Sep. 6th, 2022 at 10:23 AM
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( ; ; ⊙_⊙ )When Ze Que was still several li away, Ye Jun had already recognised his breathing. He had an exceedingly good listening ability, more sensitive than anyone else's.
Ye Jun’s first reaction was that he had run into a ghost, following which he remembered hearing a folk legend that said that ghosts didn’t have feet, so he had to touch it later to see if it was human or a ghost. In the next moment, Ze Que stepped on his face.
It was so dark in there one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face, how would Ze Que had guessed someone had fallen asleep on the floor? Ye Jun had the background of a shadow guard, so it was a habit for him to always control his breathing, he also wasn’t angry at all, he was lying in the way of the door, so he was stepped on head-on.
Ye Jun held his nose with his hands and curled up into a ball, and Ze Que quickly jumped to the side with a fright, asking: “Are you Young Master Ye, Ye Jun?
Ye Jun immediately sensed something wrong: This was not the title Ze Que would usually use to address him.
Ze Que spoke again: “Your family sent me to deliver your food….. ah, I forgot to ask for his name.”
Family? Ye Jun was momentarily stunned by this term. Ze Que took out the fire stick he carried with him and took a look around, and it was only after taking a clear look at the circumstances inside the house, and seeing through Ye Jun’s half-opened clothes that his body was half-covered in bandages, that he let out a quiet sigh: “Your injuries are so severe, how can you still sleep on the ground?”
Soon after, he remembered that Zhongli Zixi’s hand and foot were unusable, and since this man was seriously injured, he might not be able to move to the bed. The two of them had no one to rely on, living alone in this desolate mountain, and it made him feel a bit of sympathy and worry.
Before he arrived, he thought this so-called family would be his parents or other such relatives. But the man before his eyes was so young and handsome, and there was no shadow of Zhonlgi Zixi in his appearance, so it didn’t seem like he was a brother. For a while he couldn’t help but wonder about this man’s identity and his relationship with Zhonlgi Zixi.
Ze Que carefully helped him onto the bed, asking: “The Ye Jun he talked about, is that you? Who are you to him? You don’t seem like brothers.”
When Ye Jun heard this, he knew he didn’t recognise him, and didn’t recognise Zhongli Zixi. Ye Jun had always been cautious, and was unwilling to reveal any information, so he asked back: “Who are you? Why did you come?”
Ze Que didn’t suspect him and honestly recounted everything, why he had been placed in the care of his relatives, how he’d been plotted against and poisoned, and how he was saved by Zhongli Zixi and entrusted by him to come and take care of him.
When Ye Jun finished listening, he got up from the bed without saying anything further and went out the door.
Ze Que hurriedly stopped him: “You can’t move around, tell me what you want to do, I’ll help you.”
Ye Jun: “Find him.”
Although Ze Que was holding him by the waist to stop him, he didn’t dare use any strength due to his injuries, so he could only say: “He’s busy for the moment, you don’t have to worry…..”
Ye Jun was determined: “Don’t waste time.”
Ze Que had no other choice, he could only cautiously and steadily carry Ye Jun onto the horse, just hoping he could ease the strength of the jostling and that the shaking wouldn’t split open his wounds.
Ye Jun, however, had no qualms about it as he whipped the horse and sped along.
The method for expelling gu was not difficult, but the process was very complicated and very long. Zhongli Zixi finished today’s progress, explained the matters that had to be paid attention to, and was about to take his leave. Master Fang Si checked the bandages on his wrist and told him: “Mister Yan, you’re such a skilled person, why not join my Fang family and implement your ambitions?”
Zhongli Zixi shook his head: “I’m not interested.”
Master Fang Si narrowed his eyes: “The property in this small village is only the tip of the iceberg, follow my Fang family and we can guarantee you will have glory, splendour, riches, and honour in the future.”
Zhongli Zixi sighed: “I just need money to buy medicine for somebody, I don’t need too much money.”
Master Fang Si was secretly angry, but he didn’t dare show it on his face for the time being, only coldly saying: “This may not be up to you to decide.”
Zhongli Zixi really didn’t feel like paying attention to him, so he turned around and left.
His movements had been too slow today, and he’d inevitably delayed for too long. Outside, the moon was bright and the starts sparse, and everything was silent. Zhongi Zixi had just come out when he saw Ye Jun, the main cause of his troubles, kneeling upright in the courtyard.
Ze Que was by his side, right in the middle of trying to earnestly persuade him, but Ye Jun turned a deaf ear to him.
Zhongli Zixi frowned and glanced at Ze Que, annoyed: “Is this how you help me take care of people? Hmm?”
Ze Que suddenly couldn’t defend himself: “I tried to tell him but he wouldn’t listen, he insisted on coming to look for you.”
Zhongli Zixi waved his hand and spoke: “Forget it, it’s fine that he came, this place is better for recuperating from wounds than the mountains. Help me carry him into my room.”
At Zhongli Zixi’s request, Master Fang Si especially emptied out a room for him. On the surface, it was to receive his guests, but secretly it was actually for surveillance. But it was fine, the meals here were much better than in the mountains, and there were servant girls to attend to him, so he was actually happy and at ease.
Ze Que carried Ye Jun onto the bed and covered him with the quilt without saying a word, but turned his head as he looked around and hesitated: “Are you going to sleep together tonight?”
Zhongli Zixi replied matter-of-factly: “Otherwise? Do you want him to sleep on the floor?”
There was really only one bed in here, so Ze Que suddenly said: “You can come to my house to sleep, there’s a spare room at home…..”
“Oh, I’ll go to your house and abandon the injured person here alone.” Zhongli Zixi repeated with a wooden expression.
Ze Que scratched his head: “Right, oh….. that won’t do, it seems like there’s really….. no other way.”
Zhongli Zixi hurriedly waved his hand: “All right, you can leave first. I need to rest.”
Ze Que nodded and agreed, then obediently said goodbye and left.
After he left, Ye Jun got up with a grunt and bent down again, resuming his position of kneeling down in apology, pressing his forehead against the bed: “Please punish me, Master.”
Zhongli Zixi patted his back carelessly, wanting to tell him to stop tossing about and go to sleep earlier, but it was only when he put his hand on him that he realised Ye Jun was trembling uncontrollably. He then reached for his wrist, which was strangely cold.
How could it be so cold….. a thought suddenly struck Zhongli Zixi: “Ye Jun, are you scared?”
“Yes.” Ye Jun closed his eyes tightly and replied in a soft voice.
He was the one who supervised Ze Que’s torture, and he was also the one who dealt with his corpse. He told the Second Young Master that Ze Que had died with his own mouth, but Ze Que was living here, now, perfectly fine.
Anyone else could only arrive at the same conclusion:
——He lied.
With how clever Zhongli Zixi was, he understood what he meant in a split second.
If this information had been known by him a month ago, regardless of whether Ye Jun understood or not, it would have been hard for him to avoid death.
Zhongli Zixi spoke quietly: “I know you didn’t deceive me.”
“…..it’s all the same.” Ye Jun kowtowed deeply, hating he couldn’t sink into the ground, and calmly stated, “Regardless of whether this subordinate deliberately concealed it, or was deceived by others into letting Ze Que go, it was all negligence. This subordinate has to bear the blame.”
In that instant, he understood what it meant for Ze Que to still be alive.
Actually, whether Ze Que was alive or dead didn’t matter by itself, it wouldn’t be hard for him to kill Ze Que again, and his Master didn’t need to eliminate Ze Que at the moment. This might even be a good thing, and ease the relationship between the Second Young Master and the Eldest Young Master.
But the important thing was, from this moment on, he was no longer that Ye Jun who never made mistakes.
——He should be called into question.
He dared to tease his Young Master, even daring to scheme and trick the Second Young Master, relying on nothing other than the Second Young Master’s trust. Both his loyalty, and his ability, were indispensable. He was the only one in which both coexisted, so he was Ye Jun.
He had spent so much effort to get to this point, but in the end, it was still a waste.
When Ye Jun thought about this, his mind became blank. There was nothing he could do to salvage the situation, the only thing remaining was earth-shattering fear.
These thoughts also went around in Zhongli Zixi’s mind, so he was a bit hesitant for a while. He still hadn’t cleared up his own thoughts when he saw Ye Jun’s body tilt and fall down from the bedside head first.
He hurriedly called for a servant girl, and together they lifted the unconscious Ye Jun back onto the bed. Zhongi Zixi gloomily thought: “How did I not know you were so delicate before?”
