Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Brother, can you close your eyes...
Asking her to stretch out her hand, are you going to give her the Jade Book Card?
Ji Chu was delighted.
She knew that her senior brother was a very good person. As long as she admitted her mistakes and had a positive attitude, he would give her everything!
So she held out her hand expectantly.
With a "slap", instead of getting the Jade Book Card, his palm was slapped mercilessly.
Realizing he had been tricked, Ji Chu's mouth suddenly opened wide, and he immediately withdrew his hand, looking at Meng Yuci in disbelief:
"You lied to me!"
She thought her senior brother was a kind person with a cold exterior but a warm heart, but she never expected that he would do such a thing to betray her trust!
Ji Chu was so angry that even the wall and her senior brothers couldn't stop her from getting angry:
"You really want to eliminate me!"
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes and glanced at Ji Chu's jade book card. The characters "人" and "魆" on it were intertwined, and the winner was not determined.
When did he say he was going to eliminate her?
I don't know what's in his head. He's just thinking about all sorts of random things, and now you're blaming him?
Are all children this neurotic?
Or is it just Ji Chu?
He thought to himself: Could it be that Master already knew that raising a child would be so tiring and exhausting that he asked him to take care of Junior Sister?
Did he agree too easily?
Ji Chu screamed and shrieked, but she saw her senior brother staring at her jade book card without saying a word, and his slender fingertips unconsciously rubbing the edge of the jade book card. She was so scared that she could hardly breathe, for she was afraid that if those fingers used a little force, her jade book card would shatter into pieces.
In a hurry, she grabbed Meng Yuci's arm and shouted:
"Don't pinch me! If you dare to eliminate me today, I will change my master when I go back! I will never be your junior sister again!"
Meng Yuci: "..."
The space suddenly became quiet, with a cool breeze blowing, and Ji Chu shivered subconsciously.
The senior brother's eyes were dark and cold, staring at her expressionlessly.
He looked at his junior sister who was not aware of the danger, and the urge to pinch her face came up again.
Then he didn't control himself, but did it instinctively.
Ji Chu was trying to save his jade book card for the second time. This time he encountered no resistance and got it back from his senior brother very smoothly.
Who knew that when the senior brother let go of the jade book card, he actually reached out and pinched her face.
As soon as he touched her cheek, a smooth and soft touch came instantly. Meng Yuci felt his fingertips tremble and subconsciously wanted to caress it gently.
When he saw Ji Chu's round eyes staring at him, he suddenly came to his senses and realized that his behavior was not normal.
In order to cover up his momentary distraction, he hurriedly pinched her face and pulled it outwards like pulling noodles, frowning and threatening in a low voice:
"You dare?"
Ji Chu knew that she had angered her senior brother again. So she hurriedly hid the jade book card, then grabbed his wrist with both hands and decisively changed her words:
"Nonsense, you are my only senior brother!"
It was unclear whether the senior brother believed her lies or not, but he let go of her face anyway.
Ji Chu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly rubbed his cheeks to prevent his senior brother from pulling his face into an asymmetrical shape.
Meng Yuci watched her movements and asked casually:
"You seem much more lively in front of me?"
More than just being lively, compared to when they first met, when she was as if facing a great enemy and too scared to say a word, Ji Chu was now too relaxed, making her initial reaction seem even more inappropriate.
Ji Chu: “……!”
I was careless!
It must be because these days were too peaceful and she got along too harmoniously with her senior brother, so she gradually relaxed her guard. In addition, her senior brother was much easier to talk to than in her previous life, so she couldn't help but act unscrupulously in front of him.
This is not a good idea. She just wants to be a harmonious pair of senior brother and sister with her senior brother. It would be best if they treat each other with respect and are friendly to each other. She dare not make her senior brother unhappy again.
So she quickly straightened her clothes, and helped her brother smooth out his wrinkled sleeves, pretending nothing had happened and smiled at him:
"That's not the case, Senior Brother. What I just experienced was the aftereffects of the evil spirit."
Meng Yuci saw her momentary shock and subsequent concealment, his expression calm:
"I see."
It seemed like his junior sister was hiding some secret from him.
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After all this commotion, it was impossible to send Ji Chu away.
Meng Yuci had no choice but to let her follow.
The two walked down the path.
The whole way was filled with evil spirits. Ji Chu didn't know whether her senior brother would see those disturbing illusions, but she was never at peace wherever her sight was.
The illusions of Chen Ke and Xue Xianchen seemed to be growing on her eyes. Wherever she looked, she saw them talking trash, occasionally interspersed with Xue Wanning's disgusted gaze.
Ji Chu looked at these scenes, and although she was still a little upset, strangely, she didn't seem as angry and desperate as before.
Perhaps it was because the presence of the senior brothers around her was too strong, so that these people were made to look like "jumping clowns", and she could even calm down and examine their facial features and expressions.
Wow, it's just as annoying as I remembered.
As if aware of her disdain, the illusion "Chen Ke" in front of her transformed into a white robe and stretched out a hand towards her, wanting to hold her hand, while speaking slowly:
"Ji Chu, from now on, Fu Yu Xian Zong will be your home, and I will be your closest family member."
——It was the day he rescued her from the monster and brought her back to the Fu Yu Immortal Sect.
There was a gleam of light in his eyes that had been lost and regained. At that time, Ji Chu didn't know that he was looking at another person through his own face. He foolishly thought that all the immortals in the world of cultivation were so kind.
Ji Chu, who had lived a new life, saw the hand in front of her getting closer and closer. It was as if the unfortunate "stand-in" life was welcoming her to experience it. She suddenly felt a chill and hurriedly took a step towards her senior brother and grabbed his sleeve.
Meng Yuci turned around in confusion:
"What's wrong?"
Seeing the complicated yet strange look on the face of "Chen Ke" in front of him, Ji Chu subconsciously moved closer to his senior brother, almost sticking to his arm.
Her five fingers clenched his sleeves tightly, as if she was grasping at a life-saving straw.
"Brother, can I hold your sleeve and walk with you?"
Her voice sounded a little aggrieved, as if she was afraid he would disagree.
Seeing her like this, Meng Yuci had no idea what she had seen.
She didn't agree to leave, and now she feels uneasy without anything to hold on to.
"Hold it."
He sighed helplessly: "I won't push you away."
Ji Chu was happy when he heard this: "Brother, you are so kind."
Meng Yuci saw that she looked much more relaxed and even walked with a lighter pace, and he couldn't help but feel some subtle waves in his heart.
——She is relying on him.
Could just holding his sleeve make her feel so at ease?
This feeling of being depended on by Ji Chu was very special. He did not feel rejected, and was even slightly happy.
He felt someone pulling at his cuffs, and as Ji Chu's steps became lighter and heavier, his entire arm was dragged forward and backward by her.
It was clear that no one was touching his skin, but it felt like a pair of hands were kneading his heart. The strength, whether light or heavy, seemed like the gentlest torture and temptation in the world, invisibly pulling his heart towards the person beside him.
His gaze unconsciously shifted to Ji Chu beside him.
She was striding forward, holding onto his sleeve, charging aggressively towards the madly showing-off illusion in front of her.
The illusions of Chen Ke and Xue Xianchen were shattered by her. Ji Chu could almost hear the questioning of the evil creature hidden deep within:
"Why? Why aren't you controlled by evil thoughts?"
She shook her shoulders and head, and just pulled her senior brother's sleeve, but she seemed to have the most powerful magic weapon in the world to ward off evil spirits. She had an expression of "I am just so good", which made the other party very angry.
Meng Yuci clearly felt that something was shaking at the end of the road, as if it was angry.
Perhaps her behavior of relying on the power of others was too ostentatious, and just when she was feeling proud, the scene in front of her suddenly changed.
The cave was pitch black, the air was damp and hot, and the dim moonlight was shining at the entrance, but it could not illuminate the two people hugging each other inside.
This familiar background and environment made Ji Chu subconsciously feel something was wrong.
The next moment, she saw her senior brother and her own shadows reflected on the wall...
Ji Chu: “!”
She gasped, almost anticipating the next scene, and was so frightened that she immediately let go of her hand holding her senior brother's sleeve and covered her mouth tightly.
A scream got stuck in her throat, but it came out again in the form of an uncontrollable half-goose cry.
Ji Chu: “Ah-Gah!!!”
Meng Yuci: “?”
He looked at her suspiciously, as if he didn't understand how she could make such a sound.
The feeling of heaviness on the cuffs disappeared, and the cuffs dangled lightly in the air, with wrinkles on them where someone had grasped them. He subconsciously pinched that half piece of cloth between his fingertips.
Ji Chu stood at the entrance of the "cave" created by the illusion, afraid that he would see something once he entered, and refused to move forward no matter what.
Meng Yuci: "I'll take you out."
"No!" Ji Chu shook his head.
"Then let's go."
“No way!”
Ji Chu yelled and tried to pull his arm, but when he almost touched it, he quickly pulled his hand back as if he had seen a ghost:
"Brother, don't go over there either!"
Meng Yuci: "..."
He felt a headache. Ji Chu had just been well-behaved for a while, so why did he suddenly go crazy again?
Seeing that too much time had been wasted, Meng Yuci finally couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed Ji Chu's hand:
"I'll lead you."
The moment their skin touched, Ji Chu suddenly calmed down.
The senior brother's knuckles were slender and powerful, and felt like the finest jade to the touch, cool but not cold. He easily held Ji Chu's hand in his palm.
There was a thin layer of calluses on her fingertips from years of holding the sword, but it was not painful. Instead, it made her feel at ease because of the obvious sense of touch.
If only the vision before her wasn't of her flirting with her senior brother...
Ji Chu was half happy and half painful, with sweat breaking out on the tip of his nose due to nervousness.
But the senior brother was still comforting her:
"Since you know it's an illusion, why be afraid? I'll lead you through it."
Since her senior brother was willing to take her away, what else could she do?
Ji Chu struggled in his heart for a while, then put on a brave face and said, "Okay then..."
Meng Yuci then took a step forward.
However, just after taking two steps, the hand holding Ji Chu was suddenly pulled back by someone.
Turning around, he saw Ji Chu squatting in a horse stance, pulling his hands with both hands, as if he was playing tug-of-war.
Her expression was as if there was some kind of monster ahead.
Meng Yuci couldn't help but ask:
"What kind of illusion is it that can scare you so much?"
Ji Chu shook her head and refused to speak. She couldn't possibly say that it was a scene where she flirted with her senior brother in her previous life...
Her refusal to explain and not allowing others to move forward was clearly draining Meng Yuci's remaining patience.
He narrowed his eyes, wondering whether to pick the person up and take him over by force, but he was afraid that Ji Chu would be frightened by the illusion and suffer from some mental disorder.
Fortunately, Ji Chu spoke first before he took action.
Her tone was full of pleading:
"Brother, can you promise me one more thing?"
Even though she knew that this illusion was her own emotional knot and her senior brother couldn't see it at all, Ji Chu still felt it was too embarrassing to walk over with her senior brother.
The pain she felt at this moment was far greater than when she saw Chen Ke before, even worse.
This evil creature has harmed many monks. It really has some power.
She was wrong, she was very wrong.
She couldn't help but scold herself in her heart for deliberately angering that evil creature. The embarrassing situation now was simply her retribution!
So she weakly suggested:
"Brother, can you close your eyes and let me lead you?"
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