Behind the corner, Hu Niu, who was waiting for her, saw her arrive and immediately led her further away, stopping only when they reached an empty corner.
Stopping, Lian Yu immediately asked, “What is wrong?”
Thinking something had happened, Hu Niu immediately whispered in her ear for a while.
Listening, the expression on Lian Yu’s face gradually filled with astonishment. After the explanation finished, she asked doubtfully, “Use a honey trap on me? Are you sure you did not mishear?”
Hu Niu said, “Their voices were quiet, so it was not very clear, but from the scattered words I caught, it is certain they indeed intend to use a honey trap on you.”
Lian Yu became even more suspicious. “A big bulky man and a sleazy man with a small moustache. Do either of them have anything to do with the word ‘handsome’? Do you take me for blind?”
Hu Niu also felt a mix of laughter and tears. “It seems they want to rely on that big man’s physique. They said they want to try, suggesting that you, Proprietress, might just be into that type.”
“This…” Lian Yu was bewildered. “I thought I was overthinking it. They really are targeting me. What kind of wild method is this?”
She completely could not understand. Those two fellows had made such a scene with Liang Ban earlier, making her think her previous judgement was wrong. Now it had come full circle. How could anyone normally trying to make a move on her do such a thing?
Hu Niu asked, “Proprietress, how should we handle this?”
Lian Yu raised her hand to stop her, waved her hand thoughtfully, and showed a playful expression. “Guests who come are to be treated as guests. Bring a jar of good wine.”
The mistress and servant quickly returned to the banquet area, with Hu Niu following behind Lian Yu, carrying a jar of wine.
“I have kept everyone waiting.” Lian Yu smiled and apologised. Turning her head and seeing Mu Aotie beside her, she noticed the cleavage under his rather open collar. She found it actually had some depth, and his pectoral muscles were truly robust.
Not knowing what she thought of, she could not help but reveal a slightly profound meaning, sitting down slowly with a half smile.
Her return had already attracted everyone’s attention. Naturally, they took in her reaction, instantly understanding what she was looking at. They also stared at Mu Aotie’s robust chest, and their expressions instantly became peculiar. They felt this proprietress had stared at his chest for a bit too long. This tone seemed a bit, well, you know.
Yu Qing’s eyelid twitched, and his eyes shone. Could this woman really be into this type?
If so, they should definitely celebrate with a big drink!
Mu Aotie maintained a cold appearance, looking straight ahead, and did not notice Lian Yu peeking at his chest.
Liang Ban, sitting to Lian Yu’s left, also did not notice her unusual gaze due to the angle.
However, everyone else present saw it clearly.
Hu Niu had already opened the wine jar, instructed someone to pour the wine into individual pots, and then carried the tray, placing the wine pots on the tables respectively.
In fact, each table already had a pot of wine.
Lian Yu took the lead in pouring the new wine from the pot. The flowing wine shimmered with a silver lustre, and a unique wine fragrance drifted and spread. She explained, “This is fruit wine brewed from the ‘Sand World Fruit’. Everyone might as well taste how it is.”
Everyone followed suit, pouring wine into their cups. Yu Qing could not help his curiosity and asked, “What is a Sand World Fruit?”
Everyone could not help but glance at him, as if to say, you do not even know this? There was an obvious look of disdain on Liang Ban’s face.
The elderly woman with frost white temples sitting nearby, Gu Yang, the sect leader of the Star Moon Sect, smiled and explained, “It is a spiritual fruit specialty of Tianji Mountain, produced in the soil layer beneath the desert. This means it grows between the soil layer and the sand layer, hence the name ‘Sand World Fruit’. It is not easy to dig into the desert to find this fruit, so the price is imaginable, let alone the wine brewed from it. The proprietress has spent a lot.”
She was the first to raise her cup to Lian Yu, and the others successively raised their cups in agreement.
Lian Yu raised her cup in response, “Entertaining esteemed guests is only right and proper. It cannot be called spending too much. Everyone, please drain this cup.” Saying this, she specifically turned her body, holding the cup with both hands towards Mu Aotie. “Brother Zhang, let us drink this cup together.”
The crowd, who were just about to drink together, all turned to look at Mu Aotie in unison.
The reason for this was that this charming woman’s tone actually carried a hint of coquettishness, and it was directed solely at Mu Aotie.
Everyone slowly raised their cups to hide their reactions, but in reality, they were secretly observing the interaction between Lian Yu and Mu Aotie.
Yu Qing was already grinning from ear to ear. He stroked his small moustache and shouted in a great mood, “Drink together, drink together.”
Liang Ban’s wine cup froze at his lips. He turned his head and stared intently at the movements of the man and woman beside him, seemingly having also understood the anomaly.
Mu Aotie, looking straight ahead with lowered eyes, still had a cold face. His movements were also cold. He grabbed the wine cup, nodded slightly in response to Lian Yu, and was about to drain it in one gulp.
Who would have thought that Lian Yu’s pale, slender fingers would press down on his wrist holding the cup. She moved her own cup closer, clinked it against his with a ding sound, and took the initiative to toast him. Her eyes gave a feeling of deep affection as she said, “Brother Zhang, whatever unhappiness there is, it will pass with this sip. Do not keep it in your heart.”
Mu Aotie’s heart pounded from being teased by her gaze. He quickly withdrew his gaze. Once she let go, he immediately raised his head and drained the cup, slamming the empty cup back onto the table, remaining cold.
Lian Yu raised her head, revealing a swan like graceful neck, drank with great charm, and showed the bottom of her cup to everyone.
Only after everyone had put down their cups did Liang Ban slowly drink the wine in his cup. The glance he cast towards Mu Aotie already revealed ill will.
Seeing this, Yu Qing’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. Could this Young Master Liang have truly taken a fancy to Lian Yu?
He had suspected it at the beginning, but later thought he was overthinking. This woman was Nie Rifu’s mistress, after all. How could the dignified young master of the Liang family in Haishi publicly do such a thing.
Now, with obvious jealousy showing on Young Master Liang’s face, it immediately made him feel that things were not good, worrying that they might have stepped in shit.
Other matters were easy to talk about, but once jealousy started, they would truly become enemies. He was afraid that even this proprietress could not hold Liang Ban back. Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to clash with the power of the Liang family. He and his martial brother could not afford to play that game.
The sect leaders occasionally exchanged glances, the meaning seeming to say, trouble is about to happen!
Hu Niu, standing not far away, showed shock in her eyes, obviously not expecting her master to show such an affectionate posture towards another man.
Wei Yue, the sect leader of the Mountain Suppressing Sect, after looking left and right for a moment, suddenly raised his cup to signal the two martial brothers. “I wonder if Brothers Zhu and Zhang have come to Tianji Mountain for a visit or for a long stay?”
Other sect leaders actually had the same intention to probe, wanting to see what kind of background these two had.
Yu Qing raised his cup and replied, “I have the honour of being the sect leader of the ‘Scorpion Sect’, and he is our second in command.”
He casually gave Mu Aotie a title, which was considered saving Mu Aotie’s face.
This young looking man is also a sect leader? While surprised, the sect leaders one after another looked at Mu Aotie with some suspicion. Is this the second in command? Why does his demeanour feel even more impressive than the sect leader’s?
“Scorpion Sect?” Shen Jinchuan, the sect leader of the Golden Cicada Sect, who was slightly plump with dark skin, muttered to himself. He looked at the other sect leaders with eyes full of suspicion, obviously asking for their help to clear up the confusion.
In fact, everyone was also puzzled, wondering if they were just ignorant, as they did not seem to have heard of such a sect in Tianji Mountain.
It was indeed ignorance. Top tier sects like theirs would not take those random minor sects to heart. Even if they heard of them, they might not remember.
Gu Yang, the sect leader of the Star Moon Sect with frost white temples, hesitated and said, “Among the new recruits in our sect, someone seems to have mentioned a Scorpion Sect. It seems they said the Scorpion Sect was crushed by someone before they defected to our Star Moon Sect.”
Pouring wine for herself, Lian Yu raised her eyebrows with a smile, her gaze falling on Yu Qing, wanting to see how he would explain this.
Hu Niu, who knew the score, also pursed her lips in a smile.
For Yu Qing, there was nothing difficult to answer. He cleared his throat and said, “The ‘Scorpion Sect’ Sect Leader Gu mentioned should be our humble sect. It was indeed crushed by someone not long ago. The first to third in commands were all killed. Seeing that the Scorpion Sect still had some remaining courage, I rebuilt the ‘Scorpion Sect’.”
He avoided the fact that he was tricked into joining and made it sound a bit better.
Gu Yang paused for a moment. When she mentioned the Scorpion Sect, she had no intention of belittling it, only thinking it was a namesake. She did not expect it to truly be that already finished Scorpion Sect.
The other sect leaders could not help but look at each other. They thought he was some important figure to dare to oppose someone from the Haishi Liang family. It turned out to be a minor sect.
Thinking about it, everyone agreed. These two fellows were drawn by lot to attend the banquet, so it was not surprising they had no real background. They just could not figure out where these two got the courage to go head to head with Liang Ban, bluffing them all into a daze.
Looking at Yu Qing’s age again, everyone began to suspect. Could they just be two reckless youths?
People are snobbish. The way the sect leaders looked at the two martial brothers began to change, and they were somewhat unwilling to look at them directly.
However, Wei Yue, the sect leader of the Mountain Suppressing Sect, asked directly, pointing at Liang Ban. “Do Brothers Zhu and Zhang know Young Master Liang’s background?”
Yu Qing naturally already knew, but he said, “This is our first meeting with everyone, and we have not yet had the chance to ask. May I ask where Brother Liang holds a high position?”
He definitely would not admit it. If he clearly knew and still dared to offend, that would truly be a deliberate offence, showing no regard for the Liang family.
Wei Yue immediately laughed. “Have you two never heard of the Haishi Liang family?”
“Ah?” Yu Qing acted startled, staring at Liang Ban with a face full of shock. “Could it be that Brother Liang is from the Haishi Liang family?”
Lian Yu could hardly hide her smile, and Hu Niu also had a smile on her lips. Watching this fellow act here, the two of them, who controlled the movements here, knew that Yu Qing had already asked the waiter here about Liang Ban’s background.
If not for this, Lian Yu would not have mistakenly thought her previous judgement was wrong earlier.
“Hmph!” Liang Ban gave a cold snort, opened the folding fan in his hand to fan himself, and obviously no longer suppressed his emotions, becoming very angry.
He had also been scared just now. Not even putting the Haishi Liang family in his eyes, not knowing what his background was, it had made him cautious for quite a while.
Not speaking was an admission. Yu Qing stood up with a look of great shock, bowing repeatedly to apologise. “Young Master Liang, we were blind and presumptuous. Please, Young Master Liang, be generous and do not lower yourself to our level.”
He then called out to Mu Aotie, “Zhang Sui, why do you not quickly apologise to Young Master Liang?”
He was doing this with the intention of making peace.
The observing sect leaders could not help but shake their heads secretly. After all this fuss, they really were just two reckless youths.
However, Mu Aotie glanced at Lian Yu out of the corner of his eye, but sat there unmoved, or even expressionless, still cold, still maintaining an arrogant posture. There was not a hint of intention to apologise.
His outward posture had always been rigid. Admitting defeat in front of a beautiful woman was something he could not do.
Seeing him like this, Yu Qing was instantly dumbfounded. He knew this Old Nine fellow’s stubbornness had flared up again. He could not help but complain bitterly in his heart, wondering what sin he had committed in his past life to end up with two such bizarre martial brothers.