Zhang Yuanxing quickly said, "Yes, yes, Miss Chen Lingxue, please take a seat, everyone else as well. Don't let my arrival dampen Mr. Su's mood!"
He emphasized the last sentence.
The expressions of the crowd changed, their heads feeling a bit foggy, and they all took their seats.
However, the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive and gloomy.
Zhang Yuanxing didn't have the mind to think about these things. He was fully focused on figuring out how to serve Su Yi, this bigshot.
He instructed Huang Shu, saying, "Go and bring a pot of spiritual wine, and tell Miss Chen Jin to play the zither facing the elegant room window later."
Huang Shu quickly followed the orders.
As they watched these scenes unfold, the expressions of the people became more complicated.
It felt like heaven was playing a huge joke on them!
How could a waste who had lost his cultivation scare Zhang Yuanxing, a top-tier aristocratic young master, to the point of being so respectful and fearful?
But since Zhang Yuanxing was right in front of them, they could only suppress their many doubts and not ask directly.
At this moment, it was best to say less.
And seeing that Zhang Yuanxing had been accompanying him all along, Su Yi couldn't help but frown and say, "Does Mr. Zhang plan to stay here all the time?"
Zhang Yuanxing snapped out of his reverie and quickly said, "I still have things to attend to. I won't disturb everyone. You can chat!"
As he spoke, he turned and left, closing the door behind him.
"Husband, what's going on?"
Wen Lingxue asked softly, her clear eyes filled with curiosity.
Others couldn't help but look at Su Yi as well.
"I suppose he's afraid of offending me."
Su Yi casually said.
"Offending you?"
Tian Yao couldn't help but say, "But you're clearly... clearly..."
She couldn't continue her words.
"Clearly a waste?"
Su Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Tian Yao lowered her head sheepishly. Somehow, at this moment, when facing Su Yi, her heart was no longer as audacious as it was at the beginning. Instead, she felt a kind of indescribable restraint, as well as regret and disappointment.
Only now did she vaguely understand that when Su Yi said he didn't care about others just now, it wasn't an excuse for his own incompetence, but that he simply didn't care!
Ironically, she had thought of him as a useless and worthless person at that time...
However, where did he get the confidence to make even Zhang Yuanxing so submissive?
Tian Yao couldn't understand the young man in the blue robe in front of her any more.
Not only her, but Yan Yufeng and others were also filled with doubts.
Before long, the door suddenly opened--
"Mr. Su, my father has come to deliver wine to you."
Zhang Yuanxing bowed humbly and smiled as he spoke.
Beside him stood Zhang Zhiyan, the patriarch of the Zhang family, with a slightly plump figure and a clean-shaven face.
Seeing this top-tier powerhouse from Yunhe County City appear, Yan Yufeng and the others felt their scalps go numb as they quickly stood up.
However, Zhang Zhiyan ignored them and instead approached with a smile, standing beside Su Yi and respectfully saluting with clasped fists, saying, "Mr. Su, please forgive my late welcome!"
Su Yi sat still and only glanced at him, saying, "You came just to deliver wine?"
Zhang Zhiyan hurriedly replied, "Of course."
He then instructed Zhang Yuanxing, who was holding the wine jar, to come forward and personally placed the wine jar on the table. Then he smiled and said, "I won't disturb you any longer, Mr. Su."
How could he not see that Su Yi clearly didn't want to talk further?
Immediately, he hurriedly left with Zhang Yuanxing.
But Zhang Zhiyan didn't know that his arrival had brought such a huge impact to Yan Yufeng and the others. They were all dumbfounded.
In the silent atmosphere, Su Yi opened the jar of spiritual wine, took a slight sniff, and said, "This wine is not bad. Let's taste it together."
As he spoke, he poured a cup for Wen Lingxue and himself.
"Do you want to drink?" Su Yi's gaze turned to Tian Yao.
"Ah? Me... um... well... that...," Tian Yao was at a loss for words, flustered and unable to speak coherently.
Su Yi didn't say much and poured her a cup. "Give it a try. Consider it a thank you for guiding me today."
He poured and drank the wine on his own, completely ignoring the dumbfounded Yan Yufeng and the others as if they didn't exist.
This made everyone feel embarrassed, but no one dared to speak up.
Especially Chen Jinlong, he cursed in his heart. Last time, I was implicated and had to kneel for a whole night. And now, I'm fucking implicated again by you idiots. Unbelievable!
"Sister's husband, should we leave?" Wen Lingxue, unlike Su Yi, was not calm and composed as she spoke in a low voice.
"Alright." Su Yi immediately sensed the discomfort in the girl's heart and smiled as he stood up. "Let's find a place to talk."
Wen Lingxue murmured in agreement.
The two of them turned and left.
From beginning to end, no one tried to stop them or say a word.
It was quiet, extremely quiet.
In that moment, Tian Yao suddenly felt a bitter resentment. She finally understood that in the eyes of this young man in the blue robe, they were people from two different worlds. That's why he couldn't be bothered to respond to her initial approach...
It was ridiculous that she had subconsciously distanced herself from him.
There's nothing more absurd in this world than this.
Bang!
Suddenly, the wine cup that the young man in the magnificent robe had been holding shattered in his hand. He exclaimed, "Could it be that he is the young man who killed Lord Qin Wenyuan?"
His words shocked everyone for a moment, and then they all gasped in astonishment, their faces changing color.
"That's impossible! Everyone knows that Su Yi is a useless person!" Meng Lu couldn't help but say.
"A useless person? How could a useless person make Zhang Yuanxing bow and scrape? How could the head of the Zhang family personally come to meet him? Didn't you see that Su Yi didn't even get up from his seat the whole time?" The young man in the magnificent robe had an ugly expression. "Even the head of the Zhang family bowed down. Who else in Yunhe County City could have such power? It must be him!"
Everyone's minds went blank.
In other words, the person they had just sat together with was a young powerhouse who had killed Qin Wenyuan and defeated Mansion Master Mu Cangtu yesterday!?
Meng Lu realized that she had been mocking Su Yi just a moment ago, and she felt as if she had just walked through the gates of hell.
Even Chen Jinlong couldn't help but be shocked by this fact. His heart pounded, and he vowed never to have any contact with anyone surnamed Su again!
At that moment, the door to the private room opened, and Zhang Yuanxing walked in with a gloomy expression on his face.
He glanced coldly at everyone present and said, "Yan Yufeng, kneel down!"
"Chapter Young Master, this..." Yan Yufeng's face turned pale.
"Are you going to kneel or not?" Zhang Yuanxing said sternly.
Thud!
Yan Yufeng immediately knelt down.
Meng Lu, who was standing aside, quickly trembled and explained in a trembling voice, "Chapter Young Master, it's not Brother Yan's fault..."
"Do you have the right to speak? You kneel down too!" Zhang Yuanxing's eyes were fierce, resembling an enraged beast.
Meng Lu was instantly frightened and collapsed on the ground, completely unaware that there was a wet spot under her buttocks...
The others remained silent.
"Anyone who dares to leak a single bit of today's events, I, Zhang Yuanxing, guarantee that they will have no place to be buried!" Zhang Yuanxing took a deep breath, grabbed the jug of spiritual wine from the table, and turned to leave.
The wine was originally intended for Su Yi. Even if Su Yi had already left, he couldn't let these bastards benefit from it!
If it weren't for them luring Su Yi here, there's no way he would have been frightened like this.
Inside the private room, everyone was in despair, their faces pale.
At this moment, from the high platform outside the elegant room, a cheerful sound of a guzheng playing "Mandarin Ducks Matched Together" drifted in, with a lively and brisk melody.
However, inside the room, there was a sorrowful and miserable atmosphere.
...
Outside Yin Xue Mountain Villa.
Wen Lingxue hesitated to speak.
Su Yi smiled and said, "Come home with me. You can ask me anything you want to know when we get there."
Wen Lingxue nodded and then asked in confusion, "Home?"
"A temporary place of residence," Su Yi casually replied.
Just as they were speaking, someone suddenly chased after them from within Yin Xue Mountain Villa.
"Please wait, Lord Su."
It was a woman with cloud-like hair, a phoenix hairpin askew, eyebrows like crescent moons, eyes like lacquer dots, and delicate, tender skin that seemed as if it could be broken with a gentle touch. She appeared to be in her early twenties, but she was already a charming beauty.
"Do you need something?" Su Yi's eyebrows furrowed imperceptibly.
The person was none other than Cha Jin.
That woman was Cha Jin, the courtesan who had captivated Prince Zhou Zhi on the ship.
On the first day of their arrival in Yunhe County, she had taken the initiative to approach Su Yi for a conversation. This should be their second meeting.
A hint of caution flashed in Wen Lingxue's clear eyes.
"It's nothing. This concubine just heard that the young master was attending the banquet and planned to come over later to offer a toast. Who would have thought that the young master would be leaving early," Cha Jin said with a slight curtsy, her voice as melodious and sweet as a flute.
"Sister-in-law, who is she?" Wen Lingxue couldn't help asking.
Her innate sensitivity as a woman told her that this woman seemed to have some ulterior motive towards her brother-in-law.
Su Yi's gaze remained indifferent as he said, "A woman who appeared out of nowhere."
His words were casual but not at all polite.
Cha Jin was momentarily taken aback but smiled nonchalantly, saying, "Lord Su, this is not the place for conversation. Tonight, this concubine will visit your residence. I hope that the young master will not shut the door on me."
With that, she smiled gracefully, slightly bowed, and turned to return to Yin Xue Mountain Villa.
"Sister-in-law, I can sense something fishy about this woman," Wen Lingxue muttered.
"I didn't expect it. Lingxue, your insight is remarkable now. Impressive!" Su Yi raised his thumb and praised her before saying, "She is indeed trouble. I don't have time to hide from her. If she dares to come tonight, I guarantee I won't open the door for her."
Wen Lingxue chuckled, hooked her arm around Su Yi's, and eagerly said, "Let's go. Let me visit your place."
The young girl had shed her youthful innocence and radiated an increasingly vibrant and alluring youthful aura, exuding a beautiful and delicate charm.
But she was still the same as before, enjoying the act of linking her arm with Su Yi's, completely unconcerned about the misconceptions it might invite from passersby.
Su Yi naturally didn't mind either. When did Su Xuanyun need to care about those worldly gazes?
Bathing in the gentle sunlight and inhaling the faint fragrance emanating from the young girl, his mood became even better, and a smile involuntarily formed on his lips.
After this reincarnation, if there was anyone who could still occupy a certain place in Su Yi's heart, it was undoubtedly Wen Lingxue.