Song Qing Lan’s disappearance made the timid Little Shuang anxious to the point of bursting into tears. ”What should I do Miss, where in the world could Madame be? She was perfectly fine before. How come she just disappeared? Could she be in trouble?”
“Shut up.” Ye MuXi glanced at her coldly. “Why are you crying?”
Little Shuang hurriedly wiped away her tears, and said in a sullen voice, “Little Shuang is just worried about Madame…Miss, where do you think Madame would be?”
Song QingLan had brought her out with the young lady. Although she was just a maid, Madame had always been kind to her. It was the three of them together, mutually depending on each other. But now, Madame was missing.
How could she not be anxious?
“Where else?” Ye JunFei had just been beaten away by her, and her mother disappeared immediately. Ye MuXi did not even make a second guess; either Ye JunFei wanted revenge, or that so-called Lord, Han XiuYuan, had acted.
Sure enough, before long, two people who looked like guards came to invite her.
“Our Lord Han would like to ask Miss Ye to come over and have a chat. Would Miss Ye bestow her presence?”
Ye MuXi looked at them with an impassive face. “What if I say no?”
The guards smiled without humor. “Lord Han had said not to force Miss Ye to do anything. If Miss Ye doesn’t want to come, we will leave. However, if Miss Ye isn’t even available for a chat, we can only let the honorable Madame stay in our Han family for a little while.”
Song QingLan was indeed in their hands.
A cold light flashed in Ye MuXi’s eyes, and her usually charming face flickered with a keen determination.
“So, I’ll have to go?”
The guards replied, “Lord Han is waiting for Miss Ye.”
Ye MuXi crossed her arms behind her. “Then let’s go.” she said faintly.
“Well then, Miss Ye, please come with us.”
As the guard walked ahead to lead the way, Little Shuang shouted fearfully, “Miss, you can’t go!”
Even with her consent, the guards were afraid that Ye MuXi would back out and so they ‘escorted’ her away, keeping her between them.
In the depth of midnight, to call on a young girl who was as beautiful as a flower out, one would know what Han XiuYuan was doing without a second thought.
If it was any other woman, she would have been burning with distress to escape the trap and save her mother. Yet since the start, the look on Ye MuXi’s charming face has never changed; even being quite cooperative, going wherever she was being led to.
This made both guards feel a little uneasy.
After a second thought, they remembered Ye Muxi’s reputation in Nayan Capital and instantly became scornful.
Of course, who didn’t know that Ye MuXi wanted to marry a powerful man so that she could become a wife of a young master?
Now that Lord Han wanted her, maybe she was over the moon happy.
However, did she really think Lord Han would marry her? This was just for fun.
“We have arrived. Miss Ye, please come in.”
Ye MuXi held her hands behind her and walked straight in.
As she stepped in, the door behind her slammed shut violently behind her.
Ye MuXi didn’t even turn around look and kept walking towards the lounge.
Within the middle of the lounge, Ye JunFei was having a drink with a fancy-clothed lord. When he saw her enter, the lord’s eyes lit up and walked towards Ye MuXi.
“Xi’er, you’re finally here. Come in, come in. Come and sit down.”
He made a gesture to take Ye MuXi’s hand, but she blocked him without batting an eye: “I will go myself.”
Han XiuYuan wasn’t annoyed. He was smiling as he invited Ye MuXi to her seat, pouring her a glass of wine. ”This one I don’t need to introduce, right? Jun Fei was Xie’er’s cousin, so I would assume you’re familiar with him. Ay, Xi’er really is hard to invite. I invited this beautiful girl many times, but she kept ignoring me. I am really heart-broken.”
“Lord Han don’t take offense. She’s a lady, there will always be some shame. Really, Xi’er, must Lord Han personally send someone to invite you before you come?” Ye JunFei deliberately tried to mediate the situation, and even signalled with his eyes at Ye MuXi. He continued saying, “Sister Xi’er, why don’t you make a quick toast to Lord Han and apologize to him?”
Ye JunFei still had a white cloth wrapped around his other hand; the injury he got from Ye MuXi wasn’t light.
Without looking at him, Ye MuXi’s starry eyes swept indifferently towards Han XiuYuan: “Where is my mother?”
Han XiuYuan didn’t immediately answer, rather, he poured a glass of wine for Ye MuXi and smiled, “How about I tell you when Xi’er drinks this wine?”
Ye MuXi replied, “How do I know that you didn’t put any drugs in this wine?”
Han XiuYuan’s face twitched, but quickly returned to normal, plastering on a smile that he thought was the most charming. He said, What are these words, Xi’er? I’ve been admiring Xi’er for a long time, but I’ve never had the chance to get to know you. When I saw you tonight, I inevitably got a little excited. This is Tower of Welcoming Celestials’s best wine. I specially took you here. Why would there be drugs?”
Ye MuXi looked at Han XiuYuan and was silent for a moment before opening her mouth, “Don’t talk too close to me.”
The smile on Han Xiu Yuan’s face froze. He barely squeezed out, “What does Xi’er mean by that?”
On Ye MuXi’s blank face, there was a rare hint of disgust: “Bad breath.”
Han XiuYuan: “……..”
Ye JunFei also froze when he noticed Han XiuYuan’s expression going dark in an instant.
Hurriedly, he scolded Ye MuXi: ”Xi’er! What are you saying?”
Ye MuXi didn’t bother to play along with them and asked again, “Where is my mother?”
Han XiuYuan was not a patient person. Normally as someone who could call forth the wind and rain; no one dared to disrespect him. Yet, Ye MuXi, this incompetent starry-eyed fool, would actually dare to be so bold.
His patience had been completely exhausted. With a ‘crack’ sound, he threw down the cup in his hand and glared icily at Ye MuXi: “It seems that Miss Ye would rather drink due to punishment than to a toast1. In that case, don’t blame me for being rude!”
He picked up the wine that he had just poured for Ye MuXi and tried to force it into her mouth.
This drink was indeed problematic, Ye MuXi thought with disdain. She shrank backwards, dodging Han Xiu Yuan’s approach.
Han XiuYuan glanced at Ye JunFei: “What are you still doing there, hold her for me and pour down the wine. I want to see how she’ll beg me to give her pleasure in a while!”
Ye JunFei had things to ask of from Han XiuYuan so he had to comply. At the same time, for the sake of being her cousin, he persuaded Ye MuXi: “Xi’er, I’ll tell you the truth. Your mother is not here, I brought her back to the Ye clan. As long as you serve young Lord Han well tonight, tomorrow, I will return Madame back to you without harm. How about it?”
Ye MuXi narrowed her eyes. “Is that true? My mother is really at the Ye clan?”
Thinking that he had convinced Ye MuXi, Ye JunFei nodded his head without hesitation. “Of course, I swear that Madame is really in the Ye clan.”
Ye MuXi’s lips slowly outlined a faint arc, revealing a cruel, cold intent. Especially those eyes: so clear and beautiful, but at this moment, it was as if death had descended, eerie and terrible.
Looking at Ye MuXi’s appearance, Ye JunFei’s heartbeat skipped for no reason. He felt uneasy.
The next moment, his unease was confirmed.
“Since my mother isn’t here, then, I don’t have any nonsense to say with you morons.”
A sudden cold light flashed in Ye MuXi’s hand, and she attacked Han Xiu Yuan’s lower body at the speed of light.
Han XiuYuan had just opened his Divine Soul into the Earthly Soul, a medium to upper talent. But at this second, he couldn’t catch Ye MuXi’s speed at all. He only felt a sharp pain under his body as some part had left the whole. Blood splattered everywhere.
Ye JunFei stared at the scene, wide-eyed, and subconsciously covered his lower body, inexplicably feeling a burst of ‘egg’-gony.
Ye MuXi had….had cut off Lord Han’s ‘treasure’!
1. The Chinese for this phrase is ‘敬酒不吃，想吃罚酒’. The meaning is submitting to somebody’s pressure after first turning down their persuasion. But the literal translation mashed well with the context of drinking wine, so I chose that instead. ⮝
Song Qing Lan’s disappearance made the timid Little Shuang anxious to the point of bursting into tears. ”What should I do Miss, where in the world could Madame be? She was perfectly fine before. How come she just disappeared? Could she be in trouble?”
“Shut up.” Ye MuXi glanced at her coldly. “Why are you crying?”
Little Shuang hurriedly wiped away her tears, and said in a sullen voice, “Little Shuang is just worried about Madame…Miss, where do you think Madame would be?”
Song QingLan had brought her out with the young lady. Although she was just a maid, Madame had always been kind to her. It was the three of them together, mutually depending on each other. But now, Madame was missing.
How could she not be anxious?
“Where else?” Ye JunFei had just been beaten away by her, and her mother disappeared immediately. Ye MuXi did not even make a second guess; either Ye JunFei wanted revenge, or that so-called Lord, Han XiuYuan, had acted.
Sure enough, before long, two people who looked like guards came to invite her.
“Our Lord Han would like to ask Miss Ye to come over and have a chat. Would Miss Ye bestow her presence?”
Ye MuXi looked at them with an impassive face. “What if I say no?”
The guards smiled without humor. “Lord Han had said not to force Miss Ye to do anything. If Miss Ye doesn’t want to come, we will leave. However, if Miss Ye isn’t even available for a chat, we can only let the honorable Madame stay in our Han family for a little while.”
Song QingLan was indeed in their hands.
A cold light flashed in Ye MuXi’s eyes, and her usually charming face flickered with a keen determination.
“So, I’ll have to go?”
The guards replied, “Lord Han is waiting for Miss Ye.”
Ye MuXi crossed her arms behind her. “Then let’s go.” she said faintly.
“Well then, Miss Ye, please come with us.”
As the guard walked ahead to lead the way, Little Shuang shouted fearfully, “Miss, you can’t go!”
Even with her consent, the guards were afraid that Ye MuXi would back out and so they ‘escorted’ her away, keeping her between them.
In the depth of midnight, to call on a young girl who was as beautiful as a flower out, one would know what Han XiuYuan was doing without a second thought.
If it was any other woman, she would have been burning with distress to escape the trap and save her mother. Yet since the start, the look on Ye MuXi’s charming face has never changed; even being quite cooperative, going wherever she was being led to.
This made both guards feel a little uneasy.
After a second thought, they remembered Ye Muxi’s reputation in Nayan Capital and instantly became scornful.
Of course, who didn’t know that Ye MuXi wanted to marry a powerful man so that she could become a wife of a young master?
Now that Lord Han wanted her, maybe she was over the moon happy.
However, did she really think Lord Han would marry her? This was just for fun.
“We have arrived. Miss Ye, please come in.”
Ye MuXi held her hands behind her and walked straight in.
As she stepped in, the door behind her slammed shut violently behind her.
Ye MuXi didn’t even turn around look and kept walking towards the lounge.
Within the middle of the lounge, Ye JunFei was having a drink with a fancy-clothed lord. When he saw her enter, the lord’s eyes lit up and walked towards Ye MuXi.
“Xi’er, you’re finally here. Come in, come in. Come and sit down.”
He made a gesture to take Ye MuXi’s hand, but she blocked him without batting an eye: “I will go myself.”
Han XiuYuan wasn’t annoyed. He was smiling as he invited Ye MuXi to her seat, pouring her a glass of wine. ”This one I don’t need to introduce, right? Jun Fei was Xie’er’s cousin, so I would assume you’re familiar with him. Ay, Xi’er really is hard to invite. I invited this beautiful girl many times, but she kept ignoring me. I am really heart-broken.”
“Lord Han don’t take offense. She’s a lady, there will always be some shame. Really, Xi’er, must Lord Han personally send someone to invite you before you come?” Ye JunFei deliberately tried to mediate the situation, and even signalled with his eyes at Ye MuXi. He continued saying, “Sister Xi’er, why don’t you make a quick toast to Lord Han and apologize to him?”
Ye JunFei still had a white cloth wrapped around his other hand; the injury he got from Ye MuXi wasn’t light.
Without looking at him, Ye MuXi’s starry eyes swept indifferently towards Han XiuYuan: “Where is my mother?”
Han XiuYuan didn’t immediately answer, rather, he poured a glass of wine for Ye MuXi and smiled, “How about I tell you when Xi’er drinks this wine?”
Ye MuXi replied, “How do I know that you didn’t put any drugs in this wine?”
Han XiuYuan’s face twitched, but quickly returned to normal, plastering on a smile that he thought was the most charming. He said, What are these words, Xi’er? I’ve been admiring Xi’er for a long time, but I’ve never had the chance to get to know you. When I saw you tonight, I inevitably got a little excited. This is Tower of Welcoming Celestials’s best wine. I specially took you here. Why would there be drugs?”
Ye MuXi looked at Han XiuYuan and was silent for a moment before opening her mouth, “Don’t talk too close to me.”
The smile on Han Xiu Yuan’s face froze. He barely squeezed out, “What does Xi’er mean by that?”
On Ye MuXi’s blank face, there was a rare hint of disgust: “Bad breath.”
Han XiuYuan: “……..”
Ye JunFei also froze when he noticed Han XiuYuan’s expression going dark in an instant.
Hurriedly, he scolded Ye MuXi: ”Xi’er! What are you saying?”
Ye MuXi didn’t bother to play along with them and asked again, “Where is my mother?”
Han XiuYuan was not a patient person. Normally as someone who could call forth the wind and rain; no one dared to disrespect him. Yet, Ye MuXi, this incompetent starry-eyed fool, would actually dare to be so bold.
His patience had been completely exhausted. With a ‘crack’ sound, he threw down the cup in his hand and glared icily at Ye MuXi: “It seems that Miss Ye would rather drink due to punishment than to a toast1. In that case, don’t blame me for being rude!”
He picked up the wine that he had just poured for Ye MuXi and tried to force it into her mouth.
This drink was indeed problematic, Ye MuXi thought with disdain. She shrank backwards, dodging Han Xiu Yuan’s approach.
Han XiuYuan glanced at Ye JunFei: “What are you still doing there, hold her for me and pour down the wine. I want to see how she’ll beg me to give her pleasure in a while!”
Ye JunFei had things to ask of from Han XiuYuan so he had to comply. At the same time, for the sake of being her cousin, he persuaded Ye MuXi: “Xi’er, I’ll tell you the truth. Your mother is not here, I brought her back to the Ye clan. As long as you serve young Lord Han well tonight, tomorrow, I will return Madame back to you without harm. How about it?”
Ye MuXi narrowed her eyes. “Is that true? My mother is really at the Ye clan?”
Thinking that he had convinced Ye MuXi, Ye JunFei nodded his head without hesitation. “Of course, I swear that Madame is really in the Ye clan.”
Ye MuXi’s lips slowly outlined a faint arc, revealing a cruel, cold intent. Especially those eyes: so clear and beautiful, but at this moment, it was as if death had descended, eerie and terrible.
Looking at Ye MuXi’s appearance, Ye JunFei’s heartbeat skipped for no reason. He felt uneasy.
The next moment, his unease was confirmed.
“Since my mother isn’t here, then, I don’t have any nonsense to say with you morons.”
A sudden cold light flashed in Ye MuXi’s hand, and she attacked Han Xiu Yuan’s lower body at the speed of light.
Han XiuYuan had just opened his Divine Soul into the Earthly Soul, a medium to upper talent. But at this second, he couldn’t catch Ye MuXi’s speed at all. He only felt a sharp pain under his body as some part had left the whole. Blood splattered everywhere.
Ye JunFei stared at the scene, wide-eyed, and subconsciously covered his lower body, inexplicably feeling a burst of ‘egg’-gony.
Ye MuXi had….had cut off Lord Han’s ‘treasure’!
1. The Chinese for this phrase is ‘敬酒不吃，想吃罚酒’. The meaning is submitting to somebody’s pressure after first turning down their persuasion. But the literal translation mashed well with the context of drinking wine, so I chose that instead. ⮝
