Chapter 87

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In which we encounter the shortest chapter yet.

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After sitting in a carriage for an entire day, Ye You’s first thought upon entering the inn was to soak in a hot bath.

But then, right as the water was carried inside, a noisy clamor suddenly started up outside. Hearing that familiar voice, he raised a brow slightly and looked at his Senior Brother.

Wenren Heng had also heard it and said, “I’ll go look. You can just focus on taking your bath.”

Ye You refocused his thoughts. “I should also go. I can’t very well lower myself to the little lady’s level.”

Wenren Heng gave him a rather meaningful look before leaving the room together with him. They then heard Wei Jiangrou’s tone of voice suddenly change, turning away from the previous deliberately cute tone into one of shock, “—-What?”

Ye You pensively sighed. “Lady Xiao-Rou’s voice is still as pleasant as ever, I see.”

The moment those words fell, Wei Jiangrou followed with the question, “Second Brother’s martial arts are that good, how could he have been kidnapped?”

Manor Lord Wei said, “He still doesn’t count as an expert. You need to hurry on home.”

“I’m not going,” Wei Jiangrou said, “Second Brother’s been kidnapped, so how could I leave. I want to wait here for news.

Manor Lord Wei raised a brow as he silently looked at her.

Wei Jiangrou rarely saw her dad like this and immediately felt wronged. Sounding as if she was about to cry, she said, “I know that Dad still blames me, but what I did that time really wasn’t on purpose. In a while, I’ll go and apologize to Ah-Xiao, all right? Anyway, even if I do go home, what if I also get kidnapped on the road back?”

“That’s right, Uncle.” The Sir Yang who had accompanied Wei Jiangrou here tried to urge, “Xiao-Rou’s also just worried about you. You don’t know about this, but when she just returned, she cried every day.”

“I haven’t even gotten to you yet. Why did you also come?” Manor Lord Wei looked at him. “You also need to go back. Don’t participate in this.”

Sir Yang said, “How could I feel at ease letting Xiao-Rou go out by herself.”

As Ye You and his Senior Brother listened, they also slowly began walking over.

Many people were standing there.

There were some who had heard the noise and came out to investigate but, upon finding that it was a family matter, were already turning around to leave. There were others who were Junior Sect Masters on good terms with Sir Yang and so had probably ran over when they saw him but were now hesitating over whether they should retreat. The rest were dressed as bodyguards and were probably brought over by Sir Yang.

At this moment, Manor Lord Wei, Wei Jiangrou, and Sir Yang were standing right in the middle of this crowd of people.

Manor Lord Wei was standing at the door of the guest room while Sir Yang and Wei Jiangrou were on either side of him. What’s more, Wei Jiangrou currently had a death grip on the room door, and three people from “Heaven’s Firmament” were standing behind her, not daring to move.

Ye You quickly sized up the situation and guessed that Manor Lord Wei wanted to send Wei Jiangrou away but Wei Jiangrou refused, which was why there was now a deadlock at the door.

At this time, Sir Yang said, “Uncle, I’ve already heard about what happened with Sir Xiao. Xiao-Rou has been extremely guilty this whole time. Isn’t there a good saying for this? There’s nothing better than acknowledging and correcting a wrong that has been done. You should at least first let her acknowledge her wrong.”

“You two…” As Manor Lord Wei spoke, he discovered that Wenren Heng and Ye You had arrived out of the corners of his eyes.

Wei Jiangrou just happened to be standing in the direction facing towards them, and at this moment, when she saw her father looking elsewhere, she lifted her head to look and almost instantly saw Wenren Heng. Her eyes reddened and tears began sliding down uncontrollably. “Brother Heng…”

She startled for only this brief moment before she immediately let go of the room door and ran towards them. Biting her lips, she looked at Sir Xiao and said, choked with emotion, “Ah-Xiao, before, I really didn’t do it on purpose. I was just too scared. Can… can you forgive me?”

“I never blamed you in the first place,” Ye You was especially polite and gently placated her, “You’re this young, and you’re also a girl, it couldn’t be helped that you were scared. Don’t take it to heart. Aren’t I still alive and well right now?”

Wei Jiangrou was startled, and felt somewhat disbelieving. “Re…really?”

Ye You earnestly said, “Really. You refer to my Senior Brother as Brother Heng, so you also count as my little sister. As an older brother, I should naturally give way to my little sister.”

Although Wei Jiangrou wasn’t particularly fond of him, she still felt very grateful and sincerely said, “Ah-Xiao, thank you.”

She couldn’t help but very cautiously look at Wenren Heng, saying, with red eyes, “Brother Heng…”

Wenren Heng indifferently said, “Mn.”

Although at the time his Junior Brother recovered those memories from being involved with Wei Jiangrou, but since his Junior Brother had set the chessboard, the Elders could’ve most certainly picked an even more reliable method to hit the person’s death acupoint, rather than being forced into such a situation without any alternatives. At that time, if they had been slow by a step, his Junior Brother would’ve died. He had only to think about this, and he’d feel a bout of fear.

So he had not the least bit of good feeling left for Wei Jiangrou. His previous, minuscule amount of brotherly feeling towards her had also been thoroughly dispersed by that incident.

Wei Jiangrou couldn’t tell if he was happy or unhappy and asked in a small voice, “Will you forgive me?”

“Since Ah-Xiao says that he won’t blame you, then you won’t be blamed.” As Wenren Heng spoke, he looked at the person next to him.

In actuality, he knew that, with his Junior Brother’s cleverness and those Elders’ degree of loyalty, his Junior Brother definitely could’ve told them the reality of the situation and simply ordered them to grab their sect master in order to hit that acupoint. But his Junior Brother deciding to create this type of situation was also out of love for him, because the other feared accidentally exposing the truth in front of him which was why such a desperate risk had been taken and he had been given this person’s amnesiac self.

He was somewhat angry that this person had bargained life and limb in this battle, but he also felt his heart ache at the thought. He couldn’t help but hold his Junior Brother’s hand, tightening his fingers around the other’s.

Wei Jiangrou had originally wanted to say some more words to Wenren Heng, but at this time, she saw that movement of his and her expression instantly froze.

From the start, Wenren Heng had not bothered paying attention to her expressions and said to his Junior Brother, “Let’s go back.”

Ye You gave him a glance. “All right.”

The two people were too close, and Wenren Heng clearly saw some unclear, ambiguous implications in the depths of his Junior Brother’s eyes, somewhat akin to teasing. Not knowing why, he unconsciously understood what this person wanted to say, All right, Brother Heng.

This disaster was once again teasing him without fear of death.

He gave a slight pinch to his Junior Brother’s hand and considered taking a bath with his Junior Brother once they return to the room. Right as he was about to turn around, he heard Manor Lord Wei call them to a stop.

Manor Lord Wei had a somewhat complicated expression, a mix of gratitude and guilt as well as a multitude of other feelings, but all this was quickly covered up. Unhappily, he said to his daughter and Sir Yang, “We’ll talk about this tomorrow. All of you go.”

After he sent those people off, he looked at the two in front of him, “Xiao-Heng, Ah-Xiao, accompany me for a walk outside.”

The sky had darkened early, and along with the fact that the town was small, the moment night fell, the streets had already slowly turned quiet.

The three slowly walked along the limestone path, with the people of “Heaven’s Firmament” and Shuangji Sect following behind, maintaining a distance that was just right, faraway enough not to bother them while also close enough to rush forward to protect them at any time; these people were wholeheartedly focused on doing their duty.

Manor Lord Wei was silent for a while before saying, “That matter with Xiao-Rou… Ah, it’s certainly our Wei family who has done Ah-Xiao wrong.”

Wenren Heng said, “Ah-Xiao has already said that it’s all right.”

Manor Lord Wei waved a hand, looking as if he still wanted to provide an explanation. Wenren Heng declined to comment and patiently followed the other. Ye You was even more thorough and had stowed away all the sharp edges of his personality, directly returning to that obedient appearance from when he had lost his memories. He quietly acted as a “good Junior Brother”, not opening his mouth unless he needed to.

The three walked forward for another ten steps under this slightly strange atmosphere before the smooth and slick Manor Lord Wei and the refined and proper Wenren Heng finally began engaging in some idle chatter to find a topic of conversation. After politely and amiably exchanging a few sentences, Wenren Heng felt that it was far better to go back and accompany his Junior Brother, free and unrestrained, and so took the initiative to bring up the subject, “Did you have something you wished to ask since you called us both out here?”

Manor Lord Wei stilled for a moment before asking, “On the morning of his kidnapping, Jiangyue said that he wanted to go find you two. Did he say anything?”

Wenren Heng said, “He asked how Junior Brother’s injuries were, and I said that they were relatively healed. He drank one cup of tea and then left.”

Manor Lord Wei said, ‘He didn’t say anything else?”

Wenren Heng said, “No, he didn’t.”

“Xiao-Heng, over these past few years, you know the way that I’ve treated you, and you also know the way I’ve treated other people.” Manor Lord Wei looked at him. “Tell me the truth. Do you really know nothing about what happened to Jiangyue?”

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Wei Jiangrou and Sir Yang are back! Things are really heating up now~\n

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