Chapter Thirty-Five: Betrayal and Escape

  A gentleman is really a gentleman at night. On the way, he thought of climbing onto the bed seven times, but was kicked down by Jiang Nian three times, photographed out of the door three times, and once frozen to the ground by Jiang Nian's illusion.

  Using Phantom Frost is because Jiang Nian wants to express that he's a Cyan Magma Phantom Master, you'd better not mess with me!

  But this should fundamentally be of no use.

  It's actually quite funny that they met, because the two people didn't know each other at all. If Jiang Nian had met someone else, not to mention he wouldn't have agreed to go with him, just based on this person's behavior of getting out of bed seven times at night, he should have gotten rid of him long ago. But for some reason, Jiang Nian found Ye Qi Hen's behavior not only not infuriating, but also quite cute... and also didn't know why, looking at him couldn't bear to take action.

  The consequence of climbing into bed seven times was that the next day, both Jiang Nian and Ye Qiheng had panda eyes. Ye Qiheng's panda eyes were especially severe because he had been frozen in place while standing up, so he maintained that standing posture until dawn, unable to sleep at all.

  However, the next day he seemed to be in high spirits on the surface, and when he saw Jiang Nian, he tried his best to lift his mood and greet him, not wanting to appear down. Jiang Nian glanced at him with a slanted gaze, then silently ridiculed him in her heart, slowly walking over to the counter to pay, heading towards the city gate where the flying beast was waiting.

  She still wants to go back to the ninth city and take a look, the heroine's bloodline riot seems to have been suppressed in that cave, but it's uncertain whether the plot will go wrong. It's better to confirm again, because the impression is that the time of betraying the family should be recent.

  Thinking of this issue, she turned her head back to look at Ye Qiheng who was still standing by the counter with some sleepiness. She didn't know where this person wanted to go, and even less did she want to take him to the Ninth City. This kind of person was obviously an outlier, couldn't let him change from a passerby to a plot character, not even cannon fodder.

  But Ye Qiwen seemed to know what she was thinking, and said softly: "Miss, thank you for letting me join forces. I don't know where you want to go, but I'm going to the Ninth City, can you follow me?"

  Jiang Nian's pupils contracted slightly as he stared straight at Ye Qi, but all he saw in her eyes was sincerity. She lowered her head to think for a moment before raising it again and smiling sincerely: "I'm really sorry, I'm heading to the Seventh City, I'm afraid I won't be able to bring you along."

  "It doesn't matter, I can think of another way to get there. Just take me to the Seventh City." Ye Qi's eyes were somewhat deep and sunken, but more than that was a light mockery of this little trick. However, Jiang Nian couldn't see it, she just wanted to leave this anomaly behind.

  "Alright." Jiang Nian thought that the possibility of running into each other like this was very small, so it should be fine.

  The two of them boarded the flying beast heading to Seventh City, which looked very cute and resembled a Samoyed. Jiang Nian stroked the Samoyed violently for a while before reluctantly leaving it behind.

  Ye Qihen politely bid farewell to Jiang Nian at the transfer point, then lingered around the entrance of the Seventh City. Jiang Nian didn't know which city his permit was for and felt a bit guilty seeing him lingering at the entrance with no money to enter the city or ride a flying beast. But thinking about the consequences if this person continued to follow her, she steeled herself and secretly bypassed the transfer point, got on another flying beast on the other side, and headed towards the Ninth City.

  She's still too naive and doesn't know the cruelty of the world. Ye Qianyu followed Jiang Nian, and after making sure he was gone, she slowly summoned another flying beast. When getting off, she generously threw ten gold coins as a tip, making the poor little flying beast so happy that it couldn't close its eyes.

  Jiang went on to pay the entrance fee and entered the city. After entering, she planned to visit Lan's house first, but unexpectedly found that Lan's house was heavily guarded, even more so than Wu's house. So she quietly hid aside and took a look, but couldn't figure out what was going on, and had no choice but to run to the teahouse. The teahouse was always the first to know about everything, with the most extensive and accurate gossip.

  After inquiring about the location of the tea house, Jiang Nian sat alone in a corner, waiting. Such sensational and explosive news would surely be mentioned by someone.

  As expected, in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she understood the whole story from beginning to end.

  The entire plot completely exceeded her understanding, Lan Aoxue rebelled ahead of time, and the sudden increase in fantasy power and the support of the Wu family made her quickly separate from the Lan family. This caused the biggest family struggle for power in the Ninth City in many years.

  Rumors say that Wu Seventeen helped the female lead a lot, and then the female lead and Wu Seventeen together lured Lan Lun into a trap, sealing him in an unknown place in the Beta Forest. Although Lan Lun has a bad reputation, he is after all the darling of the Lan family, their treasured gem. After many failed attempts to find him, the Lan family naturally turned their attention to the female lead and the Wu family, trying to force them to hand over Lan Lun. However, it's clear that the Wu family cannot agree to this, resulting in the current state of high alert on both sides.

  The situation has become much more complicated, Jiang Nian thought to herself as she prepared to go to the Wu residence to see either the female lead or Wu Shi Qi. She carelessly paid the bill and slowly lifted her head to leave, only to see a gentle figure standing at the entrance of the teahouse: "Miss, what a coincidence, we meet again."

  "Really? I didn't notice you were so clingy before." Ye Qiheng.

  Although Jiang Nian was being sarcastic at this time, in fact, her heart wasn't on the sudden encounter with Ye Qiuhen. She was still worried about the female lead and Wu Shi Qi, and also a bit concerned about Lan Lun. This complex emotion made it impossible for her to think about Ye Qiuhen appearing in front of her.

  Ye Qi Hen saw that Jiang Nian didn't seem to mind himself, and for a moment there was some anger between his eyebrows, but it quickly turned back into warmth as he waited for Jiang Nian to finish thinking.

  Jiang Nian calmed down and thought it was better to go take a look, so he ignored Ye Qi Hen in front of him and walked forward on his own. This passerby really shouldn't be getting involved. The plot was already chaotic enough, if another stranger were to get mixed up in it, who knows what would happen?

  Ye Qihen's face looked even worse, grabbing Jiang Nian's wrist, only maintaining a gentle shell on the surface: "Miss, where do you want to go? Or I'll accompany you?" In fact, this sentence was already a bit gritted teeth, and it sounded more like a threat.

  Jiang Nian turned his head back, looked at him deeply, and then said with some regret: "Sorry, this has nothing to do with you. I'll solve it myself. Thank you." Then he left the teahouse without looking back.

  Ye Qi gazed at Jiang Nian's back, his pupils black and bottomless. He tilted his head, a strange smile on his face. He rubbed his thumb and index finger together again, then stuck them into his mouth to lightly lick off the temperature left by Jiang Nian's wrist earlier, his expression full of an intimate flavor, his eyes filled with desire.

  Digression

  The plot thickens, full speed ahead.