238: Yan Qingwu: I'm not going back to the capital, I'm going to Xiamen!

"The Yan Family is inviting me to join?"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow slightly, a playful look appearing on his face.

Before he could speak, Chu Niubi in the car was so startled he almost jumped out of the window.

"Holy crap! Eldest Miss Yan, aren't you being a bit too direct?"

"You just had a hero saving the beauty moment... bah, I mean, you just acted righteously, and now you're directly inviting him to marry into the Yan Family on their behalf?"

He winked and grimaced, his voice so loud it could be heard throughout the entire street.

"The Yan Family, one of the Five Great Families of the Capital! So many people would break their heads just to establish a connection!"

"Master, this treatment... is freaking awesome!"

Yan Qingwu glared at him: "Talking nonsense again?"

Chu Niubi instinctively pulled back his neck, not daring to make another sound...

On the side, Bai Wanqing turned her head to look over and spoke.

"Girl Yan."

"I'm afraid he doesn't have time to join any family right now."

Yan Qingwu's gaze turned toward Bai Wanqing.

"So it's Sister Bai."

"However, whether Ye Chen has time to join or not seems like something he should decide for himself."

Her gaze fell back onto Ye Chen.

An invitation from the Yan Family, who could refuse?

Just as Chu Niubi said...

The Yan Family was the head of the Five Great Families, and countless people fought tooth and nail but still couldn't get in.

She believed.

This young man would make the right choice!

Ye Chen rubbed his nose and suddenly spoke.

"Madam Bai is right."

"I have been quite busy lately and don't have time to consider joining any faction for now."

Yan Qingwu didn't seem surprised by this answer and simply pressed further: "Is it because of the Sima Family's matter?"

"The Sima Family?"

Ye Chen smiled and shook his head.

"That little matter, I didn't take it to heart."

"I just have some things I want to do myself; I don't have time to be tied down."

"If Miss Yan has nothing else..."

He pulled open the car door and made a gesture of invitation, "We'll be leaving first."

Saying that, he turned to sit in the driver's seat.

"Wait!"

A flash of astonishment crossed Yan Qingwu's pretty face.

Ever since she was a child, as the direct daughter of the Yan Family, with extraordinary talent and a city-toppling appearance, she was treated like a moon surrounded by stars wherever she went. When had she ever been rejected like this?

Moreover...

She represented the Yan Family!

An invitation from the Capital's Yan Family was something many people dreamed of!

This Ye Chen actually rejected it directly without even considering it for a few more seconds?

And he even had a "I'm busy and don't have time for you" look?

"You're even rejecting my invitation?"

A hint of annoyance entered Yan Qingwu's voice.

Ye Chen paused his movements, turned his head, and raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"Are you very special?"

"Can't I reject your invitation?"

Yan Qingwu: "???"

She was completely stunned.

On that exquisite face, her expression instantly became incredibly colorful.

Astonishment, shame, frustration, and a hint of bewilderment...

She opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but found that the way he asked...

Actually made a hell of a lot of sense!

Yeah...

She, Yan Qingwu, was very special; she was the number one genius in the Capital and the Eldest Miss of the Yan Family.

But these identities, in front of this monster who could casually crush a Heaven Realm Expert and even dared to confront the Sima Family's head butler head-on, seemed...

Indeed nothing special?

Why did she think that others couldn't refuse her invitation?

Seeing Yan Qingwu's speechless state, Ye Chen said no more and bent down to sit in the car.

Then.

The engine started.

The car soon drove away from the entrance of Tianque Pavilion, leaving Yan Qingwu standing there alone in a daze.

Inside the car.

Chu Niubi clung to the back of the seat, stretching his neck to look back until Yan Qingwu's figure completely vanished, before pulling back and chuckling weirdly.

"Master, what you said just now... was too mean!"

"You didn't see Eldest Miss Yan's expression, hahaha... it was like she swallowed a live fly!"

"I bet she's never been talked back to like that in her whole life!"

Bai Wanqing sat in the passenger seat, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve slightly, but she quickly regained her coldness.

"You certainly had your fun."

"That Yan Family girl is proud and arrogant. Having lost so much face this time, she probably won't let it go so easily."

Ye Chen held the steering wheel with one hand, looking indifferent.

"Whatever."

"I do things according to my own heart, regardless of who she is."

Chu Niubi gave another round of frantic flattery, and Bai Wanqing couldn't help but laugh as well.

...

Yan Qingwu stood frozen on the spot, not reacting for a long time.

After a good while...

"Miss."

A low voice came from behind.

The Blade and Sword Duo had arrived behind her at some point, both of them wrapped in bandages.

Elder Dao reminded her softly, "The Master just sent word, asking you to return as soon as possible."

Yan Qingwu seemed not to hear, still staring at the end of the empty street.

After a few seconds, she slowly turned around.

"I'm asking you."

She suddenly asked, "Am I... very ugly?"

Elder Dao: "???"

Elder Jian: "???"

Both were stunned at the same time, their faces full of astonishment.

No...

What kind of shock did Miss receive?

Elder Jian frantically signaled Elder Dao.

Elder Dao felt helpless and said cautiously, "Miss, why... why did you suddenly ask this?"

"Answer me!" Yan Qingwu bit her lip.

Elder Jian hurriedly shook his head: "Miss, you must be joking! If you are ugly, are there even any beauties left in this world?"

Elder Dao immediately agreed.

"That's right! Miss, you are the publicly recognized number one beauty in the Capital!"

"Countless sons of noble families are infatuated with you. If this gets out, it will cause public outrage!"

"Then what about my talent?" Yan Qingwu continued to press, "Is it very poor?"

Now the two were even more bewildered.

Elder Jian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Miss, you are only twenty-three years old this year, yet you have already stepped into the Early Earth Rank. If that's poor, wouldn't those so-called geniuses in the Capital all have to find a piece of tofu to kill themselves with?"

Elder Dao also said solemnly: "Miss's talent is one in a million across the entire younger generation of Dragon Country. Among your peers in the Capital, no one can match you!"

Hearing this, Yan Qingwu did not feel relieved; instead, she became even more annoyed.

"Then I don't understand!"

"Since I'm not ugly, my talent isn't poor, and my background is beyond reproach..."

"Then on what basis does he, Ye Chen, refuse me?"

"On what basis?!"

The Blade and Sword Duo were both at a loss for words. They opened their mouths but didn't know what to say.

This question...

Was too hard to answer.

Say Ye Chen's eyes are too high up?

But he doesn't even care about the Sima Family; he seems to have that right.

Say Ye Chen doesn't know what's good for him?

But with that terrifying strength just now, even Black and White Impermanence were played like toys in his hands. Does such a person need to "know what's good for him"?

Say Ye Chen's heart already belongs to someone else?

But they don't know that either...

They looked at each other and finally could only lower their heads awkwardly and remain silent.

Seeing them like this, Yan Qingwu's chest heaved violently several times, and the feeling of frustration grew even stronger.

Since she was little, she had never failed to get anything she wanted!

But today, just now, that guy named Ye Chen actually used that nonchalant attitude to reject her so casually, and even asked her that question back!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, her teeth clenched tight.

"Hmph!"

She suddenly turned around and walked toward the Yan Family motorcade parked by the road.

Elder Dao quickly followed: "Miss, are we... returning to the Capital now?"

"No!"

Yan Qingwu didn't look back, "I'm going to Xiamen City!"

The Blade and Sword Duo both gasped, their footsteps halting.

Elder Dao cried out in shock: "Miss! You... you're going to Xiamen City? To do what?"

Yan Qingwu pulled open the car door and sat in the back seat.

"To do what?"

"I want to see..."

"Exactly how busy that Ye Chen is, that he actually doesn't have time to agree to my recruitment?"

The car door closed.

The car sped away.

The Blade and Sword Duo stood on the spot, their old faces filled with shock and bewilderment.

Elder Dao swallowed hard and looked at Elder Jian beside him.

"Old Jian, Miss... she wouldn't really be going to Xiamen City, would she?"

Elder Jian sighed long and hard, shaking his head.

"It's good to be young, but..."

He paused, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

"If the Master finds out that Miss is chasing after a man to Xiamen City..."

"He'll probably flip the Capital upside down, won't he?"

The two looked at each other and shuddered.