Beginning Under Sycamore Tree Chapter 2

In this generation, Mason Ye is eight years old and ranks twelfth, and Liam Ye is five years old and ranks twenty-second. Anyway, Liam Ye doesn’t like those two superimposed numbers at all.

He couldn't help but look at Liam Ye again, but saw that his face was full of innocence, which made people feel that he was well-behaved and cute, as if the look that gave him goose bumps just now was just an illusion. After being interrupted, he forgot what he was going to say and walked towards the classroom.

Qing Su's calm voice rang out: "Master, you are bullying the Twelfth Master again."

Liam Ye couldn't help but roll her eyes. Who was bullying who? He was so gentle, humble and polite!

"Brother." A timid voice sounded. Liam Ye glanced to the side and said "hmm" lightly. It was not as friendly as when she was facing Mason Ye.

Ye WEthan, in fact, was his "real brother". Liam Ye knew clearly that he was supposed to be the son of Ye Qishang, the darling of the Ye family, but other people didn't know, so he became the son of Ye Qishang's biological brother Ye Qiyun. This Ye Qiyun was a typical playboy. Not only was his talent far inferior to Ye Qishang's, but he also seemed to have a bad brain. He died inexplicably when he was competing with someone for her love in a brothel. Ye WEthan was Ye Qiyun's illegitimate son, only one month younger than Liam Ye, also five years old, but much thinner.

Because Ye Qishang and Ye Qiyun looked alike back then, so now when Liam Ye and Ye WEthan stood together, they also looked 50% similar. However, Ye WEthan was obviously much inferior to him. After all, he did not have the compelling clarity and brightness between Liam Ye's eyebrows.

Although he had the space, Liam Ye was born with a congenital anomaly. He estimated that his flawless little face was probably due to the good genes in this life. His looks were absolutely top-notch. As a man, it was not something he could choose to have such a good-looking face that could make women pale in comparison. However, as he grew older, his appearance would gradually become more and more perfect.

In name, Liam Ye is the legitimate son and Ye WEthan is the illegitimate son, so even if he treats Ye WEthan coldly, no one would say anything. On the contrary, this makes everyone accustomed to it. At least Liam Ye has not abused his younger brother. In the classroom, for example, his fourteenth cousin likes to abuse his half brother, Ye Wuqin, who is ranked twenty-ninth. Ye Wuqin is the youngest student in the Ye family school. If his mother had not been favored, he would not be able to sit here until next month when he turns five. However, it is precisely because of this specialness that the fourteenth cousin Ye Wuchong regards him as a thorn in his side.

Liam Ye simply didn't want to pay any attention to Ye WEthan, especially when she thought about how he would use her name to jump around in the future, and the knife that would stab him in the back, which made her feel sick.

He could have been willing to not dislike Mason Ye who was openly hostile to him, even though Mason Ye had tripped him up several times and even wanted to stab him twice whenever he had the chance. However, Liam Ye really didn't want to care about this "brother" whom he had once protected and looked after, fed him, clothed him, and given him the opportunity to teach him skills. Not only was he an ungrateful person, he also reminded Liam Ye of the story of "The Farmer and the Snake". If he, Ye WEthan, was really capable, he could have gone to the capital and made a name for himself in this life even without him, Liam Ye. He would have been convinced!

The Ye family's classroom is very large. There are only fifty-three people of this generation who are temporarily receiving enlightenment here. Among the boys, the eldest and the second oldest are ten years old and have gone to the official school. The third oldest will leave in two months. There are only twenty-seven male students left. The remaining twenty-six are all Liam Ye's cousins. At this moment, this place, which is almost as big as a small manor, has a total of only fifty-three students, of which there are one hundred and nine teachers who are giving them enlightenment. Together with various servants, there are as many as six hundred people working in the classroom for these fifty-three students, not including the maids and servants brought by these young masters and young ladies themselves.

Every descendant of the Ye family is equipped with a quota of servants. For example, a legitimate son or daughter like Liam Ye should have at least four personal maids, twelve second-class maids, twenty-four third-class maids, two book boys, four servants, ten guards, and twenty-four young servants. If he wants, he can even have a few retainers and advisers, which is all allowed by the family. Add to that the old women and maids in the kitchen, and the overall establishment... the number is a bit scary. There should have been a housekeeper in his courtyard, but the higher-ups consciously overlooked it. Now Emma not only occupies the position of a personal maid, but also serves as his housekeeper. The people in the entire courtyard are all under her control and will not easily come to Liam Ye to cause trouble.

Unlike Liam Ye who only brought Emma with him, as a B@st@ard whose quota of servants was reduced by half, Ye WEthan at least brought a servant and two maids. So, when he saw that there was only Emma behind Liam Ye, he rubbed the corner of his clothes a little embarrassedly.

Obviously, before the day off, his brother was not like this.

Yes, before the day off.

The Ye family school also follows the week system, which is another thing that makes Liam Ye feel uncomfortable. Going to school here almost reminds him of his student days. The Ye family school only has five classes a week, and then two days off. How familiar, isn't it?

Moreover, there are basically half men and half women in the classroom. As a male student, you don't have many privileges. It is not much different from modern schools. Among the elders in power in the Ye family, 40% are women, which is almost half of the family.

Two days ago, he was still the same person in his previous life. However, this morning, when he opened his eyes, he began to sigh silently, wondering why he was not reborn a little earlier. If he had been reborn a few years earlier, he would have left that place earlier, so that he would never have traveled to this disgusting world because of that damn earthquake.

Slowly going up the flat mountain path, this stretch of road is considered daily exercise for every child in the Ye family. The physical fitness of people in this world is far beyond Liam Ye's imagination. It is no problem for a child of five or six years old to climb up this mountain with thousands of steps on foot. Walking in front of Liam Ye is his cousin, Ye Wuyan, who is ranked nineteenth among the girls. Looking at her relaxed steps, it is impossible for those five or six-year-old girls in Liam Ye's memory to do that.

Liam Ye climbed the thousands of steps steadily, and it took her just over half an hour, which was only half a step faster than Ye Wuyan.

Ye Wuyan, who was half a year older than Liam Ye, glared at him fiercely before running into the classroom.

Liam Ye shrugged and followed. At this moment, Ye WEthan still had nearly a quarter of the distance to go.

Looking at the dozen or so children in the classroom, Liam Ye went straight to his seat and sat down.

The teacher on duty saw Liam Ye and Ye Wuyan, the first two five-year-old children to arrive, and nodded with satisfaction.

This mountain road is also one of the standards for testing the qualifications of the Ye family's young children.

After Liam Ye sat down for a while, Mason Ye, who was two years older than him, finally came to the door, but he still held his head high. Today's discipline officer even smiled at him gently and encouraged him, "Twelfth Young Master, you are two minutes faster today."

Mason Ye nodded reservedly and walked to the seat next to Liam Ye and sat down.

The reason for such treatment is certainly not because of Mason Ye’s identity. Even if he is the grandson of the patriarch Leonard Ye, no teacher would deliberately try to please him. In aristocratic families, identity is one of the most important things, but qualification is the most important.

Mason Ye's speed is not fast, and his martial artist aptitude is just below average. He naturally will not waste time practicing martial arts. Mason Ye is the child with the best spiritual roots in the Ye family's generation. He has a first-grade wood spiritual root, which means that he can at least become a level five Qi Refiner in the future. For example, Ye Shenyu's spiritual sword, if it falls into the hands of a level five Qi Refiner, can at least kill a level six warrior!

However, the higher the level of Qi Refiner, the more difficult it becomes. Moreover, a ninth-level Qi Refiner no longer has much advantage over a ninth-level warrior. After all, the weak physique of a Qi Refiner is a fatal flaw.

Therefore, although Qi Refiners are powerful, martial arts are prevalent in the Great Yin Empire. However, this does not mean that Qi Refiners are not important. A sixth-level Qi Refiner can drive a spiritual energy cannon by himself. The lethality of the spiritual energy cannon is difficult to contend with by personal force unless one is a ninth-level warrior or even a saint.

In short, this is a world far beyond the imagination of normal people. It seems to have strict etiquette and hierarchy, but there is no absolute subordination and superiority between men and women. The original male superiority and female inferiority caused by differences in physical strength between men and women no longer exists, because the ability of men and women here cannot be defined by gender. It depends on qualifications. However, the hierarchy in the country is too strict and is still a model of feudal society. The untouchables and even the common people are naturally incomparable to the gentry and the children of aristocratic families.

In the first class, the teacher of the Ye family was a woman. She had her long hair neatly tied up, and wore a beige linen shirt with delicate buttons extending to her fair neck, brown breeches, a pair of high-top calfskin boots, and a dark green rhinoceros skin short jacket. She naturally looked very casual and beautiful. As soon as she arrived, the teacher on duty sighed secretly for the children who had not arrived yet, turned around and left, and fell into her hands. Even he felt a little pity for those children.

Liam Ye remembered that she, Grace Ye, was of the same generation as his mother whom he had never met in his life. However, Grace Ye was just a girl from a side branch. Even so, as a fourth-level warrior, Grace Ye was enough to stand out from her dozens or hundreds of sisters.

Her boots made crisp sounds on the smooth bluestone floor. Standing behind the podium, Grace Ye, with her shoulders and back straight, glanced at the classroom and smiled coldly: "Those who come up later, go to the punishment room first to receive three lashes before coming back to class!"

Liam Ye glanced out the window, and sure enough, without his help, Ye WEthan could only just run into the door. He happened to hear Grace Ye's words, and his little face turned pale with fright.

Liam Ye had already experienced how perverted this world was. Everyone was used to the way aristocratic families educated their children.

The so-called three whips are not as simple as the teachers in ancient schools hitting the palm of the hand three times with a ruler. These are real three whips. The whips are made from the tendons of pseudo-dragon fish. Not only are they flexible and thin, but every inch of them has sharp barbs. Three whips with this special school whip dipped in salt water can make people feel pain in the bone marrow but will not really break any bones. Then apply the Ye family's special rejuvenation cream and there will not even be any trace left. One hour later, they will be completely fine. However, the pain of being whipped will not be reduced at all.

Once upon a time, he had felt pity for these children who were tortured because of this. At that time, he was still a good child who grew up under the red flag, a good young man with a soft heart and a kind personality. He even tried to influence and change this inhumane rule.

Now Liam Ye just sat there quietly and obediently, her heart as calm as still water, as cold as snow, and there was even a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.

His heart has long been twisted.