Chapter 22 Just Call Me Master Wu

He looked much more haggard than when I saw him in the morning. There were bruises on his head, tear marks on his face, he had nowhere to put his hands, and his legs were limping.

Wu Ciyan said coldly: "What's wrong with your head?"

Wen Lanzhi was so happy to see him that the tears in her eyes disappeared instantly. She smiled foolishly and replied, "I bumped into the table."

Wu Ciyan asked, "Where are the legs?"

Wen Lanzhi said, "I've been walking for too long, it hurts."

Wu Ciyan asked, "Why are you crying?"

Wen Lanzhi said, "I came back late and got scolded."

Wu Ciyan said, "Oh."

Granny Wang stood up and said sheepishly, "Everyone, take your time, chat slowly."

Wen Lanzhi was still standing there stupidly. Judging from her posture, if Wu Ci Yan didn't say anything, she was prepared to stand there all night.

Wu Ciyan asked, "Why are you standing there?"

Wen Lanzhi said: "Ah?"

Wu Ciyan paused for a moment and said unhappily, "Sit down!"

Wen Lanzhi said, "Oh, okay." She knelt down on the mat.

Wu Ciyan asked, "Isn't your leg hurting?"

Wen Lanzhi didn't understand what he meant and looked at him.

Wu Ciyan said, "Go get a chair and sit down."

"Oh." Wen Lanzhi stood up with the help of the low table. When she stood up, Murong had already brought a stool to her.

Murong smiled and stuffed a gold bracelet into her hand. "We did have something important to do this morning, so we left first. We didn't have time to tell you, young lady. I'm really sorry."

Wen Lanzhi held up the gold bracelet in front of the three people: "Did you give it to me?"

Murong said: "Yes... yes?"

Wen Lanzhi's tone became much happier: "Thank you!"

Murong said, "I came here this time to ask for a favor."

Wen Lanzhi asked, "What's the matter?"

This matter is not easy to bring up. Judging from what happened this morning, Master Wu seems to have saved Miss Wen's life. Once she opens the mouth, Murong feels that Wen Lanzhi will definitely agree.

But this favor is indeed not an ordinary favor, and Master Wu also said that it must not be forced.

She thought for a moment and said, "If the girl doesn't want to, don't force her."

Wen Lanzhi looked at her with curiosity.

Murong asked, "Miss, do you know Shan Hei?"

Wen Lanzhi nodded.

She looks so familiar. She is the vixen who often harasses her.

Murong said, "Our young master wanted to ask Shan Hei for something. We heard that Shan Hei was in the villa up ahead. On the first day we arrived here, we went to blow up his villa, but we didn't see him. I guess he got the news and ran away."

After hearing this, Wen Lanzhi shook her head and said, "I don't know where he is either."

Murong said, "We found out his location, but we were afraid he'd run away again, so we captured a few of his subordinates and had our own people disguise them and sneak in. The people who sneaked in said that Shan Hei didn't go back at all, and only used long-distance voice transmission to keep in touch with a few confidants. We thought..."

Wen Lanzhi leaned forward, completely absorbed in the story, as if she were listening to it. "What are you thinking about?"

Murong pursed her lips and couldn't help laughing.

If someone else had asked this, Murong would have thought they were playing dumb, probably not wanting to help, and she would have stopped pursuing them. But having witnessed Miss Wen's temper today, she knew she truly didn't understand.

Murong said, "Shan Hei likes you, and we want to use you as bait. But don't worry, you have our people accompanying you throughout the whole process. We have already laid a tight net. As soon as Shan Hei appears, he will fall into the trap immediately. You will not be put in any danger at all."

"Okay!" Wen Lanzhi excitedly patted Murong's palm, as if the matter had already been settled.

She stared at Murong with her red eyes, her face full of eagerness.

Murong smiled and said, "Miss, you are straightforward. Is there anything you want? We will definitely make it happen."

Wen Lanzhi looked at Wu Ciyan and said, "I want to stay with my benefactor!"

Murong choked and looked at Wu Ciyan.

Wu Ciyan said, "Follow me? What for?"

Wen Lanzhi said, "To repay a favor."

Wu Ciyan said: "After this matter is done, your kindness will be repaid."

Although Wu Ci Yan didn't remember her, as long as Wen Lanzhi could help him catch Shan Hei, it would be a great help and definitely enough to repay the life-saving favor.

Wen Lanzhi said: "No, I don't want to repay you in this way."

Wu Ciyan asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Wen Lanzhi lowered her head, too embarrassed to talk to him.

After a moment, she whispered, "I want to follow my benefactor."

Wu Ciyan asked, "Why are you following me?"

Wen Lanzhi said, "To repay a favor."

Wu Ciyan: “…”

This is really eye-opening. It’s the first time I heard that you can choose how to repay a favor.

Wu Ci Yan now began to doubt whether he had saved her.

How can you still repay a favor without asking for it?

This was a serious matter, and Wu Ciyan didn't want to tease her about it. He put on a stern face and said seriously, "Miss, have you thought it through? I don't stay in the demon world every day. I have things to do and travel all over the place. If you follow me, I may not be able to keep an eye on you all the time, and you might even lose your life."

Wen Lanzhi nodded repeatedly and looked very happy.

Wu Ciyan: "...Aren't you afraid?"

Wen Lanzhi shook her head, "I'm not afraid!"

Wu Ciyan flatly refused: "That won't work either!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Wen Lanzhi instantly became like a wilted flower, lowering her head and not saying a word.

Wu Ciyan said, "I can help you redeem yourself, give you a mansion, and give you money, but I can't agree to this one thing. I won't force you to help me, it's really difficult, and if you don't want to, that's fine."

Wen Lanzhi was silent for a long time, and the two of them were in a stalemate. When Wu Ci Yan stood up and prepared to leave, Wen Lanzhi finally spoke.

She asked, "Can I follow my benefactor for a month?"

Wu Ci Yan looked at her without saying anything.

Wen Lanzhi stood up, took a few steps towards him, walked in front of him, reached out and lifted his hair.

Wu Ci Yan frowned, and when Wen Lanzhi's hand was about to touch his face, he raised his hand, grabbed Wen Lanzhi's wrist and pushed her away.

Wen Lanzhi took two steps back and said, "Do you remember? The scar at the corner of your eye was left when you saved me."

Wu Ci Yan really had no recollection of it at all. Sometimes, he would forget that he had this scar at the corner of his eye and would only remember it when washing his face.

He took a step back, keeping his distance from Wen Lanzhi, and said honestly, "I have no impression."

The two were silent for a while.

Murong stood up and said, "Sir, after you capture Shanhei, aren't you going back? Why don't you invite Miss Wen to the palace as a guest?"

Wu Ciyan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, one month. Can I still redeem you?"

Wen Lanzhi said, "I saved the money to redeem myself."

After talking with Wen Lanzhi for such a long time, Wu Ci Yan always felt something was strange.

Wen Lanzhi doesn't seem like a fool with intellectual problems, but she is always slow to react and looks dull and dazed, and doesn't seem to be purely innocent.

Wen Lanzhi saw him staring at her for a long time and suddenly felt nervous.

Wu Ciyan's eyes were getting closer and closer to her, and with the sound of footsteps, Wen Lanzhi couldn't help but keep up with his pace and took a few steps forward.

Wu Ciyan suddenly said, "Stop!"

Wen Lanzhi paused, the two of them almost touching. She tilted her head back, her nose almost touching his chin. She stood on tiptoe, but still couldn't. As they got closer, she could see the faint scales on his fair face.

So close! Wen Lanzhi’s heart is about to jump out of her chest!

Wu Ci Yan raised his hand, stretched out two fingers, and hovered them over her forehead without touching it.

He said, "Explore."

Wen Lanzhi felt a flash of white light in her eyes, closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, Wu Ci Yan was already standing five steps away from her.

He murmured, "No wonder."

He raised his foot, strode out, opened the curtain, and turned back, "Follow me."

"Oh." Wen Lanzhi hurriedly jogged two steps to catch up.

Murong took a few quick steps and followed Wu Ciyan, her face full of confusion.

Wu Ciyan pointed at his temples and spread out his hands.

Murong suddenly understood.

This girl is missing a part of her spiritual consciousness.

The spiritual consciousness is part of the soul and spirit, and is divided into two parts. One part is connected to the soul and spirit; if it is missing, the brain will be damaged and dementia will occur. The other part is memory, and its loss is not serious; the person will still be able to run, jump, and understand human speech. The two parts of the spiritual consciousness influence each other. Loss of memory will definitely damage the brain, but the damage is not significant. Similarly, loss of the part connected to the soul and spirit will definitely damage the memory, but the damage is also not significant.

Seeing that Miss Wen can run, jump, and understand what people say, she must have lost her consciousness related to memory. Fortunately, the damage to her brain is not very serious.

But if you ask her now when, where, or why she lost her consciousness, she definitely won't remember. Consciousness can save lives, so it's likely that some evildoer forced her consciousness out to save their own people. They were kind enough not to force out the part of her consciousness that was connected to her soul.

Wu Ciyan took out two beads from his purse and handed them to Murong, "Two dragon eyes, it should be enough to redeem her."

Murong took one and said, "Sir, one is more than enough."

Wu Ciyan turned around and spoke with much more patience, "Go get the things. Silver, clothes, jewelry, and anything you like, take everything."

Wen Lanzhi said "OK" and walked upstairs with her skirt lifted.

"Wait a moment." Wu Ci Yan called her.

"Hmm?" Wen Lanzhi turned around.

Wu Ciyan handed her a white bottle, "Medicine for injuries."

"Ah?" Wen Lanzhi didn't understand why they gave her medicine for her injuries.

Wu Ciyan pointed to his forehead.

Wen Lanzhi touched her forehead where he pointed. The bleeding had stopped, but there was no scab. It still hurt a little when she pressed it.

She stretched out her hands and took the medicine from Wu Ciyan, "Thank you, benefactor."

"Wait a minute!" Wu Ci Yan called her again.

Wen Lanzhi turned her head again.

Wu Ciyan said, "Don't keep calling me benefactor, benefactor. It's unpleasant to hear."

Wen Lanzhi nodded, not quite understanding, "Okay, hero."

“…”

Wu Ciyan stared at her for a while and said, "Just call me Master Wu."

"Okay." Wen Lanzhi responded.

The two looked at each other for a long time. Wu Ciyan finally realized what the other party was waiting for and said helplessly, "Go."

Wen Lanzhi responded with "OK" again and ran upstairs.