Yi Family.
"Chuxue, what's wrong?" Yang Man looked at the pale-faced Yi Chuxue and asked Yi Xun.
Yi Xun's face was taut and he said, "She seems to have received too big of a shock from being frightened."
"She's in shock? How could that have happened?" Yang Man asked puzzledly.
"She went looking for Yi Fan and was scared by Yi Fan's snake." Yi Xun said.
Yi Xun clenched his fists. He had originally gone to Yi Fan's place to make trouble, and as a result, Yi Fan taught them a harsh lesson. The guards he had brought with him all ended up passing out. Although Yi Fan didn't kill those guards, they were heavily poisoned, and their strength dropped a lot.
Yi Xun lost badly over there against Yi Fan. He didn't want to talk about it.
Yi Chuxue was lying on the bed, her eyes full of terror, "Don't, don't come over here, don't kill me."
Yi Huo stood beside Yi Chuxue's bed, gazing at Yi Chuxue's frightened appearance, and suddenly a strange feeling of satisfaction arose in his heart. Good, Yi Chuxue has also become a waste.
Yang Man looked at Yi Chuxue, and it was as if a tightly-stretched string within her suddenly broke. Her sons and daughter had all gotten into an accident one after the other, and Yang Man couldn't help but feel exhausted.
"This was Yi Fan's deed, just what exactly does he want to do?"
Yi Xun closed his eyes and said a little bit dejectedly, "Yi Fan, that guy, is now completely out of my control."
Yi Xun clenched his fists, he had never thought that his son, whom he had always neglected, would turn out to be a true talent. Yi Fan's current strength has now thoroughly surpassed his.
Yi Xun looked at Yi Chuxue. According to Yi Fan, Li Anya was killed by Yang Man because she had discovered Yang Man's illicit affair with someone else. Yi Xun really didn't believe that, but some seeds of doubt had been planted in his heart.
[T/n: Yi Fan's mother, I think this is the first time her name is mentioned.]
Yi Xun hated Yi Fan for not being filial, and there were also some regrets in his heart. if he'd known earlier that Yi Fan would have such a bright future, then he wouldn't have been so-dead set on going against Yi Fan to the point that their relationship was now so strained.
"Young Master, you're back!" Qi Heng said, looking at Qi Shaorong.
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, "Yep!"
"How's Yi Fan ?" Qi Heng asked.
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, "He's alright, A-Fan is already at the seventh level, while Yi Xun is only at the sixth, there's too much of a difference in strength. Yi Xun, that old guy, can't control him now."
"Yi Xun isn't the main concern, I'm just afraid that the Yi Family elders will try to force him to go back." Qi Heng said.
Qi Shaorong pursed his lips and said, "Yi Fan more or less already has the ability to protect himself now, he should be okay."
Qi Heng nodded and said, "That's true. Young Master, I've already prepared the things you asked for."
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, "Let me take a look."
Qi Shaorong opened the door to his laboratory, and saw more than a hundred types of spiritual flowers gathered there. Among them, the Xueyan flowers won from the auction were the most valuable and precious.
"Young Master, what do you need so many flowers for?" Qi Heng asked.
"Lately, we've spent a lot of money, and the business at our various shops isn't doing that well, so I was thinking about developing a new product to promote sales." Qi Shaorong said.
Qi Heng looked at Qi Shaorong and said, "Young Master, is it because you're running out of money to spend?"
Qi Shaorong shrugged and said, "There's nothing wrong with making too much money! What's more, I still have to raise that pig with that huge appetite at home."
"Young Master, have you forgotten, Mu Tingxuan said that the reason the mercenary group captured him, very likely was because they wanted you to reveal yourself..." Qi Heng said.
Qi Shaorong nodded and said, "I know that, but I also know that we've already pretty much revealed ourselves anyway. Since the other party wants to know who we are, we might as well just tell them, some things we can't conceal for a lifetime."
"That's also true! It's just a bit risky to do this." Qi Heng said.
"Everything has a risk to it."
"Young Master, what new product are you planning on making!" Qi Heng asked.
Qi Shaorong rolled his eyes and said, "I'm still thinking."
Qi Heng looked at Qi Shaorong and said, "Young Master, you should think over it slowly, there's no need to rush things."
Qi Shaofu was walking with Chen Yuan at Shenghuang College, "Brother Chen, I haven't seen you hanging out with Zhuang Hao lately!"
Chen Yuan waved his hands and said darkly, "Don't mention it, I'm scared of him now."
Qi Shaofu smiled and said, "Is that really necessary? You two are good friends!"
"As the saying goes, a moment's error can bring a lifetime of regret! Say, back then, just why did I even want to break off the marriage for Zhuang Hao anyway?" Chen Yuan asked.
"I don't know! You'll have to ask yourself this!" Qi Shaofu said, shrugging.
"You know what, A-Fu! When I wanted to go find your Fourth Brother to cancel the marriage, why didn't you stop me? That's your Fourth Brother, after all!" Chen Yuan asked.
Qi Shaofu: "..." Back then, how could he have known that Qi Shaorong was such a fierce person!
"Stop talking about that Fourth Brother of mine, now that we're on the topic of it, truthfully, I'm a little scared of him too." Qi Shaofu said.
"Oh, so it turns out that you're also scared of your Fourth Brother! Great, I thought that I was the only one who's afraid of him." Chen Yuan said.
Qi Shaofu: "..."
"Let me tell you something! I didn't notice before, but Zhuang Hao that guy's actually someone who'll forget about loyalty in the face of love. Now that he's unable to woo your Fourth Brother, he's displeased with me! Now, I only have two ways to solve this problem. One way is for Zhuang Hao to hurry up and get together with your Fourth Brother, once that happens, then the matter of cancelling the marriage can just be put behind us."
"The other way is for Zhuang Hao and your Fourth Brother to quickly break off their relationship, and when their feelings cool off, everything will be alright."
"What do you think, should I hope that Zhuang Hao will be able to quickly woo your Fourth Brother, or should I hope that they'll have a falling out!"
Qi Shaofu scratched his head and said, "This matter, I don't know either! Let's stop talking about it, let's talk about something else, I heard that Yi Chuxue was scared stupid." When Qi Shaoru heard that Yi Chuxue had been turned into an idiot from being frightened, she was simply jumping up and down in joy.
Chen Yuan nodded and said, "I also heard about it." There only has to be the slightest disturbance in the Imperial Capital, and the news will instantly be spread around like wildfire.
"It's said that Qian Mian from Tianlan College is actually Yi Fan, and the Yi Family getting into accidents one after the other was all Yi Fan's doings." This world was changing way too quickly, one Qi Shaorong was already enough for people to gossip about, but now there's Yi Fan too.
Qi Shaofu nodded and said, "Apparently, Yi Fan and my Fourth Brother have known each other for a long time."
"Of the two, one is cultivating dark and light magic at the same time, and one is cultivating water and fire magic, it would be strange if they didn't know each other." Chen Yuan paused and said, "I really don't know, should I say that Mu Xuelan has good vision, or that she has no vision at all? If I were to say that she has no vision, then what about the fact that back then, with just one look, she had chosen to marry Yi Fan, that waste? But she also ended up divorcing Yi Fan, so can I really say that she has good vision?"
Qi Shaofu smiled and said, "Who knows? Brother Chen, what is it, do you like Mu Xuelan or something?"
Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "No, no, that beauty has high standards, I'm definitely not suitable for her."
Yi Fan walked onto the school's campus and found that many of the students were staring at him.
Yi Fan ignored these people and went directly to the Principal's office.
When Hu Feng saw Yi Fan coming in, he said enthusiastically, "Disciple, you're here."
Yi Fan nodded and said, "Yep!"
"Disciple, when you entered the campus, did you notice that the atmosphere out there's not quite right?"
"I did, it seems that many people were secretly talking about how I plotted to harm my brothers." Yi Fan said.
Hu Feng looked at Yi Fan and said, "You plotting to hurt your brothers is really only a trivial matter, it's not a big deal. After a while, when some other noble is exposed for having an affair or when some wealthy miss runs off and elopes with a commoner, the people in the Imperial Capital will eventually forget about what you did and then it'll all be good." Hu Feng comforted.
Yi Fan, "...Principal, don't worry, I'm fine. Ever since I was young, I've faced a lot of abuse and I've been insulted many times before. The students at the college talking about me behind my back is only a small thing, I don't really care."
"That's good, that's good then. Here are the magic books I found for you regarding fire elemental magic, these are very valuable." Hu Feng said.
"Many thanks, Master." Yi Fan said.
Hu Feng looked up and down at Yi Fan, Yi Fan raised his gaze and said, "Master, what are you looking at me for?"
"Nothing, disciple, you're very good-looking! Before when you were dressed up as Qian Mia, you looked very average, but your current appearance now is very handsome! It's not much worse than Zhuang Hao." Hu Feng said.
Yi Fan said, "The Principal must be joking, how can I compare to Young Master Zhuang Hao!" The people in the Imperial Capital will look at a person's strength first, then at their looks. If someone has strength, then naturally they'd be considered good-looking.
"Zhuang Hao's nothing special, you see, Shaorong doesn't even care about him." Hu Feng said.
Yi Fan: "..."
"Disciple! Don't be sad that Mu Xuelan dumped you, it's that woman who's unable to tell good from bad. You're so outstanding, you probably have many admirers." Hu Feng said.
Yi Fan looked at Hu Feng and said, "Principal, I'm not sad. I don't like her, I like someone else."
Hu Feng was surprised and said, "You have someone you like? Are they pretty?"
"In my heart, he looks the best." Yi Fan said.
"It's a pity..."
"For what?" Yi Fan asked.
"It's a pity for the students of our college! You don't know, after the news of you spread, many people admire you greatly!" Hu Feng said.
"Principal, are you mistaken? My personality is so bad, what do they like about me!" Yi Fan leaned back in his chair.
Hu Feng waved his hand and said, "The students these days have very strange preferences. They don't like those who are righteous and awe-inspiring, instead they like the cruel and vicious type, arrogant and cold, two-faced, and full of craft and cunning. They think that those types are cool! I really don't understand the way young people think these days!"
Yi Fan:" ... "
"A-Fan, do you have any news about Qi Shaorong?" Hu Feng asked.
Yi Fan glanced at Hu Feng and said, "He's been busy recently."
"That kid, who knows what he's been busy doing." Hu Feng said.
Yi Fan took a deep breath and said, "Fourth Young Master Qi's talent is excellent, but unfortunately, his attention has to be spread over a wide range of things." Many things could only be done by Qi Shaorong himself, and they couldn't really help him with it either.
"Disciple, do you still plan on returning to the Yi Family?" Hu Feng asked.
Yi Fan shook his head and said, "I'm not going back."
Hu Feng looked at Yi Fan and said helplessly, "You and Shaorong really are the same, you're both so stubborn!"
Yi Fan stayed in Hu Feng's office for a while before leaving.
As soon as Yi Fan walked out of the Principal's office, he felt a few gazes on him coming from the shadows, probably from the students gossiping in the college. Yi Fan didn't bother with these people and left directly.