The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1762: Ascending the Mountain

It’s not out of the question. Li Yueying is certainly not a naive and innocent woman—she’s got a lot on her mind. If Ye Shikai stays, if we face danger again later, he surely can help.

Actually, the reason Ye Shikai is willing to go all out for Li Yueying is quite simple. Of course, it’s not solely due to being chivalrous and helping when seeing injustice. The main point is that he already fought fiercely with the Tang family at Bai Qi’s Relics, and relations can only deteriorate. He doesn’t believe Tang Can is the type to "smile away grudges" upon meeting, so if he doesn’t intervene now, he won’t be spared by Tang Can when they meet the Tang family again. Hence, it would be better to lend a helping hand and make the Li family owe him big.

With this in mind, Ye Shikai also wanted to see how the Li family would repay him. Besides, if Tang Can really holds grudges relentlessly and waits outside for Ye Shikai, it would indeed pose some threats. Even a tiger may falter when besieged by a pack of wolves.

"Lady Ji."

"Lady Ji."

Receiving the distress signal from the flare, people from the Li family began to converge here. The first to arrive were some elders and guards from the Li family, who were swept to the bottom by the avalanche and quickly lost their way. But seeing the flare, they began to converge towards here.

"Alright, hurry back to the team, damned avalanche, almost got me buried." Li Yueying mumbled grumpily.

Ye Shikai looked around, there were quite a few people outside gathering in different directions. As he expected, other families must also be gathering manpower, preparing to climb the mountain again.

"Father." Suddenly, Li Yueying spotted someone among the crowd and immediately approached him. Ye Shikai had heard of the Li family head named Li Changtian, who is quite reputable among the Huaxia families and is known as a master, with the Li family being the leading family in Chang’an.

"Yueying, are you alright?"

"Don’t worry, Father, things got a bit dangerous earlier, but thanks to him for helping us out." Li Yueying pointed to Ye Shikai.

"This young man... is he not the son-in-law from the Chen family?"

"Junior Ye Shikai, I’ve met Senior Li." Ye Shikai was quite polite, respectfully bowing. In fact, he had already met Li Changtian at Bai Qi’s Relics, but couldn’t say they had much acquaintance.

"Father, those Tang family members surrounded me earlier."

"What, how could this happen? Are you alright?" Li Changtian was deeply concerned for his daughter. The key issue was that if Li Yueying fell into the Tang family’s hands, he would be under their control and forced to do what Tang Can commanded.

"That bunch from Tang Can is despicable. If it weren’t for him intervening, your daughter would have been captured by them."

"I see, young friend, you have saved us. You are a benefactor to the Li family, and this gratitude must be repaid." Li Changtian was very relieved; Li Yueying escaped danger, signaling heaven’s blessing over the Li family.

"Alright, Senior, we’ve met at Bai Qi’s Relics before, so we are not strangers. The avalanche came too suddenly. Once you’ve regrouped your manpower, you should quickly set off. I shall take my leave now." Ye Shikai noticed the Li family was gradually regrouping, so he predicted the Tang family wouldn’t linger here and planned to leave early.

"Young friend, you are alone. Don’t tell me you came by yourself." Li Changtian was rather curious, seeing as Ye Shikai had no guards or elders with him—for a son-in-law of the Chen family, he ought to have someone by his side.

"No, I haven’t seen young friend among the Chen family’s ranks." Li Changtian was very curious.

"Earlier, I ran into some trouble, so I didn’t ascend the mountain with the Chen family." Ye Shikai brushed off an explanation, not wanting to elaborate to avoid a lengthy story.

"In that case, young friend, accompany us up the mountain as repayment for saving my daughter."

"Since Senior Li has worded it as such, I shall oblige."

On the way up the mountain.

"Hey, do you want to drink water?" On the road, Li Yueying focused her attention on Ye Shikai. He appeared energetic and was able to fend off so many from the Tang family—not like someone without inner strength. Perhaps the rumor of Ye Shikai losing his inner strength was just a rumor after all.

"No need." Ye Shikai waved his hand.

"Hey, I heard you disappeared some time ago, what really happened? We have a lot of time now, so tell me all about it." Li Yueying, like a curious child, kept asking.

"Well, it’s a long story, and even if I told you, you probably wouldn’t believe it. So, better not mention it."

"Humph, you just don’t want to tell me, using such a lame excuse." Li Yueying sneered, "Are you wary of me?"

Actually, previously at Bai Qi’s Relics, Ye Shikai and Li Yueying had fought—they weren’t on good terms initially. Later, they decided to join forces mainly out of interest considerations, but as for deep friendship, not really. Though Ye Shikai saved Li Yueying this time, he and the Li family are still "strangers," so some caution is entirely normal.

"Believe it or not, whether I want to say it is my business. Anyway, didn’t I just save you? Though it’s not a huge debt of gratitude, your father is quite courteous to me. Shouldn’t you also show me some respect?"

"You, humph."

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Ye Shikai was also searching for Ji family members along the way. If he wasn’t mistaken, the Three Temples’ members should be following the Ji family. If he could find the Ji family, he could reunite with everyone—after being apart for so long, with them tirelessly searching for him over the past two months, he could imagine how emotional the reunion would be.

"Li Yueying, do you know where the Ji family is, or did you see any Ji family members while going up the mountain?" Ye Shikai asked in return.

"Ji family, why are you asking about the Ji family; aren’t you the Chen family’s son-in-law? Oh, I almost forgot—you have a deep connection with Lady Ji from the Ji family." Li Yueying showed a sly smile, "Isn’t it so, Lord Netherworld King? Abroad, they should call you that, right?"

Li Yueying knew Ye Shikai’s identity and naturally understood Ji Qian’s. Besides being Lady Ji of the Ji family, she is also Lord Moon God.

"Lady Ji is also as beautiful as a goddess. You, a married man, aren’t still thinking about her, are you?"

"I am talking serious business, don’t embellish." Ye Shikai gave a dismissive look, "Just tell me what you know."

"Alright, I won’t keep you guessing. I indeed saw the Ji family. They are up the mountain, but after the avalanche, I’m not sure where they are now."