It turns out, they were the main characters.

Just as Ye Yu had guessed, not long after Ye Lingxuan went downstairs, the two began talking again in the tea room.

"Qian'er, are you still angry?" Mu Zhi'an had already walked to the seat where Ye Lingxuan had just been sitting, and turned his head to look at the beautiful girl next to him who was wearing a silk dress and looked pure and lovely.

"I'm not angry at all. After all, you've been pursuing Sister Ruoxi all along. Now that you've finally gotten together, I can only wish you all the best," Ye Qian replied in her beautiful voice, tinged with a hint of nervousness.

Mu Zhian gazed intently at her delicate face, his eyes burning with passion, and said softly, "Have you forgotten what happened in the private room at the auction house yesterday?"

Ye Qian recalled the scene yesterday in front of her beloved older sister, where she secretly held hands with this boy, and her pretty face couldn't help but blush. But she also felt a strange sense of excitement in her heart.

She whispered, "Young Master Mu, that's all in the past—"

Before he could finish speaking, Mu Zhian gently grasped Ye Qian's small hand, gazed at her, and said, "Can you call me Brother Mu?"

Ye Qian was like a little white rabbit cornered with nowhere to escape. Noticing Mu Zhian's burning gaze, she felt even more shy. She lowered her eyes and remained silent.

Ye Yu, who was outside, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It seems Ye Qian is quite clever; she knows Mu Zhian has ill intentions...

“...Brother Mu”.

However, at this moment, a gentle voice, shy yet melodious, drifted lightly into the tea room, touching the softest part of one's heart, yet also causing Ye Yu's heart to sink to the bottom.

"Qian'er is such a good girl. Did you put on rouge on your lips today? Can I taste it?"

"No, don't do this... my sister will be angry if she sees this."

"Love is a freedom, Qian'er."

"No... um..."

When Ye Qian's voice of resistance gradually weakened, Ye Yu could no longer bear it and suddenly pushed open the door.

Mu Zhian held Ye Qian's small hand in one hand and wrapped his other arm around her waist, gazing intently at her. Ye Qian, on the other hand, slightly raised her face, her cherry lips parted, looking as if she were ready to be taken.

Ye Yu's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Young Master Mu, what are you doing to my cousin?!"

Chapter 73 I Will Raise Your Sister Myself (4.5K)

As Ye Yu suddenly pushed open the door, the ambiguous atmosphere that had been in the tea room vanished.

Ye Qian was also jolted awake from the tender and affectionate reverie Mu Zhi'an had just woven. She looked up blankly at Ye Yu, and said in surprise:

"Brother Ye Yu, what are you doing here?!"

They left the Ye residence early this morning. Logically, Ye Yu should still be meditating and cultivating at this time, but he actually appeared in this teahouse early in the morning... Isn't that too much of a coincidence?

Ye Yu paused for a moment, but did not answer. He said in a deep voice, "Qian'er, don't be fooled by his sweet talk. Stay away from him."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and tried to take Ye Qian's hand.

But Mu Zhian stepped in front of Ye Yu first and said with a smile, "Young Master Ye, what brings you to this teahouse so early this morning?"

"And what a coincidence, coming in right at this exact moment..."

This simple sentence immediately jolted Ye Qian awake. The girl's eyes slowly widened as she looked at her cousin and asked, "Were you eavesdropping outside just now, Brother Ye Yu?!"

Despite being directly exposed by Mu Zhian, Ye Yu was not embarrassed. He simply snorted coldly and said in a chilling voice, "If I hadn't been eavesdropping, you probably would have been deceived by him right now!"

Ye Qian blushed and said softly, "Brother Mu isn't that kind of person."

"What was he trying to do to you just now?" Ye Yu asked, staring at his cousin's innocent face, which was flushed slightly.

Ye Qian's mouth opened slightly, but for a moment she didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, Mu Zhian suddenly shook his head and laughed, "Young Master Ye, in the end, the truth is that you were eavesdropping at the door just now, right?"

"I'm just worried about my sister." Ye Yu stared at Mu Zhian and said coldly, "Young Master Mu, after Miss Bai broke off the engagement, I had nothing to do with her anymore, so I stopped asking about her. But Qian'er is my cousin, and I will not allow a good-for-nothing young master to get close to her."

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "Are you really Qian'er's cousin?"

"My cousin prepared some medicinal herbs and wanted to ask you to make a Qi-refining pill, but you kept making excuses and it depended on your mood. Is this the kind of loving cousin you are?"

Ye Yu said coldly, "I did try to contact Qian'er afterwards, but she had already had someone refine a Qi-refining pill, so the matter was dropped—"

He suddenly seemed to realize something, and after a brief moment of stunned silence, he stared intently at Mu Zhian and said, "This is your doing?!"

When Ye Qian said she didn't need the Qi Refining Pill, Ye Yu was puzzled as to why his cousin would refuse him.

There are only a handful of alchemists in Tianxuan City, and finding one to refine Qi Refining Pills can waste a lot of spirit stones.

At first, he thought that Ye Qian had reluctantly asked the alchemists of the Morning Light Chamber of Commerce to refine the pills on her behalf... but now, thinking about it carefully, there were many suspicious points.

When did Mu Zhian begin to interact with Ye Qian?

There must be a turning point in this, and that turning point is... the Qi Refining Pill!

After he refused Ye Qian's request to return to the manor alone that day, something must have happened between Ye Qian and Mu Zhi'an...

Everything in his mind became clear in an instant. Ye Yu's eyes were filled with anger as he looked at Mu Zhian, and his spiritual energy burst forth uncontrollably.

"Bai Ruoxi is one thing, but now you're not even going to let my Qian'er go?!"

Not only Qian'er, but you also forgot about Lingxuan... Mu Zhi'an put down his teacup and shook his head, saying, "I have never forced Qian'er to do anything. Can't you tell from her attitude?"

He gently grasped Ye Qian's slender hand, looked up at Ye Yu, and his expression suddenly became serious. He said, "Brother-in-law, please grant Qian'er and my wish."

A simple address caused Ye Yu's mentality to completely collapse, and he could no longer control his anger, almost resorting to violence.

At that moment, an old voice quietly rang out in my heart: "Calm down, it's not appropriate to make a move here."

Ye Yu was filled with rage, thinking to himself, "Why is it inappropriate?! Do you expect me to watch Qian'er be taken away by this guy?"

“During the time you were a good-for-nothing, you didn’t have much contact with her. Now that your cousin has her own relationship, it’s not appropriate to interfere rashly.” The old voice carried a hint of helplessness.

Ye Yu's eyes flickered slightly, still unconvinced: "Even so, Qian'er shouldn't be intimate with Mu Zhi'an. Besides, he already has Bai Ruoxi by his side. How can he let Qian'er stay with that scumbag?!"

"If you were surrounded by two girls, would you refuse?"

Ye Yu was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, the aged voice spoke again to reassure, "Your true stage should be in the sect's assessment. There will be plenty of opportunities to defeat Mu Zhi'an then. Making a move here in this teahouse will attract the attention of a powerful figure in this teahouse."

The old man inside Ye Yu's body could no longer bear to watch.

Ye Yu was exceptionally talented, yet he was completely manipulated by Mu Zhi'an.

Taking action in the teahouse would firstly anger the forces behind it.

Secondly, Ye Lingxuan was still downstairs.

No matter the reason, as long as Ye Yu makes a move, even if he wins against Mu Zhi'an, he will still lose miserably.

Moreover, it would be difficult for Ye Yu to defeat Mu Zhi'an right now.

There is still a significant gap between the first and third levels of Qi Refining.

Ye Yu gradually calmed down, and Mu Zhian also looked at this hothead a few more times with some surprise.

It seems he does have some brains after all… Mu Zhian smiled and said, “Brother-in-law, would you like to sit down and have a cup of tea?”

This time, Ye Yu was very clear-headed. He realized that Mu Zhian was trying to provoke him, and he just sneered: "Mu Zhian, we'll see who's the real deal during the sect's assessment."

No matter what Mu Zhian does this time, he won't get angry, because that would only fall into the other party's trap.

The best approach is to simply let it go and move on.

After saying this, Ye Yu immediately turned and left.

"Your mindset has stabilized a lot more now..." Mu Zhian looked at Ye Yu's back, pondered for a moment, and said, "By the way, I'll accept the two thousand spirit stones. Remember to return the seven hundred spirit stones to Sister Lingxuan later."

Ye Yu's steps abruptly stopped, and his body slowly stiffened.

This statement is truly a case of killing someone by destroying their spirit.

Ye Yu's proudest achievement yesterday was making Mu Zhi'an lose a full two thousand spirit stones.

But in the end, he actually took those two thousand spirit stones out of his own pocket... In other words, Mu Zhian only spent four hundred spirit stones to buy the Dragon Soaring Beard.

Ye Yu almost couldn't suppress his killing intent, but recalling his teacher's warning and Gongsun Cheng's fate, he ultimately restrained himself.

He had been enduring this during the time he was considered a useless person, so he was able to tolerate Mu Zhian's level of mockery.

"You'll regret what you did today when the sect assessment comes, Mu Zhian..." Ye Yu walked out of the tea room, filled with anger.

With Ye Yu's departure, the wonderful atmosphere that had just been painstakingly created in the tea room was gone.

Mu Zhian turned to look at Ye Qian and saw that she was looking down and seemed unhappy. He gently squeezed her hand and said softly, "I've said before that what happened between me and your brother Ye Yu has nothing to do with you. Don't worry about it."

"But will you be fighting him during the sect's assessment?" Ye Qian asked with some concern.

"If I were to spar with Young Master Ye, who would you prefer to win?" Mu Zhian asked with a smile, looking at the girl sitting next to him.

She was wearing similar clothes to the one she wore the first time in front of the arena: a light blue, double-breasted skirt that revealed her fair, shapely calves, slender waist, and full, firm breasts.

At this moment, with her eyes slightly lowered, she frowned slightly when she heard Mu Zhian's question, and was about to speak.

At this moment, Mu Zhian suddenly poked Ye Qian's waist gently.

"Don't worry, I don't need to participate in the sect assessment."

Ye Qian subconsciously looked up at Mu Zhian, her eyes filled with surprise: "You don't plan to join the Liangyi Sect?"

"The Mu family has one spot for direct admission to the Liangyi Sect, why would I participate in the sect's assessment?" Mu Zhi'an said with a smile.

Ye Qian: "..."

Ye Qian blinked her bright eyes, and after a long while, she said helplessly, "Brother Ye Yu would be furious if he knew."

Ye Yu clearly intends to fight Mu Zhi'an during the sect assessment and defeat him fair and square. If everyone is participating in the sect assessment and suddenly sees Mu Zhi'an heading directly to the sect to report under the guidance of the assessor, I wonder what Ye Yu will think.

"I'm not a combative person by nature. Wouldn't it be better if everyone got along peacefully?" Mu Zhian shook his head and said.

Ye Qian rolled her eyes at Mu Zhian.

The reason why Brother Ye Yu was so angry just now was because he was angered by him, right?

Ironically, she couldn't bring herself to dislike this wicked guy at all.

Because of Ye Yu's matter, Mu Zhian, who originally planned to savor the scent of the rouge, could no longer proceed. After all, the atmosphere had completely changed, and Ye Lingxuan was probably going upstairs soon.

If we continue this adventure now, we might not be able to enjoy two servings of rouge at the same time later.

After Mu Zhian returned to his seat, he chatted with Ye Qian for a few more minutes. Not long after, he heard a knock on the door.

Then, the door opened, and Ye Lingxuan walked into the tea room.