Chapter 24: Temptation

Yun Jin hunched me on my back and swept over the colorless black woods, the overflowing miasma buried everything in the gloom and chaos, and even the bright moon in the night sky was affected by the foul air, turning gray and white. There was the sound of the wind whistling in my ears, and when the wind poured into my ears, it was a little tingling, as if I was about to lose my hearing. I didn't care about the direction Yun Jin was heading, and I seemed to have forgotten the purpose of my coming out with Yun Jin tonight, my whole heart was occupied by Meng Yunzhong's words, and there was no room to think about anything else.

"If she can be relieved, I will break the marriage, such a far-fetched marriage will not bring her happiness. If she insists, I'll have to give her my life back. ”

Yun Jin quickly moved in the empty sky, but I always stayed in the wooden house, on Meng Yunzhong's helpless and sad face.

β€œ...... I'll have to give her my life back......"

I have never been able to understand the meaning of this sentence, is it that in the end, there is only compromise? So why make any bets? Why set up any game? Why force something to be plain and comfortable? Why bother...... I finally understood that I tried my best not to mock You Ruojun's persistence and jealousy, not to care about any transactions with the fox demon, not to know the so-called secret between me and Meng Yunzhong, I just wanted to gamble myself and the future of me and Meng Yunzhong.

I finally understand that in this gamble, You Ruojun may only lose his life, and if I lose, I may not even have a heart.

These competitive scrambles.

Even if Meng Yunzhong didn't put his heart on You Ruojun at all, even if Meng Yunzhong was willing to spend time with me on this cliff, even if it ...... So what? In the end, he still couldn't let go of the kindness that the woman had given him, and he couldn't let go of the brotherhood between him and his brother-in-law.

Or, if I win and take You Ruojun's life, will he be able to live with me? But I'm a demon! I can be ten or a hundred years with a single god, but after a few decades, he will only leave a pile of white bones. Do you want him to believe that I will never grow old and will not die? If he knows one day that I killed You Ruojun, then what kind of attitude should I have to face him? Will he forgive me for setting a trap for taking him for himself out of jealousy? Even if it is all because of love.

Yunjin turned sideways, the moon in the distance rose suddenly, and the sudden feeling of weightlessness made me come back to my senses suddenly, only to find that the corners of my eyes were already wet. But there was no time for me to sort out the question I had just asked myself, Yun Jin had slowly descended to the ground, and I had to withdraw from the confusion to see what kind of environment was around me.

I sniffed the air around me, immediately lifted my spirits, and put aside the three words "Meng Yunzhong" for the time being, because there was a strong demonic aura around me, and it was also mixed with a faint demonic aura. Isn't this the place where demons coexist?

When I got off Yunjin's back, I found that the soil under my feet was different from other places, and I always felt that a strange aura was constantly surging up from the ground, as if it was about to break the ground. Looking around, it was nothing more than an ordinary forest, and where we were, it was a small open space, but it always felt a little different.

Without plants, there was no grass growing in this clearing.

Yun Jin leaned over the ground and walked vigilantly back and forth around me, and it seemed that even it felt that the demons here were not so easy to deal with.

I searched through the shadows of the trees, searching for movement on a larger scale. After observing it for a long time, there seemed to be no other movement except for the aura constantly rushing on the soles of his feet.

"Yunjin, that's where you found the silk scarf?"

Yun Jin groaned in a low voice to show affirmation.

"There are all demons here, and this aura is too strong, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with. It seems that we still have to think long-term, and we can't act rashly, but I'm afraid that we will have to find out the background of the demons entrenched here. ”

Yun Jin murmured again.

"Then let's go back to Xiaozhu first. Tonight, I'm afraid there are no clues here. ”

As I was talking, my peripheral light was faintly on the side of the clearing, I was a little surprised, but the light was very ordinary, I motioned to Yunjin to continue to be on guard, and I walked in the direction of the light point.

When I got closer, it turned out that there was a piece of light green jade embedded in the soil, which refracted the moonlight, and only then did it show the light point just now. I bent down to pick it up, but immediately froze.

Isn't this the piece of Hetian jade pinned to the waist of the eldest young master of Fu Yuan's foreign family? I was shocked, but it seemed to be expected, it seems that this hidden demon has nothing to do with Fu Yuan's foreign mansion. So I held this "clue" tightly and secretly decided: go to the Yuanwaifu to find out.

Leaving the place where the demonic spirit was rampant, I asked Yunjin to return to Xiaozhu and came to the sleeping town again. The night in the town was still quiet, but I had a growing uneasy premonition that the silence might be just a faΓ§ade.

The green vines on the wall of the Yuanwai Mansion were pitch black at night, but at this time, it seemed to me that the black juice flowing from the mansion made the Yuanwai Mansion immerse itself in darkness.

I went directly to the young master's room, although the furnishings were no different from the last time, but at least one thing was certain, the jade pendant did belong to him. There was still a looming demonic aura on him, but no matter what, I couldn't connect him with the demon. The eldest young master of the Yuanwaifu can never be a demon no matter how he is. But if there is a demon around him, there should also be signs of a demon in this mansion, but I have found nothing after several investigations.

No amount of self-inference is useless, and this time, there are no clues. I held the jade pendant and stood in front of the young master's bed in a daze.

After a few entanglements, I unconsciously thought of You Ruojun's illness. A demon hunter's illness, but can only seek medicine from this seemingly ordinary foreign house, but I'm afraid it's not an ordinary prescription, maybe I should start from this point to see what the origin of the person who can treat the demon catcher's disease.

After making my own decision, I left the Yuanwaifu again. The fourth visit shouldn't be so futile again, right?

The next day, at the same time, Meng Yunzhong came to the wooden house as scheduled and had lunch with me. I seem to feel that this is the most peaceful and comfortable part of my day, as long as I sit face to face with him, my heart will naturally relax, and I will be a mortal, a weak woman, and everything in life is only to wait for the agreed agreement with him.

On the third day, but this day was different, and I had to pull my mind out of it. It's not for You Ruojun's bet, it's just out of curiosity. The demonic clearing that permeated my mind from time to time, and there was a different kind of quietness in the Yuanwai Mansion, and I always felt that all the weirdness might be related to You Ruojun, or even Meng Yunzhong.

"Brother Yun Zhong, Sister You's illness still hasn't improved?"

Meng Yunzhong held the bowl, looked up at me, and then shook his head.

"The medicine for the disease has not been prepared yet?"

"I went to ask yesterday and said that I still owe a lot of medicine. ”

"What kind of medicine is hard to find?"

"I don't know this, the prescription of this medicine is only known to the person who dispenses it. ”

"So mysterious? Who is the person who dispensed the medicine?"

"I heard from my brother-in-law that it was the eldest young master of Fu Yuan's foreign mansion, and he would pay back the favor. ”

Repay the favor...... My mind immediately came to mind that handsome boy, the person who dispensed the medicine, was it really him?

"Is this eldest young master's medical skills so skillful?"

Meng Yunzhong shook his head and said, "Fu Gongzi does know some medical skills, but this recipe was obtained by him by accident, and it is a coincidence that it can cure Ruojun's illness." ”

"Is there such a coincidence? It seems that God has favored Sister You. ”

Meng Yunzhong sighed again: "Because I haven't taken the medicine yet, Ruojun's body has been very weak in the past few days, and it has become more and more serious." ”

"Really......? When will we find this medicine?"

"I don't know, I'm just worried, if I don't take the medicine, Ruojun's illness may ......"

"Brother Yun Zhong...... You seem to care about Sister You very much......" I looked at the gloomy expression on his face, and suddenly there was a hint of jealousy, but I immediately came back to my senses, and now is not the time for me to be jealous.

He looked up at me, as if stunned by my reaction, but immediately smiled again.

"Look at you, what are you thinking?"

"I know that I will never be able to take Sister You's place. I deliberately turned my face sideways, but sneaked a glimpse of the look on his face.

He shook his head helplessly but dotingly: "Ruojun is the life-saving benefactor of me and my brother-in-law, and the sworn sister of my brother-in-law, so naturally she is also my sister, and you can't marry me with Jinlan, so naturally you can't take her place." Do you want to be my sister too?"

"Brother Yun Zhong, do you mean to make fun of me?" I looked at him coquettishly, only to see that his face was full of gentle but somewhat playful smiles. I immediately felt very satisfied in my heart, at least, he wouldn't show this side in front of the so-called "life-saving benefactor", right?

"Do you really want to be my sister?"

I was speechless for a moment, but I felt extremely happy.

"From now on, call me Yun Zhong. ”

He suddenly became serious, as if he said to me very solemnly, I also unconsciously put away my smile, just looked at him stupidly, temporarily forgot the idea of comparing with You Ruojun, and only saw the person sitting opposite in my eyes.

"Cloud-Zhong-"

I hesitated to call out the name, even though it had been called a thousand times in my heart, but the real words still made me a little confused. The thumping sensation was still so palpable, as if at this moment, the name had overshadowed all my thoughts. The panic in my heart made me unconsciously lower my head. I suddenly realized that such an unobstructed blankness seemed familiar to me, but it seemed as if I had never had one. This made me a little confused, a little nervous, and a little surprised.

Silence overflowed in the room, and I waited for his response for a long time, only to find that my mind was blank, and he was subtly silent, which made my heart even more restless.

"Yun Zhong ......" was a little uncomfortable for a while, and almost brought out the last two words, I raised my head, I wanted to change the topic and break the embarrassing silence, but I happened to meet his hot gaze. It turned out that his response was here.

"It's better to ...... Shall we go and help Sister You find a medicine guide?"

I tried to avoid his gaze, but in the end I couldn't give up, so I forced my head to meet his eyes, but my whole being was like being ignited, as if I had to work hard to control my body. It's just that my words made his gaze stop abruptly, and he returned to the previous melancholy.

"This ...... This prescription is also a secret, and I don't know if Master Fu is willing to tell it easily. ”

"However, Sister You's illness is getting worse day by day, and if it drags on, it will only become more dangerous...... You'll be able to move back to the cabin sooner......"

The word "cure" may not be worthy of the name, but the latter sentence is really from the heart. Meng Yunzhong looked at me, which made me a little uncomfortable.

"That's it, I'll discuss with my brother when I go back, if the eldest young master is willing to say, we will immediately go to find Yaoyin. Let's eat. ”

"Can you take me with you?" I picked up the bowl and hesitated a few times, but I couldn't help asking.

Meng Yunzhong looked at me with some doubts, and as expected, I hid the fluctuations in my heart and hurriedly found a reasonable explanation.

"I ...... I'm just worried about Sister Yu...... Besides, I also want to meet this young master Fu. ”

Meng Yunzhong's face was still full of questions, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"I ...... I mean, I want to see my ...... too."

In desperation, I could only come up with this reason.

Meng Yunzhong suddenly put down the rice bowl in his hand, looked at me a little nervously, and frowned even deeper.

"Yinluo, what's wrong with you?

"No, it's not ......," I said, shaking my head, "it's my blood...... I wonder why it became the color it is now. ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, this excuse should be reasonable. Meng Yunzhong pondered slightly, but immediately looked at me with concern and said:

"Hmm. It's good. In the past, if you said that you had suffered from a strange disease, you should also go and see if you have indeed been cured. ”

"Hmm. I nodded, feeling uneasy.