After having dinner at Ning Hai, Leng ruoxue and Ning Yan returned.

When they returned to their residence, Leng ruoxue even specially instructed grape to inquire about the ning family’s head butler.

Not long after, grape came to report.

“Miss, I’ve asked around in private. The head butler of the ning family seems to have a high status in the ning family. However, his sister and daughter don’t have a good reputation.” Grape hesitated before whispering.

“What’s wrong?” Leng ruoxue was very curious. There were many aspects to having a bad reputation. It could be personality or personal life. However, if it was a personality problem, there was still hope. However, if it was a personal life problem, then whoever married them would be making a cuckold out of themselves, right? Moreover, she believed that there was probably no man in the divine realm who would be willing to marry such a disobedient woman.

“I heard that he had Affairs with many people. Moreover, the chief steward’s sister has been married many times, but each time, it didn’t last long. Not only that, but the sister of the ning family’s Chief Steward has a bad temper, which is well-known in the ning family. As for his daughter, she’s the same as her aunt. She’s not content with her place.” Grape said with a gossipy look.

“Is there any more?” Leng ruoxue asked again.

“That’s about it, miss! What do you want me to find out about them for?” Grape asked curiously.

“The head butler of the ning family wants to force big brother ning and Shan ‘er to marry his sister and daughter.” Leng ruoxue thought for a moment before speaking. Initially, she did not intend to reveal this matter. However, she felt that this matter could not be kept a secret. Instead of letting grape and lotus seed hear about this from someone else, it would be better to tell them personally. After all, they were not outsiders.

“Argh! That’s really too shameless, isn’t that head butler just using his power to bully people!” Grape said indignantly.

“Don’t worry, sister Yan will help them. ” Leng ruoxue said with a faint smile. Although she wanted to help, it was not appropriate to do it in public. After all, she was only the goddaughter of the ning family’s old ancestor. The ning family might not make things difficult for her out of respect for their old ancestor, but if she wanted to interfere in the ning family’s Affairs, those elders could drown her with their spit.

“That’s good! Miss! The finals of the family competition will officially begin in two days. Should we make some preparations?” Grape was relieved and changed the topic.

“What should we prepare? Just focus on the match. ” Leng ruoxue chuckled.

“Uh! Miss! The fifth miss of the ning family has sent you a challenge, but you haven’t even competed yet!” Grape couldn’t help but remind her, thinking, miss couldn’t have forgotten about this matter, right? AI! Poor fifth miss ning! She was still thinking about the battle with her young miss! However, miss didn’t take her seriously at all. A person who didn’t put her opponent in his eyes was definitely pathetic.

“I would have forgotten about it if you didn’t mention it. Don’t worry about her. Just let nature take its course.” Leng ruoxue said nonchalantly. Seeing Leng ruoxue’s expression, grape knew that her miss really did not take fifth miss ning seriously. She immediately sympathized with Ning Xi ‘er.

These days, when the young miss was not at home, the fifth young miss was so smug that her tail was about to rise to the sky. Moreover, the stitched man said that her young miss was afraid and actually fled in the face of battle. However, she and lotus seed were not willing to pay attention to her. No matter what she said, in their hearts, they still felt injustice for their young miss.

The next day.

Leng ruoxue took the initiative to look for Ning Yan, but Ning Yan was not around. She heard from the maidservant beside her that Ning Yan seemed to have gone to look for the head butler. Seeing this, Leng ruoxue returned to her residence first.

However, after waiting for a whole day, Ning Yan still didn’t come to find her, which made her a little puzzled.

“Grape! Go and invite sister Yan. Just say that I’m treating her to a meal. ” Leng ruoxue ordered in the evening.

“Yes.” “Yes, sir!” Grape replied and turned to leave.

However, grape did not invite Ning Yan. Instead, she told Leng ruoxue that Ning Yan was resting. This made Leng ruoxue even more confused.

Another day passed, but Ning Yan still hadn’t come to her, and she couldn’t see her even when she sent grapes to her.

On the third day, the final match of the ning family competition began.

Leng ruoxue sat in the VIP area, her beautiful eyes looking at the stage opposite her, but she did not see Ning Yan.

Leng ruoxue didn’t know what was going on. After bidding master ning goodbye, she left the VIP seats with the grapes and lotus seeds.

Ning haolan and Cheng Xuan, who were also sitting in the VIP seats, followed Leng ruoxue quietly after she left.

After leaving the competition grounds, Leng ruoxue turned around helplessly and looked at the two tails behind her.

“Why are you guys following me?” Leng ruoxue was speechless.”Just follow me then!” When they saw her turn around, the two of them actually went into hiding. Sigh! She wasn’t blind, how could she not see two living people?

“Hehe! Great aunt, where are you going?” Cheng Xuan asked curiously. Ning haolan didn’t say anything, but his face was full of curiosity.

“I’ll go find sister Yan. ” Leng ruoxue let out a soft sigh. She felt depressed. It seemed like she would never be able to get rid of the words “great-aunt”. This was because she had told them more than once that it was fine to call her by her name. However, they insisted on treating her as an elder.

“Why?” Cheng Xuan was shocked and asked in confusion.

“Sister Yan has been taking good care of me. I haven’t seen her for a few days, so it’s only right that I go and see her!” Leng ruoxue was speechless. From Cheng Xuan’s reaction, she felt that she should not be looking for Ning Yan. Did something happen that she did not know about?

“Aunt’s been in a bad mood these past two days, so she refused to see anyone. ” Ning haolan said indifferently.

Leng ruoxue let out a soft ‘Oh’ and thought to herself,’could something have really happened?’ Although she had been suspicious these days, she didn’t go to Ning Yan in person. After all, she felt that everyone should have their own space. Since Ning Yan didn’t come to her on her own initiative, it meant that there were some things Ning Yan didn’t want her to know. However, it had been three days and Ning Yan hadn’t appeared for today’s family competition, so she couldn’t help but worry.

It seemed that Ning Yan had encountered a big problem this time, otherwise, it wouldn’t be like this.

“These few days, there have been some bad rumors in the family. Although I’ve suppressed most of them, it still affected aunt’s mood quite a bit. It’s good for you to go and take a look. Maybe you can persuade aunt.” Ning haolan continued. Others might not know that Ning Yan and Leng ruoxue were very close, but he knew it all too well.

“What rumors?” Leng ruoxue frowned. She had a bad feeling about this.

“Some people have dug up some of aunt’s past and are talking about it.” Ning haolan said in a reserved manner.

“I see. I’m going to see big sister Yan. Do you want to come with me?” Leng ruoxue asked.

“We won’t be going.” Ning haolan said. In fact, he had followed them out secretly to tell Leng ruoxue about this.