"Shut up! You devil who killed your classmate!" Qi Lan was furious. Looking at Yan Chiyu's face, she wished she could kill him.
“Rather than let him suffer the pain of being sacrificed, it would be better to let him end his life in his sleep. That would be more straightforward, and it would also be a good thing since we were classmates.” The boy smiled slightly, his eyes full of kindness.
Yan Chiyu took out a small bag embroidered with birds returning at dusk. It was so small that it contained a white fox that was half the size of a person.
Under Qi Lan's intense gaze, he casually stuffed the bag into his pocket, as relaxed as if he were stuffing a piece of candy.
"Alright, let's talk about your matter." Yan Chiyu calmly controlled the situation. "I asked the orchard uncle. If he wasn't lying to me, then you... should be dead by now, right?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Qi Lan's expression changed drastically, and she angrily retorted, "I'm standing right in front of you, and you're cursing this old woman to die? That's far too cruel."
Meeting Wu Yue's questioning gaze, Yan Chiyu explained while also refuting Qi Lan's words: "Three years ago, the manor caught fire, and everything was burned to the ground. Because of the complex terrain here, and the strange formation left by the mountain spirit, what we are seeing now is just a replay of old scenes."
In fact, it was the white fox that controlled Grandma Qi Lan; in other words, this illusion and the demon were the same person. The orchard uncle said that Ms. Qi Lan had once saved a white fox in the orchard, but a few days later, the manor caught fire.
It's said that the white fox stole some wine that night and accidentally released foxfire that burned the area. Because it was invisible foxfire, the neighbors living nearby were unaware of it, and since it happened in the middle of the night, silently, they didn't discover it until the next day.
Wu Yue didn't understand, "Then why did Lunzi say that his mother and grandmother were in contact? If Ms. Qi Lan died three years ago, Lunzi's mother couldn't possibly not know about it."
"That's the white fox's skill. A white fox could become an immortal after cultivating for several thousand more years. She received a favor from Ms. Qi Lan, and she should repay it. But instead of repaying the favor, she caused her benefactor's untimely death. Therefore, she needs to make amends for all of this..."
Yan Chiyu paused, then said, "The white fox used illusions to restore the manor. I suspect she must have made a deal with the mountain spirit. The mountain spirit is a goddess, yet she is bound by love... She was most likely moved by the story of Ms. Qi Lan and her deceased husband."
"Another little tidbit of gossip?"
"Hmm." The boy looked down at the girl's bright eyes and said softly, "Qian Bolun's maternal grandfather used improper means to marry Ms. Qi Lan, so Ms. Qi Lan has never liked her daughter, even though she is his only child. Hmm... After giving birth to Lunzi's mother, she secretly got her tubes tied."
How do you know so much?
Wu Yue even suspected that Yan Chiyu might be the legendary male protagonist who transmigrated into a book, how could he know the plot so well.
"The ghost living here told me." After Yan Chiyu finished speaking, he carefully looked at Wu Yue's expression. Sure enough, the girl immediately hugged her arms and trembled.
He chuckled silently, then said seriously, "I instructed them not to reveal themselves."
"Thank you so much." Wu Yue clasped her hands in thanks.
She paused, then stood on tiptoe and whispered in the boy's ear, "Is the wheel with the iron pillar?"
Wu Yue thought for a long time about where Yan Chiyu could turn people into with his magic trick, and then she realized that the safest place was really Tie Zhu's place.
Wow, Tiezhuzi has become a man who makes you feel safe from today onwards.
As for what happened just now, it was a reaction made to cooperate with Yan Chiyu's acting.
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