Zhao Zhengguang said with a smile, "Old ghost Chu, don't get so excited. Ye Feng doesn't even like my granddaughter. Your illegitimate daughter isn't even as pretty as my granddaughter. Ye Feng wouldn't have any bad intentions."
Chu Qianzhang was finally relieved.
In fact, Chu Qianzhang didn't care at all whether Ye Feng had molested Yang Yiran. He was just afraid that Ye Feng would take a fancy to Yang Yiran and refuse to use her to refine pills for him.
Ye Feng smiled and said, "Patriarch Chu, you're overthinking it. I'm just checking the medicinal herbs. Your illegitimate daughter, Yang Yiran, is the main ingredient for the Fate-Changing Pill, so of course I need to check her out to make sure there are no problems before I can start refining the pill."
“So that’s how it is. Then feel free to check.” Chu Qianzhang said.
Night Breeze nodded and continued examining Yang Yiran.
But in reality, the night breeze was just putting on an act.
A moment later, Ye Feng suddenly frowned and said, "Something's wrong with her!"
Yang Yiran was startled and her body trembled.
Chu Qianzhang hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with her?"
Ye Feng did not answer Chu Qianzhang immediately, but looked at Yang Yiran and asked, "Miss Yang, have you been sick recently?"
"No...no?" Yang Yiran shook her head repeatedly.
"No? I clearly found a problem in your body, and you still dare to say you've never been sick? You recently caught a cold, but the symptoms were mild, so you didn't feel it very clearly. But no matter how mild the symptoms were, it's an undeniable fact that you caught a cold!" Ye Feng said, emphasizing his words.
Yang Yiran was so scared she was about to cry.
Chu Qianzhang asked with a gloomy expression, "She caught a cold, does that mean we can't use her to refine pills?"
"It's not impossible, but we need to wait for her body to fully recover and return to its best condition. Patriarch Chu, I don't think you want the alchemy to fail because of this small factor, do you?" Ye Feng said meaningfully.
Chu Qianzhang hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "Alright, then let her have time to recover. Mr. Ye, keep these supplementary medicines with you for now. I'll bring Yang Yiran to see you again once she's fully recovered."
"Please proceed, Patriarch Chu," Ye Feng said calmly.
Chu Qianzhang, his face dark, left with Yang Yiran.
As soon as Chu Qianzhang left, Zhao Xuehan said coldly, "I used to think Chu Qianzhang was a good person, kind-hearted and broad-minded, but now it seems he's just a hypocritical beast in human clothing!"
"Yes, I misjudged him too."
Zhao Zhengguang shook his head and said with a sigh, "No matter what, Yang Yiran is still his own daughter. Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet he actually wanted to use his own daughter to refine pills. It's truly outrageous!"
Zhao Xuehan suddenly realized something and looked at Ye Feng, asking, "Ye Feng, you just said that Yang Yiran had caught a cold, so we can't use her to refine pills immediately. Is that just an excuse?"
"Was my acting fake?" Ye Feng retorted.
"No, no, you acted so convincingly. I didn't even realize it at first. Now I suddenly realize you were using this excuse to protect Yang Yiran," Zhao Xuehan said with a smile.
"I was indeed protecting her. Although we're not related, I really don't want to use a living person to make pills. I've killed people, quite a few, but I can't bring myself to do something like using a living person to make pills," Ye Feng said earnestly.
Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Zhao Xuehan immediately nodded repeatedly.
Killing someone is one thing, but using a living person to make elixirs is another.
Since the pills are made to be ingested, what's the difference between that and cannibalism?
A luxury car pulled up in front of the Yang family's villa.
The Yang family was not a wealthy family in Nanyang City; they were merely wealthy businessmen.
It can only be considered a small family at most, with no more than twenty members.
The current head of the Yang family, namely the matriarch of the Yang family, is over seventy years old.
At that moment, the car door opened, and Chu Qianzhang led Yang Yiran out of the car.
Chu Qianzhang gave Yang Yiran a cold look, his face filled with disgust, and he snapped, "Useless thing, get out of here!"
Yang Yiran felt extremely wronged, but dared not utter a sound of crying, and could only lower her head and silently shed tears.
As soon as they entered the hall of the Yang family villa, Old Madam Yang and other members of the Yang family came to greet them.
"Patriarch Chu, didn't you say you wanted to... use Yiran as an ingredient for alchemy? Why did you send her back?"
"Do you want to back out? No way. You've already given us the money, and we've already used it. We're not giving you a refund now."
"Patriarch Chu, take Yiran away. Whether you use her as an ingredient for alchemy or not, she is yours now. Besides, she was originally your daughter!"
The words of Old Madam Yang and the rest of the Yang family were like sharp knives piercing Yang Yiran's heart, causing her chest to ache.
Chu Qianzhang said coldly, "Don't worry, I haven't gone back on my word. But she has been sick recently, so my alchemist friend said we can only use her to refine pills after she has recovered."
"So that's how it is." Old Madam Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Qianzhang added, "Yang Yiran will stay with your Yang family for now. Your Yang family should take good care of her for me. She should have the best of everything, including the best food and supplies! I will come to pick her up in a week. If she falls ill again, don't blame me for being impolite!"
After saying this, Chu Qianzhang turned around and strode away.
As soon as Chu Qianzhang left, Old Madam Yang and other members of the Yang family began to criticize Yang Yiran.
"Why did you have to get sick when you were perfectly healthy?!"
"It's all your fault!"
"You've dragged our family down for so many years, and you still won't let us go!"
"Go back to your room and stop getting in my way!"
Yang Yiran could no longer hold back, and tears streamed down her face.
She went back to her room with her head down, then lay on the bed and sobbed loudly, but she was afraid that others would hear her crying, so she buried her head in the blanket.
As night fell, a knock came at the door.
"Miss, it's time to eat." A maid's voice came from outside.
Yang remained silent in the room, silently shedding tears.
"Miss, I've left the food at your door. Please eat it while it's hot."
The maid left after she finished speaking.
Yang Yiran quietly went over and opened the door, and immediately saw a very sumptuous meal on a tray outside the door.
It seems that although the Yang family spoke coldly to Yang Yiran, they dared not disobey Chu Qianzhang's orders. Therefore, they sent her a full range of nutritious meals, fearing that she might suffer from malnutrition or other problems.
But Yang Yiran felt even more grief and indignation.
She slammed the door shut, then climbed out the window into the yard, crossed the garden, and headed towards the back gate of the Yang family villa.
After leaving the Yang family compound, Yang Yiran didn't even look back.
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