latelenovela Chapter 178 I'm not marrying you to be a cat or dog.
Chapter 178 I'm not marrying you to be a cat or dog.
The dark figure fixed its gaze on him.
Just then, Ye Shishu, Yuchi Ling, and Gu Simo also arrived.
The group of people were all taken aback when they met face to face.
Suddenly, the dark figure rushed up to Gu Simo, grabbed her hand excitedly, and said, "Girl, do you still remember me? I'm Li Yao!"
Although Gu Simo did not shake her off, her expression was cold and her tone was full of interrogation, "Miss Li Yao, why have you come here?"
Li Yao suddenly looked up and burst into tears. "I wanted to come to the capital with you, but I was looking for food elsewhere when you left the inn, so I lost you! Then I got lost and somehow ended up here, and then they chased me..."
Gu Simo was sweating, “…”
Ye Shishu and Yuchi Ling did not speak, but quietly observed her.
Ye Shijun crossed his arms and glanced at her sideways, asking, "I'm not saying this to be mean, but girl, you're a grown woman, how could you get lost? Of all places to get lost, it just so happens that we're in this area, and it's even a military camp. Can you believe there's such a coincidence in the world?"
Li Yao stopped crying, looking at him with teary eyes, "I'm telling the truth! I really do want to go to the capital with you, but at night I can't tell which way is north, east, west, or north, and I don't know which way to go 'north'..."
Just then, the soldiers arrived.
Ye Shiting ordered in a deep voice, "Men, seize her!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yao turned to look at him with a terrified expression. She then tightly grasped Gu Simo's hand and pleaded in a tearful voice, "Miss, please speak up for me! I really didn't come here on purpose... I only wanted to find someone in the capital of the Great Ye Kingdom. I'm not a bad person!"
Ye Shishu gestured to the soldiers, then approached Li Yao, pretending to be friendly as she cautiously inquired, "Miss Li Yao, you've come all this way to our capital to find someone. Do you know their name and where they live? If you can tell us, we can take you there."
Li Yao looked at her and choked up, "My brother said his surname is Ye and his home is in the capital of Daye Kingdom, but he doesn't know where he lives."
Surname Ye?
Ye Shishu frowned slightly, then asked her, "What's your brother's name?"
"My brother's name is Li Ao."
"Your brother's name is Li Ao?" Ye Shiting suddenly spoke, his deep voice tinged with surprise. "You're Li Ao's sister?"
Li Yao turned to him, also surprised, and asked, "You know my brother? Is your surname Ye?"
Ye Shiting didn't reply to her, but instead asked her coldly, "Why did your brother ask you to come to the capital to see him?"
Li Yao released Gu Simo's wrist, lowered her head and whispered, "The fourth prince of Beilin Kingdom said he has taken a liking to me and wants to force a marriage alliance with our tribe. My brother told me to come to Daye Kingdom for refuge, saying that the young master surnamed Ye owes him a favor and will definitely help me."
Ye Shijun couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Ye Shiting, "Big brother, when did you start owing someone a favor?"
Ye Shiting lowered his voice and replied, "It was the time I took back the purple ginseng."
Ye Shijun opened his mouth in astonishment, "That time Father was injured, wasn't the purple ginseng you picked?"
"No, we asked the leader of the Jiuli tribe for it."
"Uh..." Ye Shijun gave a thumbs up, "You're amazing, you actually dared to go to the Jiuli tribe to beg for things!"
Listening to his two elder brothers' conversation, Ye Shishu finally understood the cause and effect.
After confirming that the woman named Li Yao was not a spy, she silently retreated to Yu Chi Ling's side.
Ye Shiting walked towards Li Yao with his hands behind his back and asked directly, "How do you want me to help you?"
Li Yao raised her head, wiping away her tears with the back of her hand as she replied, "My brother told me to hide in the Daye Kingdom for a few years until the Fourth Prince of the Beilin Kingdom gives up on me before I go back."
Ye Shijian's brows furrowed tightly.
Seeing that he remained silent, Li Yao suddenly took out a jade pendant from her bosom and said, choking back tears, "Young Master Ye, my brother said that you have been on the border of the Great Ye Kingdom for many years and are a person of importance. You certainly won't go back on your word, right?"
That jade pendant was a token of the favor Ye Shiting owed someone back then. Ye Shiting reached out and took it, then ordered two soldiers, "You escort Miss Li Yao to the General's Mansion and have Ninth Aunt settle her in."
"Yes!"
He explained to Li Yao, "You go back to my house first. I have things to do and I can only go back in a few days."
Seeing that he was willing to take her in, Li Yao immediately smiled happily, "Then I'll go home and wait for you!"
'puff'!
Ye Shijun suddenly burst out laughing.
His smile made Ye Shishu and Gu Simo unable to help but chuckle along.
Ye Shiting immediately stabbed each of them with a knife.
Li Yao left with the soldiers, the axe still strapped to her slender back, making her look inexplicably comical.
Some jokes are best left unsaid. Ye Shishu then said seriously, "Brother, I heard that the envoy from Beilin Kingdom will be coming to the capital soon to meet Luo Lixian and recognize her as a relative. Is it appropriate for you to leave Li Yao here now?"
Ye Shiting lowered his eyes to look at the jade pendant in his hand and said in a low voice, "It's not suitable, but there's nothing I can do. When Father was injured, the war was urgent, and Uncle Zhou said that the Jiuli tribe had purple ginseng, which could help Father's injuries heal faster, so I went to the Jiuli tribe to ask for purple ginseng without Father's knowledge. Since I promised to repay this favor, there's nothing more to say. Even if the Beilin Kingdom knows that Li Yao is with us, I must protect her."
Ye Shijun stopped joking and said seriously, "Big brother, don't worry. Since the Jiuli tribe has been kind to Father, we will definitely protect Li Yao!"
Ye Shishu turned to look at Yuchi Ling.
On a small scale, this is about repaying a debt of gratitude, but on a larger scale, it's more than just a personal grudge.
Yu Chi Ling clearly sensed her unease, took her hand, and smiled, "Let's get on with what we need to do first. You said you'd scout out a location, but you're the one who has to pick it."
"Ah."
……
General's Mansion.
Looking at the dirty but beautiful stranger, Ye Gengxin was still a little confused after hearing what the soldier had brought back.
He winked at Ninth Aunt.
Aunt Jiu was both amused and exasperated.
How could she possibly understand?
"Miss Li Yao, right? When did you meet my Shi Ting? Where do you live? What does your family do?"
"I...I just met Young Master Ye...My family is...on the border of the Great Ye Kingdom...My family...my family does all sorts of trades." Facing the imposing Ye Gengxin, Li Yao stammered nervously, afraid that she would be kicked out at any moment.
"You just met and he's already taking you home?" Ye Gengxin's eyes widened in disbelief, and he thought to himself, "Could it be that the boss has suffered some kind of shock?"
"General, please don't send me away. I just want a place to live and food to eat. I... I'm easy to take care of." Li Yao looked at him pleadingly.
Ye Gengxin's face immediately hardened. "What are you saying? You're the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ye family now that you've entered the household, not someone I married to be a nobody!"