Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge pressed the button on her watch and connected the call.

Bai Jian's holographic projection immediately appeared in front of him.

"General Bai Jian." Ye Ge leaned back and looked at him with a smile, "I thought you really gave up on your sister. So, have you come to your senses now?"

Bai Jian remained silent.

Through the holographic projection, Ye Ge saw that Bai Jian's expression was still very conflicted and torn.

Ye Ge realized that in Bai Jian's heart, he still owed Wang En a debt of gratitude that he had not yet repaid. Until this debt was repaid, no matter how disheartening Wang En's actions were, he would remain unconditionally loyal.

"..." Bai Jian spent a long time arranging his words before finally speaking: "I want to talk to you."

Ye Ge said, "Of course, what would you like to talk about?"

Bai Jian paused for a moment, then voiced what he himself found somewhat naive: "Let Xiao Qing go, and your Ye family will withdraw their troops and spare Baicheng this time. If you agree, I'll owe you my life, which you can collect anytime. Alternatively, I can do three things for you, anything is possible."

"Hmm," Ye Ge said, "You know, even in the elementary school of my old war academy, not many people would say something like that anymore. Should I call you a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), or should I call you naive?"

Bai Jian: "......"

"This is war, do you think it's a child's game?"

"..."

"Furthermore, regarding letting your sister go," Ye Ge paused deliberately, "even if I can let her go, it seems there are others who don't want to."

Bai Jian asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Ye Ge looked at Bai Qing across from her.

Bai Qing pursed her lips, of course understanding what Ye Ge meant.

"Brother, I was almost assassinated just now."

"?!" Bai Jian exclaimed in astonishment, "What?? Then what are you doing now...?"

"I'm fine," Bai Qing said calmly. "That person failed, was captured by Night Song's men, and then committed suicide."

Bai Jian asked, puzzled, "Aren't you staying at the Ye family's camp? Who would want to assassinate you?"

“I’ve seen this assassin before,” Bai Qing said slowly. “He is a bodyguard secretly kept by Wang En.”

Bai Jian's pupils suddenly contracted.

Lord Wang En's... assassins...

Bai Jian's mind raced back to the disappointed look in the Duke's eyes when he looked at him earlier that day...

Could it be that Wang En didn't want him to be distracted on the battlefield by his sister, so he sent an assassin...?

Ye Ge then slowly said, "General Bai Jian, I'll give you three more hours. After three hours, we will launch our next attack."

After saying that, he hung up the call.

Bai Jian's holographic projection disappeared.

Lu Wen, used as a shield; his brothers, arrested by Captain Ma; and those being followed and monitored by Wang En's men...

If all the things Bai Jian had witnessed and the provocations he had experienced before had only made him feel heartbroken, struggling, conflicted, and heavy-hearted, then Bai Qing's final blow was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Ye Ge looked up at Bai Qing: "It's a pleasure working with you."

Bai Qing looked at Ye Ge with a complicated expression. She now understood what her brother had said back then.

How terrifying will this boy become in the future?

Ye Ge shrugged: "Don't you think I'm incredibly despicable, cunning, shameless, insidious, and terrifying?"

Bai Qing: "...How dare you say that..."

"Well, there's no other way. You have to use despicable methods to deal with despicable people." Ye Ge leaned back.

Bai Qing paused, looked at Ye Ge, and reminded her again, "I hope you can keep your promise."

Ye Ge said, "Whether I keep my promises or not depends entirely on whether I want to."

Bai Qing: "You..."

"But don't worry, I'm in a good mood right now, and I'll most likely keep my promise."

Ye Ge spoke, opening her mouth.

Gao Shenxue promptly stuffed a piece of fruit into his mouth.

Bai Qing: "......"

......

Wang En's old face was shrouded in gloom, like a cloudy day before a July thunderstorm.

He had overheard the entire conversation between Ye Ge and Bai Jian.

Ye Ge gave Bai Jian a communication channel number used exclusively by the Ye family (the same one that Ye Xiao had given to Earl Kant and his group). Normally, using this channel number would ensure that no one could eavesdrop on the communication.

But even Bai Jian didn't expect that a personal item he kept close to him had already exposed his actions.

That's his Ling Sha Sword!

This sword was given to him by Wang En more than ten years ago. The gemstone inlaid on the hilt is a communication stone used by an ancient immortal cultivation sect to transmit messages.

As a swordsman, Bai Jian never parted with his sword, so Wang En could always listen to Bai Jian's messages through the communication stone to know if his subordinates had any disloyal intentions.

The secret of this sword is not mentioned in the original game's storyline, so even Ye Ge doesn't know about it.

Wang En never sent any assassins to kill Bai Qing! So he immediately understood that Bai Qing had betrayed him, colluding with that little devil from the Ye family, and even trying to frame him!

He used to be the one framing others, but now he's the one being framed! How could he not be furious?!

Wang En took a deep breath and, with a serious expression, carefully recalled everything that had happened in the city during this period.

He had always felt that something was off about what had happened in the city these past two days, as if an invisible hand was pulling things from behind. Now he finally understood what was going on.

During the day, when he lost his temper with Bai Jian, it wasn't just because of the Ye family assassin who tried to kill him.

It wasn't because someone had secretly broken into his office and plastered it with photos of him being beaten up by Ye Quan when he was young, and of being kicked in the groin by a royal princess's spirit beast in front of the person he liked...

Mudd!

That was his deepest pain!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have exploded at the slightest provocation and directly vented his anger on Bai Jian!

"Night Song!"

Wang En said sinisterly, "I originally thought that all of this was planned by Night Owl, but I never expected it to be this little demon seed who is only at the Earth Realm!"

To be made so pathetic by a low-level superhuman only made him feel even more furious!

The white-haired old monk walked over and said, "My lord, it seems you must find a way to fight back, otherwise you will continue to be led by the nose by them."

"Hmph, do you even need to tell me that?" Wang En snorted coldly.

The old monk looked at him calmly: "Judging from your expression, sir, have you already come up with a plan?"

“Of course,” Wang En narrowed his eyes, “Does this Ye Ge really think I have no tricks up my sleeve? If I were to be outmaneuvered by that old man Ye Quan’s grandson, a mere brat, then all my lifespan of over a thousand years would have been for nothing! Today I’m going to show him what it means to be an old fox!”

Then, he paused and said, "Someone, bring Bai Jian here to me."