Chapter 115

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In which we reach the end of the formal text!

And of course, it wouldn’t be the end without my having to fix yet another embarrassing error — in chapter 31, when Ye You is speculating with that mysterious figure from the window (whose identity we now know lmao) about Blood-sucking Ghost’s motives for following the white piece, Ye You proposes that Blood-sucking Ghost might have someone he wants to protect. I originally translated this someone as “disciple”, but as shown by this chapter, “child” is a better fit! This has been fixed.

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The moment Cong Yun spoke, Madam Chen and the others threw themselves at the bloodied man at once.

These monsters who had once caused havoc in Jianghu were now facing off against a great monster, and with both sides not having much sense of pain or fear, the scene turned considerably ferocious. With one look, Cong Yun was able to tell that there was no saving the monster and so changed the “stop” order to “kill” before then looking at Ye You.

Ye You also looked at him.

At this moment, Cong Yun’s back was leaning against a tree, and several bodyguards were behind him, while a young man-and-woman pair was standing in front of him, a Junior Sect Master in each of their hands, currently facing off against the righteous faction. Ye You had once met that young lady at Shaolin and so turned his attention to that young boy to say, “This is Blood-sucking Ghost’s son? I heard that his innate abilities are quite high. That old ghost definitely thought that if he stayed in your hands for a few years, he’d undoubtedly be able to become the highest of experts and so was able to die without worries.”

Cong Yun only needed one moment of consideration before he understood. “Demonic Medicine King told you?”

Ye You generously admitted, “That’s right.”

Since he was captured, Demonic Medicine King had quite the clear view of things, answering whatever he was asked. He had even been the one to relay the information that Wanping Weir’s Beiyan Village was the location of the drugged men’s headquarters.

Cong Yun wasn’t too concerned about this matter. Staring at the other, he said, “If you come over, I’ll let them go.”

Ye You saw that young man’s expression didn’t even show the slightest change and didn’t bother continuing to try and sow discord. He said, “Aren’t I already over here?”

Cong Yun said, “Walk over to where I am.”

Ye You said, “Not afraid I’m going to kill you with one strike?”

Cong Yun said, smiling, “Of course I need to first get you under my control before I’d let these two go.”

Ye You also smiled. “My uncle’s already been dead for over twenty years. Why are you still so stuck on this?”

Cong Yun’s expression darkened faintly for a moment. “You don’t need to know. Come.”

The two people’s back-and-forth happened very quickly.

The righteous faction felt completely baffled while listening, but they also felt that the information contained within were quite significant and so continued watching them. There was also another large portion who remained nervously staring at the scene of battle, feeling truly overwhelmed with shock. At this time, they saw the appearance of a sudden, unforeseen event over there — a drugged man, after being struck by the monster, had been sent flying towards them with a bang, and using this small gap, the monster was obstinately rushing over.

Everyone’s expressions changed one after the other, and they hastily moved to evade.

When Ye You and Wenren Heng dodged, they also moved in tacit understanding to approach the man and woman, doing their best to jump close to the other party, and quickly seized the hostages to throw back into the crowd. Ye You’s speed was even faster, and after he saved the hostages, he then rushed towards Cong Yun.

At the same time, the monster had rapidly caught up. Upon hearing the wind behind his back and the echo of his Senior Brother’s voice calling out, Ye You’s body immediately flashed as he dodged the monster’s attack before then following up with a counter strike, sending the person back to those drugged troops who had been in pursuit. By lucky coincidence, Abbot Ciyuan and Sect Leader Xuanyang had also arrived with people prepared to kill and rapidly surrounded them.

He guessed that the monster was definitely about to be finished and once again swept his eyes over to Cong Yun. At this time, the sound of a thud exploded out, and smoke once again bubbled forth, instantly swallowing up his entire person. He unconsciously closed his eyes and was just about to retreat when he felt half his body suddenly turn numb.

Wenren Heng also saw this smoke, and his heart tensed. “Ah-You!”

The smoke quickly dispersed, and Wenren Heng and the righteous faction members who had rushed over all stopped in their tracks. Because Cong Yun had managed to grab hold of Ye You who-knew-when and currently had him by the neck. “None of you move.”

Wenren Heng keenly noticed that a silver needle had punctured his Junior Brother’s arm, and his pupils darkened.

Cong Yun pressed the person into his embrace while raising his chin towards them. “Back up.”

Ye You still had his consciousness and so said, sighing, “With this many people surrounding you, can you really take me away?”

“I can.” After he spoke, Cong Yun instructed his guards to stuff a medicine pill into Ye You’s mouth and then forced the other to swallow it. Upon seeing this person looking at him, he said, placating, “Don’t be afraid. It’s just a drug to seal your internal energy, that’s all.”

Ye You said, “I’m quite curious. What do you want to do by capturing me? I’m not my uncle.”

Cong Yun said, “You will be.”

Ye You said, “Oh?”

Cong Yun pulled close to his ear and laughed in a low voice, saying, “I’ve made many different drugs over these years. One of them can change an adult’s memories. When I give it to you, and slowly tell you all about Ah-Cheng, you’ll then become my Ah-Cheng.”

Ye You said, “I feel that, even if my memories have been changed, I also won’t suddenly become stupid. Sooner or later, I’ll notice that there’s something wrong.”

“I actually wouldn’t mind too much if I had to turn you half into a drugged man so that you can listen only to my words.” Cong Yun looked at his profile and couldn’t help but use a thumb to stroke the skin of his neck slowly before then returning to clutching him, expression boiling-hot. “If I had known beforehand that you would look so much like Ah-Cheng, I would’ve taken you away when I went to your house that year.”

Ye You was very surprised. “You’ve been to my house before?”

Cong Yun said with a hint of playfulness, “A certain day twenty years ago.”

Ye You startled. “Twenty years ago…”

Cong Yun said, “Or else how do you think you were able to escape? Your mom was, in the end, Ah-Cheng’s older sister, after all. In a moment of benevolence that year, I told your dad that Wei Haide and them were coming with intent to kill.”

Ye You thought so it was like that. No wonder his dad knew that Wei Haide and them were partners.

It was only that, when things came to a head, Cong Yun had sent the information far too late, so he didn’t believe that it had been well-intentioned. Instead, it was far more likely that the other simply wanted to see his parents lose their minds out of fear. After all, if Cong Yun really did feel affection towards his family, why would this person still continue to work with Wei Haide and them after his family was slaughtered?

He asked, “What exactly were you and my uncle…”

He had spoken only midway when he felt the hand at his neck tighten slightly, and he immediately stopped speaking.

“I don’t want to talk about the things between me and him, so you also shouldn’t ask.” As Cong Yun spoke, he shot a glance at the people in front of him and once again made them step back. This scene went on for a while, with his holding Ye You, in a deadlock with the righteous faction, up until a carriage suddenly came into view, galloping over from not faraway. After staring at the carriage, Ye You guessed that, at the time when Cong Yun had first grabbed the hostages, the other should’ve already instructed his subordinates to circle back to grab a carriage, or else it would’ve been impossible for it to have arrived this quickly.

He gave his Senior Brother a placating look before saying in a light voice, “All right, but I’m afraid you won’t have the chance.”

Cong Yun said, “What do you mean?”

Ye You said, “I’ve been poisoned by the Lantern-Extinguishing Poison. Since you sealed my internal energy, I can no longer suppress the poison.”

Cong Yun said, “You’re lying to me.”

Ye You said, “You’re a doctor. Would I be able to lie to you?”

Upon hearing this, Cong Yun drew out a hand to feel the other’s pulse, and his expression changed, carrying with it some panic. “You…”

Ye You said, “Do you believe me now?”

“The poison can still be contained. With me here, I won’t let anything happen to you,” Cong Yun said, “Wait for when we return, I’ll immediately help you dispel the poison! Right now, all of you back up! Quickly!”

Wenren Heng met his Junior Brother’s eyes, and he took the initiative to pull back.

Everyone in the righteous faction could only follow in pulling back, helpless in the face of this crisis, and allow the carriage to approach.

Cong Yun then hurriedly dragged Ye You to get on the carriage. Right as the righteous faction were unsure whether or not they should move to block, they heard only a muffled thud resound, and Cong Yun was sent flying out from the carriage, ferociously smashing into the ground.

The guards and that man-and-woman pair all shouted, “Sir!”

At practically the same instant that Cong Yun was injured, Wenren Heng ordered his subordinates to surround and capture them. However, that young man’s martial skill was very high, and he managed to escape the encirclement at once. His first reaction was to rush towards the carriage to capture the person, but just as he approached, he was sent flying by the coachman’s kick and was then very quickly also captured.

These series of events happened in the blink of an eye.

Everyone in the righteous faction was completely unable to keep up with such a tempo, and all of them stared, blank, up until the coachman took off his disguise and revealed the face of a Demonic Sect Elder. Only then did they sluggishly begin to understand — so it turned out that while Cong Yun sent people to get the carriage, the Demonic Sect members had taken the opportunity to steal said carriage!

In the next moment, they saw the carriage curtains lift and Xie Junming, the left protector, and Ye You all come out together. With quick steps, Wenren Heng walked over to his Junior Brother’s side and pulled the person into an embrace, asking in a low voice, “How are you?”

Ye You said, “Still all right…”

As he spoke, he felt the hand on his waist tighten and saw that his Senior Brother’s expression didn’t look very good, so he could then speak only the truth, “It’s not clear for now.”

Wenren Heng said, “Didn’t you put Miracle Doctor Ji’s medicine in your mouth?”

“Yes, so my body isn’t numb anymore, but only a bit of my internal energy has returned right now. So we still need to wait and see.” Once Ye You finished speaking, he walked towards Cong Yun, lowering his eyes to look at the other.

Cong Yun originally had internal injuries, and now he’d even suffered a strike from Xie Junming. Thus, when he was sent flying, he had vomited out two mouthfuls of blood, his face rapidly turning pale. He looked at Ye You and said with difficulty, “Ah-Cheng, you came…”

Seeing that he was already on his dying breaths, Ye You didn’t bother to correct his form of address.

“Ah-Cheng, I really do like you…” Cong Yun mumbled, “I was the one in the wrong last time, so don’t be angry. We can go… go wander the world, partake of wine and delicacies, and… and grow old together[1]…”

His voice gradually ebbed before finally disappearing within the ice-cold wind.

Xie Junming walked over. “Who’s Ah-Cheng?”

“My uncle.” Ye You gave him a look. “Where’s Wei Haide?”

Xie Junming said, “Already been tied up. He’s in the back.”

Ye You looked at the nearby monster and, upon seeing that the other’s breaths were already exhausted, then turned around to go find Wei Haide.

At this moment, Wei Haide was currently being guarded by Wei Jin and the others.

Although Wei Jin had already promised to leave Wei Haide for Ye You to deal with, he and Qin Yuemian were both people with a bellyful of evil tricks, so while capturing the person, every so often they’d inflict a warning on Wei Haide’s body. Thus, by the time Ye You arrived, he saw that Wei Haide’s entire body was bloody, looking as if even that last remaining arm was about to be lost.

He narrowed his eyes. “Wei Haide, today you’ve finally fallen to this level.”

Wei Haide sneered. “Stop wasting words. One person’s deeds should be one person’s responsibility. Hurry and end it.”

Ye You took the sword from Elder Bai’s hand and asked, “Any last words?”

Wei Haide said, “Yes. That year, while on Heji Mountain, I truly regret that I didn’t kill you.”

“You should regret,” Ye You said, “Do you have anything else you want to say?”

Wei Haide said, “No.”

Ye You nodded. “Well, I do. Don’t worry and die. Little by little, I’ll also send down your Fengxian Manor to accompany you.”

Wei Haide said, “What do you want to do?”

Ye You said, all smiles, “Didn’t you originally do those things for the sake of Fengxian Manor? Did you think I’d let it remain?”

Wei Haide said, “Stop indulging in such fantasies. With the Abbot and them around, how could they allow you to run amok?”

Ye You arrogantly laughed. “When has this lord ever been afraid of the righteous faction?”

Wei Haide suddenly remembered that the other was still the Demonic Sect’s Sect Master, and his expression changed. “If you dare to… urk…”

Before he could even finish speaking, Ye You’s sword had directly pierced through his chest.

“Wei Haide.” Ye You coldly stared at his warped face. “The debt you owe the ninety-plus people in my Yang family, the debt you owe my esteemed teacher, today I’m collecting all of it from you. Go on your way then.”

Ye You pulled out the sword with a hand. With a mix of alarm and anger frozen on his face, Wei Haide fell down with a thud, taking those still unfinished words with him.

Ye You threw aside the sword and lowered his head to look at the corpse.

This long and arduous journey of twenty years, as he slowly unfolded his plans step by step, had finally reached its dawn after a cold and endless night. He felt the heavy burden on his back lighten, and his mind suddenly turned completely blank.

Wenren Heng had been with Ye You from beginning to end and, upon seeing this, held the other’s hand, also staining himself with a handful of blood. He said gently, “Let’s go.”

Ye You pressed down on the surging emotions in his chest and said, “Yes.”

Xie Junming had followed along the whole way, quietly watching them as he slowed his footsteps. “Things are basically finished.”

The left protector said, “Does the Temple Master want to go back now?”

Xie Junming said, “You should be asking me what I want to do next.”

The left protector readily complied and asked, “All right, what does the Temple Master want to do?”

Xie Junming said, “Let’s steal Ah-You over, all right?”

The left protector wiped his sweat. “Temple Master, stop joking around!”

Xie Junming said, “Why do you think that I’m joking?”

The left protector said, “Of course it’s because…”

He suddenly paused.

That’s right, why did he believe that the Temple Master was joking?

Did the Temple Master like Sect Master Ye?”

Ever since the Temple Master had that delightful time conversing with Sect Master Ye, he had wondered about this question, though he had gradually forgotten about it until now.

Before the Demonic Sect arrived in the Central Plains, their Wuwang Temple was the uncontested, foremost sect in the demonic faction, but although their Temple Master passed the days with strength and vigor, with noise and excitement, always rampantly tormenting those people who he found displeasing to the eye while inciting great pandemonium, he hadn’t had even a single confidante; it was always him playing by himself.

And then one day, Sect Master Ye suddenly moved here. The two’s positions were similar and their temperaments were well-matched, and Sect Master Ye was even a hard-to-come-by beauty. Would his Temple Master’s heart move?

Regarding this point, he really couldn’t say.

He swallowed his saliva and reminded, “Temple Master, Sect Master Ye and Sect Master Wenren are already together.

Xie Junming said, “It’s precisely because of this that I want to steal him. Think about it, after they get married, Ah-You might simply move to Shuangji Sect. Then who’d still accompany me? How lonely will I be.”

“…” The left protector almost choked to death on his own spit, internally thinking, so after all you[2] just want to find someone to play with then?

He speechlessly gave the Temple Master a look. He then actually saw the Temple Master’s expression change slightly before the other suddenly began running forward. He immediately received a fright and hastily followed, lifting his head to see that Sect Master Ye had already fallen into Wenren Heng’s arms.

“Ah-You!”

“Sect Master!”

“Sect Master Ye!”

“Sir Yang!”

Sounds from every which way rolled over like the tides as Ye You once again spat out a mouthful of black blood. Looking towards the azure sky, he then thought, right before he thoroughly lost consciousness, Today’s good weather is truly hard to come by.

Dazed and semi-conscious, he slept for who-knew-how-long.

When he once again woke up, he discovered that he was lying within a nest of blankets.

Wenren Heng was sitting on the side, reading, and, upon seeing him open his eyes, moved closer. “Ah-You.”

Ye You felt somewhat sore in his chest and said, “How long did I sleep?”

Wenren Heng said, “Three days.”

Ye You felt around for a moment and discovered that the poison had practically been entirely suppressed. It was only that he wasn’t able to exert much strength in his body. He asked, “Where is this?”

Wenren Heng said, “Huayang City.”

Ye You guessed that they were in the Yang family residence. He then examined his Senior Brother for a moment before grabbing the other’s hand. Wenren Heng was afraid that his arm would be cold and so simply decided to get on the bed, pulling the person into an embrace and saying, “You weren’t unconscious for long before Elder Miao and the others came.”

“Miaomiao?” Ye You said, “How did they get here so fast?”

Wenren Heng said, “The drugs in the drugged men’s bodies have already been dispelled, and Elder Miao and them were worried about you, so they left Shaolin together. On the second day after what happened, they luckily managed to arrive. He and Demonic Medicine King managed to suppress the poison in your body.”

Ye You said, “Then what about Miracle Doctor Ji?”

Wenren Heng said, “Miracle Doctor Ji’s getting on in years, so he isn’t as fast as Elder Miao and them. Right now, he’s still on the road, and Young Miracle Doctor Fang is currently with him. They’ll arrive in the next few days.”

Ye You said, “Then…”

“No need to think about it. That boy attendant of yours had definitely been on a separate path from them.” Wenren Heng knew what he wanted to say and replied with, “But your Demonic Sect’s people have already sent people to contact them and let them circle back within these two days.”

Ye You made a sound in acknowledgment and scooted closer into his embrace.

Wenren Heng could no longer contain himself, and he pinched the other’s chin before lowering his head to kiss, tightly winding around the other’s tongue, only letting go when he noticed that Ye You seemed somewhat short of breath. His thumb stroked the other’s moist lips as he said in a hoarse voice, “If you ever scare me like this again, don’t even think of ever going anywhere else.”

Ye You panted out a few breaths before saying with a laugh, “All right. You better mean what you say.”

Wenren Heng’s face finally carried a hint of a smile, and he held the other, lying there companionably. Ye You leaned against him and, upon feeling this familiar warmth, gradually began turning drowsy. At this time, a sudden feminine shriek echoed in from the outside.

He opened his eyes. “Wei Jiangrou?”

Wenren Heng said, “It should be.”

Ye You raised a brow.

Wenren Heng then told him that Wei Jiangrou’s face had been destroyed by Cong Yun.

When they arrived at Huayang City three days ago, the guards that Wei Haide had left behind had long already run away in fear, leaving behind Wei Jiangrou. Wei Jiangyue had found a doctor to examine her, and the conclusion was that there was already no saving her face. Since she was not able to accept it, Wei Jiangrou’s temperament had taken a turn for the worse.

And since the Yang family’s steward had already learned about the entire sequence of events, he naturally felt his heart ache for their family’s young master and inevitably stopped giving anyone from the Wei family any respect; the fact that he was still willing to give her some food to eat was already not bad. Wei Jiangrou then couldn’t take it anymore and had begun arguing with a young servant girl yesterday evening. In a moment of anger, she had injured the other. Upon hearing the noise, Sir Zhong and Wei Jiangyue had hurried over. The former had mocked and ridiculed Wei Jiangrou, and the two had almost come to blows. In the end, Wei Jiangyue had grabbed her and handed her over to Shaolin and Wudang.

Ye You said, “Wei Jiangyue wants to…”

Wenren Heng said, “Yes, he wants to send Wei Jiangrou to Bodhi Prison and lock her up for the rest of her life. Right now, Shaolin and Wudang’s people are watching Wei Jiangrou, and who-knows-what incident has occurred again. In a while, it’ll pass.”

Sure enough, not long later, Wei Jiangrou’s voice evaporated.

Since Ye You’s body was weak right now, he hadn’t been able to hear what she had been shouting about at all. In contrast, Wenren Heng was clearly able to hear that she wanted to see his Junior Brother in order to beg his Junior Brother to have Demonic Medicine King heal her injuries, but he naturally wouldn’t tell such a thing to his Junior Brother and simply acted as if he hadn’t heard.

He asked, “Want to sleep for a while longer?”

Ye You made a sound in agreement and, leaning against him, quickly fell into a deep sleep.

His energy was quite low, so this sleep lasted until noon the next day before he then slept again, on and off, for another entire day. When he once again awoke, he was actually met with Miracle Doctor Ji’s familiar face.

Miracle Doctor Ji was currently taking his pulse and asked, “How do you feel?”

Ye You said, “My chest hurts.”

Miracle Doctor Ji said in admonishment, “Can’t you think of something more original?”

Ye You said, smiling, “It actually hurts this time.”

Miracle Doctor Ji declined to comment and carefully took his pulse for a while before saying, “Luckily your internal energy is high.”

With only this sentence, Wenren Heng was able to feel much steadier.

Miracle Doctor Ji stroked his beard as he looked at a certain person. “I’m helping you only this once. Whenever you return to the righteous faction will be whenever I examine you next.”

Ye You remembered those rules of Miracle Doctor Ji’s and said, smiling, “I heard that elder’s rules were created during the ‘Demon Slaughter’ incident that year, and that you[3] established them after seeing the miserable appearance of Wei Haide and Ding Yicheng. At that time, elder actually already knew that there were problems with them, right? Most likely because their injuries were too fake, for the sake of guarding against their suspicions, elder then purposely feigned anger and made those vows.”

Miracle Doctor Ji didn’t respond.

Ye You continued smiling. “Right now, they’re already dead, and elder was fortunately able to help this young one in his success. In other words, whether a person’s good or bad isn’t determined by whether they’re from the demonic faction or the righteous faction, it should be…”

Miracle Doctor Ji interrupted him, “Speak a bit less. Save some energy for drinking your medicine.”

Ye You could hear that he was becoming somewhat frustrated and said, all smiles, “All right, this young one has no basis with which to meddle with elder’s decision. But this young one won’t return to the righteous faction. In the past, Young Miracle Doctor Fang had already entered my Demonic Sect, and so this lord will take him back over these next few days. In the future, if anyone in the demonic faction is ill, they can just go directly to him.”

Miracle Doctor Ji immediately became angry with him.

Wenren Heng was on the side, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and only when he indicated for his Junior Brother to be a bit more obedient did the other finally close his mouth.

With Miracle Doctor Ji’s help, the poison in Ye You’s body gradually lessened, and after half a month, it had completely disappeared.

Since matters were already over, the adventurers also slowly dispersed.

Those elders were, however, gathered together and began to discuss how to deal with the people they captured as well as those drugged men who had regained their rationality. Sir Yang had also already been sent back and given to Young Miracle Doctor Fang and Elder Miao. In the past, these two people had worked together to dispel the drug in Wei Jin’s body and so they used the poison that had previously infected Wei Jin as a guide to try and create an antidote for Sir Yang — although it took them five days before they received even a single clue, they were now progressing in a good direction, allowing Ye You to let out a breath of relief.

Unconsciously, another half month passed by.

These past few days, Xie Junming had become bored with his stay and, upon seeing that Ye You’s injuries were largely healed, then took the people of Wuwang Temple and Chen Hong to say their farewells together.

Ye You had taken their help this time extremely to heart and so personally saw them off, telling them that, when he returned to Xiaoqing Mountain, they can all meet up again. Xie Junming said, “All right. Don’t forget to prepare good food and wine.”

Ye You laughed and said, “I won’t forget.”

Xie Junming gave him one final look before taking the Chen Hong who was wearing a small green dress onto the carriage.

Ye You watched as they moved further and further away before he saw that Wei Jin had also come out. This person’s poison had been much simpler than the Lantern-Extinguishing Poison, so before Miracle Doctor Ji could even make a move, Demonic Medicine King had already cured it. Ye You looked at him. “What have you decided for the future?”

Wei Jin said, “I still haven’t thought it through.”

Ye You said, “I heard that the people of ‘Moon’s Shadow’ all want to follow you.”

Wei Jin said, “I didn’t accept. I’ve long been annoyed by having to act so righteously over all these years.”

Ye You immediately laughed out loud. “Want to come to my demonic faction?”

Wei Jin said, “And enter your Demonic Sect?”

Ye You said, “If you’re willing, then come. My Demonic Sect still doesn’t have a Deputy Sect Master.”

Wei Jin was very delighted. “All right.”

Ye You smiled at him and was right about to say something else when he saw news arrive from the Demonic Sect.

He received the slip of paper from Elder Hei’s hands and opened it, discovering that it was a letter from Elder Mei. On it was written that the investigation was finished, and as expected, the person known as Ren Shaotian truly didn’t exist. Right now, she was about to take Ren Shaotian back to the Demonic Sect and lock him up. Ye You said, “Write a response, tell them to come to Huayang City.”

Elder Hei made a sound in agreement and went out as per orders.

Ye You once again looked at Wei Jin and, upon seeing that the other was currently looking in a certain direction, also looked over, discovering that it was Wei Jiangyue — ever since this person had come to the Yang family residence, he had essentially never left his room; now, they were all at the gates, so the fact that he was able to appear on the street meant that he had probably not taken the back gates but had climbed the walls.

Wei Jin said, “Where is he going like this?”

Ye You said, “You go back first. I’ll follow and see.”

Wei Jin said, “You don’t need me to come along?”

Ye You said, “I’m afraid you’ll drag me down.”

Wei Jin remembered that the other practiced Pursued Until Scattered, and the little bit of worry he had vanished like smoke. With a cold groan, he went back through the gates. “I’ll tell the kitchens not to leave your food.”

“I’ll hurry back.” Ye You let out a faint laugh before making to follow.

The place Wei Jiangyue was going to was a private house, and the more Ye You followed, the more surprised he was. It was only when he saw that the person who opened the door was Ding Xilai that he understood. So it turned out that this person had found Ding Xilai, but for whatever reason had decided to situate him in a place like this.

With his heart astonished as it was, he decided that he might as well stay nearby and wait. After a quarter of an hour, he then saw Wei Jiangyue come out.

Wei Jiangyue had not thought that he would be able to meet the other and turned stiff in an instant. Walking over, he said, “He heard the news and hurried over to Huayang City, but he didn’t dare to see you.”

Ye You said, “Hm.”

Wei Jiangyue fell quiet for a while before saying, “This whole time, he’s actually always wanted to apologize to you…”

“No need.” Ye You gave him a look. “I heard that you collected Wei Haide’s corpse. You should know that it was me who killed him, right?”

Wei Jiangyue once again stiffened before saying, “I know.”

That time when his dad was captured, he had advised his dad to admit his wrongs, but his dad had actually instead lectured him on how to take over Fengxian Manor. He had felt hopelessly lost to no end, feeling as if his dad had suddenly turned into a completely unfamiliar stranger, and so he hadn’t followed them over.

Ye You said, “If you want revenge, you can come find me anytime.”

Wei Jiangyue said in a hoarse voice, “I won’t.”

Ye You said, “What have you two decided?”

“We’re starting over. I don’t want Fengxian Manor, and Ding Xilai also doesn’t want Lingjian Pavilion, so we decided to give our family assets as compensation to those families that have been hurt by our fathers.” Wei Jiangyue paused before asking, “Did you hate us?”

Ye You said, “I’ve hated all of you.”

Wei Jiangyue fell silent.

Ye You said, “Although I don’t hate all of you now, I actually don’t much want to see any of you at all.”

Wei Jiangyue closed his eyes for a moment. “Yes, tomorrow I’ll take them and leave Huayang City.”

Ye You declined to comment and, upon perceiving that he had slowed his steps, then didn’t wait for him, walking forward alone without a word.

Wei Jiangyue watched that fading back and, for an instant, felt almost compelled to tell the other about his feelings, but immediately following, he remembered that he truly didn’t have the right. These shameful words that were unable to leave his mouth were definitely destined to follow him for an entire lifetime, in the end sinking through the passage of time, right into his blood and flesh.

Ye You walked for a while, and he gradually stopped hearing the other party’s footsteps any longer.

He guessed that this person probably didn’t want to return with him at the same time and so then turned onto another street. After walking forward a few more steps, he discovered that this appeared to be the road that he had used to escape that year. At once, he felt somewhat at a loss, suddenly feeling a desire to go to the Yang family’s grave to take a look.

He thus left the city and entered the grave, quietly standing in front of that gravestone.

Over these years, he had said many things to them already on his own, and right now he didn’t actually have anything he really wanted to say. The only thing new was that his big brother was still alive, and that next time he would bring his big brother to come pay their respects together.

He stayed there alone for a time before turning around and returning to the city.

The sky slowly darkened, and the cold air blew over the desolate path, bringing with it the sounds of faint rustling. For a split second, he seemed to see a small child staggering along, running past him in a helpless and frantic rush, before then disappearing to the light of time.

Standing still, he raised his head and suddenly saw a familiar person standing outside the city gates, seemingly having already waited for a long time.

This person was brilliant and handsome, mouth carrying a cozy smile and eyes covering him with a tender gaze, leaving people’s entire heart warm.

Ye You walked over. “Why did you come?”

Wenren Heng said, “I heard Wei Jin said that there was no need to leave your food, so I then found Wei Jiangyue and asked for a moment before guessing that you had probably come out.”

Ye You said, “Then you also didn’t need to come out.”

Wenren Heng said, “No can do. Just now, I instructed the kitchens to make an entire table of food that Wei Jin hates. I’m guessing that Wei Jin won’t be too happy, so let’s go eat at a restaurant.”

Ye You immediately laughed.

Wenren Heng held out a hand.

Ye You grabbed his hand, interlocking their fingers, and then, together, entered Huayang City.

(END)

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Ah, the entire text is finished~

It’s my first time trying to write this kind of revenge story that unfolds gradually along the way, and it actually felt extremely good. Thanks to all the readers for staying with me this whole time. After this, I have to move [houses], so I’ll be writing the extras after I finish my move~~

I still haven’t thought of what I want to write next. If you think the pit that I’ve dug is all right, you can keep an eye on my page~ and after a period of time, I’ll start digging a new pit

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[1] The last two lines 宜言飲酒，與子偕老 are a reference to the classical Chinese poem 《鄭風·女曰雞鳴》 (Specifically, it’s the 女曰雞鳴 (lit. the wife speaks of how the rooster crows) section of the 鄭風 poem.) I tried looking up an actual English translation, but I found all of them pretty collectively awful, so I just translated based off Baidu’s modern Chinese rendition.

[2] Polite ‘you’. Even when the left protector’s cursing his Temple Master, he’s still so polite about it!

[3] Polite ‘you’. Honestly, polite Ye You is kind of creepy!

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So the end of the formal text! Can’t believe we made it!

(Honestly, I feel like Ding Xilai got a little short-shafted here in terms of closure, and I would’ve liked to know what he actually thought at the end here <del>instead of getting Wei Jiangyue I’m sorry I just don’t like him lmao</del>. But then again, this is probably all just my Ding Xilai is Best Boy™ bias showing through, haha.)

Anyway, there’s still five extras left, which are actually more like epilogues than extras since they continue just a bit after this chapter lets off, and resolves the Ren Shaotian plot point, so look forward to that!

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