Chapter 20 She Wasn't Looking for Him at All
The big demons showed two portraits to the vengeful ghost.
One picture shows the girl with willow-leaf eyes in disguise, and the other shows her original appearance.
But the resentful ghosts said they had never seen it.
The Resentful House was built in the suburbs of Tiandu, close to the entrance to the demon world, and could take in the surrounding scenes.
If a group of people stay near the resentful house for a long time, the resentful ghost will notice it.
This means that the pedestrian did not enter the house of resentment, nor did he stay nearby for too long.
The great demons passed the news to Chen Lang.
Shen Lang wanted to find Xie Yanyu as soon as possible.
In the first few days after his rebirth, he could still search slowly in one place after another, but since he saw her figure in the memory of the great demon, it was as if some emotion was ignited in his heart. He could no longer wait and took people to search non-stop.
In the picture of the great demon's memory,
She wore dusty clothes and followed the servants, her feet were worn out from walking.
In her previous life in the demon world, how could she have lived such a life?
After she married him, she wore the most expensive clothes and had a large group of servants following her.
He knew that she was an orphan and had lived a hard life for a long time before entering the Xie family. She had to fight with others for even a mouthful of rotten rice. The dog of a rich family was more valuable than her life. After entering the Xie family, her life was not easy either. She was always looked down upon and had to provide blood for Xie Chengjin.
But he only knew this much. Before she died, he didn't realize how important she was, and it was even more impossible for him to care about her past. After she died, he thought about resurrecting her, and his life was crazy every day. How could he think much about her past?
And now,
A part of her had materialized before his eyes. He couldn't find the right adjective. He felt a burning anxiety from head to toe. He wanted to find her desperately and didn't want to waste even a second.
Since he had confirmed that she was not near the Yuan House, he did not waste time here and directly led his men to other places around to look for her.
*
On the other side,
Resentment in the house.
Helan Wei originally wanted to remove Xie Yanyu's disguise.
However, seeing Xie Chengjin from afar,
He paused, then stopped, and slightly turned sideways, shielding Xie Yanyu's figure behind him without leaving any trace.
Then he asked casually, "Why are you here, Brother Xie?"
Xie Cheng was frugal with his words: "Come and take a look."
Helan Wei laughed: "You're not sleeping at this late hour, what can I expect to see here?"
Xie Chengjin was always serious, so he didn't respond to his lazy joke.
He approached with a lantern in hand, his eyes fixed on Helan Wei, seemingly looking past him and behind him: "What are you hiding behind you?"
Straightforward and cold, with a bit of questioning meaning——
But in what capacity is he questioning this?
He showed up uninvited in the middle of the night at someone else's house and asked what was hiding behind him. He acted like the host, as if he already knew that Xie Yanyu was hiding there. As Xie Yanyu's stepbrother, he acted like this because it was legitimate.
Although Xie Chengjin has always been such a cold and direct character, and mostly speaks and does things in this manner,
Helan Wei never paid attention to this.
But for some reason, I feel a little glaring today.
A subtle feeling of displeasure crept up on me.
He subconsciously looked back.
Xie Yanyu stood quietly behind him at this time.
Their location was rather tricky, at the corner of the corridor, next to several stone pillars.
Helan Wei leaned sideways, just enough to block her, and there were a few pillars nearby blocking the view. From Xie Chengjin's perspective, he definitely couldn't see her.
And she had no intention of leaving at this time.
It seemed that she didn't want Xie Chengjin to discover her.
The unpleasant feeling in Helan Wei's heart suddenly subsided a little.
He retracted his gaze and looked at Xie Chengjin again, smiling broadly: "What can it be? Just a few pillars."
The tone was understated, as if there was really nothing to hide.
Xie Chengjin could only see a few pillars behind Helan Wei, but he instinctively felt that something was wrong, so he stood still, his eyes still fixed on Helan Wei's shoulder, as if he wanted to look past his body and see behind him.
Helan Wei was aware of his intention, but he still stood where he was, with a relaxed attitude but not giving an inch.
No one spoke for a while.
The temperature was very low at night, and the air seemed to be frozen, but there seemed to be something dark and thick surging under the ice.
At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew.
In the darkness of night,
Xie Chengjin vaguely saw something flash by behind Helan Wei, it looked like——
The skirt is blown up by the wind.
It was as if there was really someone hiding behind Helan Wei, but she just kept hiding behind him and didn't want to be discovered by him, so she didn't make any noise until the wind lifted her skirt.
Xie Chengjin's black pupils suddenly darkened.
He stared at that direction for a moment, as if realizing something, then suddenly stepped forward, intending to bypass Helan Wei: "I'm looking for someone."
Who are you looking for? Xie Yanyu?
If Xie Yanyu wanted to be found by Xie Chengjin, he would have stood up long ago.
But she didn't want to.
So now I choose to hide behind him quietly.
Helan Wei's eyes flashed with a subtle hint of sarcasm. He laughed, wondering why Xie Chengjin was still pretending to be legitimate. He then gathered his spiritual power and used a move to stop the man. "Brother Xie, who are you looking for? Why did you find me?"
A stepbrother who is not related to her at all really thinks he has the authority to control her.
If it were any other time,
When Helan Wei wanted to stop someone, he would just lightly raise his hand and pretend to do so.
This time he took direct action and tried to stop the man, which showed that he didn't even bother with the proper amount of politeness. Even though he still spoke in his usual casual tone, it seemed abnormal.
Xie Chengjin also felt a little irritated for some reason.
He came to find his stepsister. What identity does Helan Wei have to stop him?
Seeing Helan Wei's move, he also counterattacked directly.
One of them wanted to go around, while the other stood still. Back and forth, they actually started to exchange moves. The range of the moves was not large. It would be more appropriate to say that they were competing in a game rather than fighting. However, Xie Chengjin was determined to find the person today. After a stalemate, the move suddenly changed direction and landed directly on Helan Wei's shoulder.
Then there was a muffled "bang" sound,
Helan Wei was pushed by his spiritual power, and then half of his body tilted to the side and hit the pillar, revealing the scene behind him that was blocked.
Then both of them fell silent—
Because it's empty here.
No one.
*
Xie Yanyu didn't want to meet Xie Chengjin, but it was impossible for him to stay behind Helan Wei obediently because of this.
She was afraid that Xie Chengjin would recognize her and send someone to escort her back to the Xie family.
Although she was very confident in her disguise skills, for some reason, she always felt that Xie Chengjin was a little strange.
The same thing happened with the love thread Gu, and her desire to climb up the ladder of Helan Wei. Whether it was what she wanted to do or some of her thoughts, he seemed to know everything. He couldn't say he knew everything, but at least he knew a little bit, and then he would test her, warn her, and even stop her.
Xie Yanyu found it very weird.
She also asked the system about this matter, but the system said that Xie Chengjin was normal and there was nothing abnormal, and she was overthinking it.
But Xie Yanyu sometimes prefers to trust his own judgment.
She couldn't figure out Xie Chengjin.
At times like this, it's better to avoid him as much as possible.
But Helan Wei had just wanted to remove her disguise. If she hid behind Helan Wei, after Xie Chengjin left, he would definitely turn around and expose her identity.
So she took advantage of their stalemate and moved step by step until she reached the corner of the corridor.
She was pressed against the wall, and there was a deep groove in the wall that she could hide in by leaning sideways.
But the viewing angle is limited here.
After she hid inside, she could not see what was happening outside and could only judge based on the sounds.
So she listened to the noise outside while touching the token of Shangqing Fairy Palace in her sleeve pocket.
After they both left, she went out.
Find a place to stay the night first.
Tomorrow morning, she would go to the entrance of the demon world to find the jade token of the Tianjian Sect. After coming back, she would think about how to continue to complete the plot point with Helan Wei.
*
Xie Yanyu is not behind him,
Helan Wei had a strange expression on his face, but he quickly returned to his usual composure.
He brushed his sleeves lightly and said gently, "Xie, did you see that? There's nothing behind me."
Xie Chengjin: "..."
Xie Chengjin was also silent for a moment.
He has always been a law-abiding person, strictly observing the rules, but tonight he broke into someone else's residence, questioned them for no reason, and even resorted to violence. Everything he did was a bit out of control.
He looked at Helan Wei and bowed slightly: "Sorry."
Those who were looking for someone found that there was no one here.
The one who was supposed to hide discovered that the one hiding had run away.
The source of the conflict disappeared, and the subtle tense atmosphere dissipated instantly.
Helan Wei said slowly: "It's okay, Brother Xie, don't you still need to find someone? Go find them quickly."
Xie Chengjin didn't plan to stay here any longer.
He nodded slightly, apologized to Helan Wei, and then left with the lantern.
Helan Wei watched him walk away.
The expression on his face gradually grew colder. He looked back at the pillars, but couldn't find Xie Yanyu. He then looked into the distant courtyard, but there was no sign of her either. Not knowing where she had gone, he walked towards the side room.
I had assumed she'd come here as a servant, and was now working in his courtyard. Even if she didn't want to reveal her identity, she at least wanted to stay by his side. Otherwise, why would she go to all that trouble to pull off this whole thing?
Maybe she secretly ran to the side room.
According to the rules, the accompanying servants would sleep in the side room at night.
But as soon as he opened the door,
I saw that the side room was also empty and a smell of dust hit me in the face.
She had never been here.
While he and Xie Chengjin were in a stalemate, she ran away.
Not running where he could be found, because—
She hadn't come here to see him at all, and she had no intention of staying with him.
Helan Wei realized this,
Pinching the door frame, the old wood made a "clicking" sound.
He heard a sound and suddenly realized that he was angry.
But he shouldn't waste his emotions on her.
She was not an important person, and since she did not bother him, he just broke up with her as planned.
Helan Wei thought of this, lowered his eyelashes, and tried to suppress his emotions.
However, the next second, he exerted force with his palm, and the door frame, which was only slightly cracked, was completely crushed.
If you're not here to see him, then why are you hanging around in front of him?
*
The other side.
Xie Chengjin walked back with the lantern in hand.
He has always been calm and restrained in his emotions, but for some reason, he had a strange feeling of unease at this moment. It would not be appropriate to say that he was uneasy. He just felt uncomfortable all over, as if something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was specifically, as if he had overlooked something.
But he never liked to think about trivial matters.
Since he really didn't see Xie Yanyu here, he didn't think about what happened just now.
Maybe it was indeed a dream, and some things in the dream can come true, but some cannot.
It's late at night now.
From time to time, the wind blows, bringing with it the smell of grass and soil.
Xie Chengjin identified the smell in his nose, and in a moment, he suddenly stopped -
wrong.
Just now when he was confronting Helan Wei, the smell around him was slightly bitter and medicinal. It was the smell of many kinds of medicinal herbs mixed together. This smell could be smelled either in the medicine cabinet or on people who have been refining medicine for many years.
There are many green plants here, but not a single medicinal herb. The smell of medicine is...
He tightened his grip and turned around to walk back.
*
Xie Yanyu hid in the groove between the walls.
I couldn't see outside, I could only hear the sounds. I didn't know how long it took before it became quiet outside.
She was very patient and waited for a long time. It was still quiet outside. After making sure that everyone had left, she slightly turned sideways and moved out.
She had just moved out of the groove and was about to walk away, but the next second, she looked up and suddenly stopped again -
In the night,
Under the eaves in front, there was a person sitting quietly.
The lantern in his hand had gone out, and the moonlight cast a chill over him, like ice.
At this moment, he opened his lips coldly, his voice seemed colder than ice: "Xie Yanyu."
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