Pill Refining, Beast Taming: The Trash Young Lady is the Hidden Empress - chapter 6

Chapter 6

Ye Ranyin did not care about the attitude of the crowd.

After giving Wen Wanqing a calm glance, she said to the Wen Family Head, “If you want to discuss the annulment, that’s fine. However, before that, I have an account to settle with your Second Miss Wen, and it must be made clear.”

The Wen Family Head frowned at this and turned to Wen Wanqing beside him, “You owe her something? What does our Wen Family lack, that you would go borrow from a good-for-nothing?”

Wen Wanqing’s pale face was filled with shock and uncertainty. She couldn’t understand how Ye Ranyin, who was usually timid as a mouse, would dare-dare to demand repayment from her in public.

After scolding his granddaughter, the Wen Family Head said to Ye Ranyin, “Rest assured, whatever Wanqing owes you, our Wen Family will repay in full. We would never default.”

“Good.” Ye Ranyin applauded. “I appreciate the Wen Family Head’s generosity.”

With a bright smile, Ye Ranyin continued, “Today, Second Miss Wen invited me to the countryside manor for an outing. I arrived as agreed, but for some reason, I didn’t see Second Miss Wen-instead, I encountered assassins.”

The crowd was instantly in an uproar.

“Is that true?”

“Could those assassins have been sent by Second Miss Wen?”

“Impossible! Second Miss Wen is the goddess of many young people in Qingyang City. How could she do such a thing?”

While everyone was still shocked, Ye Ranyin pressed Wen Wanqing further, “I wonder if Second Miss Wen can explain what happened with those assassins?”

Wen Wanqing dug her fingertips hard into her palm, forcing herself to stay composed. “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

Ye Ranyin is talking nonsense-there were no assassins. Although she did want Ye Ranyin dead, she feared Ye Caiwei’s revenge if Ye Ranyin’s mother returned.

So she only sent Li Mazi to ruin Ye Ranyin’s reputation, intending to use that to force Ye Ranyin to annul the engagement. Unexpectedly, the people she sent to “catch them in the act” reported that Li Mazi was dead and Ye Ranyin was missing.

She had thought Ye Ranyin had died out there, but not only did Ye Ranyin return alive, she even dared to publicly expose what happened today.

“I’m lying? Are you saying you didn’t invite me, or that you didn’t send assassins to kill me?”

Just as Wen Wanqing was about to argue, a sudden jingling-ding ling~ ding ling~-rang out.

Ye Ranyin had woven an illusion with the Empress Soul Bell.

Wen Wanqing’s mind grew hazy, and she forgot what she meant to say. Instead, she blurted out her plan, “Grandfather, brother, you don’t need to pay attention to that good-for-nothing Ye Ranyin!

Today, I tricked Ye Ranyin into going to the manor and sent Li Mazi to ruin her reputation. Later, we just need to go to the manor to ‘catch them in the act’ and force her to annul the engagement herself!”

As soon as she finished, everyone present heard her words clearly and another uproar broke out.

“Heavens, those people really were sent by Second Miss Wen?”

“Unbelievable! Second Miss Wen, who always seemed so gentle and lovely, is actually so vicious!”

“Is she crazy? It’s bad enough to use such dirty tricks, but she even dares to admit it in public?”

“And look at her, so smug and unrepentant-it’s chilling. There’s not a trace of noblewoman’s grace left…”

“Ye Ranyin is truly pitiful. Already considered a good-for-nothing, and now she’s being schemed against like this…”

As the crowd discussed, they looked sympathetically at Ye Ranyin, who was slowly walking toward Wen Wanqing.

The crimson bell on Ye Ranyin’s ankle chimed with each step, producing a clear and pleasant ding ling sound, offering a perfect feast for both the eyes and ears.

The Wen Family Head slapped Wen Wanqing hard across the face. “Wretched girl, what nonsense are you spouting? Shut your mouth!”

Unfortunately, trapped in the illusion woven by Ye Ranyin with the Empress Soul Bell, Wen Wanqing could no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. After being struck by the Wen Family Head, she complained aggrievedly, “Grandfather, why are you hitting me? I’m doing this for brother and the Wen Family! You said yourself, if you weren’t uncertain about Ye Caiwei’s fate, you would have dealt with that good-for-nothing Ye Ranyin long ago!”
“Oh? I didn’t expect the assassin I imagined to turn out to be such a despicable character.” At this moment, Ye Ranyin had already gracefully walked up to the grandfather and granddaughter, the corner of her lips curling into a cold arc as she asked indifferently, “So, the reason you didn’t kill me was simply because you were afraid my mother would come back for revenge?”

The Wen Family Head’s face looked unpleasant. Just as he was about to order someone to cover Wen Wanqing’s mouth, Wen Wanqing spoke up: “No, it’s not just that! Ye Ranyin, that useless trash, actually dared to covet my brother. Wouldn’t killing her be letting her off too easily? I want her to live, to watch helplessly as my brother rises to glory while she’s powerless, to let her spend her whole life suffering the pain of loving but never attaining…”

“Enough!”

The Wen Family Head chopped his palm onto Wen Wanqing’s nape, knocking her unconscious.

Ye Ranyin looked at him with a half-smile: “So, Wen Family Head, how do you think we should settle this account?”

The Wen Family Head’s cheek twitched, his eyes looking at Ye Ranyin with hostility. He knew his granddaughter well; with Wen Wanqing’s temperament, she would never expose her own shortcomings in public. For her to suddenly say such things, something must have gone wrong.

In fact, from the moment Ye Ranyin appeared today, he had felt something was off.

This useless girl had always been timid and weak, always dodging and yielding when she saw him. How could she dare to press him so relentlessly now? If he hadn’t watched her grow up, he would have suspected she’d been swapped with someone else.

He had even just wondered if Ye Ranyin had done something to Wen Wanqing to make her act so abnormally, but quickly dismissed the thought.

After all, Ye Ranyin was just a useless trash.

There was no way she could shake his granddaughter, whose talent was only slightly inferior to his grandson’s.

“What do you want?”

The Wen Family Head asked Ye Ranyin in a cold tone.

Ye Ranyin raised her brows: “I’m a reasonable person. She didn’t intend to kill me, so naturally, I won’t take her life.”

Her words drew a cold snort; everyone knew that Ye Ranyin, this useless trash, had no ability to threaten Wen Wanqing’s life.

“So? What exactly do you want?”

“It’s simple. The matter between me and her, we’ll settle it ourselves. I hope the Wen Family Head and everyone else will not interfere.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd’s expressions became strange.

“Just that?”

The Wen Family Head couldn’t help but ask.

Was Ye Ranyin out of her mind?

His granddaughter was a talented cultivator, already at the Spirit Martial Fifth Layer, one of the outstanding figures among the younger generation.

And Ye Ranyin, a useless trash whom even the Ye Family was reluctant to care for, actually wanted to take revenge on Wen Wanqing by herself?

Wasn’t this pure fantasy?

“Just that.”

Ye Ranyin nodded in confirmation.

The Wen Family Head sneered, “Fine, I agree. But if you end up defeated by Wanqing, don’t regret it. And don’t forget your promise to break off the engagement.”

“As long as I can vent this anger, anything is negotiable.” Ye Ranyin said, her meaningful gaze landing on Wen Wanqing.

Afraid Wen Wanqing would suffer a loss, the Wen Family Head woke her up again.

Just regaining consciousness, Wen Wanqing was still not fully out of the illusion woven by Ye Ranyin using the Empress Soul Bell, when Ye Ranyin slapped her so hard she nearly toppled over like a tumbler: “This slap is because you betrayed ‘my’ trust and friendship.”