Chapter 32 Don’t be perfunctory, how could I

After bringing Xie Yanyu back in the afternoon, Helan Wei did not go out again.

He stayed in the room reading the files until it was getting dark, then he looked out the window.

The window was not closed, so he could see directly what was happening outside. If there was any movement outside, he would be able to catch it immediately.

But it was very quiet outside the house all afternoon.

Apart from a few servants standing guard outside, no one passed by here, let alone knocking on his door, saying they wanted to serve him.

Otherwise, why would people say Xie Yanyu is a liar?

She said she wanted to serve him and be closer to him.

As a result, an entire afternoon passed, and he walked back and forth from her side room dozens of times, but he didn't even see her shadow.

It’s not like she wasn’t capable of such attentiveness in the past.

She was clearly best at pleasing people when she wanted to.

However, now she said all the flattering words but did nothing to flatter him.

Why?

He had clearly told her that if he found out she was lying, he would lock her up and make her live a life worse than death.

Did she not take his words to heart at all, thinking that he would not do anything to her, so she was so careless as to even lie?

Helan Wei grabbed the file with his fingers, crumpling the pages.

He caught a glimpse of the chains used to catch monsters not far away, and his thoughts drifted away. Some dark thoughts grew like vines.

However, at this time,

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, a little hurried but very soft. Just listening to it gave people a feeling of caution.

Helan Wei almost immediately recognized that it was Xie Yanyu's footsteps.

He came back to his senses, but he didn't look out the window, or even look up.

His eyes were still fixed on the file.

He paused, then smoothed out the wrinkles with an expressionless face.

*

Because of the strange news just now, Xie Yanyu stayed in the room for a while longer.

Also, the distance between her room and Helan Wei's was quite far. Even though they were in the same courtyard, she had to go around in a long circle, so when she arrived at Helan Wei's place, it was already dark.

When Xie Yanyu entered the room, Helan Wei was looking through the files.

He didn't seem to notice her coming in, so he didn't look up at her.

It wasn't until she took two steps towards him that he paused in turning the pages of the book. Then, as if he had just noticed her coming, he raised his eyes to look at her.

She hurried over, her breathing still a little rapid, and her chest was rising and falling slightly.

The originally pale skin also turned slightly red.

Ears, cheeks, neck, and collarbone.

Helan Wei paused for a moment, then looked away and asked her calmly, "Why are you here?"

Xie Yanyu spoke frankly: "I came to see the young master."

He Lanwei heard this and asked slowly, "Really? What do you want to see me for?"

He seemed to be back to normal all of a sudden.

His tone was the same as usual, gentle and casual, and the question seemed to be asked casually.

He used to be like this often. When others talked to him, he would casually respond with a sentence or two, or ask a question or two, but they were all casual questions. In fact, he didn't care about the answer. Even if others answered him, he might not listen carefully.

However, Xie Yanyu didn't dare to take it as a casual question at this time.

Lately, he's often been gentle and normal one second, but the next second, when he hears something he doesn't want to hear, he suddenly loses control, as if he wants to drag her to death with him.

She came to him for a purpose. She wanted to ask him how he and Xie Chengjin were going to deal with the vengeful ghosts, and to find an opportunity to follow the plot.

This is not something that cannot be asked,

But she still thought about it for a moment, because she knew that his gentleness was just a layer of skin, and underneath this layer of skin was dangerous and vicious flesh and blood, so she did not say the truth.

She chose an unmistakable statement.

His tone was gentle and soft, just like always: "I just wanted to be closer to you, sir, so I came to see you."

As soon as these words fell,

Helan Wei stared at her.

There was a hint of a smile on his face, as if he felt she was insincere, but he didn't say anything to expose her, nor did he go crazy. He just stared at her with an almost scrutinizing look, as if he was analyzing the credibility of her words. His beautiful but dark eyes looked at her, just looking at her quietly, which made her feel a little creepy.

Xie Yanyu tensed up under his gaze.

She vaguely felt that he was about to go crazy, but she also felt that he was different from before he went crazy.

I was thinking whether to say anything more.

But the next second,

Then he heard him speak again, his voice a little colder, not as gentle as before: "Want to be closer to me?"

Xie Yanyu gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes."

Helan Wei asked indifferently, "Since you wanted to be closer to me, why did you stand so far away from me when you came to my room?"

Xie Yanyu didn't expect him to ask this suddenly.

She felt a little strange. Was he being too pedantic at the moment? She said she wanted to be closer to him, so she came to find him. What she meant was that she wanted to see him, not that she had to get close to him after seeing him.

She wanted to refute.

However, if you think about it carefully, there is no need to refute it.

She just didn't like the vague sense of oppression in his words, but she didn't want to have any conflict with him because of it. What's more, she originally wanted to be closer to him. Being closer to him now might make it easier for her to have some intimate actions with him, which could advance the plot a little.

So she walked forward and approached him.

There was only one chair in front of the desk. He sat on the chair, his posture casual, but his demeanor beautiful and dignified.

Xie Yanyu could only stand by, feeling very cramped.

Especially when she noticed that he was always looking at her, she felt even more uncomfortable, with a creepy feeling as if she was being haunted by his gaze.

She frowned subconsciously.

But he soon showed a gentle expression again and asked, "Sir, are you not going to continue reading the files?"

Helan Wei had been staring at her, and naturally saw her unconscious frown.

He lowered his eyes and his expression became cold, but for a moment, he felt that it was her.

Even if she instinctively frowned, she was able to hide it immediately, and then used this tone to persuade him indirectly to look at the file.

Did she want him to see the files?

still--

His eyes were dim, but his tone remained steady as he spoke slowly, "Why, you don't want to talk to me?"

Xie Yanyu felt a stronger sense of weirdness in his heart.

She felt that he was particularly picky today. Why did he find fault when she just asked a question?

She was a little impatient, but lowering her eyes, meeting his gaze, she took a deep breath, suppressed her temper, and explained gently, "How could that be? I just saw you looking at the files related to the Resentful House, and I thought you came here to catch resentful ghosts, so I was worried about disturbing you."

Helan Wei said sarcastically, "You weren't afraid of disturbing me when you came here, but you're afraid of disturbing me now?"

Xie Yanyu: "..."

Xie Yanyu was choked and was silent for a moment.

Originally, he didn't want to say anything more, but now felt it was appropriate to guide the conversation in the direction she wanted to ask, so he continued, "Then it seems I haven't disturbed you, sir. Do you have a plan for dealing with the vengeful ghost?"

She asked seriously,

Helan Wei even had the thought that she came here just to ask this.

He suddenly looked annoyed, annoyed by her insincere and roundabout way.

But at this moment, he met her gaze, was silent for a moment, but still answered: "Imperfect."

Xie Yanyu asked again: "Shouldn't we perfect it now?"

Helan Wei said calmly: "Not now."

Xie Yanyu asked, "Why?"

Helan Wei paused, his voice becoming even colder: "We have to wait until the vengeful ghost takes action, and then perfect it based on the methods it uses."

When Xie Yanyu asked this, he almost understood.

At the moment, the vengeful ghost has not yet taken action, so the plan cannot be completed.

She didn't plan to ask any more questions. She also happened to notice Helan Wei's cold tone and thought he didn't like her prying too much, so she stopped while she was ahead: "I see."

Helan Wei didn't respond to him again.

Xie Yanyu stood beside him for a while without saying a word, and the air was silent.

She noticed that he was in a bad mood, but felt that standing there was a waste of time. She thought about the original plot, and her intimate behavior with him was not limited to kissing and sex. Sometimes there would be some tenderness, such as helping him to press his head, or some small details in life. Her attentiveness was comprehensive.

In fact, if it weren't for the system,

She still treats him with great courtesy, just like in the original story.

When she thought of this, she suppressed her thoughts.

Don't want to waste time,

So she bent down and said, "Sir, let me massage your head for you."

As soon as the words fell,

Her fingertips landed on his forehead.

Her hands were often injured, and the touch of her fingertips was not very delicate. The temperature of her hands was also a little low. When they touched his forehead, it made his eyelashes tremble with cold. It was clearly not comfortable.

However, this is almost a gesture of goodwill.

But it was somewhat useful to Helan Wei.

But it was only for a moment, and then he thought of the reason why she showed her kindness.

Was she pressing his head because she wanted to be nice to him, or was she doing that because he answered the question she wanted to ask?

This thought flashed through my mind.

The next moment, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed her wrist, and before she could help him press it, he stopped her movement.

He squeezed it tightly.

He could even feel the pulsation of her pulse, and the warmth of his palm blended with her wrist.

Xie Yanyu seemed to be scalded by the temperature of his palm.

But before she could pull her hand away,

The next second,

He loosened his hand first, put some distance between them, and asked casually, "Why did you come over here all of a sudden? Because I answered your question."

Xie Yanyu:?

Xie Yanyu was a little confused. Why did he always ask such strange questions today?

She felt that he was not asking casually, but really cared about the answer, but she didn't know why he did that.

But she still answered sincerely: "No."

She just wanted to add a little drama.

But now it seems that he doesn't really want her to get close to him for the time being, so she can't leave the plot for the time being.

Helan Wei calmed down after hearing this.

After a while, he asked again, "Are you here to ask about the vengeful ghost?"

His voice had a touch of his usual nonchalantness.

But there is an inexplicable sense of oppression, always giving people a feeling of being interrogated,

Xie Yanyu didn't like this feeling very much, and didn't understand why he cared about it.

She couldn't follow the plot for the time being, nor did she know the plan to deal with the vengeful ghost. She felt a little slack, and being questioned like this, she said perfunctorily, "How could it be?"

Helan Wei seemed to notice her perfunctory attitude.

His tone turned cold, with a hint of warning in it: "Xie Yanyu, don't be perfunctory with me."

Xie Yanyu said softly: "No, how could that be."

Helan Wei heard this answer,

He stared at her for a long time, his eyes even becoming a little cold.

She was insincere, but her attitude was impeccable. He stared at her for a long time, and finally said nothing.

There was a moment of silence in the air.

Xie Yanyu began to lose focus, but at this moment,

She suddenly felt a fluctuation of spiritual power in the communication talisman in her sleeve pocket.

She paused, and completely shifted her attention away from Helan Wei.

Inexplicably, she felt a little uneasy, and thought of the stranger who sent her harassing messages -

But she has blocked him.

That person shouldn't be able to send it again, right?

Besides, she was no longer in that side room. Even if that person was monitoring her, he would probably only use his spiritual sense to cover that room. He probably couldn't monitor her everywhere...

Thinking of this, she reached out and touched her sleeve pocket.

I want to take out the communication talisman and take a look at it.

That is when

She heard Helan Wei ask something again.

She answered subconsciously: "No, how could that be."

As soon as these words fell.

She heard the surroundings go quiet, then quickly came to her senses.

When he raised his eyes, he saw that Helan Wei's eyes were slightly red, and his eyes could no longer be described as cold.

His gaze fell on her like an ice knife.

He seemed to be amused by her. After a long while, he spoke slowly, "I was just asking you why you suddenly came over here and said you wanted to press your head against my will."

However, Xie Yanyu replied: No, how could that be?

*

The other side.

Not long after Xie Chengjin sent the message to the servants, he received a reply.

He was about to click to check, but at this moment, there was a sudden "bang" sound outside.

Then,

A black evil spirit blew open the doors and windows and rushed in from outside.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin didn't bother to look at the communication talisman and quickly took action to resist the evil spirit.

His spiritual power collided with the evil spirit, causing a wave of shockwaves. Immediately afterwards, the evil spirit shattered without a trace, but the aftermath swept across the room, directly sweeping everything in the room into pieces, even the communication talisman that had been placed on the table was shattered.

at the same time,

A servant ran in and said nervously, "Master, the gate of this house suddenly closed and won't open. That vengeful ghost is trying to trap us all in this house! Is it about to attack?"

Xie Chengjin pointed to the mess in the room and said calmly, "They've already done it."

The attendant asked fearfully, "What about now...?"

Xie Chengjin glanced across the table.

He originally wanted to see if Xie Yanyu had returned to the Xie Mansion, but now the communication talisman had been broken and he could no longer check the news.

But maybe he was just too suspicious, she should have already returned to Xie's house.

If, as he suspected, she didn't go home, but instead followed Helan Wei back to the Yuan Mansion—

If you continue to disobey like this, sooner or later you will do something that will bring shame to your family.

He might actually kill her.

Xie Chengjin frowned and suppressed these thoughts.

Now the vengeful ghost has begun to take action. He and Helan Wei had already roughly planned how to deal with the vengeful ghost, but the vengeful ghost is cunning and they don't know what means it will use this time, so they have to wait until the vengeful ghost takes action for the first time before they can discuss and finally decide on the method to deal with the vengeful ghost.

The vengeful ghost has already taken action.

Now that there is something important at hand, he should focus more on it.

He was quiet for a moment.

He stopped thinking about Xie Yanyu and said to his attendant, "I'm going to find Helan Wei."