Volume 2: The Initial Ripples Chapter 69

  The dialogue in the recording made the Liang family's face turn white, and also made Yun Xi so angry that her face was trembling. It also made the Yun family realize how despicable the Liang family was. Chen Cheng stood beside Yun Xi, supporting her, his eyes shooting towards the three people like a knife, desperately suppressing the urge to throw them out, because he knew that Yun Qing Ran would not let them off so easily.

  Mrs. Liang looked at the girl who was still standing on the steps, her face cold and smiling, with a blatant murderous intent in her eyes. Her heart felt as if it had been frozen, and her blood didn't seem to be flowing anymore. She, who had always been strong-willed and fearless, finally felt intimidated by a five-year-old girl, and trembled: "You... what do you want to do? I am... I am your... your own grandmother."

  Liang Huatian and Liang's family, that timid eldest daughter-in-law, had long been intimidated by Yun Qingran to the point of being speechless. Yun Qingran's killing intent surged wildly, her hair flying about due to the intense aura, even Chen Zhenyun and Xi were forced back several steps by the residual energy. The Liang family members, who didn't know martial arts, were directly overwhelmed by this aura, falling to the ground and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

  Ye Ningxuan's hand gently comforted her silently. Receiving this silent comfort, Yun Qingran withdrew some of his killing intent, allowing the Liang family to catch their breath.

  “Haha……” The crisp laughter echoed, but to the Liang family, it was so terrifying: “Now you know what I'm saying, yes, my dear grandma.” She said softly, but made the Liang family feel even more fearful. Suddenly, her gentle tone changed, filled with thick sarcasm and anger: “So when you planned to frame me, the Yun family, did you ever think that you are my grandma? Get out, people of the Liang family! We won't save you. Don't even mention saving him, even if it's the rest of your people, don't think about having a good life.”

  Her father's killer was unknown, but since it was so, she would spare his life. However, as for the others... humph, it depended on her mood. Not wanting to see this group of shameless people again, Yun Qingran turned around and walked upstairs, leaving behind a devil-like back view to the Liang family.

  "Blue, tell someone to throw away this trash and clean up this place so it doesn't get dirty." Since Yun Qingran turned around and ignored him, Ye Ningxuan naturally took over the follow-up work. He looked at the three Liang family members who had collapsed on the ground with disgust and instructed a servant beside him.

  Having made the arrangements, Ye Ningxuan smiled at Chen Zhenyun and called back those who were still in a daze due to Yun Qingran's anger: "Grandpa and grandma, I'll go up and accompany Qingran. You got up so early, why don't you go rest some more? It's fine, they can clean up here."

  "Alright, we know. You go keep Ruiran company." Men's endurance is still a bit stronger, of course, relatively speaking. Chen Chen came back to his senses and waved at Ye Ningxuan, then hugged his wife and went upstairs.

  As soon as he pushed open the door, Ye Ningxuan saw a small lump under the covers. With a hint of pampering smile, he went over to lift up the covers and took out the little one hiding underneath, placing her on his lap. He gently held her face with both hands. "Lightly, are you still unhappy? Come let Brother Xuan give you a kiss and you'll feel better." He deliberately used a soothing tone to speak to Yun Qingran, while also making good on his words by giving her a big kiss on the cheek, taking advantage of the opportunity to flirt with her.

  Looking at Ye Ningxuan's comical appearance, Yun Qingran burst out laughing and wrapped her arms around his neck, also pecking him on the cheek. Only then did she slowly say: "I just can't understand why blood relatives are inferior to outsiders. Is this what they mean by 'the people who hurt you the most aren't strangers, but those closest to you'?" In her previous life, she had already completely given up on the Liang family, and in this life, she wouldn't change either. She just couldn't comprehend why it was always close relatives who caused harm - herself included, as well as Su Ying, whom she had saved.

  "That's just a minority, although there are people like that, most of them are good. For example, me, for example your current parents." Ye Ningxuan looked straight into Yun Qingran's eyes and said seriously: "But I will definitely be the person closest to you in this world, and also the one who cares about and loves you the most."

  "Hehe, Xuan Gege, why are you being so serious?" Yun Qingran's expression changed from being disheartened to a innocent and lovely little loli, blinking her eyes, that appearance was as cute as could be.

  Ye Ningxuan also smiled indulgently, her slender fingers like jade lightly tapping the tip of her adorable nose: "Baby, are you teasing me?"

  Without responding to Ye Ningxuan's words, Yun Qingran's expression turned serious and she straightened her body. Her pleasant voice sounded solemnly: "Brother Xuan, have you heard the legend of the Seven-Colored Divine Stone?" Yun Qingran asked, but she thought it was unlikely that Ye Ningxuan knew about this matter.

  Unexpectedly, Ye Ning Xuan nodded and explained in the midst of her astonished gaze: "I had seen records of this matter in the hidden book pavilion a long time ago. I was planning to wait until you solved all your troubles before telling you, and then we could search for it together. Who knew that things hadn't been resolved yet and you already knew about it."

  "So you're also searching for the Seven Divine Artifacts and the Seven-Colored Divine Stone?" Although it was a question, it was said with great certainty.

  Ye Ningxuan nodded without hesitation: "I've already got news about some of the Seven Great Divine Artifacts, but the key is the Seven-Colored Divine Stone. Many people think it's just a legend because no one has ever seen it before. If we want to find it, we can only start by searching for wool, and it's very likely that those divine stones are still in the wool mines. This is a big problem, after all, we don't have the possibility of buying up all the wool and wool mines to unravel them completely."

  Yun Qingran smiled mysteriously, and the next moment a piece of jade with a silver glow appeared in her hand. She stretched out her hand to Yening Xuan's face, with a smile in her eyes: "What do you think this is?"

  Staring at the object in Yun Qingran's hand with surprise, Ye Ningxuan asked incredulously: "Is this the Silver Fei from the Seven-Colored Divine Stone? The most difficult one to find has actually been found by you." He had heard of the colors of jade, the notes mentioned seven colors, six colors of jade were all there, but silver fei was never seen.

  "That's it!" Yun Qingran was proud, and that one raised head was the most charming. The lovely appearance made Ye Ningxuan infatuated. "Mwah!" Ye Ningxuan kissed Yun Qingran's left cheek, leaving a shallow water mark. While she was still in shock, he kissed her right cheek again. That brilliant smile, smiling like a cat stealing food. Just as he was about to kiss her forehead again, a small white hand covered his mouth.

  "You're eating my tofu!" Yun Qingran glared at him with puffed up cheeks, looking even more adorable.

  Ye Ningxuan gave a sly smile, dodged her small hands, and pecked at the corner of her mouth again, still smacking his lips in satisfaction: "You just realized it!"

  "I won't tell you how I found Silver Feather then!" Yun Qingran pouted, becoming more and more childish. Ye Ningxuan kissed her forehead: "Let's not talk about it today. Now get a good sleep, it's still early! There's no rush. I wasn't even fully awake just now." Feeling that her mood had calmed down, he wrapped his arms around her and snuggled into the blankets, letting her cling tightly to him, feeling his presence, feeling his breath, giving her the greatest sense of security. He knew that although his treasure had long given up on those people, being calculated by her own family and having them come to her door asking for help was still a very distressing thing. This matter he couldn't fully handle for her, all he could do was make sure she didn't stay unhappy.

  Suddenly, Yun Qing opened her eyes and saw Ye Ningxuan gazing at her lovingly. A sweet smile spread across her face as she said, "Brother Xuan, let's go to the Liang's place tonight."

  "Alright, whatever you say. Now go to sleep quickly, I'm sleeping too." After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep, but his still clenched fists betrayed that he was still wide awake.

  The two of them slept soundly until noon, and when they went downstairs, everyone in the house was busy with their own things and no one was at home. The matter between Yun Xiang and Yun's family had been resolved, and everything returned to its original state.

  It's been so long since the two of them met again, and today is considered a day off. The weather outside is also good, with warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. So they decided to go out and have some fun together this afternoon. Where should they go? Yun Qingran thought to herself.

  Although City C is developing much faster than many other cities, it still has very few entertainment facilities, let alone large-scale amusement parks and entertainment cities.

  "Xuan brother, why don't we go to the nearby stream and play? I want to eat roasted fish." She thought that neither of them had eaten lunch yet, and she didn't want to go to those crowded places. Considering that they needed to find a quiet and comfortable place, it made her think of the nearby clear stream.

  At that time, the environment was not yet polluted, and the small stream was clear to the bottom. The big fish in the water swam back and forth. On the shore, there were some places where tall trees stood upright, their dense branches opening up large umbrellas, casting patches of shade on the ground.

  That small stream is not far from Jing Shan, and the two of them are preparing to ride their bicycles there. Ye Ningxuan pushes his bicycle out of the garage and stops it in front of the door, puts the prepared things into the basket on the front of the bike, bends down to lift Yun Qingran onto the back seat, and then gets on himself, one foot kicks off, and the bike quickly glides towards the big gate at the foot of the mountain.

  Yun gently wrapped her arms tightly around his slender yet solid waist, the gentle breeze blowing through the side door lifted her hair, dancing in the air. The car sped quickly, and before long, the two arrived at the creek bank, where several elderly men were already sitting under the shade of trees, fishing leisurely.

  "Let's go over there quietly!" Ning Xuan stopped the car and pointed to a big tree with more shade, farther away from the old man fishing.

  "Alright, let's go over there."

  Yun Qingran agreed, and Ye Ningxuan rode the bike over to stop under the shade of a tree. He carried Yun Qingran down from the bike and then took out two white papers that he had prepared in advance from the basket at the front of the bike. He spread them on the ground and used several stones to weigh them down. Only after doing all this did he say to Yun Qingran, "Qingqing, wait for me under the shade of the tree, I'm going to catch fish."

  Yun, who was sitting down, suddenly jumped up and pulled on Ye Ningxuan's clothes, saying: "I want to go with you."

  "Let's go!" Ye Ningxuan turned around and took Cloud Light by the hand, pulling her along as they first went to find a relatively straight and long branch. He pulled out the dagger he was carrying with him and made a slight effort, and the branch was cut off neatly. After trimming the twigs, he carved a pointed end with a reverse thorn at the front, and a simple fish spear was done.

  They came to a shallow shoal, farther away from other anglers. Both of them took off their shoes and walked in. The icy cool creek water brought a refreshing touch on this slightly hot day.

  "It's so itchy, Xuan Gege. There are a lot of fish here." Perhaps because this was a remote area with few people around, the fish were particularly abundant. Some small fish even swam fearlessly around their feet, brushing against their ankles and making them ticklish, causing them to involuntarily dodge. Yun Qingran bent down and scooped up a small fish in one motion.

  "Hehe..." Ye Ningxuan smiled and turned around, looking at Yun Qingran who was catching fish on one hand and releasing them on the other. He instructed, "You stay here by the water and play, I'll go catch those few big fish over there." After saying that, he pointed to a deeper area. It's rare to see her so carefree like this, seeing her happy made him happy too.

  She looked at the place Ye Ningxuan pointed to, then looked at her own short stature, and thought to herself that it was better for her to play on one side. After hesitating, she replied: "En en, you go quickly. Catch those few big ones." Ye Ningxuan rolled up his pant legs and walked forward a segment, being extremely careful not to scare the fish away. He looked in the right direction, stabbed down once, and a fat fish was caught on the spear, also scaring away the school of fish that had gathered together.

  He flipped the fish onto the shore, and repeated his trick to catch several more. After washing the fish clean, they strung them together with grass rope. The two of them went to find some dry branches, set up a simple wooden frame, placed the strung fish on it, and started roasting them over an open flame made from the dry branches.

  Ye Ningxuan flipped the branches, occasionally brushing on some unknown fruit juice. Before long, the fish emitted a tempting aroma. Looking at Yun Qingran who had been staring at the roasted fish in front of her, he smiled and took down a well-roasted fish, blowing it cool before handing it to her: "Little glutton, here, it's done, eat quickly."

  "Xuan brother, I'll eat first." Yun Qingran no longer cared what he shouted, quickly taking the fish and carefully tearing off a piece to put in her mouth. Hmm. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it retained the freshness of the fish while also having a rich fruity flavor. Although the fish wasn't as fresh as those in space, it was still a rare delicacy. In no time, she finished one fish and set her sights on the second one that had just been cooked.

  "Xuan gege." She called out sweetly, with a hint of flattery, her eyes still fixed on the delicious fish.

  Ye Ningxuan raised his narrow and long eyes with a smile, and asked with ill intentions: "Want to eat?"

  "En en!" Yun Qingran hastily nodded. Ye Ningxuan's tone changed, and his smile grew even more: "If you want to eat, you can feed me, we'll eat together."

  "Cough, cough!" Two coughs sounded, and an old man with a fully white head of hair looked at the two with a slightly red face, feeling embarrassed. This boy looks like he's flirting with this little girl! Bah! What is this old man thinking? He really has no shame.

  As the old man approached, they had already noticed him, but the two of them never cared about outsiders being present, doing whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, without regard for occasion, let alone a stranger. Although this old man was extraordinary in demeanor, he had no relation to the two of them. However, what the two did not expect was that he would take the initiative to find them. Yun Qingran and Ye Ningxuan stopped their actions, looking at the old man together, their eyes clearly telling him to speak directly if there was something on his mind.

  "Cough, cough!" Another dry cough. The two looked at each other's bright yet profound eyes. The old man took a deep breath and said: "That, can you give me one of the fish?" He had smelled the aroma of roasted fish from afar, it was so enticing, he had never smelled such delicious roasted fish before, his stomach growled with hunger, it had been a long time since he last had roasted fish, all because those little brats wouldn't let him.

  The two of them didn't exchange a word, neither being enthusiastic people, at least not to outsiders. However, Ye Ningxuan still handed the old man the fish that had just been roasted. The old man took it without even saying thank you and sat down on the ground to start eating, finishing it off in no time, then stared longingly at the remaining fish that was still being roasted.

  Yun Qingran frowned at the old man, suddenly opening her mouth to say: "You can't eat anymore. It's not good for your body." When she saw the old man, she had already roughly seen his physical condition from his facial features, and naturally knew that he was not suitable for eating large fish and meat, let alone roasted fish! This was also a rule that allowed the old man to occasionally eat one piece with little impact.

  The old man looked at Yun Qingran with a hint of resentment, how did she know that he couldn't eat it. It had been a long time since he had a good meat dish, those bastards only let him eat vegetables all day, treating him like a rabbit!

  No matter how resentful the old man was, Yun Qingran and Ye Ningxuan were motionless, feeding each other. In no time, another fish was left with only a clean skeleton. At this moment, two more fish were placed on the grill, sizzling as oil dripped into the flames, releasing an enticing aroma.

  The old man stared at the fish on the hook for a while, and finally couldn't help but say to Yun Qianran: "Little girl, let's discuss this. I've caught several fish here, can I exchange them for one of yours?" As he spoke, he still didn't move his eyes away from the fish. He had never tasted such delicious fish before, how could he give up just one? If he couldn't eat it this time, he might not have another chance.

  Yun shook her head gently and said, "No way, you can't eat any more."

  Yun Qingran disagreed, but the old man could only stare at the two fish with eager eyes, swallowing his saliva from time to time. His fish! He really wanted to eat them!

  After a stalemate for a while, a shout came from behind the old man: "Old man, why did you run to this side?" Two men wearing security uniforms ran over, the first one was about twenty years old, with a more lively personality, and it was he who had shouted just now. The second one was thirty years old, with the coldness unique to security personnel.

  Seeing the fish bones in front of the old man, those who were a bit older didn't react much, just maintaining their usual vigilance. The younger ones, however, looked at Yun Qingran and Ye Ningxuan with wary eyes, as if they were dangerous people.