Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Giving "Preferential Treatment" to My Junior Sister...
Jiang Chengxu's current identity is Zhao Yulin, the young lady of the Zhao family who has an affair with Qi Wenxuan.
Zhao Yulin is a man of aloof temperament who likes poetry and books. By chance, he meets Qi Wenxuan, who comes to Mr. Zhao's house to teach and paint for him, and falls in love with him at first sight.
The Zhao family is a wealthy family, so naturally they would not marry a poor scholar like Qi Wenxuan. Therefore, the two have always maintained an underground relationship, which is consistent with the situation found in Qi Wenxuan's family.
According to Jiang Chengxu, Zhao Yulin must have realized that there was a ghost in the mansion, which is why he has been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Xu Ying and Jiang Chengxu were both assigned the wrong gender, which actually made them both feel relieved. They felt a sense of security that "it's not so embarrassing if we are embarrassed together."
"Why did you two just get here?"
Jiang Chengxu was puzzled:
"For the past two days and two nights, except for a few idiots who didn't want to compete for a place, the disciples assigned here have already fought several rounds in the Zhao Mansion. If you two hadn't shown up, I'd have thought we weren't in a small world!"
Ji Chu: “…”
Xu Ying: “…”
The two looked at each other and saw obvious doubt in each other's eyes.
Xu Ying was trying to pretend that everything was under control, but Ji Chu asked directly:
"Why is everyone coming to the Zhao residence to fight? Isn't the mission to catch monsters, score points, and then compare scores?"
Jiang Chengxu frowned: "Score for catching monsters?"
He was stunned for a very short moment, and then quickly asked:
"What is your mission?"
"Of course it's to catch monsters. Even though I didn't find the Zhao Mansion, I got a lot of points outside."
Xu Ying took out her Jade Book Card without hesitation and was about to show it off, but she found it was empty, returning to the blank space it had been when she first arrived. She couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Where do I get my share?!"
Ji Chu also hurriedly checked his jade book card and found that it was also empty. He shook the jade book card with an expression of disbelief.
Being interrupted by their silly looks, Jiang Chengxu's nervousness instantly turned into speechlessness, and he reminded them:
"The Jade Book Plate only has words on it at night, and it's blank during the day. Haven't you noticed these days?"
Xu Ying and Ji Chu: "..."
"So that's how it is, haha..."
Xu Ying laughed awkwardly after hearing this, and firmly defended her own face:
"Of course I know. I'm just testing you."
In fact, she was chased by people from the Zhao Mansion from morning to night, so she had no time to study the Jade Book Card.
Jiang Chengxu made a gesture of "as long as you are happy" and organized his words to answer Ji Chu's question:
"Cultivators come to the Zhao Mansion naturally because the aura here is the most sinister, with the most evil spirits and monsters."
That makes sense.
Ji Chu agreed with this answer.
After all, she felt a strong yin energy after entering the Zhao Mansion, and there was also a little ghost shouting to scare her.
Seeing Jiang Chengxu looking at her jade bookplate thoughtfully, Ji Chu asked casually:
"Where's your Jade Book? Our mission is to catch monsters. Is your mission to catch monsters too?"
"...and of course, catching monsters."
Jiang Chengxu came back to his senses and seemed not to want to discuss this topic any further. He looked up at the sky:
"It's still a while before nightfall, I'll take you out first..."
"Go out? You can't go out!"
Xu Ying vetoed:
"I'm here looking for the Zhao family heirloom! Besides, you're all here scoring points, how can I leave empty-handed? Tonight I'm going to catch monsters and earn points!"
Ji Chu also refused: "I won't go out either. The ghost in Zhao's mansion dares to scare people in broad daylight. I must get rid of it."
Jiang Chengxu hesitated for a while before saying:
"Then you come back with me first. I'll help you find out about the heirloom and the ghost."
His attitude was a bit strange, as if the Zhao family's heirlooms and ghosts were not his main concerns.
But neither Ji Chu nor Xu Ying thought much about it and followed him out of Huaiyuan.
After all, this is still a competition, and everyone has to give their all to win. It is normal for Jiang Chengxu to have his own considerations.
In addition, Jiang Chengxu has repeatedly emphasized:
"Don't trust others easily. The honor of being in the top three of the Immortal Conference requires one hundred and fifty years of cultivation. No one would not want to obtain it."
Xu Ying found it even more amusing, thinking that he was afraid that they would continue to be idlers, and secretly teased Ji Chu:
"Look at how serious he is. It seems he really wants to win."
Ji Chu then said:
"Then we have to work harder too!"
Zhao Yulin lived on the west side of the Zhao Mansion. Jiang Chengxu found an excuse to send the servants away, leaving only a taciturn maid to guard the door.
Ji Chu and Xu Ying climbed over the wall again.
The two of them had been climbing over the wall since they came to this little world, and sneaking around had become a habit. When they reached the main door and were about to look for a window, Jiang Chengxu stopped them, opened the door, and invited them in.
"There's no one else here, so the two ladies don't need to hide."
After entering the house, Xu Ying and Ji Chu patted the non-existent dust on their hands to hide their embarrassment.
Jiang Chengxu poured a cup of hot tea for each of them and placed a lot of snacks on the table before he began to share the information he knew.
Zhao Ming, the master of the Zhao family, is a greedy, lustful, selfish and arrogant man, and his reputation in the city is not very good.
According to Jiang Chengxu, even his biological daughter Zhao Yulin had a very bad relationship with him.
The Zhao Mansion began to be haunted on the very day the heirloom was lost.
No one can tell exactly what the Zhao family's heirloom looks like.
It is said that Zhao Ming, the master of the Zhao family, cares about this item very much and has always kept it in his study, where only he can touch it.
Until a few days ago, Qi Wenxuan came to the study as usual to teach Mr. Zhao, and then the heirloom was lost.
From the time Zhao Ming put the heirloom back into the box to the time it disappeared, there were only Zhao Ming and Qi Wenxuan in Zhao Ming's study.
No matter how you look at it, Qi Wenxuan is the most likely person to steal the treasure.
Since Zhao Ming lost the heirloom, he has often been unconscious and there is no way to find out the details.
After going around in circles, it turned out that Qi Wenxuan was the most likely person to have stolen the treasure.
This made Ji Chu and Xu Ying feel very frustrated.
Jiang Chengxu looked very busy. His identity as the eldest daughter of the Zhao family was too conspicuous. He had to pretend to be Zhao Yulin to deal with the affairs of the mansion, while also carefully hiding his own identity.
Playing a person of the opposite sex, whose personality is very different from his own, who has a lot of relatives and friends, and who is always being watched, is extremely difficult.
Just as Ji Chu was about to express her sympathy for him, Jiang Chengxu brought a large pile of Buddhist scriptures and writing brushes, inkstones, and placed them in front of them.
"You don't need to say words of sympathy. If you're a friend, please come and help me share some of my burden."
Ji Chu: “…”
Xu Ying: “…Fuck!”
Jiang Chengxu put his hands on his hips, a gesture that completely extinguished Zhao Yulin's naturally cool demeanor. He looked like he was accusing someone:
"What? I'm helping you get some information, and you won't even do me a small favor?"
He looked extremely disappointed, sad, and put his hand over his heart and sighed:
"I originally thought we were close friends, and that even in a competition, we could help each other. In helping you gather information, I even attracted a lot of suspicion. I never imagined that there's no father-son ties on the battlefield, no kinship in the Heavenly Family, and no friendship among fellow disciples at the Immortal Questioning Conference..."
"Stop!"
Xu Ying couldn't listen any longer:
"Stop making that expression with your beautiful sister's face. We didn't say we wouldn't help..."
“That’s great!”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengxu decisively put down his hand, skillfully straightened his skirt, and adjusted the Buddhist lotus crown on his head. Then he disguised himself as Zhao Yulin and went out, not forgetting to say:
"I have to go pay my respects to the elders. By the way, I'll help you find out about the heirloom. The food and drinks are all on the table, feel free to take them. Don't run around at night, and you are not allowed to go out until you finish copying!"
Ji Chu and Xu Ying started copying Buddhist scriptures for unknown reasons.
Jiang Chengxu never came back after he left, and Ji Chu completely forgot what he had said about "going home for dinner in the evening" and automatically started mechanical copying with a pen.
After copying countless pages, Xu Ying suddenly came to her senses and asked Ji Chu:
"How do you feel now?"
Ji Chu raised his head while holding the pen and answered seriously:
"I feel like Jiang Chengxu is deceiving us."
"Me too!"
Xu Ying suddenly stood up and threw her pen, leaving a stain of ink on the table:
"He knew we hated reading, memorizing, and copying books, yet he still gave us so many Buddhist scriptures to copy! It's obvious he didn't want us to leave!"
She looked at Ji Chu with a ferocious expression:
"Based on our friendship growing up together, this Jiang guy definitely has something up his sleeve!"
Ji Chu: "So why doesn't he want us to go out?"
Xu Ying gritted her teeth:
"Who knows! Maybe he's secretly scoring outside!"
"Not really?"
Ji Chu was a little skeptical: "Jiang Chengxu doesn't seem like that kind of person?"
"Don't trust him too much!"
Many past events came to Xu Ying's mind:
"He had a lot of dark history when he was little. When we were neighbors, he won my hairpin in a bet and spread the news that it was my betrothal gift to him, ruining my reputation and causing me to get scolded by my parents..."
Ji Chu was stunned when he heard this.
The more Xu Ying thought about it, the more she felt that Jiang Chengxu had schemed against her. She slammed the table.
"Whoever wants to copy it can copy it! I won't serve you anymore!"
She pulled Ji Chu from the table:
"Let's go, there's no time to lose, let's go and score!"
Ji Chu was pulled up from the chair by her and rushed to the door like a fly.
The moment the door opened, a cold wind rushed in. Ji Chu and Xu Ying looked at the Zhao Mansion in front of them, which was pitch black and filled with gloomy energy, as well as the strange scene of evil spirits wandering around and evil spirits running rampant. They were both stunned.
After a long time, Xu Ying let go of Ji Chu's hand and exclaimed:
"What are you doing to me? Is this still the Zhao Mansion?"
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As dusk fell, Meng Yuci sat quietly at the table with his eyes lowered.
The table was filled with all kinds of delicious food, the rice was fragrant and the color was bright. Even the carrots were peeled into half-opened buds, standing next to the little rabbits made of yam and the kittens made of tofu, beautiful as works of art.
Meng Yuci's cooking skills improved at an incredible speed. Two days ago, he was not sure about the amount of seasoning to use, but now he has enough energy to polish the shape.
But Ji Chu, who was supposed to go home for dinner on time, was nowhere to be seen.
There was no sign of anxiety or disappointment on his face; he just waited quietly.
It was not until the last bit of light in the sky disappeared, the shadows slowly covered the night sky, and the cold wind brought a bone-chilling chill that Meng Yuci sneered and thought to himself that he was "stupid."
How could he actually rush back before dark just because of Ji Chu's words, prepare a large table of food, and wait until now?
Using the sword cultivator's almost abnormal control over the blade, he carved patterns into the food...
Oh.
He thought he was really funny.
Maybe it's because they've been playing "brother and sister" for so long that they've picked up on her silliness. Even when they see a piece of ordinary tofu, they can't help but wonder if it would taste better if it looked like a "kitten"...
He felt that his anger came from nowhere. Although he knew that this world only existed for the competition of the Questioning Immortals Conference, he couldn't help but think of words like "blind date" and "Zhao Mansion".
There are only demons and monsters in this world at night. Even if Ji Chu wants to gather information, does it take him a whole day?
Or did he really teach such a dull junior sister who still couldn't detect the weirdness of this small world and was easily deceived by a few words from these people and "didn't go home"?
Icy sword energy emanated from his fingertips, and the chill spread to the table. In the blink of an eye, a table full of ingredients was frozen solid and then shredded. Not even the plates and chopsticks were left. Only a thin layer of frost on the table was left, which disappeared without a trace when the cold wind blew, as if it had never existed.
Meng Yuci stood up and walked towards the Zhao Mansion, following the center of the evil energy.
If she really became a "Xuan", he would simply eliminate her first, and regard it as a "favorable treatment" from his senior brother to his junior sister.
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The author has something to say: The senior brother who worked hard to practice cooking but was stood up (the more he thought about it, the angrier he got) (smiles): What are you going to eat? Eat air!
Xu (pronounced xu), mentioned frequently in the next chapter, is set as a private setting.
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