"It seems you still don’t understand Dongfang Lian." Ye Shikai sighed and said, "What she wants is just revenge for her father."
"I know this, but her existence is always a hidden threat to you. If you leave it unchecked, maybe at so critical mont in the future, she’ll stab you in the back." Ji Qian spoke harshly, as if certain that Dongfang Lian was not a good person, and the uncertainty about the future was the root of her hostility.
"Let ask you, are you confident enough to help her find her father’s murderer."
"This... After all, it’s a matter from two years ago, and you know how chaotic the Underworld is. Who has that kind of confidence, I can’t travel through ti."
"Then you still dare to promise her." Ji Qian’s tone carried a bit of complaint, seeming to bla Ye Shikai for making promises based solely on emotion without any consideration, which would only cause trouble.
"Given the situation at that ti, this was the best decision."
"Alright then, tell , if you can’t find her father’s killer, what will she do."
"This..." Ye Shikai turned his head guiltily, but Ji Qian held him firmly, forcing him to face her.
"Speak honestly, no lying."
"Then... she’ll assu the Netherworld Palace is the murderer."
"Hm, as expected. Given that, there’s even less reason to keep her." Ji Qian said coldly, "If Boss Xing and Mothman show up next ti, and she cos out to seek revenge on you, you’ll be dead for sure."
"But there’s also a chance I could succeed."
"Anyway, I absolutely won’t keep this threat." Ji Qian said firmly.
"You... Anyway, I just won’t allow you to do that. If you still care about at all, you should think it over." Ye Shikai put his foot down, setting his terms. No man likes a woman who is too overbearing; Ye Shikai was no different. Previously, he protected Dongfang Lian because he wanted to "turn hostility into friendship"; now, there’s a touch of stubbornness in it.
"You... One day you’ll regret this." Ji Qian couldn’t win against Ye Shikai, so she could only throw down these threatening words.
Twenty minutes later.
In the bedroom.
"Qian, are you still awake? I’m coming in." Ye Shikai stood outside the door, gently knocking on the wooden door a few tis. No matter how strong a woman is, she would also have a side where she acts like a little woman. After a quarrel, Ye Shikai had to co to "clean up the ss."
Sigh, coaxing a woman is so tiring.
"Why no response?" Ye Shikai curiously turned the handle, slowly opening the wooden door.
Swish.
A cold wind swept across, and Ye Shikai quickly turned to the side as a dagger stabbed straight towards his head. Luckily, he dodged quickly, and the dagger didn’t take his life but instead stuck into the wall behind him. Turning his head to look, the "originator" was actually lying on the bed with her back facing him, pretending to be asleep.
This is life-threatening.
"You’re trying to murder your husband, huh?" Ye Shikai quickly walked forward, getting directly onto the bed to tightly embrace Ji Qian.
"You... let go of ." Ji Qian waved her hands wildly, her "claws" spinning like motors non-stop. Ye Shikai grabbed her wrists separately, so Ji Qian directly kicked with her feet.
Sigh, this crazy woman.
"Alright, calm down a bit." Ye Shikai saw Ji Qian had fought and cursed enough, so surely she should have vented her anger by now, and since she vented her anger, it’s ti for a good talk.
"Why are you still here? I’ve done so many things for you, yet here you are, even angry at . I think I shouldn’t even have co back to Yanjing." Ji Qian sulkily turned her head, looking very angry earlier, and quite aggrieved.
"Everything you did for , I see it all, but there are so things I still want to resolve myself." Ye Shikai gently stroked Ji Qian’s hair, comforting her softly.
"Trust my judgnt. Dongfang Lian won’t do anything to , and definitely won’t harm Qingqing. She actually cares for Qingqing a lot; after all... she’s a teacher."
"Whatever, next ti whether you live or die, I... won’t care."
"Alright, now look at yourself, aren’t you acting like a little girl having a tantrum, just like Qingqing." Ye Shikai touched her head and laughed.
"I’m not. It’s because of you that I am throwing a fit. Hmph, one day I’ll be angered to death by you." Ji Qian’s pretty face turned red, and she directly covered her head with a pillow.
"Alright, then it’s settled. I’ll handle Dongfang Lian’s matter myself; you don’t intervene." Seeing Ji Qian not replying, Ye Shikai cleared his throat twice, "If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as an agreent."
"Whatever."
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Yanjing University.
"Cough cough, Qingqing, Yaoyao, you two go outside for a mont." In the teacher’s office, Ye Shikai happened to see Su Ziqing and Han Ruoyao standing in front of Dongfang Lian, seemingly talking to her. Ye Shikai’s sudden arrival seed to surprise the three won, and now, the two little girls already knew about Dongfang Lian’s background, and even their gazes towards her changed. Ye Shikai didn’t want their relationship to worsen, at least not to the point of being hostile when seeing each other.
Ye Shikai closed the office door, found a chair, and sat in front of Dongfang Lian.
"I’ve settled your people already; you should trust my sincerity now, right?" Ye Shikai got straight to the point. After all, this woman wanted to kill him last night, so there’s no need for pleasantries—straight to the topic.
Ye Shikai also felt aggrieved. Because of this woman in front of him, he nearly fell out with Ji Qian...
"That’s more like it."
"By the way, what did Qingqing and Yaoyao say to you earlier? They... seed not very happy." Ye Shikai asked.
"Yesterday I wanted to kill you; do you think they would look kindly upon ? It’s good enough they didn’t expose ." Dongfang Lian tidied her files, seeming a bit listless.
"They might have just not accepted the character change all of a sudden; who could imagine such a kind and amiable teacher being a cultivator."
"I’m not a cultivation expert myself. My father sent to Yanjing to escape the chaos of the Underworld, but who would’ve thought... he got killed."
"Actually, every one of us who survived in the Underworld is like your father, only in two states, either killing or being killed. Just like a food chain, those below wait to be killed, while those above keep killing to reduce their own threats."
"Then why did you go to the Underworld in the first place?" Suddenly, Dongfang Lian shifted the topic and asked.
"You might not believe it, but I went to investigate an operation, that’s why I entered the Underworld." Ye Shikai thought for a while and still decided to say it out loud. In terms of fate, he and Dongfang Lian share so similarities.
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