The sudden voice startled all three people inside the house.
Feng Sujie's expression turned grave. She stepped forward and stood guard beside Feng Mei.
Beside her, Xu Buwen's eyes sharpened like an eagle's, and every hair on his body stood on end. He stared straight at the doorway, his face solemn.
He had been in this room all this time, yet he had not noticed anyone approaching. Whoever it was had to be stronger than him.
"Who's there?"
As his words fell, a figure slowly walked in through the door.
The man was wrapped in a black robe, with a mask covering the left side of his face and leaving only the right side exposed.
"Xu Buwen, don't you even recognize me anymore?"
"Yang Sanyuan?" Xu Buwen's expression changed. "What are you doing here?" he asked grimly.
"Obviously, I'm here because I have business to attend to." With his hands clasped behind his back, Yang Sanyuan surveyed the room before his gaze settled on Feng Mei.
"So this is the fiancée of the Young Sect Master of the Grudge Spirit Sect. She certainly is pretty. Too bad she's a lamb walking into a tiger's jaws. What a waste of a Charm Physique."
Feng Mei paused, confused. "What do you mean?"
"You don't know you have a Charm Physique?" Yang Sanyuan rubbed his chin, looking surprised.
He had assumed Feng Mei already knew about her constitution, but judging by her reaction, she had apparently been kept in the dark all along.
Feng Mei grew even more bewildered. "A Charm Physique? What's that?"
"Hahaha! What a pitiful little girl. Being sold off by the Feng Family was bad enough, but now you're about to die without even knowing why. Did you really think marrying the Young Sect Master of the Grudge Spirit