Eun-jung... Aunt?
After hearing this,
The room fell silent.
Jiang Xiaoru glanced at Ye Ran on the left and the Lord of Gray Mist on the right, then wisely stepped aside and began to study her staff on her own.
The Lord of the Gray Mist remained shrouded in gray mist, his expression completely hidden.
A moment later,
The Lord of the Gray Mist let out a long sigh: "So be it."
As the words fell, the gray fog dissipated like smoke.
The three returned to the room.
The smoke surrounding the Lord of Gray Mist also dissipated.
Jiang Xiaoru glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, and froze.
At this moment,
A woman stood still.
She was wearing a fitted long dress.
Her curvaceous figure is breathtaking.
Even the bright white light in the room couldn't hide the woman's fair skin.
Her long, slightly wavy hair cascaded down her arms like a waterfall, and her delicate, striking features complemented her bold makeup.
Fiery red lips, exquisite beauty
If Yue Wanyi is a snow lotus on an iceberg, then the woman before us is a blooming rose.
Possessing ultimate feminine charm, alluring yet dangerous.
Who would have thought that beneath the smoke was such a stunningly beautiful woman?
The woman's expression was complicated: "You're as perceptive as ever, Xiao Ran..."
After saying that, the woman magically produced a cigarette from her hand, lit it, and put it to her lips: "Tell me, when did you find out it was mine?"
Ye Ran looked at the woman in front of him and replied, "From the moment you lost your temper and beat up Zhang Ze..."
Ye Ran had no idea; it was clearly written in the information about the Free Tavern that the system had given him.
Le Enjing, one of the three extraordinary figures of the Freedom Tavern, was a genius of the previous generation of the Le family. Due to a special incident, she left the Le family and accepted the inheritance of the Grey Mist Soul Envoy Statue of the Freedom Tavern, breaking through to the extraordinary level.
Ye Ran was the type who sought answers and clues, so naturally she noticed the trick from the very beginning...
“Aunt Enjing, you started attacking Zhang Ze before we even got close. Your real purpose was to make us stop ten meters away, because you were afraid that getting too close would trigger the Le family’s mental techniques.”
Ye Ran's slow and methodical analysis:
"After that, given his volatile temper, it was only natural that he forced Le Wanyi and the other woman not to come in."
"Furthermore, the fact that you were able to immediately identify me as a member of the Ye family, and that you could call me reckless without even observing me closely during my advancement, shows that you are extremely familiar with me..."
Ye Ran said definitively, "A woman who knows me so well, doesn't belong to any aristocratic family, and is very averse to contacting Le Wanyi, Aunt Enjing, I really can't think of anyone else but you..."
Listening to Ye Ran's analysis, Le Enjing irritably rubbed her big, wavy hair:
"Abnormal... You still have the energy to care about external things when you're rushing to advance..."
Le Enjing took a breath, trying to hide her embarrassment.
After all, as an extraordinary being, it was quite embarrassing to have so many flaws exposed by a mere Gold-rank kid.
Subsequently, Lok Eng-ching proved to be a person who could let go easily and didn't dwell on this trivial matter.
Instead, he calmly stated:
"Fine, you've always been clever since you were little, it's understandable that you found out. But let's forget about seeing Wanyi, after all, I'm no longer a member of the Le family."
Ye Ran was filled with mixed emotions as she observed Le Enjing's attitude.
You can tell how close the Ye family and the Le family are just by the fact that Ye Ran calls Le Enjing "auntie".
Therefore, Ye Ran was also aware of Le Enjing's situation.
Back then, Lok Yan-ching was just like Lok Wan-yee is now.
Gifted and beautiful
She is God's favorite, possessing all the best qualities.
Especially the Yue family's ancestral technique: the Qingxin Qinpu (a type of zither music).
He was able to influence the soul of a Diamond-level Grandmaster during his prime, and was once hailed as a once-in-a-millennium genius of his sect.
Her talent even far surpasses that of Yue Wanyi now.
However, the way of Heaven is to take from those who have more and give to those who have less.
Heaven bestowed upon Lok Eun-jung countless virtues, but also gave her an insurmountable emotional tribulation.
She fell in love with a commoner young man, Wang Xianghe.
This incident caused a huge uproar the moment it was exposed.
Even in today's relatively open era, love between members of noble families and commoners still faces numerous obstacles.
Not to mention the era of Lok Eun-jung,
Immediately after the incident broke out, Le Enjing was confined to her home by the head of the Le family, who was also Le Wanyi's grandfather.
In exchange for Wang Xianghe's protection, Yue Enjing agreed to the Yue family head's condition of confinement.
However, after half a month,
However, Lok Eun-jung received news of Wang Sang-hyeok's death, and at that moment, Lok Eun-jung went to argue with her father like a madwoman.
After the argument,
Le Enjing was never seen at the Le family again.
“Aunt Enjing, you know the situation back then. Grandpa Le did what he did to protect you,” Ye Ran said.
After all, the mindset of that era was more extreme, and aristocratic families valued lineage and social standing above all else.
Once such a situation arises where a noble family and a commoner fall in love...
When they go out, they are always ridiculed by other powerful families, and if things go too far, they may even suffer underhanded attacks from other powerful families.
The reason why the head of the Le family chose to place his daughter under house arrest was actually a way of protecting her.
"You're right, the old man did protect his daughter." Le Enjing exhaled a smoke ring, her thoughts drifting.
“It’s been almost 20 years, right and wrong are no longer important, and I can’t be bothered to pursue it anymore,” Le Enjing continued. “But I’m disgusted, disgusted by the hypocritical behavior of those virtuous aristocratic families. They talk about fairness and justice, but behind the scenes, they’re all about self-interest. Humph…”
Le Enjing glanced at Ye Ran: "Xiao Ran, you must feel just as much as I do, right?"
Ye Ran gave a wry smile.
After all, due to his own limitations, his predecessor had been betrothed as a child.
But they simply shelved the issue and ignored it, to the point that they stopped contacting each other altogether.
Isn't this hypocritical behavior the standard practice of aristocratic families?
Le Enjing looked at Ye Ran, and continued with a hint of schadenfreude:
"However, the Le family may have really misjudged this time, actually letting such a true dragon go. Tsk tsk tsk, I really look forward to seeing the old man's expression when you suddenly appear."
During the short time spent with Ye Ran,
As an extraordinary person, Le Enjing was absolutely certain that Ye Ran was no ordinary person.
It is destined to rise to the center of the world sooner or later.
When those hypocrites from the Le family find out they missed out on such a true dragon, they'll probably be so angry they'll vomit blood.
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