Chapter 34 Chapter 34 I'll Wait for You
The investigation reached a deadlock, and before we knew it, it was dark.
The moment the sun set, Ji Chu and Xu Ying simultaneously sensed a chilling chill, as if an evil spirit was circling around them, mixed with a faint demonic aura.
Exactly the same situation as last night.
There were footsteps on the roof, they sounded light, and the tiles made sporadic shifting sounds.
Ji Chu rolled up the scroll in his hand:
"Master Qi, your roof needs to be renovated."
Xu Ying picked up the bowl-sized inkstone on the table:
"What a trouble! I'm just a poor and weak scholar."
As soon as he finished speaking, a big hole suddenly appeared in the roof above Ji Chu's head, and a very thin and long snake demon with half demon form and half human head jumped out of the hole, with its long and thin forked tongue sticking out, making a hissing sound, and rushed straight towards Ji Chu's face.
She was prepared. She took two steps back to dodge nimbly, and used the scroll in her hand as a stick to hit the snake demon in the face.
With a crisp "bang" sound, the snake demon was hit by her like a ball and flew to Xu Ying's feet.
Xu Ying: "Ahhh, this person is neither human nor snake, so disgusting!"
He mercilessly smashed the snake's head with the inkstone in his hand several times, causing the snake demon to foam at the mouth and its tail to twist weakly on the ground.
Ji Chu also felt a little disgusted:
"Why are there so many monsters here that haven't fully transformed?"
Xu Ying was already disgusted to the point of collapse. She drew her sword and looked at Ji Chu:
"You come and I come?"
Ji Chu took a step back: "Come on, it's your home after all."
Xu Ying stopped being modest, mainly because she really didn't want to be in the same room with this disgusting monster anymore, so she decisively killed the snake demon.
As the snake demon on the ground turned into a dark puddle of water and disappeared, the jade book card on Xu Ying's body lit up, indicating that the demon was successfully eliminated and she was awarded ten points.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, one opened the window for ventilation and the other opened the door for fresh air.
As soon as the doors and windows were opened, the cool wind from outside rushed in even more unscrupulously.
Ji Chu and Xu Ying analyzed while repairing the roof:
"This place gets cold very quickly at night. Ghostly and demonic auras mix together, making it completely different from the daytime. It seems that night is the beginning of a change."
Xu Ying nodded, agreeing with Ji Chu's analysis, and put the tile back in place.
Ever since she got rid of the snake demon, she has been looking thoughtful, which is completely different from her usual reckless attitude.
Ji Chu couldn't help but ask her:
"Have you thought of anything?"
Xu Ying looked up:
"Ji Chu, don't you think this mission of exorcising demons is a bit too easy?"
Ji Chu was puzzled.
Xu Ying explained:
"You haven't taken on any demon-slaying missions, so you think it's nothing. But Jiang Chengxu and I often go down the mountain to kill demons. Most of those demons are extremely vicious. Even low-level demons often harm countless people. But the demons here are a little too harmless."
She sat on the roof and pointed to the house below:
"For example, the snake demon today, even if it wasn't a cultivator like you and me, a braver person should be able to get rid of it... It's just a bit disgusting."
"Is this kind of mission really the kind of difficulty that a Questioning Immortal Conference should have?"
After Xu Ying said this, Ji Chu also felt a little strange:
"Yesterday I just thought Niuniu was terrifyingly strong, but now I think about it, she's not actually strong enough to fight you and me, and that fox demon is just a small demon that hasn't transformed. If our mission is just to deal with a small demon like that, it's like..."
“It’s like giving away points.”
Xu Ying looked serious:
"A meeting to ask the immortals, a holy elixir, how can such a simple good thing happen? There must be something else strange about this place!"
A cool breeze blew, and Ji Chu shivered subconsciously. He felt that the night here was a little too cold, as if winter had arrived overnight.
After the roof was repaired, Qi Wenxuan's house was turned upside down by them. Apart from his affair with Zhao Yulin, there were no other clues.
Ji Chu decided to go back to Yang's house first.
Xu Ying did not join her, saying that she wanted to be a "lone ranger hidden behind the scenes" and never show up again, but to investigate secretly.
However, Ji Chu guessed that the real reason was that "Qi Wenxuan" would be caught as a thief as soon as he showed up.
Along the way, he met a few people with strange expressions. He killed two little demons who bumped into him. Ji Chu pushed open the door of the Yang family with the hot "Twenty Points".
"Yang Nianzhi" stood in the middle of the yard with his back to the gate, as if he was about to go back to the house.
Ji Chu didn't think much about it and asked:
"Brother, you haven't slept yet?"
After asking, she felt strange again:
"But... did you just come back from outside?"
Meng Yuci paused, turned halfway around without leaving a trace, and without answering her question, pretended to walk towards the kitchen:
"You haven't been back all day, do you want to eat?"
Ji Chu was distracted by him, and his mind was full of the strange-tasting tofu from yesterday. He hesitated and said:
"Uh... I'm not really hungry yet."
As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach growled.
Ji Chu covered his stomach with both hands and cursed it inwardly for being "tactless."
Fortunately, Meng Yuci didn't say anything and turned directly into the kitchen.
Ji Chu walked around the yard twice, then climbed up the wall to observe Aunt He's house.
It was quiet and pitch black. The chicken coop and the kitchen had been tidied up. There was no evil spirit and Niu Niu didn't seem to be "sleepwalking".
By the time she sat back at the table, "Yang Nianzhi" had already come out with a bowl of hot noodles.
Ji Chu was still thinking about how he should force himself to praise the food as "delicious" today, but when he looked down, he saw that the bowl of noodles in front of him was so delicious that it had a great appearance, aroma and taste. The noodles were thin and evenly distributed, the soup was clear but not bland, and there was a fried egg with a crispy edge on top, emitting a warm and tempting aroma of rice in this cold night.
Just one look at it makes your mouth water.
Meng Yuci handed her the chopsticks.
Ji Chu took the chopsticks, took a bite, and froze again.
Meng Yuci looked at her expression and said calmly:
"It doesn't taste good, so forget it."
The next moment, Ji Chu nodded frantically, then shook his head frantically after realizing what was happening:
"No, no, no, no—it's delicious! This time it's really delicious!"
She didn't even bother to eat, and looked at "Yang Nianzhi" with surprise:
"So this is your true level! Yang Sisi is so happy... No, I mean, I'm so happy too!"
Ji Chu was so happy that he wanted to jump up with the bowl in his arms.
If she had known that Yang Nianzhi's cooking skills were so superb, she should have gone home on time for dinner today instead of reading poems and calligraphy with Xu Ying.
But fortunately, there is such a delicious midnight snack, so this day is not wasted!
Meng Yuci watched her eat a bowl of noodles cleanly with "slurps" like a hungry kitten that had been hungry for a day. The corners of her eyes and eyebrows were filled with the excitement of "finding a treasure", which was no different from the way she looked when she was holding the plate of fruit. He couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
He really is a little kid.
Seeing that Ji Chu's entire face was about to be buried in the bowl and her hair was falling down, he didn't have time to remind her and directly reached out and pinched her hair.
Ji Chu raised his head, looked at his hand and said "Huh".
Meng Yuci pinched the soft and smooth black hair with his fingertips and explained softly:
"My hair is loose."
Ji Chu said "Oh" again, looking nonchalant:
"Thank you, brother!"
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes, his ten fingers deftly moving through her hair, tying up the unruly strand.
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Early the next morning, Aunt He came to Ji Chu's house to block him.
"There was a burglary the night before last. You were next door. Did you run into any strange people?"
Ji Chu became alert:
"I don't know. I was sleeping the whole time."
Aunt He breathed a sigh of relief and muttered:
"That's good, but I don't want that gigolo to get his eye on it..."
Then she said:
"Where were you yesterday? Why haven't you been seen all day?... It's nothing urgent, but I just wanted to ask, did you pick the person from the book?"
A gigolo?
This was the second time Ji Chu heard this description from Aunt He.
Could it be referring to Qi Wenxuan who had an affair with Miss Zhao?
Is it possible that Qi Wenxuan and Yang Sisi are still related?
But she and Xu Ying had already turned Qi Wenxuan's house upside down, but they didn't find anything related to Yang Sisi?
Ji Chu thought about it for a while, but still couldn't figure it out.
"Yang Nianzhi" went to prepare breakfast for her early in the morning. Ji Chu originally planned to directly reject Aunt He's "blind date booklet".
But when she thought of the relationship between Xue Chen and the Zhao family, she changed her mind.
She wanted to visit the Zhao family.
Ji Chu pretended to be hesitant to speak:
"In the booklet... there's someone I like, her name is Xue... Xue..."
"Xue Chen, right? I knew you would like it!"
Aunt He's face lit up with joy, and she couldn't wait to continue:
"Among all the young men I've met, he's the most handsome, and most importantly, he comes from a good family! He's the cousin of the Zhao family, and he lives in the Zhao family now. He'll have countless wealth in the future! Just wait, I'll go and talk to him for you."
Ji Chu held her back and said:
"Wait, let me think about it again. My brother is not in good health, and the cousin of the Zhao family is definitely not someone who can take care of him. If I get married, who will take care of my brother in the future? Let's just forget it..."
Aunt He got anxious when she heard this:
"How can we let this go? Marriage is a serious matter. How could your brother bear to delay your marriage? If it drags on and he gets tricked by that gigolo, he'll have no place to cry!"
Ji Chu looked at her.
Aunt He also realized that she had said a few more words in a hurry, so she quickly calmed down and said seriously:
"Don't blame me for being nosy. Our family relies entirely on you selling flowers. How much money can you earn? If that useless scholar with ulterior motives takes a fancy to you, it will cause countless troubles!"
"Besides, Master Xue is deeply in love with you and has come all the way to ask Aunt about you. If you get married in the future, the betrothal gifts will definitely be generous. Hiring a servant for your brother and finding a wife won't be a problem."
Aunt He was indeed Xue Chen's shill.
The "gigolo" and "useless scholar" whom she repeatedly insulted was obviously Qi Wenxuan.
It seems her guess was correct:
Something must have happened between Yang Sisi, Qi Wenxuan, Xue Chen, and Zhao Yulin, which may be the key reason why Qi Wenxuan was mistaken for a thief.
As for what happened, we can only go to Zhao’s house to find out.
Ji Chu said nothing, pretending to be convinced by her, lowered his head and pretended to be shy:
"But I haven't met Master Xue yet..."
"Oh, no buts!"
Aunt He was afraid that she would back out, so she quickly finalized the matter:
"Tomorrow... no, today I will go find Master Xue. Once you two meet, I guarantee that all your worries will be gone!"
Ji Chu struck while the iron was hot and added fuel to Aunt He's urgency:
"Why not just forget it? I don't know when Master Xue will meet me, and I still have to go up the mountain to pick flowers..."
Thinking of Xue Chen’s instructions, there is no time to delay.
Aunt He gritted her teeth and said, "No need to wait, let's go to the Zhao Mansion to find him now!"
The plan worked, and Ji Chu suddenly became happy:
“That’s great!”
She turned and ran to the kitchen door, where "Yang Nianzhi" was about to bring out the food.
Ji Chu knew it was delicious after just one glance, but going to the Zhao Mansion to investigate was more important, so she could only reluctantly say goodbye:
"I have to go out for something urgent and don't have time to eat."
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes to look at her, without asking any more questions, he just said:
"oh."
He was so easy to talk to and put the food back without saying a word, which made Ji Chu feel a little guilty.
She then looked around, and finally pointed at the ingredients on the table and praised:
"The plating looks like a kitten! So cute! Bro, you're amazing!"
Trying to lighten the mood.
"Yang Nianzhi" glanced at her, then looked at where she pointed, without saying a word.
Ji Chu had already turned and ran, but after thinking for a moment, he stopped running and leaned back against the door and said:
"I'll definitely be back for dinner tonight!"
Meng Yuci hummed, realizing that his attitude was too cold and not like a caring brother, and added:
"I'm waiting for you."
Only then did Ji Chu leave with peace of mind.
Once she left, Meng Yuci no longer had the need to cook.
He glanced at the washed and cut ingredients on the stove that were originally intended for cold dishes, threw a stream of spiritual power to freeze them, and then turned and left.
When I passed by Aunt He's house, I saw Niu Niu standing at the door holding a big chicken leg and gnawing on it.
She looked like an ordinary person during the day, but Meng Yuci still sensed a very slight evil aura from her.
He stopped and said:
“Is the chicken leg delicious?”
Niuniu nodded and answered him incoherently:
"Delicious! Chicken legs are my favorite!"
Meng Yuci asked again: "Then what do you hate the most?"
The expression on Niuniu's face suddenly became gloomy:
"I hate chicken thieves the most! Fox! Die!"
Meng Yuci looked at her calmly, but a wisp of sword energy quietly appeared at his fingertips.
Before he could do anything, Niuniu had already returned to her normal self, holding the chicken leg with a happy look on her face, and said to him like a little adult:
"Sister Sisi, blind date, Mr. Xue..."
Meng Yuci's expression paused.
Niu Niu obviously didn't know what "blind date" meant. She just heard the adults mention it at home, so she just said it casually. After that, she held the chicken leg and continued to eat it, no different from an ordinary child.
The sword energy and murderous intent on Meng Yuci's body faded away invisibly, and turned into an indescribable dissatisfaction.
He knew that Ji Chu was not someone who could not tell right from wrong, and he was in a hurry to leave, most likely because he wanted to ask about the content of the competition at the Immortal Conference.
This was nothing. She didn't know her identity and just thought he was still the ignorant and sickly "Yang Nianzhi". Naturally, there was no need to explain everything to him.
And he should play this role well so as not to arouse Ji Chu's suspicion.
But even thinking this way, he couldn't help but feel a subtle sense of loneliness in his heart:
It turned out that she didn't eat the food he cooked because she was in a hurry to go on a blind date with "Mr. Xue".
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