CHAPTER 289: CHAPTER 280 JIN YANG MEETS SI YAN_1

Yet this thought was fleeting, and he quickly shook his head.

"Little Six, I need to talk to you," Jin Yang boasted, full of arrogance.

Si Yan smiled. "Come up here."

"No, you come down."

Si Yan’s beautiful eyes narrowed.

Jin Yang was taken aback by the sight of Si Yan’s slightly narrowed eyes.

Is Little Six unhappy?

For some reason, deep inside, he felt as if he was being suppressed by his bloodline!

A sense of panic washed over him.

Instantly, he lost his composure. "I... I’ll come up."

Jin Tong said, "Old Four, wouldn’t it have been easier to just listen to Little Six earlier? What was the need for all this fuss?"

Jin Yang pursed his lips.

Jin Tong, accompanied by Jin Yang, entered the tavern and saw Little Six waiting for them on the second floor.

"This tavern is pretty well built," Old Four complimented.

Jin Tong said, "Even the Golden Dragon Clan doesn’t have this structure. Little Six designed it."

Old Four paused again. He knew Little Six was exceptionally talented.

It was an unexpected realization, yet somehow, it felt entirely deserved.

Si Yan, eyeing Jin Yang, couldn’t help but say, "Your face looks really nice."

After emerging from Jin Yao’s cave, Jin Yang felt his mind clear. However, in that very moment of clarity, he experienced his first-ever fall on flat ground. He knocked out a tooth, and his face became a colorful, bruised sight.

Jin Yang knew he looked a mess. Faced with Si Yan’s high-level mockery, he said, "Say what you want. I’m a Purple Crystal male; I won’t stoop to your level."

This little sister of mine is neither caring nor close to me, Jin Yang thought. Yet now, just seeing her invokes a deep-seated sense of affection. If she isn’t close to me, why should I be the first to hold her dear?

He looked at Si Yan, puffing up angrily.

Jin Tong slapped him on the head. "What’s the matter? You look stupefied."

"Are you sick or something?" Si Yan said. "Didn’t you come to see me about something important? Hurry up and speak. You woke me up."

Si Yan continued, "You came looking for me because of Jin Yao, didn’t you? Is the situation dire?"

Jin Yang replied, "It’s not urgent."

Si Yan exclaimed, "Not urgent???"

This time, it was Si Yan’s turn to be surprised.

She knew Jin Yang had come because of Jin Yao, who was agonizing in pain. Jin Yang should have been extremely worried. Why isn’t he in a hurry? she wondered.

Driven by curiosity, Si Yan asked, "Isn’t Jin Yao the sister you’ve cherished for more than twenty years?"

Jin Yang looked up at Si Yan twice, lowered his head, then looked up at her twice more before shaking his head. "No," he said.

Si Yan uttered, "Ah?"

However, Jin Yang suddenly remembered the harsh words he had previously said to Si Yan. He stated straightforwardly, "Little Six, I was out of line with what I said before. I apologize."

Si Yan sat upright. "What’s going on with you? Are you trying to win me over with a softer approach?"

"No, no, no."

Jin Yang touched his bleeding forehead. Wiping a hand across it, he found it covered in blood and simply shook it off.

It’s a bit strange, he thought. It seems the more I fall, the clearer my head becomes.

"I’m here to tell you that Jin Yao has agreed to give you the Beast God inheritance spot, as long as you give her the antidote."

The Golden Dragon Clan’s Beast God inheritance spot was reserved exclusively for their own members. This rule couldn’t be bent for Jin Yao, no matter how much her parents doted on her.

Yet this year, they surprisingly agreed to let Jin Yao have it.

Curiously, none of the brothers found anything amiss with this arrangement.

Si Yan stared at Jin Yang and asked, "I’m about to participate in your Beast God inheritance. What are your thoughts on that?"

Jin Yang replied, "What thoughts could I have? You’re my biological sister, a treasured Dragon Princess of the Golden Dragon Clan. Of course, you can go."

Jin Yang increasingly felt that something was amiss. Spotting a stool nearby, he simply sat down on it.

Si Yan was momentarily speechless. He really doesn’t stand on ceremony at all, she thought.

Jin Yang glanced at Jin Tong, then at Si Yan, and also at the snake Beastman beside Si Yan.

His protective older brotherly demeanor suddenly emerged. "Little Six, how many Beast Husbands do you have?"

The snake Beastman coldly stared at him.

Jin Yang, not the least bit afraid, glared back.

Si Yan replied, "One."

Jin Yang suddenly screamed, "What, just one?!"

"Are you here to throw your weight around? And now you’re threatening my man?" Si Yan snapped angrily.

Si Yan glared at him fiercely.

Jin Yang once again felt the suppressive pressure of their bloodline.

He became completely uncomfortable.

"Sister, I didn’t mean..." Jin Yang blurted out. "You don’t understand how much we want to treat you well, how much we long to give you the best things in the world."

"When Mother was pregnant with you, we were so excited for your arrival. After you were lost, we brothers searched day and night. Second Brother was even gravely endangered while searching for you.

Later, a Priest returned with a young female earth dragon.

None of us five brothers wanted her. But... Mother was in so much pain back then. It was as if she saw you in that young female... Undeniably, she managed to soothe Mother and lessen her suffering.

We kept her for Mother’s sake.

Little Six, all five of us swore an oath: you are our only sister, and no one can ever take your place."

"I don’t know how things ended up like this now..."

Jin Yang continued, his voice growing softer, "I feel that my unreasonable protectiveness... it should be directed towards you.

I also don’t know how... Actually, even though Jin Yao used your name and lived with us for many years, I never truly liked her.

We only kept her because she could soothe Mother by using your name. We were always polite and never mistreated her.

I don’t know what’s been going on these past few years..."

The Old Gecko crawled out from Si Yan’s clothes, glanced impatiently at this unimpressive descendant of his, then said to Si Yan, "Grandchild, this foolish brother of yours is running out of luck."

"Running out? What do you mean by that?"

"It’s gone, completely depleted. It’s not just about tripping while walking; next, he might even choke on water."

The Old Gecko said, unable to bear watching, "It didn’t vanish suddenly. It’s been siphoned off, bit by bit. Someone deliberately concealed this before. Now that he has awakened, the depletion of his luck is glaringly obvious. Clearly, his luck has been stolen."

Si Yan was silent for a moment. So, after all this, the Golden Dragon Clan is just someone else’s luck repository? she thought.

The Old Gecko sounded a bit dejected. If I weren’t in this state, I wouldn’t have allowed my descendants’ luck to be stolen by others.

Si Yan asked, "Was it Jin Yao who stole it?"

The Old Gecko replied, "I’ve seen that Jin Yao. She does carry stolen luck, but all of it is yours."

Si Yan paused. Turns out I’m a luck repository as well, she realized.

"Jin Yang’s luck isn’t on Jin Yao, but Jin Yao probably stole it. Just by getting close, sitting next to him, a simple touch—and it’s siphoned away."

Jin Yang, unable to hear the conversation between the Old Gecko and Si Yan, continued, "I used to think that when we finally found my sister, I would treat her incredibly well, spoil her rotten, to make up for more than twenty years of her absence. Whatever she wanted, I’d give it to her; anything she liked, I’d provide. As long as my little sister is happy, there’s no need to be reasonable with anyone else."

The Old Gecko explained, "The luck Jin Yao possesses is yours. It was likely your luck, combined with some special manipulative arts, that misled your brothers. The way they treat Jin Yao reflects how they truly wish to treat you in their hearts."

The Old Gecko squinted, observing for a long moment. Jin Yao is just a female earth dragon; she wouldn’t possess the ability to steal luck like this. This matter isn’t so simple. It seems like the work of a Black Priest.

Si Yan was utterly astounded. "My God!" The way they treated Jin Yao is how they thought they should treat *me*?!!!! I don’t need that!!

After glancing at Si Yan several times, Jin Yang averted his gaze slightly. Si Yan’s expressions were so vivid that they made Jin Yang blush.

Little Six is really cute, Jin Yang thought, his eyes still a little hazy.

With a somewhat dazed expression, Jin Yang asked, "Are you going to give Jin Yao the antidote? Actually, it’s fine if you delay it a bit. You can give it to her later, or perhaps not at all. It doesn’t matter."