Chapter 62: Lei Yushan

"Hah! Finally decided to come see me—thought you'd made your fortune and forgotten all about your big brother!"

Seeing Ye Tian approach.

The Old Demon chuckled, full of teasing.

"Big brother, what kind of talk is that? It's my first business deal—if I mess it up, it's not just my face that's lost, but yours too."

Ye Tian smiled just as broadly.

He sat down naturally opposite the Old Demon.

"From loading the cargo to setting sail, I watched every detail—did I make you look bad?"

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The Old Demon laughed and pointed at Ye Tian.

Then he poured a cup of freshly brewed tea for Ye Tian.

"Try it."

Clearly, the Old Demon was delighted now that he'd made money.

"Your tea-making skills have improved."

This wasn't just flattery—compared to the first time, this tea was noticeably better.

The Old Demon beamed with pride; all his months of study had finally paid off.

"You didn't add sugar, did you?" Ye Tian asked, tone skeptical.

The tea the Old Demon had just swallowed came shooting out in a cough.

"Pfft! Who adds sugar to their tea? Don't look down on me!"

"Hahaha!"

The Old Demon wasn't petty enough to get angry over such a joke with Ye Tian.

"This place is well done. The buyers raved about your weapons—haven't seen such high-quality blades in a long time."

Even with only one-tenth the effect of the Bǎi Duàn Dāo, the quality surpasses ordinary weapons on the market—and at the same price, naturally they raved about Ye Tian's blades.

"With this kind of promising start, selling future batches will be much easier. How's your forge handling the workload?"

"Big brother asks, I'll work twenty-four hours a day without rest to get the goods done."

"Hahaha!"

The Old Demon didn't suggest sending people to help Ye Tian's forge, to avoid any misunderstanding.

At his current status, the Old Demon had no need to stoop to stealing techniques.

That would only tarnish his dignity.

"But."

Ye Tian's visit this time wasn't just about future sales—he had other reasons.

"Big brother, I heard the ThreeSeaGang has been stirring up trouble lately."

The ThreeSeaGang's recent moves have grown increasingly frequent—anyone can see their deputy boss, Hai Jiaolong, is growing impatient.

He's getting worse at hiding his ambitions.

The docks now affect many of Ye Tian's sales routes—if they're lost, many businesses won't survive.

"Relax."

The Old Demon had naturally heard the recent whispers from the martial world.

Meeting Ye Tian's gaze, he smiled.

"The ThreeSeaGang may be big, but the Black Water Gang isn't easy to bully. Just watch—Linshui City isn't ready for the ThreeSeaGang to rule alone."

The meaning was clear.

If the ThreeSeaGang truly intended to expand its territory,

then it wouldn't just be Ye Tian's problem—then not only the Black Water Gang, but even the Earth Dragon Gang wouldn't sit idly by while the ThreeSeaGang grew unchecked.

"With those words from big brother, little brother feels much more at ease."

The Old Demon didn't believe Ye Tian's courage could be shaken by the ThreeSeaGang.

He only smiled.

"Enough. Since you came all this way, forget that bird tea—come drink with me."

"Big brother's invitation? I wouldn't dream of refusing."

Ye Tian naturally didn't refuse.

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The next two days.

Ye Tian's forges operated nonstop, even adding several new ones—there was no choice; business was simply too good.

These days, whether building power or anything else, it all comes down to money.

While Ye Tian was swamped in activity,

at Lei Yushan's place,

after waiting day and night, his eldest daughter had finally returned.

"Miss Lei, you're finally back!"

The servant sent to greet her nearly wept with relief upon seeing Lei Yan.

No wonder—Lei Yushan had been scowling at everyone lately, and they all feared that if Lei Yan didn't return soon, he'd take it out on them.

"Where's my father?"

Ignoring the formalities, Lei Yan cut straight to the point.

Though she was the heiress of Lei Ji Money House, Lei Yan wore only coarse cloth, a long sword slung at her waist, the posture of a martial heroine—yet even so, her bearing could not be hidden.

After glancing around in a circle, he frowned and asked.

"Didn't you say my father was about to die? Where is he now?"

"This..."

At these words, the surrounding servants really didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, at this moment.

"You still know to come back!"

Lei Yushan walked out, saw the state of Lei Yan's eyes, and directly scolded her.

"Lei Lu is dead and you don't even know to come back — do you still have me, your father, in your eyes or not."

"..."

Lei Yan said nothing, as if she hadn't heard, and her gaze swept up and down over Lei Yushan.

This didn't look at all like the gravely ill state described in the letter.

Lei Yan immediately guessed that this was probably a lie Lei Yushan had come up with to trick her into coming back.

Since she was sure Lei Yushan was fine, Lei Yan didn't waste any more words and turned to leave.

"Come back!"

After not seeing her for several years, her temper had actually grown even worse than before.

"What are you still standing there for? Stop her!"

Seeing Lei Yan's footsteps hadn't stopped, Lei Yushan directly barked at the surrounding servants.

"Eldest Miss."

These servants were also wearing bitter expressions.

"Eldest Miss, please just stay, otherwise the Master won't let us off."

"We're begging you, Eldest Miss."

"Eldest Miss."

These wailing, pleading gazes still made Lei Yan press her lips together.

She turned and looked back at Lei Yushan.

"At most I'll stay for tonight, just one evening."

"Don't worry, forget about that Yueshan Sect — I've found you a fine husband, you..."

Before Lei Yushan could finish speaking.

"I won't marry!"

Back then, it was precisely because she couldn't accept being casually married off to someone she hadn't even met that Lei Yan had left.

Even now, she still couldn't accept it.

"Won't marry! What do you want to do — you're already twenty, when are you planning to marry!"

Lei Yushan also lost his temper.

But no matter what was said, Lei Yan remained stubbornly defiant, utterly unwilling.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Lei Yushan was so angry he nodded repeatedly.

He strode forward directly, drew the long sword at Lei Yan's waist — though Lei Yan was puzzled, she didn't stop him.

He saw Lei Yushan grab Lei Yan's hand and place the hilt directly into her palm.

He picked up the blade and pressed it against his own neck.

"Father!"

If Lei Yan didn't care at all about Lei Yushan as her father, she wouldn't have rushed straight back upon hearing the news of his grave illness.

She instinctively pulled the sword back.

But Lei Yushan held tight — the blade didn't move a hairsbreadth, yet blood droplets were already falling from the hand Lei Yushan had gripping the blade.

"Since you don't want to marry, and I'm not going to live much longer anyway, why don't you just kill me right now — come on! Kill me directly, kill your father."

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