After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 38

When Yun Dan woke up, Xiao Yueqing’s figure was already gone from beside her.

Only the lingering warmth in the bedding nearby proved that someone had slept there the night before.

Yun Dan had just finished washing up when there was a knock at the door.

Well, this Dongfang Wuchen really knew how to time things perfectly—his punctual morning check-in routine was as reliable as clockwork.

She opened the door, and sure enough, it was Dongfang Wuchen outside.

He was holding a tray in his hands.

Yun Dan quickly took the tray from him, saying, “Why did you come so early, and carrying these things too? There are so many people in Mingyue Manor—why would the young manor lord need to do such menial work?”

But Dongfang Wuchen smiled and said, “Doing these things occasionally isn’t bad at all. Besides, it’s just carrying something—it’s not that tiring. Today I had the kitchen make a different kind of noodles. Try them and see how they are.”

Only then did Yun Dan look at the two bowls of noodles on the tray, which were indeed different from before.

She didn’t know if it was because Xiao Yueqing’s medicinal salve was too effective.

Though only two days had passed, Yun Dan felt that her shoulder didn’t hurt at all anymore.

This healing speed was incredibly fast!

If this stuff could be brought to the real world, it could probably win some kind of medical award—this was practically a medical miracle!

However, before she could finish the bowl of noodles, Dongfang Wuchen seemed to be called away by someone, reportedly for something very important.

Yun Dan remembered what Xiao Yueqing had said yesterday, and figured it must be someone coming to discuss the Shu Sect matter with the Dongfang father and son.

Thinking of her responsibility and mission, Yun Dan felt that as a qualified spy, she needed to find a way to get there.

The journey was quite smooth and unobstructed.

But for a while, Yun Dan couldn’t find where they were having their discussion.

In the council hall, everyone’s expression seemed very grave.

Sitting in the highest position was naturally Dongfang Jue.

Dongfang Jue slammed the table with some anger, saying, “I suspect this might be related to Xiao Yueqing. This great demon lord specializes in doing exactly this kind of thing.”

As soon as these words were spoken, quite a few people echoed them.

“That’s right, Manor Lord Dongfang. How many sects has this Xiao Yueqing massacred? I heard that previously a sect sent a female disciple to seduce him, but not only was she thrown out, her entire sect was implicated too.”

“Exactly. This demon lord commits all kinds of evil daily, bloodthirsty by nature. Sect annihilation looks like something only he could do. Moreover, this demon lord has high martial arts skills, and Tianqing Manor has cultivated many assassins underneath, each one a top-tier expert. Annihilating a sect would definitely not be difficult.”

Of course, there were also quite a few flatterers among them.

“Manor Lord Dongfang is wise, seeing at a glance that this Xiao Yueqing is no good.”

“Exactly. This demon lord was never anything good to begin with. Even if the Shu Sect incident wasn’t his doing, blaming him doesn’t matter. After all, he has plenty of enemies—he won’t mind having a few more.”

Listening to these people’s opinions, Dongfang Wuchen couldn’t help but frown.

Although he was young and lacked experience, he knew that no one should be wrongly accused.

Even if this person was formerly a demon lord, he shouldn’t be casually wronged.

He immediately raised a different opinion.

“Father, this son has some different opinions on this matter. May I speak?”

Dongfang Jue looked at his son sitting not far away, thinking that his son had grown quite a bit over the years, so he nodded. “Wuchen, go ahead.”

Dongfang Wuchen stood up and respectfully replied, “Father, this son believes that the Shu Sect matter cannot be concluded so hastily. Although Xiao Yueqing is indeed a great demon lord, and this incident could indeed have been his doing, everything must be based on evidence.

Currently, we have no evidence to prove that he did those things, so I believe we cannot directly shift all blame onto him. We should investigate first.”

This answer actually sounded perfectly reasonable.

But for some unknown reason, it enraged Mulan.

However, Mulan knew she couldn’t have an outburst on the spot.

So she only walked to Dongfang Wuchen’s side, tugged at his sleeve, indicating he should be quiet.

Then she came out to smooth things over.

“Everyone, my son lacks experience in the jianghu world, so he doesn’t yet understand the severity of the situation, which is why he spoke such nonsense. Please forgive him.”

The young man in white sitting across from Dongfang Wuchen shook the folding fan in his hand, taking everything in.

Throughout the entire process, he hadn’t said a single word, only acted as a listener.

But his appearance made it very difficult for others to ignore his presence.

He sipped his tea, looking at Mulan’s current state, and couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

A noble family’s wife, yet so volatile—tsk tsk tsk.

How hypocritical indeed.

But Dongfang Wuchen didn’t think so, instead remaining exceptionally firm in his previous opinion.

“Father, as a martial arts family, Mingyue Manor should set an example. How can we draw conclusions without evidence?

This son believes that even if Xiao Yueqing is the martial world’s greatest demon lord, we still shouldn’t directly wrong him. What if he’s innocent? Not every bad person will necessarily do every bad thing. Perhaps… perhaps there’s even a day when he might turn from evil to good.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the council hall’s face darkened.

Especially Mulan’s.

But the white-clothed man who had been drinking tea actually began to admire Dongfang Wuchen somewhat, that he would still speak up for a great demon lord at this time.

Mulan also hadn’t expected that her usually so obedient son would be so stubborn today.

Even when she came over to remind him and tried to smooth things over, he still didn’t appreciate it.

At this moment, Mulan couldn’t care about anything else and directly pulled Dongfang Wuchen away from the council hall.

After reaching the back courtyard, Mulan had wanted to raise her hand to slap him.

But she ultimately couldn’t bring herself to do it, and finally just touched his face, sighing. “Wuchen, how could you be so troublesome? That Xiao Yueqing is no good person—how could you speak up for someone like that?

Some of the people who came to discuss matters today are people of status. If they spread these words, what will others think of our Mingyue Manor?”

“Your father is at least a former alliance leader. Even if not for anything else, consider your father—he usually dotes on you so much.”

But Dongfang Wuchen looked at Mulan with innocent eyes.

“Mother, but we also shouldn’t look at problems with prejudiced eyes. The Shu Sect incident still has no evidence. We can’t be prejudiced and blame everything on him just because he’s a great demon lord, right? Even if he’s an evil person, we should use evidence to make judgments.”

Looking at her uncomprehending son, Mulan could only shake her head and sigh.

This son had been protected too well in daily life, making him overly kind-hearted.