The Orc Empire has existed for thousands of years since its founding. In addition to the royal family, there are six old nobles in the empire, and the Xiao family is one of them.
Almost 99% of the members of the Xiao family who carry the blood of the family possess powerful mental strength and physical fitness, and are 100% able to become awakened orcs. This is why these six old noble families have been able to stand firm in the empire for thousands of years.
The Xiao family bloodline is extremely domineering, so most of the Xiao family members become extremely powerful double-winged white tigers after awakening.
When the double-winged white tiger is young, it has no wings and only looks like a white little tiger. However, as the family members grow older, their physical fitness level will gradually improve and they will grow wings.
However, when Xiao Chen was a child, he was in animal form from birth, a small, soft ball, and looked nothing like a tiger. Instead, he looked exactly like an ordinary house cat. No matter how much he ate, he grew very slowly, as if his body shape was completely fixed due to his breed. Until he was 10 years old, he still looked like a kitten that had not yet reached adulthood, and even his color was pitch black. He was not like other children of the Xiao family who had chubby bodies.
Even his distant cousin, who was younger than him and had just awakened his beast form, could defeat him easily.
The throats of beasts are different from those of humans. He was in beast form, and at that time, he couldn't even speak. Sometimes, he would be chased by ignorant children and run around everywhere...
Orcs can remember things at an early age, especially those who are born with strong mental powers.
Because of his natural S-level mental power, Xiao Chen had clear memories almost since he learned to walk.
As an outlier among orcs, his parents were not very accepting of him at first, and his mother even had a vague sense of rejection and disgust towards him.
However, his father Xiao Yiyan was a kind and open-minded man. It didn't take long for him to accept his unusual son. Even his mother Fang Yajun gradually let go of her disgust for him.
However, the good times did not last long. When he was about four years old, Xiao Yiyan was surrounded by a Zerg army on the battlefield and died on the spot.
When the news reached the Xiao family, Fang Yajun cried every day. Not long after, even the look in her eyes when she looked at him changed.
She became strange, cold, full of resentment and hatred, and even when drunk, she would beat him with a whip and deliberately not let the servants give him food.
As an alien, no one in the Xiao family knew his true identity, and they just thought he was an ordinary black cat. If the master didn't like it, the servants naturally wouldn't like it either. At that time, he was often bullied in the Xiao family.
This went on for three years, from the age of four to seven.
Until one day, his injuries were accidentally discovered by Old Man Xiao, who was fighting the Zerg on a remote planet in the north. Then he was brought from the Xiao family's old house in the imperial capital to the remote planet by the old man.
It was then that Xiao Chen found out.
Regarding the Xiao family blood curse...
Legend has it that in order to make his bloodline even more powerful, the ancestors of the Xiao family made a deal with the devil. Every hundred years, a child is born with a different appearance from ordinary people, born in the form of a beast. It will bring curses and death to their relatives. And he is that curse...
Past memories rolled in his mind. The black cat closed his eyes, curled up his two black paws and tucked them into his arms. The whole cat looked like it was asleep, breathing long and deep.
Ye Wenya was stroking the little black cat in her arms enthusiastically when she heard the little guy snoring in his throat while sleeping. She immediately slowed down her movements and just placed her little hand on the black cat's back, still stroking it from time to time.
The furry and warm touch was so comfortable that Ye Wenya couldn't help squinting her eyes while sitting in the stable hovercraft.
The distance from the port to the Ye family's old house was not short, but the hovercraft was very fast. After less than an hour, the hovercraft stopped at the gate of the Ye family's old house.
This is a villa similar to a European castle, with a total of 7 floors, a huge fountain garden outside, and a parking lot for hovercrafts, etc. The whole old house looks very old, yet very low-key and exquisite.
This retro style
Architecture is very popular in the Imperial Capital these days, but for Ye Wenya, who has lived in the Pharmacist Guild for years and is frequently invited to various imperial palaces, it doesn't hold much appeal. In fact, she prefers modern skyscrapers, especially those with hundreds of stories, which are even more impressive to her.
I just got off the hovercraft and the car hasn't had time to stop yet.
The gate of the villa was immediately opened from the inside, and an old butler wearing a black tuxedo and with slightly gray hair immediately came out from the door. Following behind the old butler were two maids and a male servant.
"Miss Wen Ya, you are finally back! The master has been waiting for you in the study. Will you come with me now?" The old butler bowed respectfully to Ye Wen Ya and spoke in a very gentle tone, but his firm attitude did not allow for refusal.
Ye Wenya glanced at the three servants behind the housekeeper, and then she realized that these three people were not here to greet her, but were worried that he would escape halfway, so they were waiting here to force her upstairs to the study.
In the past, in order to avoid punishment, the original owner often ran away and stayed at a friend's house for half a month.
Ye Wenya rubbed her eyebrows and sighed helplessly. If she really wanted to do this, she could have just not come back earlier. Why make so much trouble?
It’s a pity that there is no way to explain this.
"Then let's go now." Ye Wenya nodded without hesitation and followed the old butler.
After all, he had been taking care of the young lady for so many years, so the old housekeeper couldn't bear to see Ye Wenya and Old Master Ye conflict. He walked beside Ye Wenya, sighed and persuaded her, "Miss Wenya, when you enter the master's study later, you must not argue with the master... From the time the incident happened until now, the master hasn't drunk a sip of water, and even smashed a lot of things... The master is old and in poor health now. In addition, the incident of Young Master Fang breaking off the engagement has caused too much trouble. I'm afraid the company's stock price will be affected. I won't say much else. Miss Wenya, if you can bear it later, please bear it for the time being. You and the master are grandparents and grandchildren, and the family should live in harmony and happiness to be comfortable."
"Don't worry, I will try my best to avoid arguing with the old man." Ye Wenya's eyebrows moved slightly. Before she came back, she learned from her memory that Mr. Ye's health has not been good in recent years, and his temper is extremely bad. As a junior, she would naturally take Mr. Ye's health problems into consideration.
If feasible, she would not hesitate to prepare some medicine for Mr. Ye to recuperate.
Just walked into the hall from the yard.
Ye Wenya saw a family of five, two men and three women, sitting in the living room. When they saw Ye Wenya come in, the five of them looked up at her in unison.
Since the Ye family never split up, Uncle Ye's family and the original owner's family have lived in this villa since they were young. Uncle Ye and Aunt Ye sat on the sofa without moving, but their eyes were always on Ye Wenya.
"Oh, you're back? I thought you'd never dare to come back after doing something like this!" A girl in a pink princess dress with exquisite makeup walked over with her head tilted and a smile on her face, with jealousy and contempt in her eyes.
There was no need to guess, Ye Wenya knew that the girl in front of her must be Uncle Ye's eldest daughter, Ye Weiwei.
Ye Weiwei was the original owner's cousin, only a year younger than the original owner. She had always been jealous of the original owner's good fiancé. If the original owner's marriage hadn't cost the lives of her parents, Ye Weiwei would have already taken action to snatch him away.
It was a pity that the Fang family refused to recognize her and Fang Shaoyuan never liked her, so Ye Weiwei reluctantly gave up.
Now seeing Fang Shaoyuan and Ye Wenya breaking off their engagement, Ye Weiwei can be said to be the current
The happiest person.
"Miss Weiwei, the master is still waiting for Miss Wenya in the study. We can't waste time." Without waiting for Ye Wenya to speak, the old housekeeper smiled and stood between the two of them. He bowed respectfully and politely to Ye Weiwei, "I will take Miss Wenya to the study first."
Ye Wenya stood there without saying a word, with an expressionless face, as if she had not heard Ye Weiwei's sarcastic words just now. She walked straight past the other side and went to Mr. Ye's study on the third floor.
Ye Weiwei was so angry that she stomped her feet on the spot.
The black cat lay on Ye Wenya's shoulder, watching everything happening in the Ye family boredly, and shook its whiskers.
The young man who was not very old at the position looked at Ye Wenya deeply at this moment.
The door to Mr. Ye’s study is a beautiful black door inlaid with gold patterns.
The old butler pushed open the door and extended his hand as a gesture of invitation.
Ye Wenya had just stepped into the room and before she could say a word, a hardcover book as big as a palm came hitting her with a sound of wind. Ye Wenya subconsciously tilted her head to the left.
"Bang!——"
The hardcover book slammed heavily against the wall.
In the study, an old man with meticulously combed back white hair stared at Ye Wenya with anger. "Have you grown so independent, little girl? You didn't even discuss such a big deal as breaking off the engagement with your family, and you actually agreed to that guy from the Fang family directly. Don't you even consider the Ye family at all?! Do you know how much our company will suffer if you break off the engagement with that guy from the Fang family?! What's more, your parents risked their lives for your engagement to that guy from the Fang family. Don't you cherish it at all?!"
Old Master Ye was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead, his face turned ashen, and he gasped for breath. His expression was as ugly as it could be.
Unlike those old-fashioned nobles, the Ye family became aristocratic only during the generation of Grandpa Ye.
There are at least several hundred third-class earls like Grandpa Ye on the entire Imperial Capital Star, if not thousands.
Although the title sounds impressive, as if he were a noble, it was actually very difficult to maintain the noble life and even take the family business to the next level.
"Grandpa, don't be angry. It's just a broken engagement, not something that will cause the world to fall... Besides, Fang Shaoyuan doesn't like me. He even flirted with other girls in front of me. I really can't accept such a fiancé. I guess even if my parents were alive, they wouldn't want me to marry such a person." Ye Wenya tried her best to sound calmer.
"How do you know they don't want to?"
Old Master Ye's chest was heaving with rage. He pointed at Ye Wenya and cursed, "I think you're just being ungrateful. The empire's aristocratic community is so small, and you've seen quite a few ladies at banquets. But how many of them are happily married and devoted to each other? Even though the Fang family's kid's behavior may seem a bit off, he's incredibly talented. His physical and mental strength levels are both pretty good. He's sure to get a good position in the army in the future!"
"And you! Your academic performance is not good, your physical and mental strength is not good, and besides finding a good family and getting married early, what else can you do? If you can find a fiancé like the boy from the Fang family, it will not only allow you to live a wealthy life in the future, but also allow our Ye family to reach a higher level. What else can you complain about?"
Old Master Ye said in a very stern tone, "Come with me to the Fang family later to apologize! Just say that you just spoke carelessly during the actual combat assessment and didn't really want to break up with that kid from the Fang family."
"I'm not going." Ye Wenya frowned and shook her head to refuse.
She had finally broken off the engagement with Fang Shaoyuan, and there was absolutely no way she would get back together with him.
What's more, in fact, the two of them could not even be considered "compatible" from the beginning to the end.
"You have to go even if you don't want to!" Old Master Ye slammed his palm on the table. "If you don't come with me to the Fang family to apologize this time, then get out of the Ye family!"
"Since I can let you live a comfortable life and enjoy everything in the Ye family, then I can also take it all back! Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have the things your parents left you.
Yuwei, your father is also a member of the Ye family, and those things also belong to the Ye family. If you are not willing to consider the Ye family at all, then you are not allowed to take a single cent of those things away!"
…
After leaving Mr. Ye’s study, Ye Wenya walked in the corridor and sighed deeply.
She didn't expect that she would eventually make Mr. Ye furious and even be kicked out of the Ye family's door.
The old butler walked beside Ye Wenya to see her off. Just as they turned a corner, a handsome and somewhat thin young man slowly walked out of the darkness.
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