Ye Kunlun chuckled, naturally noticing the trace of annoyance in the Old Madam’s eyes.
“I indeed do not have the Tang family in my sight.”
Ye Kunlun replied with a smile, “To be precise, I do not have the Seven Great Families of the Capital in my sight!”
“Arrogant!” The Old Madam snorted coldly, the anger on her face dissipating, “However, you possess the capability, and thus have the capital for arrogance. I shall not quibble with you.”
“We shall set aside the matter of your engagement to my granddaughter for now. I ask you, if you can cure the strange poison in me, can you restore the Tang family’s lost fortune?”
This was the reason Madam Tang had kept Ye Kunlun.
“No!” Ye Kunlun replied without a second thought, “I can only stop the losses. To reclaim the lost fortune, it depends on what the Tang family does.”
“What should we do?” The Old Madam asked.
“Lend me the Wordless Book,” Ye Kunlun said with a perpetual smile, “Perhaps I can find clues from it to restore the Tang family’s fortune.”
Tang Yalin and Tang Zhuozhuo looked at the Old Madam, awaiting her decision.
After all, neither of them understood the importance of the Wordless Book.
“If you can truly restore the Tang family’s lost fortune, I will lend you the Wordless Book!” The Old Madam presented her condition once more.
Ye Kunlun looked at the Old Madam haggling with him and chuckled, “Old Madam, you are truly a shrewd one.”
“Hmph!” The Old Madam snorted heavily.
“I told you, the Tang family is not qualified to negotiate terms with me. I’m leaving!”
Ye Kunlun waved his hand and turned to leave.
“I’ll lend it to you then!”
The Old Madam’s voice echoed behind Ye Kunlun.
From the very beginning, she had been controlled by Ye Kunlun.
The Wordless Book kept within the Tang family could only maintain their current fortune, but by lending it to Ye Kunlun, there was a possibility of restoring the lost fortune.
Of course, Madam Tang did not trust Ye Kunlun.
Rather, she saw that Tang Zhuozhuo’s feelings for Ye Kunlun were unusual, and coupled with the fact that Ye Kunlun had saved her life, she could only take a gamble.
“If you had said that earlier, it would have been settled,” Ye Kunlun pouted dismissively, appearing ungrateful.
Tang Zhuozhuo glared at Ye Kunlun and opened her lips slightly, “Since Grandma has agreed to lend you the Wordless Book, shouldn’t you cure Grandma’s strange poison first?”
“Don’t worry!”
Ye Kunlun smiled at Tang Zhuozhuo and pointed at Changsun Han, who was lying on the ground, “This fellow is about to wake up. Let’s deal with him first.”
Tang Zhuozhuo glanced at the unconscious Changsun Han, then sent someone to take him away and return him to the Changsun family.
“Aren’t you afraid of retaliation from the Changsun family?”
Tang Zhuozhuo asked Ye Kunlun with a teasing smile.
“I told you, the Seven Great Families of your Capital mean nothing to me,” Ye Kunlun replied indifferently.
“Truly arrogant!” Tang Zhuozhuo shot him a couple of glares.
“Zhuozhuo, Second Brother, you two go out first. I have something to say to young friend Ye.”
The Old Madam spoke, interrupting Ye Kunlun and Tang Zhuozhuo’s conversation.
A moment later.
Only Ye Kunlun and the Old Madam remained in the room.
“Young friend, how did you know that my Tang family possessed a Wordless Book?” The Old Madam’s expression became a bit more solemn.
“I not only know that your Tang family has a Wordless Book, but I also know that each of the Seven Great Families of the Capital possesses one,” Ye Kunlun chuckled, “However, the Seven Great Families of the Capital only know that the Wordless Book is an item for maintaining family fortune, but they do not know its other function.”
“Another function? Does young friend know?”
The Old Madam asked probing.
“Of course!” Ye Kunlun replied, not concealing anything, “It’s just that the other function of the Wordless Book has little to do with the Seven Families. Therefore, Old Madam, it’s best not to ask further. Asking more will only bring harm to the Tang family.”
“Furthermore, the one who wants to steal the Tang family’s fortune must be one of the Seven Families. I think what Old Madam should do next is to first find out which family is stealing the Tang family’s fortune.”
“This is not something young friend needs to worry about. I have another question, where has your old ghost master gone?”
Ye Kunlun raised an eyebrow, not understanding why the Old Madam asked this. He replied indifferently, “Kunlun!”
Upon hearing this, the Old Madam was taken aback. This outcome seemed different from what she had imagined.
“When your old ghost master left back then, he came to my Tang family,” the Old Madam continued.
Ye Kunlun was somewhat surprised and asked, “What did my master say?”
“He told me that the Tang family would face a calamity!” The Old Madam’s expression grew solemn, “I didn’t believe it at the time, but I believe it now.”
“The Tang family’s fortune being stolen is the greatest calamity for the Tang family.”
The Old Madam’s gaze deepened, “I will entrust the strange poison in me to you, young friend.”
“Old Madam seems to be hiding something from me.”
Ye Kunlun sensed something from the Old Madam’s words.
“It concerns the life and death of my Tang family, so naturally, I must conceal it,” the Old Madam snorted, “Don’t think that just because my silly granddaughter likes you, you can be arrogant in front of me.”
Ye Kunlun was somewhat speechless. He was arrogant because he had the capital for arrogance, and it had nothing to do with Tang Zhuozhuo!
“Alright, if Old Madam doesn’t want to say it, then don’t say it,” Ye Kunlun shrugged, “However, I want to tell Old Madam something else. Nangong Lie has also agreed to lend me the Wordless Book.”
The Old Madam was stunned again upon hearing this, clearly shocked by Ye Kunlun’s words.
“You said Nangong Lie also gave you the Wordless Book?”
The Old Madam seemed incredulous.
“Yes!” Ye Kunlun replied, “Within seven days, I will collect it from the Nangong family.”
The Old Madam’s face showed deep contemplation. After a few breaths, she said, “I understand. Come to the Tang family in three days to collect the Wordless Book.”
Ye Kunlun said no more and turned to leave the room.
“Has my grandmother’s strange poison been resolved?”
Tang Zhuozhuo hurried forward to ask when she saw Ye Kunlun emerge.
Ye Kunlun shook his head and replied, “To resolve the Old Madam’s strange poison, we need the help of the Wordless Book.”
Tang Zhuozhuo, with her keen mind, instantly understood Ye Kunlun’s meaning.
“Are you saying that the person who administered the poison will try to seize the Wordless Book when the antidote is being administered?”
Tang Zhuozhuo asked.
Ye Kunlun smiled and nodded, “I didn’t expect you to be so smart, girl. That’s right, this is the poisoner’s true objective, not just to steal that trace of the Tang family’s fortune, but to seize the entire Tang family’s fortune!”
Tang Zhuozhuo’s eyebrows shot up, and her pretty face became cold with displeasure.
Tang Yalin was even more enraged, “Who exactly is it? To be so malicious as to want to steal our Tang family’s millennium of fortune, they’d better have the ability!”
Ye Kunlun glanced at Tang Yalin and shook his head.
The opponent had been making plans for three years.
Yet, the Tang family was unaware that they were facing a great calamity. In this game, the Tang family had already lost half.
However, who was it that appeared at this moment?
“Ye Kunlun,” Tang Zhuozhuo looked at Ye Kunlun with a serious expression and asked, “Can you protect the Wordless Book?”
Ye Kunlun looked at the serious Tang Zhuozhuo and smiled, “With the Wordless Book in my hands, not even the gods and Buddhas of the Nine Heavens can take it away!”