A master of both medicine and martial arts, he picked up a beautiful CEO as his wife.

So Ye Feng's words, "I'm here for you," eased Lin Yuqing's tense nerves a little.

But this never-ending Zhao still weighed heavily on the study like a large stone.

She clutched the hem of her clothes tightly. "My mother... her surname was Zhao... Madam Zhao. Twenty years ago, that 'sudden illness'—no! She was killed by the Li family with the poison of the Seven Star Begonia!"

Shen Yu suddenly raised his head and looked at her, his shock deepening.

"Seven Star Begonia... the Zhao family of the maternal line... the massacre of the entire family twenty years ago..." he murmured to himself, each word seemingly confirming the suspicion he dared not utter. "Indeed... indeed, it's true... one thing matches up..."

He stood up abruptly, his expression heavier than ever before, and looked at Ye Feng:

"Junior brother, now that things have come to this, there's something I absolutely must tell you."

"Master asked you to protect me. But actually, I've realized now that it's not you I need to protect, but her."

He raised his arm. "Hiding in this deepest place, the 'mastermind' who massacred Nirvana Mountain twenty years ago and then killed her mother with the Li family's hands, has been meticulously planning his next move all these years, looking for someone from her lineage."

"Your tribulation, your peak physique—that's certainly the most important thing on this grand network. But actually, what she carries on her back is what this employer dreams of grasping!"

"In other words—" Shen Yu said, enunciating each word clearly, "By protecting her, you're essentially taking what this employer has always dreamed of into your own hands. From now on, the arrows and spears aimed at you will only increase, become more ruthless, and be more reckless!"

Ye Feng listened to his words in silence, his eyes gradually turning cold.

Zhao Hui's basin of dirty water, his words "please help me out," "some cleaners who want to 'chat with you privately'"... one by one, they all connect.

That employer never cared about his life!

She's the one I care about!

Lin Yuqing trembled. As the fear of being the prey, silently wrapped in a net twenty years in the making, slowly engulfed her like icy seawater, her usually elegant and bright face became blank and helpless for the first time.

She had lived for over twenty years, believing that her life was earned step by step. The identities of the president of the Lin Group, the goddess of Dongyang, and someone who could command the wind and rain, were all revealed by Shen Yu's words. It was as if a hand had ripped open her shell, revealing a pitiful prey inside who had never been able to decide her own life. That fear of "perhaps never belonging to her" chilled her to the bone more than any open attack.

"Then...then what should I do?" Her voice was very soft as she instinctively looked at Ye Feng.

Ye Feng walked over and hugged her, saying, "Enough with the small talk."

Natural yet firm, without the slightest hesitation.

"Don't be afraid."

He said, with his usual roguish air, yet so irresistible, "If the sky falls, just let it fall on me, don't be afraid."

Lin Yu nestled in his arms, listening to the pounding of his heart and the trembling of his body, her trembling seeming to subside.

"I have no interest in knowing what earth-shattering secrets you have."

Ye Feng hugged her tightly, "Does it matter if you're a woman of the Zhao family, or the owner who's been eyeing 'that thing' for twenty years?"

"In my eyes, Ye Feng, you are Lin Yuqing."

"You're the idiot who picked me up off the street, this filthy, run-down bodyguard, and brought me home. You're the one who's been through thick and thin with me for the past six months, the one whose life is tied to mine!"

"Who dares to touch you?"

His eyes were filled with murderous intent. "Ask me if I want to do it!"

It's a very assertive statement, but there's absolutely no room for negotiation.

But it's more reassuring than any vow of eternal love in the world!

Lin Yu buried her face in his chest, "What if even you can't protect me?"

"Then I'll join you in beating those who flipped the table, one by one, to the ground!"

Ye Feng lowered his head, his chin pressing down on the top of her head, exuding a roguish air. "Whether they are the boss, Zhiwei Pavilion, or the 'Yuan' hiding behind the scenes who dare not speak to their senior brother!"

puff!

I was so amused by this heartless weapon that tears streamed down my face.

I've had everything since I was a child.

She had a position of wealth and power that everyone envied, but no one had ever entrusted their back to her. But now this slovenly man had come along, and his casual, nonsensical words, along with the simple phrase, "If the sky falls, I'll carry it for you," had lifted her spirits from their constant anxiety.

"Um."

She pressed her face against his chest again and mumbled, "I'm not afraid with you here!"

Shen Yu stood to the side watching the two of them.

His face was expressionless.

He had always thought that this "key" was someone who was being tormented by fate and filled with fear and anxiety, but seeing Lin Yuqing looking so docile in his arms, he suddenly felt that perhaps his master wanted him to go down the mountain.

Letting him meet this man was actually a well-planned and strategic move!

"Junior Brother."

Shen Yu sighed, "Since you've already set your sights on her, you should give her this."

He took out a tattered silk book wrapped in several layers of oil paper from his pocket and handed it to Ye Feng.

"My master asked me to tell you."

"A fragment of a bamboo slip from Nirvana Mountain."

"Master said that your tribulation can only be 'suppressed' by her extreme yin energy, not 'resolved'. But there is a way on this fragment of a scroll... that will allow the two of you to 'harmonize yin and yang and cultivate together'."

"Once you've mastered it, it will greatly reduce the energy she expends when transferring energy to you; and it will also... allow your tribulation to be suppressed for a while longer..."

As Shen Yu finished speaking, he looked at Ye Feng and Lin Yuqing with a complicated expression.

He suddenly realized something! His master sent his junior brother down the mountain to face this "half-year death tribulation," and then, "coincidentally," his junior brother encountered this thousand-year-old pure Yin. Now, through his hand, this scroll of "Meridian Harmony" fragments was placed in front of the two of them... This was no coincidence! It was clearly a game that his master had planned long ago.

But will this game of chess lead to a way out or to an even bigger game?

Shen Yu couldn't tell.

At this moment, Ye Feng took the fragment of the bamboo slip and his heart trembled!

Let us unite our meridians and cultivate together!

This is the only glimmer of hope for him and Lin Yuqing at this moment!

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