The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Chapter 356 Just Don’t Provoke Her

Cangyue Kingdom Langya Pavilion

After a drink, Woods said, "It's such an honor for Envoy Yue to take time out of his busy schedule to accompany us on this outing!"

"It's not that exaggerated," Yue Chi replied, "I was invited by Master Shi last night, so I came out to play."

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward, so Zhou Tao started talking, "Well... Envoy Yue was able to bring along Senior Feng's elusive disciple. It's an honor for us to have the chance to meet him."

Yue Chi smiled and said, "Master Zhou is wrong again. Ninth Junior Brother is here for Master Shi, not because I invited him!"

This time the atmosphere was even more awkward. Everyone watched Jiuyou fill Ye Ling's bowl with porridge again. "Drink this bowl too. The servants said you didn't eat anything this morning."

"Who said that? I ate it," Ye Ling defended.

"Eating an egg is called eating?" Meng Jing came over with two pieces of barbecued meat: "Brother Yue, Brother Jiu, try my cooking, it's freshly grilled."

"Thank you, Miss Meng," Yue Chi took the meat.

"Thank you," Jiuyou also said politely.

Ke Dan fell into deep thought: "Brother Shi, you...had breakfast with Miss Meng? Did the Ninth Young Master know about it? Do you...live together? Immortal Peak? I..."

"Cousin" Yu Yan finally came to the crowd and interrupted Ke Dan's questioning: "Why are you asking about other people's private affairs when you're out having fun?"

"Oh~" Ke Dan was obedient and really didn't ask any more questions.

Yu Yan bowed and said, "Envoy Yue."

"Mr. Yu, please take a seat and have a taste of our barbecue," Yue Chi said with a smile.

Yu Yan sat down slowly, his eyes fixed on Jiu You for a long time, but everyone present was too busy having fun and no one noticed.

Half an hour later, after eating and drinking, everyone sat down to chat.

Yu Yan called Ke Dan to the riverside and whispered, "Don't mess with Shi Chuan, and don't touch her or have physical contact with her again."

"I didn't provoke him? What's wrong with a touch? We are all men, so why can't we have physical contact?" Ke Dan was very puzzled.

Yu Yan took a deep breath and asked, "Who do you want to see most in Langya Pavilion?"

"Ye Ling," Ke Dan blurted out, "Cousin, Jiu You has appeared, Ye Ling must be not far away. I must meet this female master."

"You have already seen it," Yu Yan said, looking at the river.

"Huh?" Ke Dan was even more confused: "You saw him? Where? When did it happen?"

Yu Yan looked at Ke Dan and said, "Grandfather is right. Your mother didn't give you a brain when she gave birth to you."

"Why are you calling me stupid again?"

"Think about it carefully. Rumor has it that Jiuyou is a loner and doesn't like to socialize. Why would he come here today to hang out with a bunch of strangers?"

"You are the one with a withdrawn personality, right? Besides, didn't Envoy Yue just say that he came here for Brother Shi?"

"Yue Chi has explained it clearly, how come you still can't think of it? What ability does Shi Chuan have to make Jiu You bring him hot porridge? There is only one answer."

Ke Dan froze in place, not daring to move. Yu Yan spoke again: "Don't look back."

Ke Dan swallowed his saliva: "Cousin, what you mean is... Shi Chuan is Ye Ling?"

"This is the back mountain of Langya Pavilion, outsiders are not allowed to enter, but she said a word and the guards let her in. Ji Ruochen and Yue Chi looked at her with doting eyes. Do you think the word doting can be used to describe a man? And Jiuyou, he only has eyes for Shi Chuan, that's what it means to be in love."

Ke Dan nodded. "So she and Miss Meng can have dinner, compete with Jiuyou and Mo Pavilion Master, and walk around Langya Pavilion freely. She doesn't even take Woods and Zhou Tao seriously. Chu Wenshu and the people from Renzi Hall treat her with great respect."

"Do you understand now? That's why I said don't mess with her, otherwise we can't live without Langya Pavilion. The fact that she disguised herself as a man and played tricks on all of us, and everyone in Langya Pavilion agreed to her act, is enough to show how much Pavilion Master Mo dotes on this junior sister, letting her do whatever she wants without saying a word."

"Luckily I didn't offend her. But just now..." Ke Dan suddenly became afraid: "Cousin, just now she took off her boots and rolled up her pants to touch me. I was praising her feet and legs. If I saw her jade feet, would Pavilion Master Mo kill me? Or gouge out my eyes?"

Yu Yan was angered again: "Do you think Pavilion Master Mo is like you, and likes to play house? I, Ye Ling, am also a man of the martial arts world. If I care about this, I won't get involved. Okay, you should go back quickly. Remember, don't expose me."

"I... okay." Yu Yan turned around and looked at Ye Ling who was playing cards with Yue Chi and the others. "Cousin, she is really different from what I imagined! She is like a little woman."

"She's only twenty-one. Do you think she's seventy or eighty? Go over there quickly."

Yu Yan calmed down and walked to the shed: "What kind of brand is this? I've never seen it before."

"Do you want to play the cards I created?" Ye Ling asked. These cards were modern poker cards that she took out from the space.

"How to play?" Ke Dan became interested, but still couldn't help looking at Ye Ling.

Ye Ling explained the rules of the game again: "Come on, for the sake of fairness, Master Ke, don't bet on the first three rounds. Just get familiar with it."

"Okay." Ke Dan had already taken out his purse.

Everyone sat in a circle and started playing 炸金花 (Golden Flower). Yu Yan was always polishing his sword by the river. Jiu You was always sitting next to Ye Ling, looking at the cards and playing with her. Yu Ying was like a transparent person, sitting quietly on another blanket drinking tea. Meng Jing was constantly picking flowers and making garlands around.

After more than an hour, the winners were decided. Ke Dan and Yelu Liangzhu hardly lost, Jin Yu and Ye Ling lost a little more, and the worst off were Woods and Zhou Tao, who almost lost all their money. There was only one winner, and that was Yue Chi.

Ye Ling was very depressed: "Why did the best player lose? Yue Sishi, why do you have so many golden flowers?"

"You're lucky, don't cry!" Yue Chi said with a smile.

"Huh! Am I the kind of person who can't stand losing?"

"Okay, since we can afford to lose, let's pack up and go home. It's getting late," Yue Chi said.

Everyone stood up and started packing up to set off.

Ke Dan trotted to the river: "Cousin, let's go back."

Yu Yan stood up and looked at the crowd not far away: "Look over there."

Ke Dan quickly turned around and saw Yue Chi gave all the money he won to Ye Ling. Ye Ling was as happy as a child. Yue Chi smiled and tapped her forehead.

Ke Dan sighed: "It really is Ye Ling! Otherwise, Yue Sishi wouldn't have spoiled her so much. She really is the junior sister of Langya Pavilion!"

"Junior sister of Langya Pavilion," Yu Yan muttered to himself, "It's just mutual dependence. The reason why Ye Ling is favored by these important figures in Langya Pavilion is entirely because of her own value. Langya Pavilion needs a master to continue to protect them, and Ye Ling is also very smart to rely on the big tree for shade."

"Grandmaster? Who? Ye Ling?"

"She must be the next Grandmaster," Yu Yan was very sure.

Ke Dan turned to look at Yu Yan: "Cousin, why do I feel like you've been acting strangely since you came to Langya Pavilion? Do you... do you have a grudge against that Jiuyou?"

"no"

"Then why were you staring at me for so long? I saw it all, don't try to deny it."

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Let's go." Yu Yan raised his foot and left.

Ke Dan imitated Yu Yan's tone behind him: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

A quarter of an hour later, everyone set off to go back. The wreath on Ye Ling's head was very beautiful. It was woven for her by Meng Jing.

Woods was a little annoyed. "Mr. Shi, I don't mean to criticize you, but a grown man wearing a garland is a bit... what is it?"

Ye Ling smiled lightly and replied nonchalantly, "Master Wu, this wreath is very beautiful. What's wrong with wearing it? Could it be that Master Wu is jealous that I have a beautiful woman as a gift?"

Woods was speechless for a moment and his face turned red.

Yu Yan secretly looked at Ye Ling and Jiu You, his heart was in turmoil.

At this moment, Ye Ling seemed to have noticed Yu Yan's gaze, and turned to him and winked: "Master Yu, does my wreath look good?"

Yu Yan was startled and looked away guiltily: "Good... beautiful."

Yue Chi glanced at Yu Yan meaningfully and said, "I heard from Senior Yu that Master Yu has a mind that can see through everything."

"Grandfather was joking. There is no such thing as a wise man in the world," Yu Yan replied.

"Master Yu, you are being modest. I heard that you grew up in a temple?"

"My two older brothers died before they were ten, so my grandfather sent me to a temple. Thanks to the Buddha's blessing, I survived and had a younger brother."

"I see."

"If Buddha could really bless us, everyone in the world would become a monk," Woods said with a smile.

"That's right," Zhou Tao continued, "Master Yu, you haven't said a word to us, but you've been talking a lot to Envoy Yue. You're really acting differently based on who you are!"

"My cousin doesn't like chatting with people who chatter all the time," Ke Dan continued.

"Tsk~" Zhou Tao said disapprovingly: "Master Yu, how did you become disfigured? Can you tell us so we can hear it?"

"The Zhou family's education is truly unique," Ye Ling said, "Do they specifically ask about people's pain points?"

"Hey? Brother Shi, are you unhappy? The owner didn't say anything. Aren't you meddling in other people's business? What are you worried about? Besides, I'm just asking out of curiosity. It's just disfigurement. What's so embarrassing about it?" Zhou Tao showed no remorse.

Before Ye Ling could reply, Yue Chi took over, "Mr. Zhou, instead of prying into other people's pain points, you should think carefully about your own family's affairs."

"My own home? Master Yue must be joking. There's nothing wrong with our family." Zhou Tao felt a little guilty.

"Really?" Yue Chi paused deliberately. "I heard that your father married a concubine last year, but within a few days, she became your brother's mistress. Now she's pregnant, so you should think about it. When the child is born, will it be your brother? Or your nephew?"

Zhou Tao's face turned red to his ears, and he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Ye Ling, Yelu Liangzhu and Jin Yu all looked like they had gotten something big, and they laughed heartily.

Ke Dan was even more shocked, his worldview was about to be shattered: "How can there be such a messed up... family in the world? This... goes against human ethics!"

"Shut up." Yu Yan touched Ke Dan's horse's butt with his toes.

Ye Ling smiled happily: "Mr. Zhou, your house is so lively?"

"That woman is shameless," Zhou Tao retorted angrily.