In the west courtyard of the Wenren Mansion, three rather large guest rooms are separated by a small garden, standing in three directions. The garden is draped with light gauze and adorned with slender willows, creating a picturesque scene.
In the guest room that Wenren Bingying arranged for Chi Yuan.
"Uncle-Master, are you satisfied with this guest room?"
Wenren Bingying, with her graceful figure, stood beside Chi Yuan with a gentle smile, gazing intently at him.
"Very good."
Chi Yuan looked around the room and nodded, saying that this guest room was much more spacious and luxurious than the place he had stayed before.
"Uncle-Master, then... then you can cultivate here in peace. Unless it's something important, I won't let anyone disturb you."
Wenren Bingying lowered her head and said, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes, as if she was struggling with something.
After hesitating for a moment, she still didn't dare to say it, and said softly, "If you have any orders, please feel free to give them to Bingying. Bingying will take her leave now."
"Wait."
Chi Yuan suddenly called out.
Wenren Bingying had just turned around and taken two steps when she heard the shout and turned back to see Chi Yuan also turn around, then raise his hand and slowly remove the mask from his face.
Looking at Chi Yuan's handsome and extraordinary young face, which seemed to have lost its vitality and was cold and wooden, Wenren Bingying's eyes rippled with a hazy light.
Young Master Fu Feng... has finally revealed his true face to her!
"Miss Bingying..."
Chi Yuan was about to speak when Wenren Bingying interrupted him, saying, "Young Master Fufeng, you don't need to say anything. Bingying knows, Bingying knows everything!"
She took out the stack of intelligence reports, tears welling in her eyes, and said, "I investigated a lot about you and learned about your past, Young Master Fufeng. I really didn't want to reopen your wounds, but... I just wanted to understand your inner world so badly. I'm sorry..."
Chi Yuan turned his gaze to the intelligence report, his eyes unwavering, and said calmly, "It's alright. I've long since let go of the past. Now, I only have some lingering obsessions, nothing to speak of as scars."
"Now that you know about my past, I won't say any more. However, there are still some things between us that we need to discuss openly."
Upon hearing this, Wenren Bingying gazed at Chi Yuan with eyes full of tears, pretending to listen attentively, and said, "Please speak, young master, Bingying is listening."
Chi Yuan turned his back, his gaze suddenly turning dark and deep: "Miss Bingying, my purpose in refining pills for you is not simple. From the very beginning, I approached you with a purpose, because I have a grudge against Ye Chen. I fell to that state because of him, and I have no reason not to take revenge on him."
“I know about your five-year agreement, and I know he feels deeply ashamed because of it, so I don’t want him to win. Since he wants to wash away his shame, then I will make him experience even deeper shame, and live in this shame forever!”
Chi Yuan's words revealed a suppressed hatred, then he changed the subject and said, "But Miss Bingying, I don't want to hurt you."
"I only wanted to use the bet between you and him to make him lose miserably through your actions, but I never thought about anything happening between us."
"To me, our relationship is one of mutual exploitation. You need elixirs to improve your cultivation, so I will refine them for you. If they can help you defeat him, then we will both get what we need. That is how I define our relationship."
At this point, Chi Yuan said in a low voice, "Miss Bingying, do you understand what I mean?"
Wenren Bingying trembled, her face turning pale: "Young Master Fufeng, I..."
Chi Yuan sighed softly and said, "I have delayed the feelings of many people in the past, and I don't want you to be one of them, because I can't give you the future you want. Your feelings for me will only hurt yourself in the end, understand?"
Wenren Bingying was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled through her tears: "Young Master Fufeng, Bingying knows that it is very difficult for me to enter your heart. You are different from any other man. Even if I try to seduce you with my beauty, you will not touch me."
"But Bingying refuses to accept fate and refuses to compromise with the predetermined outcome. Even if she suffers setbacks, she will fight for herself to the very end!"
"Because...you're the first man I've ever liked."
Wenren Bingying rushed behind Chi Yuan and hugged him tightly, a gentle smile on her face as she said, "No matter what your identity is, you will always be my Young Master Fufeng!"
"If you want me to win, I will do everything I can to win. Bingying doesn't dare to hope for the future, she just wants to see if her life can have a good outcome."
After saying that, Wenren Bingying released Chi Yuan, turned around and left the guest room with a wistful smile.
Chi Yuan's expression was complex.
...
In An Yuxi's guest room.
After listening to Wenren Bingying's account of Chi Yuan's past, An Yuxi was completely stunned. She couldn't imagine that this junior brother, who was so dazzling in her eyes, had actually gone through such immense suffering...
"I'm so angry! Where is that Ye Chen? I'll tear him apart, skin him alive, and shred him to pieces!"
Feng Yaoyao's pretty face was filled with anger as she gritted her teeth and shouted hatefully.
"Bingying made the right decision to annul the engagement. Such a treacherous and despicable person is not worthy of being Bingying's husband!"
An Yuxi's face showed displeasure. While feeling sorry for Chi Yuan, she also hated Ye Chen to the extreme. Wenren Bingying only thought that Ye Chen had framed Chi Yuan, but she knew that Ye Chen's actions were not just a simple framing.
It's likely that before framing him, they had already conspired with their master to cripple Chi Yuan's cultivation. Framing him was merely a pretext for their master to openly and legitimately cripple Chi Yuan.
Based on this, Ye Chen's grandmaster is most likely the Spirit Venerable that Chi Yuan mentioned who might have harmed him!
"Master, how did Young Master Fufeng... become a disciple of our sect?"
Wenren Bingying looked at An Yuxi seriously and asked.
An Yuxi didn't hide anything and told Wenren Bingying what happened today, but she deliberately didn't mention the ambiguous relationship between her and Chi Yuan.
When Wenren Bingying learned that her master had encountered a life-or-death crisis and that Chi Yuan had risked his life to save her master, she burst into tears. From just a few words her master had spoken, she could imagine how dangerous the situation had been. If Chi Yuan hadn't had that incredible speed, she might never have seen her master again...
Wenren Bingying was filled with gratitude. To her, Chi Yuan saving her master's life was no different from saving her own. Such a great favor could not be repaid in any way.
"Master, my uncle said he wants Ye Chen to lose. I must win this bet no matter what, even if it costs me my life!"
Wenren Bingying's belief was stronger than ever before.
"Hmph, I don't think that's necessary! You take me to that guy, and I'll grind him to dust!"
Unable to suppress her anger, Feng Yaoyao spoke with murderous intent.
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