Jiang Yi felt somewhat helpless.
He had told her many times that he only saw her as a sister, and he thought she had given up. He hadn't expected her to still be persistent.
"Are you and Miss Dongfang doing well now?" Alice asked.
"We are both very well!" Jiang Yi replied with a smile.
"I won't give up. I will wait for you until you are willing to come back to me!" A hint of a bitter smile appeared on Alice's face.
Jiang Yi didn't want to discuss the matter further and changed the subject, asking Alice, "What has your father, Mr. Stephen, been busy with lately? I haven't seen him for a long time!"
"My dad left Simon State. I don't know where he went, he's being very secretive. When I asked him, he wouldn't say anything!" Alice explained. "This morning, he told me to find you and said you should go to the castle; he has something very important to discuss with you!"
"I also have something to discuss with him. How about I go over now!" Jiang Yi stood up from the sofa and put on his coat. The season in the Eagle Kingdom was very cold, the sky was completely overcast, and it could snow at any moment.
"Okay!" Alice nodded and left the castle with Jiang Yi, heading to Alice's home.
An hour later, Jiang Yi finally met Stephen in the grand hall of Stephen's castle. Stephen, seeing Jiang Yi arrive, busied himself by inviting Jiang Yi to sit down and then instructed someone to pour him a cup of tea.
"I asked you here this time to talk about your master's murder!" Stephen said with a solemn expression. "Back then, I always felt something was not right, so a while ago, when I was free, I reinvestigated and discovered that your master's death was not at all as we had previously investigated. Your master was not killed by people sent by Jiang Wanli! Jiang Wanli sent people to assassinate your master several times without success. I have investigated this very clearly!"
"Then who killed my master?" Jiang Yi asked urgently.
"The Eagle Kingdom Royal Family!" Stephen replied. "I didn't believe it at first, but I confirmed it many times, and it turned out to be true."
Hearing this, Jiang Yi's eyes filled with endless killing intent. He hadn't expected it to be the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family.
"Behind the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family, there must be an even more powerful force. The Royal Family is just acting on behalf of this force; they must have reached some kind of agreement!" Stephen took a deep breath. "The more I investigated, the more alarmed I became, and eventually, even I felt scared!"
"This revenge must be avenged!" Jiang Yi said in a deep voice. "I cannot let my master die with regrets." If it were in the past, Jiang Yi wouldn't have believed it. But now, Jiang Yi firmly believed that the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family had killed his master, because Jiang Yi had been dealing with the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family during this period. Jiang Yi knew very well how despicable the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family was; on the surface, they represented justice, but in secret, they engaged in all sorts of shameless dealings. Moreover, Stephen was a very trustworthy person, and his words could not be false. Jiang Yi's master had a life-and-death friendship with Stephen and would not lie to Jiang Yi about such a matter.
"If you want to avenge your master, you will have to oppose a very terrifying force. I am very conflicted right now. I wish you would give up revenge for your own safety," Stephen sighed. "But I also don't want you to do nothing, otherwise, your master's death would be too unjust!"
"There's nothing I can do; it's all your own choice. No matter what choice you make, I will support you unconditionally!" Jiang Yi gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how terrifying the opposing force is, I will not give up revenge!"
Jiang Yi had already decided: first eliminate Jiang Wanli and avenge his father, then deal with the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family. Jiang Wanli was a member of the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family and worked for them, so he had to use the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family to eliminate Jiang Wanli first and weaken their power. In any case, he could not fall out with the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family now; with his current strength, he could not cope with them.
"I have collected quite a bit of evidence. I will show it to you now!" Stephen placed several file bags on the table. Jiang Yi opened the file bags and looked at them carefully. It wasn't that Jiang Yi didn't trust Stephen; it was that he wanted to know how his master was killed by the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family. When Jiang Yi saw a name on one of the documents, his brow furrowed. The guard captain Jiang Yi had captured earlier was one of the people specifically responsible for secretly monitoring Jiang Yi's master. Jiang Yi took a deep breath, not expecting such a coincidence. He would interrogate the guard captain thoroughly when he got back; the guard captain was in his hands. If he didn't tell the truth, he would simply kill him.
"Can I take them all back to look at?" Jiang Yi asked.
"Take them all back. I originally prepared this evidence for you, wanting you to know that the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family is the real killer of your master!" Stephen said.
"Thank you!" Jiang Yi collected all the file bags.
"You kid, why are you being so polite with me now!" Stephen said with a smile.
"I'm not being polite; I'm sincerely grateful to you. If it weren't for you, I would never have thought that the Eagle Kingdom Royal Family was the real culprit. You have helped me immensely this time!" Jiang Yi replied.
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about Tian Ding Group! As soon as I arrived in Simon State, I heard you started a Jerusalem artichoke project." Stephen said with a smile. "You kid killed the Great Governor of Dongmeng State and made the other three Great Governors submit to you. Those people were completely subdued by you, and now you pretty much control all four states!" Stephen laughed and said, "If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, I wouldn't have dared to believe it was true. You kid are becoming more and more capable. If your master were still alive, he would definitely be very happy."
"This bit of ability is nothing; I'm just lucky!" Jiang Yi shrugged and then said, "By the way, I came to see you this time to discuss something with you. The Great Governor of Dongmeng State has been exiled. If you are willing, I will find a way to make you the Great Governor of Dongmeng State!"
Hearing this, Stephen was stunned! After a long while, Stephen finally came to his senses and said excitedly to Jiang Yi, "You kid, you're not joking with me, are you!"
"I'm not joking!" Jiang Yi said with a slight smile. "As long as you are willing, I will handle this matter!" Stephen had dreamed of becoming a Great Governor, and he couldn't believe that he could also become a Great Governor! After Stephen calmed down, he said, "Let's forget it! You've only become a minor governor. How can I become a Great Governor? Besides, becoming a Great Governor requires a noble title. I don't have any noble title, so I can't possibly become one!"
"As long as you are willing, these problems are not an issue!" Jiang Yi said.