[You acted impulsively.] Back at the villa, Xing Yucheng carried Anhe to his bedroom and soothed her to sleep before finally jumping out, unable to contain himself any longer.

[He's gone too far. Besides, I didn't even use any cards.]

Xing Yucheng didn't know what to say. He felt helpless. As long as it didn't involve the girl's friends, she was quite rational, but once it did—

That's what happened to Bingmo, who was almost crippled just now.

He knew she was stubborn and wouldn't listen to advice. Xing Yucheng changed his tune, saying, "That Qianya is rather strange."

[Human in form, yet a prince of the Ice Clan?]

Xing Yucheng nodded. [The Ice Clan is indeed cold and taciturn, but they are also quite arrogant. This is the first time I've seen a human prince whom they personally acknowledge.]

[How could he admit it so readily? Bingmo and he clearly don't get along.] Lian Han raised an eyebrow.

[The Ice Clan has two surnames: the master is called Bing (冰), and the servant is called Luo (洛). The fact that he has someone with the surname Luo by his side indicates that he has already gained the Ice Clan's approval.]

So that's how it is. Lian Han understood, but quickly questioned, "But he doesn't have blue hair and white eyes."

[Because they were not originally part of the Ice Clan. This involves the history of the Ice Clan, who wield the power of ice, a power unmatched by ordinary races. For a time, the Ice Clan waged wars across the land, enslaving all captured beings who served them as masters.]

[Is there a surname, Luo?]

[There are roughly two explanations for the surname Luo. One is that the first tribe the Ice Clan attacked was the Luo tribe, and they continued to use the surname Luo afterward. The other explanation is that the Ice Clan had a mortal enemy, the Luo tribe. After the Ice Clan defeated the Luo tribe, they turned the entire Luo tribe into Ice slaves, who served the Ice Clan for generations. Therefore, the slaves who appeared afterward all had the surname Luo.]

Lian Han was surprised, "You know quite a lot, huh?"

[So what? I, an old man, once obtained an Ice Clan character card.]

Ice Clan? Lian Han was surprised. Of the dozen or so cards they had in the Demon Abyss last time, only one was insectoid; the rest were human. [Where's that card?]

[They should still be in the Ice Clan.] Xing Yucheng was also somewhat uncertain. [Not all character cards were taken away after they were turned into cards.]

[But you said before that those who become cards are all desperate. If they don't follow you, what do they want to do? Seek their own death?]

[There's another scenario: people suffering catastrophic trauma and on the verge of death might also be willing to become cards. These people, while acknowledging me as their master, don't want to follow me, and I wouldn't force them. They naturally remain in their own homes. To add, James is one such example.]

[But he's with Ning Jue.] Lian Han retorted.

[Because he had no family and had once aspired to join the army. Since my younger brother said he wanted to enlist, I asked Zhan Qi to protect him, and also to let him stay in the army, thus fulfilling his wish.]

Lian Han nodded, agreeing with his statement, and suddenly asked: "Qianya seems to know something about my eyes."

[I don't understand this either. I've never heard of the Shen family having any connection with other races. And according to Shen Sihan, this thing is an heirloom, so it's even less likely to be related to the Ice Clan.]

This was precisely what puzzled Lian Han. The "you" Qian Ya used and the phrase "It really is you" made it impossible for her not to care.

Think of the Pei family. The Pei family's ancestor fell in love with a woman from the Shadow Clan and had a child. While their ancestor was alive, everything was fine, but after his death, the Pei family was suppressed, and some even wanted to use them as tools for killing.

In this respect, Lian Han did not want to have any involvement with the alien races.

"Master, a guest has arrived."

003 A sudden reminder.

The guest? Uncle An resolved it so quickly? Lian Han was surprised and asked, "Where is Wen Shan now?"

"Guest rooms."

"That's good." Lian Han nodded. "Please invite the guests in."

The consequence of letting people in without checking who they were was that Lian Han was completely bewildered when she came downstairs and saw the people in the living room.

"Why is it you?"

The young man raised an eyebrow, then immediately understood, "So that's why you let them through. You didn't check who the guest was."

"Then I'd like you to leave now. Will you leave?"

What do you think?

What did she think? Lian Han rolled her eyes, sat down on the sofa, poured herself a cup of tea, and didn't want to talk to him.

Ling Xin wasn't surprised and smiled, "I heard Miss Lance is with you. How is she?"

"I just fell asleep."

She had miscalculated. The Ling family hadn't contacted her since Ling Ze's birthday, so when she heard a guest had arrived, she never expected it to be him.

"I also heard that you almost crippled that Ice Clan prince?"

"So what if it's useless?"

"When the younger generation fights, the elders of the Ice Clan will not intervene, but if irreparable damage is caused, the Ice Clan will absolutely not let it go."

"Someone else has said the same thing to me. But I want to ask, if I were treated like this today, what would I do?"

"Kill them first, then we'll talk," Ling Xin replied without hesitation.

Knowing that he was speaking from the heart, Lian Han was slightly moved, and then said, "So you should understand why I was so ruthless."

"Is she worth all this?"

Lian Han pursed his lips and asked, "Am I worthy of the Ling family's pleas?"

“It’s different. We are blood relatives. Blood is thicker than water and can never be severed.”

"I consider Anhe Lance a comrade-in-arms, a partner I can entrust my life to." Lian Han said earnestly.

Ling Xin looked directly at her, then shook his head helplessly. "Fine, whatever. If you can't solve it, go find Ling Ze. That kid has improved a lot in the past six months, he should be able to help you."

This time, Lian Han didn't refuse. Shen Sihan's advice had truly struck a chord with her. If she couldn't be ruthless enough to disappoint or even despair the Ling family, then in the eyes of others, they were one entity. Pushing them away from her would be another form of harm.

Seeing her softened attitude, Ling Xin smiled, but then said, "Bing Mo is fine. But what about Qian Ya—"

Ling Xin hesitated for a moment before continuing, "He's actually the orphan of the previous head of the Shui family. However, when the previous head died, he was still a toddler, so power inevitably fell into the wrong hands. Although the new head didn't mistreat him, his treatment wasn't good either. He was kicked out of the Shui family when he was five or six years old and lived in the villa his mother left him, remaining unknown until this time when he came back. We investigated, but we had no clue as to when he went to the alien race. We can only guess that he was probably taken to the alien race by another dimension during one of his secluded moments, just like what happened to you before the New Year."

What is the Shui family?

“An insignificant little family. They probably don’t even know that Qianya has become a prince of another race.” Ling Xin said this with a hint of contempt.

"What is Qianya's status within the Ice Clan?"

That's a very pertinent question. Ling Xin glanced at her, "Although there's no evidence, judging from the current words and actions of this group of Ice Clan members, his status in the Ice Clan should be higher than Bing Mo's."

Lian Han nodded, it was expected. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to make sarcastic remarks when Bingmo was injured, and then even take the crystal from Bingmo and give it to her. Although she didn't know what it was, it was definitely not an ordinary item.