Chapter 32 You won't, I know

  "What brings you here?" Zhuge Mingyue asked irritably.

  The person outside the door was Yuan Dexu, a maternal relative of the matriarch of the Zhuge family. He had always been devoted to serving the matriarch, Yuan Shuhui. When he saw the person opening the door, he was taken aback for a moment. If it weren't for Zhuge Mingyue's voice being as usual, he wouldn't have immediately recognized that the bright and beautiful girl in front of him was indeed Zhuge Mingyue.

  "Master's mother is kind, she asked me to bring you some household money!" Yuan Dehou pinched the purse in his hand, with a look of disdain in his eyes. He was still somewhat puzzled, what about those two servants? Shouldn't they be the ones coming out to take the money? Usually, this Zhuge Mingyue didn't dare come out to see him, always with a humble and obedient attitude, but today she seemed somehow different.

  Zhuge Mingyue looked at the disdain in Yuan Detou's eyes and felt displeased. She had been woken up early and was being given a condescending attitude.

  "Not needed, get out." Zhuge Mingyue said, and with a loud bang, she forcefully closed the door. Zhuge Mingyue yawned, preparing to go back to sleep. She hated being woken up from her morning sleep by someone, and really wanted to beat that person half to death.

  Yuan Dehou, locked out of the door, was thoroughly stunned, looking incredulously at the tightly closed door. That person just now, was indeed a shame to the Zhuge family, and indeed a thorn in the eye of the mistress, Zhuge Mingyue? It's really her! She actually dared to shut the door in his face and even told him to get out?! How is that possible?!

  Yuan Dehou came back to his senses and stretched out his hand to knock on the door desperately, knocking several times before switching to kicking it with all his might.

  Zhuge Mingyue was about to turn back when he heard the door being knocked again, causing a loud noise. He turned around in anger and opened the door, scolding Yuan Dutou: "Can't you understand that I told you to get out? Do you want to be beaten?"

  "You, what did you say? You dare to hit me?" Yuan Dehou looked at Xue Ying incredulously, his words laced with venom as he cursed, "You little bastard, you have the guts to say that again!" Relying on the power of being the matriarch of the Yue family, Yuan Dehou didn't put a woman who had been banished to Cang Feng City in his eyes. Moreover, for so many years, the master of the Yue family had ignored her, and she had no backing within the family. What was there to fear from such a private-born daughter?

  But as soon as the words were spoken, two crisp slapping sounds rang out. Yuan Dehou covered his face with his hands and stared wide-eyed at Zhuge Mingyue in front of him, who was shaking her hand. Did she really hit him? This little scoundrel actually dared to lay a hand on him!

  "It hurts so much, your skin is really thick. My hand hurts." Zhuge Mingyue said with a face full of disgust, shaking her own hand.

  "You, you, you actually dare to hit me!" Yuan Dehou shouted like a pig being slaughtered. He never expected that Zhuge Mingyue would actually dare to raise her hand and hit him.

  "What's wrong with you? Get out of my sight! Disappear from in front of me right now!" Zhuge Mingyue was pierced by Yuan Detou's voice, which was as sharp as a pig being slaughtered, and she shouted back rudely.

  "You, you! You little..." Yuan Dehou said, stopping abruptly and rubbing his face as he backed away. He really wanted to slap her, but after all, she was a Zhuge, the privately born daughter of the master. Although the master had not inquired about her for many years, he did not dare to rashly raise his hand to hit someone.

  After retreating to a distance he thought was safe, Yuan Dehou burst into a loud scolding: "You little bastard, what do you think you are? You dare hit me! Only the kind-hearted mistress would ask me to send money to you. A bastard like you should be starved to death... Ahhh!" Before he could finish his scolding, a blood-curdling scream almost pierced the sky.

  Zhuge Mingyue hadn't even pulled out the hidden arrow from her sleeve when she saw a lithe figure flash past behind her, and then she saw Yuan Detou fall to the ground like a kite with its string cut, unable to get up again.

  "Say that again." The one who spoke was Ling Feiyang, standing in front of Zhuge Mingyue with a cold expression, his eyes fiercely staring at the person on the ground who was groaning in pain.

  Yuan Dehou, still on the ground, hadn't seen clearly who kicked him, but he heard a man's voice. Clutching his stomach and trying to get up, he said with hatred: "I said why you have so much energy, it turns out you have a mistress. Shameless, actually with a man... Ah——" A mournful cry sounded again, this time accompanied by a crisp cracking sound. Ling Feiyang's kick was ruthless, powerful and domineering, directly breaking Yuan Dehou's ribs, seemingly not just one.

  Yuan Dehou was kicked and fell over, finally seeing the person who kicked him clearly. At this glance, he was almost frightened out of his wits. It was Ling Shao! The Ling Feiyang from the Ling family!

  Ling Feiyang's handsome face was now twisted in cruelty, he stepped forward and stomped on Yuan Dehou's calf, exerting a bit of force, causing Yuan Dehou to let out another ear-piercing scream.

  "Do you want to die or want to be killed?" Ling Feiyang's voice was cold and made people tremble, his whole body emitted a suffocating killing aura.

  Yuan Dehou looked at Ling Feiyang in horror, he had no doubt that if he said one more word, Ling Feiyang would definitely take action and kill him. He hastily turned to Zhuge Mingyue, casting a pleading gaze at her. He didn't believe that Zhuge Mingyue would watch as he was killed by someone else, she wouldn't, nor did she dare!

  As expected, Zhuge Mingyue slowly walked over, and Yuan Dehou's eyes revealed a sense of relief. However, before he could fully relax, Zhuge Mingyue suddenly kicked Yuan Dehou hard in the stomach.

  "Yuan Dehou, what are you? You're just a sycophant. The one above you is the mistress of the Zhuge family, with the surname Yuan. But don't forget who she's married to. She's the mistress of the Zhuge family, nothing more. And not from the Yuan family either, got it?" Zhuge Mingyue sneered, "Do you have the qualifications to scold me?" Zhuge Mingyue slowly crouched down, staring at Yuan Dehou's terrified face, and suddenly burst out laughing.

  "Your tongue, I think it's not necessary to stay here." Zhuge Mingyue smiled brightly. Just as she was smiling, a delicate dagger was handed over to Zhuge Mingyue in time. Zhuge Mingyue was taken aback and then returned a smile to Ling Feiyang's smiling face, taking the dagger.

  "Miss, spare my life, Miss! It was my cheap mouth and confused words that made me say those things. Please forgive me, Miss!" Yuan Dehou finally understood that the Zhuge Mingyue in front of him really dared to cut off his tongue, or even kill him. He was terrified, crying and begging for mercy, and his title had changed to "Miss". His heart was both shocked and afraid, and he couldn't understand how Zhuge Mingyue and Ling Feiyang had developed such a relationship.

  "Get out, go back and tell your mistress to stop bothering me." Zhuge Mingyue stood up, looking down at the person crying on the ground with contempt, coldly saying, "If you dare to bother me again, don't blame me for being ruthless." After finishing speaking, a killing intent flashed in her eyes.

  "Yes, yes, yes." Yuan Dehou struggled painfully, got up, and almost rolled away out of their sight.

  Zhuge Mingyue watched as Yuan Detou's figure disappeared, humming softly, and turned around to face Ling Feiyang with a complex expression.

  "Don't look at me like that, I don't think it's a big deal. And thank you," Zhuge Mingyue said with a smile, not taking it seriously. However, in her heart, she was deeply moved by Ling Feiyang's defense of her just now and couldn't help but admit that when he defended her, her heart felt warm.

  "The Zhuge family, even a servant dares to speak to you like this!" Ling Feiyang's eyes turned slightly cold.

  "But this is a miserable end for me." Zhuge Mingyue, however, just shrugged and smiled, "Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen again. It's not surprising to me either, I'm originally the shame of the Zhuge family, just an illegitimate daughter. Everyone in the world steps on the low and climbs the high."

  Ling Feiyang looked at Zhuge Mingyue's faint smile and felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, after a while, he whispered: "I won't."

  Zhuge Mingyue was taken aback for a moment, then smiled brightly and nodded: "You won't, I know."

  "Woken up early, let's go and have breakfast." Ling Feiyang couldn't help but smile as he looked at Zhuge Mingyue's still slightly disheveled hair.

  "Who invited?" Zhuge Mingyue immediately asked the key question.

  "I," Ling Feiyang said with a helpless smile.

  "The dagger is returned to you, thank you." Zhuge Mingyue handed the exquisite dagger in her hand to Ling Feiyang.

  "Send you off. If there's anything like this again, you can still be of use." Ling Fei raised his eyebrows and smiled.

  Zhuge Mingyue carefully examined the dagger in her hand, its outer scabbard adorned with ancient and solemn floral patterns, and on top of that, a transparent red gemstone was inlaid, refracting twelve starlights under the light. Withdrawing the dagger again, the blade flashed with a cold glow, and at a glance, this dagger was no ordinary item.

  "It's too expensive. Giving it to me would be a waste." Zhuge Mingyue gently shook her head, and was about to return the dagger to Ling Feiyang.

  "It's a gift for you, don't waste it." Ling Feiyang didn't take the dagger, "Alright, aren't you hungry? What do you want to eat later?"

  Zhuge Mingyue suddenly felt that this sentence was somewhat familiar, and after thinking about it, she remembered that when they were in the Xunlong Mountains, Ling Feiyang had asked her the same thing when dealing with Wan Kuichen and Xue Zihao's use of medicine. Zhuge Mingyue thought back to that moment, slightly stunned, looking at Ling Feiyang's smiling face, a warm current surged in her heart.

  "I'll take it, thank you. As for breakfast, as long as there's meat, I'll wash up first." Zhuge Mingyue smiled and nodded, going back to her house to wash up. Ling Feiyang also smiled and followed her in, then jumped over the wall and went back to his own home to wash up first.

  ……

  The opening day of school has arrived, and the two mercenary groups in Cang Feng City are still searching tirelessly for their missing alchemist. Zhuge Mingyue is completely unaware, and early in the morning, she went to school with Ling Feiyang.

  But unexpectedly, something happened on the first day of school.

  Digression

  Recently, I wanted to lose weight, so at night I stopped eating delicious food and ate more blandly. The result is that every night I feel empty in my heart, and then it's like scratching a cat's paw... You don't understand the sorrow of a foodie wanting to lose weight... Waaahhh... I really want to shout out loud: I want to eat delicious food!