Prime Female Slave

This left the Ye Clan like ants on a hot pan, frantic with worry. Ye Chengtian and his wife in particular had practically gone without sleep or rest for the past three days.

Little Lan Yu had also lost all appetite. Among the four siblings, she had been closest to the Thirteenth Young Master, clinging to him all day long. Perhaps it was because only the Thirteenth Young Master was younger than her, allowing her to play the role of an older sister.

This matter had also alarmed the emperor of the Empire, who closely watched its developments and sent many people to help search for the Thirteenth Young Master.

"Keep searching! Search carefully! So many of you have searched for three days, yet you still can't find a five-year-old child!" Ye Yi, head of the Ye Clan, roared.

"It has already been three days. Could Ye Lang have left the city?" Matriarch Ruan Lian'er asked with a frown. Given the current situation, it was hard not to think in that direction.

"He's only a child. How could he possibly leave the city unless someone deliberately took him away?" Ye Yi frowned. He had actually sent people to search the surrounding areas long ago; he simply did not want to consider that possibility.

If little Ye Lang had been taken out of the city, then someone must have harbored ill intentions. The outcome would only give them an even greater headache.

"Whoever dares harm my son, I'll make his entire family accompany him to the grave!" Ye Chengtian snorted softly. His voice was quiet, and it was hard to tell whether he was speaking to himself, but the determination in his tone was beyond doubt.

"Chengtian..." Long Anqi clasped Ye Chengtian's hand, her tone deeply complicated, as though she had accepted something.

Just then, something unexpected happened—something that absolutely no one could have anticipated.

"Master, the Thirteenth Young Master, the Thirteenth Young Master, he..." A servant rushed in, his face full of panic and disbelief.

"What is it? Is there news?" Ye Yi asked steadily. The servant's expression gave him a faint sense of unease.

"The Thirteenth Young Master, he, he..." The servant seemed not to have caught his breath yet.

"What happened to him? Hurry up and say it!!" Long Anqi cried anxiously.

"The Thirteenth Young Master has returned." The servant finally managed to finish the sentence.

"?! What did you say? Where is he now?" After a brief silence, everyone in the room erupted, grabbing the servant by his clothes and demanding answers. The poor servant was overwhelmed by the attention.

"The Thirteenth Young Master has returned, and he brought a little girl back with him. They've already entered the gates," the servant said. Clearly, he had hurried ahead of the Thirteenth Young Master to report the news, with a hint of seeking credit in his manner.

Who had the time to pay attention to him now? They immediately flung him aside and vanished from the room. At the same time, none of them noticed the servant's words: he had brought back a little girl.

When Ye Yi and the others rushed to the front courtyard, they saw the Thirteenth Young Master walking in the middle. Not far behind him stood a little girl about his age. She was somewhat different from ordinary members of the Human Race, but no one paid attention to that right now. They only wanted to hug the Thirteenth Young Master and see whether he had been hurt.

The first to embrace the Thirteenth Young Master was Long Anqi, who appeared to be the weakest among them. At that moment, she unleashed two hundred percent of her speed—no, even more than that—darting before the Thirteenth Young Master and sweeping him into her arms.

"My little treasure, where on earth did you go? Were you hurt? Have you gone hungry these past few days..." Long Anqi fussed over the Thirteenth Young Master as she checked his body, while temporarily squeezing aside everyone else who wanted to hug him.

The Thirteenth Young Master shook his head and slowly said, "No. There was good food, good drinks, and fun things to play with."

"Good food, good drinks, and fun things?" Once Long Anqi had confirmed that the Thirteenth Young Master was unharmed, she continued, "What place was it? Who took you there? And who is this little girl? Eh, this little girl..."

Only then did Long Anqi seem to notice that the little girl standing nearby was different from the Human Race. Yes, that was right—she was not Human Race to begin with.

The little girl had large eyes, tiny fangs showing whenever she smiled, a pair of "cat" ears atop her head, and a little tail behind her. All of it clearly told everyone that she was an Orc.

The question was whether she belonged to the Cat Tribe or the Tiger Clan. The traits of those two races were somewhat similar, especially during childhood.

Very quickly, the Thirteenth Young Master gave them the answer. "I bought her. They said she was a Prime Female Slave from the Tiger Clan."

"..."

Silence. For a moment, no one made a sound. They merely stared quietly at the Thirteenth Young Master, strange expressions filling their eyes.

"You bought her? Where exactly did you go during these three days? And how did you get out? Tell Mother everything slowly and carefully," Long Anqi asked curiously. She was intensely curious about her son's experiences over the past three days and desperately wanted to know.

The others were curious as well. They all stared at the Thirteenth Young Master, waiting for his answer.

Before the Thirteenth Young Master could speak, however, Long Anqi added, "Let's go inside first. The wind is strong here." She did not want her son standing outside in the wind, so she immediately carried him indoors.

That was just as well. Everyone could sit down, have some tea, and talk things over slowly.

Once everything was ready, the Thirteenth Young Master began slowly recounting his experiences over the past three days. Naturally, many parts were vague and required everyone to guess, since his ability to express himself was limited.

Fortunately, none of the people present were ordinary. They could more or less understand him, and their mouths hung open from beginning to end. Clearly, they had been stunned by his experiences.

First, the Thirteenth Young Master explained how he had left the Ye Residence. The answer made everyone present change color. It was not that getting out had been complicated—it had been far too simple.

"I just walked out like that. No one stopped me. They didn't even pay attention to me." Those were the Thirteenth Young Master's exact words.

That was right. Not a single person in the entire Ye Residence had noticed him. Right beneath everyone's noses, he had skipped and hopped straight out through the main gate.

There were several reasons for this. First, there were too many people in the Ye Residence, and there was no shortage of children around his age. Aside from a select few, no one in the Ye Clan had even seen this Thirteenth Young Master before.

Second, while the Ye Residence investigated the background of those entering, making it as difficult for outsiders to sneak in as entering the Imperial Palace, they had a blind spot: they were far more lax about people leaving from inside.

Furthermore, no one would naturally be on guard against a five-year-old child.

Of course, many coincidences had also been necessary for the Thirteenth Young Master to leave through the main gate without anyone noticing. He had simply walked out through the front gate, just like that—and everyone found it utterly inconceivable!