Chapter 688: Returning Evil for Good 2.0

Shi Youxuan: "We have fulfilled the promise we made to you. Now that your Clan Leader has woken up, it is time for us to return."

Nianyin was astonished: "Miss, can't you wait until the Clan Leader has recovered fully before leaving? You have already been out here for so many days; a day or two more won't make a difference."

"Our Clan Leader is a person who distinguishes clearly between gratitude and grudges. You and your husband saved her life, and the Clan Leader will surely reward you handsomely."

Sheng Hanyu: "No reward needed."

Jian Yining: "Heh, if she doesn't retaliate against us, we'll be burning incense in thanks."

The three of them wanted to leave without saying goodbye, fearing they wouldn't be able to get away if they did so formally.

Nianyin: "That won't happen. I swear on my life that such a thing will absolutely not occur."

A vow made on one's life was quickly slapped in the face.

They insisted on leaving, and Nianyin, unable to stop them, agreed.

Just as they were preparing to leave, Elder Lian brought people to intercept the three: "Miss, the Clan Leader invites you to return. Without the Clan Leader's order, you are not allowed to leave here."

Whatever you fear, that is what happens.

Shi Youxuan said with a cold face: "Move aside. We are not people from your clan; we don't need to listen to your Clan Leader."

Elder Lian's attitude was respectful, but she did not move half a step: "You are the Miss, so naturally you are a person of our clan. You must obey the Clan Leader's orders."

Obey your ghost.

The three insisted on leaving, but Elder Lian blocked them and wouldn't allow it.

After a few words of dispute, they started fighting.

Then Shi Youxuan and the others failed and were escorted back!

Jian Yining complained: "These women aren't good at dealing with bad guys, but they are quite formidable when dealing with us."

Sheng Hanyu hit the nail on the head: "They couldn't deal with Zhu Yiwen because Zhu Yiwen used trickery to disarm them."

"That they can deal with us is because they possess the clan's advanced weaponry; naturally, we are no match for them."

Regardless of how you put it, they had become prisoners anyway.

The Dungeon that had almost been blown up—Shi Youxuan and the three were locked back in it a day later.

It was the same cell, but the treatment was different.

VIP treatment.

Apart from the lack of freedom, everything else in the cell was quite good.

High-end furniture, a comfortable bed, tables and chairs, home appliances, and they even prepared a computer for them.

However, there was no signal.

They couldn't contact the outside world, but watching movies to pass the time was no problem.

The food was even better.

Sweet and juicy fruits, exquisite and rich dishes, a wide variety of snacks... they were sent in continuously.

Additionally, they could make any request they wanted.

Except for not being allowed to leave, all other conditions could be met.

But the problem was, they didn't have any other requests!

One day later.

The Guard opened the iron gate and invited the three to go out; Ji Yingjie wanted to see them.

"Not seeing her."

Shi Youxuan refused to leave the cell: "She says she's locking us up, so she locks us up? She says she wants to see us, so we see her? Why should everything be decided by her? Who does she think she is, the sun? Not seeing her, not seeing her, just not seeing her."

Jian Yining also refused to leave the cell: "The food and drink here are good, I'm staying quite well; it's much better than being in a mental hospital."

Sheng Hanyu was not as talkative as the other two. He didn't speak, but he used his actions to show his stance—he acted as if he hadn't heard anything and watched the movie with great interest.

In the past, he had no time; he was either busy with company matters or busy handling various situations.

He rarely had the time, and even more rarely the mood, to watch movies.

Temporarily trapped.

Shi Youxuan and Jian Yining were furious, but he was very calm. When in Rome, do as the Romans do; he watched the movie earnestly.

The Guard couldn't move these "great deities" and didn't dare to use forceful measures, so they could only bite the bullet and go back to report.

There was no expected punishment.

After waking up, Ji Yingjie's temperament had become much softer.

Hearing that Shi Youxuan refused to come out, she didn't get angry, only saying indifferently: "Understood, you may go."

Ji Yingjie said to Nianyin: "You go and persuade them."

For the first time, Nianyin disobeyed the Clan Leader's order, saying she had no face to go!

Ji Yingjie didn't make things difficult for her and went to the Dungeon herself.

"Hmph!"

Shi Youxuan turned around, facing away from the cell door, not intending to pay attention to her aunt, giving her the cold shoulder.

"Hmph!"

Jian Yining followed suit and didn't pay attention to her either.

Sheng Hanyu wasn't as childish as the two of them. He turned off the computer and offered his own chair: "Please, have a seat."

Ji Yingjie was a patient and also an elder.

He was just being polite, not afraid of her.

"Thank you."

Ji Yingjie sat down and told the Guards to go out.

The two sat face to face. Looking at the face that looked exactly like his wife's, Sheng Hanyu didn't ask why she was returning evil for good by locking them up, but instead asked why Ji Yingjie hadn't looked for Shi Youxuan when she was a child.

From the moment he entered the Underground Castle, Sheng Hanyu concluded that such a massive scale would have taken at least twenty years to build, and yet Shi Youxuan had always been in Jiangzhou; had the people of the Ji Family never known?

Sheng Hanyu did not believe it.

Ji Yingjie gave an answer, very simple.

When the Underground Castle was being built, the old Clan Leader was in power; she did not allow anyone to look for it, and others dared not defy her orders!

The doubt that Sheng Hanyu had kept in his heart was resolved, and his expression softened quite a bit.

This reason was acceptable.

It showed that Ji Yingjie had feelings for Shi Youxuan, and it was not just a relationship of exploitation.

Sheng Hanyu had no more questions, so it was Ji Yingjie's turn to ask him: "Back when you were in the Swamp, were you ever afraid?"

"No." Sheng Hanyu shook his head.

She assumed there was a flaw in the design of the Underground Castle that he had spotted, which was why he wasn't afraid, so she humbly asked Sheng Hanyu for advice, asking how he had discovered the secret underground?

Sheng Hanyu shook his head: "I didn't discover the secret underground."

Ji Yingjie was puzzled: "Since you didn't discover the secret underground, why did you suddenly go looking for it back then?"

"Xuanxuan's intuition, Telepathy."

Because Shi Youxuan refused to speak with Ji Yingjie, Sheng Hanyu answered for her: "Xuanxuan and Jin Wan'er are twins; when twins are in danger, they can sense each other's aura."

"Going to the Swamp to look for someone wasn't because we discovered anything, but because Xuanxuan felt that Jin Wan'er was there, so the two of us went."

Ji Yingjie:...

She widened her eyes in astonishment.

She did not quite believe it.

It was not that she didn't believe in Telepathy, but that she didn't believe Sheng Hanyu would trust Shi Youxuan to such an extent.

"Just based on a single word from her, you were willing to accompany her to a place like that? Mr. Sheng, are you joking with me?"

Sheng Hanyu shook his head: "I never joke with people I am not familiar with, and even less so with you."

His gaze was clear and frank; he could not be lying.

Ji Yingjie believed him, but was even more shocked.

She had never imagined that there could actually be a man like Sheng Hanyu!

He would unconditionally believe the words of the woman he loved and go through fire and water for her, even if it were fraught with danger.

The men Ji Yingjie had seen were all timid and fearful, afraid to act and even more afraid to take responsibility.

Her favorable impression of Sheng Hanyu increased a little more.

"Xuanxuan choosing you as her husband, her judgment is not bad." Admitting he was a decent person was the greatest praise Ji Yingjie could give a man.

Ji Yingjie stood up and announced: "Good, I agree to let you and Xuanxuan stay together; I will give you relatively more power, so that in the future you will be second only to one and above all others."

Sheng Hanyu:...

What was this situation?

The conversation was going well, so why did the tone suddenly change?

Was this meant to make them stay, not letting them leave?

"What do you mean?"

Sheng Hanyu frowned, a flash of ruthlessness appearing in his eyes.