Bai Miao was too stubborn, so Yan Liang had no choice but to take him on a shortcut, leaving the man following behind behind.
When the man disappeared, he stood there silently for a while and then left.
Yan Liang didn't waste any more time on that strange man and returned to the Li residence with Bai Miao.
Several people in the Li residence were waiting for Yan Liang. Li Xunle wasn't stupid; he had noticed Yan Liang was always running around these past few days, and feeling curious, he asked Wang Lianhua about it.
Wang Lianhua was too lazy to cover for Yan Liang. She glanced at the three people who were looking expectant and uneasy, and revealed Yan Liang's motives for going out these past few days.
Yan Shenming's expression was subtle, even slightly furrowed, as if he was very unhappy with Yan Liang's investigation.
At this moment, Yan Liang and Bai Miao returned.
Bai Miao was somewhat surprised to see the four people in the courtyard. He had thought there would only be "Flower Girl" and Li Xunle at most, and was quite taken aback to see the two teenagers.
Yan Liang introduced the two young men to him. Bai Miao's eyes twitched slightly, and he stood there with his lips pursed. He didn't understand why Yan Liang still had the leisure to introduce people to him at a time like this.
"This is Bai Miao."
Yan Liang then spoke.
Wang Lianhua glanced at the two with a half-smile. Li Xunle hesitated for a moment before introducing himself: "My name is Li Xunle."
Bai Miao nodded almost imperceptibly, then looked at Yan Liang with a stern face—he had never told Yan Liang his name.
Yan Liang smiled at him and gestured with his chin toward Wang Lianhua: "He's the one who told me your name."
Wang Lianhua readily replied, "So what if it's me?"
At this moment, Bai Miao also realized that Yan Liang and "Flower Girl" were not lovers who had "rekindled their old flame" as the outside world said. Just from their conversation, it was clear that they had known each other for a long time and had no feelings for each other.
Li Xunhuan sensed something was wrong and quietly observed the situation with Yan Shenming.
Li Xunle was completely confused. The person Yan Liang brought seemed to be someone Senior Wang knew, but... why was the atmosphere so strange?
“I know her,” Bai Miao said coldly. “Your little lover.”
Yan Liang: "..."
Wang Lianhua couldn't help but look at Yan Liang—he thought that since Yan Liang had brought the person here, he must have explained the matter to him.
Yan Liang glared at him.
Bai Miao continued, "I have never met her, so how could she know my name? In this capital city, only Yu Ze... knows my real name."
"If you're trying to lie, this lie is too blatant," Bai Miao concluded, then questioned, "Did you go to see Yu Ze yesterday just for this? You really are a despicable person!"
Yan Shenming pouted unhappily, his goodwill towards Bai Miao plummeting to its lowest point.
Yan Liang was speechless. Bai Miao's logic was flawless. Following the other party's line of thought, he was indeed a despicable and scoundrel.
...But bro, your line of thinking was off from the start.
Wang Lianhua said leisurely, "Yuze told me himself, and then I told Yan Liang. You've misunderstood."
Bai Miao: "How could a young lady like you go to Hongxiu Pavilion to see Yuze? Besides, why would Yuze tell you about my affairs?"
Wang Lianhua's smile was ambiguous, but Yan Liang could tell he was gloating. Helplessly, he explained to Bai Miao, "He's not a girl, he's a man."
“Yuze probably told you my name,” Wang Lianhua said at the right moment, her tone leisurely. “I am Wang Lianhua.”
Bai Miao was stunned by the clear male voice, and then completely speechless because of what the other person said.
When he reunited with Yuze, Yuze told him what had happened after he parted ways with Bai Miao. He learned that Wang Lianhua was Yuze's savior.
Thinking about it this way, it's understandable that Yuze told Wang Lianhua about it... Bai Miao suppressed his disappointment and said coldly, "Was it fake that Yan Liang and Yuze fell in love at first sight? I saw it with my own eyes."
While he was still in a daze, Yan Liang ran into the room and brought a chair. Bai Miao was sweating profusely and looked visibly weak.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the room, he heard Bai Miao's questioning again.
Yan Liang placed a chair behind Bai Miao, and under Bai Miao's wary gaze, he patted the other's shoulder heavily: "Yu Ze, who fell in love with me at first sight, is also him."
Bai Miao: "...What nonsense are you talking about!?"
Yan Liang said considerately, "Please sit down first."
Bai Miao glared at him for a while, and seeing that he wouldn't sit down, Yan Liang stopped talking and could only grit his teeth and sit down. He did feel much better after sitting down, but accepting Yan Liang's kindness always made Bai Miao feel a little uncomfortable, so his expression became even colder.
Yan Liang thought to himself that he had just told the two boys yesterday what he and Wang Lianhua had done out of boredom, and now he had to repeat it again today—it was really annoying.
"you say."
Yan Liang gestured to Wang Lianhua, who reluctantly recounted the whole story.
The "Yuze Girl" who falls in love with Yan Liang at first sight and the "Hua Girl" whose old love is rekindled are both Wang Lianhua. Yan Liang is acting opposite Wang Lianhua from beginning to end.
"Do you really believe those stories circulating in the capital?" Wang Lianhua mocked him. "Hearsay is not to be trusted. Don't you know that 'three men can make a tiger'?"
Yan Liang: ...You really dare to say that, aren't you the one who's having the most fun?
Although... he himself was no better.
Bai Miao's chest heaved. He was both bewildered and angry after being told the truth and then mocked. However, remembering that this person was Yu Ze's savior, he remained silent and looked at the two of them with a strange gaze.
He wanted to ask Yan Liang and Wang Lianhua what they were after, letting rumors and gossip spread throughout the capital, even involving Yu Ze—what good would that do?
The doubt in Bai Miao's eyes was too obvious, so Wang Lianhua mercifully explained, "He's just bored."
Bai Miao: "..."
He felt he couldn't understand the two people's "leisure".
After clearing up the misunderstanding, Yan Liang sincerely asked Bai Miao about the two cases.
Bai Miao was initially reluctant—he had only come to hear what Yan Liang had to say and why he had to bring him to the Li residence—although the truth he learned after arriving at the Li residence was too unexpected, coming here did not mean that he would trust Yan Liang and tell him the truth.
Yan Liang noticed his displeasure, smiled and blocked the courtyard gate, then patted Wang Lianhua on the shoulder and said to Bai Miao, "You can't run away, so you might as well just say it directly—Senior Wang admires you."
Wang Lianhua: "Did I say that?"
Yan Liang: "I already said that."
Bai Miao is currently injured in the leg and cannot fly away; Wang Lianhua is quite famous in the martial arts world. Bai Miao has been out of the valley for almost a year and has heard of Wang Lianhua's reputation. He understands that he is unlikely to be able to defeat Wang Lianhua in his injured state.
As he was considering the possibility of escaping using Gu poison, he saw Yan Liang slowly take out a bottle-shaped object from his wide sleeve.
“I know you are skilled in Gu magic…” Yan Liang smiled slightly, “This thing can kill insects. If you don’t want your little darlings to die in vain, then sit there obediently and talk to me.”
Wang Lianhua glanced at the object in Yan Liang's hand—slender with a strange protrusion at the top—something he had never seen before.
Yan Liang's blatant threat left Bai Miao speechless, while he remained skeptical of Yan Liang's claim of "something that kills insects."
Yan Liang then asked, "Do you know that someone has been following you on the street?"
After asking the question, he knew the answer from Bai Miao's eyes: Bai Miao was unaware that someone was following him.
Bai Miao opened his mouth, glared at Yan Liang, and then told them about Liu Changmin.
When Bai Miao left the valley, he was struck by the vastness of the world and the expanse of the martial arts world. There, he met Liu Changmin, who was on his way to the capital for the imperial examination. Liu Changmin was from a poor family and fiercely protected the black jade hairpin that was being targeted by thieves. Touched by this, Bai Miao offered his help.
Bai Miao and Liu Changmin hit it off immediately. Bai Miao had no destination of his own, so he went to the capital with Liu Changmin. On the way, he deliberately concealed his whereabouts, while not forgetting to do chivalrous deeds. Because of his years of upbringing, he could not tolerate any evil and would kill any villain he saw. That is why he killed Vice Minister Cheng.
Yan Liang sensed something was amiss upon hearing this and patiently waited for Bai Miao to continue.
Bai Miao went to the capital with Liu Changmin. He himself was not short of money and was happy to improve Liu Changmin's living standards. For this, he was thanked by Liu Changmin many times. After arriving in the capital, Bai Miao lent Liu Changmin money and told him to rent a house himself.
This is also why Liu Changmin, despite his impoverished background, was able to rent a large house.
Bai Miao never showed his face to anyone from beginning to end. He was so cautious for a reason—he left the valley without permission.
Commonly known as running away from home.
However, Bai Miao preferred to call it "defection" or "leaving the sect".
Yan Liang raised an eyebrow slightly, beginning to speculate about the murderer who killed Liu Changmin.
Bai Miao didn't tell Yu Ze that he had run away from home because he thought Yu Ze probably didn't want to recall what happened in Chi Ri Valley, and he himself didn't want to mention it either.
The person who killed Liu Changmin was the one who was chasing Bai Miao. Bai Miao returned from outside that day and found Liu Changmin's cold and stiff body under his bed.
Bai Miao immediately recognized that Liu Changmin had died at the hands of the Chi Ri Valley disciples. He frantically searched the entire capital, but found no clues whatsoever.
It was shortly after the imperial examination ended. Yan Liang calculated the time and realized that he was still enduring those two fellow villagers, staying indoors all the time.
Tears welled up in Bai Miao's eyes. He suppressed these feelings deep inside, feeling guilty and angry—guilty for implicating Liu Changmin, angry at his own incompetence, and angry at the murderer.
After Liu Changmin's death, he inexplicably took the imperial examination in Liu Changmin's place and unexpectedly came in second place. Master Bai had someone teach him to read, but Bai Miao disliked those trainings and studied very diligently. Perhaps he was born to be a scholar, as he mastered knowledge very well.
Since becoming the second-highest scorer in the imperial examination, he has been unable to extricate himself from the situation and could only maintain that appearance for the time being while secretly searching for the murderer of Liu Changmin.
"After I found Changmin's body, I buried him in the suburbs." Bai Miao lowered his eyes.
"That corpse...?"
"The man dug it out and put it in my room."
The reason "Liu Changmin" didn't go to the Hanlin Academy was because someone knocked him unconscious and abandoned him in the suburbs. When Bai Miao woke up from his coma, he found that the sun was already setting, and when he returned, he discovered that Liu Changmin's body had been found.
"But you wrote a letter asking for leave..."
Li Xunle asked from the side.
"I have never written a letter."
Bai Miao's tone was stiff.
Yan Liangxin thought that after killing Liu Changmin and knocking Bai Miao unconscious, he would still write a letter of leave for him—that guy really was crazy.
Author's Note: My beloved concubines, I'm here!
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