Chapter 53: Ah? So angry that he vomited blood?
The tense atmosphere suddenly froze.
It was like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head. The burning emotions in his lungs suddenly froze, and Xie Chengjin suddenly calmed down.
He was silent for a moment, as if he had heard something ridiculous, and finally said, "That's nonsense."
He just kept a little more control over Xie Yanyu.
He didn't want to kill her again because she repeatedly broke the rules. She was still a member of the Xie family, so it was understandable that he should discipline her. The Xie family had strict rules, and she didn't like to follow them. She would do anything to achieve her goals, even going so far as to give others aphrodisiacs. So it was understandable that he should discipline her more.
He looked at Helan Wei.
Even though there was no need for explanation, he still said calmly, "I'm keeping a close eye on you two because I don't want you two to get close. If you act intimately with someone you don't know, it'll spread rumors that will bring trouble to the Xie family. How can I say I consider myself her husband?"
Xie Chengjin rarely talks so much on weekdays, and rarely explains anything to others.
He has never cared about what others think. Who is he trying to convince by explaining all this now?
Helan Wei paused.
He had a strange feeling.
What he said just now was just a few sarcastic remarks. Who would have thought that Xie Chengjin's reaction would be so intriguing? However, this man was clearly extremely indifferent to Xie Yanyu in his previous life, and even disgusted with her. After she defected to the demon world, he regretted not killing her earlier.
He had seen Xie Chengjin's attitude when he mentioned her at that time.
It's not like this now.
Helan Wei held the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes unclear.
After a while, he changed the subject, no longer mentioning how strict Xie Chengjin's control over her was. Instead, he continued slowly, "What are you afraid of? Being without a name and status isn't easy to fix. I'll just marry her."
As soon as these words fell.
Xie Chengjin froze for a moment, then said calmly, "The Xie family's women will not be concubines."
Helan Wei said nonchalantly: "Then I won't be your concubine."
If you don't want to be a concubine, then you have to marry a wife.
In the world of cultivation, one looks at strength first, and secondly at family background and bloodline.
In fact, the aristocratic families are not united. They will form alliances and become hostile to each other to compete for resources and power. They will only unite for a short time when fighting against foreign enemies together.
Therefore, if a marriage is to be arranged, the person chosen must be of equal strength and family background, so that the family can become stronger and not be cannibalized by other families.
Xie Yanyu's cultivation level is not obvious, and her spiritual roots are not suitable for cultivation. Even if she really marries Helan Wei, the elders of the Helan family will not tolerate her. They would rather keep this position vacant and hang it on other families like a carrot in front of a donkey, rather than have someone who cannot bring any benefits.
Helan Wei has always disliked having women around him, and he once said that he would neither marry nor take concubines. That would have been fine, but if he married Xie Yanyu, for the sake of the Xie family's face, the elders of the Helan family might not do anything openly, but in private they would use various means to pull her down from the position of young lady.
Xie Yanyu is the adopted daughter of the Xie family.
If she was really killed, as long as the matter did not come to light, the elders of the Xie family would not become enemies with the Helan family because of an adopted daughter.
At most, the Helan family would give some resources to the Xie family as compensation, and then the matter would be over. With so many people in the family, many things could never be decided by one person alone.
Xie Chengjin: "You said we'd get married, right?"
He said coldly, "She's just trying to make her life better, so she's willing to get entangled with you. Don't take it too seriously. If she knew there were such big risks in marrying you, she would have stayed away from you."
Helan Wei did not comment on the marriage.
He acted as if he was just saying it casually. After all, she had already rejected him, so he wouldn't rush to propose marriage. He said these words simply because he didn't want to make Xie Chengjin feel comfortable. But for some reason, when he really heard Xie Chengjin's reluctance, he felt like swallowing a ball of wet cotton, inexplicably blocked.
His eyes were dark.
After a moment, she lowered her eyelashes and said lightly, "Is that so? I thought your sister had some feelings for me. After all, she follows me wherever I go. Brother Xie, why don't you wait and see if she follows us when we go to the demon world to seal it tomorrow, and then make a final conclusion."
As soon as these words fell.
Xie Chengjin pinched his sleeve to create a crease.
This time it was his turn to feel uncomfortable.
*
The other side.
Xie Yanyu was completely unaware that the two people next door were on the verge of a fight.
She stayed in the room, looking at the map very seriously.
Walk west for twenty miles.
The distance was not particularly far, but not close either. When it was put on the map, it became a very vague line. She checked for a long time before she realized that this was the moat. In fact, this place was not even on the edge of the moat, but looked like it was inside the moat.
But wasn’t the engagement jade pendant bought by someone at a high price? How did it appear in the moat?
She studied the map again before confirming that this place was in the moat.
In addition, under this lotus leaf, that is, at the bottom of the river, is where the demon world's sealing formation is located.
If you want to get close to that place, you must not only take a small boat, but you must also follow the people who set up the formation back then.
After all, this is where the sealing formation of the demon world is located. In order to prevent the demons from destroying the formation from the outside, not only many demon-eliminating formations are set up outside, but also many confusing formations. If ordinary people go there by boat, they will only get lost there.
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu had a headache.
If she wanted to go to this place, she had to go with Xie Chengjin and the others. Otherwise, let alone retrieving the engagement jade pendant, she would not even be able to reach the place and would simply get lost in the formation.
For a moment, Xie Yanyu thought, why not let the monster take her away.
After all, the monster's cultivation level is very high. Even if there are many monster-killing formations in that place, he should be able to bring her there.
But then she thought again, he was a monster after all, and Xie Chengjin and the others had been keeping a close eye on the seal recently. If she let the monster take her there, the chances of something backfired would be even greater. If Xie Chengjin happened to run into them, it would be difficult to explain and things would become very troublesome.
Xie Yanyu weighed the pros and cons.
Eventually, she found herself having to go find Xie Chengjin.
*
Xie Chengjin left Helan Wei,
When he was about to go back to his room, he passed by Xie Yanyu's room and paused slightly.
After a while, he looked away again and continued walking forward with an expressionless face. He no longer stared at her as closely as he did in the past few days and went to her room to stare at her.
He went back to his room.
But not long after, there was a knock on the door.
When I opened the door, I saw Xie Yanyu standing at the door.
...It's quite strange.
She usually hides when she sees him, but now she takes the initiative to come to him.
Xie Chengjin looked at her without saying a word.
When Xie Yanyu saw him open the door, he bowed and saluted him: "Brother."
Xie Chengjin: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xie Yanyu nodded.
This was the first time she took the initiative to find Xie Chengjin. Although she had a clear purpose, she couldn't figure him out. She originally wanted to test him a little,
He then asked her directly,
She hadn't prepared a speech yet, so she was silent for a moment.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xie Chengjin moved aside and let her into the room.
Then he stopped asking her questions, sat down at the table, and took the file to process it, but he didn't put down his pen for a long time.
It was evening, and the sun's afterglow streamed in through the window paper, casting a fuzzy, warm glow on Xie Chengjin, making his demeanor seem less cold. After a moment, he glanced at her again and said calmly, "Just tell me when you've made up your mind."
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu thought about it and really couldn't think of any roundabout excuses.
So she said it tactfully: "Brother is going to see the demon clan seal tomorrow, can you take me with you?"
As soon as these words fell.
Xie Chengjin clenched his pen.
He suddenly remembered Helan Wei's words -
"Really? I thought your sister had some feelings for me. After all, she follows me wherever I go. Brother Xie, why don't you wait and see if she follows me when we go to the demon world to seal it tomorrow, and then make a final judgment?"
The position of the setting sun outside the window shifted, the light dimmed, and the furry warm light disappeared from him, so that his temperament became cold again.
After a while, he asked, "What are you going to do?"
He didn't directly agree to her, nor did he directly reject her.
His tone was so cold, as always, and his face was expressionless as always, showing no emotion at all. He made people feel like a piece of ice, making people feel cold when they got close to him.
Xie Yanyu couldn't figure out his attitude.
Fortunately, she had found an excuse this time, the same one that no one could refuse. She said, "My brother has been in danger these past few days. He could be attacked by the remaining poison at any time. It's best for me to stay by his side these days. If there's any problem, I can bleed him out in time."
Xie Chengjin glanced at her hand.
He saw once again the bandage wrapped around her left hand.
Suddenly, a surge of anger rose up. Before the remaining poison began to backfire, he vaguely felt a strong discomfort, as if his emotions were affected, causing the remaining poison to be affected as well. The soft sword in his sleeve came out half an inch. When he closed his palm, he felt a sharp pain in the palm of his hand.
Blood dripped out,
He asked back, "Really?"
Xie Yanyu said: "Of course."
Hearing this, Xie Chengjin looked at her quietly for a long while, his gaze cold, like a knife that seemed to cut her open.
Xie Yanyu was used to his gaze like this. In the past, he would just look at her like this for a while, and then continue with what he had to say.
She waited for his answer. The air was silent for a long time. But the next second, she suddenly heard him say, "Is it because of Helan Wei?"
As soon as these words fell,
Xie Yanyu was stunned for a moment.
She didn't expect him to say this: "...What?"
What can be.
Even though he had repeatedly discovered her disobeying the rules, going to Helan Wei, disguising herself, and secretly following him, he had never brought these things up with her before. He had said he would settle the score with her, but in the end he had suppressed it and let it go. But now, he suddenly opened up her mouth with words: "Stealing the love silk Gu from the medicine pavilion and secretly following her to the resentful mansion, wasn't it all because of him? Why pretend not to understand?"
Xie Yanyu:?
Xie Yanyu's head was buzzing. She had never thought that he would bring up the past and point out all the things she had done.
She instinctively felt uneasy, thinking he was about to become aggressive again, her body tensed up. He had already made it clear, and she didn't want to pretend anymore. Her tone subconsciously sharpened: "Brother, what are you trying to do by suddenly bringing this up? Since you already know—"
She paused here.
But before she could continue speaking,
Then Xie Chengjin said, "Since you like him so much, why not marry him? If you're willing, I'll go back and report this to the elders of my family. Isn't that more legitimate than you sneaking around with him and playing me for a fool right under my nose?"
His words became sharper, and his tone was somewhat suppressed and fierce.
Not obvious,
But this was the first time Xie Yanyu had clearly sensed such a dramatic change in his emotions. She could clearly sense that he was angry, very angry. She could guess a little about the reason for his anger, but she had never expected him to say such words, directly asking her to marry Helan Wei.
She was so surprised.
For a moment, she suspected that she had heard it wrong.
But it was impossible for her to marry Helan Wei, but his emotions impacted her to the point that she herself felt a little blank.
She thought slowly about how to respond to him.
On that side,
Xie Chengjin looked at her.
She remained silent and seemed to agree.
She thought for a long time before she sorted out her emotions and prepared to answer him.
But before she could say anything,
He seemed to be so angry that he could no longer hold back. His eyes were slightly red as he stared at her, and his chest was heaving, as if he had reached a critical point and could no longer hold on. He moved his lips as if he was about to speak, but then he coughed -
Then he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xie Yanyu: ...?
ah?
Are you so angry that you vomit blood?
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