Su Yunmo noticed he was still holding his arms, and there was blood on the trailing edge of his robe.
"It has nothing to do with me, we're not together." She leaned to the side, unwilling to get involved in family squabbles.
Ye Jingkun turned his head, frowned, and grabbed her wrist. His gaze fell on her bright eyes, his fingers itching.
Su Yunmo saw his tightly pursed lips move but remain silent, finding it a bit strange.
Before she could ask.
Ye Jingguang first shouted, "Still saying you're not together! If you're not together, why is he holding you and not letting you go?"
He turned back and commanded, "Dali, Erzhua, Jiaozi, go bite them to death! Including that little bean sprout!"
Three servants came from behind.
Su Yunmo frowned, thinking the names were quite peculiar.
Then, the dog leashes held by the three servants slipped from their hands.
The wolfdogs bared their teeth, saliva dripping from their mouths, and charged forward with fierce barks.
One of them even lunged.
"..."
Dali? Erzhua? Jiaozi?
The wolfdogs whistled as they approached.
A flash of red light crossed Su Yunmo's eyes, and she sternly ordered, "Retreat!"
The wolfdog in mid-air suddenly fell, and the other two also stopped.
They trembled and prostrated themselves, curling their front paws on the ground as if encountering a lion, whimpering.
Everyone was stunned.
Ye Jingguang was confused, his round face creased, "What are you doing, go bite them! Bite!"
Ye Jingkun narrowed his eyes and stared at Su Yunmo, contemplating.
Su Yunmo pointed at the group opposite and calmly uttered a word: "Go."
The three wolfdogs immediately changed direction and charged towards Ye Jingguang and the others.
Ye Jingguang was instantly terrified, "I am your master, how dare you turn on your master!"
Not only dared, but they could also escalate.
One of the wolfdogs bit his calf.
Ye Jingguang let out a scream, and the servants rushed forward to pull the wolfdog away.
"Ahhh! Ye Jingkun, you wait for this prince, this prince will definitely next time... Aoww!" Ye Jingguang tried to issue a threat, but it was too late.
The other two wolfdogs had already pounced.
He could only flee with his servants, screaming.
Su Yunmo sighed inwardly.
Today had been quite lively.
She turned to look at the young man beside her.
She remembered his birth mother was a close maid to the Empress. During the Empress's pregnancy, she approached the Emperor and gained his favor.
No one knew this concubine was pregnant until she gave birth, and she almost died in the process. The Emperor exceptionally granted her the title of Noble Lady Xin.
"This undeserved disaster today is because of you, shouldn't you say something?" Su Yunmo raised an eyebrow.
Although he was Ye Jingyu's brother, and she had saved him, he should at least say thank you.
Ye Jingkun pursed his lips even tighter.
Su Yunmo frowned.
The Second Prince wasn't mute, was he? Or perhaps...
Her gaze fell on the tightly closed thin lips: "Is there something in your mouth?"
Ye Jingkun's eyeballs shifted, and he turned his head to spit out a mouthful of blood.
Something rolled on the ground in the bloody water – a piece of rotten flesh.
Human flesh.
Su Yunmo was surprised, "You bit off a piece of his flesh?"
No wonder Ye Jingguang was chasing him.
But this person was also ruthless, to have carried this piece of flesh so far.
Ye Jingkun stared at her intensely, his voice carrying a sinister tone completely at odds with his delicate features, like two pieces of sandpaper grinding together: "So what?"
Su Yunmo was helpless, nothing really, she just felt: "It's very dirty."
Ye Jingkun froze for a moment, his eyes revealing a darkness unbecoming of his age.
He looked Su Yunmo up and down, wanting to say something, but with great difficulty swallowed his words back.
He looked as if he were observing some rare beast.
After a while.
He straightened up, looked at Su Yunmo deeply again, walked forward, and stepped on the rotten flesh, burying it in the dirt, saying chillingly, "It's gone."
Su Yunmo's eyelids twitched.
As long as you're happy.
"Let's go." She waved her hand, asking no more questions, and walked towards the outside of the academy.
Although she didn't look back, she could still feel his gaze from afar.
Su Yunmo took the withdrawal slip and went out the door. Ziyuan was waiting outside.
Qianxue was also standing nearby.
Su Yunmo looked up at the sky. It was mealtime. "Is your master not eating again?"
Qianxue thought, "You're so smart," but outwardly maintained a serious expression, "Master has something very important to find you for, very important!"
Su Yunmo handed the withdrawal slip to Ziyuan, sending her back: "Then let's go."
She directly got into the carriage of Prince Yu's mansion.
Qianxue personally drove the carriage, taking her to a restaurant.
A private room on the second floor of the restaurant.
Ye Jingyu sat at the dining table, holding a wine glass and drinking.
Su Yunmo stepped in and, smelling the wine, rolled her eyes, "The food isn't great, but you drink plenty of useless wine."
"Nonsense." Ye Jingyu glanced at her and put down his wine glass.
Qianxue followed closely from outside, and two waiters behind her set out the dishes.
Su Yunmo first put a piece of meat into her mouth with her chopsticks, then picked up some vegetables and offered them to him.
Ye Jingyu turned his head, not opening his mouth, and gestured with his eyes for her to look downstairs.
Su Yunmo leaned closer to the window to look.
A moment later, a dandy entered from outside, with several people behind him.
A waiter stepped forward to greet them.
He swaggered and had two tables pushed together.
"Bring all the good wine and meat for our young master," the sycophant commanded.
The dandy ignored the feast and walked directly towards the opera stage.
On the stage, an old man and his daughter, seventeen or eighteen years old, were singing a ballad to entertain the diners.
He jumped onto the stage, pinched the girl's chin, and pulled her into his embrace.
"Master didn't have a good time the other day, if you don't serve me well today, I'll smash this restaurant!"
Su Yunmo casually picked up a cup of wine and drank it, "This play isn't as grand as the one at the Zhao manor that day, not as good."
Ye Jingyu snatched the wine glass, frowning in disapproval, "Have some patience."
"What young age, my concubines are all the same age as your daughter, and they've already had two children!" The voice from below grew louder.
"Do you know who I am? My father is Li Wan, the Minister of Revenue! This restaurant originally belonged to my family!"
Su Yunmo's eyes suddenly darkened.
After Zhao Fengchen left the capital, his properties were confiscated, but the industries were handed over to others.
She had thought it was some businessman who took over, but it turned out to be Li Wan.
If she remembered correctly, Li Wan was promoted by Ye Jingcheng just a year ago.
Qianxue received Ye Jingyu's signal and turned to go downstairs. A moment later, sounds of fighting erupted from downstairs.
Ye Jingyu closed the window, isolating the outside noise.
Su Yunmo frowned, "What on earth is Ye Jingcheng trying to get so much money for?"
When Zhao Fengchen helped him accumulate wealth before, this person had said they had big plans.
After the Zhao family was raided, she hadn't paid much attention to this matter.
For Ye Jingcheng to risk accumulating industries repeatedly under such circumstances, it must be no small matter.
Ye Jingyu poured himself a glass of wine and sneered, "Because Ye Jingcheng has depleted the national treasury."