"Young Master Ye has a good memory! So many years have passed, I never expected you to still remember me. It is truly an honor for Wufeng!"
Xue Ye stared at him warily. "What are you doing here?"
Wu Feng sat down in the chair and said slowly, "Young Master Ye, do you know that ever since you and the Holy Maiden escaped from the Yi Yue Clan, the clan has been searching for you, but without finding a single clue? You really know how to hide!"
"If you hadn't left that place on your own initiative, I wouldn't have found you so easily..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xue Ye interrupted him, "I'm asking you, what exactly do you want?"
"I've come to invite Young Master Ye to return to the Yiyue Clan with us!"
Xue Ye snorted coldly, "I didn't expect that after so many years, Jiang Guli still wouldn't let us go. But what makes you think that you can make me obediently go back and become Jiang Guli's prisoner?"
Back when his maternal grandfather was still alive, his younger brother, Jiang Guli, was ambitious and always coveted the position of clan chief.
After his maternal grandfather passed away, Jiang Guli even tried to kill him and his mother.
Wuhua and Fengyue were specially selected and raised within the clan, and they had only one belief in their lives.
That means serving only the current patriarch!
Jiang Guli cannot tolerate his mother and himself; Wuhua Fengyue is the knife in his hand.
Wu Feng knew that Ye Gongzi had misunderstood him, so he explained, "Young Master Ye has misunderstood. Hua Yue and I did not come to find you on the orders of the clan leader."
"Oh, what do you mean?" Xue Ye looked at him with even more confusion.
Without wind, he explained his purpose.
"Since taking office, the current clan leader Jiang Guli has eliminated dissidents and wantonly slaughtered those in the clan who opposed him, which has long aroused resentment throughout the Yiyue clan!"
"This time, Huayue and I are here on the orders of the Ninth Elder and others to bring you back."
"You have the blood of the Yiyue Clan Chief and the royal family of Yunzhao Kingdom flowing in your veins. As long as you are willing to come back with me, you will be the new master of the Yiyue Clan!"
Wu Feng's words sounded sincere and didn't seem fake, but that wasn't enough to convince Xue Ye.
And what difference does it make whether you believe it or not?
He won't go with them!
Xue Ye spoke again: "So, you came here with no ill intentions towards me? Then why did you attack Liu Yingying?"
Mentioning Liu Yingying, a hint of hatred flashed in Wu Feng's eyes.
Thinking of Huayue's current situation, he wished he could tear that woman apart with his bare hands!
"That woman is a problem, but we don't want her to become an obstacle preventing Young Master Ye from returning with us!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Xue Ye's eyes, and he issued a cold warning.
"Then I'll make this clear today: if you dare to harm Liu Yingying in the slightest, you will be my enemy!"
A glint flashed in Wu Feng's eyes, and he quickly said, "Young Master Ye, you misunderstand. We had no intention of harming Liu Yingying, but..."
"The elders' patience is limited! If you, young master, are unwilling to return with us, I'm afraid that although they won't do anything to you, they will think that woman is preventing you from returning!"
Xue Ye still remembered the way the Yiyue tribe operated.
He knew that if he stayed here, Liu Yingying would be in great danger!
Seeing that Xue Ye did not speak, Wu Feng stood up and bowed respectfully to him.
"Young master, you may reconsider what I just said. I will come back to ask for your opinion again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound came from the windowsill, and Wufeng had already disappeared from the room.
Only two open windows remained, swaying in the night wind and making a clanging sound…
Xue Ye went forward and closed the window...
The next day, Liu Yingying's skewers shop opened as usual, and business was booming all morning.
The seven or eight skewers prepared the night before were sold out in the blink of an eye.
Some customers who came from other districts and queued for a long time ended up not being able to buy a single skewer to take home, and couldn't help but complain.
"Boss lady, when are you going to open a branch in Dongcheng? That way we won't have to come all the way here every day."
"Yes, and another one is going to open in Nancheng!" The person who said this came from Nancheng.
Zhang Hui laughed and explained, "You make it sound like opening a branch is as simple as eating and drinking..."
"But I've already asked the boss, and she said it's possible to open one store in each district!"
"Really? That's great!" I won't have to come all the way to the North City every day anymore.
Everyone present was very much looking forward to Sister Liu's skewers shop opening a branch.
All the skewers for today have been sold out, but there are still many people lingering at the store entrance, unwilling to leave.
Liu Yingying, Wan Niangzi, and others were washing pots and pans together in the kitchen, chatting and laughing.
Li Niangzi glanced through the window at Xue Ye chopping wood in the backyard and teased, "Sister Liu, isn't your Xue Ye getting on in years? It's time to arrange a marriage."
Liu Yingying's eyes lit up immediately, and she started talking, "Hey, don't say anymore, back in Furong County, his mother mentioned Xiaoye's marriage to me."
"You wouldn't believe it, there was a very pretty girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old, living in my house back then. She was clearly interested in that boy too."
"But that guy, he just doesn't seem to get it, it's driving his mother and me crazy..."
Jiang Niangzi smiled and said, "Xue Ye is handsome and talented, it's normal for girls to be attracted to him, but..."
As she spoke, she changed the subject, her gaze sweeping over Xiaoxue outside who was helping Zhang Hui.
"Actually, I think Xiaoxue is a good girl too. She's pretty, clever, and capable!"
"Little Snow..." Liu Yingying glanced outside thoughtfully.
That girl has a painful past, although she seems cheerful every day now.
But Liu Yingying knew that was just an appearance.
She's been so busy lately that she forgot something important: to give Xiaoxue some psychological support!
Just then, a commotion broke out outside.
A family carried the body of a seven or eight-year-old girl and placed it in front of a shop. A sallow-faced, emaciated woman was kneeling beside the body, weeping uncontrollably.
The man from that family then began to fiercely accuse Sister Liu's skewer shop of poisoning his daughter...
"Everyone, come quick! This unscrupulous merchant's food poisoned my daughter!"
A snack vendor's food caused someone's death—that's big news!
The guests who were about to leave gathered again.
"You heartless merchants, you have to give me an explanation today!" the man shouted angrily into the store.
The woman who had been weeping over the little girl's body suddenly raised her head and added through gritted teeth.
"No, I want them to pay for my daughter's life!"
These words seemed to remind the man of something, and he shouted back, "Yes, I want them to pay with their lives!"
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