Chapter 41: Five Men Gather

  In the lobby of the hotel.

  Yue Qun, who was blocked outside the crowd, anxiously pushed through the people and stretched out his long arm to tightly hug Leng Wu Xin, who had fainted on the ground. With the beauty in his arms, he became so excited that he almost lost his bearings. His heart was filled with a sweet fragrance!

  "Who are you?" Cold Wu Xin slowly came back to consciousness, his absolutely beautiful face filled with confusion and some uncomprehending inquiry.

  "Huh!" Yue Qun was stunned, thinking to himself, what kind of illness did Xin'er actually have? Why was her memory so bad that she would often ask, who is he?!

  "Miss, you finally woke up!" The maid beside her said with a worried face and tears in her eyes.

  "Where is this?" Ruò ér asked softly, her clear and beautiful eyes filled with confusion and puzzlement.

  "Miss, have you forgotten? We are in the Yue family's guest house! There were too many people surrounding you just now, and it was hard to breathe, so you fainted." The maid explained.

  "Get away from her, all of you! She's not feeling well and none of you are allowed to crowd around her!" Yuke shouted loudly.

  The onlookers saw that Young Master Yue had spoken up and didn't dare to stay any longer, they all ran away in the blink of an eye.

  "Heart, it's alright now, they won't dare to bother you again." Yue Qun looked at Leng Wu Xin with tenderness and deep affection, and in order to get closer to her, he even directly called out the term of endearment from his heart.

  "Who are you? Do I know you?" asked Leng Wu Xin foolishly.

  "Xīn er, I am Yue Qun! You are mine..." Yue Qun said somewhat urgently, but before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by someone.

  "Xin'er, he is the young master of Yue's inn!" Nian Fang, who had just walked into the inn, happened to hear what Yue Qun was about to say, so he spoke up first.

  "Oh, who are you then?" asked Leng Wu Xin with some curiosity.

  "He's the young master of the Nie family's black market shop, the one you guys encountered just as you entered the city!" Yue Qun said provocatively.

  "Oh, I remember there's also a Zhao family black shop! The waiters of the two shops even started arguing with each other, it's really interesting." Lan Wu Xin said happily.

  "Haha, yeah!" Yue Qun smiled and echoed, but in his heart, he was very unhappy. Humph! She remembered everything clearly, even the two waiters, just didn't remember him. However, it was good that others' treatment wasn't much better than his, which made his heart slightly more balanced.

  "My dear, I'm Ní Fāng. You'd better remember it!" said Ní Fāng with a gentle and refined demeanor, reintroducing himself with great elegance.

  "Xīn er is also what you called!" When Yue Qun heard Ni Fang call him that too, he immediately got furious!

  "You can call, why can't I?" Ni Fang said with a tone of unwillingness to show weakness.

  "Darling!"

  Just as Yue Qun and Ni Fang were about to engage in a fierce battle, another voice rang out in the hotel's lobby! In an instant, the flames burning in the eyes of the two shot towards the owner of the voice. If looks could kill, the owner of the voice would have been riddled with holes by now!

  But what was even more astonishing was yet to come. Cold as Heart flew towards the man like a butterfly...

  "Ming Ge!" Leng Wu Xin called out happily and warmly hugged one of the man's arms.

  "Whoosh!" At the sound of 'Zhao Gege', Yu Qun and Ni Fang's hearts instantly shattered into several pieces, and the flames of anger in their hearts burned even more fiercely! Damn it, why did Xiner remember him?! By now, they had already been blinded by jealousy, and in their hearts, they hated Zhao Ming so much that they wanted to tear him apart!

  "Xin'er, be careful, you're physically weak and shouldn't run!" Zhao Ming said with great concern, but his eyes slightly swept over Yue Qun and Ni Fang with a hint of provocation.

  "Haha, what a coincidence! Everyone's here today." Just then, two young men walked in from outside, one of whom smiled and spoke up.

  "What are you two doing here?" Zhao Ming looked at them with a hint of displeasure.

  "If you can come, why can't we?" another man said disapprovingly.

  "Haha, of course, my family runs an inn, anyone who wants to come is welcome!" Yue Qun laughed and said, taking the opportunity to glance at Zhao Ming with a hum, you don't like them coming, I'll just let them come!

  "Huh? You are..." The cold and beautiful little face was full of question marks.

  "Xin'er meimei, I am Fang Yu." The stunningly beautiful Fang Yu said with a prepared tone.

  "It's me, Yu Tao!" said the tall Yu Tao somewhat helplessly.

  "Oh, hello, that... Brother Ming wants to take me out to play, let's go together!" Leng Wu Xin enthusiastically invited.

  "Alright!" Everyone responded happily except Zhao Ming, who had a dark expression on his handsome face.

  And so, Cold Unintentional and her two attendants, plus the five men with their own thoughts, set out on a trip of eight people together...

  Their goal for this trip is naturally mountain climbing!

  Zhao Ming took them to the mountain where they were going, which was within the sphere of influence of the Zhao family. The terrain was good, the environment was beautiful, and the air was fresh. It was one of the few scenic spots in Wanshan City!

  After much difficulty, she finally climbed to the top of the mountain and sat down on the ground with a thud. She was drenched in sweat and panting heavily, her originally pale face now flushed with a hint of red, making her look even more beautiful!

  "Zhao Ming, what's wrong with you? You know Xin'er's body is not good, yet you still want to bring her mountain climbing! Are you trying to kill her?" Yue Qun's eyes stared unblinkingly at the increasingly seductive Leng Wuhen, who was the first to speak out.

  "It's just, it's exhausting." Ni Fang also said with a heart-wrenching tone, his face full of astonishment!

  "I think you're not being honest, hum! If we weren't following you, what would you do with Xin'er, just the two of you alone?" Fang Yu also said with a 'you're up to no good' expression.

  "Alas! Isn't it obvious? Fortunately we followed, or else Xiner's sister would be in danger." Yu Tao also added fuel to the fire.

  "What are you talking about? I'm the one who's going to climb the mountain, it has nothing to do with Brother Ming!" Leng Wu Xin couldn't help but speak up for Zhao Ming!

  "Xin'er, don't speak for him, we all know what he's thinking!" Seeing Zhao Ming's smug expression, Yue Qun couldn't help but let out a low growl with a hint of jealousy.

  "It's really what I came for, Brother Qun. You don't know that Xiner's illness requires wild mountain ginseng, so I wanted to come up the mountain to see if I could find some. If by chance I can find the thousand-year-old one, then Xiner's illness will be saved!" Leng Wuxin explained in a low and mysterious tone.

  "Wild mountains and ginseng? Ten thousand years old?" A shout from Brother Qun, extinguished all the jealous fire of Yue Qun, and even made him a little dizzy, however, he still didn't reveal the key words in his cold and ruthless speech!

  "Must it be a thousand-year-old one?" Fang Yu said with some difficulty. A thousand-year-old wild ginseng is hard to find now!

  "Yu Tao, doesn't your family have a pharmacy? Have you heard that there's a place with wild ginseng that's thousands of years old?" Zhao Ming asked thoughtfully. Thousands of years old wild ginseng? He seemed to have heard someone mention it before, but where was it again? Why couldn't he remember?

  "I... I don't know either, I'll have to go home and ask." Yu Tao said somewhat hesitantly.

  "Xin'er, don't worry, all the medicinal herbs in this Wan Shan City are under our control. With his help to investigate, we will definitely be able to find it." Yue Qun comforted with some sympathy.

  "En, thank you Gege Yu." Leng Wu Xin said with a light smile.

  "Don't be polite." Yu Tao hastily said, his heart even more delighted, heh heh, Xiner also called him brother!

  "Xīn er, are you hungry? Eat something!" At this time, Zhao Ming took out various tools and food that had been prepared in advance from his ring and placed them in front of Leng Wu Xin. He said with concern, "Hmph! He can't let Xin Er's attention be drawn away by others!"

  "Brother Ming, I'm really sorry, I can only eat food cooked by my own maid, I couldn't eat outside food." Leng Wu Xin said with some embarrassment after glancing at Zhao Ming.

  "But... didn't you have a little dish every day in the guest house? These are all your favorite foods!" Zhao Ming said, somewhat incredulous. He had spent a lot of money to find out about Leng Wu Xin's preferences, and it turned out that the information was all wrong! He was furious!

  "It's because I'm afraid that people will know about my strange illness, so in order to avoid suspicion... I don't want to be treated like a monster, waaah..." Cold Heart explained with some choking sounds, looking at the five men who didn't understand.

  "How can our hearts be monsters? Our hearts are so beautiful, don't cry!" The five men comforted in a flurry, alas! The beauty's crying had shattered their hearts!

  "My heart has been weak since I was a child, so from childhood to adulthood, my food was carefully prepared by the maid. Even the ingredients for those dishes were specially planted by our family for me, they were afraid that outside things would not be clean and would harm my body." Lan Wu Xin continued to explain.

  "Where's my meal?" asked Ling Wu Xin in a soft voice, and then her beautiful eyes scanned the surroundings, searching for her maid.

  "Miss, I'm here!" said Leng Ruo Xue, disguised as a maid, pushing away the five men surrounding Leng Wu Xin.

  "Ruo Er, my meal!" Leng Wu Xin said calmly.

  "Everything is ready." Leng Ruo Xue somewhat helplessly took out the food she had prepared beforehand from her ring and placed it in front of Leng Wu Xin one by one.

  "Mmm, not bad." Leng Wu Xin looked at the delicious food in front of him, nodding his head in satisfaction!

  Yue Qun and the others were all tongue-tied after seeing the food that Leng Ruo Xue took out, oh my god! This is really too luxurious, does Xin Er eat these every day? Alas! With her eating habits, ordinary men can't afford to raise her, but fortunately they are not ordinary men! Moreover, seeing these precious foods that are rarely seen in daily life, they were even more certain of Leng Wu Xue's identity. Except for a super family like the Lengs, it's unlikely that any other aristocratic family could afford to raise her!

  "Miss, take your time, I won't disturb you." Lan Ruo Xue said, and then she tactfully retreated to the corner, where the demon was naturally waiting for her.

  "Xuě er, you must be exhausted?" The demoniac held Xuě in his arms and said with concern. "Hmph! That scoundrel Nú actually used a strike to coerce you into making so many dishes!"

  "It's fine." Cold-as-snow comfortably leaned into the demon's embrace, lightly laughing and saying.

  "Xue Er, which one of these men do you think is sincere?" The demon asked curiously, looking at the five men not far away.

  "None of them are sincere." Leng Ruoxue said disdainfully, as she had been monitoring the situation of the five major powers all this time, so they almost couldn't keep any secrets from her! Don't look at these few men who seem decent on the surface, but in fact, none of them are good guys!

  "Huh!" The demon was speechless, so why were they being so attentive?

  "Monster, at this rate, our plan will soon be successful." Cold Snow looked at the few people not far away and smiled lightly.

  "Mm." The demon nodded.

  "Ruo'er, Miss, I'm tired, let's go back!" After a while, Leng Wu Xin's voice sounded again.

  "Yes, miss." Leng Ruo Xue hastily replied and pulled the demon king to stand up, both of them walking towards Leng Wu Xin's direction.

  "Oh dear! I'm so full from eating, I can barely move. Why don't you let Xiao Yao carry me down the mountain?" said Wu, dressed as Leng Wu Xin, with a light smile.

  "Little demon?" Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jie were both stunned, unable to react for a moment. What little demon?

  "Little demon, I'm calling you! How dare you ignore the young lady?" Cold Wu Xin pointed at the demon, her stunning face filled with displeasure.

  "What?!" The demon's forehead was covered with black lines, that damned thing, how dare it give him a random name!

  "Xin'er, this disobedient servant is not worth keeping. Any of the servants from Brother Gou's household are a hundred times better than him! " Yue Gou said coldly on the side, but in his heart he was jealous to death of this ugly rascal who could get close to Xin'er.

  "Brother Qun, I appreciate your kind intentions, but I'm used to this." Leng Wu Xin said with a face full of apology, as if not accepting Brother Qun's kindness was a great offense.

  Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jiao, who were standing at the edge listening, had two drops of cold sweat on their foreheads, thinking to themselves that Wu was a bit too into character!

  "Little demon, come and carry me!" Leng Wu Xin laughed wickedly and shouted loudly.

  "Miss, this is not suitable." The demon's face was cold and still, without even a slight furrow of his brow.

  "What's wrong?" asked Leng Wu Xin with some puzzlement, hmm, why did he have a bad feeling? Was he being too cautious?

  "Have you forgotten what the old lady said? The old lady said that men and women should not be intimate, no matter how I touched your body, you have to marry me, hehe, I don't mind marrying a beauty like you, but I'm afraid you won't agree!" The scoundrel shrugged his shoulders and said with an innocent face.

  Next to her, Leng Ruo Xue was stunned after hearing the demon's words, and then burst out laughing in her heart. Haha, the demon is really too adorable, coming up with such a reason, hehe, let's see how Wu handles this!

  "Huh? When did this happen, how come I don't know?" Leng Wu Xin blinked his eyes, asking somewhat dazedly.

  "When Miss was still very young, the old lady had already told us that if it weren't for that, how could there only be one servant by Miss's side?" The demon said with his eyes open.

  "The old lady also said that any man who has touched my family's young lady's body will become the son-in-law of the Leng family, ah! It seems like several of you gentlemen have had physical contact with my family's young lady, so... you all have a chance to become the son-in-law of the Leng family!" The demoness batted her eyelashes and said in an extremely innocent tone.

  "Huh!" Leng Wu Xin was stunned, what's going on? She clearly wanted to trick that demon boy, but now she's gotten herself trapped instead?

  "A few masters, what are you still stunned for? Hurry up and carry my young lady down the mountain!" The demon child urged, looking at the several men who were stunned.

  "Oh, Xin Er, I'll carry you home." Yu Qun was the first to react and hastily carried Cold Wu Xin on his back and took off running. Ha! Who would have thought that the Cold family had such a rule? Hehe, this is truly good news for him!

  And after Yue Qun ran away with Leng Wu Xin, the other four people also reacted immediately and started chasing after them tightly, while thinking in their hearts that they couldn't let Xin'er fall into Yue Qun's hands!

  "You're still the best, demon." Leng Ruoxue looked at the few people who had run away in the blink of an eye and couldn't help but chuckle, "Haha, this time they'll definitely be depressed to death!"

  "Haha, he's not thinking of letting people carry him down the mountain, is he? Look at how many people want to carry him now!" The demon sneered with a wicked smile. Humph! Thinking of bullying him? No way, his body is only for Xue Er to enjoy, no one else has the qualifications!

  "Let's go too, you little demon!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a smile.

  "Hmm." The demoniacal being lightly wrapped his arms around Cold-as-Snow and nodded.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao walked slowly back to the inn, it was already evening when they arrived, but before they could enter their room, they were blocked by the innkeeper at the door.

  "Shopkeeper, what's the meaning of this? We haven't shortchanged you on rent, have we?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with feigned confusion, her tone clearly somewhat displeased.

  "Hehe, you two have misunderstood. I stopped you just to tell you that the young lady from your household is no longer staying at our inn." The shopkeeper said with a smile all over his face.

  "What about the young lady from my house?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a clear understanding of Gu Xiang's question.

  "It's only natural at the Yue family's! Miss Leng is going to be our future young mistress, so she can't stay in a guest house!" The shopkeeper explained.

  "Isn't Young Master Yue already married? My sister will never be someone's concubine!" Cold Snow said with deliberate arrogance.

  "That's natural, actually, our young master doesn't have a young madam, those women are just concubines, they're all insignificant." The shopkeeper hastily placated him, sighing! The people around the future young madam, he can't afford to offend them!

  "Lead the way, shopkeeper! Take us to the Yue's residence!" Leng Ruoxue ordered.

  "Please follow me." The shopkeeper slightly bowed and said, in his opinion, he had given enough face to these two people!

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao followed the shopkeeper to the backyard of the inn, where a flying spirit beast was already prepared. The three of them sat on the back of the spirit beast and flew straight towards the direction of the main peak of the Yue Family.

  After a while, we arrived at our destination!

  "Hehe, the two of you have arrived, this is the main mountain of our Yue family. How is it? Isn't it majestic and grand? This mountain is the largest and best in Wanshan City." The shopkeeper said with a proud face, pointing to the lush green high mountain not far away from them.

  "It's just so-so, not as beautiful as that mountain we went to at Zhao's house earlier." Leng Ruo Xue said with a pout, somewhat dissatisfied.

  "Hum! How can the broken mountain of the Zhao family be compared to our Yue family? Our Yue family's mountain is the best in all of Wan Mountain City!" The shopkeeper retorted.

  "Old Wang sells melons and boasts about them himself. Who doesn't think their own things are good?" Leng Ruo Xue said disapprovingly.

  "Ah!" The shopkeeper was so angry that he almost passed out from lack of breath.

  "Shopkeeper, isn't it time to land?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the shopkeeper's face which had turned blue with anger and reminded him, but in her heart, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Alas! This shopkeeper's endurance was quite strong.

  "Hmm." The shopkeeper gently patted the flying beast's head, and it obediently found a spacious spot to land steadily.

  "I am under the orders of Young Master, to send over Miss Leng's attendants and maids." The steward said, taking out a token outside the main house of the Yue family, to the guarding guards.

  "Go ahead! The young master has ordered you to send them to the Wuxin Garden!" The guard didn't even look at the token and let them pass, because he had already received the young master's order earlier.

  "Alright." The shopkeeper thanked him and then took Cold-as-Snow and Demon Child directly to the Worry-Free Garden.

  After turning left and right, and circling around several times, the shopkeeper finally brought Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nu to Wu Xin Yuan.

  Leng Ruo Xue stood outside the Wu Xin Garden, looking at the newly replaced sign, her heart full of sarcasm. Alas! This is what men are like! Being fond of new things and tired of old ones should be a common disease among all men!

  "Both of you go in, Miss Leng is still waiting for you! I'm leaving." The shopkeeper said, turned around and left.

  After seeing the shopkeeper leave, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nie directly entered Wu Xin Yuan.

  At this time, Wuxinyuan was in full bloom with hundreds of flowers competing to show off their beauty and thousands of birds singing in harmony. It was the most beautiful moment, but the guards inside the courtyard were exceptionally strict, almost every three steps there was a sentry post and every five steps there was a watchtower, as if they were guarding something very important.

  In the garden.

  Sitting idly on a chair, listlessly playing with the fresh flowers in his hand, he was truly feeling depressed and anxious. He had been imprisoned, so why hadn't Xiaoxue and Xiaochen come to keep him company yet?

  At this time, Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Nie also happened to walk in, from a distance they saw Wu with a gloomy face. The two slowly walked closer...

  "Miss, I'm here." said Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile.

  "Dead girl, how come you're just arriving? You two went where to fool around? Tell me the truth!" As soon as he heard Leng Ruo Xue's voice, Wu immediately shouted furiously! These two scoundrels only cared about their own sightseeing and left him alone with five wolves, wooo...bad people!

  "Miss, calm down! How can you wrong us? We walked down with our legs, not like you who had someone carry you, of course we're slower than you! But your speed is really not ordinary, huh? Is this what they mean by 'talking marriage'?" Cold Snow lightly laughed and teased. Heh heh, they've successfully infiltrated the enemy's inner circle! Although it didn't quite go according to her plan...

  "You're dead, you still dare to speak!" Leng Ruoxue was fine as long as she didn't mention it, but once she did, her temper flared up immediately!

  "What's wrong?" asked Leng Ruoxue, pretending to be stupid.

  "Hmph!" She snorted coldly and turned her head away, ignoring them.

  "My good miss, don't be angry with us anymore!" Ling Ruo Xue coaxed in a soft voice.

  "Xin er, haven't they already arrived? Why are you still angry?" Suddenly, Yue Qun's voice rang out beside the three of them! And Yue Qun had also appeared not far behind them.

  "Master Yue, can you help us persuade Miss? She's scolding us! Complaining that we're too slow... Waaah..." said Leng Ruoxue with tears in her eyes, looking very wronged.

  "Hehe, it's okay, I was worried about you guys too. You must have had a few scares on the road!" Yue Qun said with great understanding.

  "Ah, Heart, I know where the Wild Mountain Ginseng you wanted is. It's the treasure of the Yu family's store. Humph! And yet, Yu Tao still told us he didn't know, what a joke! But don't worry, I've already asked Father to help me ask for it from the Yu family. I'm sure they won't dare refuse my father's request." Yue Qun said confidently, and in his mind, he was already imagining himself as the son-in-law of the Cold family!

  "Sorry to trouble you, Brother Qun. I'm tired and want to rest." said Leng Wu Xin with a pale face.

  "Is something wrong with your heart?" Yu Qun asked anxiously.

  "It's nothing, I'm just a bit tired today and want to rest early." Lan Wu Xin said weakly.

  "That heart early some rest, brother tomorrow in come see you." Yue Qun said very considerately.

  "Take good care of Xiner, and as for you, little demon, don't get close to Xiner!" Yueshen added before leaving.

  "Yes." Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jie hastily replied, having already burst into laughter in their hearts!

  Yue Qun left, and Leng Ruo Xue and three others walked into the room.

  "Miss, your charm is really too great!" After closing the door, Leng Ruoxue turned around and smiled lightly.

  "Xue Er, how much longer?! I can't take it anymore!" Wu said in a somewhat frantic tone.

  "Come on! Good boy, you're pretending to have amnesia quite well! It's nothing, just a little memory loss, it'll pass quickly!" said Leng Ruoxue soothingly.

  "I'm not pretending, I really want to lose my memory!" Wu cried out with a sorrowful face... He's indeed fallen onto Leng Ruo Xue's pirate ship and can't get off now.

  "Whether it's true or fake, as long as you can keep up the act, that's all that matters. By the way, why did you suddenly get taken in by the Yue family to live with them?" Leng Ruoxue asked curiously. Qing Jue only told her that he had been taken in by the Yue family to live with them, but didn't tell her why. So she was really puzzled as to why this decision was made so suddenly. Although infiltrating the enemy's inner circle was also part of her plan, this was just too rushed.

  "Didn't that little brat tell you?" The demonic creature with bulging eyes said somewhat discontentedly.

  "No way, if he told me, why would I ask you?" Leng Ruoxue said somewhat helplessly, sighing, is she being driven stupid?!

  "It's all his good deeds!" She said through gritted teeth, her beautiful eyes staring at him as if they were about to spew out raging flames!

  "What does it have to do with me? Don't wrongfully accuse me!" The demon said nonchalantly, slightly raising an eyebrow.

  "What's it to you? Would I be brought here if it wasn't your business?" No Fire roared, humph! If not for fear of ruining Xue Er's plan, those few stinky brats who dared to cross him would have been dead long ago!

  Digression

  Thank you Qīn Hèn Lí Huā, jenhui and Huá Lì Shuǐ Jīng for the flowers.

  Thank you for the votes from freverli and Yuanyuan Xiaotu.

  Thanks for voting for me yesterday, dear.

  PS: The fifth force of Li family was changed to Yu family.