After Ye Ziāan left, she called for Ms. Hua Juniorās mother and Mingcui and Ming Liu to accompany her and the child.
When Ye Ziāan descended the stairs, he noticed sporadic flickers of firelight and a group of people tussling with Ye Er by the side door. Just as he was about to check it out, he keenly noticed a few banana trees rustling.
Before he could approach, Luo Linhao charged toward the banana trees, "Whoās the sneaky thief hiding there?"
As the figure emerged from underneath the banana trees, illuminated by the firelight, who could it be if not Ye Ziping?
"It really is you!"
"Hmph, if not me, then who?" Over the years in exile, Ye Ziping had picked up a few tricks, and after spending some time as a pirate, he was even adept at horse-riding and brawling.
"Linhao, catch him! Donāt let him escape!" exclaimed Ye Ziāan upon hearing this.
Luo Linhao had been systematically trained by two masters in martial arts, and his skills were not something Ye Ziping, with his clumsy skills, could match. It didnāt take long before Linhao caught Ye Ziping.
"Tie him up!"
Upon hearing this, Fugui stepped forward with a length of rope.
"Ye Ziāan, Iām your brother, and yet you have them tie me up? This is disrespectful and undutiful," Ye Ziping shouted loudly.
At that moment, Ye Ziping was truly filled with regret; he had miscalculated terribly. The news that Ms. Hua Juniorās corpse was initially collected by Yang Chuxia had naturally reached Ye Zipingās ears.
However, Ye Ziping wasnāt foolish during his years abroad. When he saw Ye Ziāan outside the county townāwho also saw him in returnāhe managed to escape when Ye Yi caught up later.
He didnāt know that Ye Ziāan was unaware of the attack on the Yang Family at that time. But after hearing the news about Ms. Hua Junior being buried by Yang Chuxia, he couldnāt shake the feeling that it was a trap.
So, when he learned that the Ye Family was hosting a banquet, he led a group of thieves there and ordered them to scout the area. Discovering that the Ye Ziāan residence had a large yard but not many servants, he split the thieves into two groups. His plan was to have one group set a fire to draw everyone away, while the other would storm the yard. Meanwhile, heād sneak up to the small building and kidnap Ye Ziāanās two "little bastards." Humph, then wouldnāt he have leverage to find out where their mother and uncle were?
With those two infants in hand, wouldnāt he be able to get his hands on the Yang Family and Ye Familyās riches?
If they dared to report to the officials, he would kill those two infants.
Alas, he had miscalculated!
He hadnāt expected the Ye Family to have two people so skilled in combat.
Hiding there, he had just been waiting for Ye Ziāan and Yang Chuxia to run out upon hearing the commotion, giving him the opportunity to sneak upstairs, but he never anticipated another young tough to be so capable.
It was infuriating.
Ye Ziping had barely shouted out his words when Luo Linhao punched him in the head, "A coward like you, claiming to be my cousinās brother? Does that not make you my brother too?" Linhaoās eyes flashed with various indignant expressions, "Come on, tell your little lord here, just which brother of my cousin are you, so I can ātreatā you properly."
With that, he patted Ye Zipingās face, "You donāt know this, but I especially āenjoyā dealing with you so-called brothers."
After a round of punching and kicking, Linhao kicked him again and said, "Dare to claim you are my cousinās brother again, and I, your little lord, will kill you."
By this time, Ye Er and Ye Yi had also handled their side, with a group of over twenty people sprawled out on the ground.
"Young master, what should we do now?"