Chapter 98 What He Cares About

Mei Liangyu arrived quickly. The sky was dark, but lights shone from the roof of the long corridor on the slope.

Yu Sui sat by the railing of the corridor, watching the man walk by with a smile in her eyes. She bent down, reached out and picked up the food box that was on the ground, and placed it next to the wooden seat: "Senior brother, here you go."

"Eat here or go back somewhere else?" she asked as she opened the food box.

Mei Liangyu was still standing there, his dark eyes fixed on her without blinking.

Yu Sui changed her attitude of ignoring it last night with just a few words.

Last night's experience seemed like a delusion to Mei Liangyu, leaving him with no chance or excuse to question.

"What do you have?" he asked casually, sitting down seemingly at ease by the fence and turning to face Yu Sui.

"We have plum juice," Yu Sui said, tapping the glass with the back of her hand. "It's iced."

Mei Liangyu reached out and took it, then pulled a thin bamboo tube from the inside of the food box and put it in the cup. He bit the bamboo tube and drank a mouthful of sour plum soup. It was icy cold and sour, and the coolness went straight to his heart.

"How long have you been here?" Mei Liangyu glanced at Yu Sui and said, biting on a bamboo tube.

Yu Sui said, "I just arrived a short while ago."

Mei Liangyu then asked, "How long is 'a while'?"

Yu Sui tilted his head and gestured to the eagle still flying in the sky: "Whenever it arrived, that's when I arrived."

Mei Liangyu then followed her gaze to the eagle, his eyes slightly narrowed. Wasn't it his junior sister who had arrived shortly after he sent the message and waited up there for so long before replying?

Facing her senior brother's cold glance, Yu Sui simply smiled and remained silent. She didn't need to say anything more. The worries and concerns in Mei Liangyu's heart vanished the moment Yu Sui appeared.

If there's something to say, it's best to leave it at that. Asking it out loud would disrupt the delicate balance of their relationship. Not wanting to be ignored by Yu Sui any longer, Mei Liangyu didn't bring up the matter in the Dragon Slaying Cave.

Mei Liangyu then asked her, "How did you know that the Mechanical Island could transmit sound?"

“That’s what Master said.” Yu Sui told the truth. “When I came here, Master told me to send a message to you, Senior Brother, as soon as I got to the Mechanized Island. Because there is no time limit for sending messages on the Mechanized Island, he was afraid that I would get lost on the Mechanized Island alone.”

The eagle flew closer to the two of them, still circling in the air, already at a height that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

Mei Liangyu took a bite of the pastry Yu Sui brought and then a sip of plum juice. He hadn't forgotten what Xing Chun had said, and asked in a tone that was neither too light nor too heavy, "I heard that you had a fight with Gu Gan last night."

"I guess so," Yu Sui said, her head down as she arranged the dishes in the food box without looking up.

Mei Liangyu looked at her and said, "If it is, it is; if it isn't, it isn't."

Yu Sui looked up at him, somewhat puzzled, and saw his senior brother's expression that said, "Give me a proper answer," so he said, "Yes."

Mei Liangyu then asked, "Did Gu Gan say that he would definitely make Wen Yanghui apologize to you?"

Yu Sui blinked: "How did you know, Senior Brother?"

Mei Liangyu snorted softly, leaning back against the bench, her hand, which wasn't holding the cup, resting slightly on it, a hint of mockery in her eyes: "He's on good terms with Wen Yanghui, so he definitely won't fight. He'll either offer a verbal apology or send you some mechanical scrolls as compensation."

Yu Sui didn't continue talking about Gu Gan's affairs, but asked curiously, "The mechanical scrolls he used are indeed quite powerful."

Mei Liangyu, biting a bamboo tube, raised an eyebrow slightly: "Don't think about him. Even if he gives it to you, don't take it. If you want it, I'll give it to you."

Yu Sui asked, "I checked and found that their mechanical scrolls sell for tens of thousands of gold coins each, and some can even sell for hundreds of thousands. Do you have any, Senior Brother?"

She looked at Mei Liangyu with a hint of worry in her eyes, as if asking her senior brother if he had enough money.

Mei Liangyu was speechless for a moment under her gaze, then turned and glared back fiercely: "Do I need to spend money to buy it? I can make it myself. The mechanical scroll that you mentioned sells for tens of thousands of gold coins outside was made by me."

Yu Sui was taken aback at first, then her gaze towards Mei Liangyu brightened slightly, and there was a faint sense of admiration in her bright eyes, as if she were praising her senior brother for being so amazing!

For a moment, Mei Liangyu was captivated by that gaze.

He lowered his eyes without making a sound and took a sip of plum juice. The cold plum juice flowed into his body, cooling his heart.

Mei Liangyu paused for a moment, then spoke again, coaxingly, "I'll give you the scroll of mechanisms, but don't forgive Gu Gan."

Yu Sui picked up the empty plate and said gently, "This time it was Wen Yanghui's fault, not Brother Gu's fault."

Mei Liangyu glanced at them out of the corner of her eye: "Didn't you two have a fight?"

Yu Sui nodded: "It won't last long."

Mei Liangyu was not happy that their argument would not last long. She smiled maliciously and said, "If you bring up this matter every now and then, pick on him, find fault with him, act childish, and lose your temper, he will inevitably start arguing with you."

"Is that so?" Yu Sui smiled, her slender white fingers tapping the edge of the food box. She said softly, "But if I throw a tantrum, even my senior brother will scold me. If I throw a tantrum at Brother Gu, he might get so angry that he'll take action."

After listening, Mei Liangyu calmly turned to look at Yu Sui.

He had originally agreed not to mention the matter in the Dragon Slayer Cave, but Yu Sui brought it up on his own initiative.

"Did I yell at you?" he asked.

Yu Sui nodded.

Mei Liangyu, biting a bamboo tube, said with a half-smile, "How did I scold you?"

Yu Sui was silent for a moment, then smiled as she lowered her head and said, "You were just being mean to me."

Her lowered head made her look even more obedient, which made one's heart itch. Mei Liangyu's gaze swept over the top of her head, where golden tassels hung down on her smooth black hair. Her obedient appearance and smooth hair were tempting one to reach out and gently stroke and comfort her.

Mei Liangyu blinked, then looked back at Yu Sui's face, restraining herself from moving.

“That was my mistake. From now on, even if you lose your temper and hit or scold me, I won’t say a harsh word to you,” Mei Liangyu said. “If Gu Gan dares to lay a hand on you, then he just wants to die faster.”

"Senior brother... I know that when you were injured in the outer city last time, it was Brother Gu and the others who did it." Yu Sui took out a plate from the second layer of the food box. This was said suddenly, and Mei Liangyu showed no surprise at all. He only asked casually, "You knew?"

Yu Sui nodded: "Brother Gu told me himself."

Mei Liangyu responded with an "oh," and continued to mock, "So, you're going to take the initiative to spell things out with me and then ask me to choose sides?"

“But I don’t want to help Brother Gu deal with Senior Brother. You eliminated Brother Gu from the Dragon Slaying Cave this time, so he will hate you even more.” Yu Sui looked up at Mei Liangyu and said, “Wen Yanghui just happened to offend me. I can use this to argue with Brother Gu and have a cold war with him for a while. That way, he won’t be able to ask me to help deal with Senior Brother you.”

Mei Liangyu paused in his plum juice drinking, sat up slightly, and faced Yu Sui, asking, "You can't refuse Gu Gan's request?"

Yu Sui shook her head: "I can't refuse without a reason."

Mei Liangyu asked with a smile, "What makes him so special?"

He appeared to be smiling, but there was little joy in his eyes.

Yu Sui smiled and said, "Because my parents like him."

Mei Liangyu said coldly, "Your parents are blind."

Instead of having such a well-behaved and adorable daughter, he insists on liking someone else's good-for-nothing son.

That said, she possesses a strange fire, yet she is unloved by her parents and her father, so who knows what kind of hardship she endured in the past.

Yu Sui listened to her senior brother scolding Nangong Ming and Madam Su, but only nodded.

Mei Liangyu wanted to pat her head, but he refrained. He lightly touched the glass, which was cool from the plum juice, with his fingers and said in a gentle tone, "Why are you bothering with all this? There are plenty of people in this world who want to kill me. One more won't make a difference. But Gu Gan should be careful when he goes out of the outer city in the future."

When you feel conflicted, choose the option that is most beneficial to you.

"Anyway, I won't die."

Yu Sui was slightly taken aback, looking at Mei Liangyu with a blank expression: "Senior brother, do you really not care? What if I choose to help Brother Gu hurt you?"

Mei Liangyu frowned upon hearing this: "Is Gu Gan confident that he can kill me, or are you confident that you can hurt me?"

Yu Sui: "..."

She's overthinking it.

It seems that my senior brother is the most confident one.

Yu Sui glanced at Mei Liangyu's hand, which had only been healed for two days: "I may not be able to kill you, but I can still hurt you."

Mei Liangyu glanced down at his hand, and said thoughtfully, "You've reminded me. I'll have to find some time to return this injury to him another day."

After speaking, she looked up and saw Yu Sui's seemingly stunned expression, and chuckled softly, "What, you can't bear to see me hurt Gu Gan?"

Yu Sui shook her head, and after a moment of silence, she asked again, "Senior brother, do you really not care?"

Mei Liangyu turned his head to look at her, but this time he did not answer immediately.

Yu Sui asked him very seriously.

Mei Liangyu realized that if she answered that she didn't care, she would choose Gu Gan when she was really asked to choose between herself and Gu Gan.

Just thinking about how Yu Sui ignored him and walked away just like last night, standing on Gu Gan's side and watching him without a care, made him feel annoyed just thinking about it, and it easily stirred up his suppressed anger.

The night wind rustled the giant trees on either side of the corridor, and occasionally a flash of lightning streaked across the dark clouds in the distance.

The cries of eagles became the background noise as the two waited quietly for an answer.

When Yu Sui turned his gaze away to look at the sea eagle in the sky, Mei Liangyu said, "I care a lot. You'd better not let me see you over at Gu Gan's place."

Yu Sui turned around in surprise, but Mei Liangyu had already looked away and was eating calmly.

The topic of Gu Gan is unavoidable between them, and the contradictions between the two sides will become more and more obvious in the future, and there will be more conflicts. Yu Sui told Mei Liangyu in advance that he would know while waiting for the answer.

He cares about it.

No man is indifferent to the fact that the girl he likes is on the side of another man.

As Yu Sui's eyes curved slightly, the strange fire sensed that someone was approaching, and there was more than one.

The sorcerer from the mechanical family emerged from the ancient building and walked towards this side from the inner circle of the long corridor.

Mei Liangyu also noticed these people. He put the cup back in the food box and said as he stood up, "But as much as I care, if there's no other way, you can just look after yourself."

These words made Yu Sui lower his head and blink. After a moment, he raised his head as he stood up, and said hesitantly, "Senior brother, let's forget about the matter of splitting Wen Yanghui's golden lightning. I already eliminated him and got revenge in the Dragon Slaying Cave. I can't let you be punished and brought back every time you leave the Mechanical Island."

“I’ve let it go, but he won’t let it go so easily,” Mei Liangyu said calmly. “Don’t worry, I have a long-standing grudge against him. Once you get involved with Wen Yanghui, you can’t get rid of him. He’s like a leech. No matter if you curse him or slap him, he’ll only feel at ease when the person he hates dies.”

These are the most troublesome people because they're capable of anything when they go crazy.

Adding to the complexity is Wen Yanghui's status and position, which makes things even more complicated.

Yu Sui watched Mei Liangyu's retreating figure thoughtfully. The mechanical sorcerers had already approached; they were several senior figures who were calling out to Mei Liangyu, "The mechanisms over at the Yin Chou Hall have malfunctioned. Come and take a look."

Mei Liangyu responded and then looked back at Yu Sui: "You wait here for a while, I'll be back soon."

“Yes!” Yu Sui nodded.

Mei Liangyu glanced at the sky and said, "There's going to be thunder and rain tonight, and it's too late. You'd better rest here for the night and go back tomorrow morning."

Yu Sui nodded again: "Okay, but senior brother, where will I stay?"

Mei Liangyu said, "I'll come back and take you there."

Yu Sui watched him take a shortcut, climb over the long corridor to the inner ring, and walk away with several seniors.

The smile in her eyes faded slightly as she watched her senior brother disappear from sight, but she glanced back for a moment out of the corner of her eye.

There are still people here.

Yu Sui pretended not to know and packed the food box. Just as she closed the box, she heard footsteps coming from behind. The person was deliberately making a sound, not trying to hide it, just so she would notice.

"What are you doing here?" Wen Yanghui lowered his voice, staring at Yu Sui with a scrutinizing gaze, before stopping within a suitable range of attack.

Yu Sui leaned back in her chair, looking at that delicate and beautiful face with a half-smile. Her eyes were deep-set, her nose was high and straight, and when her lips were slightly pursed, the corners of her mouth naturally curved. Her features were exquisitely combined.

When it comes to Wen Yanghui, what she remembers most vividly is his excessively beautiful face on a man.

"What I'm doing on Mechanical Island is none of your business," Yu Sui said listlessly, propping her head up with one hand.

It looked exactly like the angry look on his face when he rejected Gu Gan last night.

“Nangong Sui,” Wen Yanghui said in a sinister tone, “you’re quite the actor.”

He hadn't had much contact with Yu Sui before, but the expression and demeanor of Yu Sui when he asked him to open the mechanism scroll on the day he was eliminated from the Dragon Slayer Cave left a deep impression on Wen Yanghui.

Comparing this to how Yu Sui faced Gu Gan when she came out last night, Wen Yanghui, who is most sensitive to disguise, sensed a hint of danger.

Yu Sui looked at him indifferently, a hint of mockery deep in her clear black and white eyes.

Wen Yanghui wished he could grab Gu Gan and shove her in front of Yu Sui so that his good brother could see the woman's true colors.

“I’ve already shown you leniency out of consideration for Gu Gan.” Wen Yanghui stared at her coldly, “yet you’re recklessly trying to curry favor with Mei Liangyu.”

Yu Sui remained calm and composed, slowly saying, "Isn't it you who are currying favor with Gu Gan, trying to use Gu Gan to help you kill Mei Liangyu?"

After listening, Wen Yanghui stared at her for a moment and then sneered, "I was going to let you go this time for Gu Gan's sake, but now I think that if I let you go this time, it will only cause trouble for Gu Gan."

"Why don't you think about it more carefully? If you attack me, who will you be causing trouble for?" Yu Sui stood up, leaning on the fence with one hand, her eyes still smiling. "Gu Gan isn't powerful enough to break away from the Nangong family."

Wen Yanghui, however, did not take it to heart: "What the Nangong family can give, my Wen Yang family can also give."

Yu Sui raised his chin and pointed at him, saying, "Although your mechanical skills and low-level skills are no match for my senior brother, you are better at making empty promises to others than my senior brother."

Wen Yanghui was not provoked. A strange smile even appeared on his face: "Don't think that Mei Liangyu will come back to save you. He's not coming back."

Yu Sui's smiling eyes widened slightly, then she heard Wen Yanghui say, "You can also try to summon Saint Chang Gen."

A hint of murderous intent flickered in the man's eyes: "Let's see if he comes or not."

As Wen Yanghui finished speaking, Yu Sui felt the earth shake violently. Fine sand and gravel particles fell on her face, and the corridor in front of her was spinning and twisting, turning into the belly of a snake covered with countless sharp blades and filled with foul-smelling blood. It was swimming and spinning rapidly, making people feel as if the world was upside down.

But when Yu Sui closed his eyes and opened them again, the illusion was broken in an instant.

Wen Yanghui's smile froze. When he met Yu Sui's gaze as she opened her eyes again, his pupils involuntarily dilated, and he wondered if he had really used an illusion on her.

While he was caught in self-doubt and hadn't reacted, Yu Sui moved and instantly appeared in front of Wen Yanghui.

[Author's Note]

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!