About an hour ago.
Great Ling Clan Manor.
"Qing'er will finally return home," Heavenly King Ling was on cloud nine today.
His youngest daughter was finally returning.
Besides him, his wife and eldest daughter also had smiles on their faces.
"Yes, I hope she accepts us." Madam Ling said.
"Mother, don't worry, she won't feel like an outsider here," A sweet voice rang out.
It was her elder daughter, Ling Feng'er.
This small exchange of words had happened more than twice since morning, and Ling Feng'er had replied with the same words to her nervous parents.
While her parents were skeptical and nervous about the coming future, she was confident and knew exactly what would happen.
'My little sister is the sweetest and most innocent child in the world. This time I will never let her feel like an outsider.'
Ling Feng'er had only two regrets in her life before rebirth - not treating her siblings the right way and falling in love with the wrong person.
'He will also be there….'
Even though she hated his guts, his face still couldn't leave her mind.
While her parents were nervous about their daughter's reaction, she was nervous about meeting him.
'I hate him….'
But no matter how much she hated his guts, she couldn't think of any other way to get him out of her mind.
'How should I react….'
She was confused.
'Damn that bastard… I hate him!'
The hate was deep but still shallower than her love.
'I am not the naive young miss…. This time, I will definitely surpass everyone who mistreated me and kill that bastard….'
She had decided her mind.
…
One hour later.
The Crown Prince's carriage arrived at the manor.
'The crowd is blocking the view….'
She had seen his head but not his face because of the crowd.
The nervousness increased with every passing moment.
And when the crowd parted, she immediately focused her whole attention on her sister.
She was not going to look at that man.
She hated him, but she was also afraid.
Afraid that she might fall in love once again.
'I will not look!'
But even though her eyes were on Ling Qing'er, she could feel his stare.
He was looking at her.
She felt him frown at her with confusion.
But she didn't turn her head towards him to confirm.
"Ah, Son-in-law! You're here too!"
A loud voice resounded throughout the entrance.
It was her father, Ling Guang.
He was staring at the Crown Prince.
As his words left his mouth, the commotion outside suddenly came to a standstill.
There was pin-drop silence as many people widened their eyes.
And in a moment -
"Woah!!!!"
"It's true!"
"Wow! The rumor is true!"
"The Ye's and the Ling'er are going to join together!"
"Crown Prince Ye is really going to get married!"
"I thought it was just a false rumor… but it turns out to be true!"
Almost everyone at the gates was exclaiming.
They had heard of the rumors regarding Crown Prince Ye's engagement with the First Ling Princess.
But today, this was the biggest confirmation they could have ever received.
They were sure that now the whole Middle Heavens was going to know about this, and once again, the gossip was going to start.
…
Ye Tian Yun and Butler Liu were, however, not very entertained by this.
Especially Butler Liu. He was fuming, but he knew they couldn't do anything right now.
He sent Ye Tian Yun a spirit message.
<<Crown Prince, I know you must be irritated, but please don't do anything drama-creating. We can talk about this in the house.>>
Ye Tian Yun heard Butler Liu's words and smiled at Heavenly King Wang, "Greetings, Father-in-law!"
Ling Guang's lips twitched, but his expression didn't falter.
He smiled even wider and said, "Come, come. Let's head inside."
Then turning towards Ling Hao, he said, "Kiddo, I hope you didn't irritate your brother-in-law."
"Haha, father, don't worry. Both of us got along with each other very well."
Ling Guang nodded his head, "good, now come inside."
As the group of seven entered the Ling Manor, the crown began to disperse.
There were many spying and informants of other clans mixed in among them. They were mainly here to confirm rumors regarding the engagement, and now that they had heard and seen the answer they wanted, they headed back to their affiliations.
Soon, the engagement was going to be a fact instead of just a rumor for the whole Middle Heavens.
...
Ye Tian Yun took a deep breath and entered the Ling Manor.
His mind was currently focused on Ling Feng'er.
That was because there was no prompt on her head.
At first, Ye Tian Yun thought it was just a normal thing, but even when he focused all his attention on her and tried to make the prompt appear, nothing happened.
There was nothing above Ling Feng'er's head.
Just to check, he even looked at others' heads.
The prompts appeared as soon as he wanted to see and disappeared when he didn't.
'What is going on?'
Ye Tian Yun felt a bit confused.
It was just like Gao Xuan and Bai Qing'er.
This girl also had no prompt.
'What's wrong?'
'Maybe because I haven't interacted with her yet? But then why can I see prompts on the head of Heavenly King Ling and Madam Ling?'
It was hard to judge.
Token Of Fate was very confusing for Ye Tian Yun.
'Why can't it be simple like the Emblem Of Time?'
Ye Tian Yun inwardly let out a sigh.
"Come, sit." Heavenly King Ling gestured at Ye Tian Yun to take a seat.
Butler Liu was standing behind Ye Tian Yun, while Madam Wang and her three children had gone to the other room.
"This is the Guest Hall," Heavenly King Ling said, "You are not a guest, but it's still time before you formally become a part of this family."
Ye Tian Yun stared at him for a long moment and then let out a long breath.
Heavenly King Ling frowned at this, "What happened?