"I think if it's paid in money, I should still be able to afford it. Just afraid you don't want money!"

Yang Yan looked at the middle-aged man across from him and said meaningfully.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, a glint flashed in the man's eyes.

"I apologize, I was being hasty earlier. It's just that you all look so young, so..."

The man didn't continue, but his meaning was quite obvious.

Then, he personally opened the door and said to Yang Yan and his group:

"Please, come in!"

Upon entering the courtyard house, Yang Yan and his group couldn't help but brighten up at the sight.

No wonder it was a place owned by the imperial family before; it's indeed spacious here.

In the middle, there were several uniquely styled rockeries, complemented by surrounding ponds, looking ancient yet somewhat lively.

"This was a house of a prince from the Pure White Banner of the Qianqing royal family. Later, as the family declined, it was sold to my great-grandfather. It has a history of over a hundred years."

"My great-grandfather loved the style here, so according to his will, it hasn't been altered over the years."

The man voluntarily acted as a guide, roughly introducing the place to Yang Yan and the others.

"Not altering it was the right choice. If you had changed it, your family would have perished long ago."

Yang Yan surveyed his surroundings and made a startling remark.

"How can you speak like that?"

Zhou Hanyun glared at Yang Yan, then turned to the middle-aged man and apologetically said:

"Sorry, he didn't mean it."

However, to her utter surprise, upon hearing Yang Yan's words, the man wasn't angry but instead turned around and took another careful look at Yang Yan.

Then, he turned to Zhou Hanyun and very seriously said:

"This young friend is correct; you don't need to apologize."

In an instant, Yang Yan was elevated to the level of a "young friend" in the man's speech, leaving Zhou Hanyun somewhat bewildered.

She immediately realized there might be something here she couldn't touch upon.

So, she awkwardly smiled, glanced apologetically at Yang Yan, and finally kept silent.

"Please!"

The middle-aged man opened the door to a room facing the main entrance and gestured for them to enter.

Yang Yan glanced at the room, then turned to Zhou Hanyun and said:

"You take the three of them around. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll soon become the owners here."

After saying so, he turned back to look at the man and said:

"You wouldn't mind, would you?"

"Of course not, I can't wait for you to become the owners here."

The middle-aged man nodded, smiled, and said.

After speaking, he was the first to walk into the room.

"Go ahead, I'll have a good talk with him. With you here, he might not speak freely."

Yang Yan said to Zhou Hanyun, who was full of suspicion, with a smile.

Watching Zhou Hanyun and the three girls walk away, only then did Yang Yan turn and walk into the room.

Once inside, he didn't forget to casually close the door behind him.

"If I may ask, which school does the young friend belong to?"

The middle-aged man looked at Yang Yan, his gaze piercing, and asked.

"No school, just a villager from the mountains. Why? Are you insisting on finding someone from a prestigious family to solve this problem?"

Yang Yan suddenly laughed.

"No, nothing like that! It doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. Besides, I don't have much time."

"The reason I'm asking is to know how confident you are, young friend. After all, this matter is somewhat troublesome and makes one quite anxious."

After speaking, the middle-aged man suddenly seemed to remember something and apologetically said:

"Sorry, sorry, I got too excited and forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Feng, called Guoshan, and I still don't know your honorable name, young friend?"

"Yang Yan."

Yang Yan said simply.

"So, young friend Yang, when do you plan to start?"

Feng Guoshan looked at Yang Yan, his face full of urgency.

"What do you mean by when to start? The one affected isn't you, right? If you want me to save someone, you should at least let me see the patient first, shouldn't you?"

Yang Yan said in a somewhat exasperated tone.

It seemed this Feng Guoshan was really too anxious, somewhat putting the cart before the horse.

"Uh... sorry, please follow me."

A sly glint clearly flashed in Feng Guoshan's eyes.

Only then did Yang Yan suddenly realize that the other party was merely probing him.

However, he didn't mind.

After all, it's human nature; if it were him, he might also test in this way.

Feng Guoshan got the answer he wanted, excitedly stood up, and walked inside.

This room is about sixty square meters, divided by him into two rooms.

They were in the outer room now, and pulling aside the partition curtain revealed a large bed inside.

Lying on the bed was a person, obscured by a gauze canopy, making it unclear if it was a man or a woman.

"She's my daughter, four years old today. Her mother passed away early, and I've been busy with business matters, hardly having time to spend with her."

"Just this summer, this girl tripped near the rockery while playing in the yard and scraped her foot, bleeding."

"I felt heartbroken, worried she'd get hurt again since she's so young, so I called someone to move that rockery away."

Saying this, Feng Guoshan's face was full of regret.

It was evident he also realized that inadvertently altering the structure here was the source of the big problem.

"So your child had an accident, right? I suppose you took her to many hospitals, but they probably couldn't find any cause?"

Yang Yan interrupted Feng Guoshan, not letting him finish.

"Yeah, that's right. Later, I realized it, too, but it seemed it was already a bit late."

Feng Guoshan said with a bitter smile.

"Then I'm curious, who did you find to extend her life? Logically, your daughter should have died three months ago."

"According to normal circumstances, something should have happened to you or another family member by now."

Yang Yan asked, puzzled.

"It was Master Huang Tinghu."

Feng Guoshan looked at Yang Yan, surprised.

He hadn't told Yang Yan about this, and others shouldn't know either, yet Yang Yan figured it out.

Undoubtedly, this made him have even more confidence in Yang Yan.

"Huang Tinghu? That old rascal actually came to your place?"

Yang Yan asked Feng Guoshan, puzzled.

Hearing Yang Yan's words, Feng Guoshan was horrified but remained silent.

From the tone, it seemed this mysterious young man had some unpleasant encounter with Huang Tinghu.

Feng Guoshan, having been in business for so many years, was quite shrewd and knew that during such times, the best response was golden silence.

"You don't need to worry; my relationship with Huang Tinghu is relatively good. It's just that guy always cheats when we play chess, and thinking about it makes me quite annoyed."

Yang Yan guessed the other party's thoughts, smiled, and said.

After Yang Yan's words, Feng Guoshan was even more astonished in his heart.

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