Meanwhile, inside the Ye Family’s meeting hall, the scene was entirely different.
Ye Fang knelt in the middle of the hall, his expression dark to the extreme while the traces of his previous battle remained clearly visible across his body.
Some of his wounds had already begun to heal, but his miserable condition alone was enough to reveal how much he had suffered over the past few days.
Yet the pain tormenting his body was not what troubled him most.
It was the humiliation he had endured ever since returning to the family.
The Ye Family Head sat in the main seat, his face flushed red with anger.
His mustache and beard trembled with every furious word he uttered, while one finger remained pointed at Ye Fang as he reprimanded him without pause.
There was no doubt that Ye Fang was one of the most outstanding geniuses among the Ye Family’s younger generation.
With the talent he had displayed over the past six months, there was no possibility that the family would abandon him merely to appease the Liu Family.
However, protecting him was one thing.
Allowing him to do whatever he pleased without bearing the consequences was something else entirely.
The trouble he had caused this time was no longer a minor conflict between members of the younger generation.
It had developed into genuine hostility between two major families of Azure Cloud City.
Worse still, the Ye Family had been forced to expend a considerable amount of its resources to ease the Liu Family’s fury and prevent the conflict between the two families from erupting completely.
Therefore, no matter how important Ye Fang was to the family, he still had to pay the price for his actions and endure the punishment imposed upon him.
On the other side of the estate, however, specifically inside Ye Fang’s own room, the atmosphere was the complete opposite.
The room was as warm as spring, utterly removed from the tension hanging over the meeting hall.
While Ye Fang knelt before the elders of his family, enduring their reprimands and punishment over a series of disasters that he could not even understand how they had begun piling upon him, Ji Lin was spending his time with Ye Fang’s mother, enjoying the affection and closeness she now gave him after most of the barriers between them had finally collapsed.
Merely thinking about that contrast filled Ji Lin’s heart with a deep sense of satisfaction.
Two hours later, the sounds of activity outside gradually began to increase.
Ji Lin opened his eyes and turned his gaze toward the door.
His face appeared energetic and refreshed, without the slightest trace of exhaustion.
Then he lowered his eyes toward Xiao Yun.
She lay asleep in his arms, having succumbed to exhaustion some time ago.
Her hair spilled around her face and shoulders in slight disarray.
At that moment, the familiar voice of the system echoed through Ji Lin’s mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully won Xiao Yun’s heart and obtained her genuine love.]
[The Host has now become the White Moonlight within Xiao Yun’s heart, the person who holds an irreplaceable place in her life.]
[As a result of the fundamental change the Host has caused in the destiny of Ye Fang’s mother, 100,000 Luck Points have been plundered from Ye Fang.]
Ji Lin’s eyes widened slightly.
Before he could fully process the size of the reward, however, another notification appeared before him.
[Ding! As a result of the chain of events caused by the Host, combined with the effects of the Negative Emotion Amplification Card, Tang Dong’er’s disappointment in Ye Fang has intensified.]
[The first genuine crack has appeared in the relationship between Tang Dong’er and Ye Fang.]
[An additional 10,000 Luck Points have been plundered from Ye Fang.]
Silence lingered for several seconds before the corner of Ji Lin’s mouth slowly curved upward.
Not bad…
One hundred thousand Luck Points from Xiao Yun alone, followed by another ten thousand because of the crack beginning to form between Ye Fang and Tang Dong’er.
That meant he had gained a total of one hundred and ten thousand Luck Points in a single stroke.
Yet to Ji Lin, the Luck Points were not the most important part.
The first reward meant that one of the most important people in Ye Fang’s life had already deviated completely from the destiny originally arranged for her.
The second was proof that the relationship between Ye Fang and Tang Dong’er was no longer as stable as it had once been.
For someone whose future rise depended heavily on the people and opportunities surrounding him, a single crack might not appear dangerous at first.
But if Ji Lin continued widening it, then one day, that tiny crack could become a chasm that could never be repaired.
Ji Lin remained silent for several moments, but his gaze soon returned to the number displayed before him.
One hundred thousand Luck Points.
Even for him, this reward was far greater than he had expected.
He lowered his gaze toward Xiao Yun, who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, and studied her tranquil features for a few moments before speaking to the system in his mind. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
System, has Xiao Yun really fallen in love with me?
And why was the reward one hundred thousand Luck Points?
Isn’t that number a little excessive?
The response came immediately.
[Ding! Answering the Host: Yes. Xiao Yun’s feelings toward the Host have already surpassed the stages of attraction and gratitude, developing into genuine love.]
[At present, the Host has become the White Moonlight in Xiao Yun’s heart and holds the highest emotional position in her life.]
Ji Lin’s eyebrows rose slightly.
He had never doubted that Xiao Yun’s attitude toward him had changed considerably, but he had not expected her feelings to reach such a degree in such a short period of time.
“Isn’t that a little too fast? Was she really lacking love and affection to such an extent?”
[Ding! Answering the Host: Yes. Xiao Yun was originally an orphan without any background. She entered the Ye Family as an ordinary servant, and even after marrying, she never truly experienced the married life and love she had hoped for. Her husband died during the very first week of their marriage.]
Ji Lin’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He had not paid much attention to these details when he first received the information regarding the original plot, but they seemed entirely different now that the system had connected them to Xiao Yun’s current behavior.
The system, however, continued its explanation.
[After her husband died shortly after their marriage, some servants and members of the Ye Family, as well as a number of residents of Azure Cloud City, began to regard her presence as a sign of misfortune. As a result, many people distanced themselves from her, while Xiao Yun herself gradually chose to withdraw from others.]
[Consequently, she spent more than ten years deprived of genuine love, care, affection, and emotional intimacy.]
[According to the original path of destiny, Ye Fang was supposed to fill most of that emptiness as her son and the person closest to her. As he continued to grow, he would have become her greatest source of pride and her strongest emotional support. Then, at a crucial moment, Xiao Yun would have presented him with a tremendous destined opportunity.]
[The total value of the destiny path associated with Xiao Yun accounts for approximately twenty-five percent of Ye Fang’s Luck at his current stage.]
Ji Lin’s expression changed the moment he heard the final number.
Twenty-five percent…
Now the reward of one hundred thousand Luck Points made sense.
He had not received such an enormous reward merely because he had made Xiao Yun fall in love with him.
Rather, he had effectively seized the position that destiny had originally reserved for Ye Fang in her life, fundamentally altering her relationship with the person who was supposed to become the center of her emotional world and her greatest source of support.