Chapter 61: Ostrich Mentality (Third Update)

  Until Yue Yunjie left, Yue Zhang still had a confused face and didn't understand why her elder brother, as the respected head of the clan, suddenly put down his dignity to apologize to him.

  To be honest, although the two families are in the same house, their relationship has never been very close. To put it more accurately, there is a bit of resentment between them. The struggle for the position of head of the clan many years ago was supported by Yue Yu's father at that time, but not this person. Even if Mr. Yue Yunjie is generous, he cannot do something like trying to please him.

  Yue Yu was secretly sneering from start to finish, he knew that Yue Yunjie's apology to Yue Zhangshi was actually a way of explaining to him, the younger generation who was listening in, without losing face.

  "What a 'Bing Qian' thing! I'm really sorry for my brother, and I was deceived by that little one from Dan Yun City!" And also "I heard that yesterday, my younger sister came to see me three times, but was rejected by those greedy and inferior people. This matter made me feel shocked and angry, and on the way here, I had already killed those inferior people!"

  Come and go, it's just that he wanted to say that he was actually unaware of the turmoil at the pharmacy the day before yesterday. And Yue Yu's heart is also transparent, this uncle or may have been deceived by others. However, the attitude of those people below him may not be his intention to indulge in Yue Rongjie.

  But Yue Yongjie was able to go this far, which is already considered very sincere. At least this time, he really gave face and his attitude was extremely low.

  And that first sentence also has a deep meaning. I'm afraid Huang Fan's fabrication of rumors may not have escaped Yue Yunjie's ears and eyes either.

  But even if he knew, what could be done? This dumb loss, the Yue family had to swallow it no matter what. How this matter would turn around, how to cover up, and how to explain and negotiate with Dan Yun City, were all irrelevant to him now.

  Yue Yu was smiling to himself when he suddenly felt a cold gaze piercing through him. As he followed the direction of the gaze, he found Yue Zhangshi scrutinizing him from head to toe, and he immediately felt a chill run down his spine. For the first time, Yue Yu felt that having an overly wise mother wasn't necessarily a good thing.

  This whole morning, Yue Yu was interrogated by Yue Zhangshi in the main house, and even Ruan Li, who was originally a reliable shield, didn't work. In fact, this 'fool', is also included in Yue Zhangshi's list of suspects now. Fortunately, Yue Yu had another card up his sleeve, with Huang Fan's old shopkeeper as a witness, plus some second-rate demon beast corpses bought temporarily at the market, and managed to deceive Yue Zhangshi by bluffing.

  However, Yue Yu soon discovered that this disaster was far from over.

  Firstly, the Mo family members who made a scene at the pharmacy's entrance by carrying coffins were mysteriously sent back to their homes that same night, with orders to let the Zhang and Yue families handle them. Then, several major pharmacies in the city were temporarily sealed off one by one.

  Yue Yu frowned secretly, knowing that the elders of the Yue family were trying to make amends with him. However, this matter was done a bit too much. Moreover, the timing was somewhat problematic. In Yue Yu's view, this was not helping him at all, but rather had a hint of intentional harm.

  At noon the next day, several big pharmacies' owners came to visit and begged Zhang Shi to spare them. This time even Zhang felt something was wrong. The first one to suspect was still Yue Yu.

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  "Feathers! The matter at the City Lord's Manor two days ago, does it have anything to do with you?!"

  As soon as those pharmacists with a defeated look on their faces were sent away, Madame Yue's expression turned thoroughly gloomy. "Where exactly were you all that night?"

  "Mother, you don't think I'm the one who broke into the city lord's mansion, do you?"

  Yue Yu struggled to maintain a calm expression. "I'm not that capable, can I really take down dozens of martial artists from that clan by myself? It's even more impossible for me to kill the deputy city lord of Dan Yun City, one of his fingers could poke me to death!"

  The words had barely fallen when a soft, stifled laugh echoed from the dinner table. Yue Yu looked up to see Yue Bingqian smiling brightly, her whole demeanor transformed from the lifeless air she had about her yesterday. It seemed that Hong Fei's proposal had already been relegated to a bad dream in Yue Bingqian's mind.

  "Really?"

  Yue Zhang still had a suspicious look on her face, she remembered that morning, even the thick and oily city patrol officers and martial artists at the south gate seemed to have changed people. Moreover, the clan brother who took over as the general manager of the southern city was extremely polite to her.

  The clan's excuse was that these people were derelict in their duties, allowing suspicious individuals to enter the city, which led to the raid on the city lord's mansion that night. However, Yue Zhangshi always had a feeling that something was not quite right about this.

  "Mother, do you really believe he did this? With his less-than-three-layered Stepping Cloud True Method, let alone the Canglan Sword King, I can take him down in three moves—"

  Yue Bingqian first let out a mocking laugh, then her face revealed a distant thought. "Defeated all the masters of the City Master's Mansion within two quarters of an hour, killed Canglan Sword King and left triumphantly, too formidable! Don't know who that person is after all?"

  Looking at Yue Bingqian's infatuated expression, Yue Zhangshi let out a light hum. Others may not know, but she knew that her son was best at hiding his true abilities. Not to mention the previous Peiyuan Pill, even the recent Wuxing Spirit Pill, she was also aware of it and had even taken it under her son's guidance. However, she found it difficult to determine whether Yue Fei had any other hidden abilities.

  However, what Yue Bingqian said was also right. At Yue Yu's age, if it were said that she had defeated those so-called young geniuses in the clan, she would have believed it without hesitation. But to say that Yue Yu could kill Hong Zheng and injure the Yue Yunjie brothers, that was indeed a bit too exaggerated.

  With a thoughtful expression, Yue Zhangshi shifted her gaze to Ruan Li and raised an eyebrow. This kid had been lowering his head to eat since earlier, if he wasn't guilty, why wouldn't he dare lift his head even once when they were talking? So she couldn't completely dispel her doubts in her heart, even though the deaths of those people in Dan Yun City had nothing to do with them. But that night, it definitely wasn't like what Yue Yu and Ruan Li said, sneaking out to run outside the valley and spending a night outdoors without noticing the time! Most likely there was another hidden reason. Her heart couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Ruan Li used to be such an honest child. As a result of following Yue Yu for less than a year, he had been thoroughly corrupted...

  Looking at the increasingly severe expression in his mother-in-law's eyes, Yue Yu suddenly thought to himself that something was wrong and hastily put on a smiling face to feed his mother-in-law a piece of food. "Mother, Eldest Uncle said that the assassin was injured when he returned, do I look like someone who has been injured now?"

  Yue Zhang's eyebrows relaxed slightly, and for several days, Yue Yu had been walking normally. This morning, she also went to the martial arts arena as usual to practice her swordplay, and indeed, she didn't seem to be injured at all. And when Yue Yongjie mentioned it to her that day, he said that the assassin had already been severely wounded by Canglan Sword King before escaping.

  "Right! It seems that in a few days it will be the ancestral sacrifice, and there is also the clan competition, I don't know what ranking Ali can get?"

  While saying this sentence, in order to divert Yuezhang's attention at the same time, Yue Yu's heart was a daze, and he himself did not understand why he had to keep it from Yuezhang.

  Is it unwilling to face the anger of Mrs. Yue Zhang?

  Although it was indeed an adventure that night, I'm now safely back. At worst, I'll get a beating, but better to suffer short-term pain than long-term.

  Or is he worried that Yue Zhangshi will suspect him?

  Indeed there is such a worry, he is more inclined to adopt a step-by-step approach, which is safer. However, at this point, it's still stubbornly resistant, and it's a bit difficult.

  Yue Yu let out a soft sigh, thinking that for now, he would just have to make do with the current situation. But then he started to feel some anticipation, as the rewards for the clan's grand competition were always either rare medicines or high-grade weapons of level 8 or above. He also wondered what kind of ranking Ruan Li and Lin Zhuo would be able to achieve.

  It has something to do with that Strong Tendon Pill, since the road to Ling Pill is temporarily cut off, then his only hope now is this kind of medicine that is said to be scarce throughout the entire North Ma Yuan.

  Yue Bingqian on the other side also looked at her with excitement, she also knew that Rong Li was already a 9th-level warrior. This strength, if placed in the usual way, would almost certainly be the first place. Yue Zhangshi finally dispelled his doubts and thought to himself: "This child shouldn't be worried about the big competition, right? That's why he's been acting strangely?"