chapter 49

Feng Xue felt that something was wrong as Feng Qiu spoke, but he was afraid that interrupting her would cause Yun Xie’s suspicion to grow. When he heard the other’s question, his forehead was covered in sweat. He stopped thinking of anything else and quickly interrupted, “Qiu’er! What nonsense are you saying? I know you have always been fond of Sect Master Yun, but you can’t spew the random trash you hear from unknown sources everywhere. What is this mess?”

Yun Xie stretched his finger out at him. “You shut up.” He turned to Feng Qiu and spoke one word at a time. “Then I’ll tell you, even if I wanted to be famous, I would never use this type of despicable method. What’s more, those fake titles are meaningless to me. Right now, my only wish is to help Jiang Xunyi get rid of the stigma surrounding him.”

The moment she heard this sentence, a complex expression of surprise and sorrow formed on Feng Qiu’s face. Her lips trembled, and no words were spoken.

At the same time, Jiang Xunyi’s voice came from a few steps away. “Yun Xie, are you finished? Can Senior Sister Qiu come over here for a little?”

The moment Yun Xie heard Jiang Xunyi’s voice, the expression on his face softened significantly. He turned to him with a smile. Raising his voice, he said, “Senior Sister Qiu and Uncle Chen don’t have to say anything anymore. I already understand what went on.”

When Jiang Xunyi heard Yun Xie say this, his feet stilled. He immediately understood that the other was afraid that Feng Xue would take advantage of him approaching his daughter, so he took a few steps towards Yun Xie instead. “What’s going on?” he asked.

“I don’t know who… who raped Senior Sister Qiu in the end, but she lied about it.” Yun Xie looked back at Feng Qiu. “Senior Sister Qiu, I thought about it, and according to your words, you actually lied for me, right?”

Feng Qiu was already a little shaken, but she did not expect Yun Xie to have guessed the truth from just a few words. Her heart’s secret was suddenly exposed, and she took a step back suddenly, not knowing what to say.

Jiang Xunyi was very surprised to hear this sentence right as he came over and questioned, “For you?”

“Senior Sister Qiu just asked me if I had considered that my status could be improved without you.” Yun Xie explained this to him concisely, but his eyes kept looking at Feng Qiu. “A’Xun, you indeed attract hatred. I’m not surprised someone wants to ruin you. I’m just very surprised that this person was able to persuade Uncle Chen, Ning Fen, and Senior Sister Qiu to frame you at the same time. This eloquence is truly great; it does not lose to mine.”

“Senior Sister Qiu has always loved you. If someone told her that the two of us secretly disagreed and that you will be happy if I die, I’m sure she would consider it.” Once Jiang Xunyi heard Yun Xie‘s words, he also understood that he was obstructed because of this reason. He felt that this was very curious. “Not bad, even this type of trick can be devised, what a talent. But Senior Sister Qiu, even if Yun Xie has such an important place in your heart, you and I have also known each other for many years. Is the way I treat you…”

When he said this, he felt that this was not worth talking about and stopped. Both Feng Qiu and Uncle Chen were once very dear in Jiang Xunyi’s heart. Now that it has gotten to this point, the more he picks at it, the more pitiful he seems.

Jiang Xunyi mulled over the strange series of events and only thought it was ridiculous. He laughed twice, a rare display. Yun Xie was uncharacteristically facing the floor, his handsome face looking as if it were about to drip out water.

“Xunyi… I’m sorry…” Feng Qiu’s voice floated trance-like through the air, like thin ice floating on water. She seemed to want to turn her face to Yun Xie to take a look at the other’s expression, but she didn’t have the courage to face him. She had no choice but to leave her gaze on his snow-white shirt.

Tears rose to her eyes, blurring her vision, and the pattern embroidered on the delicate neckline was like a smile that had faded away, twisted by the scattering of time, unable to ever be seen clearly again. “I do feel sorry for you! But I didn’t have a choice… Xunyi, have you ever liked a person? Do you know how it feels? I like A’Xie, I’ve liked him since I was a child. I like him so much that I would take out my whole heart. I just want to make him happy… I don’t want to make him sad, and I don’t want to make him worry about anything…”

Her remarks were full of love and infatuation and all the women present were moved, expressing their support. However, both Jiang Xunyi, who was quietly listening, and Yun Xie, who was the object of the confession, showed not even the slightest touch of emotion.

Jiang Xunyi felt that that he had opened the door to a new world. He couldn’t help but secretly look at Yun Xie. Did this kid really have such powerful charm? He had never felt it before. Were Feng Qiu’s eyes defective or were his eyes defective? But what he saw was a Yun Xie that looked cold, although that expression looked much more reliable than his normal hippie smile.

Yun Xie didn’t notice Jiang Xunyi’s eyes, but he didn’t want anyone to say such things to him in front of Jiang Xunyiand solemnly interrupted, “Senior Sister Qiu, don’t say such things. Even if you want to pull A’Xun down, there is no need to use this method that sacrifices your own reputation. I do want to know, if it was not Jiang Xunyi, who was with you? What happened to you – don’t all say it was all to ‘make me happy’. With this kind of thing, I am unable to be happy.”

This whole situation was an unfortunate series of coincidences, and he really felt cheated. In fact, he not only couldn’t feel happy, he even felt really mad.

“…I don’t know who that person was, but I know that even if I said it, you wouldn’t be able to find him…” After a long time, Feng Qiu still answered Yun Xie’s question with difficulty even though she had to work hard to suppress the urge to cry. “He had appeared silently for five consecutive nights. H-he insulted me… no matter where I was, no matter how many people are around me, he can cause people to be completely unaware of him. Every day, I feared him coming; I was scared to death. But no matter how many methods I tried, I couldn’t avoid him!”

There was an uproar nearby, and Yu Fei, who was standing the closest, immediately raised his voice and said, “Miss Feng, by saying this, you admit that everything you said about Senior Brother Jiang in the past was just slander?”

Feng Qiu was in the middle of sobbing. However, after hearing this, her body froze with her tears continuing to roll down.

It was too bad that no one around her was a commiserating person. This pitiful display didn’t give her any sympathy points. Yun Xie said coldly, “If you dare to do this, you have to accept the consequences. A’Xun has been hurt by you to this degree and hasn’t cried. What are you crying for? Senior Sister Qiu, now clearly say the truth in front of everyone. Was the person who had violently abused you in those days Jiang Xunyi? Were you lying?”

The truth was already clear, but Yun Xie still asked her to speak out. Feng Qiu felt infinite humiliation under everyone’s eyes. However, Yun Xie’s gaze was like a sharp blade forcing her to speak.

“Yes, it was me who lied…”

Yun Xie shouted, “Raise your voice!”

Feng Qiu had never heard him talk so sternly and was so terrified that she did not even dare to sob. She forced herself to raise her voice. “The previous information was a lie, Xun… Jiang Xunyi has always been upright and has taken good care of me. He did not humiliate me.”

She bit her lip fiercely and continued. “I’m sorry…”

Jiang Xunyi looked at Feng Qiu’s crying appearance and his feet involuntarily moved, but in the end, he still didn’t step forward. He could feel that after transmigrating to a different body, his inexplicable feelings for Feng Qiu were slowly fading. When the other person finished speaking, he couldn’t help but take a deep breath then closed his eyes.

Yun Xie glanced at Jiang Xunyi’s movements in the corner of his eyes and quietly withdrew the hand that meant to block him. He was silent for a moment, then said to Feng Qiu, “Is the reason you were afraid to mention this to others because you feared that the real perpetrator is a demon?”

Feng Qiu nodded while covering her mouth, trembling. “His body can turn into black mist and can also become a entity. I found that he seemed to have many scars on his body, when t-touched, it felt like stitches on clothes…”

This time, Jiang Xunyi and Yun Xie spoke in unison. “What, stitch?”

Then the two men glanced at each other, both thinking of the strange dead village not far away.

Yun Xie suppressed his suspicion and looked back at Feng Qiu. “So you knew that this matter wouldn’t be concealed for long and needed to find someone to fix everything. You just happened to think that A’Xun and I were at odds, so in order to help me, so you pushed everything onto him?”

“No, it’s not like that.” Feng Qiu’s voice was hoarse. She looked at Jiang Xunyi with tearful red eyes. It was unknown whether her expression was one of hate or anxiety. She spoke one word at a time. “It’s because on the last night, he called your name in my ear.”

This sentence is too connotative.Only insightful people would be able to identify the deep meaning behind this, and it was unknown whether or not the unrelated people around them were able to perceive it. Yun Xie’s expression suddenly darkened, but Jiang Xunyi was surprised and confused. “Called me? Why call me? Does he know me?”

Yun Xie sourly said, “Not bad, you can even find an acquaintance in this way. Young Master Jiang’s network is quite extensive.”

Although he spoke in this manner, the worries in his heart were greater than mere jealousy. He couldn’t immediately think of where such a person could be found, but no matter what their purpose was, them targeting Jiang Xunyi was definitely not a good thing.

“Don’t talk nonsense, we’re talking about serious matters.” Jiang Xunyi didn’t think much of it. If he could not think it through, it was better to not think of it. He turned his eyes away from Yun Xie and looked at the old man who had been silent for a long time. “Now that Senior Sister Qiu has already admitted the truth, Uncle Chen, do you have anything else to say?”

Jiang Xunyi asked this sentence, but he either didn’t seem to need the other party’s answer or knew that the other party wouldn’t answer. He continued his inference. “You have lived on Lingyin Mountain for decades. You’ve watched almost all the disciples of my age grow up. Among them, only me, Molou and Huang Yan have no father and mother, and the ones who don’t even know the names of their own parents are Huang Yan and I. At first, I don’t know why, but you believed I was your son. Therefore… you were very nice to me.”