Chapter 31: My Gu...is no longer effective
"There's a ghost here." Jiang Li whispered, feeling even colder in his heart.
Yun Si looked like he understood everything, his fingertips casually playing with a silver bell at his waist. "That rustling sound you heard last night, sister? It was probably the sound of someone dragging a corpse."
The deathly aura was so heavy that it had already been revealed...
"Knowing this, why did you stay?" Jiang Li asked, his voice tense.
"This is the only place within miles that offers shelter from the torrential downpour." Yun Si lowered his voice, barely a whisper. "If you stay, you'll have to pay a price. Some pay in silver, while others..." He paused, a cold glance crossing his eyes. "They pay with their lives. Whatever the manor owner is planning is none of our business. We'll leave when the rain stops."
When Jiang Li heard this, a chill ran up his spine.
This is like knowing that there is a cliff in front, but still betting that there happens to be a life-saving vine hanging on the cliff!
Knowing it was bait, but having no other choice, I had no choice but to bite it!
She understood this principle. But what about what she had seen this morning? Yun Si had casually spoken of "drinking tea and chatting," but what she had witnessed was clearly something else entirely.
That figure in a cyan brocade robe, the glaring crimson cuffs, and the suffocating confrontation in the hall… Was all this part of the price? That memory, now like a deep pool shrouded in thick fog, was blurry and frightening.
"Sister, you look uneasy. Are you hiding something from me?" Yun Si keenly noticed Jiang Li's strangeness and looked at him inquiringly.
Jiang Li met his gaze, his doubts still lingering: "...Could it be because of that bowl of hot soup this morning? You remembered it wrongly..."
She tried to use this explanation to soothe her confused memory.
Yun Si knew she was still trapped in the illusion, so he said in a deep voice, "Sister, you were poisoned by a Gu just now."
He wanted to say that those were all fake...
A strong intuition screamed in Jiang Li's heart. Those memories were definitely not false! But she couldn't find any evidence. "Then tell me, what did the owner of the manor look like when you saw him?"
"..." Yun Si opened his mouth and said, "One nose, one mouth, two eyes, two ears...anyway, you are not as good-looking as me." His tone was frivolous, trying to deceive.
Jiang Li's eyes suddenly turned cold and his face looked frosty.
He's just being perfunctory, isn't he? If Yun Si gets into danger, she'll definitely stand by and watch!
Seeing that she was really angry, Yun Si quickly restrained himself: "He has a tall figure, slightly taller than me. His skin color... is so white that it's creepy, like a corpse that has been left for several days." He didn't mean to slander her maliciously. The man's paleness was indeed unusual, and he exuded a sense of death.
Jiang Li thought back, "Does he have a folding fan in his hand?"
"I haven't noticed," Yun Si answered decisively, but he felt strangely irritated. He'd only met her once, yet he remembered her fan so clearly?
Jiang Li frowned. These features were too vague to be verified...
"Sister has finished asking questions, now it's my turn?" Yun Si's voice was slightly deep.
"Ask." Jiang Li met his eyes.
"What did he...say to you?"
Jiang Li was silent for a moment, then whispered, "He said...you teamed up with him to test me..."
Yun Si's breath hitched, but he didn't immediately refute. A cold rage welled up in his eyes. He and that person had nothing to do with each other, yet the other person dared to sow discord...
But this time, he really didn't!
Yun Si suddenly stood up, grabbed Jiang Li's wrist without saying a word and walked out.
"Where are you going?"
"Since my sister doesn't believe me, I will prove my innocence!" There was a subtle hint of grievance in his words.
That's fine. Jiang Li also wanted to clear away this thick fog.
But Yun Si saw this indifference as naked distrust. A surge of inexplicable anger rose, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on Jiang Li's wrist.
"It hurts!" Jiang Li gasped in pain.
Yun Si was startled and hurriedly let go. He held her wrist and rubbed it gently with regret. "It's my fault."
Seeing the gloomy look on his face, Jiang Li said slowly, "It's okay, Ah Si."
Yun Si picked her up again, using a much gentler force, and walked straight to the owner's residence. He said coldly to the servant at the door, "I need to see you for something. Go and inform me immediately."
The attendant was inside for a long time before a gentle voice came out: "Please come in, both of you."
Yun Si pushed the door open and walked in, protecting Jiang Li behind him without making a sound.
I saw the man sitting at the table, sipping tea leisurely.
Yun Si's eyes were as sharp as knives as he examined him silently.
The man slowly sipped the tea in his cup, then raised his eyes and asked, "What do you want, sir?"
"Has the master of the manor ever seen my wife?" Yun Si said as he stepped aside.
Jiang Li's vision suddenly opened up, and his heart was shocked. The person sitting before him was clearly the man in blue clothes he had seen this morning!
But the man smiled indifferently and denied it flatly: "No. If you have seen such a beautiful lady like you, you will definitely remember it in your heart." There was a hint of frivolity in his words.
Jiang Li was stunned. Not only did he deny it, he even dared to speak rudely to Yun Si in front of him... Did he want to die?
Yun Si's eyes suddenly became sinister as he locked onto the other person, his aura instantly dropping to freezing point.
Jiang Li also noticed the instant tenseness of his muscles, and followed his gaze, staring at the man closely.
What is he talking about? Does he want to die?
The man showed no fear as he met Yun Si's murderous gaze, even with a meaningful smile on his lips.
Go to hell!
The air seemed to freeze, and a dead silence spread between the three of them, making it hard to breathe.
Yun Si's heart tightened, but he didn't show it. A faint sneer escaped his throat, and he said lightly, "Nothing."
He moved his fingers and realized that his hands were sweating.
The man nodded with a smile, his eyes seemingly passing over Jiang Li unintentionally. His gaze was like a cold spider silk, gently brushing across her body.
"Sorry for bothering you. Goodbye." Yun Si said in a cold voice, pulling Jiang Li and turning to leave.
Jiang Li nodded slightly, her eyes swept across the cuffs of the man in green. The dark red was extremely dazzling, burning into her eyes!
In an instant, her blood seemed to freeze, her feet staggered, and she almost collapsed.
"Sister!" Yun Si quickly embraced her, his voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible panic, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Li shook his head with difficulty, squeezing out a weak mosquito-like sound between his teeth: "No..."
At the same time, the voice of Manor Master Luo resounded, sending a chill down one's spine: "Young Master, quickly help Madam go back and get some rest. Remember, turn left at the end, don't... take the wrong road."
…
Jiang Li's heart suddenly shrank, and the hand holding Yun Si tightened instantly, with his nails almost digging into his palm.
Yun Si was frightened by the great fear in her eyes. He didn't care about anything else. He grabbed her with his arms and picked her up horizontally, then rushed out of the room with big strides, as if there was an evil ghost chasing him.
The moment the two figures disappeared, the smile in the eyes of the gentle and jade-like owner of the house suddenly faded, leaving only a bottomless cold pool, but a hint of playfulness curved his lips: "Interesting, wonderful person."
The door blocked out the suffocating air, and Jiang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. "I... I'm fine, put me down." Her voice trembled slightly with the feeling of having survived a disaster.
Yun Si put her down with unusual obedience, his movements gentle. Jiang Li was about to speak about the cuff, but suddenly he felt a loneliness he had never felt before, and... a hint of panic that he had tried hard to suppress but still leaked out!
"A Si?" Jiang Li's heart sank. "What's wrong with you?"
Yun Si looked up at her, his eyes sharp yet hidden with brokenness, his voice so low it was almost broken: "Sister... my Gu is ineffective."
Jiang Li met his eyes, which were filled with an unknown sense of oppression, and gasped! His panic instantly infected her like a plague, making her even more panicked than he was...
"You...you're lying to me again?" Her voice trembled, trying to grasp the last straw, "Are you trying to test whether I will run away again? Right?" But the naked, undisguised suspicion in Yun Si's eyes told her that it was true! The witchcraft had failed!
Just now, he quietly released a poisonous insect, intending to penetrate the opponent's heart and kill him. But the insect didn't even stir a ripple...
A huge panic instantly gripped Jiang Li!
Yun Si couldn't do anything to the owner of Manor Luo!
She swallowed hard, a thought growing wildly in her mind: "Then let's... run away?" She knew it was impossible to escape at this moment, but she still couldn't help but try.
Yun Si unexpectedly calmed down. He held Jiang Li's cold hand tightly with his backhand, his eyes returning to a paranoid concentration: "Even without the Gu, I can still protect my sister."
Jiang Li almost wanted to tell him everything she had seen and heard this morning, but once Yun Si made up his mind, he was as stubborn as a rock. She was at her wit's end. However, did his boldness in speaking so confidently mean...he was holding a hidden card?
When he reached the corner at the end of the corridor, Jiang Li suddenly stopped!
An invisible yet icy force pushed her back hard, forcing her to turn to the deep path on the right! A vague and urgent whisper seemed to penetrate her mind directly: "Leave... Leave here quickly..."
Yun Si was preoccupied and did not notice anything strange about Jiang Li at that moment.
**
Outside the window, it was raining heavily, and the sky and the earth were gray, as if a huge shroud had been hung down.
Since leaving the manor owner's house, every moment has become torture. Jiang Li sat by the window, looking at the rain outside, his heart in turmoil.
The huge water tank in the courtyard had long since overflowed, and muddy rainwater gurgled out, mixing awkwardly with the mud on the ground, making it impossible to distinguish one from the other...
Isn't Yun Si the same? This place doesn't seem as simple as he thought... He smiled at the people by the window, but it was worth it.
As dusk fell, Jiang Li was restless and unable to sleep, fearing that he would be dead when he woke up.
Yun Si comforted her, "Don't be afraid, sister. I have sealed the doors and windows..."
Blocked? Meaning, she couldn't escape even if she wanted to...
Yun Si said, having already made the bed: "Sister, go to sleep peacefully. I will stay awake tonight and watch over you."
Jiang Li had no choice but to let him lie down.
Yun Si didn't turn off the lights and sat at the table.
Jiang Li closed her eyes, her vision plunging into darkness. But the sound of rain outside, like the beat of a drum, made her blood boil. Not only did she not feel sleepy at all, but she actually felt a burning sensation all over.
She tried to calm her breathing, but she couldn't calm down.
Even with her eyes closed, she could feel a burning gaze...
"Why don't we turn off the lights?" Jiang Li sighed and spoke.
Her premonition was correct, Yun Si was staring at her right now...
She felt her throat dry for some reason and sat up suddenly: "I...I'm going to drink some water."
She avoided his sight as if running away. The moment the cold water entered her throat, the coolness was extremely comfortable.
The people around her clearly didn't say a word, but she felt as if she was being judged.
When Jiang Li was about to drink the second glass of water, Yun Si stopped her: "Sister, don't drink anymore. The doors and windows are sealed, and it's a bit difficult to go out..."
The sound made her throat itch.
His cold fingers brushed against her palm and snatched the cup away.
It wasn't just my throat; the itchiness was spreading...
He seemed to have noticed something, and he moved closer on purpose, his hot breath spraying on her neck: "What's wrong, sister?"
Her body suddenly felt hot, and her eyes became blurry. At the moment she was about to lose herself, Jiang Li pushed him away: "Stay away from me..."
Yun Si was stunned and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Li saw it all, and suddenly realized what was happening. He angrily slapped him in the face and said, "Did you cast a spell on me?"
Yun Si was unusually excited...
He took the slap without dodging, grabbed her hand, and his eyes lit up: "So...sister, do you want me now?"
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