Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 726: 726 eavesdropping on others talking about love

After saying farewell to each one of them, Mu Hanyan stepped onto the carriage.

”Hey, we’re off,” Zirong called out to Jiang Yuzhe. Now that matters with the Mu Family were settled, there was no need for them to stay in Heishi City. Naturally, they would head to the Capital together.

Jiang Yuzhe and Mu Yuying exchanged glances, their lips moving slightly, but what they were saying was anybody’s guess. All that could be seen was the reluctant look in Mu Yuying’s eyes, filled with anticipation, contrasted with Jiang Yuzhe’s resolute face.

”I really didn’t expect it, but they truly hit it off. Just look at the look of deep affection and reluctance to part. I’m almost jealous,” Zirong muttered.

”What are they saying?” Huayue asked curiously.

Mu Hanyan was also curious and pricked up her ears to listen intently, her expression turning peculiar.

Huayue and Zirong also focused their mental state, trying hard to eavesdrop.

”Let me slap you one more time. Once you leave, I won’t be able to slap you again,” Mu Yuying said with longing in her eyes. The feel of her hand when she slapped him was just too unforgettable.

”No way, there are too many people here, it would be too embarrassing,” Jiang Yuzhe said with a grave face.

”It’s not the first time anyway,” Mu Yuying said, her flirtatious eyes lifting.

”Still no, haven’t you noticed the Family Head and the elders are all here?” Jiang Yuzhe maintained firmly.

”But when you leave, who am I going to bully?” Mu Yuying lamented pitifully, then her brows furrowed in anger as she said, ”If you’re willing, I’ll just find someone else to bully!”

”...” Jiang Yuzhe was dumbfounded, ”How can that be allowed!” Things had progressed to this point, and the little tigress had finally started to have feelings for him, how could he allow someone else to take his place!

”Will you let me slap you?” Mu Yuying’s brows tilted upwards.

”Go... go easy,” Jiang Yuzhe said, on the verge of tears.

...

”Do you still feel envious now?” Huayue asked.

”Let’s go, I can’t listen anymore, it’s too embarrassing,” Zirong shook her head and galloped away with the carriage. This couple really did fight and flirt, but their hitting was just too intense. This kind of playful banter wasn’t something everyone could endure. At any rate, he couldn’t enjoy it.

”Hey, wait for me, wait for me,” came the crisp sound of a slap, followed by the sound of Jiang Yuzhe hurriedly chasing after them.

Then there was the loud laughter of Mu Ze and the others.

Mu Hanyan looked back and saw her parents and the people of the Mu Family waving their arms from afar, her eyes already misty.

Suddenly, Mu Hanyan caught a glimpse of a figure on a distant mountain peak, a tall yet still somewhat youthful figure, waving gently at her.

It was Han Feng! Although the distance was great, Mu Hanyan could still make out her brother’s smile and the flickering tears in his eyes.

Mu Hanyan smiled too, waving gently back.

It seems that her brother didn’t want her to see the tears of parting in his eyes, which was why he chose not to show his face. That guy, just like their father—stubborn with tender feelings and full of proud tenderness!

This separation, Han Yan did not know when they would meet again, but she believed that the next time she saw Mu Hanfeng, he would surely bring her even greater surprises.

In him, Han Yan had full confidence.

Turning her head, Han Yan saw Huayue gazing long into the distance at the mountain peak, his eyes profound and his expression solemn.

Did he also see Mu Hanfeng? Han Yan slightly shifted her thoughts and realized that he was not looking at Mu Hanfeng. Yue Ji was buried among those mountains.

”Thinking of your grandmother?” Han Yan asked softly.

Since Yue Ji’s death, Huayue had become even more reticent. Han Yan and Zirong and the others, fearing he would be overwhelmed by grief, deliberately avoided mentioning Yue Ji in his presence, but some things, obviously, could not be avoided simply by the wish to escape them.

”Young Master, do you think I will ever have the chance to avenge my parents and grandmother?” Huayue pursed his lips, and after a while, asked with a hint of confusion.

Since he was little, he had thought he was an orphan, not even knowing who his parents were, let alone harboring thoughts of revenge. But now, he learned that his parents came from another continent and were killed by the temple’s hands. Unfortunately, Yue Ji’s death was too sudden, and other than the temple’s name, he knew nothing about it.

More importantly, to seek revenge, one must pass through the seal barrier that lay before the continent and reach the Divine Continent (also known as the Demon Continent referred to by Mu Rui’an). Even Holy-grade masters faced a survival rate of one in ten within that Sealing Forbidden Land. With his current strength, it seemed too far away, too elusive.

”Yes!” Han Yan said with unwavering determination.

The temple assassins’ attempts on her life and on Yan Yuchu’s were no coincidence. Han Yan even suspected her death in her previous life was related to the temple. Even if she pretended to know nothing, the temple would not let her go.

She and the temple were bound by a feud that could not end until death.

Perhaps her current strength was not much greater than Huayue’s, nowhere near enough to shake such a colossal force as the temple, but Han Yan believed that one day, she would have the power to contend with the temple.

”Your enemy is also my enemy. One day, we will have our revenge,” Han Yan said to Huayue, looking into his eyes with resolve, without explaining too much.

”Exactly, your enemy is our enemy. Even if it means climbing mountains or diving into flames, we will help you avenge your wrongs,” Jiang Yuzhe and Zirong, who had just jumped into the carriage, said with conviction.

”Mhm.” Huayue nodded heavily, a slight moistness in his eyes.

Following such a master, with such loyal friends, what more could one ask for in life!

”Wait for me, wait just a moment, slow down and wait for me.” Just as Jiang Yuzhe had leapt onto the carriage, a somewhat hoarse shouting could be heard from behind.

Turning around, they saw Qu Shanling chasing frantically while gnawing on a pig’s leg.

Zirong instinctively pulled on the reins, and Qu Shanling leapt in.

”Good, good, luckily I caught up,” Qu Shanling panted heavily, expressing relief.

Han Yan looked at him oddly. After the Mu Family’s crisis, the old god-man had not shown himself, and Han Yan had thought he was in seclusion and so had not disturbed him. However, she had not expected him to catch up now.

”Why leave in such a hurry, not even sending someone to inform me? Did something happen in the Capital?” After catching his breath, Qu Shanling finished the last bite of the pig’s leg, tossed the bone out, poured himself a cup of tea from the kettle and gulped it down, then asked, puzzled.

”Nothing happened in the Capital, but if we didn’t leave, there would have been a big problem for the Young Master,” Zirong said with a teasing smile.

”Oh?” Qu Shanling was even more puzzled.

”You don’t know yet, do you? The Wu Family, Yuan Family, Xu Family all came knocking at the same time with marriage proposals. If the Young Master hadn’t run fast, he would have been tied down and wed last night,” Zirong said with a hint of schadenfreude.

”Pff!” Qu Shanling spouted a mouthful of tea.