Chapter 42: Suspicion and Calculation!

  "Nothing, calm down, tell me what's going on?" Leng Ruo Xue hastily coaxed, her face full of question marks. Alas, it's infuriating! Qing Jue is being secretive and won't say anything straightforwardly!

  "I... I was kidnapped and brought here, all because of the old lady's words in the dead demon's mouth. They believed it to be true, so five people had a big fight, and in the end, Yue Qun won. Then, he brought me here." Wu explained somewhat hesitantly, with a very conflicted expression on his face.

  "Is that all? Tell me about your fight!" Ling Ruo Xue asked with a curious expression, her small face filled with excitement!

  "What's good about fighting? It's just like this. However, I can tell you that the other four are badly injured!" Wu Yun explained lightly.

  "Oh, no, I think you're tired too, let's get some rest early today!" Leng Ruo Xue said, and then directly sent Wu into the ring.

  "Xue Er, you've also discovered that he's a big fool, haven't you?" the demon said with great delight, seeing that Leng Ruo Xue was about to be driven mad.

  "No, I'm afraid you'll fight." Cold Snow said lightly, heh heh, actually, she wanted to go with the demon to those few houses to see the excitement.

  Leng Ruo Xue's heart skipped a beat as she summoned Yu and Ling, then had Ling cast an invisibility spell on herself and the others. The two humans and two beasts set off.

  "Xue Er, isn't Qing Jue being monitored? Why do we still need to go there in person?" the demon asked with some confusion on their way to Nie's house.

  "Hmph! That little scoundrel has learned to be bad, and doesn't tell me about the fun things, so I'll have to take matters into my own hands!" Leng Ruoxue complained discontentedly.

  "Sister, you're wronging me!" Qing Jue in the cuffs couldn't help but transmit his voice to complain.

  "Is there? Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter?" asked Leng Ruo Xue immediately.

  "Sister, didn't I tell you that he was taken to his in-laws' place?" Qing Jue said with a sense of grievance.

  "What's going on? I'm asking what happened!" Leng Ruoxue said somewhat irritably, pouting... occasionally she also had a curious mind! That stinky Qing Jue actually wouldn't satisfy her curiosity!

  "After all... there's nothing good to say, huh! Onii-chan isn't always results-oriented, is he?!" Qing Jue pouted her small mouth, and her clear black eyes were filled with tears as she transmitted her voice.

  "Uh!" Leng Ruo Xue was speechless, and this had become her own problem!

  "Chou Qing Jue, you dare to quibble, but when I asked you before, you didn't say anything!" Leng Ruo Xue reacted and questioned.

  "Sister, I forgot to go through it!" Qing Jue said with an innocent face.

  "Forgot? You're a clever one, aren't you? Are you telling me that your memory is failing?" Leng Ruoxue was exasperated. How did she only discover today that Qing Jue was so good at making excuses?

  "Sister, I have too many things to remember every day, my brain also has a full load! So, some unimportant things, naturally don't need to be remembered!" Qing Jue said matter-of-factly.

  Alright, Leng Ruo Xue admitted defeat. She decided that from now on, she would treat Qing Jue as a computer because Qing Jue had his limits!

  "Sister, are you angry with me? I'll tell you everything from now on, isn't that enough?" After a while, seeing that Leng Ruo Xue was ignoring him, Qing Jue said pitifully, his bright eyes full of pleading, "Sister, don't ignore me..."

  "Sister, just now Yue Qun went to the toilet and didn't wash his hands before grabbing something to eat." Qing Jue said with a smile.

  "Don't need to tell me this kind of thing!" Leng Ruo Xue's forehead was covered with black lines, and she was silently screaming in her heart, Dead Qing Jue, definitely did it on purpose!

  "Oh!" Qing Jue covered her small mouth and giggled slyly, hehe, sister is so cute!

  "Qing Jue, you continue to monitor them. If there's something important, tell me. Otherwise, don't bother." Leng Ruo Xue let out a light sigh, somewhat helplessly, and said, before cutting off her connection with Qing Jue.

  "What's wrong, Xue'er?" The demon asked with some confusion as he heard Cold-as-Snow suddenly sigh.

  "It's nothing, I just chatted with Qing Jue for a bit, and that little brat deliberately provoked me!" Leng Ruo Xue said somewhat helplessly.

  "Hehe, who made my Xue'er so cute?" The demon said with a hint of sourness.

  "Hmm!" Cold-as-snow gazed warily at the demon, thinking to herself, what a strong sour taste!

  "Master, we've arrived at the Ni family's main residence." Yu spoke up to remind him.

  "Just fly in directly." Leng Ruoxue instructed, anyway they were all invisible, and no one in the Nie family could see them.

  "Yes." Yu heard Leng Ruoxue's order and flew in directly, using his X-ray vision to search around before landing in a courtyard.

  "Master, this is the main hall," Yu reminded him.

  "Hmm." Cold as snow nodded and jumped down from Yu's back.

  Leng Ruo Xue raised her head, sizing up the main courtyard of the Nie family residence. All she saw was a vast and empty space with only a few tall trees that seemed to touch the sky, several stone tables and chairs, and nothing else.

  "This Nian family's master is actually quite low-key." Leng Ruoxue said with some surprise.

  "Looking at this courtyard, it doesn't seem like the owner is a showy person, but who knows!" The demon said somewhat disapprovingly. To be honest, he didn't have a good impression of the Nie family because when they first arrived in Wanshan City, the servant from the Nie family's guesthouse had threatened them. Hmph! As the saying goes, "like master, like servant"!

  "There's someone talking in the study, let's go take a look." Cold Snow faintly heard the sound of voices coming from the brightly lit study and suggested, anyway, eavesdropping wasn't new to them!

  "Hmm!" The demon nodded slightly, and the two of them, along with the two camouflaged beasts, quietly made their way to the study...

  In the study.

  The master of the Ni family sat in the main seat with a worried face, he was a middle-aged man nearing sixty years old, his five senses were still quite handsome, and his body had an air of majesty, the power of Xuan Huang added a domineering aura to him. Next to him, on another chair, sat the mistress of the Ni family, around forty years old, although her body was slightly plump and out of shape, but it could still be seen that she must have been a beauty in her youth. A middle-aged man who looked like a steward stood respectfully opposite them, waiting for orders.

  "Old master, that Yue Qun is really too ruthless, actually injuring Fang Er so severely. You must take charge for Fang Er's sake!" Madame Ni cried out with a mix of snot and tears.

  "Take charge? How can I take charge? The five brothers actually fought on the street for a woman, hum! Our Nie family has been in Wanshan City for so many years, and now we've lost all face at once!" Master Nie said with a furious face, his heart even more angry, hum! What kind of woman has such great charm that they would fight over her on the street?!

  "Master, I heard from Fang'er that the woman is the daughter of the Cold family!" Mrs. Nai said in a low voice.

  "Leng family? Which Leng family?" Nee's master was momentarily stunned.

  "What other cold family is there on the continent of Haotian?" Mrs. Nai glared at her husband and said.

  "How could the young lady of the Leng family possibly come to Wanshan City?" The master of the Ni family had a look of doubt and disbelief on his face. The Leng family was one of the three super families on the continent of Haotian, and their home city of Bingcheng was hundreds of times stronger than Wanshan City. How could the Leng family possibly let their young lady come to Wanshan City to suffer? It's not like the standard of living in Wanshan City could be compared to that of Bingcheng. The only advantage was that Wanshan City didn't belong to any power... wait, no! Wanshan City was now under the control of the five major powers!

  "Why can't it be possible?" Mrs. Nee asked with some puzzlement.

  "The Leng family is very protective of their own family's girls and won't let them come to Wanshan City to suffer." said the master of the Ni family.

  "Master, that woman must be the daughter of the Cold family." Madam Ni said with great certainty.

  "How can you be so certain?" asked the master of the Nie family with some puzzlement.

  "Fang'er told me that the clothes Miss Leng wears and the food she eats are not something an ordinary small family can afford. There are things he's never even seen before." Mrs. Ni said happily, if Fang'er could marry into the Leng family, then she wouldn't have to worry about her later years!

  "Master, won't Fangzi stop telling lies?" Madam Ni asked again, seeing the master remaining silent for half a day.

  "Fang'er won't lie, but that woman is now at the Yue's house, which makes it difficult to handle." The master of the Ni family had a troubled look on his face. If it were any other three houses, it would be easier to deal with, but since it was the Yue's house, he couldn't force his way in!

  "Old master, you've been suffering for so many years, how can you still be so stubborn now that you're old?" Madam Ni said with some anger.

  "You don't understand anything, what I meant was..." Mr. Nie was about to say, but he realized his mistake and hastily stopped himself!

  "Old Master..."

  Outside the study room.

  Leng Ruo Xue gently tugged at Yao Jiao's arm and whispered, "Let's go!"

  "Xue Er, they're still talking!" the demon reminded.

  "He won't say anything else, let Qing Jue keep an eye on him, let's go back!" Leng Ruo Xue said after a moment of thought.

  "Didn't the other three go?" The demon child couldn't help but ask.

  "No need to go, it's probably similar to here if we go. Let's head back first!" Leng Ruoxue said after some thought.

  "Uh-huh." The demon nodded and the two sat on Yu's back. Before long, they returned to Wu Xin Yuan again.

  After returning to Wu Xin Garden, Leng Ruo Xue directly took the demon into the courtyard, where Wu Zheng was sitting in the garden waiting for them.

  "How was it? Was there any gain?" he asked with a smile.

  "It seems there is! There appears to be some sort of secret between the five major powers, but the master of the Nie family refuses to say." Lan Ruoxue found a stone bench and sat down.

  "There must be secrets, I reckon it's related to their complicated relationship between them." He said with a knowing smile.

  "Nothing, did you know something?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some doubt.

  "I once heard that the ancestors of the Five Great Powers were brothers of different sexes, and it seems that they left some last words before their death. However, only the heads of the five families know what exactly was said."

  "As far as I know, the struggle between the five major forces is also very fierce. However, once someone dares to provoke any one of them, the other four will unite against a common enemy." Leng Ruoxue said, originally she thought that the struggles between the five major forces were just for show, but later she discovered that she was wrong, sometimes the struggles between the five major forces can be described as "like fire and water", however, other forces don't even think about challenging their authority!

  "Isn't it that in the eyes of the five major powers, even if they don't get along with each other, it's still their internal affair? But once an outsider dares to provoke any one of them, it's no longer something they can tolerate? Just like Xue Er said, 'unite against outsiders'?" Yao'er guessed.

  "It's possible." Cold-as-Snow nodded slightly in agreement.

  "Xue Er, if it's like this, then wanting them to fight among themselves will be difficult. Small fights are fine, but they won't be foolish enough to hurt their own foundation, right?" the demon said with some concern.

  "Haha, it all depends on our innocent miss's charm!" Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile. Alas! Wu Ke is really a great beauty! If she were a man, it would probably be hard to refuse her too?

  "Dead girl, you want me to sell my charm again?" she complained with a hint of displeasure, Ugh... Looking at those men for a few days, he's going to vomit!

  "You don't have to sell your charm, just sit there weakly and someone will naturally come out to fight for you!" Leng Ruoxue teased with a light smile, heh heh, really is a big troublemaker!

  "Then I must eat delicious food every day, otherwise, I will go on strike." said the condition.

  "Damn it, you're at it again? Every day?" The demon suddenly stood up, his black eyes glaring furiously as he spoke viciously.

  "What? Want to fight? You're no match for me now." Wu Yun said with a light smile, that complacent look was really asking to be slapped!

  "You wait and see, one day I'll make you know my strength." The demoniac suppressed his anger and said with a humph! Those who recognize the truth are heroes. Now, he is indeed not this guy's opponent, but in the future... He will definitely beat this guy to the ground!

  "Xue Er, he threatened me!" She whined pitifully, her beautiful eyes welling up with tears as she looked at Leng Ruoxue.

  "Serves you right, who asked you to provoke him? No, you be good and I'll put in a good word for you later, got it?" Cold Snow smiled sweetly as she said this, then pulled the furious demon out of the garden and back to the Purple Bamboo House to rest.

  The next morning, Leng Ruo Xue and the other two left the inn early and returned to their residence arranged by Yue Qun.

  In the room.

  "Xuě ér, I haven't slept enough yet!" said Wu, who was pressed down by Leng Ruoxue to sit in front of the dresser, very discontentedly.

  "You sleep yours, soon Yuke Gang will come, I'll say the young lady is still sleeping, I think he must be more interested in our young lady's sleep." Leng Ruoxue said calmly.

  "Uh! I'm scared of you, draw me a good makeup and I'll go to sleep." He said with some helplessness, and forced himself to cheer up.

  "This is good." Cold as Snow's hands moved quickly and efficiently, taking out the makeup she had already prepared, and began to apply it to Wu's face. In just over ten minutes, a stunning beauty emerged!

  "Can I continue sleeping now?" she asked with her eyes closed, somewhat drowsy.

  "Sleep, but be careful!" Ling Ruo Xue reminded.

  "Uh-huh." Nodding slightly, she then fell onto the bed and started snoring.

  Leng Ruo Xue shook her head slightly in helplessness, then helped Wu put down the curtain. Not long after, she heard voices coming from outside the house and stepped out of the room.

  In the courtyard, the demon guarding the gate blocked Yue Qun, who was about to enter the house, and politely stopped him: "Sorry, Master Yue, the young lady has not gotten up yet!"

  "It's already this late, why haven't you gotten up yet? Is something uncomfortable?" Yu Qunjun asked with a worried face.

  "The young lady's body has always been weak, so she likes to sleep a lot. She probably won't get up until noon." The demon said calmly, the disgust in his black eyes flashing by quickly.

  "It doesn't matter, I'm Xiaoxin's fiancé, I just came in to take a look at her." Yu Qun said stubbornly, yesterday he was thinking about Xiaoxin all night and couldn't sleep. He came over early this morning, if he couldn't see his heartthrob, he wouldn't be willing to give up.

  "Little demon, let Young Master Yue come in!" Cold Ruo Xue, who had been hiding on the side without making a sound, spoke up with a suppressed smile.

  "No way, Miss is still sleeping, I have to be responsible for Miss's reputation." The demon said stubbornly.

  "I'm your young lady's fiancé, can't I even get through?" Yue Qun said with some indignation, his heart resenting the demon's obstruction to death.

  "You also said you're an unmarried husband, of course that's not possible." The demon said with a tone that didn't give face.

  "Good, it's really good, what a loyal servant! I'll send someone to propose to your young lady right away!" Yuke Gang gritted his teeth and said, vowing in his heart that as soon as he became Xin'er's husband, the first person he would deal with was this servant who dared to defy him!

  "My family's young lady's betrothal gift must be the rare and precious 'Wild Mountain Ginseng of Ten Thousand Years'. If not, it won't do." The demon yelled out to remind him as he watched Yue Qun storm off in anger.

  "Haha, you little rascal, you're so naughty!" Leng Ruoxue walked to the side of the little demon and said with a gentle smile.

  "Xu'er, everyone is doing this all for you... waaah... now I've offended Yue Qun, he'll definitely take revenge on me! You have to protect me!" The demon child took the opportunity to act coquettishly, her bright black eyes filled with longing and expectation...

  "Don't worry, he doesn't have time to take revenge on you now, he has to go and get the wild mountain ginseng!" said Cold-as-Snow calmly.

  "It's just a matter of time!" The demonic black eyes released countless little hearts, gazing lovingly at Xue Er.

  "Don't worry! I'll protect you." Leng Ruoxue coaxed with a hint of helplessness.

  "This is just right." The demon nodded in satisfaction, gently embracing Cold-as-Snow into his arms, silently praying in his heart: Snow, I hope to be able to accompany you forever, witnessing your growth...

  Time slips away quietly...

  When he couldn't help but walk out of the room, he saw Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jie embracing each other on the stone chair by the flower bed. The two of them looked so warm and sweet together, making it unbearable for him to disturb them. He stood still in his original position, unwilling to break the beauty and tranquility before his eyes...

  Until Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jie finally discovered his existence...

  "Miss, how could you come out without even saying hello!" Leng Ruo Xue looked at Wu who was standing foolishly in place, not moving, and teased.

  "I just came out." He said with some embarrassment, but in his heart he couldn't help but curse, that shameless little girl, actually teasing him, humph! If it weren't for fear of embarrassing someone, would he have to resort to this? His feet were about to go numb, waa... if he had known he'd be standing for so long, he might as well have flown over!

  "What's wrong? Have you been standing for too long?" asked Leng Ruoxue with a cold smile.

  "No, it seems like I twisted my foot." Wu casually made an excuse.

  "Oh, hurry up and sit down!" Leng Ruo Xue didn't expose him either, hastily saying, "Ah, she just found out today that energy bodies can also twist their feet, and she's learned new knowledge again!"

  "Hmm." None of them sat down on the empty stone chair beside Leng Xue and Yao Jiao, shining brightly like a big light bulb!

  "Miss, I have some good news to tell you." The demon said suddenly with a mysterious face.

  "What's the good news?" The absolutely beautiful face was full of question marks. Humph! He didn't believe this guy would have any good news at all!

  "Mr. Yue came while you were sleeping and said he would send someone to propose to you!" the demon said happily.

  "Is this good news?" Wu Hei asked with a gloomy face and a huff.

  "Doesn't count?" The demon retorted, its ugly face full of confusion.

  "Big deal!" he growled, his anger simmering just below the surface.

  "Alright, stop arguing. You should think that as long as Yue Qun gets the Wild Mountain Ginseng, our plan will be half successful, and you'll soon be free." reminded Cold Ruo Xue.

  "Hmph! You'd better learn from her, Xue'er is indeed more eloquent than you." Wu Nu glared at the demon with anger.

  "Of course, Xue Er is my woman." The demon said proudly, with a smug expression on his face.

  "Look at you smugly, humph!" He turned his head away, refusing to look at the man who had almost made him so angry he spat blood!

  "Xue Er, I've discovered... our family's young lady's temper is getting bigger and bigger!" the demon said fearlessly to Leng Ruo Xue.

  "You damned monster, I won't let you off!" Wu chased after the monster and started fighting!

  "Xue Er, save me! Someone is going to murder your husband!" The demon dodged the attack and still managed to ask for help.

  Leng Ruo Xue watched the two men chasing each other around the garden like children, and involuntarily slid down several black lines on her forehead, speechless!

  The atmosphere in the garden of Youyuan is warm and cozy, but the atmosphere in the study of the owner of Yue's family is unusually gloomy and oppressive.

  In the study.

  The host of the Yue family sat in the main seat with a stern face, he was about fifty years old, and his appearance was very similar to that of Yue Qun. At first glance, they both looked dignified and elegant, but his actual strength was that of a Mystic Venerable!

  Yue Qun stood in front of the desk, anxiously looking at his father, but seeing his father's unpleasant expression, he didn't dare to ask what he wanted to know.

  "The kid, your old man refused." The head of the Yue family finally spoke up after a long silence.

  "What's to be done? Father, think of a way, I must marry Xiner!" Yu Qun said anxiously.

  "Are you sure that woman is really from the Leng family?" asked the head of the Yue family with some doubt.

  "Hmm, of course, Father. Haven't you secretly taken a look at her? And those things I told you about, are they something an ordinary family can possess?" Yue Qun hastily said.

  "But I always feel that the woman's background is suspicious. If she really is the daughter of the Leng family, then we should have gone to their door in person to propose, which would also show our sincerity. After all, how could a woman possibly be in charge of such an important matter as marriage?" The head of the Yue family thought for a moment before speaking slowly.

  "Dad, if we go to the Leng's house to propose a marriage, will that girl still be willing to marry me?" Yue Qun said with some lack of confidence. Alas! The Yue family was considered a powerful family in Wanshan City, but compared to the superpowerful Leng family, what did they amount to?

  "Hey, what are you talking about? What's wrong with our family? In Wanshan City, this is our territory. Even if someone from the Leng family comes, they have to show us respect." The head of the Yue family said confidently, "Hmph! In the past, when my grandfather was around, even people from the Leng family would be polite to us! Unfortunately, he forgot that the current Yue family is not what it used to be, and the Leng family may not give him face!"

  "Dad, going to the Leng's house to propose is certainly safe, but what if they send someone to investigate my background? Won't all those things I did in the past be exposed?" Yue Qun said with some concern. In fact, he still didn't have much confidence in going to the Leng's house to propose, because of his past...

  "Hmph! I warned you long ago to be more restrained, now you know fear, don't you!" The head of the Yue family scolded with some anger and regret. Alas! His son was good in every way, but had a fatal weakness - he was a womanizer! Any woman he set his eyes on, he would try to bring back home!

  "Dad, those were all in the past, it won't happen again, I guarantee it!" Yu Qun raised one hand, making a swearing gesture!

  "What about those women?" The head of the Yue family asked with a displeased expression. If they really were to form an alliance with the Leng family, then those women would be quite troublesome. Alas! He still knew something about the rules of the Leng family.

  "Dad, I've already taken care of those women, don't worry!" Yue Qun assured.

  "That's good, young one. You will be a great person in the future. All of our hopes are placed on you, so you absolutely cannot continue to be as reckless as before, do you understand?" The head of the Yue family advised with emphasis and concern.

  "Hmm." Yue Qun guaranteed that unless a woman more beautiful than Xin Er appeared, he would not be moved for a short period of time!

  "Give this to your heart's content!" said the host of the Yue family, taking out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve.

  "Dad, what's this?" Yue Qun was somewhat surprised, this small bottle looked very familiar!

  " Soul-destroying powder!" The master of the Yue family said softly.

  "Dad, you mean..." Yue Qun asked with wide eyes, somewhat disbelieving.

  "It's exactly what you think it means, hum! If not, I wouldn't be at ease! And don't even think that I would bother to get her some wild ginseng from the mountains" said the head of the Yue family with some remaining worry.

  He's not some lovesick young man who would tear his face apart for a woman with an unknown background, so he had to resort to this tactic. Although he still has doubts about the identity of that woman, in reality, he already believes Cold No Heart's identity, but out of caution, he thinks it's better to let his son get what he wants first. This way, when he takes the Millennium Wild Mountain Ginseng to propose to the Cold family, even if they want to refuse, they won't be able to!

  "But I..." Yu Qun suddenly felt a little scared!

  "You good-for-nothing thing, where is the vigor you had when you dealt with other women in the past?" The master of the Yue family scolded with a face full of displeasure.

  "Alright! I'll do it!" Yue Qun gritted his teeth and said, then left the study with a porcelain bottle in hand...

  By the way

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