicken feathers—what kind of bird are you?!"

"You... you you you!" Gao Yang, furious, felt his chest heaving, his clothes in front of him getting damp, his mind a chaotic mess, even his speech garbled.

"What 'you'? " Chen Yan continued to jab, "I've already considered you a person—enough respect—what more do you want?"

"If it weren't for your Father Emperor's edict back then, the two of us would have gone separate ways; there'd have been no chance at all, yet we kept whining day after day..."

Chen Yan tilted his head, choking, and said, "Remarry~ Remarry~"

He sneered, "Your kind of confidence is truly enviable—clearly you have no merit, yet you think you're omnipotent."

Li Lizhi took a deep breath, silently left the room, then hurriedly dismissed the nearby servants and instructed Xiang Lan and Chan er not to let anyone approach this side.

The two maids, clearly not doing this for the first time, glanced toward the master bedroom and prepared to act on Li Lizhi's orders.

However, before they could move, a thunderous roar echoed.

"Chen Yan!!!"

"I'll fight you!!!"

The two maids paused, then silently rushed away.

Li Lizhi sighed upward.

"Today's rumors are especially noisy."

"Wow—"

At that moment, a childish wail rose from the adjacent room.

Li Lizhi only then remembered that Xiang Lan and Chan er had left, leaving the just‑slept child unattended.

She couldn't help but mutter a complaint, then hurried to soothe the child.

After the chaos, Li Lizhi finally coaxed Xiao Sui An back to sleep and reminded the returning Xiang Lan and Chan er to take good care of the child.

After a while, Li Lizhi thought Chen Yan and the others must be pretty tired from the arguing, so she tidied her slightly disheveled clothes, slipped quietly to open the master bedroom door, and wanted to see what was happening.

But as soon as she opened the door, she could still faintly hear the quarrel, and Li Lizhi let out a helpless sigh, intending to intervene.

She walked from the front hall into the back chamber, passed around the screen, and when she saw the scene inside, her eyes suddenly widened.

The two were indeed fighting, but the way they fought seemed different from what she had imagined.

At that moment, the two, who had already been frank with each other, were also startled when Li Lizhi entered.

Gao Yang let out a cold snort and turned his head away.

"Um… I— I— I…" Li Lizhi's face flushed red, she stammered, "I'm not coming at the right time, I'll leave right now…"

"No!" Chen Yan, already raising his gun and ready for battle, said sternly, "Your arrival is exactly on time!"

Li Lizhi panicked, tried to run away, but Chen Yan, who had chased after her, hoisted her onto his shoulder.

"Ah!"

By the time she recovered, she was already lying next to Gao Yang.

He, with a forced smile, said, "My good sister born on the same year, month and day as me, you finally came?"

Li Lizhi: "......"

"......"