75: Ye Xuan

“Then I'll have to work hard…” Long Yuan said.

“Hehe, that's right! And you just said that the Dao of Music isn't the Dao of Martial Arts, but actually, the Dao of Music is very powerful. Haven't you seen what happened tonight? Even my father and the others were dazed by your singing, and they are all Martial Master Realm Cultivators. If you can daze them now, what will you be capable of in the future?” Ye Xuan laughed.

“Oh, that… that was just an accident, right? If they had been prepared, it shouldn't have been like that…” Long Yuan quickly said.

“That is indeed one reason! They didn't know your talent in the Dao of Music was so powerful, so they were caught off guard. If they had been prepared, the situation might have been different. However, this at least shows that your potential in the Dao of Music is immense, so don't waste it!” Ye Xuan emphasized.

“Then I'll take your auspicious words! Oh, someone's calling, we'll talk later! Good night!” Long Yuan finished speaking and quickly hung up the phone.

“Good… night! How dare you, Long Yuan, you actually dared to hang up on me?!” Ye Xuan on the other end of the phone was completely stunned, holding her phone with a look of gritted teeth…

Thinking that this was her first time actively calling a boy, and she actually got hung up on, Ye Xuan shrieked in anger, throwing herself onto the bed and using a pillow as Long Yuan, furiously kneading and hitting it to vent her frustration…

“Ye Xuan? Are you alright?” A voice came from outside the room.

“Father?! I'm… I'm fine!” Ye Xuan quickly said.

“Open the door, I want to talk to you about something.” Ye Yuhuang said.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan quickly tidied up her bed, then opened the door to let Ye Yuhuang in…

Ye Yuhuang looked at Ye Xuan's slightly messy hair and the disheveled state of her bed, and couldn't help but frown, saying, “Ye Xuan, you're grown up now. Which young woman growing up in our Ye Family isn't a well-mannered, cultured lady? If outsiders saw your room like this, where would our Ye Family's Face be placed?”

“I… I will try my best to improve…” Ye Xuan's Face flushed as she said helplessly. There was nothing she could do; she had been caught red-handed by her father, so she could only admit it.

“Not 'try to improve,' but 'must improve'! Do you understand?” Ye Yuhuang said with a slight sternness.

“Mm-hmm!” Ye Xuan nodded like a pecking chick, responding.

Ye Yuhuang's expression softened slightly, and he continued, “There's another matter. I've already found out that the reason Geng County has been paying special attention to Long Yuan recently is, on one hand, because his identity may hold a great secret, and on the other hand, it's because three distant relatives from Geng County recently came to Fengyang to visit. They got into an argument with someone at a barbecue stall and were eventually burned by the stove fire!”

“Such a thing happened?! What does that have to do with Long Yuan?” Ye Xuan was astonished to hear this and quickly asked.

“Of course it has something to do with it! Those three women now have large areas of severe burns, basically disfigured. Luo Family Hospital is powerless to do anything about it, and even in Great Ming, there has never been a case of such injuries being recovered from, unless there is Heaven-Rank Mysterious Medicine, otherwise it's basically impossible! But…”

“But what?!”

“After Long Yuan learned of this, he proposed a treatment plan, saying he could perform skin grafts for these three women.” Ye Yuhuang said.

“What? Skin grafts?!” Ye Xuan exclaimed.

“Yes! It's said that his treatment plan is to first Cultivate new skin for the three women, and then perform surgery to graft the new skin onto them. Such a treatment plan is simply unbelievable… Now everyone is waiting to see if he can succeed!” Ye Yuhuang sighed.

“Oh my goodness…” Ye Xuan covered her cherry mouth with her slender hand, exclaiming…

Ye Yuhuang snorted, “So, you understand what I want to say, right?”

“Father means that Long Yuan also has talent in The Art of Medicine? And you want me to… get closer to him again…” Ye Xuan's Face was flushed pink, and she said shyly.

“This… you can get closer, but there must be a bottom line, understand?”

“Mm-hmm!”

“Of course, what I really want to say is, if Long Yuan truly succeeds, it means his medical skills are extraordinary. Now that Ye He is still lying in bed, a cripple, if he can also cure Ye He, then it wouldn't be impossible to even marry you off to him!” Ye Yuhuang said fiercely.

“Ah, this?!!!” Ye Xuan was stunned, not expecting her father to be talking about this matter.

Moreover, listening to her father's tone, it seemed as if he was treating her as a bargaining chip to get Long Yuan to cure Ye He. Such a situation was truly difficult for her to accept!

Was she just destined to live for Ye He? To sell her body for him? To become a tool for the Family's benefit?!

Was she, so outstanding, still unable to escape the fate of becoming a pawn for the Family?!

A wave of bitterness washed over her heart, and she remained silent.

Actually, if Ye Yuhuang hadn't said anything, she herself was becoming increasingly fond of Long Yuan, especially after hearing him sing that song. Just now, it was precisely because of the stirring in her heart that she couldn't suppress that she had actively called Long Yuan. But now, after hearing Ye Yuhuang's words, it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head, chilling her heart from head to toe!

She was unwilling. Since she was little, she knew what the general fate of a young woman from a prominent Family would be, which was why she desperately Cultivated to build a solid foundation. Her goal, of course, was to control her own destiny, rather than being at the mercy of others like other women.

However, she, a top Genius with A-grade talent, in her father's words, still had to make way and sacrifice for a crippled elder brother lying in bed. What kind of bullshit logic was this?!

Moreover, even if Long Yuan could truly heal Ye He's Qi Sea, Ye He might not necessarily be able to recover his S-grade talent. If that was the case, why would the Family bet everything on him?

Wouldn't it be better to bet on herself?!

Another point was that if Ye He was truly cured, then as an A-grade talented sister, she would certainly not receive more attention and investment from the Family. Recently, the Ye Family's resources had been tilting towards her, which had significantly accelerated her Cultivation speed and rapidly improved her combat power. Her ability to rank among the top three in Fengyang No. 1 High School was clear proof. She even had confidence that before participating in the Inter-school Competition, she could definitely become the top student of Fengyang No. 1 High School, looking down on all the other elites!

Only then would she possibly be able to control her own destiny, marrying when she wanted, not marrying when she didn't want, marrying whoever she wanted, with no one able to influence her. Only then would her journey in this world not be in vain…

Ye Yuhuang saw the changes in Ye Xuan's expression and her silence. As the saying goes, no one knows a daughter like her father, and he couldn't help but secretly think that something was wrong. So he said, “Ye Xuan, your father is also helpless. The higher-ups have already replied, and they refuse to give Ye He the Heaven-Rank Mysterious Medicine treasured by the Family. Without Heaven-Rank Mysterious Medicine, Ye He's Qi Sea simply cannot recover. Can you bear to see your twin brother lie in bed and become a cripple like this? He is your own brother. How much did he care for you before? How much did he protect you? Also, he is the most talented person in our Ye Family. If he can recover, the entire Family will be secured in the future, and perhaps we can even reach a higher level and show the higher-ups a thing or two! If you can get Long Yuan to cure him, your status in the Family will certainly rise, and even your father will have to be polite to you, won't he?”

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