Target: Ge Ye!

Target: Ge Ye!

A ray of morning light pierced the heavy clouds, painting the Xiao Family in gold.

"Wake up!"

"Don't forget, distinguished guests are coming today!"

"The main hall still needs cleaning!"

Amid the shouts of the senior servants, Jiang Han welcomed a new day.

An hour later.

"Time to leave! The distinguished guests are about to arrive!"

Once the cleaning was finished, the senior servants impatiently urged Jiang Han and the others to leave.

After everyone had left the hall, about fifteen minutes later, a figure quietly returned and hid inside a cabinet in the corner.

That figure was Jiang Han.

As time passed.

First, the sounds of polite conversation reached Jiang Han's ears. Then, led by a middle-aged man, several dozen people entered the hall.

Upon entering, the middle-aged man took the seat of honor first, while three elderly men sat down in turn on either side of him.

With just one glance, Jiang Han guessed the middle-aged man's identity. He was Xiao Zhan, the head of the Xiao family.

After all, he was far too familiar with this scene.

Not only did he possess a heaven-defying cheat, he also had the perspective of a god!

As for the three elderly men, they were naturally the clan elders, whose authority was no less than Xiao Zhan's.

To the left of the four of them sat influential clan elders and outstanding members of the younger generation.

Then he looked across from them.

Sitting in the middle was an elderly man in a moon-white robe, a smile on his face. Embroidered on his chest was a silver crescent moon, surrounded by seven glittering golden stars.

To the old man's left sat a man around twenty years old, with five golden stars embroidered on his chest.

To the old man's right sat a girl of fourteen or fifteen. She was delicately beautiful, and three golden stars were embroidered on her chest, displaying the strength of a Fighter Three Stars.

This elder in moon-white robes was Jiang Han's target—Ge Ye!

From the moment Ge Ye entered the hall, Jiang Han had already begun staring at him.

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Just as Jiang Han had expected, due to the vast gap in strength, the progress bar was advancing extremely slowly.

A full minute passed before the progress finally jumped to 3%.

At this rate, it would take half an hour to complete the stare.

Not long after Xiao Zhan and Ge Ye's group had taken their seats, Xiao Yan entered the hall under the steward's guidance.

After Xiao Yan arrived, every scene that followed matched the images in Jiang Han's memories.

First, Xiao Yan noticed Ge Ye and the other two, especially revealing a look of shock upon seeing the silver crescent moon and seven stars on Ge Ye's chest. Then Xiao Yan greeted Xiao Zhan and the three elders, only to discover that there was no seat for him in the hall, and so on...

Jiang Han did not care in the slightest.

As Xiao Zhan and the others chatted warmly with Ge Ye, time ticked by.

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Jiang Han prayed for the progress bar to move faster, faster still!

The moment the staring was complete, he would leave this place immediately.

"Patriarch Xiao, this old man has a request!" Ge Ye suddenly rose from his seat.

The moment Ge Ye finished speaking, his brows furrowed. He then turned his head and looked around, as if searching for something.

From the moment he had entered the hall, he had felt something strange, as though he were being watched by a hunter.

At first, he had thought it was merely his imagination, but the feeling had persisted for nearly half an hour.

He trusted the sixth sense honed through decades of battle experience.

Yet, looking across the entire hall, even Xiao Zhan, the strongest person present, posed no threat to him whatsoever.

"Mr. Ge Ye, are you looking for someone?"

Noticing Ge Ye's odd behavior, Xiao Zhan spoke up. "Please, say whatever you wish. So long as it is within the Xiao family's means, we will certainly do our utmost to help."

"Patriarch Xiao, the Yun Lan Sect has strict rules, and the Sect Master has already begun raising Yanran as the Yun Lan Sect's next Sect Master."

"I came here this time to dissolve the marriage agreement between Yanran and Xiao Yan."

With that, Ge Ye calmly looked at Xiao Zhan.

Whoosh—

"What? He's here to break off the engagement!"

"What's so surprising about that? Isn't it perfectly reasonable?"

"That's true! Forget that Xiao Yan is a worthless cripple now—even if he were still the genius he once was, Nalan Yanran could never possibly take a liking to him! After all, she is the future Yun Lan Sect Master!"

"A toad really can't have swan meat."

The moment Ge Ye's words fell, the atmosphere in the hall instantly became strange.

The older generation of the Xiao family wore angry expressions, while the younger generation mostly looked at Xiao Yan with mockery and ridicule.

Bang!

Upon hearing Ge Ye's so-called request, Xiao Zhan slammed his palm onto the table.

At the sudden sound, the respected clan elders in the hall rose one after another and surrounded Ge Ye's group of three, their faces dark.

"It's just a broken engagement. Don't all get so worked up!"

In the corner, Jiang Han wished he could rush out and press everyone back into their seats.

With this, the Xiao family members directly blocked Ge Ye from view. All Jiang Han could see now was the back of Ge Ye's head.

Afraid that his stare would be interrupted, Jiang Han had no choice but to open the cabinet door a little wider.

It was only such a completely silent movement.

Yet Ge Ye, not far away, immediately found the source of his strange feeling!

"Who's there!"

"Come out!"

Ge Ye frowned and turned toward Jiang Han's hiding place. His shout was like rolling thunder, filled with rage.

At that roar!

Everyone in the hall from the Xiao family—including Xiao Zhan, the three Grand Elders, and even Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er—cast the matter of the broken engagement aside. Their gazes followed Ge Ye's pointing finger and fell in unison upon a standing peachwood cabinet in the southwest corner.

Fuck!

A thousand stampeding alpacas raced through Jiang Han's heart.

"Please don't be alarmed, my lords. I'm merely a menial servant in the estate."

"My hands and feet were a little slow, so before I could leave, you all had entered the hall. I could only hide here for the moment. I never expected to draw your attention."

Under the pressure of dozens, perhaps even a hundred gazes, Jiang Han could only push open the cabinet door and slowly step out.

At the same time, he raised both hands and pretended to be terrified, perfectly acting out the panic and fear of a lowly nobody.

"Bullshit!"

Ge Ye shouted, "From the moment this old man entered the hall, you have been watching me! For nearly half an hour, your spying has never stopped!"

At this point, Ge Ye looked at Xiao Zhan and the others. "Look! Even now, he is still staring at this old man like that!"

Xiao Zhan frowned. Judging from Jiang Han's clothing, he truly was a menial servant of the estate.

He had intended to offer Jiang Han an explanation, but the truth was exactly as Ge Ye had said. From the moment he had been discovered until now, during this entire minute, Jiang Han's gaze had remained fixed solely on Ge Ye.

"When did you enter the estate?" Xiao Zhan asked.

"Yesterday."

Jiang Han answered immediately, but he did not turn to look at Xiao Zhan.

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The finish line was right before his eyes. How could Jiang Han possibly give up at a time like this?