"Hey, why are you crying?"
Ye Kunlun, though flustered, quickly regained his composure. But the moment he spoke, Changsun Qingwan cried even harder.
"Alright, stop crying, or I'll strip off your clothes!"
Ye Kunlun glared at Changsun Qingwan and uttered a harsh threat to scare her.
As expected, upon hearing Ye Kunlun's threat to strip her, Changsun Qingwan abruptly stifled her sobs, looking at him with teary eyes.
"Didn't you say you wanted to settle accounts with me?" Ye Kunlun was truly speechless. "You can't beat me in a fight, and now you're crying? What kind of behavior is this? Do the women of your Changsun family only know how to cry, make a scene, and hang themselves?"
Ye Kunlun directly lectured Changsun Qingwan.
Changsun Qingwan looked at Ye Kunlun with teary eyes and said plaintively, "No man has ever kissed me since I was little."
"I was just forcefully kissed by someone!"
Ye Kunlun was incensed. "Why wasn't I crying?"
"Undo my pressure points!" Changsun Qingwan said.
Ye Kunlun sized her up, guessing her intentions. "If I undo your pressure points, do you promise not to cause trouble?"
"I promise!"
Ye Kunlun quickly tapped her chest twice.
Changsun Qingwan regained her strength and immediately lunged to slap Ye Kunlun across the face.
Fortunately, Ye Kunlun reacted quickly and blocked her slap. "We agreed you wouldn't cause trouble. Do you think I wouldn't dare to actually strip you?"
Hearing Ye Kunlun threaten her with that again, Changsun Qingwan hastily withdrew her hand and huffed.
"If I lost, I lost. I never said I wouldn't admit it!" Changsun Qingwan was inherently proud.
She wouldn't renege on a lost bet.
"Changsun Han's debt is settled, now let's settle Changsun Che's," Ye Kunlun provocatively said to Changsun Qingwan. "How do you want to settle it?"
The thought of being kissed by Ye Kunlun earlier left Changsun Qingwan with no mind to settle accounts with him regarding Changsun Che.
She directly reached out and demanded, "Give me the marriage contract, and all our accounts will be settled."
Changsun Qingwan's primary objective today was to retrieve her marriage contract with Ye Kunlun.
As long as her marriage contract remained in his possession, she would be controlled by Ye Kunlun, and the Changsun family would also be at his mercy.
For herself and the Changsun family, she had to get the marriage contract back first.
"You want the marriage contract?" Ye Kunlun chuckled. "What is it? You want to break the marriage agreement your Changsun family made with my master back then?"
"I don't want to break the contract, but I feel we're not suited for each other. Besides, we are both adults, and matters of marriage should be decided by oneself. Don't you think so?"
Changsun Qingwan, with her sharp tongue, retorted to Ye Kunlun.
"Mmm," Ye Kunlun nodded. "I think so too. Matters of marriage should indeed be decided by oneself."
"Then why aren't you quickly giving me the marriage contract? We'll owe each other nothing afterward."
Changsun Qingwan kept bringing up the marriage contract.
"As you said, matters of marriage should be decided by oneself. I think we are quite suited for each other. So what do we do?"
Ye Kunlun's face held a smile, his tone always tinged with a hint of teasing.
This put Changsun Qingwan in a passive position. She wanted to get angry but remembered she couldn't beat Ye Kunlun and was afraid he would really strip her.
"Then what will it take for you to give me the marriage contract?"
Changsun Qingwan calmed down, her delicate eyes regaining their former composure.
Ye Kunlun shrugged and replied with a smile, "Sorry, I don't intend to return the marriage contract to you for now.
Moreover, I beat up Changsun Che and Changsun Han. With the marriage contract in my hands, it also serves as a protective charm, don't you think?
Once the Changsun family dares to lay a hand on me, the contents of the marriage contract will be made public, and it will be the Changsun family's reputation that suffers."
Upon hearing this, Changsun Qingwan's expression turned colder. "As long as you hand over the marriage contract, I guarantee that no one from the Changsun family will trouble you, and you will be absolutely safe in the capital!"
"Heh heh."
Ye Kunlun sneered. "The capital is a melting pot of all sorts. Even if your Changsun family has eyes everywhere, they might not have the ability."
As he spoke, a playful glint appeared in Ye Kunlun's eyes, making Changsun Qingwan feel a prickle of unease.
"I'm actually more curious, is your purpose in getting the marriage contract back to marry into Shanhe Tai?"
Ye Kunlun gazed at Changsun Qingwan. If she lied, she would absolutely not escape his scrutiny.
Hearing Ye Kunlun's words, Changsun Qingwan's delicate brows furrowed, showing a hint of annoyance. "What do you take me for, Changsun Qingwan? I told you, I want to decide matters of my own marriage."
"Whether I marry you or marry into Shanhe Tai, it must be my own choice. No one can force me."
Ye Kunlun was unimpressed and said coldly, "No one? What about Changsun Changkong? Or perhaps Daoist Wuji? With your current strength, it's probably very difficult to defy their arrangements!"
Changsun Qingwan fell into a brief silence.
Ye Kunlun's words left her unable to refute.
Born into the Changsun family and being a woman, her greatest value to the family was to find a greater backing for it.
Nothing could better demonstrate a woman's worth within the family than this.
Even though the Changsun family was already one of the Seven Great Families in the capital, Changsun Changkong's ambitions were far from limited.
He wanted the Changsun family to advance further, to become the leader of the Seven Great Families, to become related to the imperial family, and to restore the prosperity of a thousand years ago.
Changsun Qingwan knew she couldn't change the current situation in a short time, but she would strive to do so.
"I know you won't believe what I say!"
Changsun Qingwan broke the silence, looking at Ye Kunlun and sighing softly. "But I will strive for my own freedom."
"Alright," Ye Kunlun interrupted Changsun Qingwan. "I'm not interested in your freedom or anything of that sort. Whether you marry into Shanhe Tai or not, I have no interest. As for the marriage contract... I can't give it to you for now!"
"You!"
Changsun Qingwan showed some annoyance. "You can ask for any request."
"Any request?" Ye Kunlun's expression turned playful. Many people had said this to him before.
"Of course... not for anything sordid."
Changsun Qingwan, recalling Ye Kunlun's forceful kiss, quickly added, her cheeks turning slightly red.
"Never mind!"
Ye Kunlun feigned a lack of interest. "I'm in a bad mood today. I'll talk about it when I'm in a better mood!"
With that, Ye Kunlun stopped paying attention to Changsun Qingwan and turned to leave.
Changsun Qingwan was filled with frustration, not expecting Ye Kunlun to be so difficult. She couldn't even get the marriage contract back when she personally intervened.
After thinking for a moment, Changsun Qingwan decided not to give up and followed Ye Kunlun.
Ye Kunlun couldn't be bothered with her; if she wanted to follow, let her.
It wasn't until they returned to Wujian Yu that Wudao saw Changsun Qingwan following them and his eyes widened.
"Changsun Qingwan! Young Master, why did you bring this jinx back?!"
Wudao shouted loudly.