Qu Lingyuan smiled silently.
Yu Jinjiang put down his arms and saw Shi Ran standing blankly to the side.
"You've been getting up so early in the morning. You must have worked hard. Have a good rest. I'm leaving first." He almost forgot that Shi Ran still had something to talk to him about.
"Okay." Qu Lingyuan stood up from the chair gracefully and waved her paw to say goodbye to him.
Yu Jinjiang left here and followed Shi Ran to her room.
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
He was busy with the funeral and had no training today. He was in a hurry to leave and didn't even sit down. He stood in front of Shi Ran and asked.
Shi Ran still had to act, sitting in a chair with a dazed look on her face.
She whispered tentatively, "Does Senior Brother Yu really trust her so much?"
Yu Jinjiang was stunned for a moment, his deep eyes fixed on her face, as if he wanted to find some expression from her face.
After a long while, he finally spoke: "Could it be that Junior Sister has doubts about her? I watched Ling Yuan grow up, she wouldn't be that kind of person. Besides, this letter is full of loopholes, what is there to doubt?"
As if unconsciously retorting, Shi Ran lowered his head and murmured, "Don't judge a person by his appearance..."
She looked up and saw Yu Jinjiang's gloomy expression. Then, as if waking from a dream, she hurriedly explained, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother... I was just too impatient. I didn't mean to discredit Ling Yuan. It's just... because this is about my father, I got a little excited..."
"Yeah, I know." Yu Jinjiang replied indifferently.
This is human nature.
But ever since Qu Lingyuan showed her fear of Shi Ran, Yu Jinjiang's trust in Shi Ran has decreased a bit.
Hearing her say this now, it still feels a bit weird.
After adjusting his mood, Shi Ran changed the subject, raised his head and smiled: "Let's talk about business."
"You go ahead." Yu Jinjiang still stood there straight, quietly waiting for her to speak.
Shi Ran smiled shyly and said softly, "The funeral is over, and Senior Brother has now officially taken over the position of head of the sect. Since my father has entrusted me to Senior Brother, then... when will Senior Brother marry me?"
The admiration on her face was beyond words. Although he had known that she had such thoughts, Yu Jinjiang still felt a little flustered.
He promised his master that he would take good care of Shi Ran, but he had not yet thought of marrying her.
Now he didn't know how to answer this question. In order not to hurt Shi Ran as much as possible, he thought for a while before saying, "I don't plan to get married yet..."
Shi Ran was stunned. Yu Jinjiang had agreed so readily at the beginning, and she had always thought that he was interested in her.
But I didn't expect the answer to be like this.
"Brother, do you...hate me?" Shi Ran's face was full of dejection.
"How could I possibly hate you..." Yu Jinjiang took two steps closer and answered hurriedly.
Just because she doesn't dislike you, does that mean I have to marry her?
Yu Jinjiang was also confused by the question and stood there speechless.
After a moment of silence, Shi Ran sighed softly.
"Brother, please go back. I don't have anything else to say. I'll just stay here for a while..." The gentle smile on its face was filled with bitterness.
Yu Jinjiang lowered his eyebrows and stood there staring at her for a few seconds before turning and leaving.
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There has been no movement inside the gate in recent days.
Qu Lingyuan did not leave the main door or the secondary door, and Shi Ran seemed to be still in loss and did not leave her boudoir either.
The busiest one is Yu Jinjiang.
He has been trying to find out who framed Qu Lingyuan.
On the day of the incident, all the inner disciples were at the funeral, and only the outer disciples had the opportunity to wander around. They took the opportunity to sneak into Qu Lingyuan's house while everyone was away.
The footprints in the snow that day were very large and looked like those of a man.
There are many male disciples among the outer sect, so it would be difficult to find out who did it.
At a loss, Yu Jinjiang came to Qu Lingyuan's house again.
It was still that graceful face, with black hair tied behind her head with a headband, but there was a hint of blue under her eyes.
It seems that he hasn't slept well recently.
There wasn't any big problem with the frame-up, so maybe he could just ignore it.
But when he thought of Qu Lingyuan's aggrieved look that day, he couldn't help but want to drag out the person behind the scenes and beat him up.
"It's rare to see Brother Yu not taking a good rest." Qu Lingyuan teased him and pulled him to sit on a chair, then stretched out her little hand and slowly poured a cup of tea and handed it to him.
Her house was not like Shi Ran's, which was filled with incense all day long. Now the whole room was filled with the light aroma of tea, which was quite refreshing.
Gently stroking the blue area under Yu Jinjiang's eyelid, Qu Lingyuan pouted distressedly: "You don't have to be so tired."
The cool fingertips rubbed across his eyelids, making Yu Jinjiang's tired eyes feel much more comfortable.
He shook his head and replied with a smile: "It's not hard."
Qu Lingyuan raised her eyebrows and looked at him, unable to deny it.
"What brings you here today?"
Yu Jinjiang opened his narrowed eyes, looked at her tender face like a lotus emerging from the water, and asked softly, "Do you know anything about that letter? For example, who have you been in contact with recently, and who has a problem with you?"
After pondering for a moment, Qu Lingyuan shook her head, looking clueless. "Brother Yu should be very familiar with my interpersonal relationships. I'm only close to you, and I hardly talk to anyone else normally. But being close to you...who would be unhappy with that?"
This was also used to give Yu Jinjiang some advice.
Although it seemed like a question, Qu Lingyuan already had the answer in her heart.
Who else could be dissatisfied except Shi Ran?
Her close relationship with Yu Jinjiang only blocked Shi Ran's path.
Other female disciples were also interested in Yu Jinjiang, but they were just infatuated with her and no one would ever think of marrying Yu Jinjiang, such a beautiful woman.
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