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[JunEr] «Candle Snuffed Out, Chess Game About» 13 - Teaching a lesson


After settling his Young Master down and getting him to sleep, Ye Jun softly and quietly went out the door to look for Qi Luan.

She was a young lady, after all, spending a cold night by the cold lakeside should be enough of a lesson.

Ye Jun just wanted to confirm whether she was fine or not, it would be fine if she was awake, then he wouldn’t need to be concerned. But when he came around the lakeside, he found her hugging her knees by the side of the rock garden, and saw she’d been sobbing for who knows how long. She was originally just a little girl who’d not yet grown up, and now that she was curled up all alone she looked especially frail.

Ye Jun stood next to her and asked: “Why, do you regret it?”

Qi Luan tearfully agreed.

For a moment, Ye Jun thought she was a little pitiful, but then he remembered how she’d conspired against his Young Master, and spoke coldly: “You are a girl, you should respect and cherish yourself, how could you be willing to lower yourself like this?”

“You think I was willing?!” Qi Luan’s crying became even fiercer, “I’m an illegitimate daughter without status, the Madam won’t recognise me no matter what, she turned both my mother and I into servants and every day she arranges heavy work and forces us to do it. The other servants mock me and push me aside, and they’re always bullying my mother.”

Her weeping was really heartbreaking, and Ye Jun helplessly took out a silk handkerchief and handed it to her. Qi Luan wiped herself for a bit, then continued speaking: “My dad said that if I found a way to make Young Master Yan stay, he would let my mother move into the house where the Madams live and she won’t need to suffer again.”

Ye Jun sighed: That’s also understandable.

Since Master Fang Si wanted to try this trick, but was unwilling to risk his eldest daughter, he encouraged this pitiful illegitimate child. This man is so heartless, he’s really not a person.

Ye Jun said: “Fang Si is not a person deserving of trust, you better take your mother and leave this place soon.”

Qi Luan burst into tears: “My mother's legs aren't good, and I can’t support her.”

Ye Jun gently said: “This matter can be dealt with, just wait.”

Qi Luan was still doubtful, but the man in front of her slipped away in a flash. She was also tired from crying, thinking that it would be daylight soon and she had to go to work, so he rubbed her knees and supported herself on the rocks to stand up, but then saw Ye Jun dropping back in front of her again.

Ye Jun walked towards her and carelessly stuffed something wrapped in cloth into her arms, and when Qi Luan took it and shook out a corner, she saw dazzling riches inside.

Qi Luan was shocked: “Where did you get so much gold! You, you didn’t steal this, right?! I’m finished, finished, when the Master finds out, he’ll break my legs! Quickly, take it back…..”

She acted like she’d just received a hot potato and immediately stuffed it back at him, but Ye Jun calmly re-wrapped it with a smile: “Don’t you worry, Master Fang Si’s treasury will be thoroughly emptied today, he won’t be able to find out about you.”

Qi Luan hesitated: “Ah? What does that mean?”

“You all always like to brag about the great success of Master Fang Si’s family and business, and I’m fed up of hearing about it, my Young Master is probably tired too. After tonight, he won’t have another chance to brag about it.” Ye Jun didn’t want to say much, waving his hands and saying, “That’s all I have to say, it’s up to you whether you listen or not. Goodbye.”


When the sun was high up in the sky, Ye Jun quietly sneaked back into the room and crawled into the Second Young Master’s bed. However, Zhongli Zixi’s sleep was too light and he woke up when he got in. When the Second Young Master saw that it was Ye Jun, he lowered his guard and casually slipped into his arms, asking: “Where did you go?”

Ye Jun said: “To prepare how to escape.”

Zhongli Zixi changed his position, resting his head a little more comfortably and, without opening his eyes, said: “Oh. Tell me what you’re thinking.”

Ye Jun lowered his eyes to look at him, his pale skin was covered in pink spots, which were the traces of last night’s over-the-top playing, so he hugged his waist apologetically, lightly kneading and massaging it as he said: “Master Fang Si thinks he’s always so clever, and I don’t know what tricks he’s going to play next time, so we can’t stay here any more. I’m going to prepare some trouble for Master Fang si, so he won’t have time to care about us.”

Zhongli Zixi calculated, Master Fang Si’s gu was almost gone, he was already being extremely benevolent by leaving his life intact, so he nodded: “That’s good, let him find blessings on his own merits.”

Ye Jun asked while hugging him: “Young Master, when we leave, where should we go?”

Zhongli Zixi was indifferent: “Up to you.”

He responded in such a way that was somewhat dependent on his own ideas. Ye Jun couldn’t suppress his excitement, and he turned over and propped himself up on top of him, “Let’s return to the Sansheng mountain stream? We can stay in the mountains for a lifetime, and never come out again.”

Zhonlgi Zixi’s expression was indifferent, but he was resolute: “Okay. It’s peaceful there, very good.”

He was originally a giant among men, but now he was willing to accompany him into the abyss. Ye Jun was already moved, but now he also felt sorry for him.

Ye Jun was in a cheerful mood for a moment, but then became sad again and sighed: “I’m really afraid the Young Master is simply disheartened and doesn’t actually like me.”

He had started his daily fantasies again, Zhongli Zixi had gradually gotten a little used to it. But he didn’t try to defend himself, simply saying: “Just wait and see, there’ll be plenty of time in the future.”

He had spoken plainly and simply, but it was more touching than any declaration of love. Ye Jun swept away his gloom and, not satisfied with this small gain, pushed: “Since the Young Master wants to go with me, then what about Ze Que? Will the Young Master not care about him?”

Zhongli Zixi only just remembered this: “Ah, right. If you’re willing, send him back to Zhongli Court for me. If you’re not, that’s fine, we don’t need to bring it up again.”

He had completely let go of that person in his heart, so it was pointless for him to entangle himself more. He wished he could do his part, but he absolutely wouldn’t force Ye Jun because of it. Ye Jun judged his gentleness to be just right, warm enough to make his heart melt, and he spoke with a smile: “Then the Young Master doesn’t need to worry about it any more, I asked about it earlier, Ze Que has already run off.”

The Second Young Master: “Ah?”

Ye Jun said: “I originally wanted to let him know something, but I rummaged through the tree branches this morning and couldn’t find him, so I asked the relatives that were taking care of him and found out that he just left behind a message yesterday and left. It said that he went out to wander about, according to the circumstances, it’s not much different from running away from home after receiving a shock.”

“…..This…..” Zhongli Zixi mumbled, “If my brother comes to find him, I’ll just be turned into a liar again.”

Ye Jun spoke again: “I also asked around, Zhongli Court was destroyed and re-built, it has long since changed Masters. That letter has no way to be delivered, and it will probably not fall into the Eldest Young Master’s hands at all.”

Zhongli Zixi let out an ‘oh’, and although he let out a breath, he wasn’t able to hide the disappointment in it.

Ye Jun took the whole scene in at once, and tightened the arms hugging him a little: “Young Master, since you have this intention, we can just go out to look for him again. There are all kinds of sceneries in the world, I want to be lucky enough to see them with the Young Master. We can find some medical treatment to help cure the Young Master’s old maladies while on the way to look for Ze Que, and just tie him up and send him to the Eldest Young Master.”

Zhongli Zixi paused, the softly said: “Thank you.”

Ye Jun smiled clearly, lifting his hand to cover the sunlight hitting his eyes: “Young Master, rest first, everything can wait until you wake up again.”


That night, Ye Jun lead the Fang family’s finest horse horse away, taking out the Fang family’s most valuable gold and silver treasures and stuffing them into a carriage, then fiercely whipping the horse’s butt. The startled horse rushed away madly, carrying the treasures that spilled out all along the way, covering the entire mountain. The treasures reflected the moonlight making it seems as though it was daytime, and the whole village came out in a mad dash to seize them, sweeping everything away in an instant.

At the same time, the Fang family’s ten residences were set on fire and turned into ruins.

The activity of plundering the gold and silver was so loud that the entire family was woken up. They watched the lively scene from the outside, not knowing what happened, but unexpectedly, there were no casualties. Master Fang Si looked on helplessly as his family property was destroyed overnight, but there was nothing he could do.


The wounds on Zhonlgi Zixi’s lower body hadn’t healed yet, so he was carried by Ye Jun, and the blazing fire shone on them as they rushed away without looking back.

Ye Jun suddenly said: “Nanlin is very close to Wushui Terrace.”

Zhongli Zixi asked: “Right. Why?”

Ye Jun said: “I remember the Wuishui Holy Maiden researched poisonous gu in her early years, then later who knows what went wrong and she changed direction to manufacture all kinds of love medicines…..”

Zhongli Zixi answered: “That’s right. But their business was done properly, so I didn’t feel like getting involved.”

Ye Jun muttered to himself for a moment, then seriously said: “Our first stop should be Wushui Terrace.”

Zhongli Zixi suddenly felt things were taking a bad turn: “Ye Jun, you’re not having any dangerous ideas, right?”

“Medicine and poison has been interlinked since ancient times, I just think that there should be some good doctors there.” Ye Jun solemnly swore, “Really. With heaven and earth as my witness, I absolutely don’t have any dangerous ideas.”