Chapter 655: A Difficult Opponent

Ye Jingwu was squeamish about blood, so he dared not look at the old man's corpse; Zhou Wanyun, however, went up to take a look, and her brows immediately locked tightly together.

With a wave of her hand, the bodyguard at her side covered the body with a white cloth and carried the old man's corpse away.

"Decapitated, clean and swift." Zhou Wanyun gritted her teeth and said, "It seems we underestimated our opponent this time."

"Old Wu was already a master of the Martial Ancestor Realm. He worked for me for ten years and never once failed; how could he end up like this?" Ye Jingwu's hands were trembling slightly: "We have run into a powerful opponent. It was my impulse; I should have talked to Chen Yu properly."

"It is too late to say anything now." Zhou Wanyun said in Silence: "No one could have imagined that the young Chen Yu would have such strong power. It is no wonder that the girl Ye Qingning is dying to throw herself into Chen Yu's bed."

"What do we do now?" Ye Jingwu was at a loss.

"Old Wu has a Senior Brother, Chenghuatong." Zhou Wanyun said: "He broke through to the Martial Ancestor Realm decades ago and later had fortuitous encounters; he is now at the realm of a Half-step Dharma Cultivator. If he is here, Chen Yu will surely die."

"But that old man has a bad temper, and he is currently in seclusion. I am afraid I cannot invite him." Ye Jingwu said with some worry.

"Rest assured, his only Junior Brother died at Chen Yu's hands; I do not believe he will remain indifferent." Zhou Wanyun smiled faintly.

"Then let us be quick. I will find a way to contact him." Ye Jingwu thought for a long time and nodded slightly.

Chen Yu had a quiet night. The next day, early in the morning, he received a call from Gu Ping, who said his fiancée was taking him shopping today and invited Chen Yu out for a meal.

Chen Yu naturally agreed immediately. He felt some sympathy for Gu Ping; having spent his life licking blood off the edge of a blade on the battlefield, he now had to patiently follow a woman around in a shopping mall, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.

At noon, Chen Yu went to the agreed-upon place on time.

Gu Ping was different from those of the wealthy Aristocratic Families; the Gu Family had few members, so only his branch supported it.

It was just that the Old Master Gu was still alive, so within Shengjing City, no one dared to target the Gu Family.

However, Gu Ping came from a military background and had been away for many years, so he lacked the dissolute air of those young masters. Moreover, his fiancée Wu Ruozhu had an excellent upbringing, so the two of them and Chen Yu found a hotpot restaurant in the mall to eat.

When Chen Yu arrived, the two were still waiting in line. This mutton hotpot place was famous in the vicinity, and since the two had been shopping a bit late, they had no choice but to wait here.

Besides Wu Ruozhu, there was another girl present; this girl was Wu Ruozhu's cousin, Liu Shan.

"Brother Yu, here, it will be our turn soon." Gu Ping saw Chen Yu and waved at him.

Chen Yu walked over with a smile, and Gu Ping introduced: "Ruozhu, this is my brother Chen Yu; my life was saved by him. Brother Yu, this is Wu Ruozhu, my fiancée, and this is her cousin Liu Shan."

Chen Yu looked at Liu Shan strangely, a flash of something unusual passing through his eyes. This woman was quite wild. With Chen Yu's current medical skills, he could see the problem with her at a glance, but Chen Yu could not say it directly.

"Hello, Mr. Chen." Wu Ruozhu was indeed from a scholarly Aristocratic Family; she spoke very softly and was very polite, nodding slightly toward Chen Yu.

"Haha, hello, hello. Miss Wu, my brother is truly blessed to be able to marry a girl as beautiful and cultured as you." Chen Yu regained his composure and laughed heartily.

Wu Ruozhu's face flushed slightly, and she stole a glance at Gu Ping, her eyes full of unconcealable joy.

It was evident from her eyes that she was very satisfied with Gu Ping; the two were a perfect match, and it was likely they would be married before long.

"Gu Ping, where did this friend of yours come from?" Liu Shan, who was to the side, spoke up.

Liu Shan was the cousin from Wu Ruozhu's aunt's side; her family background and cultivation were far inferior to Wu Ruozhu's. As soon as she opened her mouth, it was filled with thick skepticism and disdain.

"From Fengling. My health was poor before, and it was all thanks to Brother Yu helping me treat it; otherwise, I am afraid I would not be able to stand here now." Gu Ping smiled.

"So he is just a doctor?" Liu Shan glanced at Chen Yu and then looked at Gu Ping: "You were injured before? Although you are better now, who knows if there are any sequelae? Ruozhu, let us put off matters with him for now. Observe him; what if he has sequelae?"

Gu Ping's expression changed slightly, and he almost could not help but slap her across the face. Did this woman not use her brain when she spoke?

"Cousin, what are you saying? Pingping is in very good health." Wu Ruozhu's delicate brows furrowed slightly. Liu Shan's words sounded very harsh, which made her quite unhappy.

"Good? I am afraid it only looks good on the surface." Liu Shan snorted coldly: "Look at you, with your own excellent conditions—a scholarly Aristocratic Family in Shengjing—why not marry into a wealthy family? You found such a common soldier; I really do not know when you went blind."

Liu Shan's words caused the expressions of both Gu Ping and Wu Ruozhu to change. Gu Ping suppressed his temper and said: "It is our turn, let us go in."

As they walked in, Liu Shan muttered: "Cannot even afford a decent restaurant, and now there are actually people so uncouth as to eat hotpot; it is not healthy at all. The boyfriends I dated before always treated me to French fine dining."

"How is hotpot unhealthy?" Chen Yu was getting angry. Why was this woman acting like a brainless fool just like Li Lu?

"Hotpot is just unhealthy, heavy on oil and heavy on spice." Liu Shan said: "Western-style steak has extremely high nutritional value; the Chinese diet is simply not good."

"How is it not good? Have you been abroad or studied overseas? Or are you a nutritionist who can talk eloquently about what to eat every day?" Chen Yu could not hold back his temper; he had to give this woman a taste of her own medicine.

Wu Ruozhu did not want to lose her temper for the sake of her cousin, and Gu Ping was a man—he could not exactly flip the table while dining with his fiancée's cousin—so Chen Yu decided to play the villain.

"Unhealthy is unhealthy. Besides, who takes a girl out to eat at a place like this nowadays? Is this place even high-class?" Liu Shan said angrily: "Cousin, was I wrong to say he is just a common soldier? His salary is not even enough for me to eat a single meal."

"And where did his friend come from? Just some low-level doctor?"

"That is right, I am just a low-level doctor. Do you not look for a doctor when you get sick? Or can you guarantee that you will never get sick in your entire life?" Chen Yu sneered: "As soon as you open your mouth, you show off your superior intelligence. I really wonder what kind of children someone like you would raise."

"What did you say? What children? I do not even have a boyfriend, you jerk." Liu Shan was furious. Was Chen Yu implying that she was old? Old enough to be a child's mother?

What women hate most is men implying they look old; Chen Yu's words were like lighting a powder keg.

"Oh, you do not have a boyfriend?" Chen Yu looked at her with some pity and said: "Then you are nearly three months pregnant; do you not have the slightest clue yourself?"