"I want one too..." the Seventh Princess said, looking at Ye Lang with a grin.
"Go away, there's no room for you to hug me right now. How about a kiss instead?" Ye Lang said. It seemed that he was being occupied by the two women, except for his head.
"Okay!" The Seventh Princess gave Ye Lang a clean and quick kiss, not on the lips, but just on his Ye Lang face.
"... I was just kidding, I haven't washed my face for days!!" Ye Lang said blankly. Indeed, he had been in here for the past two days, and there was clearly no washing utensils at all.
"..." The Seventh Princess fell silent, then immediately spat, "Ptooey, you little rascal, you're teasing me again!!"
"No, it was just an accident..." Ye Lang said awkwardly.
At this moment, Ye Lang took a moment to scan the entire room. "You're all here, that's even better, I don't need to look for you. I was worried about not being able to find you. Also, shouldn't you be in front of me?"
Ye Lang didn't understand how he could be ahead of them when he was much later than them. The reason was simple: Ye Lang was traveling with the mercenaries, while Ye Chengtian and the others had to shake off pursuers and then deal with invitations from others, so they were naturally much slower than Ye Lang.
On the other hand, after scanning the area, Ye Lang seemed to want to look away, but soon he realized that something was amiss...
In an instant, Ye Lang's gaze focused on one person—no, it should be said, two people. He broke free from his mother's and sister's embrace and looked at one person—
It's that female warrior!!
"Mandy, what are you doing holding that Fatty?" Ye Lang's voice was a little cold, simply because he saw the female warrior holding Zhen Xiaoyan to her throat with her sword.
This female warrior is none other than Sister Mandy!
Ye Lang originally called her Sister Mandy, but when he saw her kidnapping Zhen Xiaoyan, he simply dropped the "sister" part.
"I..." Sister Mandy felt a little wronged when she saw Ye Lang speaking to her coldly. She had only done this for him, but she never knew that he was the legendary Ye Lang.
"No matter your reason, release her!!" Ye Lang said rudely.
Sister Mandy felt even more aggrieved, and she put down her sword. Zhen Xiaoyan was thus freed from her captivity. In fact, Sister Mandy had wanted to let her go earlier. Knowing that the young master was Ye Lang, Zhen Xiaoyan's good friend, why was she still holding Zhen Xiaoyan hostage?
It was just that things happened so suddenly that she forgot for a moment!
"Fatty, lift your head up..." Zhen Xiaoyan came to Ye Lang's side, and Ye Lang told her to lift her head, so she obediently did so.
"It's bleeding, but thankfully it's nothing serious and won't leave a scar!" Ye Lang gently ran his hand across the bloodstain on Zhen Xiaoyan's neck, and the bloodstain disappeared with the movement of his hand!
There wasn't even the slightest trace left, as if there hadn't been a scratch at all, which seemed a bit amazing. But considering the kid's alchemy skills, it made sense.
"Ye Lang, you can't blame Miss Mandy. She just kidnapped me to exchange for you in order to save you. She didn't know your identity or that we were friends!" Zhen Xiaoyan said, still unsure if she could put her head down.
She didn't want Ye Lang to wrongly blame those who were good to him; that would be too cruel for Sister Mandy.
"I see. Alright, you can bow your head now!" Ye Lang finally understood Sister Mandy's intention. Perhaps because Zhen Xiaoyan was alright, he apologized and said, "Sister Mandy, I'm sorry for what happened earlier. I misunderstood you! Also, thank you for taking care of me these past few days. Now that I've found the person I was looking for, I won't trouble you any further!"
"No need to apologize or say thank you. It's what I should do; it's our duty as mercenaries!" Sister Mandy shook her head and replied slowly.
"I understand that you are a person of your word, but I don't understand why you would take such a risk as kidnapping Fatty when I am not in any danger?" Ye Lang, somewhat puzzled.
"Young Master, how would we have known you weren't in danger? They just 'invited' you away without saying a word, and then there was no news for two days. Who knows if something might have happened!" Sister Mandy said somewhat irritably.
"Didn't I say I'd just play with them for a few days? You can just go and don't need to worry about me?" Ye Lang said.
"We're just going to leave? If we abandon you, let's see if you can catch up. Maybe you'll run back. Besides, how can we not worry about you..." Sister Mandy interjected.
"Miss Mandy, don't discuss these issues with him, you'll never get any answers!" The Seventh Princess shook her head, stopping Sister Mandy from continuing.
"Yeah, he's a bit of a scatterbrain, and you two are really entangled." Ye Lanyu nodded in agreement, then asked Ye Lang, "Little brother, why were you invited here? Did you do something?"
"I didn't do anything. I just saw a gambling den and on a whim, I wanted to lose some money, so I went in," Ye Lang said.
Losing some money? You must be mistaken, it should be winning some money.
Those who don't know Ye Lang's personality might think Ye Lang misspoke, but those who do know him understand that it wasn't a slip of the tongue; this kid was just trying to lose money.
"So, did you win?" the Seventh Princess guessed. If she hadn't won, she wouldn't have been invited by this King Gao Fei.
"Yes, I won, and I even won the entire gambling den. Sigh..." Ye Lang nodded in response, clearly regretting the outcome.
"..." Everyone was speechless, wondering where this kid's luck came from, how he could win an entire gambling den like that.
At this moment, Seventh Brother's eyes lit up, and he praised, "Thirteenth Brother, well done! Now we have another business!"
"The gambling den... is that gambling den called the Supreme Gambling House?" the servant asked.
"I don't remember, it seems so, but it also seems not!" Ye Lang couldn't possibly remember these things, or rather, he didn't even look at them or pay attention to them.
"It must be the Supreme Gambling House. That's His Majesty's property. That's probably why he invited you here to gamble, hoping to win back the gambling house and also satisfy his gambling addiction," the servant continued.
"So that's how it is. I thought he had discovered my identity, which is why I came with you. But he just started betting with me without saying a word. Fine, let's bet! I've never been afraid of anyone!" Ye Lang said, patting his chest.
From Ye Lang's words, Sister Mandy vaguely realized that Ye Lang actually told her not to get involved so as not to implicate her, and that he wanted her and the others to leave as soon as possible.