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"Okay, brother-in-law!" Yan Dinghan replied with a bright smile, not taking Gu Ye's previous instructions to heart at all.

Gu Ye shook his head helplessly, resigned to his fate.

Gu Ye had already compromised, but Luo Yueyao was still unconvinced.

She placed her hands on her hips, her eyebrows furrowed, and her eyes held a mixture of coquettishness and warning as she looked at Yan Dinghan, who was smugly standing before her. Her tone was assertive:

"Kid, I'm warning you one more time, Gu Ye isn't your brother-in-law. If you call him that again, I'll beat you up!"

Yan Dinghan's eyes darted around, noticing Luo Yuerao's reddened ears. Suddenly, a mischievous look appeared on his face. He deliberately stepped forward and said with a playful expression:

"Why can't I call him that? Big sister, you wouldn't happen to like my brother-in-law, would you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about... I didn't say anything." Luo Yueyao's ears turned slightly red. She glanced at Gu Ye and saw that Gu Ye hadn't noticed their conversation. Gu Ye was looking at the two underlings behind Yan Dinghan.

A hint of disappointment and relief flashed in Luo Yuerao's eyes.

At this moment, Gu Ye looked at Yan Dinghan and the others, "Since you are Yan Shuangling's younger brother, come in with us."

After saying that, Gu Ye led Yan Dinghan and his two henchmen into the small house.

After chatting with Yan Dinghan for a while, Gu Ye realized that Yan Dinghan had only arrived in the village last night and had followed him in after hearing that the village chief's family was holding a wedding banquet today.

It was precisely because Gu Ye was the first to ask to see the groom Mu Qing at the wedding banquet that Yan Dinghan recognized him and secretly followed them until they reached that secluded alley before daring to step forward and block Gu Ye.

"You should now have a basic understanding of the village."

Yan Dinghan nodded slightly. Based on the information Gu Ye had obtained today, he knew that there might be a major battle tomorrow, which would also be the most likely opportunity to investigate the matter of the wooden plaque, and would be crucial to whether they could leave the village.

Gu Ye prepared to tell them relevant information. As a scion of a powerful family, Yan Dinghan should be quite strong and could be of assistance in tomorrow's battle.

However, before telling Yan Dinghan this information, Gu Ye planned to tell Luo Yuerao about it, since the two of them had found out the information at the same time. If she hadn't taken out that gold bar as a gift, Gu Ye wouldn't have been able to enter the wedding banquet.

Therefore, Gu Ye would only share the information with Yan Dinghan and the others if Luo Yue Rao agreed.

After entering the small house, Luo Yueyao went back to the inner room.

Gu Ye walked to the door of the inner room, reached out and knocked, "Luo Yuerao, there's something I want to tell you."

"Click—"

The door opened with a click, and Luo Yuerao, her face still flushed, looked at Gu Ye with a puzzled expression and asked, "What is it?"

Gu Ye shared his thoughts with her. Although Luo Yuerao disliked Yan Dinghan, she was a reasonable person and understood that tomorrow's events were important. Moreover, with Yan Dinghan's involvement, their chances of winning would increase, so she nodded in agreement.

Having received Luo Yuerao's consent, Gu Ye's face lit up with joy. He turned and walked out of the inner room, returning to the octagonal table.

Over the next hour, Gu Ye and Yan Dinghan shared intelligence and the plans they had devised.

"Okay, brother-in-law, I'll fully cooperate with you."

Yan Dinghan had heard about Gu Ye's various deeds from his sister, and he came to the conclusion that his brother-in-law Gu Ye was very strong.

Just as the group was engaged in a heated discussion, there was a sudden, forceful knocking on the wooden door, "Knock, knock, knock—!"

The sound was urgent and heavy, breaking the silence in the room.

Gu Ye's expression suddenly hardened. He stood up abruptly, his gaze sharp as he looked at the wooden door. His whole body tensed instantly, and he subconsciously mobilized his spiritual energy, ready to make a move at any moment.

Yan Dinghan and his two henchmen also quickly stood up, staring warily at the door, their hands secretly tightening their grip on their weapons.

"Little Yue Rao, are you home?" A kind, aged voice came from outside the door, gentle in tone.

Upon hearing the sound, Luo Yuerao opened the door to the inner room and came out with a smile on her face.

Seeing their tense expressions, she gestured for them to sit down and said:

"It's an old lady. She rented this house to me. She's a very kind person."

Before she could finish speaking, Luo Yuerao ran to open the door.

I gently pulled open the wooden door. Outside, an old woman with gray hair and a wrinkled face stood in the doorway, leaning on a worn-out cane, a kind smile on her face.

Luo Yuerao stepped forward to help her up, and the old woman's smile became even gentler, her eyes filled with love.

"Little Yue Rao, have some friends come to visit?" the old woman asked with a smile, her gaze slowly sweeping over Gu Ye and the other three people in the house, her eyes still gentle.

"Um!"

"Grandma, let me introduce you." Luo Yuerao said softly, pointing to Gu Ye and the other three one by one.

"This is Gu Ye, my friend."

"This is Han Gou, Gu Ye's friend."

"These two are Han Gou's underlings." Yan Dinghan's eyelids twitched when he heard the name Han Gou.

The old woman smiled and waved her hand, her tone kind:

"Since you are Xiaoyue Rao's friend, there's no need to be so polite. Please sit down. I'm just an old woman, nothing important. Don't be shy."

Everyone sat down at the eight-immortal table. Luo Yuerao looked at the old woman with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Grandma, why didn't you go to the market to sell tofu today? You'd usually be there by now."

Upon hearing the word "tofu," the old woman's smile vanished instantly, and her expression changed drastically.

A flicker of barely concealed sadness and desolation crossed her eyes. She sighed softly and said in a low voice:

"Hey, haven't a lot of outsiders come to the village these past few days? All the tofu my deadbeat husband makes has been bought up by them. I have no tofu left to sell now."

Seeing the old woman's sad appearance, Luo Yuerao's heart softened, and she was about to say a few words of comfort to her.

But the next second, the old woman's expression suddenly changed in a strange way.

The sadness and desolation on her face vanished instantly, replaced by an eerie kindness. Her eyes were fixed on Gu Ye and his companions, a cold, sinister smile slowly curving her lips. Her voice, though still aged, carried a chilling edge.

"But it's alright. Since there's no tofu for sale, why don't you make some tofu for me? You're all so strong, the blood tofu you make will definitely be tender, delicious, and very tasty..."