Chapter 41 He seemed like an unknown outsider
Xie Chengjin's hug was not gentle.
Xie Yanyu was held by his knees and the back of her neck. She always felt that he was holding her like a dead object.
She couldn't open her eyes, so she couldn't see, and could only rely on some other senses to perceive the outside world. She felt him flying her to the hillside, and then holding her for a few steps, but after a few steps, his footsteps stopped.
She was a little confused, wondering why he suddenly stopped.
But before she could try to figure out what was going on, she heard him say hello.
He said, "Brother Helan."
Xie Yanyu's face was pressed against Xie Chengjin's chest.
When he spoke, she could feel the slight vibration under his chest. After hearing his greeting, she paused -
Why did Helan Wei come here?
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Helan Wei followed the location on the map and walked to a hillside.
The vegetation here is lush, so the view is not good.
As he got closer, he saw someone on the hillside. Looking more closely, he saw—
Xie Chengjin was holding Xie Yanyu horizontally.
The two people's clothes are hanging down and overlapping, which always makes people feel intimate.
Maybe it's because the sky is too bright, the picture always looks a bit dazzling.
Helan Wei paused slightly.
On the other hand,
Xie Chengjin noticed him, then stopped and greeted him, then asked, "Have you caught the vengeful ghost?"
Helan Wei responded slowly.
He was responding to Xie Chengjin's words, but his eyes didn't even look at Xie Chengjin.
He lowered his eyes slightly and his gaze fell on Xie Yanyu.
Xie Yanyu buried his face in Xie Chengjin's chest at this time.
So from Helan Wei's perspective, he couldn't see her face, only her black hair.
Helan Wei's eyes became somewhat gloomy as a result.
On the other side,
Xie Chengjin noticed Helan Wei's gaze,
He paused, then exerted a little force on the hand that was on Xie Yanyu's neck, veins bulging on the back of his hand, and pressed her head into his arms again.
Xie Yanyu felt his movements,
She suddenly felt a little funny. This was the second time she had been held down like this in the past few days.
The last time, she followed Helan Wei back to Yuan's house, and was held in Helan Wei's arms, holding the back of her head, hiding from Xie Chengjin.
This time, Xie Chengjin held the back of his head to avoid Helan Wei.
The only difference was that someone else was holding her down.
But she still cooperated and buried her head in Xie Chengjin's chest.
After all, she really wanted to avoid Xie Chengjin last time, and this time she really wanted to avoid Helan Wei——
Whenever she thought of Helan Wei's unpredictable temper, she began to have a headache. This man had been suspicious recently. Even when she was a little late in going to see him, he would find fault with her in a sarcastic tone, let alone now.
Xie Yanyu felt a headache and didn't want to face him.
She felt that at a time like this, pretending to be dead would make her feel more relaxed.
If Helan Wei wants to go crazy, let him go crazy at Xie Chengjin.
Thinking of this, Xie Yanyu even buried his head in Xie Chengjin's arms again.
She didn't move much.
But Xie Chengjin was holding her, so he naturally felt her movements.
He was stunned for a moment, then relaxed the pressure on the back of her head and looked at her calmly.
This glance,
I only saw her black hair.
He shifted his gaze to look at Helan Wei, then asked, "Now that Brother Helan has captured the vengeful ghost, I think it's time to return to Shangqing Immortal Palace and report."
His voice was cold and indifferent: "Come here, is there anything else?"
The other side.
Seeing Xie Chengjin pressing the back of Xie Yanyu's head, Helan Wei's eyes became even darker. He stood there for a long while without saying a word. Until Xie Chengjin asked him what he was doing there, a short, low laugh suddenly escaped from his throat. He didn't know if it was because of these words that ignited his emotions.
He said aloud: "I'm here to find someone."
He walked closer after he finished speaking.
Then he stretched out his hand and wanted to take Xie Yanyu from Xie Chengjin's arms: "I brought her here. Now I'm here, Brother Xie doesn't have to take care of her for me anymore."
As soon as these words fell,
The atmosphere, which seemed to be acceptable on the surface, suddenly became tense, as if the gunpowder that had been quietly placed somewhere had suddenly had its fuse lit, and the air instantly burst into the smell of gunpowder.
Xie Chengjin's face turned cold.
He didn't say anything and held Xie Yanyu tightly.
Seeing this, Helan Wei didn't seem annoyed.
He just curled his lips and smiled: "I remember Brother Xie is not the kind of person who meddles in other people's business."
His tone was gentle, but his words were extremely sharp. He continued, "Don't hold on to my person. She's shy and isn't familiar with Brother Xie."
Saying,
He didn't care about his face and raised his hand, as if he wanted to forcibly take Xie Yanyu back.
Helan Wei is a casual person. Born into a noble family, he has learned the noble family's false etiquette very well. No matter how much he despises these etiquette in his heart, his appearance has become so gentle and polite. Normally, he is too lazy to conflict with others.
not to mention,
The Xie family and the Helan family have a close relationship, and if they quarrel, no one will look good.
People like Helan Wei will never embarrass anyone.
At this moment, such behavior on his part was already an unprecedented abnormality.
But the more this happened, the colder the coldness in Xie Chengjin's eyes became.
The unclear relationship between Yan Yu and Helan Wei made him irritated, and the intimacy between Helan Wei and her made him even more angry. When he saw Helan Wei trying to snatch her away, he made a move from a distance to stop him.
Because I was still holding Xie Yanyu,
Although the two exchanged two moves, they didn't fight in the end.
After another move, Xie Chengjin took a step back while holding Xie Yanyu, then moved his hand that was clasping the back of Xie Yanyu's head to the side, pressed his fingertips on her face, and rubbed it.
Then he quietly used a spell to break the disguise and directly removed the disguise on Xie Yanyu's face.
At this time,
He then slightly turned Xie Yanyu's face so that Helan Wei could see half of her face clearly.
Then he said to Helan Wei: "You admitted your mistake."
His voice was cold and stern.
It was as if he had not made the little move to break her disguise just now.
He was straightforward and didn't like beating around the bush. If it were in the past, he would not only not break the disguise on her face, but would also expose the matter directly. If Helan Wei insisted on a conflict, he would not bother to maintain superficial calm.
But I don't know why,
At this moment, he felt that this roundabout method actually benefited him more.
He broke Xie Yanyu's disguise, allowing Helan Wei to see her face clearly, and then said calmly, "This is my sister, not the girl Brother Helan brought. She suddenly appeared here, also wearing a white dress. It is indeed easy to confuse her by just looking at her from behind. I think that's why Brother Helan misunderstood."
On that side,
Helan Wei also saw Xie Yanyu's face.
Xie Chengjin suddenly pretended to be ignorant, which caught him off guard. He was unable to utter a word for a while.
Helan Wei could only look at Xie Chengjin grimly.
Xie Chengjin had a blank expression on his face and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize that this might have caused Brother Helan to misunderstand."
His tone was calm and indifferent: "But I remember my sister once said that she and you are not familiar with each other."
As soon as these words fell.
Helan Wei was almost laughing out of anger.
This was not the first time he heard this. Before coming to Yuan's house, Xie Chengjin had said the same thing, saying that she said it in person and that she was not familiar with him. At that time, he just listened and let it go, but when he heard this again this time, he felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.
But Xie Chengjin has the identity of an elder brother, so his words are righteous and legitimate.
The closeness or distance between the words is immediately apparent.
Helan Wei seemed like an outsider, without any status, without any legitimacy, and with nothing to say.
He is her brother, what about him? What is he?
He took a deep breath.
I pinched my finger bones to prevent my expression from becoming distorted.
He looked at Xie Yanyu gloomily, wanting to ask, "Really? Did you say that to Xie Chengjin?"
But seeing that her face was pale and her eyes were closed, he didn't know if she had fainted, but she was in a very bad condition. She looked listless and fragile. For a long while, the words that were meant to embarrass her were stuck in his throat.
never mind.
He looked at her and laughed angrily, but in the end said nothing.
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Xie Yanyu is blind.
She curled up in Xie Chengjin's arms, listening to the noise with her ears perked up. She felt that the two men were speaking harshly to each other and seemed to be fighting. Fortunately, she was pretending to be dead, so the two men were just making things difficult for each other and were on the verge of a fight, but their conflict did not affect her.
After the conflict between the two ended,
Xie Chengjin took her into the carriage.
They came in a carriage and would also go back in a carriage. Because they brought a group of servants with them when they came, after gathering all the servants, they set off back to Xie's house.
only,
Because Helan Wei's carriage broke down, he also rode in the same carriage with them on the way back.
Fortunately, the carriage was very large, more than enough for three people. Xie Yanyu felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was very tense, so he didn't dare to make any noise and continued to pretend to be dead with his eyes closed.
On the road,
Hearing the conversation between Xie Chengjin and Helan Wei,
She then realized that Helan Wei had originally planned to return to Shangqing Immortal Palace after capturing the vengeful ghost, but when he was at the resentful house, the elders of Shangqing Immortal Palace sent him a message saying that the seal of the demon world suddenly moved, causing the barrier at the entrance to the demon world to be unstable.
The elders of Shangqing Palace knew that he was in Tiandu at this time.
The demon world was close to the outskirts of Tiandu City, so the elders were called in to check it out and strengthen the seal.
So Helan Wei decided not to leave for the time being. He wanted to stay in the Xie family for a while and return to Shangqing Immortal Palace after the seal was reinforced.
Fortunately he didn't leave.
Xie Yanyu remembered that in the original plot, he stayed in the Xie family for a while after catching the vengeful ghost, but it was not because of the seal of the demon world.
But no matter what, as long as he doesn't leave, it's fine. She wants to follow more plot lines, and it will be difficult for her if he leaves.
Helan Wei wanted to stay here to reinforce the seal of the demon world, and Xie Chengjin could not refuse.
Not only could they not refuse, they also had to help him reinforce the seal, because Tiandu was under the jurisdiction of the Xie family. If there was any movement in the demon world, Tiandu would be the first to suffer. Now that the seal was moving, the Xie family was also responsible.
The seal of the demon world is also on the outskirts of Tiandu City.
While Xie Chengjin was negotiating with Helan Wei, they were planning to have Xie Yanyu sent back to the Xie family.
They did not go back first, but went to the seal to check the situation.
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As they talked,
Xie Yanyu hid his hands in his sleeves, pretending to be dead, while secretly feeding the resentful ghost's inner elixir to the jade token.
She could feel the spiritual power in the jade token flowing. This time, the people from the Tianjian Sect should be able to sense the specific location of the jade token, and her fiancé Li Xun should be coming soon.
She was still worried.
After returning to the Xie family, if Li Xun came to find her, it would definitely be passed through layers of channels. After all, Li Xun was of noble status and was also the head of a sect. Such a thing could not be hidden from Xie Chengjin at all.
Xie Chengjin would definitely ask about these things at that time. He was too sensitive and had too many variables in him, so Xie Yanyu wanted to hide it from him as much as possible.
Now I hear they are going to see the seal,
Xie Yanyu thought about it and felt that she could go with them.
After all, if she went back to the Xie family first, even if Xie Chengjin was not there, when Li Xun came, the servants would report everything to him in detail. It would be better for her to follow them to see the seal.
After all, although the seal is in the suburbs of Tiandu City,
But it is very special. It can only be viewed in the early morning. Now it is almost noon. If you want to see the seal, you have to wait until tomorrow morning at the earliest, and you have to spend the night outside.
If Li Xun comes, maybe it won't take even a day.
She followed him and was not at home during this period, so it would be much easier to hide this matter from Xie Chengjin.
She thought about this and was ready to tell them that she wanted to go with them, and therefore she didn't plan to play dead anymore.
So she pretended to wake up, moved her body, made a little noise, and then pretended to open her eyes subconsciously.
But right now,
The eyes cannot see the light,
She just wanted to act more real, so she moved her eyelids but didn't really open her eyes.
But just as his eyelashes trembled, before he could continue pretending, he felt a hand covering his eyes.
This is the palm of the hand covered with scattered scars,
It was Xie Chengjin's hand. He said coldly, "If you don't want to go blind, close your eyes."
On that side,
When Helan Wei saw Xie Chengjin's actions, his face darkened.
He looked at it for a while, then suddenly laughed and took out a piece of white silk from the mustard bag.
Then he moved his fingers slightly,
He controlled the white silk to fall in front of Xie Yanyu and pushed away Xie Chengjin's hand.
Then he used his spiritual power to tie the white silk around Xie Yanyu's eyes through the air, blindfolding her.
He said slowly to Xie Chengjin, "Your sister can't see the light, so just cover her eyes with white silk. It's not convenient for Brother Xie to cover her eyes all the time."
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at the same time.
A luxuriously decorated carriage paraded through the streets. The emblem of the Tianjian Sect was embroidered on the carriage, and high-quality spiritual jades hung on the four corners. Even the hooves of the horses pulling the carriage were made of precious and rare black iron.
The Tianjian Sect is very wealthy.
But few people from the Tianjian Sect would be so extravagant.
That is to say, the new leader of the Tianjian Sect, Li Xun, is extravagant and wasteful. This is his style.
at the moment,
The carriage was using magic to clear the way, shortening the distance by a thousand miles and speeding towards Tiandu.
On the carriage,
Li Xun was wiping the blood off the whip.
His swordsmanship was superb, and others respectfully called him the Sword Master, but on weekdays, he preferred to use a whip.
A whip is more powerful when used to whip someone. Unlike a sword, which can kill someone with just one stab, a whip can break a person into pieces with each whip, forcing the person to watch themselves slowly break into pieces while they are still alive.
Li Xun just met a few demons.
So he whipped the demons to pieces with a whip, so the whip was dripping with blood.
A man sat beside him.
Although I was no longer surprised by his behavior, I was still a little scared when I saw the bloody whip.
So he muttered to himself, "What a coincidence! The jade token is also in Tiandu, and the girl you're looking for is also in Tiandu."
As soon as these words fell,
Li Xun paused while wiping the whip.
He glanced at his right hand. The ring finger on his right hand was a prosthetic finger made of gold. After a while, he chuckled lightly, "It's quite a coincidence. It would be a shame not to find her as well."
His subordinates couldn't figure out his thoughts.
I always feel that his tone is a little gloomy, but he doesn't look unhappy, instead he seems to be looking forward to it.
So I could only bite the bullet and find something to talk about: "So... do you still recognize her?"
Li Xun thought of her eyes.
He had known her too early. At that time, she was pale and thin, and her hair looked dry and yellow due to long-term hunger. Now, several years have passed, and her face is a little blurry in his mind. He cannot guarantee that she still looks the same as before.
But her eyes are special.
They have beautiful willow-shaped eyes, with some white spots on the lower part of their eyes, and they look a little listless.
When she looked at people, her eyes were full of calculations. Even if she disguised herself well, the darkness and sharpness in her bones would often show through her eyes.
Her eyes are easy to recognize.
Li Xun thought about the look of her eyes.
After a while, he threw away the whip and sneered, "I recognize it."
He could recognize her eyes no matter how many years had passed.
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