120: Best friends, share!

The old master's words were reasonable and cut straight to the heart.

"Yes!" Ling Wubai wiped his tears and gave a military salute to the old master, the former God of War!

"A broken leg now is better than a lost life later. Things haven't been peaceful overseas lately, so you should pay more attention."

"I'm old and can't look after all of you. Don't say this old man only favors the third child; I've been keeping an eye on you all as well." Old Master Ling sighed and personally wiped the tears from his second son, Ling Wubai.

"Behave yourselves these next few days. Little Xian has just returned; he's not like Xiao Jie or Xiao Hei."

"This year's family banquet will be held on Little Xian's birthday," Old Master Ling announced.

"No problem, Dad!" Ling Wubai nodded in response.

After Old Master Ling left, Ling Wenbin couldn't help but complain, "After all that's said and done, Dad is still biased toward that kid Ling Xian."

"No, Dad isn't that kind of person," Ling Wubai said firmly.

This was the trust of one soldier in another.

"Ugh... suit yourself. I'm leaving too. Regarding Xiao Hei, I'll use my connections to find a divine doctor; he should be curable." Ling Wenbin shook his head helplessly and turned to leave.

In truth, while Ling Wenbin complained, he would still protect his own at a critical moment.

He was a member of the Ling Family, after all—blood is thicker than water. On the other side, Ling Xian arrived at the booked hotel.

He chose not to stay at the Ling Family residence, mainly because he wasn't used to it and didn't want to.

If it weren't for the old master's sake, he wouldn't have bothered coming back.

"Pack up your things. Third Aunt and I are going out for a bit," Ling Xian instructed Xu Xinyou.

He was essentially treating Xu Xinyou like a secretary.

Xu Xinyou didn't say much.

Ling Xian had saved the life of her Xu Family, and that debt of gratitude was enough for her to serve him like a slave to repay it.

If she could offer herself to him, that seemed acceptable too.

At that thought, her face flushed, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Ling Xian.

But when she looked up again, she realized Ling Xian had already left.

"That jerk Ling Xian, he's not really treating me like a secretary or a maid, is he?" Xu Xinyou pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "I, the dignified eldest miss of the Xu Family, am serving him, so why doesn't he care about my feelings?"

"Hmph!" Xu Xinyou grumbled internally, "But if he didn't like me, he wouldn't have known about my Xu Family's crisis in the first place."

In Xu Xinyou's heart, Ling Xian definitely liked her.

Otherwise, why would he keep her by his side after knowing her identity, protect her when she was in danger, and help her when he knew the Xu Family was in trouble?

Just as Xu Xinyou was lost in thought, her phone suddenly rang.

"Pleasant Goat~ Big Bad Wolf~ Don't look at me, I'm just a sheep~"

Xu Xinyou was startled awake by the ringtone and took out her phone to answer.

The person on the other end was none other than her Best friend, Leng Yunyan.

"Yunyan, what's wrong?"

"Xinyou, something terrible has happened." Leng Yunyan's anxious voice gave Xu Xinyou a start.

Leng Yunyan was her Best friend, after all; even if she was going to steal her man, she couldn't hurt her.

"What happened? Don't worry, tell me slowly."

"Xinyou, Ling Xian is gone!" Leng Yunyan's voice trembled with a hint of a sob.

"I've searched everywhere in the East Sea and the Jiangnan Ling Group, but I can't find him anywhere."

Xu Xinyou was stunned. Just as she was about to explain, she heard Leng Yunyan continue: "His birthday is in a few days, and I want to prepare a surprise for him. You're his secretary, so you must know where he is, right?"

Xu Xinyou fell silent for a moment, only now realizing that it was almost Ling Xian's birthday.

Facing her Best friend's inquiry, Xu Xinyou hesitated for a second.

"If I tell Yunyan, it'll be like having one more competitor," she struggled internally. "But Ling Xian already has plenty of women, and Yunyan doesn't care, so what's one more? Besides, Yunyan and I are Best friends; it's only normal to share."

"This way, I'll be on the same front as Yunyan, fighting against the other women together."

After a brief mental struggle, Xu Xinyou honestly told her the truth.

"President Ling has returned to Central Province. If you want to come, let me know. I'll help you keep an eye on him at all times to prevent him from messing around with other women."

Xu Xinyou spoke with such righteousness and conviction that she sounded like the perfect Best friend and big sister figure in Leng Yunyan's heart.

She completely failed to realize that this Best friend might already be missing her man.

"Thank you, Xinyou. I thought you would dislike Ling Xian and not tell me. I'm so bad for actually doubting you!" Leng Yunyan was moved to tears and spoke with guilt.

"Haha~ Haha~ Don't mention it. We're Best friends, aren't we supposed to share good things together?" Xu Xinyou laughed, feeling a bit awkward.

"Yeah, share good things together," Leng Yunyan nodded in agreement.

She was completely unaware that she had fallen into the trap Xu Xinyou had dug.

Xu Xinyou smiled with satisfaction, already imagining the scene of her success.

After a brief catch-up, the two women hung up... Outside the hotel, inside a car.

"Young Master Ling, here is the information you asked me to investigate." Ling San respectfully took out a folder and handed it to Ling Xian. "Inside is the information on the younger generation in Central Province who have recently undergone major personality changes, sudden surges in strength, or suspicious movements."

This was what Ling Xian had ordered Ling San to investigate, essentially to identify which members of the younger generation might be geniuses.

"Good. How are things on Qi Xiu and Su Ran's end?" Ling Xian glanced over it briefly, stored it in his storage ring, and continued asking.

"That Hades, Qi Xiu, is currently entangled with the Blood Hand Alliance and can't get away for the time being. However, because he didn't see Miss Su, he went on a massacre at the Blood Hand Alliance that night to vent his anger." Ling San adjusted his glasses and smiled.

"As for Su Ran, he hasn't been very well-behaved. This Su Ran is about to break through to Grandmaster and is searching the world for precious medicine. Recently, he actually set his sights on the tongxuan flowers in our Nine Provinces Alliance's territory."

"You should know that several families in the Nine Provinces Alliance, including our Ling Family, are waiting for these tongxuan flowers to bloom. How could we let this little thief steal them?"

Ling San didn't care at all. In his eyes, which of the several hidden great families in the Nine Provinces Alliance didn't have an Eighth-stage expert overseeing them?

Grandmasters were even more numerous.

A mere little thief who was a Half-step Grandmaster—what was there to fear?

"That's not necessarily true," Ling Xian countered, his heart skipping a beat.

In the original plot, Su Ran only came to Central Province to get the tongxuan flowers, which could increase comprehension, after breaking through to Grandmaster.

He just hadn't expected the tongxuan flowers to bloom early, and for Su Ran to prepare to take them ahead of schedule as well.

If it were anyone else, Ling Xian naturally wouldn't believe they could steal the tongxuan flowers under the noses of so many experts.

But Su Ran was the Child of Destiny!

"Third Aunt, what if I want them all?" Ling Xian asked back.

Ling San was clearly stunned, slightly doubting if he meant the tongxuan flowers she was thinking of.

"All of them? Young Master Ling, that depends on the old master's intentions."

As the words fell, Ling Xian understood.

When Ling San said to ask the old master, it meant she didn't doubt whether the Ling Family had the ability to take them all.

It proved there was no problem; these tongxuan flowers were already in his pocket.

"Su Ran, you little thief, to think you'd try to steal my Ling Family's private property, the tongxuan flowers. I'll definitely make you eat dirt."