Chapter 48: The Witch Gan Yi

Just as Ye Chen was preparing to unleash violent output, Gan Yi's voice suddenly rang from outside the door, interrupting his spellcasting and his system also narrowly escaped.

As the knocking sounded, Ye Nan, who was fighting in an exhilarating, unrestrained manner, shouted loudly, "Don't rush, don't rush, coming right away!"

Ye Nan shouted that, but he wasn't actually doing that—after all, he hasn't died yet.

Ye Chen also had no intention of opening the door, after all he didn't want to see that witch Gan Yi at all.

After the father and son hadn't opened the door for half a minute, Lin Ruoxi's voice suddenly rang from outside, startling Ye Chen and Ye Nan into immediately opening the door, and they still wore apologetic smiles.

"Sorry, Miss Gan."

"Sorry, Sister Gan, we didn't intentionally keep you waiting outside."

Ye Chen said that on the surface, but in his heart he thought, "Good heavens! I really don't want to open the door for that witch at all!"

"If I wanted to open the door for you, I'd have to be out of my mind, seriously ill!"

Ye Chen roared in his heart.

Although he roared that in his heart, he didn't say it out loud.

"Sister Gan Yi, the battle just now was too intense; don't be angry—I'll kick my old man right now to vent your anger."

Ye Nan: "?!"

"What have I done to offend you, you little brat?"

"No. I just want to kick you."

"You little brat, it looks like today you'll really have to taste the flavor of Seven Wolves."

"Tch, whoever backs down is someone's son!"

Ye Chen's tone showed no hesitation at all; hearing Ye Chen dare to speak to him like that, Ye Nan let out a surprised and confused "Eh?"

Ye Nan hesitated not at all and took out the Seven Wolves placed beside him.

Ye Chen spoke and acted in an instant, grabbing Ye Nan's thigh and shouting loudly, "Dad, my dear old man, I am indeed your son!"

Upon hearing that, Ye Nan's raised hand froze in midair, momentarily unsure what to do.

Meanwhile, Gan Yi stood aside, laughing nonstop, thinking this father‑son pair was utterly hilarious.

"You… I…"

Ye Nan felt like he was on the toilet, about to have a massive bowel movement, but suddenly found he couldn't go; his discomfort was roughly like that.

Ye Chen apologized too quickly; even children know to apologize, but if he does that, what else can he do? If he goes that far, he'd be a total failure as a father.

But Ye Nan felt that if he didn't vent this anger he'd be suffocated to death, so he chose to return to the computer, and as he turned he secretly kicked Ye Chen.

Ye Chen naturally knew Ye Nan did it on purpose; after steadying himself he shouted at Ye Nan, "Old man, are you unable to handle losing?!"

"Huh? What? What's wrong?"

Ye Nan's superb acting deserves Ye Chen and them an "Oscar" (little golden man).

Ye Chen was quite angry—of course he was faking it, because he wanted to go back to his room to cultivate; so he shouted at Ye Nan, "Old man, I'm not playing with you anymore, I'm going to rest!"

However, before he had taken a few steps, he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, his face gradually aligning with Gan Yi's; instantly his face filled with horror, "Holy shit, what does this witch want to do?!"

She laughed and said to Ye Chen, "It's only eight o'clock; let's play a while longer, teach me…"

Ye Chen naturally knew what Gan Yi wanted, so he quickly spoke up to interrupt her.

"You're the guest; I'll follow your lead."

Gan Yi lifted Ye Chen to face her, almost nose‑to‑nose, less than five centimeters apart; she looked at him and suddenly smiled, "You're pretty smart—keep me company, or else you know the consequences."

After Gan Yi finished, only resignation remained on Ye Chen's face.

"I still say the same thing: you're the guest, I'll follow your lead."

"Play a few rounds with me; I happen to have brought my laptop. If I'm not cheered up today, I can't guarantee I won't accidentally let something slip."

After hearing Gan Yi's words, Ye Chen's pent‑up resignation condensed into three words: "You're ruthless."

"Heh heh, good to know."

"I don't understand why you're pestering me."

Ye Chen eventually voiced the doubt in his heart.

After hearing Ye Chen's confusion, Gan Yi laughed and cleared it up for him: "I already said last time—your talent surpasses mine, and you're so young; I've been broken through."

Upon hearing that, Ye Chen's eyes widened; he had thought Gan Yi was joking, but she was serious.

"You win."

As Ye Chen spoke those words, he felt completely drained, as if his body had been emptied.

"Come on, come over and play a few rounds."

Gan Yi said this, pulling Ye Chen into the e‑sports room; Ye Chen didn't even get a chance to refuse.

Fortunately, whether or not it was because Gan Yi joined, Ye Nan stopped pressuring him. He also realized that Gan Yi was the girl who had played games with them yesterday.

After three games, Ye Chen couldn't help but remark that these were the most relaxed three games he had ever played.

"A pressure‑free game is truly exhilarating!"

In his heart Ye Chen felt utterly comfortable; at this moment he found Gan Yi much more pleasing to the eye.

After three games it was already about nine‑thirty, and indeed it was time for him to rest, so this time he left the e‑sports room and Gan Yi didn't stop him; he returned to his room quite smoothly.

He didn't notice that after he left, Gan Yi's expression changed, as if she had become another person—her expression held no malice, but rather a sense of having won.

But soon her expression returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

After returning to his room, Ye Chen let out a long breath.

"All danger passed, all danger passed."

He had once thought he might be exposed; if that were true, he would immediately activate his divine sense and delete his memories—the safest course.

But his strength isn't deep enough; doing so would easily make them foolish, turning them into someone else. Unless they were guilty of grave crimes, he generally wouldn't do that.

Suddenly, Ye Chen lightly shook his head to stop thinking about it, glanced at his electronic watch, and saw it was already nine‑thirty.

It's time to cultivate.

He began cultivating; just as he was about to start, his electronic watch suddenly rang with a call. Ye Chen glanced at the caller ID and saw it was Zhang Hai calling, and without thinking he knew why Zhang Hai was calling.

He answered the call; at the moment he answered, Zhang Hai's voice came from the phone.

"Hey, is that Little Brother Ye?"

Zhang Hai asked.

"It's me."

Ye Chen replied.

When Ye Chen finished speaking, Zhang Hai's voice suddenly became excited.

"Little Brother Ye, I really can't thank you enough! This afternoon at six I took my daughter Xiao Xiao to the hospital for a checkup. When her attending physician saw Xiao Xiao's report, his face was full of shock—you have no idea."

He looked at that report over and over, seemingly wanting to know why Xiao Xiao's cancer had suddenly gotten better.

"You have no idea how excited I felt when Xiao Xiao's attending physician said her cancer was completely cured!"

Zhang Hai grew more and more excited as he spoke, to the point that Ye Chen didn't even get a chance to interject; only after Zhang Hai finished did Ye Chen slowly say, "It's good as long as nothing's wrong."