Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl
Chapter 144 marks the end, as Young Master Yan makes his move [2 updates]

Chapter 144: 144 marks the end, as Young Master Yan makes his move [2 updates]

Do you really think that just because you’ve won the underground fighting ring, you can rest easy now?

The Sai Family has laid all their cards on the table, which is a taboo in itself.

If he could make Old Master Sai fall into a coma once, he could naturally do it a second time.

"Thank you, Master Danwei!" Patriarch Du was overjoyed, "Luckily, with your help, otherwise, if my Du Family had failed this time, I really wouldn’t know what to do."

Master Danwei waved his hand and said, "Mr. Du, you are too kind. Please wait for my good news tonight."

With that, he left the hall.

Madam Sai was still kneeling on the ground, her eyes shining with hope, "Mr. Du, what about me...?"

"What about you? You’re not going back to the Sai Family now, do you expect me to send you back?" Patriarch Du was somewhat impatient, "Rest assured, when the Sai Family falls, you’ll get your share."

"Thank you, Mr. Du, thank you!" Madam Sai nodded hastily, "Then I’ll take my leave now. If there’s anything you need, Mr. Du, just let me know, and I will get it done!"

After Madam Sai left with an excited heart, Patriarch Du snorted coldly, "An idiotic thing, capable of betraying the Sai Family, could also betray me one day. How could I keep such an unstable factor in the Du Family?"

"The patriarch is right," said the steward, complimenting, "With Master Danwei taking action, the Sai Family will no longer exist by tomorrow morning."

Patriarch Du was in a great mood and laughed, "Get ready, we’re going to take over all of the Sai Family’s mines."

**

Meanwhile, at the Sai Family.

Old Master Sai invited Ye Wanlan to a banquet, with Yan Tingfeng accompanying her.

Today’s banquet, including Sai Xiuya, only had four people in total.

The steward and other servants had also withdrawn and would not disturb them.

"Truly, Miss Ye, such righteousness!" Old Master Sai lifted his clothes and knelt down before her, "If not for Miss Ye’s intervention tonight, I fear that Xiuya and I wouldn’t have been able to leave the underground fighting ring."

Having been in opposition with the Du Family for many years, he was well aware of how ruthless the Du Family’s tactics were and knew that there were many ready to kick someone while they were down.

If the Sai Family had truly lost the fight tonight, they would undoubtedly be attacked from all sides.

Old Master Sai dared not imagine what it would be like if the grand enterprise of the Sai Family fell into ruin under his watch.

"As I said, I have my own agenda," Ye Wanlan said indifferently, "We each have our own needs; there’s no need to thank me, let alone kneel."

"No, although that’s true, with Miss Ye’s capabilities, any family in Wanta Country would be willing to work with you," Old Master Sai bowed again, "But you chose the Sai Family, and that’s an honor for us."

"Let’s not talk about that, let’s get back to our original agreement—" Ye Wanlan smiled faintly, "From now on, the Sai Family can only provide me with ore and jade material, and all of the Dragon Stone Type must also be delivered to my hands."

Dragon Stone Type is the best material in a whole piece of jade, without any impurities or cottony marks, lustrous and radiant, with a glowing fluorescence, known as the top-quality jade.

However, many of the so-called Dragon Stone Type jades circulated in the market are just made-up stories by jade merchants to deceive people.

The Jade Market has always denied the existence of the "Dragon Stone Type" as a category of jade.

But in reality, it does exist, and the Sai Family had complete control over it.

The reason is that the Dragon Stone Type is too rare and scarce, with only a few pieces each year.

Yet, just those few pieces can sell for an astronomical price, even at the Global Center, it is a luxury item coveted by major powers.

This was also why the Du Family coveted the Sai Family’s assets and always wanted to divide it.

"No problem, absolutely no problem." Old Master Sai said firmly, "Miss Ye saved the Sai Family from a desperate situation, this is the least I could do."

"But rest assured, I won’t let you suffer losses," Ye Wanlan raised her eyebrows slightly, "The Dragon Stone Type jade will become one of the raw materials for bespoke jewelry, targeting the richest demographic in the world who do not look at prices when making purchases, but only at their preferences."

She never did any losing deals.

Old Master Sai smiled and said, "Since I have chosen to work with Miss Ye and have entrusted all the mining rights and usage of jade materials to you, it is naturally because I trust in your strength."

He paused, then tentatively asked, "I wonder if Miss Ye is at the Global Center if she is..."

With Ye Wanlan’s martial prowess and medical skills, she was inevitably the object of courtship by multiple powers at the Global Center.

Ye Wanlan looked at him and was non-committal, "I am a person of Shenzhou."

"I’ve spoken out of turn," Old Master Sai hastily raised his glass, "For today’s events, I must toast Miss Ye."

"Actually, there is something I am curious about—" Ye Wanlan did not take the wine glass, she looked directly at Old Master Sai and Sai Xiuya, "Why was your Sai Family so confident, only considering outsiders, and not thinking that there could be an enemy within?"

With those words, the expression on both their faces changed.

Old Master Sai’s expression turned stern, "Does Miss Ye mean..."

"Miss Ye is saying..." Sai Xiuya quickly caught on, "Madam Sai?"

"You have traces of lower-grade sorcery on you," Ye Wanlan nodded faintly, "But the other party doesn’t have the ability to cast a long-distance curse on you, so there must be someone inside colluding with outsiders."

Old Master Sai was not foolish and instantly understood everything; he became furious, "The Sai Family has treated her well, yet she did such a thing!"

"As long as the interest is great enough, people will be tempted," Ye Wanlan said, "But this is the Sai Family’s internal affair now, and I won’t intervene."

"Grandfather, it must be her," Sai Xiuya said cautiously, "The guards reported just now that after the fighting ring ended, she didn’t return to the Sai Family but instead put on a coat and went to the Du Family."

Old Master Sai contained his anger, "Has she returned now?"

Just as she was speaking, Madam Sai entered the hall, led by Steward Sai.

Seeing Old Master Sai coming out from the inner hall, her face still beaming with a smile, she said, "Old Master, our Sai family has won today’s competition, truly a great joy."

But Old Master Sai didn’t buy this act at all and coldly commanded, "Kneel!"

"What? I..." Madam Sai was stunned and in that moment, two guards stepped forward and pressed her to the ground.

"Xiuya." Old Master Sai spoke in a chilled tone, "Colluding with the Du Family, wishing to divide the Sai Family, according to our family rules, how should this be handled?"

"Answering grandfather—" Sai Xiuya said, "According to the family rules, the traitor should be paraded through the streets, have their limbs disabled, and then be thrown into the Mass Burial Mound."

"Old Master, has someone spoken ill to you?" Madam Sai’s expression changed drastically, "How could I possibly collude with the Du Family, I haven’t even had time to hate them!"

Ye Wanlan still sat by the dining table, her voice rising faintly, "Because the Du Family promised you thirty million, that’s why you would do this."

Since Madam Sai was already extremely tense, she instinctively retorted, "You’re talking nonsense, Mr. Du certainly didn’t give me that, what I wanted was—"

Her words weren’t finished when her face had already turned deathly pale.

Not good, she was tricked!

Ye Wanlan put down her glass and stood up, "It’s over, you deal with this yourselves, I am going to look at the jade materials."

"Please," Old Master Sai respectfully said, "If there’s anything you need, just command the Sai Family."

**

Ye Wanlan without stars, leaves stirred by the wind.

"The issues with the ore veins and jade materials have been resolved, the next is about the fabric." Ye Wanlan pondered, "And then there’s the matter of the Kunqu opera troupe..."

She massaged her temples, exhaling slowly.

If it weren’t for the Transcendent Woman robbing her of four years of time, she wouldn’t feel like everything was so pressing.

Even for her, the feeling of breathlessness began to set in.

"Miss Ye, take it slow," Yan Tingfeng smiled lightly, "Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, everything you wish to do, you can certainly accomplish."

"You’re right," Ye Wanlan sat down cross-legged, leaning against a willow tree, "It’s just that there’s so much I want to do, I also want to recover those antiques that have been scattered abroad."

Yan Tingfeng was slightly taken aback.

"I don’t know if this matter has become an obsession of mine, but lately I keep dreaming that I am on a war-torn battlefield, hearing those cultural relics crying," Ye Wanlan sighed softly, "They say they are in pain, and they want to go home."

"What Miss Ye desires is also my own wish," Yan Tingfeng said after a moment of silence, "In a little while, a major merchant from the Starman Federal Empire will come to Shenzhou, and he has a lot of cultural relics in his hands."

This time, Ye Wanlan did not respond.

Yan Tingfeng furrowed his brow, his pupils narrowing, "Miss Ye?"

Still no sound.

Turning his head, Yan Tingfeng was surprised to find that Ye Wanlan had already fallen asleep under the tree, causing the furrow in his brow to ease.

"So she has fallen asleep..." he murmured, his expression suddenly tender.

The continuous competitions tonight had indeed exhausted her.

"My apologies," Yan Tingfeng’s voice lowered as he then proceeded to lift her by the waist, hesitating as he did so.

Her body was lighter than he had imagined.

According to the reports from Bing He, for the past four years, her daily meals consisted almost entirely of vegetarian dishes, all in the efforts to become an outstanding model.

However, during these short two months or so that he had known Ye Wanlan, the impressions she gave differed completely from the reports.

What, exactly, had happened to her?

Time would tell, and he would find out.

Yan Tingfeng laid Ye Wanlan on the bed, tucking her in with the blanket.

He then sat in the darkness, silently gazing at her for a few minutes before finally standing up and leaving the room.

At this time, the night deepened, the moon hanging amongst the Milky Way, casting a soft glow.

Master Danwei easily bypassed all of the Sai Family’s guards and entered the back garden.

He formed hand seals and began chanting, and the wind suddenly picked up, rustling the leaves.

The Sai Family was, after all, a century-old family of the Wanta Country; their guards were surprisingly lax.

Master Danwei scoffed and continued to chant.

"Art and Method?" Suddenly, a voice spoke indifferently, "Very well, it’s rare to find someone here who understands Art and Method, you’re stronger than them."

Master Danwei only felt the temperature around his body dropping abruptly, as if he had plunged into a glacial world, his whole body breaking out in goosebumps!

The person behind him smiled gently, their voice leisurely, like whispers between lovers, yet with every word deadly.

"But this is where it ends."