Chapter 9 Are you close to her?
Xie Chengjin accepted the appointment, and when he arrived at Helan Wei's place, it was already past midnight.
The lights in the guest hall were still on. Led by the servants, I walked in and saw Helan Wei sitting at the table, grinding the tea cakes on the table with a nonchalant movement.
Hearing the noise,
He stopped what he was doing, poured out the crushed spiritual tea, and greeted with a smile: "Brother Xie seems to be very busy. It's so late and you haven't rested yet."
His tone was gentle and casual, his usual tone.
However, I can't explain why, but these words sounded uncomfortable, as if they had some hidden meaning.
Xie Chengjin remained noncommittal: "Brother Helan."
He asked, "Why did you ask me out so late at night?"
"I'm going to Yuan's house in a few days. I want to bring one more person with me."
The Helan and Xie families are long-standing acquaintances, but Helan Wei's visit to the Xie family isn't simply a leisurely getaway; he has a mission. He is a disciple of the world's foremost immortal sect, serving as its first disciple. A while ago, a vengeful ghost escaped from the sect and wreaked havoc in Tiandu. Helan Wei was tasked with retrieving the ghost from Tiandu, while the Xie family, guarding Tiandu, shared the responsibility of eradicating it.
Because they had the same goal, Helan Wei stayed at the Xie family and worked together with Xie Chengjin to deal with the vengeful ghost.
But the resentful ghost is cunning,
A house called the House of Resentment was created by magic on the outskirts of Tiandu. The ghost never leaves the house and only lures innocent people in to visit at specific times.
In a few days, the Yuan House will open its doors to welcome guests. Helan Wei and his group plan to disguise themselves as passers-by and enter the Yuan House.
Xie Chengjin paused for a few seconds.
The departure is in a few days, and I could obviously talk to him about this tomorrow, but I had to choose this time to ask him to come.
But the request itself wasn't unreasonable. He'd have to stay at the mansion like a guest for a few days, bringing attendants and servants with him. After all, a show had to be done in full. So he calmly agreed, "Attendants or servants? I'll arrange it."
However, Helan Wei said indifferently: "Neither."
It was clearly a normal question and answer, one of them speaking briefly and to the point, while the other spoke in a relaxed tone, but the atmosphere in the room seemed to freeze for an instant for no reason.
The air is filled with the faint fragrance of orchids,
Xie Chengjin always had a premonition that this topic would lead to Xie Yanyu.
He raised his eyelids and looked at Helan Wei without saying a word.
Helan Wei said nonchalantly, "She's been with me a lot lately. If I go to Yuan's house, she'll probably want to follow me."
Xie Chengjin: "..."
Helan Wei laughed: "Besides, she seems to want to practice cultivation. It would be a good idea to take her to experience some training."
Xie Chengjin's aura inadvertently dropped a little, and he finally spoke: "...Who?"
Helan Wei turned and looked at Xie Chengjin.
He was silent for a long moment before he said slowly and maliciously, "Xie Yanyu."
Xie Chengjin's eyelids twitched.
He suddenly remembered his recent dreams. In his dreams, Xie Yanyu wanted to climb up Helan Wei.
Those dreams were fragmented, some were from her perspective, and some were from his own perspective. He still remembered some fragments, one of which was that Xie Yanyu used despicable means to seduce Helan Wei. Although he succeeded, he had no name or status, and in the end he was ruined and brought disgrace to his family.
He destroyed the love thread Gu tonight,
She wouldn't do anything too extreme with Helan Wei, but her orchid fragrance——
For no reason, Xie Chengjin's eyes suddenly appeared the red marks on her neck and her slightly swollen lips.
He pinched his fingertips unconsciously, quickly suppressing the images in his mind, and looked at Helan Wei.
His voice was a little cold, and no emotion could be heard: "Are you close to her?"
Helan Wei smiled without saying anything, observing his reaction.
Xie Yanyu is not feeling right in this life. He suspects that it has something to do with Xie Chengjin.
But at this time,
Xie Chengjin spoke again: "She can't go."
Xie Chengjin should not have been reborn.
If he was reborn, he would know that he did not ask to take Xie Yanyu to the Yuan House at this time in his previous life, and realized that he was also reborn.
This person is a law-abiding person who values family honor above all else. It is impossible for him to react like this after noticing his rebirth.
Helan Wei got the answer he wanted, but he didn't force it.
He didn't really want to take Xie Yanyu with him.
After all, he now knew that he shouldn't be too proactive.
So he just laughed and said, "That's a pity."
Xie Chengjin nodded: "As for her desire to practice cultivation——"
Helan Wei: "Hmm?"
Xie Chengjin continued in a calm voice, "I didn't know this before. Now that I know, as her elder brother, I should be responsible for making arrangements for her. Brother Helan doesn't need to worry about it."
This is a very normal sentence.
The veins on Helan Wei's forehead suddenly jumped.
Doesn't this mean that—
He has no relatives or friends, and no status to worry about, but does Xie Chengjin have the right to do so?
*
After coming out from Helan Wei, Xie Chengjin thought for a moment and called his attendants over again.
Although he didn't know why he had been dreaming about Xie Yanyu recently, this dream was somewhat credible. He didn't intend to let Xie Yanyu and Helan Wei continue to have contact, lest it become like in the dream, without a name or status, and eventually being discovered and bringing disgrace to the family. Being the mistress of the Xie family, wasn't it better than being someone else's concubine? How could the Xie family treat her badly?
Unfair treatment?
Xie Chengjin suddenly thought that he didn't seem to understand her situation in the Xie family.
However, from her perspective in the dream, I could sense her dissatisfaction and resentment towards the Xie family.
The thought flashed through his mind quickly without causing much ripples.
The attendant is now beside us.
Xie Chengjin ordered: "If anyone proposes to take Xie Yanyu to Yuan's residence in the next few days, or if she herself says she wants to go with you, have the steward refuse."
"I'll notify them right away."
"besides."
"You say."
"Keep an eye on Xie Yanyu. If she goes to look for Helan Wei, or if Helan Wei goes to look for her, you—"
Xie Chengjin paused slightly when he said this.
Aristocratic families have many rules, and it's indeed against etiquette for a woman from an aristocratic family to often be with a man from an outsider. The servants had heard a little about Xie Yanyu's ambitions to climb the Helan Wei family's high-ranking branch, but they only met more frequently and didn't seem to have done anything more outrageous, so the rumors only spread among the servants in a small circle and were not so intense as to reach the ears of the masters.
Xie Chengjin is very disciplined, and now that he brought up this matter, he must have heard some rumors.
The attendant pondered for a moment and then continued, "I'll have someone stop them directly. If they ask, just say it's against etiquette and that it's not proper for a single man and a single woman to meet."
Can.
The two words passed through Xie Chengjin's throat for a while, and finally became: "Forget it."
"What about my subordinates...?"
"Prepare some introductory books on cultivating immortality and send them to me, then bring her here tomorrow morning."
Attendant: ...?
Is he planning to teach Xie Yanyu personally, keep an eye on her, and take away her energy and time, leaving her with no time to contact Helan Wei?
The attendant couldn't help but mutter in his heart -
The young master follows the rules and always does things according to the rules. His methods are straightforward.
When did it become so roundabout?
*
The other side.
Xie Yanyu didn't know that Xie Chengjin had already arranged everything for her for the next few days with just two or three sentences, and even blocked her way to the Yuan residence.
She took a nap, then looked through the plot again after waking up, and then said to the system: This resentful house...
System: [What do you want to do?]
Xie Yanyu: Since the chronological order of the plot is not important, if I go to Yuan’s house, can I continue to follow Helan Wei’s plot?
System: [Yes.]
Xie Yanyu heard this and began to think.
She hadn't known Helan Wei was going to the Yuan House. In the original storyline, she wasn't told about it until after Helan Wei left. She hadn't thought about following him, but after looking at the map, she discovered that the Yuan House was just outside Tiandu, right next to the entrance to the demon world.
She suddenly remembered that she still had a storyline to go on with the Demon Lord.
That plot line was several years later, which was a bit long. She didn't want to sit and wait passively for several years, so she had to make some preparations in advance.
This is a good opportunity right now. I can go and take a look first, collect some information about the demon world and the demon lord, and at the same time brush up on Helan Wei's plot points, which is like killing two birds with one stone.
As she thought about this, she began to think about following the past again.
It was written in the original plot that some younger generations of the Xie family would also go on this trip to gain experience. Anyone who wanted to go just had to go to the headmaster and sign up before leaving.
However, there are still several days before departure, so she doesn't need to rush to sign up now.
There was other things to do right now.
Last night, she had planned to add another plot point, making the maid misunderstand her relationship with Helan Wei, and spread the rumors about her and Helan Wei more vigorously in the mansion, so that it could quickly reach the ears of the masters of the Xie family. This plot point ultimately did not come to fruition, but as long as she appeared frequently around Helan Wei, she would always find opportunities to cause more misunderstandings.
She took out a communication talisman and sent a message to Helan Wei, asking if she could visit him later. She had prepared some snacks to apologize for what happened yesterday.
Then she gave the servant some money and sent him out of the house to buy snacks on the street.
Usually, the food she sent to Helan Wei was bought from outside, and then she would rearrange it and pretend that she had made it herself. She rarely cooked, and yesterday's hangover soup was one of the few times she did so.
The errand boy left quickly and returned quickly.
When Xie Yanyu put the snacks on the plate, Helan Wei had not replied yet. She didn't care too much and went out first with the lunch box.
However, just after leaving the hospital,
I saw a servant waiting outside the door.
The attendant saw her and said, "Young Master, please come over."
This is Xie Chengjin's attendant. Xie Yanyu has seen him before, so the young master he mentioned is naturally Xie Chengjin.
She was a little confused, wondering what happened to Xie Chengjin. He suddenly called her over and asked, "Do you know why he came to see me?"
"You'll know when you go there."
“…”
Xie Yanyu held the lunch box and looked at the sun again.
Although she didn't know why Xie Chengjin asked her to come over, it shouldn't take too long. There was still some time before the time she had agreed with Helan Wei when she sent the message, so there was still time.
What's more, Helan Wei hasn't replied to her yet.
She thought about it, nodded, and followed the servant.
*
The other side.
Helan Wei was in the room, playing chess with himself.
However, he hadn't made a move in a long time, just looking at the communication talisman on the table -
It's right not to be too proactive with her.
At this time in the previous life, he was somewhat indifferent to her, and once he returned to this attitude, she came close to him again.
He was quiet, his eyes still fixed on the communication talisman, but he still didn't respond a single word.
The attendant asked from the side: "Sir, are you not going to reply to Miss Xie?"
He Lanwei heard this and said lightly, "Not yet."
He withdrew his gaze, focused on the chessboard again, and made a new move.
Since leaving her out in the cold is useful, just leave her out in the cold.
It has always been like this in the past. Even if I don’t reply, she will still come over.
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