766: Chapter 503 766: Chapter 503 Ye Qiu ate hurriedly during the banquet and was sent out to patrol.
He had just been informed that someone was bullying the person he liked, and he was already rushing over.
Even if someone notified him while he was on duty, he couldn’t leave his post without someone to replace him.
Desperate to prevent his beloved from being bullied, he begged his brother Ye Shi to take over.
Like the other members of the Ye Family, Ye Shi didn’t want to intervene, but he was afraid that doing so would only make matters worse.
The matter was originally a grudge between women, and even if it were managed, it was not expected that this younger brother-in-law should intervene.
Alternatively, the Old General might step in, or perhaps the elder brother or the families of the sisters-in-law.
With the elder brother away, Ye Shi, as a younger brother, obviously wouldn’t stand idly by.
He watched from the sidelines, ready to assist at the first sign of his sister-in-law being at a disadvantage.
As he watched the excitement, Ye Qiu sent him a message, which he pretended not to hear, not wanting to miss such a lively scene.
It was not every day one saw a princess’s entourage being beaten.
The domineering princess was someone they had long wanted to teach a lesson.
If they couldn’t hit the princess, hitting her maids was just as good.
This was what Ye Shi thought as he observed Cai Xiangxiang’s valiant actions; those maids were no match for her.
It seemed the people around his sister-in-law were also formidable.
Not only was she beautiful, but she was also so capable; no wonder his brother Ye Qiu was so infatuated.
Yan Weiwei later joined in the fight, which made Ye Shi realize that the gentle sister-in-law could also lose her temper and was not someone anyone could just push around like clay.
Ye Shi watched as the princess was sent flying back to the Imperial Palace, with maids raining down from the sky.
He thought such an approach was too cool.
No one dared to treat a princess like that; only Jiang Tang was such an exception, utterly endearing.
It was then that Ye Shi understood why Jiang Tang had so many women around him who liked him.
Besides his appearance, skin, and talents, this protective nature was extremely righteous and likable to women as well.
At that moment, Jiang Tang became Ye Shi’s idol, and Ye Shi even thought about becoming his disciple.
After he had seen enough of the drama, Ye Shi finally switched back with Ye Qiu.
Upon returning, the first thing Ye Qiu did was to see the person he liked, and his heart soured at the sight of another man’s infatuated gaze.
He wasn’t the most powerful, nor could he protect Cai Xiangxiang.
Why was it that something happened while he was on duty?
Thus the family responsibility for protection fell on them as gods, as defenders of the nation, yet he failed to be there at the first moment when his lover was being bullied.
Nor could he protect her when she needed him, something that made a man feel most powerless.
Jiang Tang had protected the person he liked, which made the woman Ye Qiu liked fancy that man.
Although Ye Qiu was filled with a sour heart, he had no choice but to accept the fact.
Jiang Tang had the ability to protect one or many women, but he couldn’t even protect one; such is the difference between people.
He felt jealous of others’ capabilities but didn’t hate them.
He only hated that he didn’t have the ability to protect the person he loved.
He had heard Cai Xiangxiang say many times that she wanted to go home and bring her family to the base.
He had suggested that he could go with Cai Xiangxiang to fetch her family.
But Cai Xiangxiang declined, stating their abilities were insufficient.
If it had been in the past, Ye Qiu would have confidently declared that he had reached Golden Core cultivation and had the power to bring some ordinary people.
But reality forced him to accept that he had previously relied on others’ protection and that against multiple formidable Foundation Establishment Cultivators, his ability was still lacking.
The Martial World had changed, and so had the Cultivation World, especially in recent months since the emergence of those terrorists.
Ever since Jiang Tang, the exceptional Alchemist, appeared, the Cultivation World changed; Golden Core cultivators became as common as cabbages in the marketplace.
Ye Qiu’s previous pride had vanished.
Facing the fact that the person he liked fancied another man, he could only accept with a feeling of helplessness, unable to change the fact that he was not as good as another man.
“Cai Xiangxiang, are you okay?”
When Ye Qiu asked, Cai Xiangxiang didn’t even register it, her attention still fixed on Jiang Tang.
Ye Qiu called out several times before Cai Xiangxiang snapped back to reality, realizing that Ye Qiu was calling her with many people watching them.
“Ye Qiu, what’s the matter??”
Cai Xiangxiang’s response made Ye Qiu feel even more disheartened, but he could only reply with a caring greeting.
“Cai Xiangxiang, are you alright?
Cai Xiangxiang’s expression was somewhat helpless, and her smile was forced as she silently shook her head.
“They couldn’t hurt me, how could anything be wrong?”
Ye Qiu didn’t know what to say next and fell into silence.
Suddenly, the parlor in the courtyard became quiet.
Ye Tian arrived at the Imperial Palace but discovered that the King had not granted him an audience.
Sensing something unusual, and suspecting a ploy by the Princess to lure the tiger away from the mountain, he planned to return but was then entangled by a group of Princes.
“Young General Ye, we heard you have an engagement banquet, and we were just about to attend.
Unfortunately, Father did not permit us to leave, confining us within the Imperial Palace,” said the Eldest Prince, now over twenty years old.
The King had already established a Consort for him, even though he wasn’t officially the Crown Prince, and these siblings with him were of age as well.
“Young General Ye, why is the bridegroom here?” inquired the Third Prince.
“We heard our royal sister went to observe your engagement banquet.
I wonder if Young General Ye saw her?” added Prince Si.