Return of Abandoned Son Vol.4

Chapter 151: Ye Mo’s Wife

 Li Mumei didn’t know why Ning Qingxue would suddenly change her mind, but she had already been wanting to tell her about this subject. Since Ning Qingxue had changed her mind, she wouldn’t have to pretend she doesn’t know anything.

 However, Li Mumei asked instead: "Qingxue, if we were still in Beijing and if the Song family were as strong as before, if that Song Shaowen would force you to marry him, what would you do?"

"..." Ning Qingxue hadn’t expected Li Mumei to say this. If that were indeed the case, then she really wouldn’t know what to do. The power of the Song family wasn’t something their Ning family could compare with. The Ning family was nothing compared to the Song family. If the Song family were still like before, then even if her whole family were to come to Yu state, they would only need one word, and their family would be doomed.

 Ning Qingxue sighed. Although she didn’t answer Li Mumei’s words, she still felt relieved. Luckily the Song family was over. She knew how much Song Shaowen had wanted her. It was her luck that the Song family had gone down.

"Before, Song Shaowen wanted to force a marriage with you and other than your parents who didn’t know, all the Ning family members agreed without telling your parents. However, your cousin Ning Yang secretly told you about it, and I happened to be there as well," Li Mumei said slowly.

"Huh... that happened?" Ning Qingxue was dazed. She knew that Song Shaowen didn’t have good intentions for her but understood that big families like the Song family cared about their face. She already had a marriage pact with Ye Mo, so it was unlikely they would intervene. She didn’t expect that to have happened.

 Li Mumei continued: "At the time, you were very helpless as well, because everyone knew that if the Song family proposed, the Ning family wouldn’t be able to reject."

 Ning Qingxue fell silent. Although she knew she hadn’t married Song Shaowen, she still felt a little scared now.

"Then, I proposed that you marry Ye Mo and live with him. At the time you agreed. Coincidentally, Ye Mo rented a house in Ning Hai, so we moved over," Li Mumei continued.

 Ning Qingxue said slowly: "So that’s how I met him, but wouldn’t the Song family exact their revenge on him?"

"At the time, I was also afraid that Ye Mo would be targeted by the Song family, but I still persuaded you saying that the Song family wouldn’t do such a shameless thing," Li Mumei sighed. She knew that even if the Song family didn’t take action against Ye Mo, Song Shaowen would. Yet, she didn’t mention that at the time. She didn’t know how Ye Mo had resolved the situation nor how Song Shaowen had suddenly died.

 Li Mumei looked at Ning Qingxue who was still in disbelief and said: "Later on, I spread your photos with Ye Mo online and made a marriage certificate for you two. Then, you moved in with Ye Mo. As for what happened between you two, I don’t know, but twenty or so days later, Song Shaowen suddenly crashed and died at midnight.

 I went to Ning Hai to pick you up and was planning for you to divorce Ye Mo, but before you left, you saw a small medical case. When you opened it, you rushed into the room and closed the door. I heard you crying but I couldn’t open the door."

 Ning Qingxue looked at Li Mumei in disbelief: "Why would that be?"

 Li Mumei shook her head, "I also don’t know, but after a long time, you finally opened the door and hugged that medical case. Ever since that day, that little case has never left your sight. But since that moment, you adamantly refused divorcing Ye Mo and stayed in Ning Hai. Afterwards, when your parents came to visit you, you still didn’t want to leave Ning Hai."

"You’re saying that I’m still Ye Mo’s legal wife?" Ning Qingxue was completely shocked. How could things be like this? She was actually married.

 Li Mumei nodded and said: "Yes, you are indeed his wife in a legal sense."

"What about that small case?" Ning Qingxue asked.

 Li Mumei answered: "Ever since you were injured a second time, that small case was left in Ning Hai. Although you bought the house Ye Mo rented before, you never went back to see it again."

"In Ning Hai?" Ning Qingxue frowned and asked again: "Why was I injured for the first and second time?"

 Li Mumei shook her head: "You need to ask Xu Wei about exactly why. Xu Wei was by your side both times. She had been living in that house before. She was renting with Ye Mo."

"Xu Wei?" Ning Qingxue thought of this name but couldn’t remember anything.

 Li Mumei saw that Ning Qingxue really couldn’t remember anything, so she could only continue: "After Song Shaowen died, the Song family hunted Ye Mo. You even went to Flowing Snake to search for him and went to the desert with Chi Wanqing. I also know that you went to Shen Nong Jia, but I don’t know if that was related to Ye Mo."

"Who is Chi Wanqing?" Ning Qingxue found that more and more strangers had been involved.

"She’s in the army and went to do a mission in the borderlands. She met Ye Mo there. I think she also likes Ye Mo and wanted to find him. However, somehow, you two met and went to the desert together." Li Mumei only knew approximately what had happened.

 Ning Qingxue was even more confused. Someone like that liked Ye Mo?

 As though noticing Ning Qingxue’s confusion, Li Mumei breathed calmly and said: "No matter what decision you make, I feel much better after getting it off my chest. At least my heart can rest easy. Otherwise, I would feel I’m doing you wrong. Qingxue, no matter what, I think the past is in the past. If you still want to find those memories, you can go to Ning Hai and ask Xu Wei and Su Jingwen. They know some things. If you don’t want to continue wondering, then stop thinking about it."

 Ning Qingxue nodded and said: "Mumei, I know you wouldn’t lie to me. I feel very indifferent in terms of emotions. Perhaps Master Wu Guang is right; the moment before I almost died, I really must’ve sealed all my emotions in my soul. No matter what, I will go to Ning Hai once. Maybe you’re right."

"No, Qingxue, you’re not indifferent because you sealed your memories. I understand you. For some time, I felt you were more stubborn than anyone when it comes to feelings. When you didn’t like someone, you tended to be very cold, but if you did like someone, that person would be your everything. You would be willing to give them anything including your life. Perhaps you’re such an emotional extremist. That’s why your mom doesn’t want you to remember that past," Li Mumei shook her head.

 Hearing Li Mumei’s words, Ning Qingxue sunk into silence. She felt Li Mumei was right, she was that sort of person. What had really happened between her and Ye Mo? She remembered that time Ye Mo spat blood in her mother’s office. If there really was nothing between the two of them, why would he be like that?

 Despite how real all of this sounded, Ning Qingxue still didn’t dare believe that there had been something between her and Ye Mo or that she might have fallen in love with him. That sounded impossible. She believed that she had been using Ye Mo and that that’s why she had married him. It had nothing to do with love.

 No to mention, it had been less than a month. Even if Ye Mo was suave and had written 100 love letters to her each day, she wouldn’t have had any good impression of such a young master, much less loved him.

"Mumei, thanks for telling me this. Although I know you wouldn’t lie to me, I will still go ask Xu Wei." Ning Qingxue had made up her mind. No matter whether this was real or fake, she had to face it.

 She had never expected that she would be Ye Mo’s wife. If Li Mumei hadn’t told her today, she wouldn’t have known about it at all. So, after she had clearly investigated things, she would still divorce. However, she felt a little regretful for having made Ye Mo spit blood. Whether or not she used him, she was still his legal wife.

 Li Mumei’s face showed happiness and she quickly asked: "Then, Qingxue, are you going to Ning Hai or Flowing Snake first?"

…

"Let’s go to Flowing Snake first. But before I go, I heard that the Luo Yue Corporation is going to announce some very significant news, so let’s have a look at their official website later. Let’s not miss anything. The beauty pill is also very important to our corporation. Even now our sales continue to slip. If we go on like this, our corporation will face extreme difficulties, so even if we can’t cooperate with Luo Yue, we still need to research the recipe for the beauty pill and try to make our own product. I believe that there are a lot of people trying to do this," Ning Qingxue set aside her other thoughts and said seriously.

 Li Mumei nodded: "Yes, however, our technology is weak. Many other pharmaceutical companies and research laboratories are already researching the beauty pill. We must hurry. Hold on, I’ll have a look at their website first."

"Huh..." Li Mumei yelled in shock at the website.

 Ning Qingxue immediately asked, "What’s wrong?"

 The Fei Yu corporation was facing a difficult situation. They had no new products and the old market’s competition was too big. There was no profit they could earn there. If they went on to research new products now, they would be short on money and time while taking a big risk.

 Therefore, the new and blooming Luo Yue corporation became the only thing that could save Fei Yu. But whether it was Ning Qingxue or Li Mumei, they both knew that other companies would be thinking the same thing.

 More than that, many renowned companies in the world had been refused partnership. Their business was smaller in scale and far from those international big pharmaceutical companies. They only had a very thin sliver of hope but even so, Li Mumei was still shocked.

 If this sliver of hope was taken away by other companies, their corporation would have no hope at all, so she was very anxious.

 Li Mumei said shakily: "Qingxue, in 3 days, Luo Yue will be holding a conference looking for partners. But, their requirements must be satisfied."

 Ning Qingxue immediately asked: "What requirements do they have, what are the limitations?"

 Li Mumei answered: "They’re looking for partners based on location; one in Africa, one in Europe and America and two in Asia. Uhm, the pharmaceutical industry of Africa isn’t even developed, why is there a spot for them. Hmm, why do the two developed continents Europe and America only have one? This is odd."

 Looking at the requirements, Li Mumei felt strange.

 But soon, both of their hearts sunk. Luo Yue was looking into the partnership in Asia and there were only two spots. And amongst all the corporations, Fei Yu could barely make it into the top 200 in Asia. It could be seen that their chances were very slim.

"What do we do? Qingxue, are we still going to Beijing?" Li Mumei asked disappointedly.

 Ning Qingxue bit her lips, her beautiful face having a persevering look. If she missed this opportunity, their corporation wouldn’t last much longer. Her parents had already been staying in an American pharmaceutical company for almost half a month for their business, but they didn’t seem very interested at all.

"We go, why wouldn’t we go? Although our chances are very slim, this is still an opportunity. If we miss it, our future will be even dimmer. Perhaps we won’t get a spot, but maybe we can contact a company that gets a spot and then work under them," Ning Qingxue said confidently.

 Just when she had finished talking, the phone in the room rung. Ning Qingxue quickly picked it up. It was a call from her mother in America, but she only spoke a few words and hung up. Qingxue’s face looked bad.

"Qingxue, did the business negotiations in America not go too well?" Li Mumei could judge the situation by the look on Ning Qingxue’s face.

 She nodded despondently, "Yes, we went to have serious negotiations with them, but they just sent a random person to deal with us. My parents will be going to Beijing in two days. We will go meet up with them there."

 Li Mumei nodded, "Then I’ll prepare the things for the conference." Ning Qingxue was of the opinion that their corporation could only look for an opportunity at the conference. Although she also knew that the chances were slim, she still decided to support Ning Qingxue.

"Mumei, have a walk outside with me." Ning Qingxue stood up fatiguely. She knew that the corporation was named after her parents. Not only did it contain their devotion, it was also the source of income for their family.

 Now, her family was no longer a part of the Beijing Ning family but had become independent. They had invested all of their savings into Fei Yu Corporation. Once something happened to Fei Yu Corporation, their family would have to face the difficulties of survival.

 So Ning Qingxue was also very worried when the sales of the corporation started to decline rapidly.

....

 Ye Mo heard that the beauty pill was being talked about everywhere. Almost everyone was discussing the new company, and finally he felt a little relieved. It would seem that Zang Jiayan and co. were managing Luo Yue quite well. At least up until now, it seemed successful. However, Ye Mo knew that no matter which company sold the beauty pill, it would be a success no matter what.

 It was a cultivation pill modified into the beauty pill. Although it’s effect wasn’t even 1% of the original, it was still thousands of times better than normal beauty products.

 Ye Mo originally wanted to stay a night in Yu state but now decided to go to Flowing Snake. He wondered how Zang Jiayan was doing with the herbs he had told him to collect.

 Yu State was a very big place in China and was very prosperous. Yet now, Ye Mo seemed a little lost standing on this busy street. There were night clubs with colourful lights not far off, with men and women coming and going incessantly. In this world, there were always some people who used this kind of place to numb themselves or seek a life here.

 Ye Mo shook his head and wanted to leave. A woman whose body wasn’t that good walked into the night club and happened to be scanned by Ye Mo’s spirit sense.

 The moment he scanned this woman, he almost lost his mind. Luo Xuan? But immediately, Ye Mo knew it couldn’t be Luo Xuan. If it was her, she definitely wouldn’t be going to night clubs. Also, Luo Xuan was with her martial sister. She wouldn’t be here alone. Besides, Luo Xuan’s body was countless times better than this woman’s.

 But then why did he get the feeling that this woman was Luo Xuan? Ye Mo’s spirit sense turned back. It was a very average looking woman and so was her body, but soon Ye Mo realized that this woman had been disguised, and he seemed to have seen this disguising technique somewhere before.

 After thinking for a brief moment, Ye Mo figured out who this woman was. She had the same chi as Luo Xuan and her big martial sister. This meant this woman cultivated the same cultivation method as Luo Xuan.

 Other than Luo Xuan’s second martial sister, who else could it be. Her masquerading means were similar to Luo Xuan’s big martial sister and she had about black level primary stage power. This woman was for sure Luo Xuan’s second martial sister.

 Ye Mo had once told Luo Xuan that the one who had ambushed her and her big martial sister might have possibly been her second martial sister. He hadn’t expected to see this woman here.

 Ye Mo almost couldn’t believe it. Regardless of whether this woman had ambushed her martial sisters or not, why would a woman with such a high level cultivation method be at this sort of venue. He was simply too bewildered.

 Ye Mo didn’t want to care about the 3 sisters’ business, but he really did have a good impression of Luo Xuan. Since he saw her second martial sister here, he might as well go and see what’s going on. Since she had gotten the Ni Luo Sutra, why would she still go to such a venue in disguise? Plus, the Ni Luo Sutra was Luo Xuan’s. If he could take it, he would.

 Thinking like that, Ye Mo no longer hesitated and also walked into this night club while locking onto that woman with his spirit sense.

....

 Li Mumei was also looking dazily at a night club not far away. She knew what sort of place that was. Euphemistically speaking, it was a high class entertainment centre, strictly speaking, it was a brothel. The reason she was looking dumbly at this place was because she had seen Ye Mo walk in there.

 She of course knew that person was Ye Mo, because a few hours ago she had still seen Ye Mo stand underneath their building. But it was only a few hours later that he walked into a brothel. The difference was too huge.

 Ning Qingxue followed Li Mumei’s eyes and also happened to see Ye Mo disappear into the nightclub. She frowned and looked at Li Mumei, comfirming: "Mumei, that was Ye Mo who just went in right?"

…

 Li Mumei nodded bitterly, "Yes, that’s Ye Mo. When I finished work, I saw him standing outside the building looking at your office. I wouldn’t have expected him to go there shortly afterwards. I think he’s a little lonely."

 Ning Qingxue didn’t say anything, so Li Mumei spoke again: "Qingxue, you already saw Ye Mo, are you still going to Ning Hai? Or how about we go into that nightclub and see?"

 Ning Qingxue nodded calmly: "Yes, I’m still going to go. I’ve thought about it, and I do want to retrieve those memories. It has nothing to do with him. As for going to that nightclub, I don’t think it’s necessary. What’s that got to do with me?"

 Ning Qingxue wasn’t lying. When she saw Ye Mo go into the night club, she really felt very calm, because in her heart Ye Mo was that sort of person. The only strange thing was that according to her impression of him, Ye Mo shouldn’t be the type to go in there.

 Although she didn’t care, thinking about how she was legally his wife, she no longer had the mood to continue strolling. Instead, she said to Li Mumei: "Mumei, I’m a bit tired, let’s go back."

 Ye Mo’s spirit sense was so focused on that woman that he didn’t notice Ning Qingxue and Li Mumei.

 After entering this night club, Ye Mo found a seat near the edge and sat down. As soon as he sat down, a girl wearing very little walked over. Although she looked not bad, under the scan of Ye Mo’s spirit sense it became apparent that that was just a build up of all sorts of powders.

"Get me a cup of beer. I’ll call you if I need anything else. For now, don’t come and disturb me. If you say one extra word, I’m leaving." Before this girl could say anything, Ye Mo threw a few hundred dollars at her and shut her up.

 The girl quickly gulped down the words she was going to say, packed the money from the table and brought a beer over.

 Sending away the girl, Ye Mo spread out his spirit sense. There were very few people who really came here to eat and drink. Most people only came for one purpose. From the second to the fourth floor, other than a few rooms that actually had karaoke, most rooms displayed all sorts of nude trades.

 Ye Mo was not interested in watching these. He locked his spirit sense onto the woman on the 5th floor. He was sure that woman was Luo Xuan’s second martial sister. Ye Mo really wanted to know why this second martial sister would try to kill her martial sister just for a book. Their relationship had been a very close one.

 If he could find the Ni Luo Sutra, he wouldn’t mind taking it away. This was Luo Xuan’s possession. Regardless of whether it had any worth or not, if he saw it, he wouldn’t let it slip away right in front of him.

 This woman went into a room on the 5th floor. After closing the door, she sat for a long time before walking in front of a mirror and looking at her face.

 It was disguised indeed. Ye Mo didn’t see the Ni Luo Sutra but he did see a soft sword at her waist. It was hooked onto her waist like a belt. Soon Ye Mo also found that there was something wrong with her body. Her waist appeared to be red. She was injured, and the wound was quite serious. Who had injured her?

 Ye Mo scanned his spirit sense around the 5th floor and realized the 5th floor was obviously different from the floors below. There were some customers here as well, but the girls who served them were not only prettier than the girls below but also much younger. Noticing this, Ye Mo got even more confused. Based on the looks of her disguise, she shouldn’t be able to come to the 5th floor, so why was she living here?

 This woman took off her jacket and took out some surveillance equipment. Ye Mo checked it out using his spirit sense. The screen showed the front door of the night club.

 Even Ye Mo had to commend this woman. If she was really Luo Xuan’s second martial sister, her adaptability was too quick. How long had she been out of the small world for? Yet she already knew how to use surveillance equipment.

 A middle aged man with a pot belly holding a black bag walked into the night club. He came straight to the front desk.

"CEO Chen, I missed you so much. Haven’t seen you for days! Come, I’ll give you a massage to help relieve your fatigue," A very exotic woman walked out. When she saw this pot belly CEO Cheng, her eyes started gleaming. Ye Mo imagined that in her eyes this fat man must probably be a good money milking cow.

 CEO Cheng laughed, squished the woman’s chest and spanked her ass before saying: "Little hoe, I don’t need you today. I want princess Fei Fei." Afterwards, he stashed a few hundred dollars inside the woman’s bra.

 The woman wasn’t all too happy hearing CEO Cheng’s words, but seeing these couple hundred dollars, she immediately smiled: "Aiyo, that’s a pity. Fei Fei just came back today, I’ll call her phone for you."

 She called for a long time but no one picked up. Helpless, the woman said to a young girl next to her: "Lan Lan, take CEO Cheng to Fei Fei."

 Seeing Lan Lan and CEO Cheng leave, the exotic woman said to another woman at the bar: "Fei Fei has neither looks nor body, I really don’t know how she went up to the 5th floor. This fatty Cheng is truly blind. How can he like such a woman? In what way am I less than her?"

 The other woman at the bar looked around before saying quietly: "Sister Long, you mustn’t let sister Na hear that. I heard that sister Na brought Fei Fei in. You need to be careful."

"I know, I just feel uncomfortable." The exotic woman’s voice obviously quietened down.

 Despite sitting far away, Ye Mo heard all of this clearly. He couldn’t help but sigh. Every career had competition. But he didn’t agree to the exotic woman’s words. Putting aside looks, that Luo Xuan’s second martial sister’s temperament was much higher than this woman’s. That fatty Cheng had good eyes to pick Fei Fei. He must be very experienced.

 Ye Mo’s spirit sense scanned the 5th floor again. That girl called Fei Fei immediately packed away the surveillance screen and put on her clothes while going to stand at the door.

 When the fat man came, she immediately welcomed him in joyfully.

 Fei Fei might’ve been average looking, but when the fat man saw her, his eyes were smiling. Ye Mo witnessed Fei Fei close the door and casually pour a drink for this CEO Cheng.

 He didn’t even look at it and just drank it all. Afterwards though, his eyes immediately became blurry, and he stared lecherously at Fei Fei as though, in his eyes, she were completely nude already.

 Soon he lay down on the bed. However, Fei Fei clicked a few chakra points on him, took out an inflatable toy and dumped it on the bed. Then, she pulled the blanket over CEO Cheng and the inflatable doll.

 Ye Mo found her actions to be very experienced and rapid. It seemed this wasn’t her first time doing this.

 After that, Fei Fei went into a room inside and opened her clothes showing her snow white waist. Ye Mo noticed that there was a sword wound on her waist indeed, and it seemed very deep. She took out some powders and dipped them on before putting her clothes back on. She stood by the door and appeared very tired.

 Ye Mo frowned. Right when he thought about going up and questioning her, he found another man entering the night club.

 He was in his 30’s and his hair was a little long. Still, he was very handsome except for his face being a little pale.

 As soon as the man walked in, he caught the attention of a few girls. However, the man gave a push and all the girls who rushed to him were pushed away.

 Ye Mo saw him close his eyes as though feeling something. Immediately, he knew that the man had come here looking for someone. He was black level middle stage and was probably from the hidden sects. Other than Fei Fei, he couldn’t find anyone else here who cultivated ancient martial arts.

 Ye Mo’s spirit sense scanned Fei Fei. At this moment, she stood up and stared at the surveillance device in her hand with a face of anger. But just a moment later, she jumped out of the window and crawled down the air conditioner.

 Ye Mo didn’t go after Fei Fei. Since this handsome man could find her, it meant he had a lead on Fei Fei. He had probably marked her.

 A moment later, the man suddenly opened his eyes and charged out of the building. Ye Mo knew that he had probably figured out where Fei Fei had been. Two guards who wanted to stop the man were kicked far away.

 Ye Mo didn’t follow. He walked out of the night club instead. He was waiting for the man to chase her down and then be the yellow bird behind the praying mantis.

 As expected, Ye Mo noticed the man charge into Fei Fei’s room and kick open the door plucking the blanket away without hesitation.

 CEO Cheng was still hugging an inflatable dummy. In contrast, this young man had a face full of anger. He took out a short dagger from his chest and hacked down without hesitation. Poor CEO Cheng; He didn’t even understand what was going on before becoming a ghost.

 Thereafter, the young man jumped out of the window and chased in a certain direction.

 Ye Mo immediately followed as well.

 Chapter 152: Confusing

 This young man’s speed was very fast and it kept getting faster. Ye Mo was certain that if he went to a marathon, he would get first place no doubt. This speed was faster than cars in busy districts. However, it was far inferior to Ye Mo’s.

 Ye Mo could see that the man did indeed have a mark from how he kept on stopping. One hour later, they had gone out of the Yu state city district and into the Da Hong Mountain region.

 Da Hong Mountain was a small mountain outside of Yu state. Ye Mo was sure that this Fei Fei probably knew she couldn’t escape and therefore wanted to use the Da Hong Mountain for her escape. This woman was really dumb. Since she had been chased for so long, and the pursuer knew exactly where she was, even an idiot would know she had been marked, yet she didn’t remove the mark.

 Although outside of Da Hong Mountain the streets were busy with people similarly to Yu state city, but after going inside, there were no signs of human life. The area seemed open.

 The man finally stopped in a valley and looked at a rock a few hundred meters away and said: "Fei Fei, come out."

 Ye Mo was shocked. Even he couldn’t scan his spirit sense a few hundred meters out, but this youth could sense her. He really wondered what sort of mark he had used. It could even compare to his spirit sense mark.

 Indeed, a woman came out from behind the rock. It was that woman from the night club. From her fatigued look, however, Ye Mo knew that being able to run here had been her limit.

"Fei Fei, what can’t we talk about between the two of us? Why did you have to hide from me for months on end?" The handsome young man said helplessly when he saw the woman come out.

 Fei Fei sneered and just pulled out the sword from around her waist and said coldly to the young guy: "Qi Yulin, I was really blind to love a scum like you. Stop pretending. If you want to kill me then do it, but don’t put on that disgusting face."

 So this man was called Qi Yunlin and Luo Fei was indeed Luo Xuan’s second martial sister. "From what she said, they seem to be lovers who ended up fighting each other," Ye Mo thought.

 Qi Yulin frowned and said: "Fei Fei, I just want you to show me the Ni Luo Sutra. I wasn’t going to do anything to you, and I don’t want that book either. Besides, what’s the difference between what is yours and what is mine? You’re already my woman, and even if you weren’t, I wouldn’t do anything to you. But you wouldn’t even trust me about this and hid the Ni Luo Sutra instead."

 Luo Fei said sardonically: "Qi Yulin, stop pretending. I regret only two things in my life. One was to harm my sisters for a dog and the other is to like a trash like you. I was blind. I didn’t take the Ni Luo Sutra and even if I had, I wouldn’t hand it over to you. Qi Yuling, give up."

 Qi Yuling heard Luo Fei’s words and his face turned bad. He said bleakly: "Fei Fei, I don’t know why you have such a negative perception of me, but I know we won’t be able to return to where we were before. We can only live outside for the rest of our lives. So, I want you to put aside those thoughts and come with me. Stop hiding around."

"Go with you? Qi Yunlin, you wretched hypocrite. If it wasn’t because you haven’t gotten the Ni Luo Sutra yet, you would’ve killed me already. I don’t know what you did to me before, but do you have the guts to swear that those who attacked me have nothing to do with you? Do you dare? If I hadn’t been careful, I would’ve been killed a few hours ago. I don’t mind my life, but there are still things I care about." Luo Fei couldn’t control her emotions.

 Qi Yulin heard this, yet his expression actually calmed down: "Fei Fei, since you want to think that way, I can’t do anything about it. Yes, the people who stopped you were sent by me, but I didn’t order them to kill you. It’s up to you to believe it or not. Fei Fei, if you believe me, take out the Ni Luo Sutra, and we can find a peaceful place to live in for the rest of our lives."

 Unexpectedly, Luo Fei dropped down her head, and even her sword sunk down as though touched by Qi Yulin’s proposal.

 Seeing this, Qi Yulin quickly went up and said: "Fei Fei, the heavens and earth can see my heart for you. I truly want to live with you for the rest of my life, but I’m afraid news would get out, so..."

"I swear I could never believe you again, so you can go die!" Luo Fei suddenly jumped up and her soft sword turned into sword rays piercing towards Qi Yulin’s chest.

 Qi Yulin didn’t seem to have expected that Luo Fei would attack him and even try to kill him. In his heart, even if the heavens fell, Luo Fei would only be annoyed at him at most. He believed that Luo Fei still loved him and very deeply so, but reality turned out to be the opposite.

 Qi Yulin quickly sidestepped, but even so, the sword still passed through his ribs.

 After Qi Yulin was hurt, he became remorseless and kicked Luo Fei in the stomach. Luo Fei flew away and landed on the ground. She spat blood from her mouth and as though realizing she wasn’t going to make it, she smiled.

 Qi Yulin ate a pill and opened his clothes pouring some powder on it. It didn’t seem he was injured very seriously, but he just felt furious that Luo Fei had dared attack him.

 Luo Fei looked at Qi Yulin and jeered before murmuring: "Sorry that I attacked you sister Luo Xuan, but I didn’t go all out. I know you and big martial sister suspect that I wanted to kill you, but I really did not..."

 Qi Yulin suddenly yelled, "Bitch, you rubbed poison on your sword. Even if I don’t get the Ni Luo Sutra, I will still kill you!"

 But at this moment, Luo Fei had already fallen unconscious onto the ground. She couldn’t hear a word he had said.

 Ye Mo was confused. From their conversation, it would appear Luo Fei didn’t take the Ni Luo Sutra at all. Although she wanted to help Qi Yulin, she didn’t deal killing blows to her martial sister. This meant that even if Luo Xuan hadn’t reached black level, Luo Fei’s palm wouldn’t have been able to kill her.

 On top of that, it also seemed that the injuries the big martial sister had sustained weren’t related to Luo Fei. What was going on? If that was the case then who took the Ni Luo Sutra?

 Qi Yulin struggled in front of Luo Fei and wanted to kill her, but he stopped. He saw that someone suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Who are you?" Qi Yulin looked at Ye Mo with a purple face. It could be seen that he was poisoned seriously.

 Ye Mo said plainly: "Answer a few questions of mine, and perhaps I can give you a quick death. Firstly, did you attack Luo Xuan’s big martial sister? And, were you the one who poisoned her? Secondly the Ni Luo Sutra, did you seduce Luo Fei for it?"

 Qi Yulin had a hideous smile and raised his sword wanting to attack Ye Mo. Ye Mo raised his finger and pointed at his forehead.

 Qi Yulin’s face went blank, and he soon replied: "I didn’t ambush Luo Xuan’s big martial sister, nor did I get the Ni Luo Sutra. I made arrangements with Luo Fei to knock out Luo Yin, and I didn’t even meet her before she came back to the temple. I made contact with Luo Fei so I could get news about the Ni Luo Sutra from her.

 Ye Mo still wanted to ask a few questions, but Luo Fei’s poison was too potent. Qi Yulin’s eyes soon returned to normal, and he understood what had just happened. Shock flashed across his face, and he fell down to the floor. He was already dead.

"What a potent poison." Ye Mo glanced at Qi Yulin who had gotten completely black and turned him into ashes with a fireball. A black dot wanted to run out from Qi Yulin’s body but was burned away too.

 There was a Gu in Qi Yulin’s body? But Ye Mo didn’t mind. There seemed to be a huge difference between this one and the one he had met last time.

 Luo Xuan’s big martial sister didn’t seem to have been ambushed by Qi Yulin. What had happened then? Combined with the Ni Luo Sutra being lost, Ye Mo felt more and more confused.

 At the time, only Luo Xuan and her big martial sister had been in the Ying Hua temple. Luo Fei conspired with Qi Yulin for the Ni Luo Sutra, so there were 3 people in there.

 According to Ye Mo’s guess, after Luo Fei found out that Luo Xuan had gotten the Ni Luo Sutra, she used an excuse to go out to tell Qi Yulin. Then, one of the two hid outside and another went into the Ying Hua temple. Afterwards, when Luo Xuan’s big martial sister went into the Ying Hua temple, she was ambushed by Qi Yulin. From Luo Xuan’s point of view, that was what happened as well.

 But then, Luo Fei who had hidden in the temple ambushed Luo Xuan and stole the Ni Luo Sutra, after which Luo Xuan’s big martial sister woke up and took Luo Xuan to escape.

 Now however, Ye Mo knew that wasn’t what had happened. Qi Yulin didn’t ambush Luo Xuan’s big martial sister, and Luo Fei didn’t take the Ni Luo Sutra. The reality was this different from what he had thought.

 Now, he could only wake up Luo Fei and then ask her.

…

 Luo Fei was Luo Xuan’s second martial sister and had had no intention of killing her. Ye Mo therefore no longer had the will to kill her.

 A lotus life pill would’ve immediately healed up Luo Fei’s injuries, but Ye Mo didn’t like this sort of woman, so he didn’t want to use such a precious pill on her. He casually grabbed her and wanted to take her to a quieter place to ask questions.

 However, as soon as Ye Mo grabbed her, he immediately noticed that she also had a Gu planted in her. Ye Mo forced it out of her body in a casual manner. It seemed similar to the Gu in Qi Yulin’s body.

 Ye Mo finally understood why Luo Fei hadn’t been able to run away from Qi Yulin. He planted a heart link Gu in her. Ye Mo shook his head. Although this Luo Fei was cunning and learnt things fast, she was still too inexperienced and not much better than Luo Xuan.

 Ye Mo took Luo Fei to a more far off place and dumped her on the ground.

 Luo Fei slowly woke up. When she saw Ye Mo, she immediately grabbed the soft sword near her and looked vigilantly at Ye Mo, "Who are you? Where’s Qi Yulin?"

 Ye Mo said plainly: "Who I am isn’t important. Your poison is very strong, Qi Yulin is already dead."

 Hearing that Qi Yulin had died, there was a strange look in Luo Fei’s eyes. She seemed sad but at the same time relieved. She looked around, and it didn’t seem like the place she had been before. From the calm look on Ye Mo’s face, as if knowing everything that had happened, it was obvious that it would be very easy for him to kill her. He must’ve brought her here. Thinking about this, Luo Fei put away her sword.

"What do you want to ask? If it’s something I can say, I will tell you." Luo Fei didn’t ask who Ye Mo was. She knew that if he didn’t tell her, she couldn’t do anything about it. If Ye Mo asked some things she couldn’t answer, then she would rather die. The moment that she was caught by Qi Yulin, she had never planned on living anyway.

 She was a smart woman. Ye Mo nodded and said: "I’m a friend of Luo Xuan’s..."

"What..." Luo Fei quickly looked up and asked desperately: "What happened to her? Where is she?"

 As though knowing she didn’t have the right to ask about Luo Xuan, her voice quietened down.

"You ambushed her and almost killed her, so now you have no right to ask about her," Ye Mo said plainly.

 Hearing Ye Mo’s words, Luo Fei felt a little relieved. The way this man put it meant that Luo Xuan was fine. She breathed and looked mindlessly at Ye Mo: "It’s good that Luo Xuan is okay. I didn’t want to kill her. What do you have to ask? I know I’m no match for you, but I just hope you aren’t tricking someone who’s about to die."

 Ye Mo smiled and took out a jade bottle: "This is Luo Xuan’s bottle, do you believe me now? Don’t worry though, I won’t kill you."

"She actually gave this bottle to you..." Luo Fei murmured and suddenly said seriously: "Luo Xuan is very innocent. She gave her most cherished bottle to you, so I hope you won’t mistreat her. If Luo Xuan told you to ask me, then ask."

 Ye Mo frowned. What’s this got to do with mistreating or not? But he still said: "You are Luo Xuan’s second martial sister right? Are you sure that the Ni Luo Sutra isn’t on you?"

"Yes, I had been preparing to take the Ni Luo Sutra, but then when I was actually going to, I realized it was already gone," Luo Fei shook her head.

 Luo Fei had indeed not taken it, but now Ye Mo was more confused. If Luo Fei hadn’t taken it, then it could only be the big martial sister who did. If Luo Xuan had taken it, she wouldn’t need to say it. However, if the big martial sister had already taken the Ni Luo Sutra then why would she hide it and be heavily injured as well?

 Ye Mo looked at Luo Fei and ordered: "Tell me everything about how you ambushed your martial sisters. Perhaps then I will know who took the Ni Luo Sutra."

 Luo Fei nodded and said: "When I gave myself to him, I had made up my mind to go with him for the rest of my life. He told me that I had no need to go back, that he just wanted to find a quiet place and live with me for the rest of my life..."

 Speaking up to there, Luo Fei had a wishful look in her eyes, but they soon dulled. She continued: "But he said he just really wanted to see what the Ni Luo Sutra looked like. So that day, when Luo Xuan said she got the Ni Luo Sutra, my first reaction was to go find him and let him see it."

"I was afraid that little martial sister wouldn’t agree, hence I went out of Ying Hua temple before calling him. He said he would come immediately. Not long after, he was there. However, he had a worried look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he replied that my big martial sister Luo Yin wouldn’t let him see it, so he was a little worried and disappointed. I knew he was right. If big martial sister knew about it, she definitely wouldn’t let him check it out, because big martial sister detested him. But, I really wanted to satisfy his wish."

"Then, did you ambush your big martial sister with Qi Yulin?" Ye Mo interrupted.

 Luo Fei shook her head, "No, I would never ambush my big martial sister, but at that time, he was my everything. I couldn’t bear to see him disappointed, so I told him I would beg my big martial sister. However he said instead of begging her, why not knock her out first and then have a look. Later, we can wake her up. I don’t know what was going through my mind, perhaps I just cared about him too much, that I actually agreed. Afterwards, I arranged with him that I would lure my big martial sister out first and then hide inside the temple while he knocked her out."

 The more Ye Mo listened, the less he understood. Just then, Qi Yulin had said he hadn’t attacked. Why then was Luo Fei now saying that he did?

 Luo Fei continued: "I hid outside the temple for a little while, and big martial sister came and went into the temple. After seeing her go in, I pretended to be injured and yelled for help outside. After big martial sister had come out, I quickly went inside the temple. But soon I saw her come in injured after which she fainted. I thought he had wounded her and was afraid that Luo Xuan would see, so I wanted to casually knock Luo Xuan out and only then take the Ni Luo Sutra."

"But after you’d palmed Luo Xuan, you found that the Ni Luo Sutra had disappeared too right?" Ye Mo said.

 Luo Fei nodded, "Yes, I calculated at the time that that palm strike would knock Luo Xuan out and wouldn’t injure her. But I hadn’t expected Luo Xuan to have a sudden increase in power, thus I didn’t knock her out with that attack. But she had already given up her attention on the Ni Luo Sutra. When I got the bag, the Ni Luo Sutra was gone indeed. I didn’t take it."

 Ye Mo sunk into silence. Did Luo Xuan’s big martial sister really take the Ni Luo Sutra? Did she really go out immediately when she heard Luo Fei’s scream, injure herself and come back into the temple? If her wounds were fake then that might be possible.

 If Luo Xuan’s big martial sister did take it, then there two possibilities. One was that she wanted the Ni Luo Sutra for herself. The other was that she was afraid the Ni Luo Sutra would spell danger on Luo Xuan and put the danger on herself first, only telling Luo Xuan later.

 Ye Mo thought about Luo Xuan’s words. She had said that her big martial sister had told her not to believe anyone, not even her big martial sister herself. Perhaps that held a truth. When Luo Ying got the Ni Luo Sutra, she might have felt guilty and said this. At the same time, she used this to make Luo Xuan suspicious of Luo Fei.

 She arranged to meet up with Luo Xuan a year later, perhaps wanting to use this year to study the Ni Luo Sutra.

 If this was true, then this big martial sister’s calculations were too scary. Not only did she put the suspicion on Luo Fei, she also used Luo Fei to hold off Qi Yulin, making him think that the Ni Luo Sutra was in Luo Fei’s hands.

 Wait, if the big martial sister really took the Ni Luo Sutra, would Luo Xuan be in danger staying with her? No, Ye Mo soon realized that Luo Xuan should be fine now. First of all, Luo Ying probably had some feelings for Luo Xuan. Second of all, she had to make Luo Xuan firmly believe that the Ni Luo Sutra was with her second martial sister.

 Ye Mo shook his head. Even he had been tricked. The first time when he met Luo Fei and Qi Yulin, he also believed that the Ni Luo Sutra was on Luo Fei. It seemed he had had a great lapse in judgment, or this Luo Ying was simply too good at finding a scapegoat.

 In that case, it should be certain that when Luo Fei and Qi Yulin had discussed about the plan, Luo Ying had already heard everything on the side, and so she used their plan for her own schemes. The only one to have been completely fooled was Luo Xuan.

 Ye Mo shook his head. These 3 sisters were too strange. Although Ye Mo was sure that usually their relationship was very good, who would’ve thought that everyone had a secret concerning the Ni Luo Sutra.

 Perhaps Luo Fei and Luo Ying had thought that what they had planned was a secret, but surprisingly it appeared that their little martial sister Luo Xuan held the true secret. She had given the most precious two golden papers to Ye Mo, and Ye Mo was sure that Luo Xuan had hidden this from her two martial sisters.

…

 However, Ye Mo immediately began to worry a little. Luo Xuan’s big martial sister wouldn’t do anything to her, but what if Luo Xuan found out that the Ni Luo Sutra was on Luo Ying? Then what would she do?

 Ye Mo was sure that Luo Xuan might be killed once she became aware that the Ni Luo Sutra was on her big martial sister. He just didn’t know if the big martial sister would be able to do it.

 Ye Mo sighed. Three sisters eventually ended up like this, all due to a mere Ni Luo Sutra. He looked sympathetically at Luo Fei and asked slowly: "Is there someone you suspect?"

 Luo Fei hesitated for a long time but shook her head in the end. Even if she did suspect her big martial sister, she wouldn’t say it.

 Blood dripped along Luo Fei’s leg, and Ye Mo just realized that Luo Fei’s situation wasn’t as positive as it seemed. It was hard to tell because there was too much makeup on her face, but from the sweat running along her forehead, the situation seemed dire.

"You’re having a miscarriage?" Ye Mo frowned and realized the seriousness of the issue. After hearing Luo Fei’s words, he no longer had any killing intent towards her. He only had sympathy. It would seem she was too inexperienced to have actually been enchanted by that handsome and gentlemanlike Qi Yulin.

 Ye Mo shook his head, thinking that this woman was truly tragic. She had that man’s seed in her and was still being hunted by him. Eventually, the child in her belly had been kicked by that man. No wonder she mentioned to Qi Yulin that she didn’t care about her life, but there was something she did care about. It was probably the child in her stomach.

 He thought of a certain saying; "Men are afraid of entering the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man." Luo Fei’s situation was a classic example of following the wrong man. She sacrificed so much for him, yet he didn’t even believe her and hunted her down.

 Ye Mo took out a lotus life pill and put it into Luo Fei’s mouth. It melted upon contact turning into endless life force while nourishing Luo Fei’s body. She looked up at Ye Mo in astonishment. The moment the pill entered her body, she could tell it wasn’t simple. She wouldn’t have expected that he would be willing to give her such a pill when she had been the one to ambush Luo Xuan.

 Ye Mo took out a few bottles of water, heated them a little with his chi and put them in front of Luo Fei. Then, he gave her some towels: "You can deal with it yourself. I’ll be waiting for you up ahead."

 When Luo Fei saw the bottles of water and the towel, she was shocked even more. She clearly saw that Ye Mo didn’t have any bags on him, so where did the water come from? This person was too mysterious.

 Compared to this, the hot water didn’t mean much, because anyone who cultivated inner qi would be able to heat the water.

 When she came to her senses, Ye Mo had walked a long distance away.

 Ye Mo shook his head. He knew his heart had gone soft. This Luo Fei’s encounters were too pitiful. Not only was she tricked and hunted by the man she loved, she was also completely used by her big martial sister. She didn’t even dare go back now.

 Ye Mo sat on a rock. He was waiting for Luo Fei. Luo Fei definitely wasn’t going to go back to the small world. She owed him, hence if he asked her some things now, she probably wouldn’t reject.

 Luo Fei did things really slowly. Ye Mo waited for an hour but still didn’t see her come out. However, Ye Mo couldn’t really use his spirit sense to check. She was having a miscarriage after all. Ye Mo didn’t worry that anything would happen though. His lotus life pill was enough to cure something ten times more serious.

 In his boredom, Ye Mo took out his phone and was about to call Zang Jiayan. Luo Yue was developing and its fame was rising rapidly. This made Ye Mo very happy. The first step of his plan was already working. Now, he just needed to continue working, and it wouldn’t be a problem to establish a commercial empire in the pharmaceutical industry.

 As long as he became the number one commercial empire in the world, he believed he would be able to collect all the spirit herbs very easily.

 When Ye Mo took out the phone, he realized that phones also needed charging. The battery was out despite it having been turned off.

 Ye Mo put down the phone in disappointment. He had already noticed Luo Fei walk over, so he stood up. Luo Fei had removed her masquerade and seemed like a completely different person. She was a very beautiful woman. Her leaf like brows were very enjoyable to look at. Although she was a little lesser than Su Jingwen in looks, her cultivation method made her have a more aristocratic and royal temperament.

 Ye Mo suddenly thought cheekily that if she were to go like this to the night club as a prostitute, she might cause a full on craze in Yu state.

 The lotus life seed was indeed a good thing. One couldn’t tell what she had gone through at all. Even her face was ruddy. However there was still a little sadness and despondency in her eyes forming a stark contrast with her face. Seeing that her body was completely clean, Ye Mo praised her in his head. She seemed to have taken a shower with that little amount of water. Women were really unimaginable creatures.

 He suddenly thought of Luo Ying. In the desert he had given her a pond and at that time, Luo Ying had used that little amount of water to wash herself completely clean like the purest of goddesses.

 Luo Ying... Longing flashed across Ye Mo’s eyes. He had been searching for a few months, but there was still no news of her.

 Luo Fei walked in front of Ye Mo and bowed respectfully before saying: "I don’t know what Qian Bei is called, but thank you for saving my life. I know that Qian Bei must have something to ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

 Ye Mo applauded this woman’s intelligence. He waved his hand and said: "No need to call me Qian Bei. I’m friends with Luo Xuan. Luo Xuan calls me brother Ye, thus you can call me that too, or Ye Mo is fine as well."

 Hearing about Luo Xuan, Luo Fei got a little absent minded again but immediately came back to her senses. She looked at the powerless phone in Ye Mo’s hand and knew that Ye Mo wasn’t able to make a call. So, she passed over her phone and said: "Brother Ye, here is my phone. You can use it."

 Ye Mo took it and gave Zang Jiayan a call.

 Receiving a call from Ye Mo, Zang Jiayan was very excited. He had simply admired Ye Mo’s character before and followed him to Flowing Snake impulsively. But in this short time, they actually became hugely successful. Countless CEO’s and managers came to Flowing Snake in person for no other reason but to see him.

 Zang Jiayan reported the sales of Luo Yue Corporation in detail, but there wasn’t much progress with the herbs Ye Mo had asked them to collect. They didn’t even collect some of the rare herbs, much less the spirit herbs. Ye Mo was very disappointed.

 It seemd that Zang Jiayan understood this problem as well, therefore Luo Yue was prepared to look for a partnership in Beijing in two days. According to their plan, they would look for 4 partners around the globe. Luo Yue would provide them with some ingredients to make the beauty pill, while they would in return help Luo Yue Corporation look for those materials.

 Of course, all the partners could develop and contract subsidiary companies, thus spreading the mission of the Luo Yue Corporation around the world.

 Ye Mo was rather happy about this method and told Zang Jiayan that he would be leaving his phone on in the near future, so if there was any problem, he could call Ye Mo. If he finds the time, he might go to Beijing too.

 Ye Mo then hung up the phone and returned it to Luo Fei.

 Luo Fei took the phone and looked at Ye Mo in shock: "You are the big boss behind the Luo Yue Corporation?"

 Ye Mo smiled, "You don’t need to make me sound so mysterious. The reason I don’t show myself is because I’ve got other things to do. Luo Yue corporation is indeed mine. But who would’ve thought that someone like you would care about such things."

 There was some struggle in Luo Fei’s eyes as though she wanted to say something but couldn’t make up her mind to say it.

 Ye Mo could tell and said: "If there is something, just say it. If I hadn’t saved you, you would’ve already been dead. What do you still need to hesitate about?"

 Ye Mo was very straightforward, but in her mind, Luo Fei felt Ye Mo was right. If Ye Mo hadn’t saved her, she really would’ve been dead.

 Taking this into account, she bit her lips and said: "I don’t have anywhere to go now. I heard that beauty pill is very nice and I would like to buy it too. But, I don’t have any money. After finding out that you’re the big boss of Luo Yue, I wanted to go to your company, but then I realized that I can’t, so..."

"Oh, how come?" Ye Mo asked.

 Luo Fei fell silent and replied after a while: "Because my origin is very mysterious. That Qi Yulin came from the same place as me, but his status is higher than mine. Now that he disappeared, the first one they would be looking for is me. Besides, due to the Ni Luo Sutra, I’ve become a target of a lot of people. Once news gets out, everyone would think the Ni Luo Sutra is in my hands.

 If I get caught by myself, I just die. But if I join your company, then I could perhaps bring disaster to it. Plus, even without these things, as long as I don’t go back I might be found by them, and they would kill me without hesitation."

 So that’s the reason. Ye Mo smiled, "So mysterious how, it’s just an inner hidden sect. Bring disaster to my company? Although I didn’t agree for you to join my company, it’s not because I was afraid of you bringing them to me. I really don’t care about your hidden sects. If they don’t mess with me it’s fine, but if they do, I can be a very vengeful person."

 Chapter 153: The Secret of The Inner Hidden Sects

"You, you actually know about the inner hidden sects?" Luo Fei looked at Ye Mo in shock. She really didn’t dare believe it and subconsciously looked around carefully before saying in a quiet voice: "Sister Luo Xuan even told you this? You guys, you guys..."

 Quite obviously, she thought that Luo Xuan and Ye Mo had already broken through that last barrier.

 Ye Mo sneered and couldn’t be bothered to say anything, so he just asked, "If you’re at the entrance to the small world, how do you go in and out?"

"Sister Luo Xuan didn’t tell you?" Luo Fei was confused as to why Luo Xuan would leave these things out.

 Ye Mo said plainly: "I know the gist of it, but I didn’t ask specifically. But you’re different. You owe me, so I want you to tell me."

 Luo Fei felt a little sour in her heart. He could’ve asked Luo Xuan, but he just had to ask her. This meant that he cared about whether Luo Xuan was willing to answer or not but didn’t care about what she thought.

 Seeing Luo Fei hesitate, Ye Mo sneered, "I saved you just for this purpose, but if you don’t want to answer, I can’t be bothered to force you. Just take it as me having done a good deed."

 Thereafter, Ye Mo turned and left. He really didn’t want to interrogate a poor woman like her. He believed that even if Luo Fei didn’t say anything, he would still be able to find the entrance to the small world. Not to mention, Luo Xuan had hinted some things.

"I’ll tell you. I almost lost my life, why would I care about other things. But you mustn’t try your luck and find the entrance nor should you try to offend the people of the inner hidden sects. If you do, you’ll die for sure.

 In the depth of the sea of clouds in the Heng Duan mountain ranges, there’s a natural seven star formation. It’s said to be 7 huge peaks. I don’t know how this formation was formed, but the Tian Kou position of the formation is the entrance to the small world. However, every so often, the entrance would change," Luo Fei saw Ye Mo was going to leave and answered decisively.

"Then how did you guys go in and out?" Although Luo Fei was a lot more specific than Luo Xuan had been, Ye Mo was still confused.

 Luo Fei said slowly: "I heard that every 50 years, the field between the small world and the outside would loosen. The people from the small world would come out for experience or in order to find some things.

 But each time, there are only 50 spots. This time, our sect sent the 3 of us. Usually, these squads have a Great Heaven qian bei to lead them. Once they find out that one of us has disobeyed the rules, we will be killed immediately, and our sects will also be affected."

"Then that means you inner hidden sect people can’t come out whenever you want? And you can’t do whatever you like outside?" Ye Mo asked strangely. According to his conjecture last time, the two people of Tai Yi Xu Wei and Qingxue he had met had also come out this time.

 Luo Fei nodded: "Yes, people can only come out when the time is right, but each time, you can come out for 3 years. Of course, the people can go back before 3 years, but they can’t come out again. In theory, we aren’t allowed to casually do things to people outside, but there are still some who kill ruthlessly nonetheless. In their eyes, the people of the outside world are like ants. And... There are indeed no people to manage this. As long as you don’t harm the benefits of the inner hidden sects, no one would care no matter how many bad acts you commit outside."

"So, if you were killed outside, would no one care as well? Also, the inner hidden sects don’t allow the people coming out to cause trouble, but that trouble only means things that harm the interests of the inner hidden sects. Everything else doesn’t count, is that it?" Ye Mo continued asking.

"Indeed, but for some larger sects such as the 3 big sects of the inner hidden sects, their core disciples will have Dao Guardians protecting them. As long as they don’t harm the interests of the inner hidden sects, they can do whatever they want. Aside from that, their Dao Guardian would use this opportunity to search for cultivation geniuses to bring in. But once you go in, you can never come back out again unless you wait for the same opportunity 50 years later." Luo Fei nodded.

 Ye Mo seemed to have understood the meaning of the inner hidden sects. He questioned further: "If you inner hidden sect people come out and stay here, can you get away scot free?"

 Luo Fei shook her head and said sadly: "No, if we stay outside, unless we die, we will be killed if we don’t go back on time. We may even bring trouble to our sect due to this."

"But that Qi Yulin said to find a quiet place with you and live with you for the rest of your lives, and you believed him? Plus, how would the people from inside know if you’re dead or alive. The outside world is a big place." Ye Mo looked strangely at Luo Fei. He was suspecting that she was lying.

 Luo Fei looked down and said: "Because he’s the core disciple of one of the 3 big sects, Kun Qian Sect. One of the enforcers is from the Kun Qian Sect and his uncle. He had already told him to remove the things in our bodies so we can stay outside. However, I didn’t expect him to..."

 Luo Fei didn’t say it but Ye Mo sighed. Luo Fei was cheating herself. She just hoped it was true, but in fact, Qi Yulin’s uncle wasn’t going to remove it at all, or he didn’t have the ability to do so. The only things that Qi Yulin’s uncle did was to plant the same heart Gu in Luo Fei’s body. A pity that this woman was still fantasizing that Qi Yulin had only treated her poorly after seeing the sutra.

 As though knowing what Ye Mo was thinking, Luo Fei didn’t explain. She instead continued: "All of us inner hidden sect members who come out have an inner qi restriction planted in us. If we don’t return on time, the inner qi would explode and we would die."

"So, although the restriction was removed, you were worried that the enforcer would know your position, and when he came to get you, you would bring trouble to the people around you, right?"

 Luo Fei nodded and confirmed: "Yes."

"Give me your hand." Ye Mo was a little confused. He had been in contact with Luo Xian but had never felt any inner qi restrictions. Or was it that the person who planted this was much stronger than him?

 As though knowing what Ye Mo was going to do or perhaps because she was simply no longer an innocent young girl, Luo Fei gave out her wrist without hesitation.

 Ye Mo grabbed Luo Fei’s wrist and 3 pulses of chi went through Luo Fei’s chakra points and into her meridian.

 Luo Fei felt 3 warm flows go through the chakra points in her hand and slowly course through her entire body. There was a numbing yet warm feeling. This made her feel very uneasy, but at the same time she liked this strange warmth in her meridians. In the mean time, she was shocked about how strong Ye Mo’s power was.

 Half an hour later, Ye Mo indeed found an ethereal gust of qi. This qi was completely different to the qi Luo Fei was cultivating. It wasn’t from her body. Clearly, this qi was in hibernation and was very powerful. If it were to be fully released, even an earth level middle stage warrior would die, much less a black level.

 Perhaps this qi was the inner qi restriction Luo Fei was talking about.

 Ye Mo fell silent and let go of Luo Fei’s wrist. He didn’t try to remove that qi, for he wasn’t 100% confident he’d succeed. The person who had planted the restriction was a master.

 Seeing Luo Fei look at him worriedly, Ye Mo plainly said: "Do you believe that the restriction was removed by Qi Yulin’s uncle?"

 Luo Fei’s eyes went dull, but she immediately shook her head, "Before he kicked my stomach, I believed him, but after that, I knew that everything had just been one-sided. I even started suspecting that his uncle hadn’t removed the restriction and instead planted a tracking device in my body."

 Ye Mo sneered, "You’re not too dumb. I’ve removed the same heart Gu in your body, and I did find a gust of qi that doesn’t belong to you. It’s power could turn you to dust. Even I don’t have a 100% certainty at removing it. After all, one accident and you die immediately."

 Luo Fei immediately said: "I don’t care about death, I won’t mind even if I die now. I have nowhere to go now, so if you’re willing to help me then try whatever you like. If you think it’s too hard, I’ll still be very grateful to you and go find a place to face it alone."

 Having declared that, she seemed to no longer be lost. She had been tricked by someone she loved so much and yet she had still believed him. She felt she might as well die.

 Ye Mo looked hesitantly at Luo Fei. If she hadn’t wanted to tell him where the inner hidden sects were, he would leave without hesitation, but this woman seemed to be quite smart and figured out his personality. She had told him about the inner hidden sects without him promising anything. This made Ye Mo rather hesitant about what to do.

 …

"Okay, I’ll remove it for you, but you need to cooperate. Also, your qi must follow the direction of my chi." Eventually, Ye Mo decided to help her for two reasons. One was because he wanted to see the power of this restriction and another was to understand the way of cultivation of the inner hidden sects. Since once he tried to remove this restriction, Luo Fei would have to use her qi to cooperate with Ye Mo, he would get to know her cultivaton method this way.

 Luo Fei hesitated a little and agreed. She understood what it involved.

 But now, what secrets did she have in front of Ye Mo. Ye Mo knew everything about her and even things she didn’t dare think about. Besides, if she didn’t agree, she would die.

 Ye Mo didn’t care about what Luo Fei thought. He just grabbed her wrist and started to use his chi to remove the restriction. Luo Fei used her qi to follow the movement of Ye Mo’s chi.

 One hour later, Ye Mo carefully enveloped that hidden qi inside her body and pulled it outside. Luo Fei also felt that qi that did not belong to her, and her face was scared pale.

 She was different from Ye Mo. Ye Mo was an outsider, and his qi was far beyond Luo Fei’s strength. When Luo Fei felt that qi, she immediately knew that if this qi were to go berserk, she would be blown to dust.

"Such a heartless man," Luo Fei thought of Qi Yulin. That man didn’t even care if she lived or died. He was prepared to dump her somewhere outside by herself after he’d finished using her.

 As though feeling the nefarious intent of Ye Mo’s chi, the qi inside of Luo Fei’s body started to rustle. Ye Mo suddenly used his qi to kick this qi out of her body.

 Luo Fei didn’t even have time to think before feeling this lacerating pain in her dantian. She immediately spat out blood. By then Ye Mo had already enveloped that qi and condensed his chi fire. He was going to burn away this qi. Even though if the qi dissipated, the owner wouldn’t know it was forced out by someone, Ye Mo really didn’t have the time yet to fight these guys, so he might as well be careful.

 Rumble -The qi made a huge sound under Ye Mo’s qi fire. Ye Mo retreated a few meters, and the place he had stood at became a huge ditch.

 Luo Fei looked at that huge ditch in shock. If that qi had exploded inside of her, what would have happened? She looked gratefully at Ye Mo and felt more envious of her little martial sister. Why was her life so much better than hers? Even the man she found was countless times better than hers.

 Envy? Luo Fei quickly stopped her thoughts. The reason Ye Mo saved her other than her telling him about the inner hidden sects was primarily thanks to her little martial sister. She should be thanking Luo Xuan, how could she envy her?

 Ye Mo turned back and looked at Luo Fei saying, "Luo Fei, I believe you are fine now. All I want now is for you to find a place with no one else and hide. I believe the inner hidden sects won’t be able to find you."

 Luo Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "I don’t know where to go now either. Although I haven’t been out for long, I do have some expertise in herbs. If you agree, I can join your Luo Yue Corporation. I believe there are few people who know more about herbs than me."

 Ye Mo felt moved, "Yeah, she came from the inner hidden sects and the ancient martial arts system. She isn’t someone that Xu Ping can compare with. If she could help, it would be of great assistance to him."

 Ye Mo wasn’t someone who did things with fear. Since he agreed, he wouldn’t care about the revenge of the inner hidden sects. The 3 year’s time was almost up, and even if it wasn’t, he wouldn’t be afraid of the inner hidden sects. Moreover, he had a feud with Tai Yi.

"Okay, in that case come to Luo Yue Corporation with me. There’s still two days before our company will hold a conference in Beijing. You can come with me to have a look at that time. Follow me to Yu state first. It’s about to be daylight, let’s not stay here."

 Hearing Ye Mo agree to her request, Luo Fei rejoiced. If Ye Mo hadn’t agreed, she really wouldn’t have known where to go. She didn’t have any survival skills. Although she knew a little bit, it was very hard to survive in this society, much less earn enough money to buy the beauty pill.

....

 Mao Yuan building, room 808. The office of the CEO of the Fei Yu Corporation Ning Qingxue. It was Monday, and usually there would be a discussion about the new plan for the week. Qingxue would usually participate in this meeting, but today, she didn’t tell her secretary to have a meeting. Instead, she dozed off in her seat.

 Li Mumei walked over bringing some data and looked at Ning Qingxue in contemplation. She said worriedly, "Qingxue, this is the data I compiled last night for the conference. Have a look and see if there have to be any additions."

 Ning Qingxue rubbed her forehead but didn’t answer to Li Mumei’s words. Instead, she asked, "Was the night club we saw last night Yuan Ge World?"

 Li Mumei nodded, "Yeah, what’s wrong Qingxue?" She didn’t think Ning Qingxue had changed her view of Ye Mo after her words. Not to mention, Ning Qingxue had also stated that what Ye Mo did had nothing to do with her.

 Ning Qingxue frowned and said, "I went by there in the morning and found that it was under lockdown. Can you go over and check what happened?"

 Li Mumei was shocked. She didn’t believe that Ning Qingxue would walk past there accidentally, because she didn’t need to go that way from her house to the company. Since she went there, it meant she did so intentionally.

 Ning Qingxue had clearly said she had nothing to do with Ye Mo, so why did she still go there? Now, she wanted her to scout information about it. Clearly, she wanted to be aware of Ye Mo’s things. Had she remembered something?

 Thinking about this, Li Mumei asked, "Qingxue, did you remember something?"

 Ning Qingxue shook her head, "No, I just heard that there was a murder case there."

 Li Mumei immediately understood. She knew Ning Qingxue too well. Even if the entire night club exploded into rubble, she wouldn’t care about it. Yet now, she was sitting here in contemplation. She was obviously thinking about whether the murder case was related to Ye Mo.

"Okay, I’ll get someone to ask about it later." Li Mumei realized that Ning Qingxue wasn’t as indifferent as she claimed to be. Did she really not care about what happened last night at all?

"Mumei..." Ning Qingxue seemed to want to ask Li Mumei something, but in the end she shook her head, "Nothing, go ask. I’ll have a look at the data."

 Afterwards, Ning Qingxue picked up the data Li Mumei had put on the table. However, although her eyes were on the data, the pages were turned upside down.

 Li Mumei saw that Ning Qingxue was absent minded and sighed as she walked out of the office. She saw the secretary waiting outside and told him, "Cancel this week’s meeting. I will give out notice when we have another one."

 After Li Mumei had left for a long while, Ning Qingxue took out the necklace and looked at it before muttering, "Does he really have something to do with this necklace? How can that be? Master Wu Guang said this necklace was related to a qian bei he knew, and master Wu Guang was in his 70’s. His qian bei would have to be over 100..."

 Knock knock. -The secretary Xiao Yan came and looked at Ning Qingxue hesitantly.

"What’s wrong, Xiao Yan?" Ning Qingxue came back to herself and asked.

 Xiao Yan said carefully, "Just now, the Ti Feng Corporation of Yu state came. Manager Tang believes they are here to cancel the agreement they just made with us. Manager Tang is having negotiations with them at this moment."

"Ti Feng Corporation? Didn’t we just sign an agreement with them? Why are they cancelling it?" As soon as Ning Qingxue asked, she realized she was asking the wrong person. She said, "I understand, you can go out first."

 Just when Ning Qingxue was prepared to go have negotiations with them, Manager Tang who was responsible for sales came in. Manager Tang was called Tang Lianshui, a past worker of Ning Zhongfei’s.

"CEO Ning," Tang Lianshui’s face was full of guilt.

 Ning Qingxue said indifferently, "Take a seat first, did they already revoke the agreement with us?"

…

 Tang Lianshui nodded and said, "Yes, because our contract was just signed and hadn’t been vindicated by a third party yet, they have no problem in revoking it."

 Ning Qingxue frowned and then spoke as though to herself, "In the span of three months, this is the fourth corporation that has cancelled a contract with us. Why are things like this?"

"I know the sales manager of the Ti Feng Corporation. He revealed to me that their corporation didn’t willingly revoke the agreement. It was because of Yuan Bei Corporation," Tang Lianshui said helplessly.

"Yuan Bei Corporation? That’s the biggest pharmaceutical corporation in China. Why would they care about our little company?" Ning Qingxue asked unwittingly.

 Tang Lianshui sighed. He felt that lately, this young CEO no longer had the decisiveness from before. She seemed absent minded all the time and forgot things easily.

 Now that she’d asked, he could only reply, "Half a year ago, they came to buy our corporation, but you rejected them without a second thought and didn’t even listen to their conditions. After manager Li’s investigation, we found out that they want to monopolize the pharmaceutic industry in Yu State.

 They didn’t have to buy our company, but half a year ago at the pharmaceutical exhibition, the young CEO of their corporation Yuan Qibing was also there. He saw you at the exhibition and asked you out for dinner. He probably decided to buy our company after you rejected him."

 Ning Qingxue’s face went cold, and she said, "Does he not know I’m married? Why didn’t Li Mumei tell me this?"

"Qingxue, because I thought you were thinking too much lately, I didn’t tell you. The company hasn’t been doing well recently, so I didn’t want to mention it, but the news of your marriage is only known between the few of us. The rest of the people don’t really know, not even Manager Tang," Li Mumei’s voice sounded at the door.

 Tang Lianshui smiled bitterely, "Yes, I had no clue indeed."

"Manager Tang, are you here to resign?" Li Mumei looked at the resignation letter in Tang Lianshui’s hands and frowned.

 Guilt was shown on Tang Lianshui’s face as he said awkwardly, "Sorry CEO Ning, CEO Li. I, I, came to hand in my resignation."

 Ning Qingxue looked at Tang Lianshui in surprise before seeing the resignation letter in his hand. After a long while, she said, "Okay, give me your resignation letter. I’ll sign it and let other people handle the process. Just say I have agreed."

 After Tang Lianshui walked out of the office, Li Mumei sighed, "Qingxue, we can’t blame him. His wife has to spend a lot in the hospital. All the while, our company is in a crisis, and we aren’t doing any business, so he doesn’t have enough money for his wife’s illness. That’s why he chose to resign."

 Ning Qingxue nodded, "I know. I’ve been thinking about too many things lately, thus I hadn’t realized some matters. Manager Tang is a capable man, but no matter how capable he is, if he doesn’t have a good platform to operate on, he can’t do anything. This is a problem of our company."

 Li Mumei nodded, "That young CEO of Yuan Bei corporation is forcing you, and his means are disgusting, shameless. But they’re the biggest pharmaceutical corporation of China, and no one is willing to annoy them. Also, in two days at the Beijing Luo Yue Corporation conference, they just might perhaps get the spot for Asia. Therefore other pharmaceutical companies are afraid of offending them. Even if you’re only connected to Luo Yue the slightest bit, you will still be earning big.

"Are they so sure that they will be chosen by Luo Yue?" Ning Qingxue frowned and said.

 Li Mumei smiled bitterly, "Yuan Bei is the biggest pharmaceutical company in Asia, and globally they’re ranked in the top 5. Although the beauty pill’s interestingness is completely unimaginable, it’s merely a single product. Hence the power of Yuan Bei is still far greater than Luo Yue’s. This is why I don’t even think it’s them asking to cooperate with Luo Yue but the other way around."

 Ning Qingxue rubbed her forehead. She knew Li Mumei was right, but she didn’t have any way to stop this from happening.

"Mumei, even if our company dies I won’t sell it to them," Ning Qingxue said coldly.

 Li Mumei nodded, "I know this company is the blood of your parents. I don’t feel comfortable selling it to Yuan Bei either. Still, if they continue to suppress us, we will be forced to shut down."

 Ning Qingxue nodded, "No matter what, we still need to go to the Beijing conference. We need to try our luck. Luo Yue is looking for two partners in Asia. We can work hard and be the other one they choose."

 Li Mumei nodded but didn’t speak. She knew that the possibility of that was too low.

 Also, if Yuan Bei let out news that they don’t like Fei Yu, then other companies wouldn’t cooperate with Fei Yu either.

 Yuan Bei Corporation had some status even in the international market. Their heart safety serum was renowned all over the world and earned huge profits for the company.

 Knock knock -Manager Yu of the Human Resources Department came in. She saw that Li Mumei and Ning Qingxue were both here and spoke worriedly, "CEO Ning, CEO Li, there have been quite a lot of people resigning the past few days. Do you think we should do something?"

 Li Mumei said straight up, "There’s no need. If they want to resign, they can. If we become the partner chosen by Luo Yue in two days, then that will be more convincing than anything."

 Seeing the manager of human resources leave, Li Mumei also felt helpless. Other people worked to be the chosen partner, but they worked hard to become the underling of the chosen one. The difference was too huge. However, Li Mumei knew in the depth of her heart that there were around a few hundred companies in Asia wanting to partner with Luo Yue or even more, and their company could only be ranked towards the end.

 Ning Qingxue didn’t talk at first. Only after seeing that the human resources manager had left did she ask, "Mumei, how was it?"

 Li Mumei nodded and said, "Last night, there was indeed a murder case at Yuan Ge World. A counterfeiting boss was killed and nothing else, but-"

"But what?" Ning Qingxue quickly asked.

"I looked at the police footage and copied one over. Ye Mo indeed went there last night and asked for a beer but he didn’t even drink. He just sat for a while and left. He also gave a few hundred dollars as a tip to a waitress. I went and questioned that girl," Li Mumei said.

"What did she say?" Ning Qingxue didn’t seem to notice that she was a little desperate. This was completely different to her previous attitude towards Ye Mo.

 Li Mumei looked at Ning Qingxue in surprise but still quoted, "After he gave the money, he told me to bring him a beer and not disturb him. One extra word and he would leave immediately. The strange thing was that the time he left was very coincidental. When that Fei Fei of the nightclub had come back and that CEO Cheng had gone to find her, a handsome man also came for Fei Fei soon after. It was at this time that he left the night club by himself. It’s said that the police are suspicious of him, but they can’t find him."

"What’s that got to do with him? He didn’t even go upstairs," Ning Qingxue said without noticing Li Mumei’s strange eyes at all.

"By the way, Mumei, let’s not care about such things. For now we still need to prepare for our trip to Beijing. My dad will go there tomorrow, and we can go there the day after. If we don’t try, we have no hopes at all, but if we do, we will feel better even if we fail." Ning Qingxue finally focused her attention on the company.

 Li Mumei smiled bitterly. -From the beginning to the end, it was you who told me to investigate. I really didn’t want to care about this.- But still, she felt Ning Qingxue was a little different now. To be exact, after she had told Ning Qingxue that she was married to Ye Mo, her attitude seemed to have taken a peculiar change. Perhaps she didn’t even notice it herself, but Li Mumei saw it clearly as a bystander.

 Chapter 154: Third Bracelet

 For normal people, this summer was a time to go on holiday. But for all pharmaceutical companies around the globe, it was a very anxious time.

 This was for no other reason than the sudden appearance of the Flowing Snake Luo Yue Corporation.

 Compared to any other pharmaceutical company, the earnings of Luo Yue were thousands of times more lucrative and this had upset the interest rules of any and every industry. It could be said that since the beginning of history, there hasn’t been a single product that was this lucrative. And even though everyone knows it, they are still willing to buy it.

 One could imagine that if any pharmaceutical company had the slightest relationship with Luo Yue, then the profit this company earned would increase exponentially. But, Luo Yue didn’t need any partners. Anyone who wanted a partnership with Luo Yue was rejected. Even those who offered to help sell the Luo Yue products were rejected.

 Just when all the pharmaceutical companies in the world were watching this huge slice of cake in admiration, Luo Yue Corporation announced that they would be holding a conference and looking for partners. This news shocked the entire pharmaceutical industry.

 In this moment, Beijing became the focal point of the world.

 Why? It wasn’t only because of the conference. There were also going to be large amounts of beauty pills sold there. They will also use this opportunity to push their new health pill. This was a completely new type of pill that could ease fatigue and remove any discomfort brought by the stress of work. It was pretty much that, if you were sick, it cured you, and if you weren’t, it made you healthier.

 Half a year ago, this pill would have been ridiculed by everyone, yet now, as long as it was promoted by Luo Yue Corporation, there would be guaranteed quality.

 The name of the company itself was a golden named plate. There was no way to counterfeit their beauty pill. There were a lot of attempts, but these counterfeits were easily discernable.

 Firstly, there was only one distribution point and that was the designated Luo Yue store. Secondly, the pill would melt as soon as it entered the mouth. There were no impurities at all which was already a hot scientific research subject.

 Thirdly, upon first opening the bottle, there would be a holographic title saying ’beauty pill’. Before you ate the pill, you would eat the two words and the effects would be better. No one could counterfeit that. So, there were actually no fake imitations of such a lucrative product. No one could counterfeit it.

 Ye Mo was sure that the two essence chi words he had made with the spirit gathering formation were uncopiable.

 Therefore this time, a lot of people didn’t come for the conference at Beijing. They came to buy the beauty pill and the health pill. On the black market, one beauty pill cost more than 200k. This was completely due to the lack of production from the Luo Yue Corporation. One could see the large business opportunities in this. If you bought even one or two bottles, you would be earning big.

 Now, the most popular investment amongst the citizen’s wasn’t buying stocks or houses, but buying beauty pills.

 Hence, there was not a single pharmaceutical company that didn’t take this conference seriously. Many of them sent their most powerful squad to Beijing. There were companies from all over the world.

 In the short day after announcing the conference, Beijing was already full of people. All of them had come to get rich. If the pharmaceutical companies didn’t have many offices, a lot of them wouldn’t even be able to find a place to stay.

 Beijing became more strict in security, and there were much more police on the streets as well.

.....

 Originally, Ye Mo had planned to let Luo Fei go meet up with Zang Jiayan and co. in Beijing by herself, but he figured that he hadn’t gone to visit Ye Ling and Zi Feng for a long time, so he might as well take this opportunity to see them.

 Ye Mo and Luo Fei got to Beijing on the second day. Since Ye Mo was with her, he didn’t use the flying sword and took the plane instead.

 At the same time, Ye Mo taught some names and features of spirit herbs to Luo Fei. Compared to other people, her learning abilities were much better.

 When Ye Mo arrived at the Luo Yue Corporation’s location in Beijing, the Yu Mao Hotel, Zang Jiayan and Yu Miaodan and others were already waiting for him. This time, it was Yang Jiu and Han Zai in charge of security. There were two henchmen of Fang Nan who also came, since their martial arts progress had been good.

 Xu Ping had to stay in Flowing Snake to look after production, so he didn’t come. If Ye Mo hadn’t told him not to, Fang Nan would’ve come personally, but Ye Mo had brought Luo Fei who was enough to ensure safety. Luo Fei was far stronger than Fang Nan, and Zang Jiayan was a yellow level master himself.

 Although Luo Fei was from the inner hidden sects, she had been living in the city longer than Ye Mo and wasn’t very rich. Because of that, she knew clearly how Luo Yue rose to fame and knew how powerful the CEO of the company was. Although she knew that Ye Mo was the real boss, she was still shocked when she saw how reverent Zang Jiayan and co. were to Ye Mo.

"This is..." Ye Mo looked at Luo Fei, unsure whether to introduce her full name.

 Luo Fei quickly intervened, "I’m Lou Yifei."

 Ye Mo nodded and continued, "From now on, Lou Yifei will be responsible for the importing of materials and inspection thereof. Luo Yifei will be responsible for all the rare herbs we are looking for. Miaodan, help her arrange things."

"Yes, CEO Ye." After two years, Yu Miaodan had recovered from the trauma from before. Currently, her life was very fulfilling. She was truly grateful to Ye Mo. She no longer had to worry about being stabbed in the back everyday. She liked this quiet yet busy life, not the walking on sword life everyday.

"CEO Ye, what standards do we have for looking for collaboration partners?" Zang Jiayan also loved his current life. After he left the military, he had finally for the first time found a goal in life. He was very reverent towards Ye Mo who could create the beauty pill.

 Ye Mo hummed and said, "Look at their capability of dealing with herbs. Of course, their technological skills must also be satisfactory. We can tell from the material they’ve prepared, but we don’t need those pharmaceutical companies who don’t really take value in searching and storing rare herbs."

"Actually, those larger companies such as the Yuan Bei Corporation and Lian Feng Corporation do take collecting herbs seriously, and I’ve seen a couple of their stores. There are indeed some that we need. The heart safety serum from Yuan Bei is purely made from herbs," Zang Jiayan replied.

"Okay, you guys can arrange these things. I’m going to visit my brother and sister. If I have time, I will come over." Ye Mo didn’t care about the specifics and let the others handle it.

...

 Beijing was still densely populated. This wouldn’t change because of the Song family being kicked away. Ye Mo felt a little sad after passing by Drunk Eye Bar. He remembered that Nie Shuangshuang. Last time, he had given her a lotus life pill, so he wondered how she was now.

"I’ve already arrived at Beijing. Qingxue, you and Mumei should come quickly. There isn’t even a place to stay in Beijing now. Ehm, your mother is still in America. She will be back later," A middle aged man spoke on the phone.

 Qingxue? Ye Mo immediately noticed this middle aged man. Just when he was confused as to who this person was and how he knew someone called Qingxue, his next words let him understand completely.

"Qingxue, our Fei Yu Corporation’s success all depends on this. If we can’t get connected to Luo Yue Corporation, we will be living a tough life indeed. But you shouldn’t worry too much. When we first moved to Yu state, didn’t we have nothing as well? So what if we have nothing. Yuan Bei, they can be dominant, we won’t mess with them..." The middle aged man’s tone was rather helpless.

 So he was Ning Qingxue’s father. He seemed quite shaggy.

 This was Ye Mo’s first time seeing Ning Zhongfei. He seemed like a man with temperament, but at the moment, he was very tired.

 However when Ye Mo scanned the man’s black handbag with his spirit sense, he was shocked. There was also a bracelet in his bag and it was the exact same one as his sister Tang Beiwei’s. What was this?

 Normally, there should only be a single pair of that bracelet. Why was there 3 now?

 …

 Ning Zhongfei put the phone down feeling worried. He and his wife hadn’t accomplished anything in America. If it wasn’t because there was no other way for the company, he wouldn’t have stayed in the States for so long when they had no intention of collaborating with them. This couple found a sliver of hope when they heard Luo Yue is looking for collaboration partners.

 Although they knew that their company had no hope of succeeding, they thought the same as Ning Qingxue. If a company was chosen, they could then become a branch of that company. That would still be a huge success.

"Who are you?" Ning Zhongfei stopped his random thoughts and looked at Ye Mo who was standing in front of him with a smile. Ye Mo had suddenly halted right there. If he weren’t on the street with so many people, he would’ve thought it was a robbery.

 Ye Mo smiled, "Um... Older brother, can we talk somewhere more private? I have some things to ask you about." Ye Mo was going to call him something else, but by the time it got to his mouth, it became older brother.

 Ning Zhongfei looked strangely at this young man who suddenly invited him. He was a bit vigilant, but he had been everywhere and seen all sorts of people. He didn’t sense any ill will from Ye Mo’s eyes.

"May I ask what you want me for? I don’t seem to know you," Ning Zhongfei replied hesitantly.

 Ye Mo could only say, "Here’s the thing, when you opened your bag and put your phone in, I saw a bracelet in there. That bracelet is related to me, so I wish to invite you to the café up ahead and have a talk.

 Although there were a lot of people present, Ning Zhongfei rejected without hesitation.

 The guy said he had instantaneously seen what was in his bag when he had opened it. This made him suspicious. It was hard to see from outside, and even if he could, how could he know it was related to him? Furthermore, why did he look at his bag for no reason?

 Ye Mo knew his approach had been too sudden. Of course he hadn’t seen it with his eyes. He scanned it with his spirit sense, but he couldn’t say that. Now that Ning Zhongfei rejected, he could only take out his bracelet and pass it to Ning Zhongfei, "Friend, what I said was true. I really did see a bracelet like this one in your bag. This bracelet is very important to me. If you don’t mind, I want to know where it came from."