It was really hard for him to believe that this handsome man, who was as pretty as a blossom, was the rumored ghostly-looking Ghost King. T-they were two entirely different people, damn it!
“Do I need to lie to you?” Mu Ruyue asked as she shrugged.
“But… ” Li Lu hesitated for half a moment and muttered, “Those rumors came out of the palace, so I thought it was really true.”
“The palace?” Mu Ruyue’s eyes narrowed. It seemed like it was time to find out the source of those rumors. “Let’s not worry about that for now. Li Lu, how many experts can you recruit for me within three months?”
“If Marrow Cleansing Pills are available, I can help you gather 100 experts of the fifth to eighth rank. If they’re above the eighth rank, Marrow Cleansing Pills will have little appeal to them.”
“Okay, then I’ll give you three months.”
In three months, she also had to improve herself as much as possible…
Just as Li Lu turned to leave, the Mu family came to the door …
With a glance, Mu Yixue spotted Ye Wuchen beside Mu Ruyue. Her gaze obsessively caressed his handsome face and could no longer look away.
With hair akin to splashed ink, the teenager’s skin was white and transparent and his clear eyes were tinged with a bit of naivete. Even his thin lips were beautifully lined with a shallow curve.
But the teenager’s eyes were always glued on Mu Ruyue. Deep reliance was apparent in those eyes, as if there was only room for one person in those entire pupils.
Mu Yixue clenched her fists with jealousy. Her long nails whitened and the harmonious scene stung her eyes. She wished she could kill Mu Ruyue so that she could take her place.
“Young Master, who are you and why are you with Sister?” Mu Yixue gritted her teeth and glared at Mu Ruyue, then turned to Ye Wuchen and asked in a silky voice.
Ye Wuchen glanced at her somewhat fearfully. “Wife, this mad woman is terrifying. Could you drive her out?”
Mad woman? Mu Yixue’s pretty face contorted a bit. If not for the wink that Mu Qing gave her, she would’ve followed her impulses, gone up and snatched this teenager to her side.
“Young Master, I’m not some crazy woman. The one beside you is.”
“Xue’er!” Mu Qing glared at her. If he had known that she would be so impulsive, he wouldn’t have agreed to let her come with him. After all, the purpose of coming here was to ask Mu Ruyue to come home.
Mu Yixue’s eyes blazed with repressed anger, but she shut her mouth and only looked at Mu Ruyue enviously.
“My wife is a good person, not a crazy woman.” Ye Wuchen’s face flushed red with anger and fury stained his clear innocent eyes. “If you ever bully my wife again, I will kill you.”
Mu Ruyue froze for a moment as she looked at Ye Wuchen whose eyes were murderous. She asked with astonishment, “Wuchen?”
The Wuchen in her heart was dust-free and beautiful, just like an untainted child. She didn’t realize that he could also commit murder. She didn’t know that there would also be a time when he would get the urge to commit murder.
“Father once said that a gallant man should protect his wife. I am a gallant man, so anyone who bullies my wife must die. I will kill her!” Ye Wuchen proclaimed as he scowled at Mu Yixue.
If it was someone else who said it, Mu Ruyue might’ve doubted it. But since it was Ye Wuchen, she couldn’t help but believe him even if she was skeptical that he was capable of it.
Unconsciously, a strange feeling was kindled in her heart.
“Wuchen, don’t dirty your hands with blood.” Mu Ruyue gently took his hand and smiled. “As for killing, just let me do it. You’re the only pure person in this world. I won’t let others’ blood dirty your hands.”