Chapter 21: The Abdomen's Dark Stain

  Mr. Zhou knew that if two people were interested in something these days, Mr. Ran would always take the lead and get it before the other person did.

  Since Ran Gongzi left the family, his temperament has changed greatly, and he has also become much colder in his daily life. He has never retreated from Wen Ren Gongzi before, but somehow a gap has appeared between these two people.

  To sum it up, the relationship between these two people has gradually undergone some strange changes.

  No, it should be that Dye Gongzi has changed, but Wen Ren Gongzi remains the same. Thinking of this, Mr. Zhou's expression became contemplative.

  But then he saw Ran Xichen slowly getting up from the couch, a smile playing on his lips, looking extremely relaxed.

  Ran Gongzi then came to Wen Renyi's side, and said in a leisurely tone: "Wen Ren, actually this girl had made an agreement with me beforehand. However, today there is some private business that I need to discuss with her, may I borrow your place for a moment?" His slightly raised tone carried an elegant rhythm.

  Wen Renyi quietly looked at him for a moment, his dark eyes flashing under his clear eyebrows, and he nodded silently.

  "Miss Su, please follow me."

  The young master turned around and said calmly in a extremely beautiful voice.

  Su Mo raised his eyes and was slightly taken aback, only because he saw a hint of coldness in the depths of her eyes.

  She stared at him expressionlessly, not knowing why Dye Gongzi would suddenly appear to stop her from talking business with Wen Renyao, but she couldn't afford to offend this person either. She let out a soft sigh and slowly got up to follow him as they walked out together.

  Inside Jinyutang Temple, the garden is filled with fragrant flowers and the scent of jade trees, creating a serene and refreshing atmosphere.

  Two people walked in a line, one in front and one behind. Su Mo couldn't see through the other's mind, but only saw Yu Ran walking ahead, suddenly turning around to glance at her with a warm smile on his lips. "Miss Su, your outfit is very impressive, it will make everyone think you're an extremely handsome young man. However, from now on, I'm afraid many people will be heartbroken for you, could it be that Miss Su has always liked to harm the world?"

  Listening to his words, it seemed like praise, yet also like blame.

  Su Mo blinked his eyes, indicating that he was very puzzled about this.

  She couldn't help but smile slightly and said in a soft voice, "I don't dare to be the scourge of humanity, as long as humanity doesn't harm me, that's enough. If I, this demoness, were to go out and show my face, wearing men's clothing would be much more reliable than wearing women's clothing."

  The young lord smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

  As they stepped onto the old wooden bridge that had been out of repair for years, he naturally put his arm around Sumo's waist and gave it a light hold.

  Among the nobles, men and women, the man's support for the woman was not impolite, but it made Su Mo feel as if there was an electric current passing through her waist, making her waist numb.

  She couldn't help but recall that yesterday when she fell on this person's body, she estimated that the other party's figure was extremely good, and even not inferior to Wen Renyi.

  When she looked up at him with her beautiful phoenix eyes, Su Mo discovered that this person's eyes were full of charm and elegance, as if they were naturally born.

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks, one hand behind him and the other gently pulling over a nearby flower branch. The flowers floated down to the ground as he moved. The man slowly turned his eyes, "Although I understand that Miss Su has many concerns, but you can't have both fish and bear's paw. In business, I don't like women who are wishy-washy..."

  Su Mo was taken aback, her lips slightly parted, she hadn't expected him to say something like that.

  He leaned against the tree at will, curved his mouth, and exposed a crystal-like skin in front of his collarbone, which was very seductive. He paused for a moment and said: "Why did you provoke me... and still want to provoke Wen Renyao?"

  She thought he was joking and sighed: "Because things around me are complicated, I always feel that it's better to be prepared."

  He smiled with a faint smile and said almost biting his teeth: "So... you want to have one foot on two boats?"

  Su Mo opened her eyes wide and stared at the man in front of her, unable to understand why he was doing this, saying these things.

  Besides, she felt that cooperation had little to do with having one foot on two boats.

  "What if I were to collaborate with Wen Renyi?" She asked tentatively.

  He slowly slanted his gaze at her, the corner of his mouth rising to reveal a hint of an ill-intentioned smile as he said, "Generally speaking, people who cooperate with Jin Yu Tang are few. Since you've chosen to cooperate with me, don't expect to cooperate with other men, or else it's equivalent to refusing to cooperate with me, and the consequences will be severe!" His demeanor didn't seem threatening; he was simply stating facts.

  Su Mo furrowed her brow, although it was a choice between two options, she could only choose to cooperate with Ran Gongzi.

  However, aren't they good friends? Why did she feel a hint of strangeness between them.

  She was under someone's control, her determination had wavered a bit, but a calm smile still lingered on the edge of her rosy lips.

  He chuckled softly and stretched out his fingertips to gently stroke her hair, then reached out to touch the tip of her bright red earlobe. He leaned in close to her ear, his voice soft and gentle, with a hint of a sigh, saying: "What do you want to cooperate with him on? Go ahead and tell me, whatever Wen Renyao can do, I can also do... Miss Su, you really shouldn't have provoked two men."

  Unexpectedly, the man actually said such ambiguous words. Su Mo slightly tilted her head, suppressing the beating of her heart, and didn't know why he would look at her differently.

  Since he said that, she naturally understood the situation. "Young master, your ice fox must need a cold place to live, right?"

  Yu Yan looked at her lightly for a moment, hooked his lips and said: "Not bad, I have a thousand years of cold ice jade."

  "I want to borrow the Frost Jade."

  "Alright." Dye Gongzi looked at her slowly, "But you have to tell me the reason."

  Su Mo knew that after her previous life's pure yin body was exposed, this man didn't have any ulterior motives towards her. Since they were cooperating, of course they had to be open and honest with each other. After all, she would need to rely on the power of Jin Yu Tang in the future. So, she thought for a moment, dripping with sincerity, and slowly said: "Because... I am a pure yin body."

  The man beside her finally revealed a serious expression in his eyes, gazing at her deeply and strangely for a moment before letting out a soft sigh.

  "No wonder, no wonder. I thought there was something wrong with my self-control, and it's no wonder that Wen Renyi would also...". His tone had a hint of playfulness, as if he had let out a sigh of relief.

  "I think you've already understood, Master, why I need to seek your protection." Su Mo slowly played with the butterfly on her fingertips: "Sometimes, women are like beautiful butterflies, but people only like their beautiful appearance, so they like to catch them. Sometimes beauty and weakness can be a crime, so I'd rather become a poisonous butterfly, that poison is my self-defense ability, it's just that before I fully transform, I hope to borrow your hand, Master, to apply that little bit of poison for me."

  The young lord couldn't help but slightly change his expression, "You actually trust me, aren't you afraid I'll take you as a concubine?"

  "Gongzi won't, other men in this world may, but only Gongzi won't." Su Mo looked at him seriously.

  Yu Ran heard this and was taken aback for a moment before bursting into laughter, his smile somewhat sly.

  "A body of pure yin, no wonder you're afraid of many things. If it comes to that point, I won't stand by and do nothing." The man's lips curled up in a elegant smile.

  His eyes gleamed: "Alright, Miss Su, you and I, Jin Yu Tang, will have business dealings from now on. I agree to let you use my Thousand Year Frost Jade, but of course, you should know that the power behind Jin Yu Tang is not so simple. If you want a deeper cooperation, bring out your sincerity and skills."

  Su Mo nodded, "Right, what about Wen Ren's place?"

  He smiled elegantly and said: "He will give me some face, but if you need to find someone to rely on, absolutely cannot find Wen Renyi."

  He suddenly said to the outside: "Come out, what's going on."

  Two female guards came out from behind the tree and knelt before Yu Ran, casting a complex glance at Su Mo before speaking in a frightened tone: "Young Master Ran, we've been following your instructions to get close to Young Master Wen, but unfortunately, he's really difficult to approach."

  "It doesn't matter, you all continue as usual."

  "Yes, young master." The two female guards immediately hurried away from this place.

  Su Mo's lips curled slightly, and he didn't expect that these two women were actually beside Yu Ran. He raised an eyebrow and said slowly: "So that's how it is, but what shouldn't be seen won't be seen, and what shouldn't be spoken won't be spoken. I'll pretend I saw nothing."

  "After working with me, you will know more." He didn't mean to treat her as an outsider.

  "Am I the one who's being favored, Lord Mo?" Su Mo couldn't help but smile, her red lips enticing, her fingertips dancing like butterflies, and she seemed to be the most beautiful butterfly, with dazzling colors, making people want to possess and kiss her.

  "You're clever, but if I'm not mistaken today is our first day of cooperation, and we still need to go buy a boat." Yu Ran's eyes gazed deeply at her for a moment before his tone turned cold again. His voice was extremely slow as he put one hand behind his back, turned around and said indifferently: "The road ahead, Miss Su must be familiar with it, I won't see you off..."

  Su Mo slowly swept a glance over Yan Gongzi's back, feeling that she really couldn't see through him.

  Yu Ran slowly walked forward and suddenly sat lazily in a bamboo chair, muttering: "It turns out to be a purely yin body."

  He suddenly paused, feeling the strangeness in his dantian, and let out a long sigh. "However, the charm of this kind of woman is indeed irresistible! She's truly a beautiful butterfly! A woman that all men in the world yearn for, Wen Renyao probably wouldn't let go of her either, so how could I possibly miss out?"

  At this moment, Su Mo did not know that her fate had undergone some great changes with her previous life.

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