Ye Wei rolled her eyes. "Little girl, you eat Yijie's food, drink his drinks, and everything you have comes from him. You don't even know his birthday. You don't really care about him, do you?"
"I'm Uncle Shu's bodyguard. Isn't it all supposed to be like this? And Uncle Shu is willing to do it for me." Yong Shanling raised her little chin proudly. Uncle Shu was really nice to her.
The little girl's matter - of - fact attitude made Ye Wei grind her teeth in annoyance. Ye Wei raised her eyebrows. "So you're not going to give him a present?"
Suddenly, like a deflated balloon, Yong Shanling slumped a bit and counted on her fingers. "Food? There's no shortage of any food in Uncle Shu's house. Clothes? He has a whole bunch of suits. Housing? He already lives in a multi - million - dollar mansion. Transportation..."
"I'm going to give him a Rolls - Royce. Little girl, you're not going to give him a car too, are you?" Ye Wei squinted at her.
Yong Shanling was at a loss for words. She couldn't afford to give a car even if she wanted to. She was busy catching demons all day and her money was barely enough for her cultivation. There was no extra left.
She rolled her eyes and showed her two little tiger teeth. "I'm not going to give those tacky things. Uncle Shu doesn't need them. If I give a present, it'll be something Uncle Shu can use. That's more meaningful."
God knows how much she wanted to give something high - end and classy, but she was poor! But no matter how envious she was, she couldn't show it. She was part of Uncle Shu's family and mustn't disgrace him.
Hearing this, Ye Wei's face darkened a bit. "I'll see what you give then. Don't let it be some cheap stuff from the roadside. Yijie only likes hand - made and custom - made things."
"What's going on? What are you two talking about?" Mu Yijie, who had just managed to get away from the host, heard that something had happened and quickly walked over.
"Nothing."
"Nothing."
The two said in unison. They glanced at each other and then turned their heads at the same time.
Mu Yijie squinted his eyes at the two of them, gave Ye Wei a cold smile and said, "We have something to do, so we'll leave first."
Hearing that he wanted to leave as soon as he came, Ye Wei could hardly hold back the smile on her face. "Yijie, are you in a hurry?"
Mu Yijie paused, and his cold voice sounded. "There's something at home. I'll leave first."
After saying that, he took Yong Shanling's hand and left.
Ye Wei watched their clasped hands, and her eyes were as poisonous as if they were filled with venom.
"You're lucky tonight. I hope you'll be this lucky next time."
The two greeted the organizer and left first.
After getting in the car, Yong Shanling just silently looked out of the window, not chattering like before. Mu Yijie actually felt a bit unaccustomed.
"Cough~ Was the dessert delicious tonight?" Mu Yijie asked casually as if by chance.
Hearing about the dessert, Yong Shanling became even more dejected. She seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, looking listless.
Mu Yijie's eyes flashed, and his hand on the steering wheel tightened.
"Uncle Shu, I did a bad thing tonight." Yong Shanling said nervously, lowering her head and not daring to look at Mu Yijie's expression.
Hearing that she wasn't the one being bullied, Mu Yijie let out a sigh of relief in his heart. His eyes returned to their cold look, and he cooperatively asked, "What bad thing?"
"I... A little girl tried to drug me today. I noticed it and used magic to put the drug on her. As a result, she was bullied. I really didn't... didn't expect it to be that kind of drug. I thought it was something like a laxative..."
Yong Shanling stammered. The lively girl seemed to have been over - tortured.
Hearing that someone had tried to drug her, Mu Yijie's expression immediately darkened. The little girl he had raised, he had never even scolded, but someone had used such dirty tricks on her.
Mu Yijie stopped the car by the roadside, reached out and rubbed her head, lifted the little girl's head, and looked into her eyes directly. "You didn't do anything wrong. If she hadn't wanted to deal with you like that, how could she have been bullied?"
Mu Yijie's definite words finally made Yong Shanling feel at ease.
"Although I know that, when I think about her situation, I feel that I did something wrong."
"Girl, you're just too kind. If you hadn't noticed at that time, do you think she would have felt guilty?"
Yong Shanling thought of Jiang Xiaoxiao's last hateful look in her eyes and shook her head dejectedly.
"Uncle Shu, I know. I won't be soft - hearted anymore." She looked up and saw his frowned brows because of her, and said pretending to be relaxed.
After getting home, Mu Yijie watched her drink a glass of milk and then let her go to bed.
In the study, Mu Yijie's face was full of coldness. His eyes were as sharp as knives as he looked out of the window and said into the phone, "Give the land in the west of the city to the Jiang family. I want them to take a big fall."
"Oh, this isn't your style of leaving a way out for others. How did they offend you?" Guan Qingfeng, no longer the serious and mature person in front of others, asked him lazily.
"Someone from their family laid a hand on the girl. You know, I never like it when someone touches the people I protect." Mu Yijie said calmly, as if the person who could easily make the Jiang family lose hundreds of millions wasn't him.
Guan Qingfeng snorted with a laugh. "It's been a long time since I saw you being serious. Alright, leave the matter to me."
The next day, Yong Shanling remembered that Uncle Shu's birthday was coming up in a few days. She immediately got a headache over the birthday present and forgot about Jiang Xiaoxiao's matter.
She skipped downstairs. When she saw Mu Yijie, she stopped for a moment, walked forward and said, "Uncle Shu, I want to go shopping today. Will you stay at home obediently for a while? I've already checked the surroundings. There aren't any demons within a radius of fifty meters. By the way, Uncle Shu, please let Mumu and Dahai get along well. I'll leave it to you."
Yong Shanling hugged his arm and kept acting coquettishly, as if what she said was a really big deal.
Seeing that the little girl was determined not to let him follow, Mu Yijie deliberately said, "I'll go with you. I'm a bit bored at home."
"No!" Yong Shanling blurted out instinctively. Seeing Mu Yijie's confused look, she angrily put her hands on her hips. "I just want to buy some girls' stuff. I'll be embarrassed if you go with me!"
After saying that, without waiting for his answer, she quickly walked away.
Yong Shanling asked the driver to take her to a remote street. There were few people coming and going here, but they were all in suits or dressed like white - collars. They were all people who came to pick up clothes for their bosses.
This was a commercial street specializing in hand - made and custom - made products. An ordinary person couldn't even afford a tie here.
Thinking about her just - paid salary and a little savings from previous years, she thought she should be able to afford a tie.
She walked in nervously and entered a store that specialized in selling ties.
"Is anyone here?" Yong Shanling looked at the various ties around and her eyes sparkled.
This person was really amazing.
"Hello, welcome." A clear and gentle voice came. She saw a person as elegant as a Chinese ink painting sitting behind the table.
Yong Shanling was immediately stunned. Before she could say anything, she fainted.