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Perhaps his posture and tone of voice, looking like a master, were a little intimidating, or perhaps it was because he suddenly appeared and they did not notice it. Yang Shuzi and Shangguan Yunque were startled at first, and then they both took a step back at the same time, looking at him with vigilance.
At the same time, Yang Shuzi was a little puzzled: "Isn't this kid on good terms with Xuan'er? Why does he look like he wants to attack us? Could it be..."
Just as he was wondering, Shangguan Yunque's eyes rolled and he laughed out loud, "Haha, it's Brother Shen. What does Brother Shen want to talk to us about?"
In front of others, Shangguan Yunque might still be able to speak in a gentle tone, but after being slapped by Shen Ye, he looked at Shen Ye with only fear in his eyes, because the other party really would not be polite to him.
Shen Ye turned around and ignored Shangguan Yunque. He just clasped his fists towards Yang Shuzi and said, "Nothing, I just want to meet my father-in-law...I should call you that, right? Yang Shuzi."
As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. Shen Ye didn't want to call Yang Shuzi "master" like Lu Linxuan did, but he still felt comfortable calling him "father-in-law".
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Yang Shuzi and Shangguan Yunque were both stunned. After a while, Yang Shuzi coughed and said, "I regard Xuan'er as my own child, so of course you can call him that."
"In that case, then, my dear father-in-law, please accept my greetings."
That being said, kneeling on the ground and kowtow was impossible, so Shen Ye just bowed to Yang Shuzi.
Yang Shuzi was startled by the word "father-in-law". He raised his hands and said, "No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Uh... my dear son-in-law, please don't be polite."
Of course Shen Ye wasn't polite. He bent his waist a little and then straightened it up again, causing Yang Shuzi, who still raised his hands in vain, to have an embarrassed look on his face.
Shen Ye seemed not to notice the awkward expression on Yang Shuzi's face. He glanced at Shangguan Yunque, which frightened him so much that he quickly put away the smile on his face. Then he said to Yang Shuzi, "Where are you going, father-in-law? Do you want me to accompany you?"
Yang Shuzi waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No, no, we have some private matters to do, and we need to find an old friend, so there is no need to trouble you, my son-in-law."
Shen Ye smiled and said, "It's no trouble. Anyway, I also want to talk to your old friend, so how about we go together?"
After saying that, without waiting for the two to respond, the next second, his figure appeared between Yang Shuzi and Shangguan Yunque, with one hand on one of them's shoulders. This made the two men's bodies stiffen suddenly, because they didn't see clearly how he appeared next to them.
Shen Ye pressed their shoulders hard and continued with a smile, "However, before you go, you two should accompany me to meet Xuan'er and Li Xingyun. After all, father-in-law, they are the ones who shed tears for you."
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Not long after Shen Ye left, Ji Ruxue, Lu Linxuan, Miao and Xuan, the two holy maidens, came back. Seeing that only the empress and her senior brother who was still meditating were in the sword pavilion, Lu Linxuan asked curiously, "Sister Yunji, where is Brother Shen?"
"He went to find your master." The empress pointed to the hill behind her without turning her head. Her strength was above the Greater Heaven Realm, and she could sense the direction Shen Ye went before he disappeared in an instant.
Lu Linxuan looked in the direction of her finger, but at this moment, she saw three figures flying down from the top of the mountain, and she shouted in surprise: "Sister Yunji, Brother Shen and the others are back."
Hearing this, the Empress, Ji Ruxue and others looked in that direction. Even Li Xingyun, who was meditating, opened his eyes and looked over there.
"Master…"
As soon as Shen Ye and the other two stood firm, Lu Linxuan hurriedly ran towards Yang Shuzi, but halfway through, she stopped and hesitantly looked at Shen Ye's hands on the shoulders of Yang Shuzi and Shangguan Yunque.
She had seen clearly the scene where Shen Ye crushed Jiang Renjie's shoulder just now. Now she saw Shen Ye using the same action to press her master's shoulder. Although she knew that he would not hurt her master, she still asked in a low voice: "Brother Shen, what are you doing?"
"Don't worry, Xuan'er. I'm just worried that my father-in-law is old and I'm afraid he might jump down and fall." Shen Ye said as he withdrew his hands.
"Brother Shen, stop shouting, you haven't proposed marriage yet!" Lu Linxuan's face was slightly red, and she seemed to be complaining, but also seemed to be reminding him.
But Shen Ye didn't have time to respond to her because he found that the Empress and Ji Ruxue were looking at him with resentment. He knew that they were dissatisfied with him calling Yang Shuzi father-in-law, so he said quickly, "Let's talk about this later. Look, I brought your master here. You and Brother Li can talk to him first."
After saying that, he winked at Li Xingyun.
Li Xingyun's mood had turned from gloomy to cheerful when he saw the look in Shen Ye's eyes. He was stunned for a moment, then walked to Lu Linxuan and pulled her to run towards Yang Shuzi, shouting, "Master, my junior sister and I miss you so much."
Although Lu Linxuan was dissatisfied with Shen Ye's lack of response, he could only hug his master with Li Xingyun and express his longing for him.
At this time, Shen Ye slowly walked to the Empress and Ji Ruxue, and took their hands at the same time.
"Hmph, that call of father-in-law just now was quite smooth!" Although she was obedient to Shen Ye, the empress would complain when she was jealous. However, she did not let go of his hand on her own initiative. Instead, she held it back even harder.
Feeling the strength in his hand, Shen Ye knew that the empress was just jealous, not angry, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Yang is Xuan'er's master. As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. It's no big deal to call him father-in-law."
"But you two are not engaged." Ji Ruxue on the other side curled her lips and said, "Besides, according to what you said, Brother Shen, I used to call my sister master, do you have to call her master too?"
"Puff!"
After hearing Ji Ruxue's words, Miaocheng Tian and Xuanjing Tian, who were eavesdropping on the gossip with excitement on their faces, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Then Miaocheng Tian said, "Sister Xue'er, maybe the son-in-law will be happy about it. I've heard from other sisters in other branches that there are men in brothels who like this and play identity swapping. I heard they call it fun."
"Hey... don't talk nonsense, I don't like it." Shen Ye turned around and glared at Miaocheng Tian, but the other party was not afraid at all. Instead, she threw a coquettish look back at him.
He accepted Miaocheng Tian's flirtatious glance generously, and Shen Ye even glared at her chest fiercely, then said to the empress who was grinning secretly: "Don't laugh secretly, I won't call you master anyway."
"I didn't mean for you to call me that." The empress tried to suppress the smile on her face, then snorted and said, "But you are not allowed to call Uncle Yang father-in-law in the future. At least, not in front of me."
"Okay, okay, okay. I'll listen to you. I won't scream anymore in the future." Shen Ye agreed.
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