nucmednet Chapter 227 He Did Not Die
Chapter 227 He Did Not Die
Ever since returning to the Cloud Dreamland, Jiuxiao had been muttering to himself: "You've only met her for the first time. Do you know what kind of person she is? Do you know if she's trustworthy or not? And yet you dare to treat her as a confidante."
"You're incredibly bold, even more so than a leopard."
Ye Qing'an merely lifted her eyelids and glanced at him. Although it was just a glance, Jiu Xiao quickly discerned Ye Qing'an's thoughts from that single look.
If you weren't so useless, why would she take this risk?
"..." Jiuxiao was exasperated: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to deal with you anymore. It's not that I don't want you to cultivate trustworthy people, I just think you're being a bit too frivolous."
"She only said a few words, and you believed her? What if she has ulterior motives? What if she's a spy sent by someone else?"
Ye Qing'an's ears were ringing from his nagging: "I am the one who uses her, not the other way around. I am her master, not the other way around. What I make her do and how she does it is up to me. Whether I use her or not, and how I use her, is also up to me."
"..." Jiu Xiao frowned, somewhat confused about the meaning behind Ye Qing'an's words.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "She doesn't know who I am or what I want to do. I pay her to do things for me. If she doesn't do a good job, I won't use her. What's there to worry about?"
Jiuxiao fell silent, seemingly agreeing with the sentiment.
Ye Qing'an was too lazy to pay him any attention: "Get lost, I'm going to cultivate."
Jiuxiao snorted: "Fine, I'll get out. You're just using me and then discarding me."
Jiuxiao did roll away, but Ye Qing'an hadn't even started cultivating when she heard a commotion outside. It sounded like someone was moving a stool around in her room and then sitting down to pour water.
"..."
Few people would dare to break into her house in the middle of the night, and Yi Moxu was the only one.
Ye Qing'an sneered. Did she really think this place was a place where one could come and go as one pleased?
Ye Qing'an decided to ignore him this time and let him wait outside. He then began to meditate, closing his eyes to prepare for cultivation.
However, Yi Moxu soon spoke, as if she was certain that she could hear him, and said it entirely to her: "Gu Duo is not actually dead."
As soon as Yi Moxu spoke, Ye Qing'an suddenly opened her eyes.
Gu Duo, is he actually not dead?
What does it mean?
Ye Qing'an was secretly speculating in her heart, but unfortunately, Yi Moxu was probably just trying to whet her appetite, and after that sentence, he didn't say anything more.
Ye Qing'an gritted her teeth and closed her eyes again, but her mind kept replaying Yi Moxu's words: Gu Duo was not actually dead.
However, everyone in the world was so certain that Gu Duo was dead, and that he had been thrown into the Nanfeng Pavilion by Ye Qinghao and tortured to death.
Why is Yi Moxu so certain?
The Prince of Dingxi died ten years ago. At that time, Yi Moxu was probably just a teenager. What would he know?
Countless thoughts flashed through Ye Qing'an's mind, but Yi Moxu's words finally made her feel like she was being scratched by a cat.
There was no way to cultivate anymore. Ye Qing'an pursed her lips, stood up, left the Cloud Dream Realm, and turned around from the side of the bed: "Does Prince Duan really think that this is a place you can come and go as you please?"
Yi Moxu looked up at Ye Qing'an: "Since you're not coming, I'll have to come by myself."
Ye Qing'an scoffed, "Aren't you afraid I'll turn on you and start a fight, letting everyone..."
Before Ye Qing'an could finish speaking, Yi Moxu interrupted, "Should we let everyone know that I'm in your room?"
"That's perfect. This way, everyone will know that you and I are secretly colluding and having an affair. Isn't that exactly what I want?"
"..." Ye Qing'an gritted her teeth. She felt that perhaps he had torn off his disguise in front of her, or perhaps it was because he knew that she was the same person from six years ago, and that Eleven was his child. So now this person was becoming more and more presumptuous in front of her.
How did she end up getting involved with such a madman?
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Yi Moxu lowered his eyes and said in a calm voice, "Don't you already know what I want to do?"
Ye Qing'an took a deep breath, not wanting to dwell on this topic any longer.
"You just said that Gu Duo is not dead?"
Yi Moxu nodded: "Yes, he's not dead yet."
Ye Qing'an felt that Yi Moxu's way of only speaking after being poked was really annoying. If it weren't for the fact that this person still had something useful to her, and if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't beat him, she would have dealt with him long ago.
"What exactly happened with Gu Duo?"
Yi Moxu curled the corners of his lips: "What you want to know is whether it's about him sending Liu Xueying to Ye Qinghao, or about him colluding with the enemy and betraying his country, or about him being killed by Ye Qinghao?"
"All."
Yi Moxu lowered his eyes and chuckled very softly: "All of it? Then what are you going to offer in exchange?"
exchange?
Ye Qing'an sneered. She knew it wouldn't be that simple. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Yi Moxu was... waiting for her here.
"Say it or don't, if you don't want to say it, then get out."
Yi Moxu wasn't annoyed. After a long while, he said, "Gu Duo has many secrets, and some of them are things that many people want to obtain. Therefore, Ye Qinghao is reluctant to really kill him."
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes, something suddenly flashed through her mind, and she quickly grasped it.
Gu Duo did not die, Yi Moxu said, because Ye Qinghao couldn't bear to really kill him.
Therefore, Gu Duo is still in Ye Qinghao's hands?
Ye Qinghao suddenly looked at Yi Moxu: "The person Ye Qinghao imprisoned in that forbidden area is Gu Duo?"
Yi Moxu picked up his teacup and took a sip: "You guessed it yourself."
So, she guessed right?
Ye Qing'an slightly curled her fingers. Everyone thought Gu Duo was dead, but Ye Qinghao actually locked him up in the Ye Mansion, right under the noses of countless people.
Yi Moxu said that Gu Duo has many secrets and things that many people want to obtain.
What is the secret? And what is it?
Liu Xueying was given to Ye Qinghao by Gu Duo. She has been by Ye Qinghao's side all these years. Even she knows that Ye Qinghao imprisoned people in the forbidden area, so it's impossible for Liu Xueying not to know.
Did Liu Xueying know that the person being imprisoned was Gu Duo?
What exactly is her relationship with Gu Duo, and what is her attitude towards Gu Duo?
There was so much she wanted to know.
Yi Moxu knew, but asking her to speak to Yi Moxu was absolutely out of the question...