The White Demon

After saying that, Ye Qingwan raised her leg and was about to walk out.

Seeing this, Zheng Xiu quickly grabbed her sleeve and begged, "No, no, no, Miss Ye, I am willing, I am willing to compensate..."

In this way, Zheng Xiu paid the store 580 Lingshi as compensation, Mei Hong 1,000 taels of compensation for mental damage, and Ye Qingwan 5,000 taels of compensation for medical expenses and mental damage.

Of course, Zheng Xiu didn't have enough money to pay, so he ended up signing an IOU for five thousand taels of silver.

At the same time, they agreed to deliver the remaining silver directly to the Duke of Huguo's residence before noon tomorrow. The two handed over the money in one hand and the IOU in the other.

Otherwise, Ye Qingwan would still choose to report to the police.

Everyone had a taste of the big melon, and gradually dispersed with a lot of talk.

Zheng Xiu, whose pockets were cleaner than her face, left everyone's sight with messy hair and a bleak look on her face. She was completely different from the radiant look when she came.

Five thousand taels is not a small amount, she still needs to think of a reason to deliver the money to the Duke's Mansion on time tomorrow. At this moment, she deeply regretted her reckless behavior today.

Mei Hong earned money from fighting for the first time. She held the banknotes in her hand and couldn't stop smiling. "Haha, Qing Wan, you are really awesome!"

Ye Qingwan smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Meihong, look at how we look now. One of us has a bird's nest hair, and the other has black eyes. We still think we are powerful... or embarrassed!"

Mei Hong replied stubbornly: "No! You are just awesome! You don't do anything, but you are more awesome than me who does! Anyway, I, Mei Hong, will follow you from now on!"

"Oh, by the way, your toad brother didn't show up this time, so I have a lot less to worry about. But, this is the Qingxu Pill that I promised to give him before, please pass it to him on my behalf. I am a person who keeps my word, so I can't let him look down on me..."

Ye Qingwan took the bottle of medicine handed to her by Mei Hong, but her heart was heavy.

Her voice suddenly became a little hoarse: "Okay, I'll pass it on to him for you. But he's out on some business now, and he's not with me..."

Senior Brother Seventeen had been following Ye Qingwan silently. Seeing that Ye Qingwan was choking up, he patted her shoulder comfortingly.

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can give it to him."

Mei Hong felt that Ye Qingwan's mood suddenly became low, and she smiled awkwardly, then asked deliberately and briskly: "Qingwan, if I have time tomorrow, can I go to see you?"

"of course can."

Just like that, the two reluctantly parted ways at the next intersection...

Outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion,

The palace was already covered with bright red wedding silks. It looked particularly festive. It seemed that the emperor's will had been conveyed to the Duke of Huguo's mansion.

Ye Qingwan tidied up her appearance.

But if his newly injured eyes healed in a blink of an eye in public, it would inevitably attract criticism. Besides, Zheng Xiu's money would not arrive until tomorrow, so it was better to be cautious.

So she came to the Duke's Mansion with dark circles under her eyes.

"anyone there?"

She went forward and knocked on the door, and saw an old man in his fifties coming over and opening the door for her.

"Excuse me, who are you?" The old man saw that Ye Qingwan was wearing ordinary clothes, but he did not look down on her at all. On the contrary, he kept looking at her face, as if there was some rare treasure in front of him, and he was comparing it carefully...

"Excuse me, my little girl Ye Qingwan is back!"

"Ah? Miss!" Ye Qingwan's words immediately made the old man's eyes light up, as if he had suddenly figured out the key to all the problems. He quickly responded with surprise: "Oh, okay, okay! I'll go and report it right away!"

The old man ran towards the inner courtyard while shouting, "Duke, the eldest lady is back! The eldest lady is back!"

However, upon closer listening, his voice was actually mixed with surprise and trembling.

The servants in the mansion heard the news and spread it from mouth to mouth, and the whole Duke's mansion was instantly in an uproar.

Ye Qingpan, who was preparing to remove her makeup in front of the mirror, heard the servants' report and immediately put her hairpin back in displeasure.

"Humph, she's not dead!" She looked at the servant beside her with hatred, "Help me dress up quickly, let's go and have a look!..."

The wife of the Duke of Huguo came over to urge her two children to welcome Ye Qingwan. However, she didn't expect that one of the two children was dressed up carefully, while the other was sloppy, and each one was less anxious than the other.

When Ye Qingwan arrived at the Duke's Mansion, the person who made her happiest was Cuizhu, who was cleaning the ancestral temple.

Cuizhu has been Ye Qingwan's personal maid since she was a child. Now that Ye Qingwan is back, she naturally doesn't have to do these peripheral cleaning chores anymore.

"The young lady is back... That's great!"

She was so excited that she threw down the broom in her hand, lifted up her skirt, and ran to the front yard desperately...

Ye Qingwan and Liu Haochen walked slowly towards the main courtyard without haste.

Just when they were halfway there, they saw Duke Tang and an older female relative coming out to greet them with bright smiles on their faces.

However, when the two saw Ye Qingwan with dark blue eyes, they couldn't help but burst out laughing:

"Haha, Wanwan is back. I missed you so much. Come on, come on, come in!" Duke Tang took the opportunity to smile extraordinarily. "Wanwan is coming back this time. Is she going to stay in Lido permanently, or... for a few days?"

"Not for long. I have asked for leave. After my coming-of-age ceremony, I will return to Wanxiang Mountain to practice..."

When Tang Youwei and the gorgeously dressed woman beside him heard this, the stones in their hearts seemed to finally fall to the ground, and their faces showed a clear sense of peace.

"Oh, it's so hard to go home, why don't you stay a few more days..."

Tang Youwei made a hypocritical greeting, but suddenly introduced the woman next to him, "Come, Wanwan, come and meet your mother!"

Mother?

Where did her mother come from?

Ye Qingwan didn't move at all.

She had already learned from her ancestors that her mother had passed away.

The person in front of me should be the mother of my half sister and half brother.

The woman stood with a dignified demeanor and a kind smile, waiting for Ye Qingwan's greeting.

Unexpectedly, Ye Qingwan only said coldly: "I'm sorry, Lord Duke, I, Ye Qingwan, only have one mother in my life... If father has forgotten, Wanwan remembers..."

The smile on Duke Tang's face froze for a moment.

"Oh, Master, Wanwan is your biological daughter after all. It doesn't matter whether you call me that or not."

The Duke's wife's teasing consolation made Duke Tang's face look a little colder when he looked at Ye Qingwan again.

Ye Qingwan smiled coldly.

"I don't know where I live, Your Excellency the Duke. I will go to bed now. Also, my father must know this fellow disciple of mine. He is my seventeenth senior brother. Please arrange a room for him and take care of him." After saying this, she bowed slightly and was about to leave.

Although Duke Tang looked unhappy, he had to respond due to Ye Qingwan's status: "Okay, Daddy will arrange it right away..."

However, at this moment, a sarcastic voice came from the back hall: "Oh, this Miss Ye is getting more and more arrogant. She even dares to lick her father's face and let him serve her like this. This is really disorganized and against the will of heaven!"