Chapter 32: Divorce Letter

Ye Liuyun secretly turned Liang Xue's storage space into a bracelet, and felt a little uneasy.

"I like it! No need to change, this one!" Liang Xue reached out, snatched it, and flipped it over repeatedly, looking at it for a long time.

Finally she handed the bracelet to Ye Liuyun, her face slightly flushed as she said, "Since you made it for me, please put it on for me as well!"

"Great! I've been longing for it!" Ye Liuyun took the bracelet with one hand, pulled Liang Xue's smooth, snow‑white arm toward him with the other, and slipped the bracelet onto her directly.

Seeing the jade‑like hand wearing the bracelet, Ye Liuyun couldn't help but exclaim, "Perfect!"

Liang Xue's cheeks were a flurry of rosy clouds, and she couldn't contain her joy.

Liang Xue handed over everything Ye Liuyun had asked for last time, then began shuffling items, moving everything that had been in the ring into the bracelet, bustling about joyfully, laughing like a child.

Ye Liuyun rested his hand on the table, propped his cheek, and simply watched her smile.

Liang Xue noticed, blushed suddenly, shyly lowered her head, and brushed a strand of hair from beside her ear.

That graceful dip of her head made Ye Liuyun stare dumbfounded, his heart pounding.

"Thank you for the gift!" Liang Xue said softly.

Ye Liuyun felt a bit awkward and hurriedly said, "I'll be refining some pills over the next two days; after the martial contest ends, I'll deliver them to Wanbaoge for you."

Liang Xue nodded, then suddenly asked Ye Liuyun, "What realm is your aunt in? The last time you went back, Uncle Fu said your aunt is unfathomable!"

"Her? I don't know what realm she is in, but she must be pretty strong!" Ye Liuyun said nonchalantly.

Liang Xue wanted to say something, but her words stopped, and she didn't speak.

The two sat for a while longer, and Liang Xue only then returned to Wanbaoge.

Ye Liuyun didn't start cultivating immediately. Instead, he took out the refining materials and made an identical storage bracelet for Feng Wanru.

He thought that, given his aunt's temperament, it would look beautiful on her.

Although his aunt might not appreciate his craftsmanship, at least it was a gesture.

After finishing, he gave the bracelet to Feng Wanru, but she showed little reaction and simply stored it back into the storage ring.

Ye Liuyun felt a bit disappointed, returned to the back hall dejectedly, took out all the herbs, and began refining pills.

During breakfast, he gloomily took out five vats of wine and placed them on the table.

"I added Golden Yuan Fruit, Centennial Blood Spirit Fruit, a bit of Blood Vein Herb, some herbs and beast blood to this wine; keep it for yourself to drink!"

Liang Xue brought him ten vats of wine; he infused them with herbs, gave five vats to Feng Wanru, kept five for himself, storing them in a gourd he had previously crafted for liquids.

Feng Wanru silently collected the five vats of wine without saying a word.

"That's not like my aunt's temperament! She doesn't speak even when she sees wine! Could she be angry?" Ye Liuyun suddenly realized—could it be that Liang Xue's visit upset his aunt?

So he said, "If you don't like people coming to see me, I can make them stop coming in the future."

"Pfft—" a sound, and Feng Wanru finally laughed.

She didn't know why, but she simply didn't like Liang Xue coming to see Ye Liuyun.

She hadn't expected that the foolish boy could guess it. Could the blood vein awakening have made him smarter too?

But seeing Ye Liuyun looking dejected, she couldn't bear to torment him further, so she said, "I couldn't care less about you..."

Just as she was speaking, she heard Ye Yong shouting from outside the door.

He went to open the door; Ye Yong said hurriedly, "Senior Brother Liuyun, something serious has happened! Ye Qingyun has returned."

Ye Liuyun was puzzled; he had never met this Ye Qingyun. He asked, "He returned—what does that have to do with me?"

"He's now in the Council Hall; go see him. He also said he'll give Ye Xinyu justice and have you call off the marriage," Ye Yong explained.

"Oh! That woman is leaning on Ye Qingyun again? Wait a moment, I'll give you something."

Saying that, Ye Liuyun turned back, took up his brush, wrote a few characters, and handed the paper to Ye Yong.

"Just take this over there! I still need to cultivate and have no time to deal with them," he said, then turned back to continue eating.

"Aunt, I just wrote a divorce letter for Ye Xinyu! She's no longer related to me!" Ye Liuyun thought he should tell his aunt.

"Oh. Then that's a favor to her!" Feng Wanru didn't seem to mind much.

"Seeing the Grand Elder's demeanor, I can't bear to keep bullying that woman. As long as she doesn't trouble me again, let's leave it at that!" Ye Liuyun said.

"Hmm. I hope she stops causing trouble!" Feng Wanru said lightly, then continued eating.

"Huh? Could my aunt know what Ye Xinyu has been doing? She stays at home all day—how would she know?" Ye Liuyun wondered but didn't ask. He had just pacified his aunt; he shouldn't upset her again.

Outside, Ye Yong saw the characters Ye Liuyun had written, his mouth twitched, but he said nothing and took the paper back to the Council Hall.

At that moment, Ye Qingyun sat high on the main seat of the Council Hall. Ye Xinyu, like a delicate bird, sat beside him.

This Ye Qingyun, relying on his Tianyun Royal Mansion status, even disregarded the Clan Chief. He completely forgot that his entry into Tianyun Royal Mansion was thanks to his family exhausting all efforts to place him there.

Given his current position, the Clan Chief also didn't want to offend him. The Ye Clan elders all sat nearby with grim expressions.

"Where is Ye Liuyun?" Seeing Ye Yong return, Ye Qingyun expressed displeasure.

"He only brought me a piece of paper, saying he's busy cultivating and has no time to come," Ye Yong said, intending to hand the paper to him.

"This guy is truly arrogant, daring to defy my orders! Read it, I'm too lazy to look at it!" Ye Qingyun was clearly very displeased with Ye Liuyun.

"This..." Ye Yong was somewhat embarrassed.

"If I tell you to read it, just read it—what are you hesitating about!" Ye Xinyu even pretended authority.

She leaned on Ye Qingyun, naturally feeling superior.

"Fine!" Ye Yong, truly looking down on the two, loudly recited:

"Divorce Letter! Ye Xinyu does not uphold wifely virtue, engages in flirtations, plots against her husband. Hereby a divorce letter. Ye Liuyun retains. The 53rd year of the Great Zhou, 2nd month, 10th day."

Upon hearing it, some elders almost burst into laughter. They had long harbored ill will toward the two.

Ye Xinyu's complexion instantly turned ashen!

She had intended to retrieve the marriage contract and marry Ye Qingyun, but unexpectedly Ye Liuyun divorced her outright, accusing her of lacking wifely virtue.

With such a stain, she would have no face to stay in the Ye Clan or Fengyang City! Soon she would become the city's laughingstock.

Ye Qingyun also wore a grim expression.

I didn't expect Ye Liuyun to be so ruthless; he actually wrote a divorce letter. And yet, out of arrogance, he let Ye Yong read it aloud.

Now it's like spilled water—you can't take it back!

Besides, if he ever marries Ye Xinyu, people will ridicule him.

"Qingyun Brother, this trash dares to insult me like this—you have to stand up for me!" Ye Xinyu sobbed, appealing to Ye Qingyun for help.

Ye Qingyun, meanwhile, smashed the chair's armrest with a single palm.

"Well done, Ye Liuyun, daring to play me! Clan Chief, what do you think should be done with this person?"

The Clan Chief secretly chuckled, "Now let's see how this dog couple gets off the stage!", but his face remained composed.

He has a marriage contract, so naturally he has the right to divorce his wife. This is his own affair; we outsiders won't interfere. Qian Qian He

The Clan Chief emphasized the word "outsider", meaning to remind Ye Qingyun that he was merely an outsider and had no right to meddle in others' marital affairs.

Having said that, the Clan Chief left the Grand Hall directly.