Chapter 238: Different Toward Her?

“Then what is going on between you and Liu Yiyi? Don't you dare tell me you have no interest in her at all. Gu Yang, we've been friends for so many years, do you really think I don't understand you? If you truly don't like someone, you wouldn't even give them a chance to get close to you. But what have you been doing these past two days? Just now at the dinner table, the way Liu Yiyi was acting... even I wanted to slap her twice just watching her.”

Lu Feng knew that Gu Yang was not a man who pursued women for their beauty, but his attitude toward Liu Yiyi was indeed different.

At the mention of Liu Yiyi, a fleeting shadow passed through the depths of Gu Yang's eyes.

“Liu Yiyi is deliberately approaching me.”

Lu Feng snorted, “Even an idiot could see that. Since you already know, then why...”

Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly realized something, and the look in his eyes toward Gu Yang changed.

“So you are deliberately letting her approach you just to see what her motive is?”

Gu Yang gave him a look that said, *“You guessed right.”*

“But what if she just genuinely has a crush on you?” Lu Feng felt this possibility was also quite high.

Gu Yang said with absolute certainty, “No, she definitely has an ulterior motive.”

Lu Feng fell silent; he naturally believed in Gu Yang's judgment.

***

At the hotel.

“Su Yan, you mean Gu Yang is going to face a tribulation in the next two months, and it's a Peach Blossom Tribulation? So you're ignoring that Liu Yiyi because you want to see if this woman is the one causing Gu Yang to meet his tribulation?”

Ma Chulong and Ma Chulan were stunned after hearing what Su Yan had just said.

Su Yan: “Correct.”

“No wonder you just let that vixen run wild at the dinner table today,” Ma Chulan said, suddenly realizing.

“Isn't this too risky? Since we all know, we could completely deal with Liu Yiyi. Wouldn't that save a lot of trouble? Aren't you afraid Gu Yang will actually be shaken?” Ma Chulong analyzed the pros and cons rationally.

Since it was a Peach Blossom Tribulation, there would naturally be some shaking; otherwise, the tribulation wouldn't occur. However, he couldn't see even a hint of impatience or worry on Su Yan's face.

In truth, it wasn't that Su Yan hadn't thought of it, but she had an intuition that Liu Yiyi would not be so easily handled.

“We have just arrived; it's best not to act rashly.”

She had another sentence left unsaid: *Don't alert the enemy.*

Seeing that her mind was made up, the Ma siblings could only pray that her approach was the correct one.

***

The next day.

Ma Chulong, Ma Chulan, and Su Yan set out from the hotel to attend a banquet at the Zhou family residence.

After asking the hotel front desk, they found that the distance to the Zhou residence wasn't far, so they chose to walk.

Ma Chulong and Ma Chulan both changed into formal attire, as they were representing the Ma family.

Su Yan remained casual; as Ma Chulan's maid, there was naturally no need for her to be too conspicuous.

The closer they got to the Zhou residence, the more "colleagues" the three saw on the road.

In fact, many people were so afraid others wouldn't notice their uniqueness that they expressed it through their clothing.

In just a few minutes, Su Yan's gaze had already swept over four exorcists.

This was definitely the most exorcists she had ever seen at once.

Of course, besides those from their circle, many wealthy aristocrats and the Zhou family's social connections had also been invited. Even though they were still several hundred meters away from the Zhou residence, the roads were already congested with various vehicles.

“Quite a grand scale,” Su Yan murmured.

“Tell me about it. It's just a coming-of-age ceremony, yet it's managed to cause a sensation in half of the capital. The Zhou family is just showing off to the other families, showing off how much money they can make,” Ma Chulan said disdainfully.

Being able to make money wasn't a real skill; being able to exorcise a Great Demon was what counted as skill.

“Is your Ma family's coming-of-age ceremony like this too?” Su Yan was rarely curious about such things.

Ma Chulong shook his head. “Our Ma family's coming-of-age ceremony requires us to slay a hundred evil spirits.”

Su Yan was indeed surprised; as expected, the pursuits of every family were different.

Ma Chulan looked proud. “Is our Ma family very impressive?”

Su Yan gave an affirmative answer. “Very impressive.”

The three talked and laughed, and because they were walking, they arrived at the gates of the Zhou residence quite quickly.

Su Yan glanced at the Zhou manor; it was, naturally, as luxurious as imagined.

Her gaze fell upon the stone lions on both sides of the entrance, lingering for a moment.

“It's the Kong family,” Ma Chulan suddenly whispered in a low voice.

Sure enough, Kong Yueqing, Kong Yueling, Gan Hua, and Ruan Tao were right ahead.

Kong Yueling's face still looked somewhat haggard, but judging by her aura, she had likely mostly recovered.

An invitation was required to enter the Zhou family gates, and Gan Hua was currently handing his over.

After the Zhou family confirmed it was authentic, they signaled for them to enter.

Just as Kong Yueqing was about to take a step, her peripheral vision caught sight of Ma Chulong and Ma Chulan, causing her to freeze mid-motion.

“Why are they here?”

Her words caused everyone to follow her gaze.

Gan Hua's eyes swept over the three and landed directly on the most inconspicuous one, Su Yan.

The reason he had such a deep impression of Su Yan was because on the day they got off the train, her eyes had given him an indescribable sense of impact.

“If you can come, why can't we?” Ma Chulan spoke up, retorting dominantly.

Originally, she and her elder brother hadn't planned on making enemies with the Kong family, but this Kong Yueqing was simply too arrogant. Previously, they had been hiding their identities, but there was no longer a need for that, so they naturally couldn't lose in terms of presence.

“You are also here for the banquet?” Kong Yueqing's incredulous gaze swept them up and down.

If she hadn't run into them today, she would have long since forgotten these three.

A place like this wasn't somewhere just anyone could come to join the fun.

In the next second, Ma Chulan slapped her face hard with words. “That's right, we are also here for the banquet.”

“That's impossible!” Kong Yueqing's questioning words burst out.

Ma Chulan gave a cold laugh and presented her invitation to the Zhou family right in front of the four of them.

After seeing the invitation, Kong Yueqing and the others were actually stunned simultaneously, and then their expressions darkened.

“You are people from the Ma family?!”

Kong Yueqing could not hide her agitation; she felt as if she were being shrouded by a shadow.

They had been in contact for several days in the same train carriage, yet they had completely failed to notice the other party's identity.

Furthermore, when the train encountered such a dangerous situation, it was they who had risked life and death to solve the problem. These three people in front of them were clearly also exorcists, yet they had stood by and watched the whole time, treating the Kong family's struggle as a spectacle. How could she not be furious?

“So the people of the Ma family are all nothing but those who hide their heads and tails.”

Ma Chulong's face was as dark as water. “Watch your words. The Ma family never needs to explain their actions to anyone.”

Kong Yueqing was fuming and wanted to continue the argument, but she was pulled back by Gan Hua.

“Yueqing, there is indeed no need for us to comment on how others act.”

After all, they were at the Zhou residence; they had to keep a low profile.

(End of Chapter)