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Outside the hotel, a gentle breeze stirred a stray lock of Lan Cai's hair as she stood by Li Xiaoyao's side, a feeling of boundless security rising within her.

Although today's events had led to a complete break with the Lan Family and set her against the Zheng Family like fire and water, she wasn't worried at all.

It was as if with Li Xiaoyao by her side, she could disregard everything else.

"Thank you, Xiao Ya," Lan Cai said softly.

Xiao Ya shook her head, smiling, "No need to thank me, even without me, they wouldn't dare to do anything to Mr. Li."

Now that Lan Cai, the main party involved, had appeared, Xiao Ya restrained herself a lot and didn't dare to make any intimate moves with Li Xiaoyao.

"Go back early. Whenever the Xiao Family needs my help in the future, just come to me, I won't refuse." Xiao Ya's actions today had earned this promise from Li Xiaoyao.

"Don't worry, I won't be polite," Xiao Ya said with a sweet smile, though her heart was somewhat torn.

There was a time when her purpose for interacting with Li Xiaoyao was to secure his commitment, but now that the day had come, she realized that her relationship with Li Xiaoyao seemed to have become one of a transaction of benefits.

If she wanted to take a step further, it seemed rather difficult.

"I'll take it slow," Xiao Ya comforted herself.

Taking Lan Cai's soft hand, Li Xiaoyao said, "Let's go."

...

Inside the venue, the charity dinner was completely altered by the appearance of Li Xiaoyao.

At the moment, the venue was in chaos. Zheng Bihui got up from the ground, angrily dropping a threatening line at Lan Shili: "Your Lan Family's Lan Cai is really something, not only promiscuous but also conspired with outsiders to beat me. Your Lan Family can forget about forming marital ties with the Zheng Family, and I won't lend the Lan Family a single penny."

After saying this, Zheng Bihui left in a rage, leaving Lan Shili somewhat embarrassed.

Seeing there was no further excitement to watch, the rest of the people also left.

Lan Shili surveyed the room and asked, "Does anyone know who this Li Xiaoyao really is?"

Lan Hetu and others remained silent, having no clue who this young man was.

Standing to one side, Xu Wan and Lan Tian had their heads lowered, glancing around uneasily.

Lan Shili looked at Xu Wan and said, "Xu Wan, you speak."

Xu Wan shook her head repeatedly, her heart in a tumult: "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Lan Shili snorted coldly, "If you don't know, then what did Li Xiaoyao mean by what he said earlier?"

He had clearly seen that when Li Xiaoyao had said, "I'll spare your life because you are Lan Cai's elder," he was speaking to Xu Wan.

Seeing no way to avoid it, Xu Wan sighed and said, "He is from Ling City, was once Lan Cai's bodyguard; that's all I know."

"Cai'er's bodyguard?"

"How dare a mere bodyguard be so disrespectful to my Lan Family? He must have another identity; otherwise, he would not be treated as an honored guest by the Xiao Family," Lan Shili mused with a frown.

"Uncle, I know something..." Lan Tian's timid voice rose.

Lan Shili snapped, "If you know something, then speak."

Lan Tian raised his head, feeling fearful, but after weighing his options, he felt that if he kept silent, it could bring unnecessary trouble to the Lan Family.

"He and Liu Chengxiang are fellow disciples."

"Liu Chengxiang?" Lan Shili didn't recall immediately, feeling the name sounded familiar. A few seconds later, it clicked, and he exclaimed in surprise, "The Liu Chengxiang from the Yin-Yang Assembly?"

Lan Tian nodded with difficulty.

Lan Shili immediately searched the venue for Liu Chengxiang's figure, only to find he had already left.

"How do you know this?" Lan Shili demanded.

Not daring to conceal anything, Lan Tian told the truth: "Today at noon, when I went to the Hilton to pick up some people from the Lan Family of Xiangxi, I encountered Li Xiaoyao in the hotel. He claimed to know Liu Cheng."

"He says he knows him, but who knows if it's true or just bragging?" Lan Lan scoffed. He disliked Li Xiaoyao intensely.

Lan Tian then said, "Not long after, Liu Chengxiang came up."

"You've met Liu Chengxiang? Just anyone can claim to be Master Liu," Lan Lan continued to question.

Lan Tian shook his head, speaking with some trepidation, "I thought the same at first, but at the banquet tonight, I saw Master Liu, and it was the same person I saw at the hotel at noon."

Upon hearing this, Lan Shili's pupils constricted, and Lan Lan was at a loss for words.

"Why didn't you speak of such a matter sooner?" Lan Shili angrily awaited Lan Tian's explanation, feeling a powerless frustration akin to hating that iron could not become steel.

Lan Tian bowed her head in panic and said, "I wanted to... but... but..."

"Alright, no need for explanations, everyone go back," Lan Shili sighed and waved his hand weakly.

What had happened today had already happened, and regret was of no use.

Initially, he had thought that Li Xiaoyao was just a scion from some big family and hadn't taken it seriously.

But now, knowing that Li Xiaoyao was actually fellow sect members with Liu Chengxiang, Lan Tian couldn't help but regret her rashness.

However, why hadn't Master Liu intervened just now?

Lan Shili was momentarily stunned, yes, considering the situation just now, it was quite unreasonable that Liu Chengxiang did not step forward.

Pulling out his phone, Lan Shili found Liu Chengxiang's number and quickly dialed it.

"Master Liu," the phone connected, and Lan Shili spoke with respectful tone.

Before he could beat around the bush with his interrogation, Liu Chengxiang already said, "This is a dispute between your Lan Family and him; it has nothing to do with me."

After speaking, the call was disconnected.

Lan Shili pondered over the words of Liu Chengxiang, secretly guessing from the master's tone that his relationship with his fellow sect member Li Xiaoyao was seemingly not very good.

Feeling somewhat relieved inside, Lan Shili's mood improved quite a bit.

...

In the hotel, Li Xiaoyao had finished bathing and was now wrapped in a bathrobe, sitting cross-legged on the sofa practicing cultivation.

Steam was rising in the bathroom.

Lan Cai's graceful and perfect figure was faintly visible through the frosted glass, her silhouette alone was enough to quicken the pulse.

After bathing, Lan Cai came out wrapped in a bath towel and saw Li Xiaoyao meditating, she asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Opening his eyes, Li Xiaoyao swept his gaze over her body, and the little brother shamefully sprang up.

"Come here," Li Xiaoyao looked at her with a teasing smile.

Her cheeks turning red, Lan Cai walked over shyly.

The two had already shared intimate moments, but the circumstances at that time were different.

Back then, Lan Cai had embraced the idea of not leaving any regrets in her youth, and given herself to Li Xiaoyao.

But now, with everything back to normal, the unease of being alone in a room with a man made Lan Cai feel shy.

Li Xiaoyao seemed to notice her bashfulness and, although he really wanted to press her down on the sofa, he ultimately restrained himself.

Li Xiaoyao took out the Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Refining Pill and said, "Eat this."

Lan Cai asked out of curiosity, "What is this?"

"Pill Medicine," Li Xiaoyao replied. "Eat it first, and after you've finished, I'll tell you some things."

Taking the pill, Lan Cai didn't harbor any defenses against Li Xiaoyao, believing he would not harm her.

"It smells really good," Lan Cai said like a sprite, sniffing it with her nose, her red lips parted slightly as she popped the pill into her mouth.
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