After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 141

Yun Dan found a carrier pigeon, tied a letter to its leg, sent a message to Ye Bei, and only then bought some supplies and rented a boat to head to Yong City.

Although she hadn’t done much herself here, she could already be considered quite a little wealthy woman.

Ye Bei was particularly indulgent with this disciple of his, giving her a generous amount of silver each month, and since Yun Dan had no place to spend it, she had accumulated quite a bit.

In addition to the considerable amount of silver Xiao Yueqing had given her before, Yun Dan had no intention of shortchanging herself, planning to leisurely sightsee along the way.

However, when passing through a familiar place, Yun Dan still stopped.

She remembered this road was the one she and Xiao Yueqing had taken together when going to the Tang Sect. She also remembered that Xiao Yueqing had a female confidante named Zhizhi in this place.

Originally, Yun Dan didn’t intend to go down and take a look, but after arriving at this dock, she thought it over and decided to go walk around.

She didn’t think Xiao Yueqing would be in this place. If it were Xiao Yueqing, he should be at Tianqing Manor right now, shouldn’t he?

After all, Xiao Yi and he had a father-son relationship—surely a biological father wouldn’t kill his own son?

However, when passing by Fengyue Tower, Yun Dan still paused.

Looking at the madam from before, Yun Dan quickly asked her, “Hello, do you have a young lady called Zhizhi here?”

The madam had long since forgotten meeting Yun Dan before, and only sighed, saying, “Zhizhi left several days ago. Her contract was already bought out, and now she’s completely left Fengyue Tower.”

Yun Dan could only thank her and turn to leave.

Thinking to herself, so even Zhizhi had already left Fengyue Tower.

Yun Dan walked for a long time and, feeling somewhat tired, found a teahouse to rest.

Now retracing this route, the phrase “revisiting old places stirs old feelings” was quite fitting indeed.

However, just as Yun Dan looked out the window, she seemed to see Xiao Yueqing.

Yun Dan quickly leaped down from the window and reached out to grab him.

“Xiao…”

Xiao Yueqing turned around, saw Yun Dan behind him, and his heart trembled, but he still forced himself to remain calm and said, “I never expected to meet you in this place. Are you doing well these days?”

Yun Dan had also instinctively chased after him, but hadn’t expected this person to actually be Xiao Yueqing.

But on this busy street, their actions attracted frequent side glances from passersby. Yun Dan still cared about appearances, so she said to Xiao Yueqing, “I felt I had nothing particular to do, so I’ve been leisurely sightseeing along the way and happened to pass by here and came down to walk around. I ordered a cup of tea in this teahouse—would you like to come have a cup of tea together?”

Xiao Yueqing always liked to wear white robes these days. He already looked otherworldly by nature, and matched with this white robe, he truly looked like an immortal descended to the mortal realm.

He chuckled lightly and said, “An invitation from a beauty is naturally acceptable. Let’s go.”

Yun Dan followed behind him, but felt a mixture of emotions, always feeling that Xiao Yueqing seemed to have changed a great deal—he clearly wasn’t like this before.

Because of Xiao Yueqing’s addition, Yun Dan was also afraid that martial artists might recognize him, so she asked the shopkeeper for a private room, paying the original fee without complaint.

The shopkeeper naturally wouldn’t object—after all, the private room fee was incomparable to the regular fee.

Tea and pastries were quickly brought up, and only then did Yun Dan ask him, “Why did you give me the treasure maps? Haven’t you always wanted these things? What use is giving them to me—to me, these things are just waste paper.”

Xiao Yueqing only smiled faintly, took a sip of tea and said, “Those things have no other use for me anyway. Having three treasure maps isn’t much different from having none, because I don’t know where the fourth treasure map is. Might as well leave it with you—to me it’s also waste paper anyway.”

Yun Dan vaguely remembered that when they were in the Tang Sect’s secret chamber, that treasure map clearly gave a clue, saying the fourth one was on the Heavenly Maiden.

“But didn’t the Tang Sect’s secret chamber give a hint, saying it’s on the Heavenly Maiden? If we find the Heavenly Maiden, wouldn’t there be a way?”

However, the moment she finished speaking, even Yun Dan herself felt it was absurd.

What was the Heavenly Maiden? She could never guess even unto death, so no wonder Xiao Yueqing had given up.

What on earth was this Heavenly Maiden?

Xiao Yueqing didn’t want to continue this topic. He had come here only to wander around at will.

Retracing the path he and Yun Dan had once walked together.

But he hadn’t expected that he would encounter Yun Dan.

He admitted that the moment he saw Yun Dan, he instinctively wanted to embrace her.

But reason told him he couldn’t, so he still held back and didn’t step forward.

“I don’t know what the Heavenly Maiden is, and moreover, if others knew about this Heavenly Maiden thing, the treasure behind these treasure maps would have been found long ago. In the end, it’s all an illusion. I don’t really care—after all, I’ve lived long enough already. Even if I died, I wouldn’t feel it mattered much.”

This wasn’t him deliberately deceiving Yun Dan, but his most genuine inner thoughts.

He wasn’t afraid of death, because from the age of eighteen he knew he was someone who wouldn’t live very long, and could almost foresee when his time would approximately come.

So every day after turning twenty-five was like a gift to him.

When Yun Dan heard this, she immediately became anxious.

“Shut up! Why think about dying when you’re living perfectly fine? Besides, you’re only missing the last treasure map. If you give up now, won’t all your efforts over the past few years have been in vain?”

Xiao Yueqing smiled bitterly and asked her back, “Of course I want to live. From the first day I met you, I wanted to live, but what can I do? Heaven wants to take my life back—I have no way to stop it.”

He had done everything he could.

But if Heaven wouldn’t let him live, he accepted it willingly.

Yun Dan suddenly remembered what she had heard in Qinghe Town before, and asked him, “I heard your father has already returned to Tianqing Manor. Aren’t you going back?”

Xiao Yueqing shook his head.

“Tianqing Manor never really belonged to me anyway. Before, it was because I thought he was dead, so I took over the entire manor. Now that he’s back, if he wants Tianqing Manor, he can have it. After all, I don’t have much longer to live anyway, and I don’t really want to go back. He’s always hoped I would hand over the treasure maps, but I don’t want to give them to him.”

Now Yun Dan understood—the relationship between this father and son wasn’t actually as good as she had imagined.

Even after going through that incident with herself, the relationship between this father and son had never been repaired. Xiao Yueqing had actually never returned to Xiao Yi’s side from beginning to end.

But at the same time, she was also wondering—why hadn’t Xiao Yi made a move for so long?