After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 103

Dongfang Wuchen wasn’t as afraid of Mu Lan as one might imagine; he just really hated arguing.

Moreover, he truly couldn’t agree with some of Mu Lan’s remarks and viewpoints, so he often didn’t want to tell Mu Lan about his own affairs.

Whenever Mu Lan was mentioned, Dongfang Wuchen felt extremely troubled.

“I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, but the reason I was willing to come to the Tang Sect alone this time was because I wanted to avoid my mother. When I was at Mingyue Manor, she was always lecturing me with endless sermons, and I found it annoying.

Although I’m not very familiar with the Tang Sect either, for me, being here is much freer than at Mingyue Manor. And here I can see you. You’re one of my few friends, and I sincerely want to continue getting along with you.”

If these words were phrased differently, Yun Dan would even think Dongfang Wuchen was confessing to her.

However, Dongfang Wuchen didn’t seem to have many friends, which made Yun Dan feel rather sorry for him.

After all, having such an abnormal mother like that—no matter how you looked at it, it was quite miserable.

“We’ve always been friends.”

Actually, this wasn’t the question Dongfang Wuchen most wanted to ask.

What he cared about was whether what Yan Ke had said today was true or not.

After thinking it over, Dongfang Wuchen finally asked the question.

“Speaking of which, were the words Young Master Yan Ke said when helping you out of that situation earlier true? Are you two really in an engaged relationship?”

At this, even Yun Dan couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Hahaha, no, no. He was just helping me out of a tight spot. Besides, someone that good-looking—how could I possibly be worthy of him? I don’t have that kind of good fortune.”

Yun Dan was quite self-aware.

Although Yan Ke was indeed very handsome and their relationship was quite close.

But someone like that probably had very high standards and would absolutely never be interested in a small fry like her.

Besides, given her current situation, it would probably be very difficult to find a partner in this world.

She should just consider returning to the modern world before thinking about finding a partner.

Dongfang Wuchen frowned.

“Then why would he say you were his fiancée? And he said that you two were in the same room all last night…”

Even Yun Dan herself couldn’t figure this out.

She could tell herself that perhaps Yan Ke was just helping her out of a difficult situation.

But on second thought, she was just a nobody.

Among this group of people, her status was the lowest, with absolutely no background whatsoever.

Yet Yan Ke had used his own reputation to help her out of trouble—this was something Yun Dan just couldn’t understand no matter how hard she tried.

But Yun Dan didn’t want Dongfang Wuchen to misunderstand Yan Ke, so she answered truthfully. “Actually, he was just helping me out of a difficult situation. We don’t have that kind of relationship. He drank too much yesterday, so he called me over to help take care of him. There’s really nothing between us, so don’t let your imagination run wild.”

After all, the fact that she wasn’t in her own room last night was something the entire Tang Sect knew about, so she couldn’t just expose herself directly.

In any case, there really was nothing between her and Yan Ke.

As for the rest, it was up to them to think what they wanted.

After hearing Yun Dan’s answer, Dongfang Wuchen actually breathed a sigh of relief, though even he didn’t understand why.

He smiled and teased. “The Tang Sect’s hospitality was indeed lacking yesterday, and they made Young Master Luoyue drink quite a lot of wine. It’s natural that he would feel uncomfortable. You’ve worked hard.”

But in his heart, he felt relieved that there wasn’t that kind of relationship between the two of them.

“Miss Yun, do you have any plans next? For instance, would you like to go out and explore the surrounding area?”

Yun Dan was just worrying about being cooped up in the Tang Sect and practically growing mold, but she didn’t dare go out alone.

And Yan Ke was always being called away to discuss matters, leaving only her sitting in the courtyard day after day.

Now that Dongfang Wuchen was inviting her, Yun Dan felt she could definitely go out for a look around.

“Sure! I’ve been in the Tang Sect so long I’m about to grow mold. I’ll trouble you to take me out for a walk then.”

The hour wasn’t too late, and they had just finished eating not long ago, so Dongfang Wuchen planned to take Yun Dan around the nearby area.

The Tang Sect was located in the Sichuan region, which was completely different from the area around Mingyue Manor.

The people here especially loved eating spicy food, so even the streets were filled with the smell of chili peppers.

Yun Dan wasn’t someone who particularly liked spicy food, so when she suddenly smelled all these chili peppers, she was overwhelmed by the pungency.

Dongfang Wuchen had almost forgotten about this. He quickly grabbed Yun Dan’s hand and pulled her toward a less crowded area.

Once they could no longer smell those odors, Dongfang Wuchen apologized. “I’m sorry, Miss Yun. I forgot that you’re someone who doesn’t like spicy food. You might not be very accustomed to these chili pepper smells. There aren’t many people here, so let’s look around in this area.”

Once away from the chili pepper smell, Yun Dan finally felt like she had come back to life.

She had actually tried to adapt to these things, but each time she felt it was just too difficult.

“Speaking of which, the young ladies in the Sichuan region are quite beautiful. No wonder they say Sichuan produces beauties.”

Dongfang Wuchen didn’t have much of a reaction to this.

In fact, he felt that how this group of people looked didn’t really concern him much.

Seeing Dongfang Wuchen’s very serious expression, Yun Dan couldn’t help but tease him.

“Speaking of which, Young Master Dongfang, I’ve noticed you seem quite uptight. Is the environment here making you uncomfortable? Logically speaking, you should be more familiar with this place than I am. How is it that I’ve adapted to being here, but you can’t seem to adapt?”

Dongfang Wuchen shook his head.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t adapt.

He just didn’t like how the people passing by always kept their gazes on him, looking him up and down.

It made him feel like he was being targeted.

As the two walked along, they saw not far ahead a crowd of people gathered three layers deep, seemingly quite lively.

“Hey, why don’t we go take a look? What’s all the excitement over there about?”

Dongfang Wuchen didn’t know what was happening there either. At least as far as he could tell.

He hadn’t received any special intelligence early this morning, so it was probably just some minor activity.

But since Yun Dan wanted to go have a look, he might as well accompany her.

After pushing through the crowd for quite a while, Yun Dan finally managed to squeeze to a slightly forward position, but she still couldn’t figure out what was going on.

“What’s happening here? Why is it so lively?”

The person in front turned their head upon hearing this, looked her over once, and said, “It’s a bridal ball-tossing ceremony to find a husband.”

This was Yun Dan’s first time being so close to this kind of thing, and it immediately piqued her interest.

She turned her head to look at Dongfang Wuchen and said, “Why don’t we go out and watch? I think it’s quite interesting.”