Translator: Vian

Editor: Aconyte

Yi Fan returned to his house and saw a rather pretty maidservant sticking her waist out the door with an extremely impatient look.

“Master Fan, where did you run off to just now?” Xiang Yun coldly smiled, then continued, “Going out so late and only returned dead in the night, you were probably fooling around in the red-light district.”

Yi Fan swept a glance at Xiang Yun, and said, “Exactly ah! You guessed it, you really are just so clever.”

Xiang Yun immediately became angry, “You already have Miss yet you still ran over to the red-light district?”

Yi Fan casually said, “Your family’s Miss can only be looked at, not touched. Even if she’s beautiful, what use is she? What’s more, while she is definitely beautiful, she keeps on wearing a stepmother face all day long, making people who sees it completely lose their appet.i.te.”

Xiang Yun angrily glared at Yi Fan, and spat out, “Master Fan, your strength is so poor yet you actually have the face to be so picky with Miss? If you have the leisure to fool around with prost.i.tutes, why not learn a bit more from your two older brothers and work harder. If you actually make some progress, maybe your Father will even spare you a glance.”

“Little girl, which one of them did you take a fancy too? Go try and hook them yourself, why come and bother me?” Yi Fan lightly said.

Xiang Yun stared at Yi Fan’s retreating back, and fiercely stomped.

Yi Fan ignored Xiang Yun and directly left. Mu Xuelan walked out at this time, Yi Fan lightly glanced over at her before entering his bedroom.

Xiang Yun turned to look at Mu Xuelan, “Miss, look at him ah!”

“It’s not like today is the first day you know him, forget it,” said Mu Xuelan.

Xiang Yun however was still dissatisfied, and continued, “That guy has no ability whatsoever, yet has such a big temper! Who does he think he is ah! He actually would even show a cold face to Miss.” Xiang Yun was brought up as Mu Xuelan’s personal servant girl. She originally thought that if her luck was good, she could also serve the new Master together with Mu Xuelan. Even if she wasn’t as good as Mu Xuelan, she still beats over many of the ordinary women.

Mu Xuelan was a rare beauty in the world, Xiang Yun always thought that Mu Xuelan would marry someone handsome and outstanding. Yet she never thought that Mu Xuelan and the Second Prince would have such a big fall out, and turned around to marry Yi Fan, Yi family’s Yi Huo and Yi Bing. These two cultivators were ranked on the Seven Imperial Talents’ fifth and sixth place, both were outstanding and handsome, however, this Yi Fan…

“Enough, don’t say anymore,” Mu Xuelan took a deep breath.

That year when the Second Prince married Chen Manwu, she also married Yi Fan in a fit of anger.

Mu Xuelan originally thought that she wouldn’t regret it, but in fact, she completely regretted it. After marrying Yi Fan, she and him agreed on a few basic rules that included Yi Fan not touch her, which he readily accepted. Mu Xuelan thought this unfavored person in the Yi family would be easy to control.  

But the fact was, Yi Fan was very disgusted with her. Yes, Mu Xuelan never thought that Yi Fan, this person would be disgusted with her. However, she also looked down on Yi Fan, and Yi Fan looked down on her the same.

“Miss, you look at him ah! With such poor apt.i.tude, but still doesn’t know to improve himself. No wonder Yi Xun put all his focus on Yi Huo and Yi Bing, and didn’t care about this b.a.s.t.a.r.d at all. He himself is not favored, but he still involved Miss,” Xiang Yun complained, fully annoyed and displeased.

“Enough, that’s just how he is,” said Mu Xuelan.

“If that guy was even half as good as Yi Huo or Yi Bing, than Miss you wouldn’t have follow him in be treated as a joke,” Xiang Yun couldn’t help but clenched her teeth as she said this.

“It’s fine, either way it wouldn’t be much longer.” The Second Prince had already said that when the current political situation stabilized, he would welcome her through the door. For so many years, Mu Xuelan had to endure much ridicule and mocking, she had long ago lost her proud and arrogant att.i.tude. 

“Miss, what did the Second Prince say ah!” Xiang yun cautiously asked.

Mu glanced at Xiang Yun, and said: “What are you asking so much for?”

Xiang Yun somewhat unhappily bit her lip, and said, “I’m also worried about Miss.”

………

Ghost Doctor’s Courtyard.

“Young Master, are you awake?” Qi Heng asked as he looked at Qi Shaorong.

Qi Shaorong supported his forehead, “I have a bit of a headache ah!”

“You drank and chatted with Young Master Hao until very late yesterday night,” said Qi Heng.

Qi Shaorong squinted his eyes and said, “No wonder I have a headache.”

Qi Heng curiously asked, “Young Master, do you have any feelings for Young Master Zhuang Hao?”

Qi Shaorong blinked, “How should I say it? He is an extremely handsome guy ah! It’s just that he’s still a bit young, you can tell at a glance that he still hasn’t fully developed.”

Qi Heng helped to support his forehead and replied, “Young Master, you aren’t much older. Actually, you’re younger than Young Master Zhuang Hao by a bit…”

Qi Shaorong stared at Qi Heng, “Thank you very much for your reminder.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Although I’m young, I am mature and experienced,” said Qi Shaorong.

Qi Heng, “…”

“Ghost Doctor qianbei, Ghost Doctor qianbei!” A loud shout suddenly came from outside.

Qi Shaorong rubbed his temple, and said, “This younger brother of Zhuang Hao is so energetic ah!”

Qi Heng, “…”

“Young Master Qian ah! How come you’re here?” Qi Shaorong asked the highly spirited Zhuang Qian who just entered the room.  

“My brother is leaving to do a task, he wants to ask if you want to go together. Ghost Doctor qianbei, if you go on the mission with my brother, you can see exactly how amazing my brother is!” said Zhuang Qian.

Qi Shaorong, “…”

Stepmother face – Broadly, it means that if they don’t smile they can look fierce.  And if they smile they look  old or wretched.

In a nicer meaning, it means that their face looks older than their actual age.

In netizen terms, any face that looks resentful, angry, wan and sallow, wretched and sly, not pleasing to the eye are stepmother faces.

Translator: Vian

Editor: Aconyte

“Why would your gege suddenly think to go out to do a task?” asked Qi Shaorong.

“He wants to help one of our distance uncles,” said Zhuang Qian.

Qi Shaorong curiously continued to ask, “Distant uncle? Which one?”

“I have an uncle who is called Zhuang Linyuan. He has a daughter called Zhuang Ling, Zhuang Ling jiejie is very beautiful but her health isn’t very good. Since she was five or six, she started taking all sorts of spiritual medicine plants. Once they stops working, Zhuang Ling jiejie will feel unwell and would even faint  due her poor health,” explained Zhuang Qian.

Qi Shaorong frowned at this and asked, “She has been taking spiritual medicine plants for more than ten years now?”

Zhuang Qian nodded and replied, “Yes ah! She originally only needed some common spiritual medicine plants, but lately the amount of the medicine she needs increases and so did the quality requirements. Uncle Zhuang Linyuan has been doing his best to find spiritual medicine plants for Zhuang Ling jiejie for many years already but there haven’t really been any improvement.”   

Qi Shaorong frowned, “Have they seen a doctor?”

Zhuang Qian nodded his head and said, “They have, the doctors all said Ling’er jiejie has a poor physique so she needed to properly take her medicine, but after taking them for so many years, they still haven’t seen any improvement.”   

Qi Shaorong, “…”

Zhuang Qian looked at Qi Shaorong, and said, “Ghost Doctor qianbei, you should find some time to go see Ling’er jiejie ah! Those quacks can’t do anything but maybe you’ll be able to.”   

Qi Shaorong helplessly smiled and replied, “Young Master Zhuang, you think too highly of me. What I’m good at is doing plastic surgery for people. As for medical treatment, that’s not my specialty. Let’s talk about this later.”

Zhuang Qian and Qi Shaorong chatted a bit more, and when he got Qi Shaorong’s approval, he hurriedly said goodbye.

Qi Heng glanced at Qi Shaorong, and asked, “Young Master, you already promised Young Master Zhuang Qian?

Qi Shaorong folded his arms then replied, “I already said that Zhuang Hao is a-hundred-years rare qenius. I would like to see just how great this brat’s ability is.”

“Young Master, you want to check out the details on Zhuang Hao?” asked Qi Heng.

“Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will come out unscathed through a hundred battles,” said Qi Shaorong.

Qi Heng squinted his eyes and said, “Young Master, if you get to know Zhuang Hao’s weakness it would be much easier to take care of him later on.”  

Qi Shaorong smiled mysteriously and replied, “Yes, I think so too.”

According to the agreement, Qi Shaorong arrived that the appointed place where they would gather. Chen Yuan greeted him, “Ghost Doctor qianbei, I’m happy to see you again.”

Qi Shaorong puzzedly looked at Chen Yuan as he questioned, “You’re also going?”

“Not just me, there’s also Ah Qian and Shaofu.”

“Ghost Doctor qianbei, you already arrived? I’m extremely happy that you came,” Zhuang Hao was all smiles as he said that.

Qi Shaorong looked at Zhuang Hao, and somewhat doubtedly answered, “Young Master Hao is famous and renowned all over. It’s hard to see you personally in action, so I naturally need to come widen my knowledge. But you’re bringing along so many oil bottles, will you really be okay?”

Chen Yuan looked at Qi Shaorong and moved up by his side, “Rest a.s.sured Ghost Doctor qianbei, if Ah Hao can’t protect you, there’s still me.”

Qi Shaorong glanced at Chen Yuan up and down, and coldly smirked, “Stop joking, the oil bottles I mentioned also includes you.”

Chen Yuan, “…”

Qi Shaofu rubbed his nose and walked up to Qi Shaorong a he said, “Ghost Doctor qianbei, let’s start our trip. Qhost Doctor qianbei, I don’t why but when I see you, I feel that you are very familiar, as if there is a very special fate between us.”

Qi Shaorong glanced at Qi Shaofu and shot him down, “Stop joking, you’ve never even seen my real appearance. And even if you say that, I’m not giving you any discounts.”

Qi Shaofu, “…”

………

Zhuang Hao whistled and a bluebird swooped down.

After the bluebird landed, it affectionately rubbed itself against Zhuang Hao.  

The bluebird was extremely huge. Compared to the bluebird, Zhuang Hao was a tiny thing.

Qi Shaorong had a feeling that Zhuang Hao was going to fall off this bluebird but, as it was, Zhuang Hao was standing very stably.

Zhuang Qian looked at Qi Shaorong, and said, “Ghost Doctor qianbei, do you know that my brother is a beastmaster?”

Qi Shaorong nodded, “I’ve heard.”

“Do you know that being a beastmaster is very profitable?” asked Zhuang Qian.

Qi Shaorong gave a dry laugh, “I’ve heard.”

“Although it doesn’t earn as much as qianbei, it’s still a lot,” continued Zhuang Qian.

Qi Shaorong continuously nodded, “Yes ah! Yes ah! Your brother is handsome and can even make money. No wonder he is so popular, popular to the point a beauty would go thousands of miles away to break off his engagement.”   

Zhuang Qian, “…”

“Come up and sit, we’ll be taking Xiao Qing to the Confusing Wastelands,” explained Zhuang Hao.

Qi Shaorong scrutinized Zhuang Hao’s mount and narrowed his eyes as he exclaimed, “Young Master Zhuang, your mount’s not bad ah!”

Zhuang Hao smiled and replied, “Thank you Ghost Doctor qianbei for your praise! Everyone should come up now.”

“Ghost Doctor qianbei, you should sit behind my brother. If the wind is too fierce, you can hide behind my brother. And if qianbei you can’t sit stably you can always hold on to my brother’s waist,” Zhuang Qian kindly reminded.

Qi Shaorong, “…”