Chapter 21 Unless in the previous life, her love was fake
Helan Wei realized that he was angry, and as always, he tried to control his emotions.
However, it was not until the wood splinters pierced his palm that he realized that he had just crushed the door frame, and some emotions were simply out of control.
Not only can't control it,
This annoyance even intensified and could not be dispelled, making it difficult for him to ignore it.
He returned to his bedroom, took out gauze to bandage the wound,
Because the injury was on the palm, he wrapped the gauze and then wrapped one end of the gauze around the base of the palm.
That's when
He suddenly remembered that Xie Yanyu was also used to bandaging wounds in this way.
He paused for a moment, then he tore off the gauze again.
The wound was still bleeding, but he no longer had the mood to bandage it. He stared at the several packed boxes in the room.
He wanted to cut all ties.
But is this something he can decide alone?
It was she who came and flitted around under his nose again.
He ran to him in the guise of a servant, wandered around him for a while, and then disappeared.
She is greedy for power and wants to live a good life. Now she is rebelling against her nature and running to such a desolate and dangerous place to suffer. If she is not here to find him, then what is she here for?
Helan Wei felt that the answer to the question was not important to him.
But he couldn't help but think about this question over and over again.
He thought of his past life.
In his previous life, after he returned to Shangqing Immortal Palace, Xie Yanyu also followed him to Shangqing Immortal Palace. Due to his limited cultivation, he could only serve as a menial disciple.
Once, when he went down the mountain to eliminate demons, the menial disciples in the sect could not accompany him, so she disguised herself as a servant of the Helan family and followed him. He thought she was a joke and thought it was funny, so he did not expose her. It was not until later that her love poison broke out and she was about to explode and die if she was not cured that he revealed her identity and helped her to cure it.
At that time, he asked her, "You followed me here to ask me to remove the poison, but why didn't you reveal your identity?"
She said, "I've forgotten about the poison. I didn't come to you to get rid of it, I just wanted to be by your side."
She had a submissive expression at that time, but he could hear a hint of impatience and perfunctoriness in her tone, so he couldn't help but think that she was greedy for power and wealth by nature. She flattered him, said she loved him, and followed him, perhaps just like everyone else, wanting to step on him to climb up the ladder.
He treated her as entertainment and fun, and never took her seriously.
To be honest, it doesn't matter to him whether she truly loves him or just pretends to love him. He doesn't care and won't spend time thinking about it.
But that day, for some unknown reason, he asked, "Really? Don't you want to live a good life? Why do you come with me to a place like this to suffer?"
"Because I like you,"
She replied at the time: "Whether I'm working as a servant in Shangqing Palace or disguised as a servant and coming to a place like this, I just want to be by your side. Living a good life is important to me, but nothing is more important than you."
Nothing is more important than him.
So she was willing to go against her nature, even if it meant suffering in a desolate place.
But why didn't she come to find him in this life?
She wasn't reborn either.
His attitude towards her was not proactive, which was no different from his previous life. The only difference from his previous life was Xie Chengjin's attitude towards her. In order to prevent her from getting close to him, Xie Chengjin improved her treatment.
But there shouldn't be such a big variable.
If she likes him this year, she won't ask for anything. No matter how she is treated in the Xie family, it shouldn't affect her attitude and behavior towards him.
unless--
An idea suddenly came to Helan Wei's mind.
Unless she's lying.
Unless her love in the previous life was fake.
As soon as this thought came to mind, Helan Wei felt it was absurd.
However, after a while,
He stood up suddenly again and pushed the door open.
Such a big house,
I don't know where she ran off to.
He had to find her to see what she was doing here.
He would keep looking at her until he knew whether she had loved him in this year.
*
On the other side,
Xie Yanyu's identity was exposed by Xie Chengjin.
Rarely, she didn't struggle—
Under normal circumstances, she would have at least made a few excuses, just like when Helan Wei was about to reveal her identity just now. However, Xie Chengjin always seemed to be able to grasp her movements. She didn't know how he did it, but she knew that in front of him, struggling was a waste of time.
She doesn't like to do useless work.
So when Xie Chengjin asked her to follow him, she followed him obediently without saying a word or trying to escape.
Quiet and looks very gentle.
So the person who felt uncomfortable became Xie Chengjin.
He expected that she would struggle, argue, or even refuse to admit it. After all, she was never as docile as she seemed. If he hit her on the palm, she would pull out the ruler; if he explicitly forbade her to come, she would disguise herself and come along.
The bones beneath her skin were so hard and covered with thorns.
At this time, her quietness and lack of resistance would actually arouse suspicion.
Xie Chengjin took her to his residence.
Although he didn't look back at her or talk to her along the way, for the first time ever, all his attention was subtly focused on her. He was listening to her footsteps, trying to tell the distance between her and him, and wondering if she would take advantage of his unpreparedness and run away.
However, when she arrived at his residence, she still followed him obediently.
There's no intention of running away.
Xie Chengjin finally stopped.
He turned to look at her, trying to see some resistance on her face.
However, she lowered her eyelashes and looked submissive and obedient.
Xie Chengjin was silent for a long time before he asked her, "No excuse?"
Xie Yanyu: "No."
Xie Chengjin paused: "Then admit your mistake?"
Xie Yanyu nodded.
It would be a waste of time to argue with him, so it would be better to just admit her mistake. So she answered quickly: "I admit it. My brother didn't allow me to come, but I secretly followed him. It was my fault in the first place, there's nothing to argue about."
She admitted her mistake very straightforwardly.
Xie Chengjin had nothing more to say at this point. Her attitude was impeccable. He looked at her for a long time, then nodded slightly, his voice as cold as ever: "Since you admit your mistake, I'll have someone send you back to the Xie family tomorrow."
He is a man of few words, and after saying this he has nothing else to say.
But this is his bedroom,
Seeing her here, he said again: "It's late. You sleep here tonight."
As soon as these words fell,
He turned around and strode away.
However, before he could push the door open and leave, he heard Xie Yanyu calling him from behind, "Brother."
He paused and turned back: "Anything else?"
Xie Yanyu: "I want to stay here."
She looked at him and asked, "Brother, can you please not send me back?"
I didn't expect her to be so direct.
Xie Chengjin clenched his fingertips and asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"
Xie Yanyu thought,
Of course, I will stay here to follow the story and go to the entrance of the demon world.
She had planned several things on this trip, and now she had just stolen the token of Shangqing Immortal Palace. If he sent someone to send her back tomorrow, her plans would be completely disrupted.
But she didn't say that.
She knew that it was useless to be clever in front of him, and that lying might be exposed. After all, she didn't know why he knew her thoughts and intentions, nor did she know how much he knew. She felt that she was standing in the light, and he could almost see everything about her, while he was in the dark, and she didn't even know how much he could see of her.
This feeling is not good, it feels very oppressive.
And in this situation, the more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make, so she simply chose to keep quiet.
She lowered her head and remained silent, observing his reaction.
On that side,
Xie Chengjin stood there looking at her, waiting for her answer.
In fact, he already knew in his heart that she followed him mostly to find Helan Wei, and she stayed here perhaps for Helan Wei.
After all, he just found her at Helan Wei's place.
His stepsister, who was greedy for power and wealth and had just been treated well enough in the Xie family, rebelled against her nature and gave up her good life to come here and become someone's servant. What was she trying to achieve? What was her purpose?
When Xie Chengjin thought of this, he felt like he had swallowed a piece of wet cotton.
There was a blockage in my throat.
He was originally standing here waiting for her to answer him——
He really hated it when he asked people questions and they chose to remain silent. Anyway, he had nothing to do tonight, so he could stand here and spend the whole night with her. She remained silent, and he would wait until she answered.
But at this moment, he suddenly didn't want to wait for her response.
He suddenly walked closer, and because of his long legs, he took two steps to reach her.
The distance between them suddenly became very close, and he asked indifferently, "You want to stay here. But do you know that you will be punished if you follow me out secretly?"
Xie Yanyu didn't expect him to say this.
She was stunned for a moment, then thought of Xie Chengjin, a man who strictly abides by the rules, and suddenly felt that it was normal for him to say such things.
So she nodded: "I know."
"Stay here, but you will be punished according to the house rules. If I send you back, you won't be punished." Xie Chengjin said, leaning forward slightly, as if to see the change in her expression: "Choose one."
Xie Yanyu recalled the family rules.
The Xie family has strict rules, and there are corresponding family rules for situations like hers.
If someone is expressly forbidden to participate in a certain activity but disobeys the order, he will be hit on the palm of his hand twenty times with a ruler.
Usually after twenty hits,
The palms of my hands are red and swollen, I can't lift anything, it hurts a lot, it's enough to teach me a lesson.
But Xie Yanyu is not afraid of pain,
She has always been willing to do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. At this moment, she stretched out her right hand and said, "Brother, hit me. I don't want to go back."
So Xie Chengjin lowered his eyes,
I saw her simply spreading out her palms without any hesitation, as if she would be willing to be beaten a few more times as long as she could stay here.
It was clear that when he was staring at her while she was reciting the Dharma, if he asked her to admit her mistake, she would pull out the ruler from his palm to resist.
I don't know what happened, but that nameless anger came out.
His temples throbbed, and he stared coldly at her palms for a moment, then took a ruler from the side and said, "Hold out both of your hands."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yanyu stretched out his left hand again and spread it out in front of him.
The more obedient she is,
The more annoyed Xie Chengjin became,
His chest heaved, he gripped the ruler tightly, and lashed down hard—
But the next second,
When the ruler was about to fall into her palm,
He suddenly caught sight of the gauze on her left hand, which covered a small portion of her palm and was used to bandage the wound on her arm. The wound on her arm was caused by the fact that she had to donate blood to him once every two weeks.
Xie Chengjin always knew that she was supplying blood for him.
He never took this matter seriously, because he never took his stepsister seriously.
For him,
With this, she entered the Xie family and was given the title of adopted daughter. It was a very reasonable exchange.
But at this time,
He didn't know what he was thinking, but he suddenly stopped.
So the ruler that was originally going to hit her palm hard now just landed lightly on her palm.
Xie Yanyu: ...?
Xie Yanyu was ready to be beaten, but he didn't know why he suddenly stopped.
She looked up in confusion: "Why don't you fight?"
Xie Chengjin turned his eyes away and didn't look at her.
He threw the ruler away and said in a cold and harsh voice, "I'll have someone send you back tomorrow."
After he said this, he seemed not to want to stay any longer and turned around and left.
Xie Yanyu was completely bewildered this time.
He was the one who said that he could continue to stay here if he was willing to accept the punishment. Why is he changing his mind now? He has always been a man of his words.
Seeing him about to leave, she took two steps after him: "Brother..."
However, as soon as I called him, I saw blood dripping from his palm. The bright red blood flowed down his palm to his fingertips and dripped onto the ground.
It was clearly her who was going to be slapped on the hand, so why was his own hand bleeding first?
Xie Yanyu was genuinely confused and wanted to argue with him, but at this moment, he stopped talking.
On the other side,
Xie Chengjin has already walked to the door.
Hearing her calling him, he said calmly, "Why? Still want to bargain?"
The voice is very restrained and no emotion can be heard.
Seeing his attitude, Xie Yanyu actually had no intention of discussing the matter.
So she shook her head.
Then he pointed at his hand naturally and said, "I didn't mean to bargain. I just saw your hand bleeding, so I chased you out to warn you."
This seemed to have revealed something.
The air pressure around Xie Chengjin suddenly dropped, and he raised his hand to close the door.
Blood dripped from his palms. He leaned against the door, his chest heaving for a long time.
He should just send her away.
She was under his nose and could stir up his emotions.
Is it because he is rebellious and too disobedient?
*
The next morning,
Xie Yanyu was awakened by a knock on the door.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw several servants standing outside, acting as if they were escorting her, and said they were ordered to send her back to the Xie family.
Xie Yanyu knew his own limitations and would not openly disobey Xie Chengjin's wishes, so he got into the car obediently.
Along the way, the servants watched her very closely, and she tactfully did not make any noise. She sat quietly in the car, closing her eyes and reviewing the original plot in her mind, focusing on the plot related to the entrance to the demon world.
At this time,
The system finally couldn't help but ask her: "You're about to be sent back, why are you still watching the plot at the entrance to the demon world? It won't be so easy to get out after you return to the Xie family. Xie Chengjin will definitely have someone watch you."
Xie Yanyu said: I know.
System: [So——] So what’s the point of you looking at these now?
But this is not the end of the words,
Xie Yanyu interrupted with a smile: "So I'm not going back. I'll jump out as soon as the carriage reaches the entrance to the demon world."
system:【……? ? 】
The system is going crazy: [Jump out of the car?!]
Xie Yanyu didn't explain too much to the system.
She went to the entrance of the demon world this time to get the jade token, the treasure of the Tianjian Sect, in order to start the story line with her fiancé, the Sword Master.
In the original plot, the jade token had to be drawn out with her blood.
She has a special spiritual root, and her blood is an excellent tonic for monsters.
Bleeding is necessary.
She planned to wait until the carriage arrived at the entrance to the demon world so that she could cut her wrist and start bleeding.
There is a barrier at the entrance to the demon world.
Those powerful demons with high cultivation levels cannot come out.
But when those low-level demons smell her blood, they will definitely swarm over. The scene will be very chaotic, and the servants will be busy killing demons, so their attention will be distracted. She will take the opportunity to jump out of the car and directly enter the entrance to the demon world.
She thought about this and confirmed with the system: [That's right. My blood shouldn't attract the Demon Lord, right?]
The system said: [No. The Demon Lord usually resides in the Demon Realm's Central City, far from the entrance to the Demon Realm, so he can't smell your blood. Furthermore, he's a great demon in the Spiritual Transformation Stage, with a very high level of cultivation. Your blood will be of little use to him. The original text states that even if you bleed in front of him, he will still disdain your blood.]
Xie Yanyu: That’s good.
The system is a little confused: [You don’t want to meet him? ]
The system paused at this point and said, "Wait, why are you asking if your blood will attract him? What are you going to do?"
Xie Yanyu thought the system was noisy and did not answer it.
But she really didn't want to meet the Demon Lord right now. He was too dangerous and arrogant, always looking down on mortals, even thinking that such a lowly race as mortals didn't deserve to live in this world. In the original plot, she was almost strangled to death by his snake tail the first time she saw him.
She came here to get the jade token and collect some information about the demon world.
She is not going to start this plot until she is ready.
at this time,
The carriage slowly drove to the entrance of the demon world.
Xie Yanyu lowered his eyelashes, and with an expressionless face, he cut his palm with a dagger.
The smell of blood spread out,
Almost instantly, she heard the monsters at the entrance to the demon world start beating the barrier not far away.
The big monsters let out sharp beast roars, and the monsters with lower cultivation even directly passed through the barrier and rushed towards her in a swarm. The carriage slowed down, and the originally quiet path became noisy and chaotic. The horses began to neigh, there were the howls of monsters, and the sounds of servants drawing their swords.
Amidst the noise,
Xie Yanyu lifted the car curtain to observe,
She saw the servants fighting with the little demons. Although her cultivation was far superior to those little demons, she was no match for their sheer numbers. Their attention gradually shifted away from her.
Right now.
She activated a protective magic weapon, then jumped off the carriage and ran away.
*
On the other side,
Resentment in the house.
Helan Wei was talking to Xie Chengjin.
He had searched for Xie Yanyu all night last night but couldn't find her. Later, he used the Helan clan's secret technique to track her, but the tracking technique lost its direction once it reached Xie Chengjin's yard. He looked even more lazy than usual, and his frivolous temperament was even more obvious. He was about to speak to Xie Chengjin and ask about Xie Yanyu's whereabouts.
But the next second,
The tracking technique seemed to be working again.
He suddenly sensed Xie Yanyu's location—
Near the entrance to the demon world.
He paused and didn't say any tentative words.
Seeing this, Xie Chengjin suspected that he was going to ask about Xie Yanyu's whereabouts.
He looked at him with his eyelashes lowered, his expression unchanged, appearing aloof and cold. He said calmly, "Brother Helan, do you have anything to ask?"
Helan Wei rubbed his fingertips and changed his words: "No."
He laughed slowly, then said, "I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do. I won't disturb Brother Xie anymore. I'll take my leave now."
Xie Chengjin nodded slightly, his icy face showing an indifferent expression.
He didn't care what Helan Wei was going to do.
Even if I were to go find Xie Yanyu——
But Xie Yanyu had already been sent back to the Xie family, so how could Helan Wei find her?
*
at the same time.
Chen Lang and his men searched almost all the nearby cities, but still could not find any trace of Xie Yanyu.
He had a bad temper to begin with, his moods were unpredictable and he was morbid. After not being able to find her for a long time, he was on the verge of going crazy and it looked like he was about to start a killing spree in the next second. None of his men dared to provoke him.
However, at this time,
A great demon sent him a message.
It was not a text message, but a real-time video call that allowed him to see the image of the big monster and hear the sound from the other side.
He was busy looking for someone.
Without even looking at the image on the communication talisman, he spoke in a soft and cold voice, like a ghost: "If you have something to say, please tell me quickly. If you delay me from finding her..."
Before he finished speaking,
The great demon quickly interrupted, "Sir, do you think this is the girl with willow-leaf eyes? She, she has entered the entrance to the demon world!"
Chen Lang lowered his eyes impatiently, wondering how she could possibly appear at the entrance to the demon world at this time.
But the next second,
I saw the picture on the communication symbol,
A girl with pale skin and dark hair was running through the barrier, looking back as she ran, blood dripping from her hands.
She even unconsciously glanced in the direction of the big demon, and seemed to meet Shen Lang's gaze through the communication talisman.
It was Xie Yanyu.
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