Chapter 92: The Radiance of Sun and Moon!

Ye Tianci climbed into the car, and Shen Ying drove off in a roar.

Soon, her car came to a stop before a grand villa.

It looked even more luxurious than Lei Hong’s Villa No. 6 in Minghu Fragrant Estate.

Inside, the decor was in a Western European style.

The living room was vast and brilliantly lit.

Every ornament could only be described as lavish.

A young girl came forward and asked in curiosity, “Shen Ying, what brings you to my house at this hour?”

“Of course I have something to do. No, wait, I really need the bathroom. Xiao Yi, could you help me keep an eye on my friend for a bit?”

Ignoring her young lady’s dignity, Shen Ying clutched her stomach and rushed into the bathroom.

The girl called Xiao Yi glanced at Ye Tianci, and at once her face showed disdain. “You’re Shen Ying’s friend?”

Ye Tianci gave a faint nod.

“Shen Ying’s taste in friends is getting worse and worse,” Xiao Yi muttered, then brewed a pot of tea.

Ye Tianci paid her no mind. He sat on the sofa, studying the incomparably luxurious yet elegant decor around him, and for a moment he seemed slightly lost.

Even the most ordinary-looking trinket here was no simple item.

Though understated at first glance, every piece was made from rare and costly materials and finished with exquisite craftsmanship.

All of them displayed the noble status of the people who lived here.

Just then, Xiao Yi came over with the tea.

She cast Ye Tianci a contemptuous look, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly, as if she greatly enjoyed the expression of shock he had shown earlier.

After setting down the tea, Xiao Yi asked teasingly, “Well? You’ve never seen furniture and decor this fine before, have you?”

Ye Tianci composed his expression, his brow faintly furrowing.

Xiao Yi lifted her pale chin and said with disdain, “Stop pretending. None of this is something you’ve ever seen before. You’d better take a good look and broaden your horizons.”

“I can broaden my horizons without looking at these things,” Ye Tianci replied coolly, sensing her hostility.

“You and Shen Ying are that close? Otherwise, why would she bring you to my house?”

Xiao Yi asked probing questions, trying to dig into Ye Tianci’s background.

“This is only our third meeting. She was the one who asked me to come,” Ye Tianci said honestly.

At his words, the contempt in Xiao Yi’s face deepened. She understood now: this man before her was the type who had no ability yet was desperate to save face.

She lifted the teapot, poured a full cup of water, then pinched up a handful of tea leaves and sprinkled them over the top. “Do you know what good tea leaves are?”

“Good tea leaves are the ones that sink to the bottom of the cup.”

“But inferior tea leaves cannot sink, because they are light in stature and low in position.”

The more Xiao Yi spoke, the more pleased she became, her arrogance fully on display. “I think you’re just like those inferior tea leaves. For your entire life, you’ll only ever float on the surface of this water.”

“And you still have the nerve to say Shen Ying begged you to come? Do you even know what the difference is between you and her, between you and rich second-generation people like us?”

“That’s a chasm you could never cross, even if you spent your whole life trying!”

Seeing her smug, self-satisfied expression, Ye Tianci suddenly laughed.

Xiao Yi frowned. She could not understand why Ye Tianci could still laugh.

“What are you laughing at?”

“At your ignorance.”

With that, Ye Tianci narrowed his eyes slightly, and an incomparably forceful, sharp, and domineering aura surged from his body.

In an instant, he seemed transformed.

As if he had ascended into the clouds, looking down upon the mortal world.

His voice remained calm, yet carried an undeniable authority. “You only see that some tea leaves float while others sink, and you judge their quality by that alone. But you fail to see that the finest tea leaves in this world often do not sink straight to the bottom.”

As he spoke, Ye Tianci casually pinched out a tea leaf and flicked it into the cup.

At first, the leaf drifted atop the tea, then gradually began to descend with the passing moments.

At last, it plunged forcefully to the bottom.

Yet the instant it touched down, the other tea leaves, as if struck by immense terror, were all jolted upward.

In an instant, the tea seemed to boil; countless leaves churned through the water as though seas and rivers had been overturned.

In the end, only that one leaf remained at the bottom of the cup.

“Now, do you still think those tea leaves from before were the best?”

“Do you understand what I was laughing at?”

“You are blinded by a single leaf. How can you perceive the brilliance of the sun and moon?”

“You judge only by appearances. How then would you know the meaning of latercomers surpassing those who came before?”

“Besides, as for the worth of Ye Tianci—good or bad, high or low—what right have you to wag your finger at me?”

The words thundered like rolling thunder, striking Xiao Yi so hard that she stood there stunned and speechless.

“You, you...”

Xiao Yi pointed at Ye Tianci with her small mouth half open, unable to even form a coherent sentence.

From Ye Tianci, she seemed to see an emperor’s chilling majesty, the fierce and murderous aura of one who could say, “When autumn comes on the eighth day of the ninth month, my flowers will bloom and the rest will wither.”

Just then, Shen Ying came out.

She happened to witness the scene as well, and when her beautiful eyes fell on Ye Tianci, a strange light shimmered in them.

“What are you two doing?”

“You can even start arguing while I’m only in the bathroom for a moment. Xiao Yi, go fetch your grandfather at once,” Shen Ying said hurriedly as she stepped forward.

Xiao Yi pouted, stamped her foot, shot Ye Tianci a resentful look, and then called an old man over.

The old man looked to be in his sixties, with half-white hair and a vigorous spirit.

“Xiaoying, you’re here. How is your grandfather?” he asked at once when he saw Shen Ying.

“Fourth Uncle, my grandfather is basically fine now,” Shen Ying said, coming forward to link her arm through his and chat with him.

The old man said, “That’s good. I heard it was a young miracle doctor who cured your grandfather. Is that true?”

Shen Ying smiled brightly. “It’s true, Fourth Uncle.”

“If I ever get the chance, I’d like to meet that miracle doctor too. He could take a look at me as well.”

“It may not be a matter of curing illness or saving lives, but just having him check my health would be nice,” the old man said with a hearty chuckle.

Shen Ying did not reveal Ye Tianci’s identity. Instead, she said to the old man, “Fourth Uncle, this is my friend. He knows a bit of medicine too. Why don’t you let him take a look at you first?”

“Oh?”

Only then did the old man’s gaze fall on Ye Tianci.

It was no wonder he had not noticed him before. Ye Tianci was simply too unremarkable. Without Shen Ying’s introduction, the old man might well have missed him entirely.

After sizing him up, the old man said, “Young man, you know a bit of medicine too?”

Ye Tianci nodded lightly. “A little.”

“A little? Heh, young man, I’d say you really don’t know the meaning of modesty.”

“By my estimate, you’re only in your early twenties, aren’t you? Even the old Chinese doctors say they know only a little. You should be saying you’ve only just begun.”

The old man clearly looked down on Ye Tianci.

Ye Tianci was just about to speak when Shen Ying leaned close and whispered in his ear, “This is the father of Shen Guosheng, the mayor of Shu City. He’s from the same branch of the Shen family as us, so by seniority I call him Fourth Uncle.”

“Please don’t get angry.”

Ye Tianci paid no heed to her words. He looked coldly at the old man and said, “They say the world respects only the robe and not the man beneath it. I never thought the father of a city mayor would be the same.”

Slap.

The old man flew into a rage, slamming his hand on the table as he rose to his feet. “Young man, how dare you mock me?”

With his anger, a fierce aura burst forth from his body.

An ordinary person would have been frightened senseless.

But Ye Tianci showed no fear at all. Meeting his gaze, he said evenly, “And what if I mock you? Even if you are the father of a city mayor, what have I, Ye Tianci, to fear?”