Chapter 128: A Grand Family Reunion
Zhu Ying took the money bag, and just by holding it, he knew its weight. He was curious: "Which big family are you from, young master? This is a full two thousand high-grade spirit stones. Ordinary small families can't afford to offer that."
Li Yuan said indifferently, "It's just some insignificant savings, nothing to mention."
Zhu Ying was speechless for a moment: "..."
You call this a negligible little savings?!
He glanced back at Ye Fei, then suddenly realized what was going on. He snapped open his fan, leaned close to Li Yuan, and said with a smile, "So you're willing to spend two million gold coins for this girl? Is she your sweetheart?"
Li Yuan stared calmly at Zhu Ying. After a few seconds of silence, he said expressionlessly, "I didn't expect that Zhu Ying, the steward of Wugui Pavilion, would like to talk about such romantic matters. Unfortunately, you've come to the wrong person."
"Pfft!" The Seventh Elder laughed out loud, showing no mercy.
The smile on Zhu Ying's handsome face grew increasingly stiff.
Ye Fei looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression. What were they talking about?
"Ahem!" Zhu Ying covered up her embarrassment with a cough and casually placed the money bag on the table.
The Seventh Elder also took out a jade pendant from the red jade bracelet on his wrist and tossed it to Zhu Ying.
The jade pendant landed steadily in Zhu Ying's hand. He looked down and his expression froze slightly, but a bitter smile appeared on his lips: "...Little Chenglan, the jade pendant I gave you decades ago, you actually want to use it for something like this?"
The Seventh Elder raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms: "As long as this jade pendant is still here, you can do something for me regardless of the outcome—that's what you told me back then."
"I never thought of what I could use the jade pendant for, but now I've figured it out: it can save me the 20 million gold coins I would have to pay for the Purple Jade Pill."
"I believe that a mere twenty million gold coins is not enough to cause you, Steward, any worry, is that right?"
Listening to their conversation, Ye Fei realized that the Seventh Elder and Steward Zhu Ying had a past relationship...
Deacon Zhu Ying sighed inwardly, then turned and stuffed the jade pendant into the Seventh Elder's hand: "As long as you ask, I will definitely help you, but you should keep this Heart-to-Heart Jade."
The Seventh Elder frowned and stared at him: "Are you going to back out?"
"I won't go back on my word. Consider the Purple Jade Pill a small gift for this young lady." Zhu Ying turned to look at Ye Fei and smiled at her. "Young lady, since you are Xiao Chenglan's adopted sister, you are also my sister from now on."
Ye Fei: "...?"
What is this? A large-scale family reunion?
The Seventh Elder's face darkened: "What?! That's my sister! Mine!!!"
Zhu Ying put everything Ye Fei had photographed into a storage ring, then handed the ring to Ye Fei, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "I noticed you don't seem to have any storage accessories on you, so I'll give you this ring as well."
Ye Fei took the ring and immediately sealed the contract with her blood. All the herbs she had photographed, as well as the Purple Jade Pill, were indeed intact in the ring's built-in space.
She put on the ring and bowed respectfully to Zhu Ying: "Ye Fei thanks Steward Zhu Ying."
The Shadow Chaser pondered for a moment, then said, "Hmm? Your surname is Ye? You're a junior member of the Ye clan?"
Ye Fei paused for a few seconds, smiled, and looked up to meet his gaze: "No."
“I see…” Zhu Ying looked into the girl’s clear eyes and suddenly smiled: “That’s true, you don’t look like Ye Jingyao at all.”
“I look like my mother,” Ye Fei answered naturally.
Yes, she only has a mother, not a father.
Whether now or in the future.
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