Chapter 31: The Blue Family's Elders!

  "Who's looking for me?" Leng Ruoxue was somewhat surprised, she hadn't been in the Great Heaven Continent for long and didn't know many people, so how could someone be specifically looking for her?

  "This... they didn't say." The servant replied.

  "Oh, Yao Jiao, let's go take a look!" Leng Ruo Xue turned her head and said to Yao Jiao.

  "Good." The demon nodded, but in fact, he was also quite curious.

  The two men left the room and entered the hotel lobby, where two young men were standing in the center of the hall. One of them was a familiar face, Xu Heng, who had once made a bet with them. As for the other one, they didn't know him.

  "Xu Heng, how is it you? Are you here to make a bet with me?" Leng Ruoxue teased lightly.

  "No, no, I won't bet with you again." Xu Heng said with some fear, having lost all his savings from years of accumulation in just one bet with this woman, how could he dare to bet with her again?!

  "Oh, then what are you doing here?" Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat perplexed, because she had never thought that the person who came to see her would actually be Xu Heng.

  "Are you Cold-as-Snow?" The handsome man beside Xu Heng spoke up before he could respond.

  "What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Leng Ruoxue asked calmly and collectedly, eyeing the man with some wariness.

  "Are you from the Rhine continent?" The handsome man couldn't help but ask.

  "No, what's wrong?" Lan Ruoxue denied.

  "Oh, I think you're not the cold-as-snow person I knew either." The handsome man seemed to have let out a sigh of relief as he said this.

  "Do you know someone named Leng Ruoxue?" Leng Ruoxue asked with feigned curiosity, while guessing the identity of this man in her heart.

  This man, with a handsome face and extraordinary temperament, however, had a hint of ferocity and gloom in his eyes. His strength was only mysterious, but judging from Xu Heng's respectful attitude towards him, his identity and status should be above Xu Heng's.

  "Yes, but she should still be on the Diamond Continent now!" The handsome man said with certainty.

  "Oh, I don't know what to call you?" said Leng Ruoxue with a hint of curiosity.

  "Xu Qian!" The handsome man said softly.

  "He is the young master of our Xu family." Xu Heng added.

  "Oh, so it's Young Master Xu, I apologize for the rudeness." Cold Snow said politely.

  "It doesn't matter, ignorance is bliss!" Xu Qian said with a seemingly magnanimous tone.

  "Xu Shaozhu, we are not the people you are looking for. If there is nothing else, we will take our leave." Leng Ruxue said politely.

  "Good." Xu Qian nodded.

  "Monster, let's go back to our room!" Leng Ruoxue turned her head and said to Monster.

  "Hmm." The demon nodded and the two of them turned around and went back upstairs to their room.

  "What's the name of that man beside her?" Xu Qian, standing in the hall, asked softly after watching Cold Ruo Xue's figure disappear.

  "Monster, that man is a monster!" Xu Heng hastily said. He was very curious why the young master was so concerned about Leng Ruoxue. Ever since he heard Leng Ruoxue's name, he had been asking him about her, but in his opinion, Leng Ruoxue and the young master were not a match at all!

  "Yao Nie? Is that the man's name? Do you think anyone would be called that?" Xu Qian said coldly, somewhat displeased. He didn't know why, but when he saw Leng Ruoxue earlier, although he was a bit disappointed that she wasn't the person he was looking for, yet somehow, the woman gave him a sense of familiarity, which made him feel a little puzzled!

  "This...” Xú Hēng's words got stuck, during the competition, that man seemed to be called Yāo Ruò (Demon), although it was a bit of an undeserved reputation! However, he couldn't quite recall either.

  "Go and find out that man's real name for me quickly!" Xu Qian ordered, then strode away from the inn.

  Xu Heng stood in the hotel lobby, looking embarrassed. How was he supposed to investigate this? Was he supposed to personally ask that man?

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao returned to the room and immediately told Grandfather and others about this matter. For a while, everyone fell silent...

  "Ah, Ah-ya, so you're from the Liangfeng Continent after all!" The old man exclaimed with a surprised expression.

  "Yes." Leng Ruoxue said, since she had already spoken in front of them, then naturally she didn't plan to hide it from them.

  "Xiaoxue Xue, were you just starting to convert your spiritual power?" Lan Ming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but ask curiously.

  "Yes."

  "Huh! You bunch of freaks!" Lan Meng was speechless, they had only been here for a little over three months and were already at the initial stage of Xuan cultivation. This kind of cultivation speed was truly frightening to death!

  "We're nothing compared to the true perverts, the young masters of the three super families! At such a young age, they've already become Emperors!" said Cold Snow Cloud calmly.

  "Xiao Xue, you can't compare like this. The people of this continent are born with better innate qualities than those of the Lingfeng Continent, let alone the fact that these three have received the best resources and treatment from a young age to adulthood. If their cultivation speed is still so slow, then it's really unjustifiable." Lan Ming explained, the treatment that Leng Ruoxue and others received in this aspect was definitely incomparable with theirs, but he believed that given time, Leng Ruoxue would absolutely surpass them!

  "That's right, Xiao Lanlan, don't reveal our identities!" Qing Ruxue reminded.

  "Don't worry, I won't say anything. But Xiaoxue, you and the Leng family..." Lan Meng trailed off, a hint of curiosity on her face.

  "The Leng family is the Leng family, we are who we are, no need to mix us up!" Leng Ruoxue said resolutely.

  "Ah, yes!" Blue Ming nodded. The Blues had a branch in the Lower Realm as well, and those people would almost always choose to return to their families after arriving on the Continent of Dawn. However, the status of those people within the family was not even comparable to that of the servants born and raised within the family. So, he really didn't hope that Leng Ruoxue would also choose to return to her family like them. Nevertheless, he was very clear that with Leng Ruoxue's personality, she absolutely wouldn't curry favor with anyone.

  "Grandfather, that Xu Qian might know us, so for now, let's all use pseudonyms!" Leng Ruo Xue turned her head to say to Leng Qing Tian and the others. She didn't know if her previous denial could deceive Xu Qian, but just in case, they should be cautious!

  "Xue Er, when we participated in the Xuan Shi competition, we all used our real names. If we use pseudonyms now, if he is determined to investigate, I'm afraid he will find out." Leng Qing Tian said with some concern.

  "If worse comes to worst, I'll just set fire to the entire Mystic Sect and they won't have anywhere to investigate!" Feng Ling said with a ruthless tone.

  "Hmm!" Leng Ruo Xue's forehead dripped with two drops of cold sweat, thinking to herself that this wasn't a bad idea either.

  "No, no, don't let it burn!" Bing Ji suddenly shouted from his bed.

  "What are you going to do then? The Xu family doesn't have any good intentions, do you want to just stand by and watch as Ruo Xue gets into danger?" Feng Ling Er shouted angrily.

  "With me here, what's there to fear?" Bing Qi slightly raised an eyebrow and calmly said, "Hmph! The Xu family is really nothing to be concerned about."

  "You? You only know how to sleep all day, wake up and eat, finish eating and then sleep again. Moreover, just you alone, can you beat several Xu family members?" Feng Ling'er said with a hint of disdain.

  "Little Blue, how many Ancestors does the Xu family have?" Bing Qi asked with a glance at Lan Ming.

  "There should be one." Lan Meng thought for a moment and said.

  "There's only one, what's there to fear? Even if two more come, it would still be child's play for me!" Bing Xi said nonchalantly.

  "Hum! You can blow it!" Feng Ling'er didn't believe a word of what this smelly Qilin said!

  "My grandpa never boasts!" Bing Qi retorted, this was a very down-to-earth Qilin, who had never spoken nonsense!

  "If you ask me, Snow Sister, don't listen to it, let me go burn the Xuan Shi General Assembly instead!" Feng Ling'er said lazily to Leng Ruo Xue.

  "No way! I said no burning, so no burning!" Bing Qi jumped out of bed and into Leng Ruo Xue's arms, staring at the little red bird and shouting loudly.

  "Ah, Xue Mei!" Feng Ling'er ignored Bing Qi and stared straight at Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Xiao Xue!" Bing Qi also looked at Leng Ruo Xue, the meaning in his blue eyes was very clear, it was "Whose side are you on?"

  "Stop arguing, Grandfather. Let's just use our real names! As long as we don't admit it, I think Xu Qian can't do anything to us!" Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment and said that with her current strength, although there was still a certain gap between her and the Xu family, she wasn't afraid of them. After all, if they came at her with swords, she could defend herself, and if they came at her with water, she could use earth to block it. There was nothing to be afraid of.

  "Good." Leng Qingtian nodded in agreement.

  "It's getting late today, everyone should get some rest early!" Leng Ruoxue said, glancing at the time.

  Everyone nodded and then went to rest on their own.

  The next morning, Da Zhang Lao and San Zhang Lao arrived at the inn early, waiting for orders.

  In the living room.

  "Is there anything you need them to do today, just give them orders." Leng Ruoxue said with a suppressed smile, glancing at the sleepy-eyed First Elder and Third Elder.

  "Ah! Yes! Just give the orders!" The Great Elder wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke politely, but in his heart, he couldn't help thinking that these people wouldn't really make them do those menial tasks, would they? He was the Great Elder of the Blue Family, after all!

  "Hmm! Lan Hong is willing to listen and await orders!" The three elders also spoke up.

  "Heh heh, then you can attend to me and help me get dressed and washed up first! After that, come with me to the medicine exchange fair and set up a stall!" The old man said bluntly.

  "You're going to monopolize both of them? That won't do!" The old man said with some displeasure.

  "Why can't I? I have a lot of things to do today!" The old man said with some dissatisfaction.

  "What's it to you? They're not your personal servants, they belong to all of us." The old man said matter-of-factly.

  "Hey girl, what do you say?" The old man looked at Leng Ruoxue with a pleading gaze, hinting that she should speak up for justice!

  "Hmm! You old rascals, take one of them away for me! As for the other... let him serve others too!" Leng Ruoxue said with a cold smile.

  "Alright, I'll listen to you, and the three elders will be divided among us!" The old man thought for a moment, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to deal with the three elders.

  "Can the great elder give it to me if I'm Snowy?" Lin Liang asked.

  "No way, the old man is mine!" The old man bellowed at the top of his lungs.

  "Stop arguing, in the morning he followed Lin Grandfather, and in the afternoon his usage rights belong to the old man!" said Leng Ruoxue fairly.

  "Xue Er, when can we summon the Great Elder?" Leng Qing Tian said with some dissatisfaction.

  "Tomorrow then, Grandfather. There's always another day. We'll have plenty of opportunities later." Lan Ruo Xue said soothingly, suppressing her smile.

  "That's right, Elder, you go back and tell your master that if he can't bear to part with the money, he can also come work for us to pay off the debt." Leng Qingtian said very seriously, his tone and demeanor making it seem as though he was considering the well-being of the Lan family.

  "Hmph!" The elder's forehead was covered in black lines, speechless and seething with rage. Can't you see that we're already exhausted? Not only are the two of us not enough, but you also want to make our master serve as your servant?!

  "Grandfather, the master of the Lán family would rather give money than come to our house as a servant. That old man is so proud!" Lěng Ruò Xuě said with great understanding. In fact, she had already laughed secretly in her heart, heh heh, Grandfather and the others have learned to be bad, they're not even being subtle about it!

  "Oh! What a pity!" Leng Qingtian's face was filled with regret.

  "What a pity! I haven't even had a chance to use the master as a servant yet!" The old man also chimed in.

  "The three elders were speechless, he really didn't know how these people's brains were grown, such thoughts actually dared to exist, alas! If the master of the house knew, he would be furious to death!"

  "Come on, Third Elder!" Old Man Zuo said with a smile.

  However, the three elders still stood in place without any reaction.

  The old man got a bit angry and patted the Third Elder's shoulder, his face full of displeasure: "I'm talking to you, are you pretending not to hear?"

  "Are you talking to me? You're not calling Sanzi, are you? And you didn't even call me!" The Third Elder said with great grievance. Alas... why do the people around Leng Ruoxue always have no reason?!

  "I'm calling you! Aren't you the Third Elder? From now on, here, you'll be called Little Three!" The Old Ancestor was extremely overbearing and gave the Third Elder a nickname, not allowing him to refute.

  "That... Little Third is really too unpleasant to hear, can't we change it?" The Third Elder asked pitifully, if the people of the Lan family heard that he was called Little Third, his dignity would be completely gone!

  "No way, Xiao Sanzi is simple and easy to remember, that's it. Actually, you don't have to get angry, he's also called Xiao Yizi!" The old man pointed at the elder, smiling slyly.

  "Little one? Me?" The great elder pointed at himself and asked, he wouldn't be hallucinating, would he?!

  "It's you, from now on you'll be called Little Yizi!" The old man said with great certainty.

  "I don't want to be called Xiao Yizi, you can call me Da Zhanglao!" Lan Hong opposed, he firmly opposed this name!

  "There's no great elder here, you're just a servant of our family!" The old man reminded.

  "Hmm! Then you can call me Lan Hong, anyway, I don't want to be called Xiao Yizi!" The Great Elder strongly opposed.

  "You don't have to call him Xiao Yizi if you don't want to." Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile, her bright eyes filled with calculation.

  "Hmm! Girl, what conditions do you have?" The Great Elder said with a sigh, Ah! This little girl doesn't know what kind of absurd idea she has again.

  "Haha, look at us, so many people, only you and the three elders' two servants are definitely not enough to divide! Is the second elder in your family very idle?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a smile.

  "That's right, he's idle!" The Third Elder couldn't wait and hastily chimed in before the Eldest Elder could respond.

  "Why don't you ask him to help then! If he comes, you can pay off a bit more debt every day!" Leng Ruoxue said temptingly, like the Big Bad Wolf tempting Little Red Riding Hood.

  "Hey girl, if we bring him over, can you guys not call me Little Sanzi? However, I don't mind you calling him Little Erzi!" said the Third Elder with a lack of brotherly love.

  "No problem, but anyone that Blue House looks down on can be handed over to me, I'll take care of them and help you pay off your debts!" Leng Ruoxue said with a sly smile.

  "Hmm! Lass, can Lan Ning'er be used?" asked Third Elder with caution.

  "She? She's useless! The fifth Miss Lan, the most favored one in the Lan family, I don't need her!" Leng Ruoxue didn't want to see that woman.

  “……”

  The two elders, Da Zhang Lao and San Zhang Lao, heard Leng Ruo Xue's words and were indignant, unable to bear the anger in their hearts. "You can't use us, but you can use them? What kind of logic is this?"

  "Alright, your job for today is to follow them. Whatever they ask you to do, you'll do it without any questions! Otherwise, you'll be deducted from your monthly pay." Leng Ruoxue ignored the two old men's worried expressions and continued.

  "Huh? Are you going to deduct our monthly allowance too?" The Great Elder couldn't help but ask, five hundred purple crystal coins a month, if they were to deduct points, what would be left? Moreover, this door-deducting lass didn't even provide food and lodging, wasn't she trying to make them drink the northwest wind?

  "Of course, in your Blue House, if a servant makes a mistake, isn't it the same to deduct their pay? Such rules are universal everywhere!" Leng Ruoxue said calmly.

  "Let's hurry up, Great Elder!" the Third Elder couldn't help but suggest, they were worried that if they stayed any longer, this little girl might just deduct their money!

  "Ah! Let's go, let's hurry!" The old man reacted and said hastily. He didn't dare to stay any longer either, otherwise, this little girl would think of some other trick!

  After finishing speaking, the two old men directly disappeared in the living room.

  "Haha!" Watching the First Elder and Third Elder hastily retreat from the living room, Leng Ruoxue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "Haha! Girl! These two old men's guts are really too small!" Old man Gao also laughed and said, in a very good mood.

  "It's not that they're cowardly, but rather, they've never seen anyone like you before. In the Blue House, no one dares to treat them this way." Lan Meng said sympathetically, having spent a lot of time with Leng Ruoxue and others, he had slowly gotten used to their ways of doing things, however, the two elder brothers were clearly still unable to adapt!

  "Don't worry, I'll make sure they understand us thoroughly." The old man patted his chest in guarantee.

  "Ah! For my sake, can't you just spare them from too much suffering?" Lan Meng pleaded.

  "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll go easy on you." The old man said as he left the living room.

  "If it's snowing, I'm leaving too." Lin Liang said goodbye and left as well.

  "Everyone has dispersed! I'm going to sleep for a while!" Leng Ruo Xue said, then pulled the demon back into the room.

  Leng Ruo Xue returned to her room and directly brought the demon into the ring.

  "Mom!" A little red ball of fluff jumped into her arms after seeing Leng Ruo Xue, and cooed cutely.

  "Huo Er, you seem to have gained weight?" Leng Ruo Xue looked at the chubby little fellow in her arms and said with a hint of puzzlement.

  "Mom! Who has a long nose!" Huo Er's eyes were filled with tears as she said grievously.

  "Haha, I knew you'd gotten fat!" The baby's voice rang out, and immediately, a black furry ball jumped into Leng Ruo Xue's arms again.

  "Baby, you seem to have gained weight too!" Leng Ruo Xue said with some surprise. Since getting to know Baby, Baby had never changed much, but today she found that Baby seemed to be getting rounder!

  "Sister, you haven't cared about me for a long time, that's why you think I've gained weight... actually, I've always had a standard figure!" Baby said with a hint of grievance and a choked voice.

  "Uh! Sorry about that! Baby, sister has been too busy lately, how about letting Brother Yao come in and play with you every day?" suggested Leng Ruo Xue.

  "We won't!" The man and the beast simultaneously refused in unison, and they all looked at Leng Ruoxue with flattering eyes.

  "Opposition is futile, it's settled then!" Leng Ruoxue sneered as she handed the Fire Child and Bao Bao over to the demon, then said: "Demon, you play with them for a while! I'll go refine some elixirs!"

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruo Xue abandoned the one person and two beasts, directly entering the Purple Bamboo House!

  "Xu?r!" The demon softly called out from behind Leng Ruoxue, but unfortunately, Leng Ruoxue didn't pay him any attention. He didn't want to accompany these beasts that only knew how to compete with him for favor!

  "Haha! Actually, Xue Er's beasts are quite cute!" A voiceless sound came from behind the demon.

  "You like it, then they're yours!" The demon hastily tossed the baby into Wu's arms.

  "Huo'er, why didn't you give it to me?" he said with some puzzlement.

  "It's my son!" The demon's words were a matter of course, Huo Er called Xue Er mother, but he called him father! Of course, it couldn't be given to someone else!

  "Hehe, Daddy, Huo'er loves you and Mommy so much!" Huo'er said coquettishly.

  "Good boy! By the way, how's your injury?" The demon asked with concern.

  "It's much better, but it's unlikely that my injuries will be completely cured, unless...". He didn't dare to say more, he had already come to terms with his situation. Having stayed in this space for so long and being able to recover some of his strength was already very satisfying to him.

  "Are you looking for some rare medicinal herbs? There aren't any here?" The demon asked somewhat perplexed, he didn't know much about medicinal herbs, but he was very clear that the medicinal herbs in Xue Er's space were already extremely complete, if Xue Er didn't have them, then they must be something extremely rare!

  "Hmm, no." He said calmly, for so many years, saving Xue Wu was his only wish, as for himself, he had never thought about it.

  "As long as we're alive, there's always hope, believe in miracles!" The demon comforted.

  "Yes, as long as one is alive, nothing else matters!" He let out a soft sigh and nodded in agreement.

  The two of them continued talking...

  Leng Ruo Xue finished refining the elixir and came out of the Purple Bamboo House, only to see the two of them chatting and laughing together, but she had no idea what they were talking about.

  She quietly came up behind them, and with a mischievous glint in her eye, lightly patted the shoulders of the two, then teased: "What are you guys talking about? You're not badmouthing me, are you?"

  "How did you know?" Wu asked with a slight raise of her sword-shaped eyebrows, somewhat surprised.

  "Xue Er, how could we speak ill of you!" The demon said with some grievance, and the bright starry eyes sparkled with tears.

  "Haha, I was just joking." Cold sweat dripped from Leng Ruo Xue's forehead as she thought to herself, "This demon is at it again, it's infuriating!" Alas, is she destined to be toyed with by this demon for the rest of her life?

  "Xu'er, you've been gone for a long time, I miss you." The demon hugged Cold-as-Snow's slender waist and said softly.

  "I'm going to refine the elixir!" Lan Xue said soothingly, stroking his head as if petting a small dog.

  "What kind of elixir are you refining?" The demon was somewhat curious, as Snow had never minded letting him watch her refine pills before, but this time she actually left him outside.

  "Poison!" Cold as snow, her face was full of mysterious meaning.

  "Huh? Who are you planning to poison?" The demon asked with some fear, Snow has been liking to brew poisonous medicine recently, this is not a good phenomenon!

  "Haha, you'll know when the time comes!" Leng Ruo Xue was being mysterious.

  "Hmm, as long as it's not something for me to eat, I don't care who gets poisoned." The demon lord wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

  "Heh heh, you little monster, how can you be so cute? Of course, it's not for you to eat." Cold Snow said with a sly smile.

  "You two are really nauseating, pay attention to your influence, okay? There are still minors here!" Dao said with some intolerance.

  "Minor? Are you referring to yourself?" Leng Ruoxue deliberately provoked him.

  "I've been an adult for many years, I'm your son!" He pointed at the fire in the demon's belly.

  "Huo Er has grown up too!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a smile, as the spirit of Tian Cai Di Bao, Huo Er didn't know how many years he had lived, but his mind was still that of a child!

  "Mom! Huo'er has been alive for a long time!" Huo'er said with a hint of childishness.

  "Hmm, right, what time is it now?" asked Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Xue Er, it's already evening outside!" The demon said, looking at the time.

  "Oh, let's hurry up and get out of here!" Leng Ruoxue said hastily, then took the demon and left the bracelet!

  Out of the room, the two came to the living room. Cold as snow found that everyone seemed to be waiting for them. The eldest and third elder were so tired that they lay directly on the floor, panting heavily!

  "Hmm! These two old men have done a lot of work, how can they be so tired? Cold as snow, full of doubt and incomprehension!"

  "Ah, you've arrived!" The old man exclaimed as soon as he saw them enter, and frequently gave them meaningful glances!

  "Ah! Yes! We overslept!" said Leng Ruoxue with some embarrassment.

  "Hey, little girl! We're exhausted like dead dogs, and you're actually sleeping? Waaah... it's really too much!" The Third Elder complained with a sorrowful face.

  "Is it that bad? Old Gou, didn't I tell you to give them some lighter tasks first?" Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of reproach.

  "Ah, girl! I've already given Xiao Hongzi a very easy task, don't believe me? Ask him if I made him do any hard work?" Old Man Gao said with great grievance, looking like he was about to burst into tears.

  "Third Elder, if you have any grievances, speak out! Hmm? Has that old scoundrel made you do some hard labor again?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a hint of puzzlement.

  "He...seems to have not made me do any heavy work, I'm just constantly running around, one moment here, another there, my old arms and legs are almost broken from running! The Third Elder thought carefully, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't think of what he had done today. All he remembered was that he hadn't stopped moving all day, like a spinning top."

  "Girl, did you hear that?! I really didn't let him do heavy work, I listened to your words, you said to let them adapt first, how dare I not listen?!" The old man complained with a 'you're wronging me' expression.

  "Sorry old man, the Third Elder is a newcomer after all! We need to get along slowly!" Leng Ruoxue hurriedly apologized, her expression on her face was quite sincere.

  "I know, I'll train him well, he's just been pampered for too long and lacks exercise!" said the old man with a knowing tone.

  "What's wrong with you again, Great Elder?" After resolving the matter of the Third Elder, Cold-as-Snow turned her suspicious gaze towards the Great Elder.

  "I... I'm so tired, don't want to talk!" The old man stuttered, oh... what a mess! He had already made up his mind, tomorrow he must get some people from the Blue family to suffer with him.

  "Alas! Looking at you all exhausted like this, I really don't want to tell you that you haven't even had dinner yet!" Leng Ruoxue said with difficulty.

  "What? Cook dinner? Why should we cook dinner?" The three elders couldn't help but shout, had he heard wrong?! This girl actually wanted them to cook dinner, how would they know how to cook?!

  "Because you are our family's servants! So, of course, dinner is also part of your job!" said Leng Ruoxue matter-of-factly.

  "You're now living in a guest house, aren't you? There's no need for us to cook at all!" The Third Elder hastily said.

  "It was because we had no one to serve us before! Now that we have servants, who would still dine at the inn? How can you be so unaware of saving money?" Leng Ruoxue couldn't help but scold. Although they didn't spend money on lodging here, dining was something they had to pay for out of their own pockets.

  "Hmph!" The three elders were so angry that they rolled their eyes, thinking to themselves, "You little girl, you're too stingy! You even want to save this small amount of money? You've already taken a lot of money from our Blue family!"

  "Alright, alright! I give up to you! From now on, you can all stay and eat for free in any of our Blue Family's inns. Just don't make us cook dinner again, we really can't take it anymore!" The old master pleaded, he was now certain that these people were playing tricks on them. Alas! He asked himself if he had been too kind to them, hadn't offended them at all. How could they bully him like this?!

  "Really? Does what the elder says count? Don't you need to discuss it with your family head, elder council or something? What evidence is there?" asked Leng Ruoxue somewhat uncertainly.

  "Count on me, I can take charge! If you don't believe me, ask the three elders!" The eldest elder also dragged the three elders into the water.

  "That's right, we can take charge!" The three elders hastily said.

  "What's the proof?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a sly smile.

  "Hmm! Little girl, take this token. From now on, you can stay and eat for free at any Blue Family inn!" The elder handed over a token from his waist with a hint of resignation, while thinking to himself, "How did this little girl become so shrewd? Alas, if the Blue Family has descendants like her, how could they not prosper forever?"

  "In that case, I won't be polite." Leng Ruoxue took over the token and stored it in her ring.

  "Little girl, can we leave now?" asked the Third Elder, unable to help but speak up. Since the problem of dinner had been solved, they should also be able to go home, right?

  "Do you have anything else for these two servants to do?" asked Leng Ruoxue, turning her gaze towards the crowd.

  "Really!"

  "There's a lot!"

  "Me too!"

  "We've been waiting for them all day..."

  Everyone was talking at once, but every time they said a sentence, the old man and the third elder's heart rate increased by one beat. By the time everyone finished speaking, the two old men almost fainted!

  "Really! But they're both exhausted today, I'll plead for them, can you let them go home and rest early?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "Alright then! You all go back early today! Don't oversleep tomorrow, there's a lot of work waiting for you to do!" Ling Tian reminded.

  "Uh, okay!" The two elder brothers replied with a stifled tone, they were so tired that they didn't even want to get up!

  "What's wrong with you guys? Why aren't you leaving yet?" After a while, Leng Ruoxue saw that they were still lying there motionless and asked in surprise.

  "Little girl, we can't move anymore!" The elder said with some helplessness, alas! He really wanted to cry!

  "Oh! Then I'll let the shopkeeper send someone to escort you back!" said Leng Ruoxue considerately.

  "Hehe, little girl, you still have a kind heart!" The Third Elder couldn't help but praise.

  "Three elders, I won't call him for you for nothing. You need to pay me a reward." Ling Ruo Xue reminded with a cold smile.

  "Ah!" The three elders were stunned. His flattering words had been in vain, and to make matters worse, he was kicked by the horse!

  "Alright, little girl, never mind, we'll just go ourselves!" The elder struggled to get up, saying with a tone of great disappointment and frustration. Alas! He was already crying in his heart, this little girl was simply an out-and-out vampire!

  "Then I'll take a slow walk and won't see you off," said Leng Ruoxue as she left the living room.

  After seeing Leng Ruoxue leave, everyone else followed suit, including Lan Meng.

  "Great elder, they've all left, what are we going to do?" The third elder said with a somewhat dazed expression, these people's actions were truly swift! They just left without anyone stopping them.

  "We... will find our own way back!" The elder sighed and said.

  "Great elder, that little girl said she wants compensation, let's give it to her!" The third elder complained.

  "No way, that little girl is too cunning, I'm afraid she'll trick me again!" The elder said with great vigilance, he was now a bit afraid of the girl and didn't dare to easily agree to anything!

  "But shouldn't it cost a lot of money for one person?" The Third Elder guessed, actually, he was also quite afraid in his heart.

  "It's absolutely higher than our monthly salary!" The elder said with some trepidation, if that little girl really went to call people for them, they might end up working for nothing this month. Moreover, at this rate, he really didn't know how long he could hold on!

  "Let's... let's just go ourselves!" The Third Elder said with some heartache, wistfully... he was the Third Elder of the Blue House after all! How did it end up like this? He couldn't understand why they had to treat themselves so cruelly!

  "Alright, let's go!" After saying that, the two old men supported each other and left the living room, arriving at the hotel lobby!

  The shopkeeper, as soon as he saw the First Elder and Third Elder, rushed to their side with a combination of running and tripping, waiting for instructions!

  "Shopkeeper, prepare a carriage for us and send us back to the Blue Mansion!" The three elders instructed weakly.

  "Yes, please wait for a moment, two elders!" The shopkeeper hastily replied, then turned and left to prepare the carriage. However, in his heart, he couldn't help but feel some confusion - what was wrong with the two elders? How did they become so exhausted?!

  After a while, the shopkeeper prepared the carriage and arranged for the attendants to help the two elders get on board. Then, he saw them off as they went far away...

  The next day, Da Zhang Lao and San Zhang Lao arrived at the inn early again. After a night's rest, both of them had fully recovered their strength!

  "Both elders look quite well today!" Leng Ruoxue walked into the living room, seeing the First Elder and Third Elder waiting there, and praised.

  "Ah, good, that's right! From today on, they will be your servants too!" The Third Elder said with a smile, pointing to the dozen or so people standing not far away. Humph! Wanting to see him and the Great Elder's joke, but there was no door, so early this morning, these people who wanted to revel in their misfortune were brought here by him and the Great Elder. This is what they call sharing weal and woe!

  "What are they going to do?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the dozen or so people with some disdain, saying that these few people were all well-fed and fat, looking like they weren't even as good as those two old men!

  "You can make them do whatever you want, no need to be polite!" The Great Elder said, and with one sentence, he decided their miserable days for the next few days! Yesterday, when he and the Third Elder returned home, they were still discussing which people to bring over to help them pay off their debts. Unexpectedly, several people took the initiative to come over, so why should he be polite? Moreover, he also took advantage of the situation to bring all the people from the Second Elder's side, except for the Second Elder who was pretending to be ill!

  "Oh, fine!" Cold-as-Snow scrutinized the dozen or so people from head to toe, her face growing increasingly displeased...

  "How come Xiao Erzi is nowhere to be seen?" Leng Ruo Xue scanned around before asking with a hint of dissatisfaction.

  "Xiao Erzi is unwell, I've already informed the master to have someone treat him." The elder said, implying that he would come once he's recovered.

  "Oh! So that's it!" Leng Ruo Xue nodded, then shifted her gaze to Leng Qing Tian and the others: "Grandfather, there are enough servants for today. You can choose one at will, leave the rest to me!"

  "Good!" Leng Qingtian and others nodded slightly, then very seriously selected their own servants...

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