“Hehe, Master, are you talking about Billy’s matter?” Ivy stuck out her tongue.
“Master, you don’t need to worry about me. I know it well myself.”
“What do you really know?” Eliza Rice said impatiently.
“Don’t think you’re still young. You’re already quite grown-up. If you keep delaying, there will be no one interested in you when you want to find a partner in the future!”
“I won’t look for a partner!” Ivy pouted. “I’d rather be alone for the rest of my life, just like you, Master!”
After saying that, Ivy wore a meaningful expression and continued, “Master, have you ever fallen in love with an impressive man and never had any interest in any other man?”
“You naughty girl, I think you’re itching for trouble!” Eliza Rice glared at her again.
“Hehe, Master, you’re blushing. I hit the mark, didn’t I?” Ivy laughed again.
“You brat, don’t change the subject!” Eliza Rice spoke up again. “What’s the point of you always being around Billy now?”
“Even if you don’t consider yourself, you should think about Harleen’s feelings.”
“She doesn’t talk to you about this because she doesn’t want to embarrass you. Don’t you have any idea?”
“Master, who told you that my sister-in-law has never talked to me about this?” Ivy replied.
“What do you mean?” Eliza Rice was stunned for a moment.
“Wow, you don’t even know!” Ivy spoke again. “Harleen talked to me about it before we went to the Polar Domain. We spent two to three hours talking that time.”
“What did she say to you?” Eliza Rice asked again, still surprised.
“She said a lot!” Ivy added with a thoughtful expression. “She is a good person and a good wife.”
“What do you mean? What did she tell you?” Eliza Rice continued to inquire.
“She knows what I have in mind,” Ivy responded.
“But during those two to three hours of conversation, she didn’t make me feel embarrassed.”
“And then?” Eliza Rice picked up her teacup and took a sip.
“There’s no ‘and then’!” Ivy shrugged her shoulders. “After talking with her, I was no longer troubled by my personal feelings.”
“Before that, I got myself stuck in a deadlock, overthinking things, unable to get out.”
“But now, I know how to handle it, and I don’t have any mental burdens. I feel relaxed!”
“Girl, you…” Eliza Rice took a deep breath.
“Alright, Master, you really don’t need to worry about me!” Ivy interrupted with a smile. “I’m doing fine as I am, really!”
“And don’t worry, I promise I won’t cause any trouble for Billy and Harleen.”
“Why do you have to do this?” Eliza Rice sighed. She knew she couldn’t do anything about this matter and could only let things take its course.
She deeply understood Ivy’s feeling!
The next morning, after bidding farewell to Eliza Rice Megrez Sims, and Phecda, Billy and his group left the mountain.
Before leaving, Billy went to the outer court and had a long conversation with Fabian Mills.
“Boss, are we going to the Long family or the Vaughan family?” Azure Dragon asked when they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Everyone understood that Billy was about to deal with the matters of the two major families.
“We’re going to the Long family!” Billy replied calmly.
“Alright!” Azure Dragon and the others responded simultaneously.
The Long family was located at the foot of a mountain in the northwest area of Glavale. Like the Ravenwood family, as one of the oldest and most prominent families in Glavale, the Long family’s headquarters was no longer just a large family courtyard, but more like a small town.
The town was beautifully constructed, with buildings arranged in an orderly manner, exuding an ancient charm.
The total population of the town was over a hundred thousand, with one-third of them having the surname Long.
Of course, this town was only the peripheral area of the Long family. The real core area of the Long family was on the mountain.
In the past half month, the entire town had been shrouded in an extremely oppressive atmosphere.
The current patriarch and the young master of the Long family were both crippled by the people from Ether Mountain. Moreover, several outstanding talents from the Long family had all died in Ether Mountain.
In other words, the hopes of the Long family for the next few decades had been completely destroyed by Ether Mountain.
It was said that ten days ago, after hearing this news, the old master of the Long family flew into a rage and directly turned the two messengers who brought the news into bloody mist.
He also declared that he would never let go of the grudge.
In the afternoon, around four or five o’clock, Billy and his group arrived at the entrance of the town.
“Tsk tsk, this town is even bigger than the one belonging to the Ravenwood family!” Judge remarked with emotion. “It seems like the Long family enjoys being lively!”
“The Long family is different from the Ravenwood family!” Casey responded. “The Ravenwood family is a true hidden family, focused only on martial arts and rarely involved in worldly matters.”
“But the Long family is different, their ambitions have always been big. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have supported a super sect to rise.”
“A person’s desires can be insatiable!” Night Orchid nodded slightly on the side.
“Boss, this shouldn’t be the core area of the Long family!” Soul Chaser looked at Billy and suggested, “Should we catch someone from the Long family and ask?”
“Let’s find a place to sit first!” Billy replied.
“Alright!” Soul Chaser pointed to a tea house a few hundred meters away, “Boss, shall we go there?”
“Yes!” After nodding, Billy led the group towards the tea house.
“Let me go! What do you want from me? Let me go!” Just as the group was about to reach the tea house, a frightened voice of a woman erupted.
Shortly after, a man who looked like a young master strolled out of the tea house, followed by seven or eight attendants.
Two of them were supporting a woman on each side. The woman, in her twenties, had delicate features and an elegant figure.
“Britney…” At the same time, an old man followed closely behind from the tea house, with numerous wounds on his body.
“Grandfather…” The woman struggled and exclaimed.
Seeing the commotion, passersby started gathering on the street.
Several of them initially wanted to help the old man and the woman, but when they recognized the young master, they involuntarily closed their mouths.
“Mr Long, Britney is still a child…” the old man hurriedly ran up to the young master and knelt down.
Bowing his head repeatedly, he pleaded, “Please… please spare her, Mr Long…”
Bang!
Before he could finish speaking, the young master kicked the old man, causing him to fall to the ground, blood trickling from the corners of his mouth.
“Grandfather…” The woman shouted loudly.
“You don’t know how to appreciate good fortune!” The young master then looked at the old man and continued, “For me, Aryan Long, to be interested in her is her good fortune!”
“Have you even considered that among the younger generation of the entire Long family, besides me, who else can be the family head?”
“Soon, I will become the head of the Long family. Your granddaughter will enjoy endless glory and wealth by following me. What more can you ask for?”
“Aryan Long, you bastard! I would rather die than let you succeed!” the woman shouted loudly.