(Jiang Nannan artwork)
Lin Ye met Tang Ya's pleading gaze and shook his head helplessly.
After all, she was one of his own.
He turned to Jiang Nannan, his tone softening a little. "Sister Nannan, if you have any difficulties, just say so. If there's anything my Jade Void Sect can do for you, we definitely won't refuse."
Jiang Nannan still had her head lowered, her fingertips lightly rubbing the rim of her cup as though she had not heard him.
Lin Ye said nothing more. He directly pulled a gold brick from his Leopard Skin Pouch and slapped it onto the table with a bang.
The gold brick gleamed heavily under the warm yellow light, practically lighting up Tang Ya's eyes across from him.
"Damn, Little Ye!" Tang Ya snatched up the gold brick and turned it over several times. "No wonder you stopped selling milk tea! How are you so rich?!"
Jiang Nannan finally raised her head.
A trace of sorrow lingered in those breathtaking eyes, as if something she had suppressed for far too long had finally leaked through a crack. "It's about my family..."
Lin Ye's heart gave a slight jolt.
Her mother? But hadn't her mother been cured by the Black Tortoise Divine Pill in the original story?
Xiao Xiao spoke softly from the side. "Sister Nannan, Brother Ye is really amazing. Maybe he really can help you."
Jiang Nannan's gaze rested on Lin Ye's face for a moment before sweeping over the other three girls.
Tang Ya, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao—every one of them looked at Lin Ye with unwavering trust in their eyes.
She fell silent for several breaths before finally speaking, her voice as faint as a thread that could snap at any moment. "It's my mother... Her old illness has