"It's no small matter! On the first day in Cuncha City, I got my hands on half a million taels of silver. Although I could have directly taken two million taels earlier, doing so would have made my relationship with the Yu Yao family extremely awkward, and it would also be quite perplexing in terms of my ties with the Celestial Craft Workshop."

"Putting aside the situation on Yu Yao's side, just considering the Celestial Craft Workshop, there's really no need to do that. There will be plenty of opportunities to cooperate with them in the future, and it's not like I won't be able to freeload fifty thousand taels of silver."

"Fifty thousand taels, that's about seven to eighty thousand taels a month, which is enough for Ascension Gate to last half a year. Instantly, it extends Ascension Gate's life by half a year."

Yuchi was quite happy now, walking with a smile beside Bu Tingyue, squinting his eyes with joy.

Bu Tingyue clearly admired the man beside him. This guy was really amazing, but very low-key, with a gentle heart. No wonder he could become the little uncle of the sect, and why the sect valued him so much; there are justified reasons for it.

It's easy to find someone powerful, but a powerful person with a kind heart is really hard to find.

"Brother Yuchi, aren't you curious about whether there's really any conflict between Yu Yao and me?" Bu Tingyue suddenly asked.

Curious?… I'm not curious at all. Yuchi smiled and turned his head: "So, what actually happened between you two? It looks like you have a deep-seated grudge."

"It all started a long, long time ago," Bu Tingyue cast the skill "Flashback."

"Don't recall, don't recall…" Yuchi deployed the skill "Flashback Immunity."

Immunity failed.

He was painfully drawn into the other's memory.

"When Luohua, my mom, and I first arrived in Cuncha City, I didn't know anything about it. I didn't even know who Yu Yao was, and as the highest-ranking junior in the Celestial Craft Workshop's Cuncha City branch, when I arrived, our Celestial Craft Workshop and the Yu Yao family were bound to have a meal together."

"Then during the meal, both of us were still five or six-year-old kids. We played together in the courtyard while the adults were dining and chatting in the dining hall. Nobody thought stopping us from playing together was the right thing to do. Standing on reason, we could have become great friends."

"As a result, while playing, we unknowingly wandered into a pigsty. We then bet on who dared to ride a pig. Both of us were unwilling to lose — two little kids with background power, taught to be competitive from a young age, so we charged at the pigs almost simultaneously."

"I ended up riding a pig, but slipped off accidentally and got my elbow trampled, resulting in a fracture. It hurt a lot yet I didn't shed a tear. As for her, she got trampled on the chest by the pig's hoof, breaking a few ribs, and cried bloody murder, which is why she's still so flat now."

Yuchi: "..."

Carrying personal agendas again? What does it mean you didn't cry and she did, and that has anything to do with her being flat-chested? Is there a direct correlation here? Also, how did you find this kind of restaurant pigsty? Were you cheating? Didn't you have guards around you!

Laughed to the point of tears.

Bu Tingyue flatly said, "After this incident, the two of us were separated to heal. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, plus we weren't from the same faction, so naturally, we held a grudge against each other. Over time, due to some trivial life matters, our relationship just deteriorated."

"So, in the end, it was just a pig's mistake." 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Yuchi: "..."

Like this… is this for real? You guys were mischievous back then, got injured by a pig, and ended up severing ties during the healing process? He imagined if he were in their shoes, getting injured with a playmate, it would likely strengthen the bond.

After all, people who've shared life-and-death experiences forge strong ties.

But these two have decided to go head-to-head; as expected, the thought process of girls from big families is different from his. Life experiences sure have surprises.

"So, are you not staying together now? Didn't you want to ease the tension between you two?" Yuchi asked casually.

Internally a bit helpless, realizing if from the start Bu Tingyue had told the truth instead of saying they fought over a man, he could have provided some help, since this type of conflict isn't difficult to resolve. After all, both parties got hurt alike.

Now it depends on Bu Tingyue's attitude. If she does wish to reconcile with Yu Yao, he wouldn't mind lending a hand since he's already benefiting from their strained relationship, managing to swindle fifty thousand taels of silver. Might as well patch things up between them a bit while he's at it.