"Of course—" Ye Yuchan sat down opposite Duan Xingchen with a smile, sipping her tea and sighing, "When you first met me, we were in an extremely dangerous secret realm. A bunch of people were chasing us, trying to take away the treasures we had. You were kind-hearted, and when you saw me being chased and beaten, you wanted to help me, but you ended up getting beaten up with me."

"But we still managed to escape, and that's how we met."

Duan Xingchen said "Oh~", but looked at Ye Yuchan with a puzzled expression. "But I remember you told me before that you didn't know me that well..."

Ye Yuchan: "..."

The silver-haired girl's expression suddenly froze, and then she heard Zhang Ruoxue's sneer.

Oh no, I forgot I said that!

How embarrassing... especially since I actually embarrassed myself in front of Zhang Ruoxue...

Ye Yuchan quickly coughed twice, continuing to use her talent for deception, "Oh dear, what I meant by not knowing much about you was later, I was talking about things from several years ago..."

"Is that right?"

Duan Xingchen glanced at Zhang Ruoxue curiously, while the latter bit her lip, suppressing her smile, and nodded firmly.

Seeing Zhang Ruoxue's appearance, Duan Xingchen's eyes changed slightly, and he smiled more as he looked at Ye Yuchan.

She wasn't stupid; how could she not see that Ye Yuchan was just fooling her?

However, listening to her tell stories was quite interesting, so Duan Xingchen didn't interrupt Ye Yuchan for the time being. Instead, he pretended to be very surprised and continued to listen.

This joyous scene, unsurprisingly, was observed by some disciples of the Three Heavens Academy not far away.

“Hey, Old Chen…”

The male disciple, peering out from behind the stone statue, nudged his old friend with his elbow, his expression unusually strange.

"What do you think our eldest sister is talking to Duan Xingchen about right now? They seem to be having a very pleasant conversation?"

"Hmm... let me see, I can't hear clearly at this distance... if I rashly use my spiritual energy, the boss might notice..."

Standing beside him, the equally furtive young man narrowed his eyes.

As one of the few wise men in Ye Yuchan's money empire, he naturally felt it necessary to investigate. This was both to prevent Ye Yuchan from being threatened by Duan Xingchen and to ensure the vigorous development of Ye Yuchan's money empire!

So he took a small step forward and carefully observed Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue chatting in the courtyard in the distance.

"Don't rush, I can read lips, let me see..."

"You can even read lips?" The male disciple was surprised and whispered, "Old Chen, I didn't know you were this good!"

"Nonsense. If even you could see how capable I am, would I still be able to stay at the Three-Day Academy?"

The young man surnamed Chen sneered, and then began to carefully observe the opening and closing of Ye Yuchan's lips as she spoke.

He narrowed his eyes and took a deep breath. Because of the distance and the inability to use his spiritual energy, he could only rely on his physical eyesight to observe, so he could not see very clearly.

"It seems like the boss is saying... um..."

He paused, seemingly conducting a rigorous analysis.

"I roughly deduced what the boss meant; it seems she was warning Duan Xingchen to move aside and make room for her..."

"Really?" The male disciple's eyes lit up. "You're not seeing things, are you?"

"That's roughly the idea."

The young man surnamed Chen nodded slightly, somewhat uncertainly, but since he had already made that boast, there was no going back.

"Don't worry, let me take another look..."

A few seconds later.

He received entirely new information.

"Duan Xingchen seems very dissatisfied with this, and it seems he even proposed to form an alliance with the Han family to fight against us!"

"What?! An alliance?!" the male disciple exclaimed, his gaze towards Duan Xingchen turning extremely displeased. "Could she be planning to take over the entire Yi Zi Sect?"

"I think that's possible..."

"What did the eldest sister say?"

"Let me see..."

He calmed down and began to carefully analyze Ye Yuchan's lip movements.

A dozen seconds later, he came to another conclusion.

"Hey! Big Sister said she came to the academy for three days... specifically to cause trouble for Duan Xingchen. Looks like Big Sister isn't afraid at all!"

"That's what makes the boss so amazing!"

"No, no, no, that's not where the boss's strength lies. Look carefully..."

The young man surnamed Chen pointed at Ye Yuchan, who was smiling and telling a story, his face full of admiration.

"The fact that the eldest sister maintained a smile throughout shows that she didn't take Duan Xingchen and her power seriously at all!"

"Such courage, such composure, such high spirits—truly a role model for us all, someone we should follow!"

"Wow...that's right!" The male disciple clenched his fist excitedly. "No wonder she's the boss!"

It was at this moment that Ye Yuchan finished telling her story, and the two of them slowly walked out of the courtyard.

Although Ye Yuchan did ramble on with a lot of random and nonsensical stories, she told Duan Xingchen everything about the Holy Feather Sect and the Fat and Thin Gambling House.

Moreover, Duan Xingchen could tell from Ye Yuchan's tone that the parts about the Holy Feather Sect were very likely true.

Because in her hazy memories, where she could barely see anything... for some reason, she felt an extraordinary affinity for the Holy Feather Sect.

Although she had no idea where this sect was or what kind of sect it was—her memory of it had been completely lost.

"In short, that's roughly it~"

After telling her story for most of the day, Ye Yuchan sighed, then turned to Duan Xingchen, whose face was filled with complex emotions, and asked, "Have you remembered anything?"

A hint of regret flashed across Duan Xingchen's cheeks. "I'm sorry... although I've heard so much from you, my memories... haven't come back."

"That's true... that's true..."

Ye Yuchan let out another long breath, "After all, it's damage to the soul, so it shouldn't be so easy to recover."

"I can only wait for the right opportunity. Besides, the damage to my soul may not be permanent. Perhaps one day I will regain my memories."

Duan Xingchen is quite optimistic about this.

Since the person in question had already said so, Ye Yuchan didn't say anything more and quickly changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, why do you have so many followers? Your sphere of influence is much wider than mine now."

"Little brother?"

When asked this question, Duan Xingchen was stunned for a few seconds before he realized what he meant: "Ah, you mean them... They shouldn't be considered my underlings, right?"

"what?"

Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue were both dumbfounded.

Seeing their puzzled looks, Duan Xingchen explained, "I have some medical skills. Some people caused trouble in the academy and got injured, and I healed them. Later, for a while, they would come to me whenever they got injured, and as time went on... more and more people came..."

"Speaking of which..." Duan Xingchen seemed to remember something, "They did call me 'elder sister'... but I didn't pay attention to it at the time."

So you recruited your followers based on your medical skills...

This approach is completely opposite to Ye Yuchan's method of solving problems through violence—

Moreover, judging from Duan Xingchen's appearance, it seems he doesn't know that he is the leader of a criminal organization?

However, Ye Yuchan hadn't broken off her hostility with Duan Xingchen in the first place, so for now, it would be fine to maintain the current relationship.

However, some people don't think that way.

"Big Sister!"

After saying goodbye to Duan Xingchen, Ye Yuchan and Zhang Ruoxue prepared to go to the cafeteria to rest for a while, since everyone would be thirsty after talking for so long.

However, on the way, they encountered the young monk who had been wildly imagining his own thoughts.

The other party looked at him with excitement, followed by a dozen or twenty other excited disciples of the Three Heavens Academy, each holding a magical artifact.

"What's wrong?"

Upon seeing this self-proclaimed wise man of the Money Empire, Ye Yuchan felt an urge to kick him away.

What he said next directly turned Ye Yuchan's impulsiveness into reality.

"Big Sister, we all saw your negotiations with that Stardust. We're ready and can start a war with them anytime!"

"Start...start a war?"

Ye Yuchan raised an eyebrow, wondering what these idiots were thinking about now.

"Yes!" The young man surnamed Chen patted his chest proudly. "I've read your conversation with Duan Xingchen through lip reading. I know your plan completely. Now, as long as we follow your plan, we can gradually erode Duan Xingchen's power and eventually dominate the One Word..."

I haven't even finished saying the word "door" yet.

Ye Yuchan kicked the daydreamer flying, and then, under everyone's stunned gaze, coldly uttered a sentence.

"Guards, drag this fantasizing older brother out and execute him."

"Execution??"

Everyone was taken aback.

One of them tremblingly reached out his hand, "Boss... why are you executing me..."

Ye Yuchan glanced at the kid, then, mimicking the way a thug throws a tantrum, coldly said, "If you ask again, I'll drag you out too."

These words worked. After hearing Ye Yuchan's words, the other party trembled all over and didn't dare to say a single word.

However, a brave soul stepped forward from the crowd, glanced at the team's wise man lying on the ground groaning silently, and tentatively asked a question.

"Then... Boss, how should we execute him...?"

"Well..."

Ye Yuchan licked her lips, revealing a rather sinister and dark smile. After pondering for a few seconds, she spoke with interest, "I'm not some kind of demon, nor am I a bad person. How about this, our Money Empire's reputation hasn't been particularly good lately. Thinking about it carefully, we happen to be in need of an ambassador..."

"But with his looks, he's not really suited to be an ambassador. He should just dress as a woman, debut as an idol, and then do the promotions."

A woman... cross-dressing?!

This sentence startled the wise man so much that he jumped up.

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