Yang Chen looked at Master Ye and smiled, "Firstly, tell me where you got these bizarre things."
Master Ye frowned and said to Yang Chen, "Xiaoyang, I advise you not to ask. Knowing it won't do you any good!"
Yang Chen shook his head, "If I don't know, how can I help you solve your problems?"
"Is it necessarily related?"
"Whether it is or not depends on how you think!" Yang Chen was unwavering.
Yang Chen had already speculated some things; he just needed to confirm them now.
Master Ye hesitated, frowning in thought.
After a long time, Master Ye raised his head and said to Yang Chen, "I still can't tell you! I've already wronged Old Yang; I can't harm you too! I've lived to ninety-nine; that's enough. I can die in peace!"
Upon hearing the words 'Old Yang', Yang Chen's eyes flashed sharply.
"Who is the Old Yang you're referring to?" Yang Chen stared at Master Ye.
Master Ye was stunned, his eyes flickering evasively.
He almost forgot that Yang Chen still didn't know about his background, and nearly slipped up!
"Right!" Yang Chen suddenly remembered something and said to Master Ye, "Was the marriage document Ye Xin showed me real? Wasn't it your arrangement for me and Ye Xin's engagement back then?"
Yang Chen suddenly realized that his identity might not be so simple.
Being able to be engaged to Ye Xin with Master Ye's consent, his family background was probably not simple either!
Master Ye knew he had spoken too much, letting out a sigh, "That's right, your engagement with Xinxin back then was arranged by me!"
Since the conversation had reached this point, Master Ye decided not to hide it anymore, looking at Yang Chen with kind eyes, he said slowly, "Back in Ningchuan, your grandfather and I were very close. You might not remember, but when you were a child, you loved playing with Xinxin, and you loved sticking to me, often having meals at my house..."
Everything Master Ye mentioned, Yang Chen couldn't remember at all.
"There's nothing we can do; it's all in the past..." Master Ye sighed.
Yang Chen stared at Master Ye and asked, "What exactly happened with our family back then? Why did my parents abandon me?"
Master Ye shook his head, looking at Yang Chen, "Child! Remember this, your parents didn't abandon you. They were protecting you! Everything they did was to protect you!"
"Protecting me?" Yang Chen frowned, "What exactly happened?"
Master Ye shook his head and said to Yang Chen, "Sorry, child, I still can't tell you!"
"Why?" Yang Chen couldn't help but clench his fists.
Back then, Ye Xin concealed things from him, and he didn't press her because many years had passed, and knowing or not knowing was no longer significant to Yang Chen, especially because his focus was entirely on Ye Xin.
But now, knowing that his parents might have had an accident to protect him, he couldn't just hold back!
Master Ye said to Yang Chen, "Child! When the time is right, I will definitely tell you! I promise!" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
Yang Chen stared at Master Ye, his eyes like an eagle's, flashing coldly.
After a long time, Yang Chen sighed and said to Master Ye, "One day, I will find out the truth!"
Master Ye bowed his head and sighed.
Yang Chen said, "Now, tell me, is the person who gave you this method related to Ye Xin?"
Master Ye looked at Yang Chen in surprise and then fell silent again.
Seeing Master Ye's expression, Yang Chen sneered and said to Master Ye, "The only ones who could have such capabilities are probably Ye Xin's Sect, right? Previously, someone named Shangxi and Shangrang came to find Ye Xin, intending to take her away. I injured them, and I disabled one of them. If I'm not mistaken, you are also connected with these people!"
Master Ye was shocked upon hearing this, staring at Yang Chen incredulously, "You injured their people?"
"That's right!" Yang Chen nodded solemnly to Master Ye, "I said, no one can take Ye Xin from me unless they walk over my dead body!"
Looking at Yang Chen's determined gaze, Master Ye couldn't help but frown deeply.
Now, Master Ye's mind was in turmoil.
Yang Chen had injured those people.
Which meant, Yang Chen's strength was also terrifying because Master Ye knew well the strength of those people.
Additionally, now that Yang Chen was also aware of Ye Xin's Sect, Master Ye worried about potential troubles arising from this.
This made Master Ye extremely worried.
"Was it them?" Yang Chen asked.
Master Ye sighed and said slowly, "Yes, it was them!"
"I knew it!" Yang Chen sneered, "They're like unyielding ghosts!"
Master Ye stared at Yang Chen, feeling complicated emotions.
He originally didn't want to involve Yang Chen, but in the end, Yang Chen still got pulled in.
"Yang Chen, I advise you not to provoke them. These people are very powerful, beyond your ability to handle!" Master Ye warned.
Yang Chen nodded, showing an indifferent attitude.
"The things on you must be removed quickly; otherwise, you'll end up as a puppet, with a bunch of bugs controlling the immortal body, taking charge of the Ye family!" Yang Chen stated coldly.
Hearing this, Master Ye couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.
Thinking of the Sect's approach, Master Ye found it terrifying.
"No way!" Master Ye clenched his fists, saying firmly, "Even if I die, I won't become someone else's puppet, letting the Ye family fall under others' control!"
Yang Chen sneered and stared at Master Ye, "I can help you remove the bugs and even use conventional methods to treat your body, increase your vitality, and prolong your life, but it all comes with a price!"
"A price?" Master Ye frowned.
Yang Chen smiled, "That's right, I'm being the villain for once; if you agree not to hinder the matter between me and Ye Xin, I'll treat you!"
Hearing this, Master Ye couldn't help but smile wryly.
He shook his head, "You know I won't agree."
Yang Chen couldn't help but frown, asking, "Why not?"
Master Ye shook his head, "There's no reason. All I can say is that I won't oppose you being with Ye Xin for the time being, but if you want me to acknowledge your relationship, it's absolutely impossible!"
Hearing this, Yang Chen couldn't help but frown.
Master Ye's words were ambiguous and vague!
His words carried a hint of agreement yet another layer of meaning that left Yang Chen unsure of what exactly it was.
"Alright!" Yang Chen said helplessly, "After all, you are Ye Xin's grandfather!"
With that said, Yang Chen stood up and walked out.
Master Ye watched Yang Chen's back, a look of recollection on his face.
He seemed to reminisce about the time in Ningchuan, when nothing was too developed, and there wasn't even the internet, with people rarely watching TV.
At noon, everyone relaxed in the shade, he and Old Yang played chess under the tree, and the children ran around and played beside them...
"Time... goes by so quickly!" Master Ye sighed.