Chapter Seven: Beating the Dog

  "I... I'll listen, Master, please don't drive Nanner away, okay? Don't make Nanner..." Nanner's voice was very small and timid, her tiny body trembling with fear, like a small grass swaying in the wind.

  "You promised me two conditions."

  "I agree, I agree to everything. As long as Master doesn't drive Nang'er away."

  "Firstly, never do anything dangerous again no matter what the situation is. Secondly, after drinking this bowl of blood clam soup, can you really do it?"

  "You can do it, Nan'er can do it!"

  When Nang'er agreed to herself, Ye Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The little girl was stubborn and if he hadn't used this threatening method, she would probably still go deep into the back mountain to find spiritual medicine in the future. If she encountered 7 or 8 level wild beasts, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  "Don't cry." Ye Chen pulled Nan'er to his side and gently wiped away her tears, saying softly: "From now on, don't call me Young Master anymore. I've always treated you like a little sister, so just call me Brother Chen from now on."

  "No!" Nang'er shook her head, her big eyes filled with stubbornness and tears. "You are my young master, forever will be. Nang'er doesn't want to call you Brother Chen."

  Ye Chen smiled wryly, it was just a form of address, but it seemed like she had snatched away her beloved toy. Since Nan'er liked to call him "Young Master", he wouldn't force the issue.

  "Alright, Nang likes to call you Young Master, so let's just call you that. But you, little girl, don't go crying at the drop of a hat." Ye Chen reached out and gently tapped her delicate nose tip.

  Nan'er let out a snort, and her tears turned to laughter. She pouted her small mouth and said, "It's all your fault! You always make me cry, you naughty young master."

  "Really?" Ye Chen smiled and looked into Nan Er's eyes, "Tomorrow I'll take you shopping as compensation for making you cry today, okay?"

  "Really?" Nang'er's eyes lit up at once, having been cooped up in the Ye household for over six years, she had hardly gone out a few times and yearned for the excitement outside. Ye Chen was the same, having come to this world for over a month now, he hadn't even taken a stroll yet.

  "Of course, when have I ever been lazy?" Seeing Nang's expectant gaze, Ye Chen's mouth curled up into a smile.

  "It's great, I can finally go out and have some fun. There are so many interesting things outside." Nannuo's face was filled with excitement as she stared off into space for a moment before saying "Young master, I'll go fetch water to prepare your bath." She then turned around and ran out.

  Watching Nang'er's disappearing back, Ye Chen let out a bitter laugh. For the past month, every night Nang'er would attend to his bath. Originally, Ye Chen was unwilling, but Nang'er insisted on doing so. If Ye Chen suggested not letting her attend to him, the little girl's eyes would immediately well up with tears, asking if he disliked her.

  "It seems I need to think of a way to make Nang'er cancel her intention to serve me in bathing." Ye Chen muttered to himself. For him, who had lived on Earth since childhood, this feeling of being served while bathing was really awkward, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

  Although Nan'er was his personal maid, men and women were always different, and sometimes it was necessary to maintain boundaries.

  Lin Cheng is a small city in Chu State, but it's also bustling. The streets are crowded with people coming and going, and the sound of carriages and horses can be heard constantly.

  "Master." Nannuo was delighted, like a bird out of its cage, pointing to a small vendor selling sugar people on the street, saying: "That sugar person is really cute."

  Ye Chen smiled and pulled Nan'er towards the sugar vendor's stall, listening to the street vendors' calls, she had an indescribable feeling in her heart. Although she was in a foreign land, she felt like she had returned to ancient times. This world was similar to the ancient China on Earth, with buildings that looked almost identical.

  "Boss, one sugar man." Ye Chen threw out a few copper coins. As he handed the sugar man to Nan'er, the little girl's eyes were brimming with tears and she was too moved to speak. Ye Chen, on the other hand, felt a sense of wonder - the little girl was so easily satisfied; a sugar man worth only a few copper coins had almost brought her to tears.

  Ye Chen couldn't possibly understand Nang's feelings. As a servant girl, she was actually without any human rights. In this world, servant girls were just slaves. How many masters could treat their servant girls like Ye Chen did, as if they were family?

  Ye Chen patted Nang's head and was about to leave when a strange and eerie voice entered his ears.

  "Hey, isn't this the genius young master of the Ye family from Lincheng? How come you're not lying in bed today, enjoying your postpartum confinement, but instead ran out to have some fun. Haha..."

  Ye Chen furrowed his brow, turned his head and saw three men dressed in servant attire swaggering towards him and Nan Er with a mocking and ridiculing expression.

  These three people were wearing the uniform attire of the Gong family's servants, all of whom were around twenty years old, with a very arrogant expression.

  "Master, let's go. They are the servants by the side of the second young master of the Gu family." Nannuo pulled at Ye Chen's sleeve and whispered.

  Ye Chen gazed calmly at the three people approaching him, a cold smile in his heart. These three servants dared to be so arrogant simply because Ye Chen had been too weak in the past. Even if he was crippled, he was still the young master of the Ye family. When did these servants have the right to mock him to his face?

  "Hey, what's going on? I heard that Ye Shao has been missing for half a year. Did something unexpected happen and he became mute?" One of the Gong family's servants said loudly, attracting a crowd of onlookers. In no time, the surrounding area was packed with people, making it impossible to get through.

  "Isn't that Ye Chen, the weak and useless son of the Ye family? I heard he went missing for half a year and suddenly appeared at the entrance of the Ye family's mansion. It seems like today he'll be bullied by the servants of the Gou family again."

  "Isn't that right, Ye Chen is too weak. Although he's a useless body and can't cultivate, at the very least he's the young master of the Ye family. Being bullied by a servant from the Gou family and not even daring to resist, it's really humiliating for the Ye family."

  Everyone was discussing and speculating, Ye Chen listened to every word without missing a single one, his face calm and composed, not showing any anger. Judging from their aura, the few servants of the Guo family were at most only at the third level of physical cultivation, and could be easily dealt with.

  "Has she really become mute? Haha!!" The servant laughed loudly after speaking, and then exchanged a glance with the other two people, while casting their gaze on Nang'er, clicking their tongues: "A useless body that's good for nothing, but the little maid by her side is quite lovely. If she grows up in a few more years, it wouldn't be bad to have her warm the bed for our Second Young Master, haha!!"

  Ye Chen was furious, never expecting the servants of the Gou family to utter such shameless words in public! Not only were they insulting him and Nan'er, but also slapping the Ye family's face openly!

  "Shameless!"

  Ye Chen was about to make his move when Nang'er suddenly sprang into action.

  Nan'er's small body was extremely agile, like a butterfly in a flower cluster, making consecutive moves with a whooshing sound.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Three consecutive crisp sounds, the three members of the Guo family flew out horizontally. Teeth and blood spurted out together, the surrounding crowd was silent, all staring blankly at the little girl beside Ye Chen, who could have imagined that a ten-year-old girl would have such strength.

  Ye Chen was also surprised, this month he had been busy cultivating, to the point where he didn't even know what Nang'er usually did, from Nang'er's previous move, it could be seen that she already had four segments of cultivation.

  "You dare to hit us?" The three of them were stunned, and it took a while for them to come back to their senses. Their faces were burning with pain, half of one side was swollen, they spoke unclearly, and three front teeth were knocked out, unable to close their mouths.

  "Kill this little scoundrel!" Another person's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he turned over to take action, but was pulled back by his companion. "We can't do that, we can only provoke him, not really fight, otherwise if you hurt the disabled body, neither of us will be able to leave."

  "What's there to be afraid of? Today, we'll deal with the trash from the Ye family together! The second young master will naturally take care of this matter!" The servant from the Guo family ignored his companion's advice and walked over menacingly, cracking his knuckles loudly.

  "Stop right there!" Nang'er shouted, blocking the way in front of Ye Chen. "If you dare to touch Young Master's finger, I will never let you off!" She seemed to have forgotten that the current Ye Chen was no longer the weak body he once was, and his strength far surpassed hers.

  "Damn it, you two deal with that little slut, today I must teach this waste a lesson and vent my anger!" The man almost lost his sanity, evil intentions rising to the surface, and actually charged towards Ye Chen, his five fingers curled into claws, reaching out to grab him. His movements treated Ye Chen as if he were a helpless waste of space.

  Nan'er's small body trembled with rage, these servants of the Guo family were too detestable. Just as she was about to take action, a calm voice came from beside her ear: "I'll do it."

  Only a white shadow flashed beside him, and Ye Chen had already taken several meters away, his movements agile, his footsteps shifting continuously.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Three slaps on the ear made three of Guo's underlings spin around in place, their teeth flying out like bullets. Then, Ye Chen quickly kicked out.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The three people's bodies flew out like straw, curled up and wailed in pain, with several bones broken at the place where Ye Chen kicked them.

  Ye Chen walked up to the guy who was most arrogant earlier, that person no longer had his previous demeanor, fear in his eyes, a foot wearing white boots stepped on his face, a cold voice sounded: "You are just a few dogs of the Guo family, relying on your master's support to bite people everywhere, bullying my Ye family because we have no one?"

  At this time, a young man in his seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in green clothes, walked out of the crowd and said, "Ye Shao, my family's servants have been rude to you, now that you've punished them, shouldn't you let them go?"

  Ye Chen didn't even turn his head, and with one foot, he kicked away the Hou family's underling who was at his feet. He coldly shouted: "Scram! From now on, open your dog eyes wide!"

  The young man in green clothes had a gloomy face, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He beckoned with his hand, and several followers came forward to carry away the three injured people.

  "Ye Shao is really lucky, not seeing him for half a year has made me look at him in a new light. I hope Ye Shao will continue to be lucky in the future!" The young man in green clothes, Gou Chen, said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, and then turned to leave with his followers and three servants who had been beaten by Ye Chen.

  Today at 10 o'clock, everyone collect ah ah ah...