Chapter 4 Is she angry that he is not in her eyes?
When he walked out of the yard, Xie Yanyu saw from afar that the lights in the hall were on.
Before I could even think about why the light was on, I noticed someone standing by the window.
It was a man wearing a light purple brocade robe.
His hair was half-tied up with a white jade hairpin, giving him a sense of nobility and casualness.
Because he was facing away from the light, his face was hidden in the darkness and his appearance could not be seen clearly.
But even so, Xie Yanyu still recognized that this was Helan Wei.
She couldn't see his expression clearly, but inexplicably, she seemed to sense a chill from him——
He doesn't seem very happy.
Are they here to call for punishment?
Xie Yanyu was a little surprised.
She knew him quite well. He appeared gentle on the surface, but was actually arrogant in his heart. When he found out that she had drugged him, he should have asked someone to invite her over. Why did he come here in person?
She paused, feeling something was not right.
But before she could think carefully——
"Not leaving?"
Xie Chengjin's voice sounded beside him.
Seeing that she was not moving, he also stopped, turned his head slightly, and followed her gaze towards the hall.
Xie Yanyu instinctively felt danger.
Xie Chengjin might have suspected that she was infected with the love poison, but he had no evidence, so he was just trying to warn her today.
If he saw Helan Wei, he would be caught red-handed, not just beaten.
Seeing that Xie Chengjin was about to see the scene in the hall, she quickly pulled his sleeve and said, "Brother."
Xie Chengjin is not used to being too close to others.
Including having sleeves pulled.
She successfully drew his attention back, and he lowered his eyes to glance at his cuffs.
He used to wear black.
Her fingers were pale and stood out against his sleeves.
The finger bones are long and slender, but they do not appear to be soft and boneless. Instead, they hide a sense of strength.
He didn't say anything.
When Xie Yanyu saw his eyes lightly fall on her hand, she thought that he might mind being touched by her.
She tactfully withdrew her hand.
The sleeves were loosened, leaving two folds.
Xie Chengjin retracted his gaze and only then asked her, "What's wrong?"
Xie Yanyu's expression remained unchanged, still that gentle, submissive look. "I raise some scorpions in the backyard, and just now it occurred to me that they also feed on poisonous Gu. Didn't you want to destroy the love silk Gu? Why not feed it directly to them?"
Xie Yanyu's dark side and sharp edge were hidden deep within her heart, usually concealed well. She appeared gentle, like a soft and insignificant reed. You couldn't tell she was someone who would raise something as venomous as a scorpion. But speaking out about this matter wouldn't hurt; at this point, Xie Yanyu didn't care.
After she said this, she didn't hear Xie Chengjin's response, so she looked up at him again.
Xie Chengjin was also looking at her. When their eyes met, he asked calmly, "Was the wound on your hand a scorpion sting?"
Xie Yanyu was stung by a scorpion on the back of his hand a few days ago. The scar was not noticeable, just a shallow one, and it was almost healed.
She didn't expect that he would notice even such a minor injury. He was staring at her hand when she pulled his sleeve just now. He must have seen it at that time.
She nodded.
Xie Chengjin seemed to be asking casually, and he didn't say anything else: "Let's go."
Xie Yanyu asked, "Feed the scorpions?"
Xie Chengjin nodded.
Xie Yanyu breathed a sigh of relief and led the people towards the backyard.
The door to the backyard was in the other direction. There was a side hall after entering the door, which she used to make medicine and raise scorpions. It was separated from the main hall by two corridors.
Looking from outside the yard, you can take in the general situation of the entire yard and see which room has lights on, but once you enter the side hall in the backyard, it is unlikely that you will notice what is happening in the hall.
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The two figures walked away towards the backyard.
The two of them were silent on the way here, keeping a distance between them.
But before going to the backyard, Xie Yanyu took the initiative to pull Xie Chengjin's sleeve and talk to him. Although he quickly let go, but——
When did she and Xie Chengjin become so familiar with each other?
Helan Wei stood in front of the window, taking everything in. The warm light fell on him, but it seemed as if a chill seeped through the cracks in his bones.
At this time, Xie Yanyu clearly liked him the most and was willing to drug him just to be with him.
She asked for nothing but intimacy with him.
That's how it should be.
But the fact is that she didn't come to see him.
She is with Xie Chengjin.
Xie Yanyu wasn't as docile as she appeared. In reality, she wanted many things: a good life and power. Helan Wei knew this. In her previous life, she had married the Demon Lord and betrayed the aristocratic family. Her lust for power was well known, but he always felt that she truly loved him. Her feelings for him were different from those for the Demon Lord and her fiancé.
If not, then her acting skills are too good.
But--
She is power-hungry by nature.
Xie Chengjin's background is not lower than his. If Xie Chengjin is willing to let her get close to him, will she refuse?
Helan Wei's eyes were deep.
He turned his head, looked at the maid in the corner, and asked, "Did Xie Chengjin ask her to go out tonight?"
The maid was suddenly questioned and looked up at him.
His expression remained gentle, but for some reason, the maid felt as if beneath this gentleness lay a turbulent undercurrent. Just one glance from him sent a chill down her spine. She didn't dare lie, "I don't know..."
Helan Wei asked again: "What's in the backyard?"
The maid replied, "It is... the side hall."
"What else?"
"No, there's only a side hall."
"What is the side hall used for?"
"Refine the medicine."
I don't know if it's an illusion,
After answering the question about the purpose of the side hall, the coldness in Helan Wei's body seemed to subside a little.
The maid breathed a sigh of relief, huddled obediently in the corner, and watched him secretly.
However, not long after, the pressure around Helan Wei seemed to drop again. There was no particular change in his expression, except that the gentleness on the surface had cooled down. He fiddled with the incense seal in the room, as if calculating the time. However, the fiddle movement became faster and faster, and the maid felt that he seemed to be getting more and more anxious.
It seemed like he was waiting for something, but nothing happened.
At this time,
Helan Wei spoke again, his voice like gold and jade, pleasant to the ear, but with a chill in his voice: "How long does it usually take her to refine the medicine?"
The maid lowered her head and dared not look him in the eye: "About a quarter of an hour."
Helan Wei looked at Xiang Zhuan,
Several quarters of an hour had already passed.
After a long time,
The maid heard footsteps.
She raised her eyes cautiously and found that Young Master Helan had left, but it didn't look like he was going back to his place, but was heading towards the backyard.
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The scorpions eat very slowly, and there is a lot of love thread poison brought in. It will take more than an hour for the scorpions to eat it all.
But destroying the Gu itself is not an easy task. Using other methods to destroy it would be time-consuming and laborious. It would be faster to let the scorpion eat it. So Xie Chengjin waited in the side hall and watched the scorpion eat the Gu.
Xie Yanyu knew that Xie Chengjin was staying here because he was worried about her, afraid that she would do something secretly if he left. She didn't need the love silk Gu either, so to reassure Xie Chengjin, she said goodbye and secretly went to the pharmacy on the other side to refine the antidote for the love silk Gu.
After refining the medicine, he pushed the door open and saw Helan Wei.
She paused.
She originally liked him a little. The Xie family's attitude towards her was not good, but Helan Wei's attitude towards him was very gentle, even if it was a superficial gentleness, with a bit of carelessness, as gentle as treating a toy, but this was still a feeling she rarely experienced.
not to mention,
Helan Wei has a very good-looking face, with every facial feature just right. Any more would be too sharp, and any less would be too soft, like a perfect work of art.
With his appearance and family background being top-notch, it's no surprise that she likes him.
However, after knowing the plot, I look at him again.
This kind of liking becomes more subtle.
I can’t say I don’t like it, but it seems like something has changed.
On that side,
Helan Wei also saw her and paused.
She was not with Xie Chengjin. The coldness on his body seemed to dissipate silently, but his gaze was still on her.
Xie Yanyu felt that his gaze was a little strange——
He was a man of superiority. After all, he could get anything with just the flick of a finger. Therefore, in his eyes, everything was the same: they were all insignificant ants. Because of this, he didn't care much about anything, and his attitude towards others seemed gentle. After all, what was there to worry about between humans and ants?
It would be more appropriate to describe it as frivolous and frivolous rather than gentle.
Xie Yanyu was no exception for him.
He treated her as a plaything to pass the time, and every time he looked at her, his eyes were nonchalant and gentle.
But right now,
He stared at her, his gaze like an invisible vine, wrapping around her from head to toe, the obscure emotions in his eyes difficult to read.
The word "serious" is not appropriate to describe this sight.
Just this moment,
Xie Yanyu felt that this arrogant man really took her seriously.
She recalled the original plot and remembered that it mentioned in the original text that Helan Wei hated others plotting against him.
So he was looking at her like that because he was angry?
Did she plot against him, drug him, and provoke him?
Xie Yanyu was annoyed by his gaze and wanted to dig out his eyes, but on the surface he still lowered his head and bowed to him.
She lowered her head, and Helan Wei couldn't see her expression.
In the last few years of my previous life,
She didn't even want to look at him, and if she saw him she would pretend not to see him. He was watching her in a dark corner, and occasionally he would do something unwillingly, trying to make her notice him, but she didn't see him in her eyes, and she had broken off all ties with him.
But now she was standing right before my eyes.
Unlike her previous life, she didn't ignore him and didn't leave.
But she didn't look at him either, just like in the last few years of her previous life.
Helan Wei stared at her and said after a while, "Xie Yanyu."
Xie Yanyu:.
It was the first time he called her by her full name, and he was probably really angry.
She didn't feel scared, but just a little confused.
...She could understand that he was angry, but was he so angry just because she drugged him?
The medicine didn't enter his mouth. According to the plot, he still had to force the medicine into her mouth.
Xie Yanyu started thinking about the plot again.
This plot had to go on anyway, not to mention that she still liked him. No matter what kind of liking it was, it was still liking him. Moreover, after completing these plots, she could become an immortal. She had no reason to reject it, so her tone remained unchanged as she responded gently, "Master Helan."
She waited for him to start accusing her.
But after waiting for a while,
She heard Helan Wei's voice falling from above her head.
"Why don't you look up at me?"
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