Though the face was not the one in his memory, it felt so familiar.
Could it be that he misidentified someone he had painstakingly remembered?
Thinking this, Elder Wang Yuan’s expression turned even more serious. He looked at Yi Zhiye and asked in a cold voice, "May I ask, madam, who is this?"
Shen Xiaoyan’s face was filled with anger, but her gaze was still directed towards Yi Zhiye.
After seeing Yi Zhiye’s continued behavior, she let out a sneer and turned back, "What? You didn't know that the elders of Medicine Emperor Valley had such a preference? If Elder Wang Yuan fancies him, then he can have him."
Saying this, Shen Xiaoyan turned her head to look at Yi Zhiye again, "Wang Er, since Elder Wang Yuan fancies you, you will stay and serve him."
With that, Shen Xiaoyan flicked her sleeve and left.
Shen Xiaoyan had already walked several meters away when her clear, cold voice still echoed from afar.
"If you whine any more, I won't serve you."
Elder Wang Yuan was so angry he felt choked. He was actually called ugly!
He looked at Yi Zhiye again and calmed down.
After Shen Xiaoyan left, everyone else followed her. Now, only Elder Mu and Yi Zhiye remained standing there.
Yi Zhiye was also looking directly at him at this moment, his eyes showing unconcealed annoyance.
"The young lady is absolutely right. Ugly people really cause trouble. How old are they, and they still have such tastes. It's a pity that my handsome and dashing self has to stoop to serving a foul old man."
"I wonder if the young lady will feel unaccustomed when I'm no longer by her side?"
"What if the young lady is hungry or thirsty? What if she feels like hitting someone?"
"Will there ever be anyone in this world who treats the young lady the way I do?"
Before Elder Wang Yuan could finish speaking, Yi Zhiye sighed heavily, causing Elder Wang Yuan’s eyelids to twitch.
As if that weren't enough, Yi Zhiye even took out a pink handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corner of his eyes.
His pink clothes, the delicate way he held the handkerchief, his high-pitched voice – all of it made Elder Wang Yuan’s heart tremble.
He was beginning to doubt if his old eyes had deceived him.
After all, even though it had been a very long time, Yi Zhiye’s father was the Second Elder of the Sun Heat Sect.
Would Yi Maodun have taught his son to be like this?
No, or rather, would he have allowed his son to turn out like this?
He could imagine it with his eyes closed.
If Yi Zhiye dared to act like this in front of Yi Maodun, his legs would be broken in an instant.
Was this person truly Yi Zhiye?
Despite his suspicions, Elder Wang Yuan was unwilling to let Yi Zhiye leave just like that.
What if Yi Zhiye was enduring humiliation and deliberately acting this way?
With this thought, Elder Wang Yuan slowly walked towards Yi Zhiye.
He stared intently at Yi Zhiye’s face, and before he knew it, he had reached Yi Zhiye. His hand even touched Yi Zhiye’s face.
Unbeknownst to him, more than ten people were now standing by the previously empty doorway, all staring at Elder Wang Yuan with utter shock.
Elder Wang Yuan was oblivious to this. In his eyes and heart, only Yi Zhiye existed at this moment.
Yi Zhiye, suppressing the urge to slap Elder Wang Yuan to death, suddenly let out a startled cry and waved his hand with a delicate flick of his wrist, retreating a few steps. The look of disgust on his face was as if he had just been touched by a pile of excrement.
"You old man, have you no shame? Even if the young lady gave me to you, you don't need to be so impatient?"
Everyone could hear the indignation and anger in Yi Zhiye's words.
But Elder Wang Yuan seemed not to hear him. He walked back to Yi Zhiye, raised his hand, and reached out to touch Yi Zhiye’s face again.
Everyone clearly saw Yi Zhiye trying to stop him and avoid him, but he was restrained by Elder Wang Yuan’s hand while the other hand acted freely.
Then, everyone watched as Elder Wang Yuan’s rough right hand rubbed and tugged at Yi Zhiye’s smooth and delicate skin.
It was as if he was trying to peel the skin off Yi Zhiye’s face.
This truly frightened everyone. They never expected that the usually stoic Elder Wang Yuan would have such a side.
Elder Mu, though inwardly bursting with laughter, maintained a surprised expression.
He stepped forward, pulled Elder Wang Yuan’s arm, and said in a low voice, "No matter how eager you are, you should at least wait until you're back in your room. To act like this in front of so many disciples, your reputation..."
Before Elder Mu could finish, Elder Wang Yuan came to his senses.
He looked at his hand in surprise and then turned to look at Elder Mu.
Seeing Elder Mu looking towards the doorway, he also turned his head.
When he saw the more than ten disciples standing at the door looking at him with expressions of both surprise and apprehension, he was both shocked and angry.
What on earth had just happened?
Elder Wang Yuan was stunned!
But he couldn’t say anything.
He himself was a master of medicine. How could he say he had been drugged and his mind was confused?
Even if he said it, no one present would likely believe him.
Therefore, Elder Wang Yuan merely said with a darkened face, "Don't you all have anything better to do? What are you doing here?"
Seeing Elder Wang Yuan throw a tantrum, the disciples quickly retreated, their original purpose completely forgotten in their fear.
Elder Wang Yuan’s face was grim. Just as he was about to ponder what had happened, he heard Elder Mu’s teasing voice, "Who would have thought that in old age, Elder Wang Yuan would find such a new hobby."
Saying this, Elder Mu walked away with his hands behind his back.
A flash of shame and anger crossed Elder Wang Yuan’s face, and then he loudly called out to stop Elder Mu, "Brother Mu, please stay. Please take him away with you and hand him over to that young lady from before."
He was somewhat embarrassed that he had never known Shen Xiaoyan's name.
Fortunately, Elder Mu's attention was not on this. He pointed at Yi Zhiye and said, "Didn't you ask for him from Madam Shen earlier? Why don't you want him now? Is it out of shyness? You don't need to be shy, no one will say anything about you. After all, everyone has their preferences, don't you agree?"
Elder Wang Yuan was dumbfounded. When did he develop such a perversion?
"I’m not..." Elder Wang Yuan waved his hand, trying to explain.
But Elder Mu did not give him a chance to explain. "Elder Wang Yuan, you don't need to say anything more. We are all men, what is there that I don't understand?"
Saying this, Elder Mu put on a bright smile.
Elder Wang Yuan found this smile particularly jarring. What men, not men.
They had known each other for hundreds of years, and to say such things now was simply to disgust him.
Elder Wang Yuan took a deep breath and no longer lingered on the matter. "You should still take this person and return him to Madam Shen. I cannot endure such a gem."
Elder Mu looked at Elder Wang Yuan’s purple and green face and was inwardly overjoyed.
Finally, there was a day when he could watch Elder Wang Yuan suffer but be unable to do anything about it.
However, he still shook his head. "How can this be? After all, it was you just now..."
Elder Wang Yuan said sternly, "Just take him away, I will speak to her about the rest."
Hearing this, Elder Mu no longer said anything. He turned to Yi Zhiye and said, "Since Elder Wang Yuan doesn't want you, you should follow me and find your young lady."
Watching the two walk out one after the other, Elder Wang Yuan felt an indescribable emotion.
His life had been considered glorious, and he had come out on top many times, but never like this.
Furthermore, was this coming out on top?
This was simply too shameful.
Whenever Elder Wang Yuan thought of the scene just now, he felt disgusted, as if he had swallowed a fly.
But he still couldn't say anything.
He sighed and turned into the inner room.
Meanwhile, after Shen Xiaoyan and the others left Elder Wang Yuan, they stopped after not walking very far.