After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 30

At present, Yun Dan had completely no idea what the rules of this otome game world actually were.

Although the system indicated that she only needed to conquer Xiao Yueqing, this major villain, and once the conquest was complete, she could return home.

But now she discovered that Dongfang Wuchen’s favorability was also rapidly increasing, which made Yun Dan afraid to get close to Dongfang Wuchen anymore.

She was terrified that this person might misunderstand something again, causing his favorability to rise even higher.

“Tch, although I’ve been staying at Mingyue Manor during this time, I should still try my best not to get too close to Dongfang Wuchen. First, it’s easy to be suspected as a spy, and second, if I encounter another unexpected situation that indirectly causes his favorability to increase, I really can’t bear the consequences.”

If it were just simple favorability increases, Yun Dan wouldn’t be particularly afraid.

She was just worried whether the butterfly effect brought about by this favorability increase would affect her conquest of Xiao Yueqing.

However, after thinking alone for a long time, Yun Dan discovered that the damn system had gone silent again.

Well, it really was as precious with words as gold.

Yun Dan hugged her arms and leaned against the bed, feeling that this whole matter was very strange.

“I really don’t understand where so many black-clothed people suddenly appeared from, and why they were coming specifically for me and Dongfang Wuchen? How could it be such a coincidence?”

The previous incident where Xiao Yueqing brought her to the tea house had already made Yun Dan very puzzled.

He brought her there to point out Dongfang Wuchen to her, but didn’t have her actually communicate with Dongfang Wuchen.

In the end, it was only because she went downstairs to order tea that she struck up a conversation with Dongfang Wuchen over the tea selection issue.

None of it had been arranged in advance – they met completely by accident.

If it weren’t for her not understanding tea and struggling there for so long.

If it weren’t for Dongfang Wuchen happening to be stood up by his friend, and kindly offering her suggestions, they shouldn’t have had any interaction at all.

Even if she had followed her original plan of pretending to accidentally fall while paying the bill and tumbling into Dongfang Wuchen’s arms, it shouldn’t have led to what happened afterward.

“So could those black-clothed people have been sent by Xiao Yueqing’s orders, specifically to stage a fake assassination while I was getting acquainted and chatting with Dongfang Wuchen?”

But upon second thought, she felt this logic didn’t make sense either.

“No, that doesn’t make sense either. If those people were really called by Xiao Yueqing, then when exactly did he arrange all this? Could it be that he had already formulated such a plan long ago?

He brought me to the tea house to use me as bait? But this logic is still hard to explain, because Xiao Yueqing had no way of knowing whether there would be any interaction between me and Dongfang Wuchen – he doesn’t know that I have to complete that mandatory task.”

Xiao Yueqing really couldn’t be considered a good person.

After all, if he were normal, he wouldn’t be a major villain.

Although Xiao Yueqing was her first suspect.

Yun Dan still couldn’t figure out how Xiao Yueqing could have such foresight, unless his original target had always been Dongfang Wuchen.

Regardless of whether she would get to know Dongfang Wuchen or not, the black-clothed people would have appeared.

Only this could explain it.

The more Yun Dan thought about it, the more her head ached, so she could only shake her head and stop dwelling on it.

The wound on her shoulder was still throbbing with pain, making Yun Dan grimace.

“Tch, it hurts so much. I hope such terrible situations never happen again. If I’m unlucky, I might lose my life here. I don’t have a boyfriend yet, haven’t finished spending my savings – I don’t want to die.”

After Dongfang Wuchen left the room, he was summoned by the old manor lord, Dongfang Jue.

Dongfang Jue had also heard that his son brought a woman into the manor, so he curiously called him over to ask about it.

“Wuchen, I heard from the servants that you brought a woman into the manor. Who is this woman?”

Dongfang Wuchen seemed to have anticipated that his father would know about this, so he answered truthfully. “Father, she’s a young lady I met at the tea house. I saw her struggling for a long time not knowing which tea to choose, so I took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and that’s how we met.

But halfway through our chat, a bunch of black-clothed people suddenly appeared. Regarding the assassination attempt, your son has grown accustomed to such things. It’s just that one black-clothed person was very cunning and hid behind me – I didn’t notice in time. If Miss Yun hadn’t blocked the attack for me, that sword might have pierced me.”

Dongfang Jue had actually already had people investigate this matter privately.

They also found that the assassinating black-clothed people were indeed from the Shu Sect.

However, regarding his son bringing a woman into the manor, Dongfang Jue was still greatly interested.

His son was single-mindedly devoted to martial arts, which had broken both his and Mulan’s hearts with worry.

Now at twenty years old, he still didn’t have a single woman he fancied.

“Do you know about this woman’s background?”

Dongfang Wuchen then told Dongfang Jue everything that Yun Dan had previously told him.

After hearing Dongfang Wuchen’s account, Dongfang Jue was quite satisfied.

He nodded and said, “Since she’s an orphan, she’s quite a pitiful person. Now she’s encountered such a situation and doesn’t even have anyone to turn to – it’s truly pitiable. Anyway, this manor is very large, so letting her stay here would be quite nice.”

While saying this, Dongfang Jue also deliberately glanced at Dongfang Wuchen, quite curious about what his son was actually thinking.

Dongfang Wuchen naturally noticed immediately that his father was looking at him.

To prevent his father from continuing to misunderstand, he explained, “Father, I only met Miss Yun Dan today. She suffered this undeserved disaster because she saved me, so your son wants to let her stay at the manor to recover from her injuries.”

“Since you’ve decided, then do as you say.”

However, Dongfang Jue felt he still needed to have someone investigate this woman called Yun Dan.

Having once been an alliance leader, he was much more cautious about everything than ordinary people.

After Dongfang Wuchen left, Mulan came to Dongfang Jue’s side.

“What did Wuchen just tell you? I heard people say that Wuchen brought a young lady into the manor today, and that he carried her in. Could it be that Wuchen now has someone he fancies?”

Even though her son was already grown up, Mulan still looked like she was only thirty years old – time seemed to have left no trace on her.

Dongfang Jue shook his head. “Wuchen said that woman saved his life, and she was also injured because of him, so he brought her here.

But I think we still need to investigate that young lady’s background. After all, there are too many spies trying to infiltrate Mingyue Manor – who knows, they might have taken a fancy to our Wuchen’s innocent nature.”