Chapter 9: The Second Young Master of the Yuan Family

  "Ding... Dong Ding..."

  As the pipa music on the high platform gradually subsided, under the gaze of over a hundred people holding their breath in the great hall, a slender and elegant figure slowly emerged.

  A head of hair flowing down like a waterfall, under the delicate willow eyebrows, a pair of bright and moving eyes seemed to have an evil magic power, making people easily get lost in them. Under the double eyelids, a thin veil hung between, covering the woman's face, making one imagine countless possibilities.

  Under the high platform, over a hundred pairs of eyes, big or small, stared fervently at the slender woman who appeared on the high platform.

  There was only one exception, which was the table where Ling Qingyan and Zui Han were.

  At this moment, the drunkard's hand was no longer holding an apple, but a bunch of grapes; while on the other side, Ling Qingyan still had her eyes slightly closed, savoring the fragrance of the tea in her hand.

  "Yuner has something urgent and will be late, I hope you gentlemen can forgive me."

  Soft and gentle words, like heavenly music, came from the mouth of a slender woman on stage, causing the crowd below to lose their minds for a moment.

  A moment.

  "It's still early."

  "It's good that nothing happened to Shuǐ Gūniang, I was worried about her health just now."

  "For the sake of Shui Gu Niang, it doesn't matter how long we wait."

  Completely opposite from their previous complaints in the hall, they were now enthusiastically flattering the elegant woman in front of them with every word.

  Especially those rich merchants with full bellies, are even more exceptionally pleased in their hearts. The Water Girl just now also called them Young Masters...

  Ling Qing poured the fragrant tea on the table, looking around with great interest at the people who seemed to be performing a play, her eyes full of amusement.

  At this moment, he couldn't help but think of a very wicked phrase from his previous life: "Water that is too clear has no fish, a person who is too cheap has no enemies."

  This sentence is really a perfect match for these people in the hall.

  "Then, please have a seat, gentlemen. Yun'er will tune her zither and play a few pieces for you."

  As soon as the Water Girl's voice fell, the crowd of people who were originally standing in the great hall all sat down.

  But his gaze from start to finish did not move a single bit, still tightly staring at the high platform above, where the Water Girl was already sitting in front of the guqin with her face covered by a light gauze.

  For a moment, the hall was quieter than quiet.

  "Ling Xiaozhi, these grapes are pretty good, want two?"

  Suddenly, a coarse and extremely loud voice, inopportunely echoed from within the great hall.

  The drunkard sitting beside Ling Qingyan had just tossed two grapes into his mouth, and then, as if he hadn't noticed the atmosphere around him, opened his mouth to break the silence in the hall.

  Wow!

  In an instant, everyone in the hall, including Yixiangge Huajie "Shuinyuner" who was tuning her zither on the high platform, had their eyes completely focused on the direction of the drunkard's voice.

  "Boom!"

  Ling Qingyan knew he was in trouble the moment the drunkard shouted that sentence. At this instant, he noticed the fiery gazes shooting towards him from all directions. His right hand trembled and the tea cup in his hand suddenly fell onto the table.

  Even if Ling Qing had been a person for two lifetimes, at this moment he couldn't help but blush.

  Lost face!

  The drunkard seemed to have realized the great impact he had caused at this time, his head shaking left and right under a mess of hair, and then a loud, rough voice full of drunkenness rang out, "Everyone... everyone is looking at me now, huh? Drunkard me... there's nothing good to look at, everyone should take another look at the little girls on stage, haha!"

  Silent.

  Ling Qingyan, who was sitting next to the drunkard, really wished he could leave the table immediately to prove that he didn't know the drunkard at all.

  "Hum! You're drunk..."

  A fat-bellied rich merchant stood up from his seat at the edge of the hall, just about to scold the drunkard... but before he could finish speaking, he was pulled back into his seat by his companion.

  "What are you doing? This drunkard is so rude in front of the Water Girl, shouldn't I teach him a lesson?" For a moment, the rich merchant's face turned bright red with anger, his expression unchanging as he looked at the middle-aged man beside him, his companion on this trip.

  "Are you looking for death? Do you know who that drunkard is sitting next to? It's the young master of the Ling family, the only son of the head of the Ling family, and the future head of the Ling family!" Seeing his good intentions, he was instead questioned by his companion. The middle-aged man's explanatory tone also had a hint of impatience.

  Wow!

  Upon hearing this, the rich merchant's face suddenly turned pale. He was just a small businessman, how dare he provoke the Ling family in Moyun City...

  Are you looking for trouble?

  "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

  At this time, the rich businessman's face no longer had an expression of blaming his companions, replaced by a look of horror, he was afraid that after the incident, Young Master Ling would come to him for revenge.

  In the great hall, some foreign rich merchants who wanted to get ahead, under the obstruction of the local people in Moyuncheng, knew the identity of the young man next to the drunkard after they had secretly wiped a cold sweat behind their backs. Although they wanted to show off in front of that water girl, they didn't dare to take the risk of offending Young Master Ling either.

  For a moment, they all chose silence.

  "Our majestic Ling family's young master from Moyun City, when did you start consorting with such beggars and drunkards?"

  Just as everyone's mind was wavering in the great hall, a soft and gentle voice suddenly came from one side of the hall.

  Under the convergence of everyone's astonished gaze, a thin young man, accompanied by a robust middle-aged man, slowly walked out from between the seats and headed towards Ling Qingyan and Zui Han.

  The young man's footsteps were light and nimble, his face had a pale complexion with a hint of illness, apparently due to his lack of restraint and excessive indulgence in carnal desires.

  "Second Young Master of the Yuan Family!"

  At this moment, someone in the hall had already recognized the identity of the thin and weak young man.

  Yuan family is also a long-standing family in Moyuncheng, along with Ling and Ren families, known as the three major families of Moyuncheng.

  Actually, ten years ago, the strength of the three families in Moyun City was almost the same, and the status of the three families was nearly equal.

  It has been ten years since a powerful martial artist appeared in Moyun City, causing trouble. None of the three families could defeat him, but after the eldest elder of the Ling family killed him with just ten moves, the Yuan and Ren families began to secretly regard the Ling family as superior.

  On this vast and mighty continent where martial arts reign supreme, a family's foundation still lies in the strength of its warriors.

  As long as the Ling family has the great elder, the Yuan and Ren families will not be able to be enemies with them for a day, and they will also provide convenience to the Ling family in all aspects, and get along well with the Ling family on the side.

  But this second young master of the Yuan family obviously didn't know about that thing that happened ten years ago!

  Otherwise, how dare I show my head?