Chapter 18 She Ran Away
◎ Cut open her belly and see if there is only gallbladder! ◎
Four days later, Bai Chen finally returned to the inn. Although he looked a little tired, he was more worried about other things.
When he left, he said it would be two days, and that little fool would probably pick on his "carelessness" and complain about him for a long time! While having a headache, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Who is the master after all?
How could he, the demon king, have to look at the face of a mortal maid?
When the innkeeper saw him come in, he immediately came forward with a smile and greeted him: "Mr. Bai, you're back?"
"Yeah." Bai Chen responded casually and prepared to go upstairs.
The shopkeeper then asked, "Where is Miss Yan? Why didn't she come back with you?"
Bai Chen stopped his step on the stairs and looked back at the shopkeeper: "She's not here?"
The shopkeeper asked back, "A few days ago, right after you left, Miss Yan packed her bags and left in a hurry! Didn't she come to look for you?"
Bai Chen's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, and he said, "I didn't see her."
The shopkeeper touched his chin and said, "You shouldn't have! She even took the lunch box and left. I was thinking that Miss Yan was really kind to you. She was afraid that you were too busy to eat, so she specially chased after you with the food! But you haven't met for so many days, could something have happened..."
Before the shopkeeper could finish his words, Bai Chen suddenly appeared and rushed out.
The shopkeeper slapped his lips, he should have been allowed to pay the bill first!
Perhaps because it had been too long, Bai Chen could not even detect the aura he left on Yan Yue.
His heart became more and more panicked, so he called Bai Lubao and asked him to take people to search for Yan Yue within a radius of 500 miles with the town as the center. He searched around the city aimlessly, and finally found a trace of evil spirit in the City God Temple in the west of the city.
There were several people in the City God Temple, repairing the clay statue of the City God.
Bai Chen ignored the few people, grabbed the red cloth draped over the City God, and smelled it carefully. That’s right, this piece of cloth has the evil spirit that he left on Yan Yue, and also a hint of her scent!
How dare you tear off the clothes of the City God in the City God Temple! Even though those mortals were somewhat afraid of Bai Chen's aura, they couldn't help but ask, "Who are you? How dare you be so disrespectful to the City God!"
Bai Chen raised the cloth and asked those people: "Where is the person who left this thing?"
The man was completely confused: "What are you talking about? This is the City God's cloak! Return it quickly! Otherwise, if you anger the City God, he will definitely..."
With a "clang", Bai Chen swung his fist and hammered the clay statue of the City God! Obviously his fist did not touch the clay sculpture, but the clay sculpture that had just been repaired was like a porcelain bottle dropped from a high place, and it shattered into pieces in an instant!
What kind of monster is this? !
Everyone gasped, frightened by the coldness of his body, and some collapsed or knelt on the ground, not daring to speak anymore.
Bai Chen gritted his teeth and repeated, "I ask, where is the person who left this thing?!"
The man was shaking like a sieve, and he cried, "I, I really don't know... This is the cloak of the City God. On the cloak, there are a few words embroidered: West City God Temple... This is the cloak we bought for the City God with the money left over from donating to the temple..."
Bai Chen asked: "Have you seen a woman? She is about 20 years old, with fair skin and beautiful appearance, but she is silly."
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads to deny it.
The man said, "I've never seen it before... People only come to burn incense in this temple on the first and fifteenth day of every month. The pilgrims will clean the place by themselves. There is no one here on weekdays..."
Bai Chen asked: "Now it's not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, why are you here?"
The man said, "The day before yesterday, someone discovered that the clay statue of the City God had collapsed. We are here to repair the statue of the City God..."
Bai Chen took the cloak and left, feeling very upset, but he had no clues and no idea what to do.
Bai Lubao reminded, "Your Majesty, that girl didn't run away, did she?"
Bai Chen glared at him and said, "Do you think she is you? She is just a mortal, she has no home to return to, she doesn't even have a talisman or a letter, where can she go?"
Bai Lubao didn't dare to say anything else, and only advised: "Then your Excellency, please go back to the inn and rest first! You haven't slept for several days in this fight against the troublesome little demons. The little demons will come to report as soon as they find someone!"
"Well, tell them to come and report whether they have any news or not."
Bai Chen and Bai Lubao returned to the inn.
The shopkeeper learned his lesson this time and came up to settle the bill first: "Mr. Bai, although Miss Yan's things have been taken away, we still keep the room! And we also store her washed and dried clothes in the room for you. Add to that the previous room fee and meal fee..."
Bai Chen's face turned grim: "She only took her own things, not mine?"
The shopkeeper said with certainty: "Your things are all in your room! We didn't dare to move anything. We only put the dry clothes in your room. Sir, we are a small business. The accumulated rent and food expenses are really a bit too much to bear..."
Bai Chen was upset and reached for his empty waist, then he remembered that he had also given this purse to Yan Yue.
The shopkeeper was still nagging: "Miss Yan finally took away one of our lunch boxes. It was a top-quality chicken-wing wood lunch box, the largest size..."
Bai Chen grabbed Bai Lubao's purse and threw it to the shopkeeper, then went straight upstairs and hurriedly pushed open Yan Yue's room.
The bed had been re-made and the cupboards were empty, like a room waiting to receive guests.
He returned to his own room, but it was evidently occupied. His clothes were placed on the bed, which Yan Yue had washed earlier. Under the bed was a pair of shoes, which she had also made herself.
Nothing is missing.
Bai Chen didn't want to believe it, but the facts forced him to believe it.
It was obvious that the woman just packed up her own things and had no intention of paying any attention to him.
So she wasn't looking for him.
She just ran away.
Well, she ran away.
She ran away! ! !
She actually ran away? ? ? ! ! !
While he was away, took his purse and ran away alone? ! She didn't even pay the bill, but took the opportunity to steal a premium lunch box from the store? !
This stinky woman! It's crazy! ! !
The angry blood rushed to his brain, Bai Chen was so angry that he could hardly stand, and his blood vessels were pounding on his crown! Before he knew it, his hand on the back of the chair had crushed the back into a ball of sawdust!
Bai Lubao was terrified, "Your Majesty, then, should we continue looking for it..."
"Of course I will!"
Bai Chen gnashed his teeth and said, "Tell the little demons, whoever can bring her head back will be rewarded by me!"
Bai Lubao bowed in response, then turned around and was about to leave.
"etc!"
Bai Chen took two deep breaths and said, "Catch her alive for me! She can be missing some arms and legs, but she must be alive! I will personally cut open her belly to see if the person who dared to plot against me has only guts in his belly!"
Bai Lubao hadn't seen Bai Chen so angry for a long time, so he quickly retreated.
Bai Chen rubbed his temples, stood up and walked to the bed, intending to take a nap to relax. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the pair of boots made by Yan Yue, and bent down to pick them up.
"You must hide well, don't let me find you easily!"
There was a sinister voice, with a chill that went straight to the bone, and followed by a "swish" sound, and the pair of boots were split in half!
*
Yan Yue sneezed and woke up from her daze.
Qi Zhaoyang handed her a coat and said, "Put it on! Although it's just autumn, it's hard to avoid feeling cold when you sleep."
Yan Yue's face was as bitter as a melon. "How can I sleep in such a noisy place?"
Qi Zhaoyang chuckled: "But you were snoring just now!"
Yan Yue immediately denied: "Impossible! I was just sleepy, how could I be snoring?"
Qi Zhaoyang teased her seriously: "Really? You're smacking your lips, your saliva is about to drip down!"
Yan Yue quickly touched the corner of his mouth, "No! You are lying to me, right, Qi Zhaoyang? You are a very gentle and elegant person, how can you be so full of nonsense?"
Qi Zhaoyang said helplessly: "In just a few days, I went from Master Qi to Young Master Qi, and then to Big Brother Qi. Now I just call him by his name?"
Yan Yue was frightened by Bai Chen that day and was a little panicked for a while, but now she has recovered. If Zhou Lin hadn't said that the talisman paper did have a blocking effect on him, Yan Yue would have kicked him out as a liar.
Now that they were nearly a thousand miles away from the town, she was no longer afraid, and her respect for Qi Zhaoyang naturally faded.
Moreover, Qi Zhaoyang was probably quite poor.
She hired the carriage and horses, and Qi Zhaoyang took the initiative to ask for accommodation and meals. But he only ate at roadside stalls and stopped at the post stations he passed by. He never took the initiative to go to a restaurant for a big meal, nor did he stay in a luxurious inn, and he would never buy snacks or food.
Yan Yue knew that he didn't make any money from this monster-catching trip, and sympathized with him for being broke but wanting to save face, so she tried to pick cheap stalls to eat at, and bought some extra braised meats, cooked food, and snacks to share with him.
If Qi Zhaoyang knew what Yan Yue was thinking, he would probably vomit blood.
He is a cultivator and his desire for food and drink is much less than that of ordinary people. It was just that on the first day of their trip, Yan Yue went to a small stall to try the local specialties. He mistakenly thought that Yan Yue was a rich girl who had never eaten the rough country food and had a special liking for it, so he always took her to eat at the small stall.
As for accommodation, those who practice cultivation are accustomed to keeping everything simple when they are away from home, just to drive away evil spirits as quickly as possible. He stayed at the post station not to save money, but because the post station was right next to the official road, making it convenient for traveling. Going into the city to find an inn would ultimately be a waste of time.
Yan Yue was not in a hurry to travel, but with Qi Zhaoyang traveling with her, she couldn't bear to abandon him and have fun eating, drinking and having fun in the towns she passed by.
The advantage of having Qi Zhaoyang is that she is a girl in her prime, with bright eyes, white teeth, delicate skin, and always attracts attention.
When she was with Bai Chen before, no one had ever stared at her so recklessly. But now, not only did they stare at her, they even had the guts to approach her and talk to her. Drunk people even dared to say some dirty words to her.
"This sister is so beautiful! With her fair skin and beautiful figure, she looks like a fairy from heaven!"
Yan Yue accepted the compliment with a clear conscience, looked at the other person's face carefully and said, "But you are so ugly! And you smell bad. Don't you know how to take a bath?"
Before the man could change his expression, Qi Zhaoyang had already blocked Yan Yue, pulled out a section of the sword in his hand, and shouted coldly: "Get out!"
After the drunkard ran away, Qi Zhaoyang asked Yan Yue: "Don't bother with this dirty scoundrel."
“But he praised me for being beautiful!”
Yan Yue was quite proud and said distressedly: "I think it's polite for me to compliment him when he compliments me. But he's really ugly and smells bad, so I can't compliment him. I can only persuade him to take a bath. Is this considered a reward?"
Qi Zhaoyang looked at her serious expression and didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment: "Aren't you afraid of him?"
Yan Yue asked back: "Why should I be afraid of him? Will he steal my money?"
Qi Zhaoyang looked puzzled: "You, do you have a lot of money?"
Yan Yue remembered Zhou Lin's warning not to show off his wealth, so she denied it flatly, "It's not a lot, just enough to make the journey."
She walked forward with her head down, looking very guilty.
Qi Zhaoyang almost laughed out loud, and chased after him and asked, "How much money do you need to travel?"
"This... uh, roughly, no more, no less..."
【Author’s words】
Zhou Lin: Oh, I really tried my best! Click on the collection button to help Miss Yue expand her brain!
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