章 20: Aren’t They Foolish
編集者: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Yun Qingyan looked out of the window with a faint smile on her lips that carried a rebellious and surliness that had no regard for the rest of the world.
The malice in her thin lips intensified as a sarcastic voice came out. It was disdainful and filled with mocking. "Tsk tsk, what is this thing called love? All it does is make people die for one another."
She looked towards the starry sky in the distance with a gaze that seemed to have gathered all the starlight together. Her expression was distant and there was a laugh in her voice. "Xiaoxuan, don't you think they're so foolish?"
The black furball remained within the Magic Ring and shook itself in puzzlement as it opened its large and moist eyes.
It knew about countless precious treasures in the world, and it knew many rare herbs and plants and even fighting techniques, but it knew nothing about love relationships between humans and was thus unable to answer Yun Qingyan's question.
Thankfully, Yun Qingyan didn't need an answer from it.
Yun Qingyan looked away and stared at the dust on her white dress as she grumbled, "A lovely night has been ruined just like that. Now I have to bathe and change all over again."
Thankfully Yun Mansion was a huge place and had several guestrooms, otherwise, she wouldn't know where she would sleep tonight.
Grand Master Yun would always lock himself in a secret room at night to cultivate and Guanghan didn't want to disturb him. After Guanghan had discovered the unconscious Lvluo and settled all the matters on his hands, he wanted to give his promised 'explanation' to Yun Qingyan, to find that she had already gone to bed.
He stood at the window for a long time until the stars in the sky slowly hid and a whitish glow started to appear on the horizon. Guanghan was already drenched in the dew before he pursed his lips and left.
The young man stood as straight as a sword on this icy morning, but he seemed slightly depressed at the same time.
...
"Yan, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?" The moment Yun Qingyan got up, she saw Grand Master Yun rushing over to her.
Behind him stood Guanghan, who was standing straight with his sword in hand and had a stiff expression on his handsome face.
Guanghan glanced at Yun Qingyan, to find that she didn't cast a glance on any part of him, so he quietly looked down again.
After all, he had wrongly accused her the night before.
"Grandpa, I'm very well." Yun Qingyan gleefully spun around to show her grandfather that she was perfectly fine.
"I can't believe that someone within the Yun Mansion tried to harm my granddaughter. I must get to the bottom of this matter." Grand Master Yun said coldly. He was relieved to see that Yun Qingyan was fine, but after that, his gaze became aggressive.
He thought that this house of his was fully fortified and impenetrable, but it still managed to let some of these wicked people in. He felt that it was time to go through the people within the Yun Mansion and weed out those who were up to no good.
If he couldn't even protect his own granddaughter, then what was the point in keeping the Yun Mansion around?
"My Lord," Guanghan took a step forward. "Please allow me to take charge of this matter."
Ziwan had died, and that meant that the most important clue in this case was gone. However, he had promised to give Yun Qingyan an explanation, and he could not let her down.
Grand Master Yun was quite surprised by Guanghan's offer.
Normally, Guanghan wouldn't interfere in a matter like this.
Grand Master Yun frowned. If Guanghan went to conduct an investigation, then who was going to be Yun Qingyan's bodyguard?
"My Lord," Guanghan spoke again and his voice was filled with determination.
Grand Master Yun had always treated Guanghan like a half-grandson, so after hesitating for a while, he couldn't bear to turn the boy down. He patted Guanghan's shoulders and said, "Guanghan, in that case, I'll leave this matter wholly to you."
"Yes, My Lord," Guanghan clasped his sword and responded.
Yun Qingyan's round black eyes glanced at Guanghan and her lips curled up slightly to reveal a tiny canine tooth. That smile made her look both cheeky and naughty.
Since Guanghan was the one investigating this matter, then she wasn't going to tell him about Lin Wanyue.
This fellow had wrongly accused her, so she felt that he deserved to be taught a lesson.
"Yan, are you interested in accompanying this old man here for breakfast?"
After making sure that Yun Qingyan was fine, Grand Master Yun's heart was half relieved. He looked cautiously at her and asked her for breakfast, and the anticipation in his eyes was about to flow out soon.
Ever since Yan fell in love with that Sissy Baili, she didn't have time to accompany her grandfather for meals.
"Oh? Then you have to make sure that my favorite crispy bun is available Grandpa!" Yun Qingyan cheekily hooked an arm around Grand Master Yun's and broke into a beautiful smile.
Just when this old man and his granddaughter were about to happily head off for breakfast, a guard came running in.
"My Lord, a letter from Qingxuan Academy!"
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