Best Young Master
Chapter 300 - 266: The Son Fights for His Father

Chapter 300: Chapter 266: The Son Fights for His Father

What right does he have to be so arrogant?

Is it because he’s skilled in both magic and martial arts?

Or does he think that my junior brother is as weak as the successors of small sects like the Lan Hua Sect?

In the midst of his shock, a series of doubts surfaced in Zhang Qian’s mind.

There were no answers.

But in Zhang Qian’s view, with Murong Sheng’s strength and wielding the Taiyin Xuan Sword, cutting down Ye Fan with Wudang Sect’s treasured Taiyin Xuanmen Sword Technique would be as easy as slicing vegetables.

Thinking this, Zhang Qian sneered disdainfully, "Please rest assured, Mr. Ye, I’ll convey your words exactly as you said. Now, please sign here so that in case of any accidents during the duel, the Yanhuang Organization cannot hold anyone accountable."

Whoosh—

Ye Fan expressionlessly unfolded the letter of challenge, taking in its contents at a glance.

I, Murong Sheng, am a disciple of the Wudang Sect. Twenty-three years ago, your father Ye Wenhao defeated my father and took the title of number one in the Qing Gang. As his son, I find this unacceptable and hereby issue a life-and-death challenge to you.

Date of the life-and-death battle: December 5, 2018.

Location of the life-and-death battle: Dong hai Wudang Martial Arts Hall.

Note: Originally, the outcome of a duel is determined by fate. However, in consideration of you being a friend of Su Liuli and out of respect for her, I will spare your life!

Hm?

At the last part of the message, Ye Fan’s eyebrows raised and his eyes narrowed once more.

"Mr. Ye, you won’t go back on your word, will you?" Seeing Ye Fan’s expression, Zhang Qian thought he was intimidated by the content of the letter and, wanting to provoke him, said with a sneer.

Go back on his word?

Swish, swish, swish...

In the blink of an eye, Ye Fan signed his name at the bottom right corner and with a thought, his telekinesis surged again.

"Swoosh—"

Accompanied by a whooshing sound, one of the letters of challenge suddenly sprang up and, turning into a streak of white light, shot towards Zhang Qian.

Swish!

Zhang Qian’s face changed color. He didn’t dare to catch it head-on and instead hastily retreated two steps in panic, only to find... that the letter had stopped right in front of him.

"You..."

Seeing this, Zhang Qian realized he had embarrassed himself and was quite infuriated, his face turning the color of liver.

However—

Angry as he was, after uttering a ’you’, he sensed Ye Fan’s seemingly calm but pressuring gaze. A clever thought struck his mind, and he quickly swallowed the words he had at the tip of his tongue, grabbed the letter of challenge, and left.

"This son of a bitch!"

After leaving the villa courtyard and getting into the car, Zhang Qian, recalling his own embarrassing moment, felt more humiliated than if he had been slapped in the face twice. He cursed under his breath and then quickly said to the driver, "Drive, hurry up!"

As soon as he finished speaking and saw that Ye Fan hadn’t chased after him, Zhang Qian inwardly heaved a sigh of relief, then quickly took out his cell phone and dialed Murong Sheng’s number.

"Senior Brother Zhang, have you delivered the letter?"

The call connected quickly, and Murong Sheng, holding the cell phone prepared by Zhang Qian, answered the phone exactly as Zhang had taught him and immediately asked.

"Junior brother, the letter has been delivered..." Zhang Qian started to say something, but Murong Sheng interrupted him.

"Did he accept the challenge?"

"He accepted the challenge, and he somehow knew beforehand about your life-and-death battle with him. He guessed my intentions before I even presented the letter," Zhang Qian recalled Ye Fan’s foreknowledge, somewhat puzzled.

"I told someone else," Murong Sheng replied indifferently.

"I see," Zhang Qian realized, and remembering how he had been startled by Ye Fan just moments ago, felt a bit annoyed. He provoked with exaggeration, "Junior brother, that Ye guy is way too arrogant! He asked me to tell you that he’s waiting for you at Ao Xiang Villa anytime and if you don’t show up, you’re a coward!"

"Sss~"

As a leading figure among the young disciples of Wudang Sect and the son of the Great Elder Murong Gu, Murong Sheng, carrying a high status wherever he went, had long developed an imperious character. Hearing Zhang Qian’s embellished words, he was infuriated and inhaled sharply.

Realizing Murong Sheng’s reaction, Zhang Qian knew his provocation had worked and added fuel to the fire, "Not only that, but the kid also ridiculously claimed he would defeat you within ten moves..."

"Hah, he’s not afraid of his tongue being blown away by the wind?" Murong Sheng said with a sneer, "I was initially only planning to beat him and cripple his Kung Fu, sparing his life. Now it seems that just crippling his Kung Fu is too easy on him. I’ll have to cut his tendons and tongue, making him spend his life with his mouth shut tight!"

"That’s exactly what should be done to such delusional people. They need to be taught a harsh lesson," Zhang Qian said, though curious why Murong Sheng intended to spare Ye Fan’s life. Hearing the rest of Murong Sheng’s remarks, he felt that doing so would be much more satisfying than killing Ye Fan outright, and he concurred obsequiously.

Ye Fan was unaware of all this.

After Murong Sheng left the hall, Ye Fan unfolded the left-behind letter of challenge again, his gaze returning to the last part of the message, his expression somewhat peculiar.

On one hand, if Murong Sheng were only an acquaintance from Wudang Mountain, as Su Liuli had said, then there would be no reason for Murong Sheng to show mercy out of regard for Su Liuli.

On the other hand, he didn’t believe Su Liuli would deceive him.

"Buzz... buzz..."

Moments later, before Ye Fan could snap out of his contemplation, the vibrating sound of his cell phone rang out.

With a thought, Ye Fan picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from Su Yuxin.

"Hello."

Ye Fan pressed the answer button, assuming that Su Liuli had told Su Yuxin about the life-and-death battle, which was why she had called.

Contrary to expectation, Su Yuxin did not ask about the life-and-death battle, but spoke with a rather anxious tone, "Liuli is in trouble!"

Swish!

Ye Fan’s face changed at the words, "What happened to her?"

"Just now, Liu Li’s mother called me and told me that she went to reveal Liu Li’s true identity to her this morning. Liu Li couldn’t accept it, ran away crying, and hasn’t been answering her phone since."

Su Yuxin spoke rapidly, "Just now, I called Liu Li, hoping to ask her what was going on, but as soon as I started speaking, Liu Li said she wanted to be alone. Then she hung up the phone."

"Is there a problem with her identity?" Ye Fan asked pointedly, cutting to the heart of the matter.

"Yes."

Su Yuxin gave a positive answer and then sighed deeply, "She... she is the illegitimate daughter of Bai Guotao."

"What... what?"

Perhaps the answer was too shocking, and Ye Fan leapt up from the sofa, his face filled with disbelief, "How could she possibly be Bai Guotao’s illegitimate daughter??"

"Su Qin said that her excuse for not getting married because of Liu Li’s biological father’s death was all a lie. In fact, she has been Bai Guotao’s mistress over these past years, and Liu Li is their child."

Su Yuxin said somewhat irritably, then sighed again, "And with Liu Li’s reaction just now, it probably confirms that this is true."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan felt a strange sense of constriction in his heart, as if this matter impacted him far more than Murong Sheng’s challenge!

"Liu Li has always had a strained relationship with her mother, and now that she knows of such a heritage, she must be feeling very upset," Su Yuxin’s tone was filled with worry, "She hasn’t been answering my calls; I’m afraid she might do something foolish in her desperation..."

"I’ll call her now, then go find her," Ye Fan couldn’t help but interrupt Su Yuxin.

"Yes."

The reason Su Yuxin called Ye Fan was to have him try to talk to Su Liuli, so when she heard him take the initiative, she quickly responded.

Ye Fan didn’t waste any more words; he hung up and dialed Su Liuli’s number directly.

"Has Murong Sheng issued a challenge?"

Contrary to Ye Fan’s expectations, Su Liuli not only answered the phone immediately but also brought up the matter of the life-and-death battle, her tone revealing an unmistakable worry.

Hearing Su Liuli’s words and feeling the concern in her tone, and realizing how much she cared about him despite suffering a massive blow, Ye Fan’s heart warmed inexplicably, but then felt an intense constriction, involuntarily saying, "I already know about your situation."

Swish!

Upon hearing his words, Su Liuli’s face turned pale, her whole body violently shook, and her hand trembled, nearly dropping the phone.

"I know this is a heavy blow for you, and you must be feeling very upset. But I think you should talk about it, tell Yu Xin or Ruoshui, or even tell me. It might make you feel better," he said softly, as Su Liuli remained silent, as if he could envision just how upset she was, his heart aching slightly.

"I’m... I’m sorry."

On the other end of the phone, Su Liuli stood stiffly, her face pale, her eyes reddening, her voice trembling, "I just learned about this myself, and I... I didn’t know how to tell you all."

As she finished speaking, her face was filled with worry, seemingly concerned that Ye Fan would distance himself from her because of her background.

That worry caused her nose to tingle, and tears uncontrollably streamed out of her eyes, quietly sliding down her pallid cheeks.

"Are you worried that we will care about your background?" Ye Fan’s heart stirred, guessing what might be on her mind.

"Hmm."

Su Liuli squatted on the ground, powerless, biting her lip, and responded in a soft voice.

"You’re overthinking it. No matter whose daughter you are, Yuxin will always be your cousin, and Ruoshui will always be your best sister. They won’t mind..." Ye Fan said softly, trying to comfort her.

With tears in her eyes, Su Liuli couldn’t help interrupting Ye Fan, "I’m worried that you’ll mind."

"Me?"

Ye Fan was taken aback; a feeling he could not quite describe or understand rose in his heart. He didn’t ponder what that feeling really was and simply explained, "I do have a grudge with the Bai Family, even a life-and-death enmity. But as you said, you only found out the truth about your heritage today. Before that, Bai Guotao and your mother, Su Qin, they all knew this fact, yet failed to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of parents and never told you! It can be said that you and Bai Guotao have only the name of father and daughter, but not the reality. How could I possibly mind?"

"You... You really don’t mind?" Su Liuli suddenly became agitated, to the point where her breathing became rapid, and her heartbeat suddenly quickened.

"I don’t mind," Ye Fan replied crisply.

"Sigh~"

Receiving Ye Fan’s confirmation, Su Liuli let out a long sigh of relief as if she had been pulled up from the abyss, "Thank... Thank you, Ye Fan."

"Why so formal?" Ye Fan said with a wry smile.

Hearing Ye Fan’s words again, and recalling how she couldn’t help but express her fear that Ye Fan would mind, Su Liuli’s originally pale pretty face not only regained some color but also took on a faint blush.

Later, to avoid the awkwardness, she deliberately changed the subject, "By the way, has Murong Sheng already sent you a challenge?"

"He didn’t come; he sent someone instead."

Ye Fan said it and, thinking of the last part of the challenge letter, hesitated for a moment before adding, "Murong Sheng said in the challenge letter that he would spare my life for your sake..."

"I... I have nothing to do with him! We’ve only met once! He wants to pursue me, so he’s deluding himself into getting my favor with this method!"

Su Liuli’s emotions flared up again, startled by Ye Fan’s words, fearing that Ye Fan might misunderstand her relationship with Murong Sheng.

"I see," Ye Fan said, realizing the truth.

"You... You accepted the challenge?"

Seeing that Ye Fan was neither suspicious nor angry, Su Liuli breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly became anxious as another thought struck her.

"Hmm."

Looking at the challenge letter beside him, and thinking about everything Ye Wenhao had done for him, Ye Fan couldn’t help but close his eyes and said softly, "I don’t want anyone to point at his spine and say his son is a coward."

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