No matter what, she did not want to disappoint Zhuge Feng. Zhuge Feng had taken care of her for sixteen years, so starting from now, it was her turn to look after her family. She would protect them and not let them co to harm.
"You an to say that your family does not know you are here? And they also don’t know about your abilities? You ca out without them knowing?" Zhuge Feng grasped the aning in her words and spoke sowhat impatiently. For sixteen whole years, he had been deceived by her. He felt an indescribable sense of loss, but beyond that loss, he was even happier for her.
But hearing her say this, Zhuge Feng felt a bit more balanced. It’s a relief that it wasn’t just who was deceived; those unreasonable people from the Shangguan Family don’t know either, he thought.
"Yes, my family doesn’t know, and Grandpa even arranged for to study abroad. I just want to stay here; I really don’t want to go," Shangguan You pouted slightly, speaking with a hint of grievance.
"Nonsense! Study abroad? Has his brain been kicked by a mule?" Zhuge Feng roared. If she goes abroad, I won’t be able to see her all the ti! he realized.
After roaring, Zhuge Feng recognized his lapse in composure. I shouldn’t have been so agitated, he thought, his expression turning sowhat awkward. Even if I’m excited inside, I have to pretend I don’t recognize her.
"AHEM, AHEM, AHEM." Zhuge Feng coughed lightly, attempting to gloss over his lapse.
"Uncle, are you alright?" Zhuge Feng looked at his uncle strangely. Aside from Zhuge Feng himself, no one else knew that he was Ouyang Xuan, and Zhuge Feng did not plan to tell anyone else. Once Zhuge Feng is capable of succeeding as Family Head, he had resolved, ’Zhuge Feng’ will cease to exist in this world. There will only be Ouyang Xuan.
As for the position of Family Head, Zhuge Feng did not have much attachnt to it. He much preferred spending simple days accompanying the girl and Lin ngjie. Seeing the mother and daughter happy made Zhuge Feng naturally happy; he felt a contentnt that had been his wish for sixteen long years.
Were it not for Lin ngjie’s health, things would not have turned out this way. At the thought, his heart sighed deeply again. "I’m fine," he said. "There is a banquet tonight specifically held for the Eldest Young Master Ye. You are also among those invited. Do you want to attend? And tomorrow, you will leave this place and never show up here again. Do you hear ?" Zhuge Feng continued, looking at the faint smile on Shangguan You’s face. No matter how I look at it, sothing feels off, he mused. Has this girl discovered my secret?
"Who is this Eldest Young Master Ye? What is his identity?" Shangguan You recalled what the Third Young Master Ye had said when he left—that she would et the Eldest Young Master Ye tonight. Now, Zhuge Feng’s words confird the Third Young Master Ye’s statent. Hearing that a Family Head would host a banquet for the Eldest Young Master Ye, it all sounded rather suspicious.
"He is the acting head of the Ye Family, uninterested in worldly affairs and indifferent to fa and fortune. He is the most mysterious, the toughest, and the one person everyone must avoid provoking," Zhuge Feng said, a rare hint of apprehension on his face. Speaking of the Eldest Young Master Ye, not only he but everyone who had ever t him felt wary.
"Acting head? Isn’t the Third Young Master Ye the Young Master? Why is there an acting head? Wouldn’t it be better to let the Young Master ascend directly?" Zhuge Feng also voiced his confusion.
"The Third Young Master Ye is even more elusive than the Eldest Young Master Ye. The Third Young Master Ye is unpredictable, shows no interest in managing affairs, and doesn’t involve himself in matters at all. All affairs are handled by the Eldest Young Master Ye. You could say that the Ye Family is effectively managed by the Eldest Young Master Ye. Despite this, in terms of status within the Ye Family, the Third Young Master Ye is even more daunting than the Eldest Young Master Ye," Zhuge Feng said, his expression turning solemn as if recalling sothing. The Third Young Master Ye? Could it be that ordinary-looking man who was with Youyou last night? They even disappeared together for half the night! The more Zhuge Feng thought about it, the more his heart soured. Is my Youyou being led astray?
"A family of oddballs," Shangguan You remarked, sowhat speechless. Although the Ye Family mbers seed strange, she would et them tonight one way or another. And the Second Young Master Ye... at the thought of him, the corners of Shangguan You’s mouth curled into a cold smirk. Since he dared to sche against , no matter who it is, they will pay the price.
"Youyou, ahem, you will appear as ’ihua’ at the banquet tonight. However, it would be best if you spoke as little as possible. Those elixirs you have can make them apprehensive; they are Spiritual dicine for all Cultivators," Zhuge Feng instructed once more, his tone gradually softening.
"Youyou, that person with you, could it be the Third Young Master Ye?" Zhuge Feng glanced at the other open guest room, then, thinking about the Third Young Master Ye’s formidable skills, he couldn’t help but ask, "Is that person really the Third Young Master Ye?"
Seeing their excitent, Shangguan You couldn’t help but nod. Is the Third Young Master Ye that famous? Enough to make even Zhuge Feng this excited? she wondered.
"Yes," she nodded.
"Where is he?"
"He left. He said his older brother arrived and he had to accompany him. We’ll see him tonight."
"And you didn’t keep him here?"
Shangguan You threw them a look that clearly said, You’re idiots. Keep him for what? We’ll see him later anyway. The Third Young Master Ye had his own matters to attend to; he couldn’t always be by her side.
Zhuge Feng’s heart clenched. The Third Young Master Ye definitely knows the Eldest Young Master Ye’s purpose! But he’s already left... Where can I go to ask him now?
"Didn’t you ask him the purpose of the Eldest Young Master Ye’s visit?" Zhuge Feng forced himself to calm down again. Youyou doesn’t know the Eldest Young Master Ye’s significance, so it’s normal for her to be unaware. Perfectly normal, Zhuge Feng reassured himself. This wasn’t Zhuge Feng’s fault; the first ti the Eldest Young Master Ye appeared, he had upheld justice even against his kin, representing the Ye Family to imprison Ye Zhiqiu in the back mountain of Hidden World Village. The second ti, the Eldest Young Master Ye had taken the seat of the Ye Family’s acting head.
At that ti, all four major Family Heads, as well as the Elders, had gone to offer their congratulations. But the bloody scene at the Ye Family, that cold-blooded Eldest Young Master Ye, was forever engraved in their minds, impossible to dispel. For Zhuge Feng, the Eldest Young Master Ye had cast a shadow in his heart. Not only him, but everyone else who had gone to offer congratulations that day felt the sa.
Moreover, the Eldest Young Master Ye rarely left the Ye Family. Now, however, he had left with his Hidden Guard and brought the Third Young Master Ye with him. No matter how one looked at it, the situation was strange. Sothing significant must be happening for the Eldest Young Master Ye to appear. And they’re even hosting a banquet? No matter how I look at it, this reeks of conspiracy!
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