Chapter 53 Yuan Qing 09

  Qin Fei woke up from his daze and took some time to realize he was in an unfamiliar room, only to discover Gu Yin sitting beside the 'bed'.

  Gu Yin? Qin Fei was dazed for a while before his memories gradually came back.

  He remembered buying a drink in the commercial district of Guanyun Mountain, and inadvertently saw Jiang Xu heading towards that mountain path which had already been sealed off. After not seeing him return for a long time, he ran to take a look. However, he saw that the small iron gate on that mountain path was slightly ajar, with the obvious copper lock having been removed from the small gate and casually thrown into the corner near the cliff.

  That mountain path had no fork, and since Jiang Xu didn't turn back, he must have gone up. So, after hesitating for a moment, he pushed open the slightly ajar small door and walked up along the mountain path. Then, as expected, he found Jiang Xu and unexpectedly saw Gu Yin. Next...he was taken hostage by Jiang Xu...

  As he recalled this point, Qin Fei slightly furrowed his brow, and from then on, the memories just couldn't be remembered no matter how hard he tried.

  However, he is now lying here safely, and it should be Gu Yin who saved him again. Qin Fei was thinking about Gu Yin's cunning ways, guessing that he would have to put on a debt-collecting face again and tell him how many more favors he owed Mr. Gu, but when their eyes met, he froze.

  Looking into his eyes, Gu Yin's gaze was focused and gentle, with a deep profundity in the depths of his pupils that made Qin Fei involuntarily lose himself. Such eyes, Qin Fei had unintentionally caught glimpses of in Gu Yin's eyes a few times before, but they were always shrouded in layers of 'mystery' mist, impossible to discern clearly. This time, however, the clouds and fog had been swept aside, and his gaze had crashed into Qin Fei's eyes without any concealment.

  Looking at Gu Yin's deep and warm black eyes, Qin Fei suddenly felt an urge to cry. There was a feeling called heartache that churned in his chest, but when he tried to find the reason, there was only emptiness.

  Gu Yin looked at Qin Fei, who had woken up, and saw that he was still dazed. Afraid of startling him with a loud noise, Gu Yin quietly waited for Qin Fei to fully wake up from his haze. But unexpectedly, when Qin Fei turned his head and their eyes met, his expression became somewhat off.

  Seeing Qin Fei's expression that seemed to be on the verge of tears, Gu Yin felt a pang in his heart. After the Ghost Cultivation Technique was lifted, if the soul was invaded by external "yin" energy again, it might cause memories from past lives to resurface. And those memories from past lives might just be the ones from the life when he met Qin Fei, but... Gu Yin didn't want Qin Fei to have those memories from that life. He didn't need Qin Fei to remember him, nor did he need Qin Fei to become Yuan Qing again; those memories were painful, and he didn't want Qin Fei to recall them.

  "Qin Fei?" Gu Yin got up, bent down and leaned close to Qin Fei, calling out in a low voice with a probing tone.

  Qin Fei suddenly came back to his senses and saw Gu Yin's face, which was like a calamity, in an extremely close position. He could even feel the other person's obvious breathing. Qin Fei hadn't had time to say anything before his face turned bright red.

  "What's wrong? Where are you uncomfortable?" Gu Yin retreated a bit, reaching out to test Qin Fei's forehead temperature, but was dodged by Qin Fei who turned his head sideways.

  "There's nothing uncomfortable." Qin Fei sat up from the 'bed', lowered his head, and found that what he was wearing on his body was not his original clothes, but a slightly larger pajamas. This set of pajamas was obviously not his, nor did he put it on himself. Qin Fei raised his head and looked at Gu Yin with suspicion.

  "I was afraid you wouldn't sleep comfortably, so I changed into my pajamas for you." Gu Yin gave Qin Fei a reasonable but untrue excuse, then pointed to the clothes hanging on the horizontal bar next to the wardrobe and said, "Your clothes are over there, just put the changed pajamas on the bed."

  After finishing speaking, Gu Yin turned around and walked out of the room. As he closed the door behind him, Gu Yin let out a sigh of relief. Looking at Qin Fei's expression, it seemed like he hadn't remembered anything. However, Qin Fei's flustered reaction from getting close to him was quite amusing. Compared to when he was with Yuan Qing, no matter how much he teased him, his calm and collected demeanor was even more interesting.

  After Gu Yin walked out, Qin Fei sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes slightly wide. He had just been staring at Gu Yin's approaching face and couldn't help but blush uncontrollably.

  But - Gu Yin's face is indeed stunning enough to make people lose their minds, especially when she reveals that gentle and affectionate expression...

  Wait! What is he thinking? Even if Gu Yin looks good, it's not a feminine face, and as a member of the same sex, there's no need to be surprised. Qin Fei shook his head, shaking off the image of Gu Yin's face. He got up and walked to the closet, took out the clothes hanging on the wall rack, and changed out of the oversized pajamas he was wearing.

  Qin Fei tidied up the bed and folded the changed pajamas, placing them at the bedside before leaving Gu Yin's room.

  As he walked into the living room, Qin Fei found that all three of the Gu brothers were there. Gu Yin and Gu Wenqing sat on either side of the coffee table, facing each other across it. And Gu Wenkai, who usually avoided Gu Yin and would become somewhat weaker in his presence, was now standing beside Gu Wenqing, glaring at Gu Yin with a fierce expression.

  Qin Fei looked at Gu Wenkai, who was acting abnormally, and hadn't figured out the reason yet. Before he could react, Gu Wenkai had already quickly moved to Qin Fei's side.

  "Let's go, let's go, it's getting late, if you don't head back now, your mom will worry." Gu Wenkai said as he pulled Qin Fei towards the entrance.

  "It's only 10:43 now..." He told his mom he'd be back at night, how could it be late already?

  "Auntie is so lonely eating lunch alone at home, it's better to go back early." Gu Wenkai said while quickly and neatly arranging Qin Fei's shoes, urging him to hurry up and change his shoes to leave.

  Qin Fei helplessly changed his shoes, turned around to look at Gu Yin, and was about to say something to him, but saw that Gu Yin had already stood up first and walked towards him.

  "I'll send you back." Gu Yin walked up to Qin Fei and said softly, looking down at him.

  "No need, no need! Big brother, I'll send Qin Fei back home safely, this small matter doesn't require your concern. Second brother has something important to discuss with you, you go ahead and attend to it first!" Qin Fei hadn't even spoken yet when Gu Wenkai preemptively rebuffed Gu Yin.

  Although Gu Wenkai did not get the answer about Gu Yin's past lover from Gu Wenqing, who seemed to know something, he had been a detective for more than a year and his observation skills were not just for show. From Gu Wenqing's suggestive words and Gu Yin's attitude towards Qin Fei, he could basically determine what that unanswered question was.

  He could accept that his brother-in-law was a man, but he couldn't accept that his brother-in-law was a man and also his best friend! This was even more unacceptable than if his brother-in-law were a monk! So - in order to prevent Qin Fei from falling into his brother's hands, Gu Wenkai decided to rebel against his brother!

  Gu Yin raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Wenkai with an unpleasant expression.

  Gu Wenkai turned a blind eye and dragged Qin Fei out of the gate, then casually slammed the door shut, isolating Gu Yin behind it.

  "Shao Guan Jia, give me the car key." Does it mean that if Gu Wenkai doesn't let him send Qin Fei, he will obediently not send him? This is simply a joke!

  "Big brother." Gu Wenqing helplessly shouted.

  Gu Yin turned around and looked at Gu Wenkai with a expressionless face.

  Gu Wenqing: "......" Why use this kind of gaze to look at him as if he's an enemy? Obviously, it was he who urged him to ask about the follow-up investigation leads on Qing Shui Town. He finally managed to 'squeeze' out some time to come and report back, but was treated with such disdain. Don't be so arrogant! It's year-end, he's busy with work too, isn't that right? After finishing school things, he still has to go back to G City to help his family with New Year's chores, truly no time to wait around all the time.

  "Help me send Qin Fei back, will you?" Gu Yin finally instructed Shao Guan, who had walked up to him with the car keys, before turning around and heading in the direction of the study.

  Gu Wenqing followed Gu Yan into the study room and began to recount the follow-up investigation of Qing Shui Town.

  "As for the clue about that person seventeen years ago, it was completely cut off after Zhou Tian Tong's death. The subsequent investigation did not find any clues either. However, when I went to Zhou Tian Tong's house to look for clues, I found this -" Gu Wenqing said, taking out an envelope from his pocket and handing it over to Gu Yin.

  Gu Yin glanced at Gu Wenkai, took the envelope, opened it and pulled out what was inside. It was a yellowed paper, the size of a book page. On it were written dense rows of brush-written characters, filling up the entire page. After reading the contents, Gu Yin's face suddenly turned gloomy.

  This piece of paper has Qin Fei's birth date written on it, along with an analysis of that birth date.

  The merits of ten generations weigh upon me, four yang energies converge, a heavenly mandate.

  This is a great blessing, it's the fate of a saint, but this is precisely what Qin Fei said.

  As for Qin Fei's experiences over this period of time, it was completely impossible to tell that he was a person with such a fate, but this fate was indeed Qin Fei's.

  Qin Fei's situation can only be attributed to one reason - he has encountered a great disaster that has affected his destiny.

  So——

  What is that great disaster?

  "The Ghost Nourishing Technique on Qin Fei's body is the same as the one that man told Zhou Tian Tong. Big brother, I don't think this is a coincidence." said Gu Wenqing.

  "What did you want to say?" Gu Yin looked at the yellowed paper in his hand and asked slowly.

  "Qin Fei once told me that he had no memories of seventeen years ago. You said that seventeen years ago, in the Wan Gui Tong Ku Array, someone took you out with them. Could it be...?"

  Gu Yin fell silent, and upon seeing Qin Fei's fate, he inferred that his destiny might have encountered great calamity. He thought of the person who had led him out of the Wan Gui Tong Ku array seventeen years ago, and it was possible that it was Qin Fei. However, he did not wish for this to be true. Having reincarnated, what he wanted was to protect this person's world, ensuring peace and tranquility for all eternity, rather than letting him suffer as he had in his past life.

  Gu Wenqing took a glance at Gu Yin and didn't continue to delve deeper into the topic from seventeen years ago, instead saying: "Since Zhou Tian Tong knew Qin Fei's fate, shouldn't it be said that that person also knew? And since Zhou Tian Tong used Qin Fei to activate the Borrowed Momentum Formation, in reality, wasn't it actually that person who was pushing from behind?"

  "The incident in Qing Shui Town was arranged by that person to target Qin Fei." Gu Yin confirmed Gu Wenqing's guess, "Qin Fei's encounter with Zhou Tian Tong in Qing Shui Town was a test by that person to see if Qin Fei was Yuan Qing. However, Zhou Tian Tong had bad luck and didn't succeed, so that person never really confirmed whether Qin Fei was indeed Yuan Qing. Therefore, Jiang Xu soon appeared around Qin Fei."

  However, Jiang Xu approached Qin Fei only to test whether Qin Fei was the reincarnation of Yuan Qing, and had no intention of harming Qin Fei. On the mountain path of Guan Yun Mountain, Jiang Xu should have already confirmed that Qin Fei was indeed the reincarnation of Yuan Qing, but when Jiang Xu took Qin Fei as a hostage, he clearly hesitated. The reason for that hesitation is likely because someone did not allow him to harm Qin Fei.

  It was only after knowing that Qin Fei was Yuan Qing's successor that the person who had once blocked his plans seventeen years ago did not kill him. The reason was probably because of Qin Fei's fate. That person probably wanted to use Qin Fei's fate for something.

  "Since Jiang Xu is also sent by that person, didn't you get any clues from him, big brother?" Gu Wenqing asked.

  "There's a clue." Gu Yin took out the lighter from the drawer, lit up the paper with Qin Fei's death warrant on it and burned it to ashes. "Keep an eye on the Ren family's movements."

  "Huh?" Gu Wenqing looked at Gu Yin in confusion.

  "That Jiang Xu is a 'yin' corpse, a 'yin' corpse that has borrowed the lifespan of 'yang'."