After traveling through the book, I conquered the male protagonist Long Aotian!

"Yes, you heard me right. I meant the benefits." Xu Yian blinked and raised a playful smile. "I didn't expect that you are still so naive at your age."

"Master has clearly instructed that no one from Medicine King Valley is allowed to have anything to do with Junior Sister. This naturally... also includes her child."

Xu Yian's expression was stern, "Don't you understand the interests involved?"

"Let's just treat it as an ordinary person who has nothing to do with us. Don't worry about anything else."

Bai Ye shook his head, frowning: "This makes me even more confused. When did you become so afraid of Master and so obedient?"

"What's more..." Bai Ye hesitated, but finally mustered up the courage to speak out, "We all know that Master is just hard-mouthed but soft-hearted. Although he appears to be extremely resolute on the surface, isn't the help he provides in secret enough?"

"Isn't it because Master used the resources and prestige of Medicine King Valley to protect the Gu family, that the Gu family has achieved its current success and scale? Otherwise, how could the Gu family develop so smoothly?"

"If it weren't for the support of Medicine King Valley, the Gu family would have been suppressed in the early stages of development. The reason why those forces dare not offend the Gu family easily is because they know that the Gu family has the support of Medicine King Valley behind it?"

"Don't say that." Xu Yian was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "Don't attribute all the credit to Yaowang Valley. Although Yaowang Valley did play a certain role, you also know that the Gu family is not as simple as it seems."

"Don't forget, during the time of the previous head of the Gu family, the Gu family had already developed very well." Xu Yian reminded, with a hint of profound meaning in his tone.

"ok I admit it."

Bai Ye sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"But that's not the point I want to make. I want to say that although Master looks cold and ruthless on the surface, in fact... he is not like that behind the scenes."

"I've already thought of this." Xu Yian looked calm, as if everything was within his expectations. "But this is just the situation in secret, do you understand?"

"Master is very concerned about his reputation. Once he says he wants to end things, he will do it openly. As for what happens behind the scenes... that can naturally be explained in another way."

"If Gu Qingze, Junior Sister's child, knew all this, then... you know, the uncontrollable factors will increase. Master definitely doesn't want to see such a situation."

At this point, Xu Yian suddenly changed the subject and looked at Bai Ye, as if he wanted to confirm something: "By the way, when Gu Qingze saw you and realized that this was in Medicine King Valley, did he have any special reaction?"

Although Bai Ye didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to this direction, he still recalled it carefully and answered truthfully: "...I didn't have any special reaction, if thanks doesn't count."

"Of course not thanks." Xu Yian muttered to himself, as if he had found an answer to his doubts, "This explains everything."

"You see, his father didn't tell him all this. Even if he knew a little bit of information about his mother, his reaction would not be so calm."

"I think his father is probably just like me, worried that something uncontrollable might happen... To be more precise, he wants to completely draw a line between himself and Medicine King Valley, at least in terms of Junior Sister's child."

"Even his closest relatives are planning to tell him, so those of us who are not very close to him should not interfere." Xu Yian said earnestly.

"....Okay, you did convince me." Bai Ye pondered for a long time, and finally spoke slowly as if he had no choice but to compromise.

"Since we can't tell him all this directly, it should make sense for us to take better care of him behind the scenes, right?" Bai Ye asked tentatively.

Xu Yian was satisfied with his transformation and nodded: "As long as you don't go too far, appropriate care is fine."