The five people introduced themselves as envoys of the emperor in charge of inspecting every visitor who lived and did business in Yu Jin city, even though they were wearing palace army uniforms and bronze armor. Wu san Bo and the others knew that they were actually people from the Heaven’s Gate sect. 

Just like those who monitored the Hei Shen sect closely, the Hei Shen sect also kept an eye on the Heaven’s Gate sect so they knew anyone involved with the Heaven’s Gate sect and one of them was the Emperor of the Chang Lan kingdom.

The five of them deliberately displayed their Giant Blades to intimidate and show off their authority, the leader of the group was a muscular man with a rugged appearance, and the big scar on his jaw made him somewhat frightening.

“Are they all your family?” The leader looked at Li Mo Zhen, Yang Xi Ying, and Lory carefully but the gaze stopped longer on Yang Xi Ying However when he saw the bump on her stomach the leader frowned appear to be slightly disappointed, meanwhile Li Mo Zhen hold on to Yang Xi Ying hand tighten as a man he knew what that gaze means.

Sometimes Li Mo Zhen wished Yang Xi Ying had power like Lory so that she could altered her appearance to avoid male gazes, well it wasn’t Yang Xi Ying’s fault to be beautiful so Li Mo Zhen could only be resigned and alert.

“No, they are family friends, they came to work in my shop and they’re also looking for a good doctor to cure this woman’s husband” Wu San Bo turned his head towards Lory.

Lory then bow his head and answer timidly “My…my husband is very sick and we heard the physician in Yu Jin city is much better than our village where we lived in that’s why I ask my sister to follow them to the city”

The leader examined Lory face, although she got ordinary face but she got big beautiful eyes that give calming feeling she also have fair skin and silky dark hair, overall she looks quite beautiful for a village girl. 

The leader thought these two sisters must have a lot of suitors in their village too bad the other sister is pregnant and he had no interest in pregnant women but the other one doesn’t seem bad, under normal circumstances, he is not afraid to force this girl to divorce her husbands and take they were his concubines but recently the situation at Heaven’s Gate was so intense because of Hei Shen’s matter, therefore, no one dared to cause trouble less they would incur Madam Duan and Wei Zu Tian wrath.

“Too bad, you are young but married to a cripple man, don’t you think it would be better for you to divorce your husband and find a new husband instead” the leader stared wantonly at Lory clear skin, he thought this village woman skin is no worst compare with a noble lady, instantly his lust rush to his brain.

“I…I can’t do that” Lory’s lips trembled and her whole face turned red not from embarrassment but from anger.

The leader guffawed and his annoying voice filled the entire room, then his attention returned to Wu San Bo again “So where is this ‘weak husband’ why he isn’t here, is he dares to ignore my orders?” His mouth curled into a wicked sneer.

“Please forgive us, my husband is very sick because of the long journey his body has become so weak and his illness become worst that’s why he can’t leave the bed!” Lory immediately apologized.

“Please forgive my brother-in-law, sir.” Li Mo Zhen also pleaded with Lory.

Both Lory and Li Mo Zhen acted harmoniously.

The leader snorted disdainfully, “What a useless man…” he mocked while walking towards Lory and stopped right in front of Lory, the distance between them was too close to comfort that Lory must take two steps back while keeping her head down.

Brothers Mong, Wu San Bo, and Li Mo Zhen narrowed their eyes, if that stupid leader dared to touch Lory, he and his companion would not leave this place alive not even their corpses would be able to leave this place.

The other Heaven’s Gate members snickered clearly they were used to their leader’s behavior as none of them rebuked the leader’s behavior instead they enjoyed the leader’s despicable behavior like some kind of show.

Lory could feel the male licentious gaze without seeing his face, Lory keep her gaze to the floor as if there was a pile of gold while trying to control her emotion, her submissive behavior satisfied the man ego, then he lean his head forward and say: “Why don’t you divorce your man and become my woman, whatever you get from your husband, I can give you ten times more”

Lory inwardly rolled his eyes, just because he didn’t care about material things didn’t mean he didn’t realize how rich Zhao Li Xin actually was he was pretty sure that Zhao Li Xin’s treasury might match his royal treasury.

Li Mo Zhen couldn’t stand the man’s insolence he stood between Lory and that man, not only Lory was a close friend of his wife he was also the savior of her life and sect so Li Mo Zhen wouldn’t let anyone humiliate Lory.

“Master, please don’t joke, my sister is very shy and timid, I’m afraid you will only scare her.” Li Mo Zhen politely said but everyone could feel the sense of menace behind Li Mo Zhen’s kind smile.

The muscular leader was annoyed, he thought this small merchant really had guts, didn’t he know he could kill them in seconds and crush this small business into pieces. The leader looked at Li Mo Zhen with ridicule “You don’t have to worry with my support, your small business will grow beyond your dreams, you have nothing to lose from making a connection with me” he raised his chin arrogantly as he bragged himself, if only he knows the person in front of him could buy the whole city if he wants to.

Wu San Bo struggled to contain his laughter, while Lory and Yang Xi Ying exchanged glances and stifle a smile and Li Mo Zhen can only sigh, luckily no one noticed them as they were busy throwing their weights around.

“Thanks for the offer, but we won’t bother you?” Wu San Bo gave a subtle refusal.

Instantly the leader’s face darkened and his companion was also offended “Master, you better know your place, it wouldn’t be wise to refuse our leader’s kindness” threatened one of the members of Heaven’s Gate.

Wu San Bo smiled calmly and lowered his head, “I wouldn’t dare”

Unbeknownst to the members of the Heaven’s Gate sect, all the workers in the shop turned their heads towards them, their movements stopped, their entire demeanor changed, and their eyes flashed dangerously, two maids were already standing on either side of the front door ready to close the door in a short notice, all they needed was Lory’s orders.

the group of thugs from the Heaven’s Gate sect didn’t notice that the God of death had written their name on his list.

The atmosphere became tense so Lory quickly intervened “Sir, please don’t make things difficult for us, we are just small traders we are not worth your trouble” Lory plead while blinking her eyes a few times to make it looks watery.

The long times watching shop opera was not in vain, Lory does look pitiful. 

The leader’s anger subsided a bit with Lory’s anxiety, he thought the girl was right beside him he still had other time to get this woman it’s still not too late to wait for her husband to die and if her husband doesn’t die, he can do something about it.

An evil grin appeared on the man’s rugged face then he lifted Lory’s chin with his rough index finger, everyone almost make move when Lory silently signed with her hand to back off. Wu san Bo saw Lory’s sign and his movement paused, he then took a deep breath and signaled everyone in the room not to move.

The man breathed his disgusting breath on Lory’s face and said: “Life is not easy in this city, it’s still not too late to find me” he chuckled then raised his fist in the air and shouted, “Let’s go!”

the group of thugs laughed but didn’t forget to kick chairs and knock down some vases and shop displays as they left the shop leaving the room in disarray.

When they left the gazes of everyone in the room changed, Lory rubbed his chin while making sarcastic comment “charming”

“We can’t let them go like this” Wu San Bo was angry, he wouldn’t let the person who touched the sect madam of Hei Shen just like that because it was like letting the person who spat in his face go.

Before Lory could answer, someone spoke in front of him.

“We did, what we’ve always done….”

Zhao Li Xin entered the room with his arms clasped behind his back, she wore a simple dark green robe and tie his hair into a top knot, he was already dressed as the character the only thing missing was the skin mask he had to wear, however, even though he was dressed moderately like a commoner but the aura he gave off was more domineering than the emperor especially when he notably furious as this.

He strides calmly to Lory then he rubs Lory’s chin gently with his thumb as he tried to erase any trace left by that scum, “You okay?” his expression softened as he spoke to her.

“It’s okay…” Lory said with a smile.

Zhao Li Xin smiled faintly then pulled her into his arms, he hated Lory having to restrain herself when she was humiliated, Zhao Li Xin knew Lory was doing this so that their grand plan wouldn’t be affected still  Zhao Li Xin thought this wasn’t fair forLory. 

Zhao Li Xin shift his gaze on Mong Ki and immediately Mong Ki knew what Zhao Li Xin wanted, he cupped his fists and left the shop with Mong Yi.