Chapter 357 I like gentle girls
Yu Sui agreed.
After treating his injuries, Wei Ren went to stay alone in the empty room next door.
Wanqi was responsible for taking care of Ji Meng, and only went to the dining hall to prepare lunch for them at noon.
As Yu Sui put the umbrella back in the bamboo basket, he casually remarked, "Senior brother, you have quite a few umbrellas in your room."
Mei Liangyu turned her head and looked at the seven or eight umbrellas in the bamboo basket.
“That’s where Chun’er left it; he always forgets to take his umbrella with him,” he said, turning his gaze away.
Yu Sui asked again, "Have you contacted Senior Brother Xing? He's very worried about you and has been looking for you with Senior Sister Su all this time."
“He asked Senior Brother Nian to divide one of the three hexagrams into three and bring it to you every day, and Senior Brother Nian did as he was told.”
Even Cang Shu put aside his own affairs and sent his refined poisonous insects all over the academy to find Mei Liangyu.
Shi Yuezhen asked people to search both the Communications Institute and the Medical Institute, but there was no news of Mei Liangyu's death or his body.
After listening, Mei Liangyu only hummed in response. He stood by the window inside the room, gazing out at something unknown.
He kept telling himself that.
Nangong Ming is Nangong Ming, and Yu Sui is Yu Sui. The Xing family is the Xing family, and Xing Chun is Xing Chun.
They are different.
Yu Sui tidied up the umbrellas that were scattered around, with all the tips pointing downwards.
While tidying her umbrella, she was still thinking about the text message Su Feng had sent her.
Nangong Ming knew that her senior brother was the child of the Princess of Yan and possessed the Thousand-Machine Heart, the most precious treasure of the mechanical arts. Everyone could see that Mei Liangyu loved her, and once Nangong Ming knew this, her next step was to have her kill Mei Liangyu and seize the Thousand-Machine Heart.
Just like how Lady Su wanted to snatch the Breath Soil from Yan Manfeng.
Su Feng wanted to know Yu Sui's feelings, and that depended on what he did next.
It's best if you don't like Mei Liangyu.
If he likes Mei Liangyu, he will try to persuade Yu Sui to give up. Su Feng doesn't think this relationship is good; there's no need to even think about it—there's no possibility for these two.
National hatred and personal vendetta may seem like just four simple words, but between them lie countless corpses, including those of Mei Liangyu's closest relatives and friends, and also those of Nangong Sui.
Su Feng didn't even dare to imagine what Nangong Ming would do if he knew that Yu Sui also liked Mei Liangyu.
Father would never allow it, and might even do the same thing as Saint Changgen.
Regardless of her answer, Yu Sui had to carefully consider her next steps. Besides, the person who needed that answer wasn't Su Feng, but Nangong Ming.
If she answers that she likes it, people's focus will shift from Mei Liangyu to Nangong Sui.
More shocking than all of that was the relationship between her master and senior brother. She could sense her master's doting and indulgence towards Mei Liangyu, but why would he do such a thing?
He was so lenient with his senior brother because he felt guilty for killing his family.
My master is not that kind of person.
Yu Sui couldn't help but look at the people inside the room.
He knew everything, yet he remained so calm.
It was so calm it was unsettling.
Yu Sui pursed her lips slightly, and gently opened her mouth as if to ask a question, but then stopped herself from speaking.
For them, Taiyi was not a good place to talk.
Their conversations always seemed veiled, unable to be explained clearly and completely.
I cannot say that I am the son of Princess Gongsun Xi of Yan and the master mechanic Donglan Xun, nor can I say that my master killed my mother, that your father killed my family, or that Qingyang and Yan are mortal enemies.
Yu Sui suddenly realized that even if she revealed everything, her senior brother would only tell her:
You are you, and the Nangong family is the Nangong family.
It's as if this one sentence can end everything, cover everything up, and then return to calm.
But my senior brother never says what he wants.
Before regaining her memories, Mei Liangyu was already unable to control her destructive desires. Now that her memories have been restored, how could she really be so calm?
At this moment, Yu Sui realized that their relationship was only in a delicate balance, not because Mei Liangyu liked her that much, but because he was still holding back.
Or rather, it is precisely because he likes her that he is enduring it. Just as Mei Liangyu once said, if he were to put himself in shackles, the reason would only be Yu Sui.
Now they know everything, but they haven't solved anything.
Can everything in this world be solved simply by liking each other?
Yu Sui looked at the man standing by the window. His gaze was as aimless and casual as ever. At this moment, Mei Liangyu seemed to sense something and turned around to look at him.
"Senior brother, no matter what happens in the future," Yu Sui asked softly, "is it enough as long as we like each other?"
Upon hearing this, the person leaning against the window straightened up and gazed into her eyes for a long time.
Two days passed quickly.
Inside the Xunlei Earth Mound, looking down from the high sky, one can see a small black dot slowly climbing up the steep cliff face, gradually approaching the highest point.
The boy gripped the exposed rocks, stretching his pale hands out from his oversized, ill-fitting long clothes as he climbed upwards, nearly falling several times because of the length of his garments.
After the boy, covered in dirt, climbed up the cliff, panting heavily, he rolled over and lay down on the ground. Looking at the sky flashing with lightning, he fumbled in the mechanism box and took out the Wind Listening Ruler.
The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, then heard the girl's voice: "Where are you?"
"I just climbed up the Xunlei Ditie (a type of embankment)," the boy said.
There was a pause on the other end of the line, followed by Yu Sui's somewhat puzzled question: "Xue Mushi?"
Xue Mushi paused for a moment, then answered, "It's me."
“Your voice…” Yu Sui considered an adjective, “Why does it sound softer?”
"Huh?" Xue Mushi was stunned. After a moment, he looked at his hands and slowly sat up.
The sleeves were too long, the coat was too long, and the hands were both familiar and unfamiliar. The wind-listening ruler went out, and the surface of the ruler reflected the boy's tender face. It was eleven-year-old Xue Mushi.
"I……"
Xue Mushi spoke, his voice still carrying a hint of childishness.
He realized what was happening and silently shut up.
The Taoist principle of returning to simplicity and authenticity.
Xue Mushi stared blankly at his face reflected on the ruler, reached out and touched his brow bone, calmed down, and recalled the scene of his conversation with the strange fire.
Those special qualities that he ignored and hid are now being exposed little by little.
His fingertips brushed across his brow, and a golden lightning pattern flashed by.
"I have indeed shrunk," Xue Mushi said honestly. "Where are you?"
Yu Sui said he was at the entrance to the Wujian Mountain Abyss.
Xue Mushi was about to tell her to wait while he went to find her, but then he changed his mind and said, "I want you to help me find someone."
"who?"
“Luo Cheng, a Taoist disciple,” Xue Mushi said. “I want to know his current location.”
Yu Sui checked for him and then replied: "Luo Cheng just entered the Wujian Mountain Abyss this morning with Lu Hui and Tu Qian and a few others."
When she mentioned Tu Qian, she asked again, "Is she from your fiancée's family?"
“She is Miao Yi’s cousin,” Xue Mushi said, standing up from the ground.
Yu Sui rolled her eyes: "You fell into the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Thunder on your own?"
Xue Mushi: "He was pushed down by Luo Cheng."
Yu Sui laughed and said, "A blessing in disguise, Xue the Divine Calculator."
Xue Mushi tilted his head and tucked the Wind Listening Ruler under his shoulder, while adjusting his sleeves: "I'm coming to the Abyss of No Return, wait for me."
Yu Sui hung up the telepathic message, but Xue Mushi's childish voice still lingered in her mind. She had a guess in her heart, so she looked up at Mei Liangyu, who was standing not far away: "Senior Brother."
Mei Liangyu was showing his disdain for Wei Ren through words and actions, relentlessly rubbing salt into his wounds from his two failed attempts to control people with the bewitching snake. Wei Ren felt aggrieved, but he had indeed failed, so he had to endure it. After being ordered around by Mei Liangyu twice, he couldn't take it anymore, and the two of them started exchanging barbs and stabbing each other.
Wan Qi stood in the middle, carrying Ji Meng, who had been knocked unconscious again. At first, he tried to smooth things over, but then he thought, "I'm carrying a grown man on my back. Nobody cares about me. You two are dreaming."
Yu Sui called out to Mei Liangyu, signaling him to come over and talk. Mei Liangyu turned around without hesitation, leaving the increasingly fierce Wei Ren behind.
Wei Ren rolled his eyes and said to Wan Qi, "It's those two whispering again. Why can't we listen?"
Wan Qi looked back in confusion: "What is their relationship? What is our relationship? Is it okay for us to hear that conversation?"
He didn't want to hear the sweet nothings whispered between young lovers, so why was Wei Ren so eager to hear them?
You must be...
Seeing Wan Qi's strange gaze, Wei Ren understood his meaning and sneered, "I like gentle girls."
Wan Qi: "Isn't Nangong Sui gentle?"
Wei Ren: "Before you treat other people's illnesses, you should first cure your own blindness!"
Mei Liangyu came to Yu Sui's side and listened to her talk about Xue Mushi's upcoming visit. Without any objection, she said in a flat tone, "We've waited two days and all we got was a piece of trash. Waiting for another one won't hurt."
Yu Sui: Are you angry?
"He doesn't deserve it?" Mei Liangyu lowered his gaze and looked back.
Yu Sui smiled and told him her guess: "I saw Dean Zhang turn from an old man into a child before. I wondered if this was Dean Zhang's ability as a saint, or a unique Taoist technique?"
“It’s a Taoist art of the nine schools,” Mei Liangyu said, “a return to the original simplicity of heavenly secrets.”
“Xue Mushi is also a Taoist disciple. He was struck by the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Thunder in the Xun Lei Di Ji and his body shrank after he woke up.” Yu Sui raised his hand to gesture. “I’m wondering if he is in the same situation as Dean Zhang.”
Mei Liangyu only moved his eyelids slightly upon hearing this, his dark eyes shifting their focus to Yu Sui's face.
Yu Sui seemed completely unaware of what she had revealed, lost in her own thoughts.
“You just said…” Mei Liangyu was interrupted by Yu Sui before she could finish speaking, “It’s good that you know, that’s not the point right now.”
"I want to know if he's returned to his true self now."
From Yu Sui's words, Mei Liangyu guessed that the person who was struck by the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Thunder in the Xun Lei Di Ji was Xue Mushi, and thus learned the secret of Xue Mushi's possession of a strange fire.
That dull-witted kid is actually the destroyer of the world.
He's not too dull, at least he's pretty good at fortune telling.
"We'll have to see for ourselves to know." Mei Liangyu blinked lightly. "I've never heard of being struck by Taoist lightning and becoming young again."
"If Taoist thunder had this effect, I'd go every day..." Yu Sui's teasing words faltered halfway through, "Never mind, I don't want to go back to being a child."
Mei Liangyu reached out and gently pinched her cheek, prompting Yu Sui to look up and glance at him. He said, "It's fine like this. If it shrunk, it would make me look like a pervert."
Yu Sui: "..."
They waited for Xue Mushi, who arrived late, in the abyss of Wujian Mountain.
The once tall and upright boy now only reached their waists. Xue Mushi, dragging his oversized blue robe, looked like a child caught red-handed wearing adult clothes, his face filled with frustration and embarrassment.
Wan Qi didn't recognize Xue Mushi, nor had she ever seen him before. Seeing that everyone else was silent, she quietly asked Wei Ren, "Who is this kid?"
Wei Ren also wanted to ask who the child was. He stepped forward and blocked Xue Mushi's path, looking down at him with an air of righteous indignation, using his height and imposing presence to intimidate him. He said with a forced smile, "Kid, this is not a place for you. Get out of here."
Standing behind, Yu Sui said, "He is Xue Mushi."
Wei Ren: "..."
Xue Mushi wiped his face and looked up to ask, "Ah, so I don't have to roll anymore?"
After hesitating for a long time, Wei Ren finally blurted out, "Are you sick? Is it fun to use illusion magic to shrink yourself and fool people?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than a man's soft sneer came from behind her. Mei Liangyu said, "What are you pretending to know about illusions for, you half-baked guy? Can't you see the Taoist principle of returning to simplicity?"
Wan Qi suddenly realized: "The Taoist secret of returning to simplicity? This is indeed not an illusion, but a secret technique of Taoism that can only be learned through talent. Isn't that Dean Zhang one of them? Among so many sages in Taoism, he is the only one who can do it."
"Talent? What Taoist talent does he have? If he had Taoist talent, he wouldn't have been jilted and sent to Taiyi." Wei Ren said warily, "I think you're under an illusion and have mistaken this brat for Xue Mushi!"
Mei Liangyu ignored him and said to Yu Sui, "His eyes are full of energy; he has indeed returned to his original simplicity."
Yu Sui then said to Xue Mushi, "Then you should testify to Wei Ren."
Wei Ren immediately replied, "Go back and see."
Xue Mushi awkwardly touched his nose: "I just... can't turn back for a while."
“Then you’re a fake!” Wei Ren said firmly.
"Let's go." Yu Sui turned and walked into the Wujian Mountain Abyss. "You can ask my senior brother about Taoist techniques."
The night was deep, the moonlight was dim, and the streetlights on both sides of the road were gradually shrouded in mist.
A group of mechanical sorcerers dressed in red, carrying mechanical bags, walked towards the gate of Taiyi Academy.
Gongsun Qilu was at the very back, accompanied by a burly mechanical sorcerer from the Murong family named Aquan.
Ah Quan first looked around nervously, then distanced himself from the others, before hooking his arm around the man's broad, muscular back and leaning close like a good brother, whispering:
“Brother, I treat you like my own brother, really. From the moment you entered this door, you’ve been called A-Ni. You’re my real brother. We’re inseparable, always together wherever we go. So whether you’re going to kill someone or set fire to the academy, you have to tell me and take me with you.”
"Only in this way can I fulfill the patriarch's request and bring you out of the academy alive."
"By the way, when we go to fix the dragon ladder later, you can just take a wrench and tap it a couple of times. Don't worry about what others think, just find a nail and tap it, and we'll take care of the rest."
A-Quan was completely unafraid of the terrifying aura that Gongsun Qi occasionally exuded; he only cared about whether he could fulfill the patriarch's orders.
He asked seriously, "Brother, come here, I'll say it once and you read it aloud."
"When committing murder"
"When committing murder."
"Tell me in advance!"
"I told you in advance." Gongsun Qi finished reading calmly, and Aquan was very pleased.
They had barely finished speaking when they encountered a group of students walking by, laughing and joking. Someone called out from behind, "Yan Xiaochuan!"
"Yan Xiaochuan! Instructor Mu is looking for you!"
"They're here!" The boy in the crowd stopped and turned around.
The fog lingered, but the night light pierced through it, clearly illuminating the boy's face.
Gongsun Qi stopped and stared at the young man walking on the side path for a long time.
Very similar.
They look so alike.
Like her mother, and like her father.
"By the way, do you know that Mei Liangyu is back?"
"I know," Yan Xiaochuan said casually. "Senior Brother Liangyu asked me about it on the Wind-Listening Ruler. Hmph, I told you he wouldn't die, but you all insisted on guessing. Now look what happened, pay up, I won."
The people around him, while handing over the money, wondered, "I'm so curious, when did you become so close to Mei Liangyu? He even asked you about it. Let me see, is it for real?"
Yan Xiaochuan smugly hummed, "You think you can just watch if you want? There's no such thing as a free lunch. I won't give it to you."
"..."
After walking a few steps, Ah Quan realized that the people behind him hadn't followed, so he quickly turned back and asked, "Brother Ah Ni, what's wrong?"
Gongsun Qi watched the boys walk away into the distance, then stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Go and kill them."
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