No this couldn't be.

Si Ning opened his eyes and took a deep breath, no matter how he sees it, Jiang ChenMu betroth couldn't be his sister. His mother didn't mention anything about it. "Oh Si Nan, hope you are not referring to my sister?" He still had to ask just to be sure if he was going to suddenly seize Jiang ChenMu's neck and strangle him where he sat or not.

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Jiang Ye and Jiang ChenMu looked so confused and Si Ning shifted forward, his fist clenched at his side, ready to throw a punch depending on Jiang ChenMu's reply. To strangle him would be too extreme so he was going to throw a punch instead because it was just his first time seeing Jiang ChenMu, his father Jiang Xi never dropped by the Si residence, his mother didn't mention anything about his sister being engaged or about Jiang ChenMu nor do his sister ever mention it which means the lady named Si Nan, Jiang ChenMu was referring to was totally different and not his precious lovely sister.

Si Ning was aware he was acting like a siscon at the moment when he should be well aware that in this era it was normal for Si Nan to marry or have a list of suitors but Si Ning doesn't want to accept it, his sister was his baby and still in her teens so he won't allow any noble family boy to come and sweep her off her feet. In the modern-day world, it was normal for Si Nan to have a boyfriend but when Si Ning left home for university, Si Nan doesn't have a boyfriend yet and the figure boyfriend or fiancé or suitor doesn't sit well with Si Ning so he was going to scrap them all off for Si Nan. He watched Jiang ChenMu and Jiang Ye's expressions and he guessed that the Si Nan was indeed his sister unless Jiang ChenMu says otherwise.

Jiang ChenMu blinked. "But.. but..." He turned to Jiang Ye only to see that Jiang Ye's gaze was on Si Ning which made him more confused.

"But what?" Si Ning was getting impatient, all his attention on Jiang ChenMu, tuning everything out, tuning out even a voice that seemed to be asking permission to enter the room.

"I mean that is what General and my father agreed on for me to marry the Si family Young Miss...."

"What!" Si Ning stood up suddenly when Jiang Ye pushed Jiang ChenMu out of the way to receive a punch from Si Ning and at that moment Ah Dai came in carrying a tray with two porcelain teacups and a kettle.

In this kind of situation, Si Ning should be exploding in anger but he had to act rationally at all times and Jiang ChenMu's last statement also stopped him from throwing a punch even though it would have been Jiang Ye he would end up hitting not Jiang ChenMu. It was all his fault, not Jiang ChenMu, he was the one that made a deal with Jiang Xi not Jiang ChenMu, a deal of which his mother and sister might not even be aware of.

"Forgive us General, forgive Young Master Jiang!" Jiang Ye quickly moved back and kowtowed while asking for forgiveness.

All the fatigue Si Ning was feeling was gone as he noticed Ah Dai that was frozen by the doorway, he raised a brow, annoyed that it was time to prepare for court meeting whereas the annoyed expression he wore seemed like he was glaring at Ah Dai and was in a foul mood which made Ah Dai to quickly set the tea tray on the floor and joined Jiang Ye to kowtow, Jiang ChenMu was frozen, blinking while wearing a somewhat lost expression as he glanced between the two men that kowtowed and Si Ning that seemed angry and was now pacing up and down the room.

"Oh... ah... hmmm hmmm." Si Ning was trying to calm himself while Jiang Ye and Ah Dai kept asking for forgiveness. He kept reminding himself Jiang ChenMu wasn't at fault, the one at fault was his sixteen-year-old self that made a deal with Jiang Xi.

It was quite funny when Si Ning thought about it, his sixteen-year-old self giving out his nine-year-old sister to sign a marriage promise to a ten-year-old boy, a promise which might be a verbal or written agreement.

"General, I do not understand what I did wrong." Jiang ChenMu said after analyzing the situation.

Si Ning stopped and raked a hand through his hair. "Are you the one going to the Lateran festival with Si Nan?" He pointed out, he was now interested if Jiang ChenMu and Si Nan had been sneaking around acting lovey-dovey behind his back not that he would have love for them to act like that in front of him.

Jiang ChenMu shook his head. "I and Young Miss Si Nan never talk. I have only talked to her twice when I was young." He replied.

"Oh-oh." Si Ning narrowed his eyes, this was more serious than he thought. His sister was going to meet up with a boy at the festival and it wasn't her supposed to be fiance.

What if it turned out to be an old man in his fifties!

This was definitely serious, it would have been better if his sister was meeting up with Jiang ChenMu and not someone he doesn't know and if that person happens to be one old man then Si Ning wouldn't mind using a sword to off their head. This was stressing him mentally that he quickly sat down and took a deep breath.

"Jiang Ye sit up, Ah Dai you can leave." Si Ning instructed calmly.

Ah Dai saluted and carried the tray he placed on the floor. "I will bring fresh tea and bring ginseng tea for Young Master." He said before leaving the room.

Si Ning placed a hand to his cheek, his brows furrowed, he had to deal with Si Nan later but first, he still had things to find out. "The Si army trained you why?" He quickly gave himself a mental award for not letting anger get the best of him.

"General I don't understand." Jiang Ye replied after a while.

"No matter how I look at it, you are from a noble family, you will have trained guards perhaps a personal guard that can be your teacher and teach you all you need to know about martial arts then why did you come to train with the Si army." Si Ning asked as he narrowed his eyes and fix his gaze on Jiang ChenMu.

"To deepen our friendship and make it turn into a relationship." Jiang ChenMu replied simply.

A vein almost popped from Si Ning's head with Jiang ChenMu's subtle reminder that he was going to take Si Nan as his bride.

"No matter how I see this matter of deepening relationship, the Si family didn't gain anything and you gained from the army and now talking about some marriage I don't remember agreeing to." Si Ning said, his eyes narrowed as he folded his hands and raised a brow.

"General if the Si and Jiang family relationship deepens by marriage then it will be unbreakable, the Jiang army doesn't belong to Xiu like the Si army which means whenever General needs our help then the Jiang army will come running at anywhere at any time, we will support General and the Si army which means General will be untouchable, no one will threaten you or harm a strand of your hair, we the Jiang army will turnover everything for you and in turn the Si and Jiang family protect one another." Jiang ChenMu explained.

"How come your Jiang army is not serving under Xiu?" That was the only thing Si Ning was confused about based on Jiang ChenMu's explanation.