Chapter 44: The True Background of Saint Guan

"You..." Li Feng felt a dark shadow cross his eyes, and he almost choked, unable to catch his breath.

His lips turned completely pale with anger.

He never could have imagined that the daughter who had always obeyed his every word would actually rebel against him this time.

Of course, what he cared about was not this itself, but rather that Li Yuyan's choice would utterly destroy the Li family.

Looking at Li Yuyan's resolute gaze, Li Feng realized that no matter how much he said now, it would be useless.

As for Guan Sheng...

That was even more out of the question.

This fellow's identity was shrouded in mystery, he was lawless, and he completely ignored reason. If you displeased him, he would just slash you down. Li Feng simply did not dare to provoke him.

At the thought of this, the elderly middle-aged man, who had always dreamed of becoming in-laws with a wealthy and powerful family, was on the verge of a breakdown, close to tears.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

"Li Yuyan, you truly are a wonderful daughter of mine."

"Very well, I'd like to see just how good of a life you can live without getting a divorce."

"When Young Master Qi returns, just wait and see our Li family meet its doom!"

With that, Li Feng angrily pulled Xu Hong away with him.

After they left, Li Yuyan's body went limp, and she collapsed weakly into a chair.

Rebelling against her parents for the first time, she had mustered all her courage.

She did not know whether her decision was right or wrong; she only knew that this was the decision she wanted to make in the present moment.

To honor her own heart, regardless of whether it was right or wrong.

Guan Sheng gently patted her head: "Don't panic."

"I don't care who this fellow surnamed Qi is. As long as he dares to come and provoke you, I will—kill him!"

Li Yuyan's body trembled. She raised her head and looked at him: "Do you know why I did this?"

Guan Sheng was stunned: "Why?"

Li Yuyan said, "Because I want to know who you really are. When my parents no longer regard you as Young Master Qi, what methods will you use to make them accept you and allow you to stay with me?"

Guan Sheng put his hands behind his back: "I told you, the time is not right yet. If you were to know my identity, it would bring about a fatal disaster for you."

"In this world, there are many who fear me, and quite a few who want to kill me as well."

Li Yuyan lowered her head and gave a bitter smile: "Then why are you staying with me?"

"Don't tell me you simply like me, because I don't believe that."

"I had never seen you before, nor did I know you at all."

Guan Sheng contemplated for a moment and replied, "If I truly have to state a purpose."

"..."

He remained silent for a while before speaking.

"Being with you is my only purpose."

"I don't even know why I want to be with you."

"However, this is my purpose."

"To be honest, though, during the time I've spent with you, I've recalled some memories, and these memories have changed me."

"I don't know if you believe it or not, but in any case, I feel that in this lifetime, you are meant to be my woman."

With that, Guan Sheng turned and left the room.

Watching his back disappear out the front door, Li Yuyan felt dazed. For a fleeting second, she felt both that Guan Sheng was so familiar and yet so utterly a stranger.

Even though she had just woken up for the day, she felt utterly exhausted at this moment.

What is going on...

What kind of feeling is this?

Pressing her temples, her mind suddenly grew dizzy and heavy. She quickly got up, went upstairs, pulled the blanket over herself, and fell asleep.

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Meanwhile, after leaving the Li residence, Guan Sheng came to the roadside where a Hongqi commercial vehicle had been waiting for a long time.

He got into the back seat, and the distinguished Elder Ji looked at him with a smile.

"You're here."

Guan Sheng's expression was icy: "Did you find the information I asked for?"

Elder Ji took out a stack of documents along with some photographs and handed them to Guan Sheng.

"Based on the information you provided, I had people mobilize the highest-authority SkyNet system, and these are the only records we managed to dig up."

Guan Sheng opened the documents and looked through them, frowning involuntarily.

"Why are they all a bunch of children?"

"And runaways at that?"

"What does this mean?"

Elder Ji replied, "According to the tiger tattoo you described, SkyNet found that eighteen years ago, a group of children suddenly appeared near a primeval forest. The oldest was only six years old, and the youngest was four."

"They had special tiger tattoos branded onto their bodies and were locked inside prison wagons. The people escorting those children attempted to cross the primeval forest to breach the border, but they were eventually discovered by our border defense soldiers."

"A fierce firefight broke out between the two sides. In the chaos of war, those children took the opportunity to escape, and there has been no trace of them ever since."

Guan Sheng narrowed his eyes: "So, it's very likely that I was one of those children back then."

Elder Ji asked, "Do you have a tiger tattoo on your body?"

Guan Sheng did not speak. Instead, he threw the documents back to Elder Ji.

Just as he turned and reached for the car door to leave, a sudden, splitting pain wracked his head, making the world spin violently. He immediately closed his eyes, curled his body into a ball, and broke out in a cold sweat.

Elder Ji was terrified: "Lad, what's wrong with you, lad!"

Guan Sheng could not answer at all; the intense pain robbed him of even the strength to speak.

His body trembled as if he had been plunged into a freezing winter wasteland.

Elder Ji had never witnessed such a scene from Guan Sheng.

This sudden turn of events caught the statesman, who held the well-being of the world in his heart, completely off guard.

Watching Guan Sheng's agonizing suffering, Elder Ji immediately roared at the driver, "Summon National Medical Sage Zhang Sheng!"

"Quickly."

"Go to the Mu King Hall!"

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The Mu King Hall, a sacred ground of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

It was among the top ten traditional medicine clinics within the borders of the Dragon Country, receiving only ten patients a month.

Within Jiangnan Province, countless wealthy family heads, high-ranking government officials, and figures from all walks of life found it as difficult as ascending to the heavens to secure a single consultation with Zhang Sheng, the national medical master of that hall.

At this moment, more than a dozen people were gathered outside the hall.

At the front, a young man stared disdainfully at the woman in front of him and said coldly,

"Is this video real?"

"Li Yuxue, do you know how severe the consequences are for deceiving the Qi family?"

At these words, Li Yuxue, who was standing respectfully before the young man, nodded repeatedly.

"Young Master Qi, I'm not lying to you, truly I'm not. I filmed this on the spot myself; it's definitely not digitally edited."

"That Li Yuyan not only broke off her engagement with Young Master Qi, but she also... she even secretly got a marriage certificate with that fellow named Guan Sheng."

"This is simply a blatant offense to the dignity of the Qi family."

"Young Master Qi, I came to you for the sake of our Li family. We don't want the entire Li family to be ruined because of Li Yuyan's foolishness alone."

"Please take action and immediately deal with that bitch Li Yuyan, and oh, that Guan Sheng as well."

Li Yuxue said with an earnest expression.

Hearing this, Qi Xiaohu, another young master of the Qi family, let out a cold snort: "I understand."

"Wait outside!"

"Understood." Li Yuxue smiled secretly to herself and hurriedly stepped back.

After she left, Qi Xiaohu stared at the wooden door inside the hall and said grimly, "Why has so much time passed, and it's still not my turn?"

"What is going on with National Medical Master Zhang?"

Just then, a female physician dressed in white emerged from the wooden door and said to Qi Xiaohu, "My master has received an urgent directive from above to treat a distinguished guest."

"You may need to wait another half an hour. Once the treatment is finished, you will be called."

"What?" Qi Xiaohu's expression changed drastically.

He clenched his fists tightly, though he did not dare to throw a tantrum: "Fine!"

"Then I'll wait a bit longer."

"And use the time to figure out how to deal with that bitch from the second branch of the Li family!"

"And that fellow called Guan Sheng!"

"Someone come, call Li Yuxue back inside."

"Yes!"