My Silly, Sweet Wife

Very soon, Shen Qianjun and his entourage came bustling over to Changle Inn. Shen Qianjun signaled for the people behind him to wait downstairs, then took Shen Qiuxiang straight toward Ye Guichen.

"City Lord Shen, look, isn’t that City Lord Shen Qianjun?" Someone in the inn cried out in surprise.

"It’s not just Shen Qianjun, behind him is our Mingpan City’s unrivaled beauty, Shen Qiuxiang!" The speaker gazed at Shen Qiuxiang with an obsessed look, as if his eyes could strip her bare.

"Could it be there’s someone in this inn important enough for the City Lord to personally pay attention to?" someone exclaimed.

The people around, hearing this, suddenly had their curiosity stirred. Many quietly tailed after Shen Qianjun.

By now Shen Qianjun had already brought Shen Qiuxiang up to the second floor. Before going up, he’d even specially told Shen Qiuxiang to tidy up her appearance. As for his daughter’s looks, Shen Qianjun was full of confidence—he firmly believed that as long as it was a man, no one could resist his daughter’s charm.

"Shen Qianjun?"

Scar Dragon was stunned when he saw who had come. Having operated for years in the area between Mingpan City and Taihe Town, he basically knew all the powers in control there.

And someone like Shen Qianjun never got up early without profit to be had. Especially now, coming in person and even bringing along a gorgeous beauty, this kind of hasty, fiery posture made Scar Dragon suspect there had to be some conspiracy.

Shen Qianjun stepped forward, shook Scar Dragon’s hand, and said humbly, "Is Mr. Ye in? Please trouble yourself to announce me. Just say the City Lord of Mingpan City, Shen Qianjun, has come to pay a visit."

Seeing Shen Qianjun’s face full of a forced smile, Scar Dragon couldn’t bring himself to refuse. He turned and knocked on the door, calling back over his shoulder: "Mr. Ye, the City Lord of Mingpan City, Shen Qianjun, is here."

"Oh?"

Ye Guichen, who was cultivating, heard that Shen Qianjun had come and a faint smile crept up at the corner of his mouth.

"Dared to use me, did you? I hadn’t even gone looking to settle accounts, and you actually came knocking on your own. Saves me quite a bit of trouble." With that thought, Ye Guichen stopped cultivating and strode out to the doorway, calm and composed.

Scar Dragon, seeing Ye Guichen come out, immediately stepped aside to open a path, standing respectfully at Ye Guichen’s side.

Shen Qianjun took a closer look and realized Ye Guichen was already at the fourth layer of Golden Core. For someone this age to have such strength definitely required massive resources. It looked like Ye Guichen was certainly not just some disciple of Qianji Sect. With that in mind, Shen Qianjun couldn’t help wanting to test him a bit.

Shen Qianjun greeted Ye Guichen with a face full of warmth and said, "I didn’t expect this auction to even attract someone of Mr. Ye’s stature from a great clan. Truly Mingpan City’s honor!"

"A great clan? Looks like Shen Qianjun is probing me." Ye Guichen’s expression stayed indifferent as he thought to himself.

"Oh? City Lord Shen knows me?" Ye Guichen played dumb.

Seeing that Ye Guichen didn’t deny his probing, Shen Qianjun’s little mental abacus started clicking away.

He said loudly, "But of course. The news of Mr. Ye defeating Gu Cangsheng has already spread throughout Mingpan City!"

"What! He... he defeated Gu Cangsheng? How is that possible!" Someone behind Shen Qianjun gasped in disbelief.

"You have to know, Gu Cangsheng’s brute strength is boundless, his physique already comparable to the Demon Clan, said to be invincible below Nascent Soul. I once had the fortune to personally see Gu Cangsheng punch a Golden Core Peak expert into meat paste." The man behind continued in a low voice, a trace of fear slowly creeping into his eyes.

"Oh? I just had the pleasure of hearing City Lord Shen’s illustrious name from Gu Quan’an’s own mouth. I was planning to pay you a visit, but I didn’t expect you to beat me to it." Ye Guichen’s tone grew colder as he spoke.

Hearing Ye Guichen’s words, Shen Qianjun’s expression tightened for an instant, then quickly smoothed over. He waved a hand toward the back.

Shen Qiuxiang froze for a moment, then quickly stepped forward, her eyes gazing tenderly at Ye Guichen.

From the moment Ye Guichen walked out, Shen Qiuxiang had been deeply drawn by the unparalleled aura on him. She’d seen countless men, yet never had any man given her that instant crush feeling at first sight.

Ye Guichen saw a woman step up and couldn’t help secretly sizing her up. She had a delicate, alluring face, fair and pretty skin, a slightly upturned, jade-carved nose, and she wore a thin, fiery-red gauze dress, her whole body exuding seductive charm. The snowy whiteness before his eyes was faintly visible, as if it could stir the desires in a man’s heart.

For a moment even Ye Guichen’s gaze was caught, but he quickly returned to his calm.

Standing behind, Shen Qiuxiang couldn’t see a hint of greed in Ye Guichen’s eyes, and couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed.

"Mr. Ye, on hearing you were here and disturbed, I rushed over with my little girl to apologize to you in person!" Shen Qianjun said, his face full of obsequiousness.

"Hmph!"

Ye Guichen snorted coldly, his expression suddenly icy.

Shen Qianjun hadn’t expected Ye Guichen’s attitude to still be so frigid, and for a moment was at a complete loss. Gritting his teeth with a secret resolve, he quickly moved to Ye Guichen’s side; the smile on his face vanished in an instant, replaced by a look of utter grievance.

With a face full of sorrow, Shen Qianjun said to Ye Guichen, "Mr. Ye, it was all Gu Quan’an forcing me! This old man was helpless, with no other choice!"

"Gu Quan’an, relying on his high office and powerful influence, forced me to marry my daughter to his half-witted son, wanting to use the chance to swallow Mingpan City whole and become the overlord of this region."