The villa where Ling Shuya lived was located in a high-end residential area called Sunshine Garden in the downtown area of Minghai City. The first half of Sunshine Garden consisted of high-rise buildings, while the back half was a villa area, and Ling Shuya's villa was one of them!
Both Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan were in the villa area, but they did not live in the same villa. Zhou Yuyan and Ling Shuya each had their own villas, less than two hundred meters apart from each other, so Zhou Yuyan got off the car early.
Ling Shuya's villa was a two-story building which was not too luxurious by Sunshine Garden's standards. However, if Ling Shuya were to live in such a villa by herself, it would be too extravagant; nevertheless, that was exactly the case!
When the car stopped in front of the villa, Ling Shuya opened the door and got out of the car. Ye Xiao looked at the villa and couldn't help thinking that it was unimaginable for a bodyguard like him to live in a villa, a luxury that other bodyguards could hardly even dream of. Unexpectedly, such good fortune had come his way, so he took his backpack and a small luggage bag of clothes, and got out of the car too!
Ling Shuya was very displeased; the Mercedes had always been used to take her to school. Although Zhou Yuyan also rode in it, as her close girlfriend, it was natural for her to do so. But what about Ye Xiao? Did he have any relation to her? This guy shamelessly rode in the car as well, and now Ling Shuya thought about switching vehicles!
But as she was thinking this and walking toward the villa, suddenly, she felt someone following her. She immediately turned around and saw, indeed, Ye Xiao was following her with a joyful expression on his face, inexplicably happy about something.
"Why are you following me?" Ling Shuya said unhappily.
There was no one else around, so Ling Shuya did not need to hold back; after all, Ye Xiao was just her bodyguard. There was no need for her to speak nicely!
It might have been due to habits developed from childhood, but Ling Shuya inherently had the temperament of a young lady.
Ye Xiao was very puzzled and asked, "Don't I live here?"
"Nonsense! Of course, you cannot live here. Even my dad has never stayed here. What makes you think you can live here?" Ling Shuya said angrily, thinking that Ye Xiao was being far too presumptuous.
Ye Xiao immediately looked at Weei Jie, who had just gotten out of the car.
Weei Jie leaned forward slightly, bowing respectfully and said to Ling Shuya, "Miss, it was Mr. Ling's decision for Ye Xiao to stay here!"
"How is that possible? Doesn't my dad know that Ye Xiao is a man? How can my villa accommodate a strange man? Uncle Weei, was this your idea?" Ling Shuya almost wanted to erupt. She simply could not believe that this was her dad's decision, knowing how much he cherished her!
Weei Jie secretly grinned, not daring to make such a decision on his own, and now that Ling Shuya was already angry, he did not dare to confront her head-on. Although he was Ling Hengyu's most trusted confidant, Ling Shuya was Ling Hengyu's beloved daughter, and his indulgence toward her was well known!
"Miss, how could I dare make such a decision? It indeed was Mr. Ling's idea. If you don't believe it, you can call Mr. Ling to confirm!" Weei Jie quickly pushed the responsibility onto Ling Hengyu, knowing that if Ling Shuya's temper erupted, only Ling Hengyu could placate her.
Ling Shuya resolutely did not believe that her father would make such a foolish decision. She snorted, took out her cellphone, and said, "Do you think I dare not call him? Humph! Uncle Weei, I will punish you if this wasn't my dad's idea!"
Weei Jie secretly grinned again, relieved that it was Mr. Ling's idea; otherwise, he would truly be in trouble. Ling Shuya had many tricks up her sleeve, and Weei Jie had already experienced quite a few when she was younger!
Ling Shuya quickly dialed Ling Hengyu's number. At that moment, Ling Hengyu had just started a high-level corporate meeting and was preparing to head to the airport for a trip to Zhudao City to discuss business matters. However, his phone rang at this time!
Ling Hengyu took out his phone, saw that it was from his beloved daughter, and smiled slightly, thinking that it would take some time for Shuya and Ye Xiao to get along well.
"Yaya, dad is going to Zhudao City for business, what's the matter?" Ling Hengyu asked.
Ling Shuya used her coquettish charm and said, "Daddy, how can you let a stranger man stay in my villa? It's very dangerous. Daddy, please tell him to leave!"
Ling Hengyu responded, "Yaya, don't be willful. Ye Xiao is a skilled expert whom I hired at a great expense to ensure your safety. Living in the villa allows him to protect you more effectively. Rest assured, he won't pose any danger to you. Okay, I'm at the airport now, I'll bring you a gift when I return. Bye!"
Then, he hung up the phone.
Ling Shuya's face looked very unhappy, and her big eyes, as black as grapes, glared at Ye Xiao.
"How did you manage to deceive my dad's trust?" Ling Shuya said bluntly.
Ye Xiao didn't respond to the conversation!
At that moment, Weei Jie smiled at Ling Shuya saying, "Miss, I'll still deliver the meal at seven. I'll go notify the hotel first!"
Ling Shuya wanted to say something, but that old Weei Jie fled into the car like he was escaping, his movements agile like a spry young man in his twenties!
Ling Shuya glared at Ye Xiao, who simply shrugged, clearly indicating to Ling Shuya that he wasn't the one who made the decision!
About ten seconds later, Ling Shuya must have realized that Ye Xiao moving into the mansion was irreversible, so she walked into the mansion like a deflated balloon with Ye Xiao naturally following closely behind!
Actually, Ye Xiao was quite puzzled too. Did Ling Hengyu really trust him that much, allowing him to stay in Ling Shuya's mansion without fearing his impulsiveness?
After all, once Ye Xiao was impulsive, even if Ling Hengyu showed up, wouldn't it already be too late?
The mind of a wealthy person is indeed hard to fathom—that was what Ye Xiao was thinking!
Upon entering the mansion, the interior, although not luxuriously decorated, was very comfortable!
"I'm telling you, don't be smug, when my dad comes back, it will be time for you to leave, hmph, there's a penalty clause, right? My dad will pay it all off!" Ling Shuya suddenly turned around and glared at Ye Xiao!
Ye Xiao shrugged again, not caring in the slightest; moreover, was there even a penalty clause? He didn't recall signing any contract!
Seeing Ye Xiao appearing unfazed, Ling Shuya became even more annoyed and said, "You can only move around on the first floor. I live on the second floor. If you dare to come up, I'll have my dad hand you over to the Guard Bureau, and it won't be easy to get out!"
Ye Xiao shrugged again, as if it wasn't really about him!
Ling Shuya immediately stormed upstairs in a huff!
"Hold on!" said Ye Xiao.
Ling Shuya turned around furiously and asked, "What now?"
"Where am I supposed to stay? Is it the sofa?" Ye Xiao asked.
Ling Shuya pointed to a room next to the staircase and said, "That one!"
Then Ling Shuya went upstairs!
Ye Xiao immediately went to the room pointed out by Ling Shuya. As soon as he entered, he burst into laughter. The room was just like a hotel room, even more upscale than a hotel room. Being a bodyguard felt just like staying in a hotel every day, and with these conditions, he thought, even though Ling Shuya had a bit of a princess temper, the upcoming two years of life were not likely to be too bad!
Ye Xiao's luggage had a change of clothes, and since the weather was still quite hot, he indeed smelled a bit sweaty, so he immediately took a quick shower in the ensuite bathroom!
Shirtless, Ye Xiao checked the time—it was only six-thirty, still half an hour until Weei Jie would deliver the meal, so he sat cross-legged on the bed and assumed a meditative posture!
At this time, Ye Xiao was silently reciting some scriptures. The content of these scriptures was mainly the Internal Cultivation Methods he practiced, the Nine Yang Divine Skill!
Getting the Nine Yang Divine Skill was a stroke of luck; four years ago, Ye Xiao teased a junior sister from his sect on Qiu Mountain. Logically, with Ye Xiao's charisma, winning over this beautiful junior sister shouldn't have been a problem, but just when things were getting tangled up, they were accidentally caught by a senior sister, Shen Qiuyu, who barged into Ye Xiao's room!
That Shen Qiuyu went straight to report the incident to their master, and as a result, Ye Xiao was confined to Confession Cliff to reflect. There, quite unexpectedly, he found a partially damaged animal hide, which detailed the Nine Yang Divine Skill. Unfortunately, it was not complete, covering only up to the fourth level of cultivation methods out of a total of ten levels of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. According to the manuscript, from ancient times to the present, less than ten people have managed to master the entire Nine Yang Divine Skill, and all of these individuals were figures who shook the heavens.
What astonished Ye Xiao the most was the similarity between the scriptures of the Nine Yang Divine Skill and those of the True Yang Skill. More intriguingly, both Internal Cultivation Methods were excellent for treating internal injuries, with the Nine Yang Divine Skill being more refined. Moreover, cultivators of the Nine Yang Divine Skill recovered their Inner Strength extremely quickly. If they mastered it to a high degree, the more they consumed their Inner Strength, the quicker it would recover!
Since Ye Xiao had started practicing the Nine Yang Divine Skill, his strength had improved leaps and bounds. Although he had only mastered the second level, 'Gathering Morning Sunlight', his strength had reached the Late Yellow Rank. Because the routines of the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the True Yang Skill were quite similar, the Sect Leader and elders of the Qiu Mountain Sect hadn't realized that Ye Xiao was no longer practicing the True Yang Skill!
Ye Xiao's eyes were closed, but his Divine Sense was extremely active. The Nine Yang True Qi rapidly circulated clockwise throughout his body, and around him appeared a faint layer of yellow True Qi film— a unique feature of the Nine Yang Divine Skill called 'Protective True Qi'!
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