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"Wan Hua Lou?!" She grabbed Lou Lou, who was about to walk inside, and exclaimed in a panic, "This is a brothel? Are you going to sell me into this place?"

A young woman standing at the entrance of the brothel, who was greeting customers, happened to hear Yun Chan's rant. She turned around, her eyes twitching instantly, and she interjected, "Hey, ma'am, with your looks, we wouldn't want you even if you paid us, okay?"

Yun Chan glared at her, then stomped her foot angrily at Lou Lou: "I'm not going in! I'm a lady from a prestigious family, how can I go into such a filthy place!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed Lou Lou's face darken and his gaze sweep over her fingers with hostility. She immediately let go of his hand and said awkwardly, "...Never mind, it's just a brothel. I have nothing to hide. I'll go in then."

They're supposedly childhood sweethearts?

Stepping into the brothel, Lou Lou, familiar with the place, found the madam and tossed out some silver to book a room. The madam stared at the large black mole on Yun Chan's forehead for a long time, stunned: "Damn, I've been running this brothel for so many years, I've seen it all, and I've seen it all before."

This guy brought his own woman to solicit prostitutes, but I've never seen anyone so indiscriminate. His taste is really something else.

Yun Chan followed behind Lou Lou, enduring the pointing and whispering of those alluring women on the way to her room, feeling indignant and resentful. Just as she felt she had nowhere to vent her anger, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure peeking out of the window of one of the cubicles upstairs.

Peach blossom eyes, ink-black hair tied up with a white jade hair ornament, and a flamboyant crimson brocade robe. Even if she were reduced to ashes, she would still recognize that figure—it was none other than Xia Yi!

A mouthful of blood welled up in her chest—bastard! She was nearly killed by the Seven-Return Spirit Sand his family had given her, and he actually came to visit a brothel?!

As if sensing Yun Chan's resentful gaze, Xia Yi's eyes inadvertently glanced in her direction. Unfortunately, after just one glance, she was frightened by Yun Chan's imposing presence and turned her head away in disgust.

Lou Lou suddenly leaned closer and chuckled softly, "Your relationship with him is indeed quite good; he actually tracked you all the way here."

Yun Chan was immediately startled: "You know him?"

"I've always heard of the lord of the number one manor in the world. Why aren't you going to ask him for help when such a good opportunity is available?"

Yun Chan lowered her head: "He didn't come looking for me at all. Besides, given my appearance and voice, he wouldn't recognize me even if he saw me." She wasn't stupid; Lou Lou's lightness skill was superb. If she went to Xia Yi for help, she probably wouldn't even have taken two steps before...

His neck had already been snapped.

Lou Lou's lips curved into a smile. He put his arm around her waist and whispered affectionately, "That's right. If you're obedient like this, you'll suffer less." With that, he pulled her into the room.

Hearing the door bolt shut, Yun Chan was secretly alarmed. Since this person already knew Xia Yi was here, didn't he even plan to find another place to hide? Was he truly confident in his disguise skills, or did he simply not believe the world's number one...

Do you even care about Yizhuang?

She stood there dumbfounded at the door, still bewildered, while Lou Lou had already sat on the bed. He patted the edge of the bed and said softly to Yun Chan, "Come here."

A captivating beauty once again rippled across his unshaven face, causing Yun Chan to lose her senses and momentarily forget what year it was.

Seeing that she was in a daze, Lou Lou repeated, "Come here."

She finally snapped out of her daze and asked warily, "What?"

He chuckled: "Sleeping, what else can you do?"

"Sharing a bed with you?!"

"What? Are you dissatisfied?"

"Men and women should not touch each other. Don't you know any shame?"

"We've already been intimate, isn't it a bit late for you to bring this up now?"

"...What nonsense are you spouting!"

"Isn't that right? On the first day when I applied medicine to you in the woods, I touched you everywhere I should and shouldn't have."

It's really hard for him; he can still flirt with her when she has such an ugly face.

Miss Yun's face flushed red and then turned pale. Calm down, calm down. The only solution is to endure the humiliation and then kill to silence her.

While she was still plotting her own schemes, the impatient man stepped in front of her, pointed a finger, and Yun Chan instantly went limp into his arms.

"You used acupressure on me? What...what are you trying to do?"

"Change the dressing." Lou Lou uttered these two concise words and then lifted her onto the bed.

The man's long, slender fingers were beautiful, and his movements as he disassembled the wooden pieces were skillful. The way he bent down to hold her fingers and apply medicine was even more alluring.

But Miss Yun still snorted inwardly: Hypocritical.

As if sensing her thoughts, Lou Lou suddenly tightened his grip, causing Yun Chan to break out in a cold sweat. Unconvinced, she cursed him inwardly again, but the man pulled his hand away, striking her where her bone was broken.

"Ouch—" It hurts so much, ouch ouch ouch.

Is this person a monster?! Yun Chan was certain he was doing it on purpose.

Lou Lou slowly bandaged her finger before glancing at her and saying, "Next time you're cursing me in your heart, you'd better tone down that biting expression."

"..."

After a long while, he finally finished tending to her fingers with pleasure, then lifted her up and placed her on his lap.

"What now..."

"And the wound on his back."

"No! You're not allowed to touch my back again."

"What's there to be shy about? It's not like we've never touched it before..."

As the two were arguing, the door to the room was suddenly kicked open. A man dressed in red stood in the doorway, his usually bright and charming eyes now showing a hint of gloom: "Let her go."

Lou Lou smiled warmly: "You've arrived so quickly. I thought Master Xia would make his move later."

Yun Chan was forced to lie on Lou Lou's lap, her head facing the doorway. She was somewhat surprised to see Xia Yi arrive.

Lou Lou picked her up and held her in his arms, then began to provoke Xia Yi: "You should know that this is Mo Ge's territory. Tsk tsk, you're so impatient. It seems that what a young hero you are, you're nothing but a name without substance."

The Ink Pavilion was formed by the remnants of the Demonic Sect after it was annihilated by Xia Ming Manor. Like a centipede that dies but doesn't fall, the Ink Pavilion, though keeping a low profile in the martial world, remains a sworn enemy of Xia Ming Manor. Yun Chan finally understood why Lou Lou had previously...

He remained calm and composed upon seeing Xia Yi here, apparently confident that Xia Yi wouldn't dare to make any big moves on Mo Ge's territory.

Xia Yi remained unmoved, arrogantly raising her chin slightly, and repeated, "Let her go."

Lou Lou held Yun Chan tightly, laughing wildly: "I won't let go."

"court death!"

The red-clad man's flirtatious smile vanished, replaced by a fierce glint in his eyes. A devastating palm strike, carrying murderous intent, relentlessly attacked the man on the bed.

Lou Lou dodged away leisurely, sighing, "So ruthless, aren't you afraid of hurting your fiancé..." He suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

The cicada that Lou Lou had just been holding had been snatched away without him noticing how it was done.

The red robes fluttered until they stopped, and Xia Yi held Yun Chan firmly in her arms with one hand, her face still showing an arrogant expression.

That's interesting.

Lou Lou raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but clap his hands: "You are Xia Yue's son after all, and you do have some skills. I shouldn't have underestimated you." After clapping three times, he suddenly drew his knife and flew forward, "But I'm sorry, this woman cannot be given to you."

The gleaming blade tip pierced straight down, and Yun Chan, whose pressure points were still locked, couldn't help but scream: "Damn Xia Yi, dodge!"

But Xia Yi, that damned woman, didn't even lift her eyelids, only frowning as she checked if Yun Chan in her arms was injured. Just as the blade was about to strike, a figure in blue suddenly flashed in through the window, blocking Lou Lou's knife.

After thoroughly examining Yun Chan and finding her to be unharmed, the man in red glanced arrogantly at Lou Lou and said, "You are not worthy to fight me." Then, he turned to the man in blue who had broken through the window and ordered, "Kill him."

"Yes." Upon receiving the order, the man in blue deflected Lou Lou's knife and unleashed a ruthless killing move.

The small room was suddenly filled with the sounds of weapons clashing violently. The owner of Xia Yi Manor, not bothering to look any further, picked up Yun Chan and strode away, seemingly oblivious to everyone else.

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The night breeze on the street was a bit cool, which finally cleared Yun Chan's confused mind. She realized, a beat late, that she seemed to be saved, and then she suddenly shouted, "Damn Xia Yi, wait, wait!"

Xia Yi stopped and released her pressure points, then groaned uncomfortably, "You still have the energy to yell? Then get down and walk by yourself."

Yun Chan cried out anxiously, "I'm going to die! I've been poisoned by that person, and I haven't gotten the antidote yet." The thought of the horrific sight of her body being poisoned and her skin writhing in agony made her want to cry.

Xia Yi's expression changed, and she immediately pulled over her wrist to take her pulse.

The pulse looks normal; there are no signs of poisoning. The young man's handsome eyebrows furrowed immediately. Just in case, he waved his hand and called out, "Qingqi."

Another man in blue robes suddenly appeared out of thin air and knelt down on one knee.

"Go back to the brothel immediately and tell Qingzhu to bring that man here. Don't kill him; leave him alive."

Qingqi hesitated upon hearing this: "Master, this is still Moge's territory. If I were to be transferred away from you, what if..."

Xia Yi interrupted him impatiently, "Stop nagging, go quickly."

Seeing this, Qingqi had no choice but to lower his head and obey, quickly disappearing from sight.

On the deserted streets at night, only the boy and girl remained. Xia Yi helped Yun Chan and tried to check her pulse again, but accidentally touched her severed finger. Yun Chan immediately cried out in pain, and tears streamed down her face.

He had known her for so many years and had rarely seen her cry, not even when he accidentally whipped her that day. Xia Yi immediately panicked: "Xiao Chan, does it hurt somewhere?"

Yun Chan had been holding back her emotions for so many days, and once the tears started flowing, she couldn't stop and burst into sobs. Xia Yi hurriedly hugged her, her tone unusually gentle: "Xiao Chan, it's all my fault..."

"Of course it's all your fault!" Yun Chan suddenly mustered all her strength and bit his shoulder with a loud thud.

The more painful the wounds on her hands and back were, the harder she bit. Damn Xia Yi, wasn't she supposed to be her childhood sweetheart? They'd share the pain.

The young master almost cried out in pain when she suddenly bit him, but the brat kept sobbing and whimpering as she bit him, making it impossible for him to curse her.

Alright, alright, just this once, the proud and arrogant Master Xia reluctantly decided to silently let her bite him.

A moment later, Yun Chan's teeth were numb from clenching them so much that she finally let go, her eyes still wet with tears. She hiccuped as she asked, "Even though I've become like this, how can you still recognize me?"

Xia Yi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had finally stopped crying, and then resumed her annoying tone: "Have you changed? I feel like you're not much different from before."

Yun Chan was furious and raised her hand to slap him. Xia Yi easily grabbed her wrist: "We have such a long history of grudges. You said you would recognize me even if I turned to ashes, so naturally I will do the same for you."

She was stunned. He must have been in so much pain that his brain was fried, otherwise why would he find those words to be somewhat ambiguous and sweet? Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly smelled a perfume scent wafting from him, the scent of the women from the brothel.

She immediately snapped out of her daze and kicked him: "You damned Xia Yi, you ruined me so badly with that lousy Seven-Return Spirit Sand, and you, on the other hand, went to hang out with prostitutes!"

"I'm going to save you, okay?"

"Who would believe that! You were clearly already there before I even entered the brothel. You couldn't possibly have known I'd go there; I was definitely going to have some fun!"

"Use your pig brain to think, do you think the stuff from there is even worthy of my attention?" Young Master Xia's proud taste is not open to questioning.

"They are not worthy of your attention. Only Miss Tan is worthy of your attention." She couldn't help but sneer, thinking of the gossip she had overheard at the inn that day.