Teasing Ye Ling? The Audacity!

Even after Ye Jun was pushed into the operating room, Lan Cuifang was still somewhat dazed.

The tall, handsome Ye Fan before her felt both familiar and strange.

"Little Fan, I'm not dreaming right now, am I?"

Lan Cuifang asked cautiously.

She was terrified that everything happening before her was merely a dream.

But even if it was a dream, Lan Cuifang hoped it could last a little longer.

After all, if it was a dream, once she woke up, she would have to face the cruel, icy reality.

From her son returning and paying five hundred thousand in medical fees, to fully armed Martial Warriors escorting a strange fruit over to detoxify her husband Ye Jun.

Everything was too dreamlike.

Her Little Fan had only been gone for a little over half a year.

What exactly had happened to him?

How much suffering had this child endured?

As a mother, amid her shock and joy, she also ached for Ye Fan, knowing he must have suffered greatly outside.

"Mother, don't worry. All of this is real. Your son will become even stronger in the future and let you, Father, and Younger Sister live good lives!"

Ye Fan pulled his mother into his embrace and said firmly.

At that moment, he yearned for strength more than ever.

He had truly experienced the privileges brought by power.

Only the strong could protect everything they held dear.

"By the way, Mother, where's Younger Sister Ye Ling? Why haven't I seen her?"

Ye Fan asked in confusion.

In Ye Fan's view, his father's injuries were so severe.

Given Ye Ling's personality, she would definitely be keeping watch here.

"Your sister is taking her high school entrance exams this year. I hid some of your father's condition from her and sent her back to school to study."

Lan Cuifang said.

Before long, the attending doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses came out.

"How is my father?"

Ye Fan told his mother to rest before walking up to ask.

"Thanks to you, little brother Ye, your father's poison has been removed, and his injuries have basically stabilized. All that remains is recuperation and recovery."

"Don't worry. I'll definitely spare no effort on my end."

The attending doctor smiled at Ye Fan.

Clearly, through the matter of the Ice Fire Glazed Fruit, he had confirmed Ye Fan's status within the Star Martial Hall and wished to befriend him.

"Thank you, Doctor."

Ye Fan said sincerely.

Seeing this, the gold-rimmed-glasses doctor's smile grew even broader.

"That's wonderful."

At some point, Lan Cuifang had come close again. Her eyes were slightly red as she wiped away her tears.

"Mother, Father has passed the critical stage. This is good news.

No more tears. That wouldn't be auspicious."

In his excellent mood, Ye Fan even made a joke.

"Yes, yes. Good, good."

Lan Cuifang broke into a smile through her tears. The simple, unadorned manner of this ordinary woman made Ye Fan's heart ache.

However.

Some of the patients' family members nearby cast envious looks their way.

Those who entered the critical care ward and then managed to recover were truly few and far between.

It was all because that tall youth was so capable.

"Mother, my sister and the others should be getting out of school soon, right? Don't let her attend evening study tonight. I'll go pick her up!"

Ye Fan stood.

Today was a day of great joy, worthy of celebration.

"Mm, all right. Be careful on the road."

Lan Cuifang reminded him. Watching her tall son leave, she smiled again.

Her son had become a Martial Warrior. He could already shield the family from wind and rain.

Yet she still treated him like a child.

Jiangning No. 4 Middle School was one of the best middle schools in Jiangning City.

Ye Ling, his younger sister, was very smart and hardworking, and she had successfully gained admission.

Now, she was already in her third year of middle school.

It was the transition period between afternoon dismissal and evening study. Many students walked out through the school gates and went to the snack shops and stalls along both sides of the street to buy food.

Now that Ye Fan had reached the Spirit Stream Realm and possessed as much as 15 points of Mental Power, his senses were extraordinarily sharp.

Very quickly, he spotted a tall, fair-skinned girl brimming with youthful energy, her hair tied in a ponytail, walking hand in hand with another girl as they chatted and laughed out of the school gates.

A doting smile appeared on Ye Fan's face as he was just about to call out to Ye Ling.

Then, with a crash, a group of Little Yellow Hairs poured out from a slanted alleyway like floodwaters bursting through a dam.

They directly surrounded Ye Ling and the cute round-faced girl.

The round-faced girl's entire face turned pale with fright.

Ye Ling appeared much calmer on the surface, but one hand hidden within her sleeve was trembling slightly as well.

The students of No. 4 Middle School around them were all startled.

But as one yellow-haired thug waved a short knife around, they all retreated.

"Ye Ling, have you considered our boss's proposal? Become our boss's girlfriend, and you'll be guaranteed fine food and drink."

The leading yellow-haired thug looked Ye Ling up and down.

It had to be said that this little girl was like a bud about to bloom, radiating the breath of youth.

Moreover, she was tall and fair-skinned.

Even through her school uniform, Little Yellow Hair seemed able to see Ye Ling's long, straight, snow-white legs—enough to play with for a year.

He cursed inwardly, That damn boss really has outrageous luck with women!

"Get lost! I have no feelings for Meng Chen. Tell him to stop harassing me!"

Ye Ling said coldly, without the slightest politeness.

"Get lost?"

"Hehe... hahaha... Do you know that your father lost my big brother's treasure, worth five million? Now he's been injured by an exotic beast and is lying on a hospital bed, barely clinging to life!"

"My big brother said your old man is still short fifty thousand in medical fees.

If you obediently follow my boss, my boss will pay those fifty thousand for you!"

Little Yellow Hair shouted.

Ye Ling's face instantly turned deathly pale.

No wonder she had seen her mother leaving early and returning late these past few days, looking utterly haggard.

And carrying the smell of hospital disinfectant on her.

So Father had actually been seriously injured!?

Little Yellow Hair saw the shock and hesitation on Ye Ling's face.

He immediately became even more smug.

He said, "My boss said that if you and your Jin Lian sister serve him together, not only will you not have to compensate for the lost five-million treasure."

"He'll also help cure your father, let your family live in the inner city, and give you the life of people above people!"

Little Yellow Hair shouted arrogantly.

"Meng Chen?"

Ye Fan, who had already drawn near, caught the scent of a conspiracy in this.

"Brother?"

Ye Fan was tall and imposing, his heroic bearing commanding.

The moment she saw Ye Fan, Ye Ling cried out in delighted surprise.

"Hehe, little girl, you think such a lowly trick can fool your Brother Yellow Hair..."

Without even turning his head, Little Yellow Hair sneered.

"Teasing and threatening my sister. You truly have the audacity of a dog!"

An icy voice rang out, as though it were Judgment delivered by fate itself.

Suddenly.

The leading Little Yellow Hair shuddered violently. At that moment, he felt as though he had been targeted by a fierce tiger.

He slowly turned his head.

"Argh~"

But in the next instant, he let out a scream. His teeth, mixed with blood and saliva, flew straight out of his mouth.

His body was also sent spinning away like a top by that terrifying figure!

"A Martial Warrior—possibly even a Ranked Martial Warrior! Could Ye Ling's brother have already entered the Spirit Stream Realm?!"

A wave of shocked cries rose from the surrounding crowd.

"Hmph. You've only just entered the Spirit Stream Realm, and you already dare lay hands on my people?"

Not far away, the door of a luxury car opened...