After Qu Shuangyue glanced at him several times, Ye Junfei guessed that this would happen.

He had already mentally rehearsed how to handle this situation.

After saying this, he casually drew a sword and said, "Please enlighten me, Madam."

When Lin Xiuyan saw that the two were about to spar, she panicked and rushed over to stand between them, saying, "Mother, Master Ye is not feeling well today and should not fight!"

Qu Shuangyue rolled her eyes at her and said, "When you're not feeling well, you need to fight even more. Fight a fight, sweat it out, and all your ailments will be cured."

Her daughter hasn't even married Ye Junfei yet, and she's already protecting him. How pathetic!

Ye Junfei was in a very good mood when he saw Lin Xiuyan protecting her.

He walked up to her and asked, "I'm sure I'm no match for Madam. How about we fight her together?"

Before Lin Xiuyan could speak, Qu Shuangyue said, "That's a good suggestion! Xiuyan, draw your sword!"

Lin Xiuyan: "..."

She turned to look at Ye Junfei and saw his gentle expression, so she knew that she had probably fallen into his trap again today.

She deeply regretted standing up for him!

Reluctantly, she drew a sword and said to Qu Shuangyue, "Mother, don't be too..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qu Shuangyue's broadsword was already slashing towards them.

Qu Shuangyue came down with great force, her large sword whistling sharply through the air.

Lin Xiuyan: "..."

Fine, if they're going to play this aggressively right away, she'll just have to play along.

She dodged the sharp blade, and Ye Junfei swung his sword to meet it, but instead of meeting it head-on, he used a bit of skill to deflect Qu Shuangyue's force.

Qu Shuangyue felt as if her knife had struck cotton, which surprised her.

Taking advantage of her momentary lapse in concentration, Lin Xiuyan thrust her sword directly into her chest, leaving her no choice but to draw her own to meet the attack.

With this exchange, Lin Xiuyan and Ye Junfei quickly developed a tacit understanding. Ye Junfei deflected Qu Shuangyue's force, and Lin Xiuyan launched the attack.

After more than ten rounds, Qu Shuangyue became increasingly agitated, as this was the first time she had encountered such an opponent.

She originally used only five-tenths of her strength, but after the fight started, she unconsciously used eight-tenths of her strength.

After several unsuccessful attacks, she became completely enraged and used her signature move to strike Lin Xiuyan fiercely.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Xiuyan could have dodged it, and then she would have slashed at Ye Junfei with her sword.

Lin Xiuyan was unlucky; she slipped on the sand and instead of avoiding the blade, she rushed towards it.

Qu Shuangyue wanted to stop, but it was too late. Ye Junfei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he no longer held back. His sword flashed like a rainbow, slashing at the broadsword.

In an instant, a section of the blade was severed, and the broken blade pierced through the air.

Ye Junfei shielded Lin Xiuyan behind him, the blade grazing his arm, blood spilling out, the broken sword falling to the ground with a humming sound.

Lin Xiuyan had narrowly escaped death. She quickly pulled Ye Junfei aside and asked, "Are you alright?"

This was the first time Ye Junfei had seen a concerned expression on her face, and he felt that the injury was well worth it.

He smiled slightly: "It's just a minor injury, nothing to worry about."

Qu Shuangyue had roamed the martial world for many years, and this was only the second time someone had broken her sword like this.

The key point is that she was very familiar with the way he slashed at her with his sword.

She felt a sense of unease and looked at Ye Junfei with a deeper gaze.

Lin Xiuyan turned to look at Qu Shuangyue and said, "Mother, it's just sparring, why are you being so fierce?"

Qu Shuangyue snapped out of her daze and gave her a look of utter disdain: "How can you blame me? I've never seen anyone as stupid as you, running headlong into the line of fire!"

Lin Xiuyan looked at her with disdain and said, "No other mother would take a knife and cut her own daughter like that!"

Just as the mother and daughter were about to start arguing, Ye Junfei stepped in to smooth things over: "It's all my fault. I failed to protect Miss Lin."

"Shut up!" The mother and daughter glared at Ye Junfei simultaneously. "Our argument is none of your business!"

Ye Junfei: "..." M.cascoo.net

After Lin Xiuyan and Qu Shuangyue finished yelling, they realized that it was Ye Junfei, not Lin Yunzhi, who was trying to smooth things over.

So the two of them smiled at him somewhat awkwardly.

Lin Xiuyan quickly said, "I'll go bandage your wound."

Ye Junfei nodded slightly and followed her.

Xu Qianting, who was practicing his martial arts frantically nearby, couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "That guy surnamed Ye is shameless!"

"Did he deliberately hurt himself? To find an opportunity to get close to Yanyan!"

He felt a pang of regret. Had he known this would happen, he would have also run into Qu Shuangyue's knife, suffered a minor injury, and then been taken good care of by Lin Xiuyan.

Wu Dao happened to hear Xu Qianting's words, picked up a stick and said, "Shall we have a spar?"

Xu Qianting was furious and shouted, "Let's train then! Who's afraid of who!"

He wasn't afraid of being without a knife, but the result was a little tragic:

He was beaten black and blue by Wu Dao.

Wu Dao felt he had successfully protected Ye Junfei, and it was another great day.

Ye Junfei's injury was not serious, and Lin Xiuyan quickly stitched it up and applied her specially made wound medicine.

Ye Junfei discovered that her wound medicine was much better than the one he had used before. After she applied the medicine, the wound on his shoulder had healed by more than half.

Although she told him about her dream, he felt that she was still hiding many things from him.

Furthermore, Qu Shuangyue's martial arts skills are definitely not something a merchant's wife should possess.

Her knife skills were extremely proficient, a skill only those who live by the sword possess. It's likely that the Lin family is hiding a huge secret.

He asked Lin Xiuyan, "Your mother is very skilled in martial arts. What does she do?"

Lin Xiuyan replied, "My maternal grandfather's family were in the escort business. My mother followed my grandfather on escort missions since she was a child, so her martial arts skills are decent."

“She always takes advantage of her lack of martial arts skills to either beat me or bully my father.”

"She's ruthless when she gets angry, so stay away from her in the future."

Ye Junfei smiled and looked at her, asking, "Are you concerned about me?"

Lin Xiuyan paused in her bandaging, looked up at him, and instead of answering, asked, "Why did you stand in front of me today?"

She understood Qu Shuangyue; although the knife had gone out of control, Qu Shuangyue could take it back, though she would be injured.

She was actually quite surprised by Ye Junfei's action of blocking her way tonight.

She had never believed his claims of liking her before.

Ye Junfei's tone was very calm: "Isn't it a man's duty to protect the woman he loves?"

Lin Xiuyan was stunned for a moment, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment as she looked at Ye Junfei.

In her past life, she gave everything for Zhou Chenyang, but he took advantage of her to the extreme, only thinking about taking from her and never treating her well, let alone protecting her.

In her past life, she fell into Ye Junfei's hands and was tortured by him. She was afraid of him but did not hate him because she had no feelings for him.

But thinking back on the time she was in his hands, although he tormented her quite a bit in the early stages, that was a matter of principle.