After the mind-reading and gossip-eating incident, officials in the imperial city were demoted one a

"Kill him first, then kill the other three members of the Ye family."

"Forty thousand taels isn't a lot."

"What forty thousand taels? Stop wasting your breath on her, just kill her and then go find Ye Yaoyao to earn fifty thousand taels."

Xin Chuli looked at Ye Li'an:

"So all four of you are on the kill list. You're not even worth as much as Yaoyao."

"Little sister is in danger."

Ye Li'an frowned, thinking of a quick resolution. Just as her hand reached for her waist, Xin Chuli grabbed it and pulled her behind her.

"You want to earn ten thousand taels? I won't allow it." Xin Chuli said, launching a fierce sword attack on the five burly men.

"Hmph, then we'll deal with you first, everyone attack together!" The burly men were enraged, and their attacks became even more ferocious.

At Prince Jing's residence, the steward reported to Qin Jingyu:

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince has come to pay a visit."

After His Highness returned, several princes came to visit him, but none of them were allowed to enter and be received.

"Let him in."

"Yes! I will bring the Crown Prince in immediately."

"Master, something terrible has happened!" Lian Jin rushed in.

"What's the matter?"

"I just received news from Kuangyun that the Blood Killing Sect and the Bounty Hunter Guild have accepted the mission to assassinate the Ye siblings."

Miss Ye Si has the highest bounty and is currently being hunted.

Qin Jingyu crushed the chess piece in his hand, stood up with a dark face, left a sentence, and disappeared in a flash.

"What's wrong with Kuangyun? Why are you only finding out about this now?"

"Kuangyun had no idea that Master cared so much about Miss Ye!"

Lian Jin muttered something and was about to follow when the butler stopped him.

Where is Miss Ye Si?

"On the way back from outside the city," Lian Jin asked the steward about a problem that had been bothering him for a long time.

"Uncle Xie, why is Master so concerned about Ye Yaoyao?"

"It's fate." The steward was in a hurry to leave and get rid of the crown prince.

"Even the Crown Prince won't be able to see His Highness!"

Ye Yaoyao, who escaped alone, also wanted to know her own worth.

Fortunately, I practiced horse stance every day, which allowed me to run a little further when escaping. System, how much is my life worth?

[You are the most valuable; the two factions combined have 150,000 taels, your eldest and second eldest brothers have 10,000 taels, and your sister has 5,000 taels.]

[Four people and not even worth 200,000 taels? That's not worth it at all. Today's incident has taught me a lesson.]

What?!

[Once we get back, we'll make a lot of money and build up our own power base.]

[Host, you should have been more diligent a long time ago.]

It's getting darker, and the reinforcements haven't arrived yet. I wonder how my brother is doing?

Ye Yaoyao ran forward aimlessly, but dared not stop her steps, chatting with the system as she went.

You should worry about yourself first!

Why do I feel like I'm constantly running uphill?

Ye Yaoyao frowned, looking at the increasingly steep road ahead, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.

The surrounding trees were large and dense, their branches rustling in the wind, as if concealing countless dangers.

Ye Yaoyao gritted her teeth and continued to move upwards with difficulty, using both her hands and feet.

"Ouch!" Ye Yaoyao slipped and almost fell, breaking out in a cold sweat as she quickly regained her balance.

"Is there no way out ahead?"

[Host, the path you've chosen might be wrong.]

Ye Yaoyao looked down and could see two people chasing after her.

I can't turn back; even if there's a cliff ahead, I have to keep going.

In a short while, Ye Yaoyao was already standing on the edge of the cliff.

[Host, there really is no way out.]

"It's alright, there are only two of them, and I still have medicine. We should be able to handle it."

Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew towards her, and Ye Yaoyao's hair and clothes were blown wildly by the wind.

[Damn it, the wind direction is wrong, is it too late to go down now?]

[It's too late, host. You must find a way to save your life.]

The two assassins caught up and, seeing Ye Yaoyao standing on the edge of the cliff, revealed smug smiles.

"Look where you're going!"

Ye Yaoyao gripped the twig she had picked up on the road, pointed at the two of them, walked in circles, stopped with her back to the wind, and said with a determined look in her eyes, "Trying to catch me? Not so easy!"

He threw the powder in his hand at the assassins. The powder scattered in the wind, and the two assassins covered their mouths and noses and retreated.

Oh no, the wind direction is wrong again.

Ye Yaoyao quickly threw out the silver needle, but it only touched the assassin's clothes before falling to the ground.

Heaven is going to destroy me.

Upon seeing this, the two assassins surrounded Ye Yaoyao, drew their swords, and forced her to the edge of the cliff.

[System, the heavens aren't cooperating. If a savior doesn't appear soon, I'm doomed.]

[Host, you're dead, and the system is dead too.]

As Ye Yaoyao retreated, she tried anything, even throwing her silver needles and medicinal powder at the two men, but to no avail.

As the two assassins closed in, Ye Yaoyao slipped and fell towards the edge of the cliff. As she lost her footing, she thought to herself.

Ah! Chen Ranran didn't jump off the cliff, but I'm the one who fell.

Upon seeing the signal, Liu Lingchuan personally led his men out of the city. When they arrived, the ground was littered with corpses, and the last dozen or so assassins were still fighting.

"Quickly, take them all down."

With reinforcements arriving, the group was able to catch their breath and quickly calmed down.

"Uncle, come with me to find my little sister."

Ye Jingyang clutched the wound on his shoulder and headed towards where Ye Yaoyao had run off, but was stopped by Liu Lingchuan.

"I'll go find them. Hanxing, you take Jingyang and the others back."

"Father, I'll go find you..."

"No need. You've been traveling for days. I'll take care of this."

Liu Lingchuan didn't give him a chance to object and hurriedly left with his men.

Liu Hanxing had just returned home and followed after hearing the news.

"Jingyang, Yaoyao will be alright. You should apply medicine to stop the bleeding first."

Ye Xiyao, with disheveled hair and a pale face, came over to apply medicine to him.

"Little sister... will be alright." She said this, but she was very scared inside, and her hands were trembling.

"Xiyao, don't be afraid. My little sister is a person with great fortune. She will be alright."

The two siblings comforted each other.

At this moment, Ye Li'an and Xin Chuli returned from another direction. Neither of them was injured, but they looked exhausted.

"Is everyone okay?"

"Big brother, little sister will distract the assassins by herself, and uncle will go after them now."

"What? I'm going to find my little sister. You all go back first."

Ye Li'an chased after him.

“I’ll go look for it too,” Xin Chuli said.

Ye Xiyao, her eyes red, grabbed her arm. "Someone has already gone to find Little Sister."

It's getting dark. I've troubled you so much today. Let's go home and wait for news! Aunt Xin must be worried."

Ye Xiyao said this, but she felt very sad. She felt useless and couldn't help at all.

The group searched all the way up, and when Liu Lingchuan arrived, there were two corpses lying on the edge of the cliff, and Granny Li was standing on the edge of the cliff.

There was only one road that led them here, and they hadn't seen Ye Yaoyao along the way, which filled Liu Lingchuan with panic.

"Granny Li, where is Yaoyao?"

"When I arrived, the two people were already dead. I didn't see Miss Ye, I only found these shoes."

The shoes in Granny Li's hand belonged to Ye Yaoyao.