17 Chapter Sixteen

Yu You Lei leaned forward, a small smirk playing on her face, unbefitting of someone her age.

Yu Yuan Fu lifted a brow.

"Were you always like this?" He asked skeptically, seemingly searching her eyes for something.

His eyes widened for a moment when he seemed to have found it, and the cold facade he kept up melted away into nothing.

Rubbing his hands together, a similarly cunning smirk appeared on his face as he too lean forward slightly.

Yu You Lei and Yu Yuan Fu stared at each other for a moment, and all of a sudden, the two began chatting animatedly as if they'd been very close for many decades.

Only the two would ever know what was discussed in the room.

The siblings ended up chatting, discussing and gossiping for almost a whole day, and Yu You Lei only left when the sun was beginning to set.

When Yu You Lei stepped out of the door, the servants almost wanted to hug her. If she stayed any longer, they'd assume the two siblings had died!

However, upon noticing the gloomy expression on Yu You Lei's face, they decided it was better to just let her leave peacefully.

Her previous visits ended with her leaving with a similar expression on her face, and none of the servants had a good time when facing her, or rather her servants', wrath.

As Yu You Lei leaped back to her own room, she finally understood why the previous owner always made her servants beat up Yu Yuan Fu's!

That guy was just too annoying. He was just a few steps away from being as shameless as she was.

Yu You Lei, for once in her life, felt slight pity for those who she'd extorted in the past. It was a miracle those people didn't try to send people to assassinate her after being extorted!

Fuming, Yu You Lei sat on her bed with her eyes closed.

She took out a spiritual fruit from her ring and angrily took a bite, glaring at it as if it were Yu Yuan Fu.

The guards sent by Li Juan Tian decided not to question anything about this 'future mistress' anymore, and had already accepted the fact that she was unpredictable and had many tricks up her sleeve.

They didn't even flinch when she pulled out good quality spiritual fruits from a spiritual ring, which only cultivators could use.

Maybe, in the three years she had until possibly getting married to Li Juan Tian, they'd be able to get a better understanding of her.

For now, they hadn't seen anything yet. They wouldn't expect that in the near future, they could only hope their mental health stayed strong in the face of the perverse genius known as Yu You Lei.

After eating three spiritual fruits, Yu You Lei finally calmed down a little. She sighed once again, smacking her head and rolling her eyes as she thought of what happened during her conversation with Yu Yuan Fu.

Her dearest Second Brother decided to rob her of her herbs.

Yu You Lei had brought out many batches of random herbs she found in her forest and shown them to her brother.

Upon seeing them, he practically snatched all of them from her hands, his eyes shining. He kept half of them into his own spiritual ring, and then shoved the other half into Yu You Lei's hands.

Yu Yuan Fu then revealed a fox-like smile on his face as he said, "Youngest sis, I will give you two thousand gold coins right now. But promise me, you will go and sell these herbs at the Xi Yang Auction House later, and give that money to me, okay?"

Without even waiting for her response, he patted her on her head, grabbed a box of coins, shoved it in her hands, and then turned around to leave, presumably to check the herbs he'd stolen and find opportunities to extort some people with them.

Yu You Lei knew, even if she sold her batch of herbs at the lowest price, she'd earn at least two thousand gold coins. The batch that Yu Yuan Fu took consisted of the better quality and rarer herbs, and paired with his flair for business, it was bound to sell for at least four thousand gold coins.

Just like this, she'd lost out by at least three thousand gold coins. The only reason she didn't chase after Yu Yuan Fu and insist he return her herbs was becauseshe wanted to get everything over with as soon as possible. The faster she could get rid of the poison, the faster she'd be able to avenge the previous Yu You Lei.

Yu You Lei knew that without cultivation, no matter how talented she was, she'd never be able to beat Yu You Jia. Even, and especially, if she turned to someone powerful for help, that person would definitely support Yu You Jia, no matter what.

This was because Yu You Jia's potential was clear for all to see. Nobody in their right mind would offend someone who could possibly become number one in the future.

One day, Yu You Jia would definitely surpass most people in this kingdom. When that time comes, nobody wanted her to have any grudge against them. That was why, no matter how Yu You Lei dragged Yu You Jia's reputation down, at most, people would whisper and gossip in secret. However, it was a fact that no one would dare to oppose Yu You Jia directly.

Therefore, the only thing Yu You Lei could do was to cultivate, cultivate and cultivate, until she managed to show the world her talent surpassed Yu You Jia's!

Actually, as long as she could manage to attain purple high rank, she'd be able to bring Yu You Lei down. The age difference would speak for itself, so she wouldn't need to work all that hard. As long as her physique didn't turn out to be too trashy, it would be a piece of cake.

As for that Crown Prince, she only needed to push another Prince onto his seat. If the Crown Prince lost his status, that would be considered having gotten revenge for the previous Yu You Lei.

Li Juan Tian didn't treat her all that badly in the past, and she had to admit, it was she herself who brought all those troubles onto her. Her arrogant nature would've caused even the most patient of saints to lose their temper.

That was probably why the previous Yu You Lei didn't want the Crown Prince to be killed like Yu You Jia.

Having said that, Yu You Lei let out one last frustrated cry as she finished off her fourth spiritual fruit. Thinking of it just made her angry all over again!

Letting out a groan, it was then Yu You Lei finally noticed the rumbling of her stomach.