"Seese, take me to find Yan Ruyu."
Ling Seese, who was having dinner, almost spat out her food. Fortunately, her upbringing since childhood prevented her from making a fool of herself in front of everyone.
"Sir, Yan Ruyu is just a legendary figure."
Feng Zhan said, "Can't you find her?"
Ling Seese shook her head.
Feng Zhan asked again, "Do you know who can find her?"
Ling Seese shook her head again. Feng Zhan suppressed his temper and asked, "Well, go back after you finish this meal. I'll inquire on my own."
Ling Seese felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
She knew that the young man in front of her only regarded her as a little girl.
Rescuing her might be out of kindness.
But she didn't think so. Since she met the young man and had been getting along with him for so long, her heart had been filled with him.
Ling Seese didn't know if this could be called love, but when she heard Feng Zhan telling her to leave, she was truly heart - broken.
"Sir, I'm sorry, I..."
"Don't be sorry. We just met by chance and don't have much to do with each other. You just need to make sure I'm full and then you can go."
Ling Seese hadn't eaten well during her long time in the Ghost Domain. Finally, she came to the Nine - States Continent. Although this was just a border area, she could finally have a hot meal. Initially, she had a great appetite, but because of Feng Zhan's casual words, she could hardly swallow any more.
"You're crying?"
Ling Seese didn't know when the tears had started to flow.
Hearing Feng Zhan's words, she quickly wiped them away with a handkerchief and then said, "No, there's sand in my eyes."
Feng Zhan nodded and didn't say anything more. Instead, he buried his head and continued eating.
"Sir, I can't help you, and I don't know who can. However, if you really want to inquire about something, it's best to go to Chang'an, the capital city in the Eastern Marshy Wilderness."
Feng Zhan looked up.
"What should I do there?"
"There are many capable and extraordinary people there. It's just that Seese has limited knowledge and has never been to Chang'an. But sir, if you go there, you can go to a place called the Clan Association. The people there may know the information you're looking for."
Feng Zhan replied, "Thank you, Miss Ling. After this meal, you should go home. Your family must be worried about you."
Ling Seese lowered her head and whispered, "I have no relatives."
"Hmm?"
"My mother was a girl in a brothel. She died when she gave birth to me. My father couldn't bear the blow and followed my mother in death."
When Feng Zhan heard this, his chopsticks paused for a moment.
Seese continued, "I lived with my grandfather since I was a child. But two years ago, after my grandfather sent me to the Misty Rain Tower, he passed away soon after. There are only my uncle and aunt left in my family."
"But they dislike me because I'm a girl and my background is disgraceful. They're afraid I'll bring shame to the Ling family and don't want to recognize me. Without my grandfather, I can't go back to that home."
"When you saw me, I was in red clothes. That's because a group of bandits attacked the Ling family. One of the bandits took a fancy to me. My uncle and aunt married me off to him in order to keep the family property."
"Bang!"
The sound of chopsticks hitting the table hard.
Ling Seese was also startled by the sound.
The other people who were having dinner all looked over.
"Sir, what's wrong with you?"
"Are the people here so cold - hearted?" Relatives were supposed to be the family members one could feel a sense of belonging to. In his Feng family, no matter how poor or in distress they were, no matter where they were, and no matter what disagreements they had in front of outsiders, they were all blood - related relatives.
The Feng family members were extremely protective and unreasonable when it came to their own.
Feng Zhan was angry because of Ling Seese's words that her mother was a girl in a brothel.
Actually, there could be many reasons for a woman to end up in a brothel.
For a girl like Seese, Feng Zhan believed that her mother must not have been a dissolute woman. Just like his own mother, who had once been the top - ranked courtesan in the Phoenix Perch Tower, but that wasn't what she wanted. Feng Zhan hated it most when people judged others because of such things.
Ling Seese thought that Feng Zhan was standing up for her, and she was even more touched.
"Sir, it's not necessary. I'm used to it."
"Where's your home? I'll take you back."
"It's in Qingning. Sir, please have mercy on me and don't let me go back. I don't want to go back to that fire pit. They've been unkind to me. If I go back, I'll just suffer more."
Feng Zhan said, "Watch me raze the Ling family to the ground and give your uncle and aunt a good beating. If I don't, I'm not Feng!"
"Sir, you?"
Feng Zhan quickly changed his tone and said, "Anyway, I just can't stand the way those villains act when they're successful."
At this time, a man at the next table spoke up.
"Sir, you don't need to go to Qingning. Haven't you heard? The Ling family has been wiped out by a little girl."
"What?"
"Not only that, but the little girl also looted all the property of the Nan family in Qingning. Now, in Qingning, there probably won't be any such villains as you mentioned."
Feng Zhan said, "Which hero did this? Why didn't they leave their name?"
The man at the next table said, "That little girl said she was a friend of the Ling family girl. When she came to look for the Ling family girl and learned of her sad news, she was so angry that she destroyed the bandits' lair. Moreover, the heartless uncle and aunt of the Ling family girl had their spiritual roots crippled and were driven out of the Ling family."
The chopsticks in Ling Seese's hand dropped onto the table all of a sudden.
Feng Zhan said, "You're not feeling sorry for those villains, are you?"
Ling Seese shook her head, with tears in her eyes.
"It's her. It must be her."
In this world, only she would seek justice for her.
Only she would use her small body to protect her and give her a great sense of security.
Seeing Ling Seese like this, Feng Zhan was even more confused.
"What's wrong with you? Are you happy or sad?"
"Sir, I know now. I know who to take you to."
"What?"
"I'll take you to our former gang leader, Ning. It doesn't matter whether she's the former leader or not. I once heard her mention the Emperor Venerable Yan Ruyu. Maybe she can help you."
Feng Zhan asked in surprise, "Who?"
"Zhao Shuning."
"Where does Zhao Shuning live? How old is she now? What does she look like? When will you take me to find her?"
Ling Seese said, "I don't know. But I can contact her through our special communication method. Then I'll take you to find her."
"Okay."
Ling Seese lowered her head, with a faint smile on her face.
In this way, would she have a little more time to be with the young man?