Chapter 38 Chapter 38 He suddenly wanted to pinch her face
"Yang Sisi, what are you crazy about?"
This unfriendly remark actually made Ji Chu feel relieved.
It seems that the peach tree, senior brother and so on were all hallucinations after she was bewitched by the evil spirit.
She is still in her little world, and her identity is "Yang Sisi".
Then she realized that the Zhao Mansion was not safe at night because evil spirits were rampant. Even she was accidentally pulled into the illusion created by the evil spirits. How could Yang Nianzhi appear here for no reason?
Even... when he saw "Yang Sisi" chopping ghosts with a sword, he was not surprised at all and was too calm.
Ji Chu looked at "Yang Nianzhi" with suspicion and asked tentatively:
"You wouldn't be..."
Meng Yuci looked at her meaningfully, neither saying yes nor no.
But this was enough for Ji Chu to understand.
She gasped and wanted to cover her mouth and scream, but then she remembered that she had just touched the ghost's bones, so she had to put her hand down and cast a cleansing spell while exclaiming:
"You are not the real Yang Nianzhi!"
Meng Yuci looked at her messy hairstyle and clothes, and couldn't help but frown. He reached out to straighten her hair and smooth her collar.
Ji Chu asked:
"Which peak are you from? Are you a senior brother or sister? Did you already know I wasn't Yang Sisi... Ah, I know. When you knocked on Aunt He's door that night, did you sense the demonic aura?"
She uttered a "hmm":
"If I had known you were also a monk, I wouldn't have tricked you away with the excuse of cooking!"
After knowing that "Yang Nianzhi" was also a cultivator, Ji Chu was obviously much more relaxed, and his tone was very light:
"But the food you cook is really delicious, I..."
Halfway through her speech, she suddenly got stuck.
When the cold wind blew, all the forgotten things came to mind. Ji Chu couldn't help but think of what he said in the morning, "I will go home for dinner in the evening", but now he appeared in Zhao's house in the middle of the night, which clearly showed that he had forgotten... So he secretly glanced at "Yang Nianzhi".
Could it be that the senior brother or sister who plays "Yang Nianzhi" actually prepared a large table of food for her to come back, but she stood him up, so he chased her to the Zhao Mansion to settle the score with her?
This glance was noticed by Meng Yuci.
He naturally knew what Ji Chu was thinking of, and without changing his expression, he asked calmly:
"Yeah?"
Ji Chu answered subconsciously:
"Of course it's true. I wish I could eat at home every day..."
After she finished speaking, she finally realized what was happening and couldn't help but curse herself in her heart:
"Isn't this just bringing up something that's not related to the topic? You stood me up first and then said you wanted me back. Aren't you asking for trouble?!"
When he looked up and saw "Yang Nianzhi" again, Ji Chu couldn't help but imagine the miserable scene of him practicing his cooking skills in the kitchen and finally setting up a big table of food but having to "guard the empty table alone".
Considering that monks don’t need to cook during fasting, this senior brother or sister still specially improved their cooking skills in order to play this role well. Even though they knew that she was a monk, they still prepared meals for her on time.
He only showed up at the Zhao residence now. Could it be that he had been waiting for her at home for a long time?
And what about her?
She's pushing her luck, she's not keeping her promises, she's standing people up, she's a complete jerk!
Ji Chu's conscience attacked him crazily, and he finally spoke under great self-blame:
"I'm sorry I didn't come home on time today and stood you up."
Meng Yuci glanced at her.
Ji Chu continued, "...You have reason to be angry. After all, I broke my promise and made you wait for so long. Although it was originally because Aunt He wanted to drag me on a blind date, it was mainly because I wanted to find out about the situation in the Zhao Mansion, so I..."
"No."
Meng Yuci suddenly spoke, interrupting her apology and explanation.
Ji Chu let out an "Ah" and didn't react.
Meng Yuci's expression was indifferent, and he emphasized:
"I wasn't waiting for you."
"I see..."
The self-blame that Ji Chu had been brewing was suddenly interrupted and turned into a feeling of "shame" and "embarrassment".
Yang Nianzhi seemed to be saying:
How shameless are you? Do you really think that just one sentence can make me wait for you for a long time? Can you be more important than the mission? Don't be so sentimental. I'm not waiting for you at all.
Ji Chu couldn't tell whether he was relieved or disappointed. He just felt choked and frustrated. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only reply dryly:
"I'm glad I didn't wait..."
When she looked up, she found that "Yang Nianzhi" was still staring at her, and hurriedly changed the subject, trying to ease the awkwardness:
"Then... let's get out of here first."
Meng Yuci said "hmm" and walked ahead.
Ji Chu followed him dejectedly.
Meng Yuci glanced at her out of the corner of his eyes and curled his lips. Only then did he feel that the unhappiness that had been accumulating in his heart for a long time dissipated a lot.
Somehow, the more he saw Ji Chu's heartless behavior and her tendency to forget big things as soon as she turned around, the more he wanted to find her fault and teach her a lesson.
For the time being, he could only attribute his mood to being "affected by Yang Nianzhi's attitude towards Yang Sisi."
After all, no brother would like to see his sister stay out all night to look for another man.
After leaving this smelly gathering place of evil spirits, Ji Chu felt that the sticky and damp smell in the air suddenly disappeared.
Her mood quickly improved. Just as she was about to forget all the unpleasantness and say goodbye to "Yang Nianzhi" to go find Xu Ying, she unexpectedly heard him ask:
"What did you chop in your hallucination just now?"
Ji Chu: “…”
Being maliciously manipulated into chopping down the peach tree in her senior brother's yard wasn't a very honorable thing, and speaking it out made her appear "vindictive and petty";
Besides, they all came to participate in the Immortal Questioning Conference. If this person knew her senior brother and mentioned it casually outside, she would be finished.
Ji Chu planned to find a random excuse to get away with it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she had this thought, "Yang Nianzhi" seemed to know that she was trying to fool her and "reminded" her in time:
“I heard the words ‘Taoshu, Senior Brother’.”
Ji Chu: “…”
"Yang Nianzhi's" gaze was calm but inexplicably penetrating, as if he was truly curious, and as if he was waiting to see her frantically trying to make amends for her mistakes.
Ji Chu felt choked again. For a moment, she even thought that this "Yang Nianzhi" must know something, and his serious appearance now was just making it easier for him to laugh at her in his heart.
But when she looked over again, the other person's expression was flawless, and he was waiting for her answer seriously.
Ji Chu's thoughts were clearly visible on his face.
Meng Yuci didn't show it on his face, but he was already aware of her little thoughts in his heart.
Unable to defeat him, he decided to settle for the next best thing and attack the peach tree.
Promise!
When I was practicing, I was just thinking about being lazy and distracted, and my mind was full of how to cut down the trees in his yard. Did you really think he couldn't see it?
It was just that he found it funny to see her having such a grudge but not daring to vent it, and only daring to curse at the peach tree behind his back, so he hadn't exposed her.
However, it was precisely because her brain was always different from others that she was not bewitched by these evil creatures in the Zhao Mansion, thus avoiding the risk of being eliminated by him early.
Meng Yuci couldn't tell whether he felt regretful or happy.
Ji Chu finally made up a reason:
"I noticed the trees in my senior brother's yard weren't growing well, so I helped him prune them... What a shame! I finally managed to trim the branches, but it turned out to be an illusion!"
Meng Yuci looked at her expression, his tone rising slightly:
"Really? But I saw that you looked fierce at the time. It wasn't like you were pruning branches, but rather cutting off the roots."
Hearing his words, Ji Chu took a deep breath and then quickly suppressed it.
"Of course!"
She nodded solemnly, staring at "Yang Nianzhi" with wide eyes, blinking, appearing both well-behaved and smart:
"The person I admire most is my senior brother. I wish I could worship him and everything he has. How could my expression be fierce? It must be serious and pious. You're mistaken!"
This was her usual way of expressing her sincerity.
Although according to Meng Yuci's experience, she was most likely up to something, or wanted to take advantage of the situation to fool him, treating him as a fool who was easy to deceive and coax, so that she could either avoid punishment or act coquettishly.
But he still let her go and did not continue to step on her "fox tail".
"this……"
Seeing Yang Nianzhi say "hmm" and continue to walk forward, as if he believed her lies, Ji Chu was still a little worried. He trotted to catch up with him, walked back two steps sideways, and asked:
"...Brother or sister, do you recognize my brother?"
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes to look at the furry head that appeared from his side with a cautious and inquiring expression, and asked instead of answering:
"Who is your senior brother? Should I know him?"
Ji Chu curled his lips and said in his heart, "You don't even know my senior brother Meng Yuci, so you are really ignorant." He laughed and said:
"Ah, it's nothing. My senior brother is just an ordinary disciple who keeps a low profile. It's normal that you don't know him."
A smug expression of "relieved" appeared on her face, and she tried hard to suppress her joy like a squirrel with bad ideas hidden in its cheeks, which made Meng Yuci's fingertips twitch.
——He suddenly wanted to pinch her face and ask himself what kind of "low-key and ordinary" he was in her heart.
But before he could put it into practice, two figures suddenly appeared in front of him.
Jiang Chengxu and Xu Ying were delighted when they saw Ji Chu, but then they became alert when they saw "Yang Nianzhi" beside them.
Ji Chu didn't think much about it. When he saw the acquaintance, he hurriedly left "Yang Nianzhi" and rushed towards the two of them:
"Xu...Qi Wenxuan, are you okay? I was suddenly dragged away by a ghost just now."
Xu Ying held her hand:
"I'm fine. How about you? Are you hurt?"
"Of course not."
Ji Chu shook his head: "But that ghost is too ugly and disgusting. It can also turn into a tree with eyes all over the trunk, and it can bleed..."
“Huh…”
Xu Ying shuddered at her vivid description and felt nauseous. She couldn't help but say:
"The ghosts here are much better looking. Although they're also scary, at least they look like human beings. It's just that their tongues are a bit long. At first, they almost licked me..."
"Ahem."
Seeing that the two people's topic had gone off track again, Jiang Chengxu couldn't help but cough twice, interrupting their sharing of the ghost's appearance and turning to "Yang Nianzhi":
“Who is this…?”
Ji Chu then remembered that he had not yet introduced the identity of "Yang Nianzhi", so he took Xu Ying's hand and turned around, taking on the role of introducer:
"This is Qi Wenxuan, Zhao Yulin, my friends."
Then she pointed at Meng Yuci, tilted her head slightly, and spoke as if she was offering a treasure:
"This is Yang Nianzhi, Yang Sisi's brother. I just found out that he is the same as us."
Without having to say the words "also a cultivator", Xu Ying and Jiang Chengxu already understood what she meant.
Xu Ying exclaimed "Wow" and shook Ji Chu's hand.
However, Jiang Chengxu's expression did not relax because they were both monks. Instead, it became even more solemn:
"Are you also a cultivator? Then why haven't I seen you in the Zhao Mansion before?"
Meng Yuci's eyes moved away from the hands that Ji Chu and "Qi Wenxuan" had been holding upon meeting, and turned to Jiang Chengxu, saying lightly:
"There is no connection between the two."
He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Jiang Chengxu with an unfathomable expression:
"Or do you think that a cultivator will definitely appear in the Zhao Mansion?"
Jiang Chengxu frowned suddenly because of his words, and his aura changed drastically, as if he was ready to take action at any time.
Meng Yuci still had a calm expression, as if he was unaware of the danger.
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