After Recklessly Courting Death, I Caught the Attention of a Yandere - Chapter 72

Although he had already obtained clues about the treasure map before, and Yun Dan had been very cooperative in staying at Mingyue Manor to act as his spy.

In reality, Yan Ke hadn’t held much hope.

After all, finding one treasure map was already so difficult, let alone gathering all the treasure maps to find the treasure behind them.

With his current physical condition, he didn’t know if he could hold on that long.

If he couldn’t last until then, there was nothing he could do about it.

Whether as Xiao Yueqing or as Yan Ke, he essentially wasn’t someone who easily believed in fate.

But now he had no choice but to accept his destiny.

He glanced at Yun Dan, who was still sleeping, and unconsciously smiled.

“If I have such a troublemaker accompanying me during the final period of my life, it wouldn’t be too lonely. Come to think of it, it’s quite laughable—I fed you poison, yet you’re not afraid of me and still so close to me.”

“I once thought blood relations were the most solid relationship in this world, but later discovered that wasn’t the case. I don’t inherently dislike women, nor do I prefer men.

It’s just that I’ve been deceived twice and can no longer trust women. But you’re different—not because you’re a bean sprout, but because when I’m with you, I don’t need to constantly guard against you.”

However, the sleeping Yun Dan couldn’t hear the notification sound that suddenly rang out.

[Ding—Target character Xiao Yueqing’s affection level increased by 10%, current affection level is 20%]

If she had heard it, she would have certainly jumped up in excitement.

After walking around for a while, feeling that Yun Dan wouldn’t wake up, Yan Ke finally lay down beside her.

The weather was already very hot, but Yan Ke’s body temperature was extremely low. Almost as soon as he lay down, Yun Dan sensed this big ice block approaching and without hesitation clung to him.

Yan Ke hesitated for a moment but ultimately didn’t push her away, letting her hold him like this.

Because she had gone to sleep relatively early last night, Yun Dan woke up just as dawn broke.

The first thing she saw was Yan Ke’s sleeping face.

Thinking back, she suddenly remembered that last night she seemed to have been scared, so she didn’t let Yan Ke leave and asked him to stay here with her.

She had never looked at him this closely before.

Only now did she discover that beautiful people look good even when lying flat, which is supposedly the most unflattering position.

Perhaps disturbed by Yun Dan, Yan Ke frowned and eventually opened his eyes.

After a long while, he remembered his current identity and that he was still in Yun Dan’s room.

Yan Ke slowly sat up, then asked her, “How are you feeling now? If you’re alright, I’ll head back first. I sneaked over here yesterday, and if they discover me in your room when dawn breaks, they’ll surely gossip. I don’t care what they say about me, but a young lady’s reputation is important.”

Yun Dan hadn’t expected Yan Ke to be so considerate.

But she quickly realized that this place had many people with loose tongues.

If the manor’s people all got up and discovered Yan Ke in her room, even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t wash away the implications.

Although Dongfang Jue intended to create such a situation, clearly neither of the parties involved wanted to be manipulated by others.

But before Yan Ke left, Yun Dan still reached out and grabbed his hand.

She felt that since Yan Ke was so kind to her, if she didn’t tell him about Dongfang Jue’s plan, if he found out someday on his own, he probably wouldn’t talk to her anymore.

Moreover, Yun Dan really couldn’t bring herself to do something against her conscience.

“What is it?”

“Young Master Yan Ke, there’s something I want to tell you—it’s about Dongfang Jue. He approached me the other day and wanted me to get close to you. He seems to want to win you over.

I’ve thought about it for a long time and still feel I should tell you. I don’t want our friendship to be tainted with impurities, and I don’t want you to misunderstand me in the future.”

Yan Ke actually already knew about this matter.

After all, that day when he was Xiao Yueqing, Yun Dan had already told him about it.

But obviously, seeing Yun Dan say such words while facing him in his identity as Yan Ke still surprised him greatly.

“I actually already knew about this. It’s fine, I won’t misunderstand you, because I know what kind of person you are.

Since Dongfang Jue intends to play such a chess game, why don’t we put on a show for him? I’ll come find you later today. Today is the Qiqiao Festival—how about we go see the lantern festival together?”

Since arriving in this world, Yun Dan hadn’t kept track of which day was which. Hearing Yan Ke say this, she immediately wanted to go see it.

She was really curious about what the ancient Qiqiao Festival was like.

“Sure! Then we’ll go to the Qiqiao lantern festival together. But you really won’t blame me for not telling you about this before?”

Yan Ke raised his eyebrows and teased, “I wasn’t at the manor before—how were you supposed to tell me? Don’t tell me you only decided to tell me today. You should have wanted to tell me before I left the manor, right? It’s just that I left for a while, so you didn’t find the opportunity. Am I right?”

Yun Dan felt that Yan Ke was like a tapeworm in her stomach—no matter what she said, he always seemed able to guess it.

Had this person studied psychology?

Or did he know some kind of mind-reading technique?

After Yan Ke left the room, Yun Dan patted her cheeks, feeling somewhat unreal.

“I just don’t understand—looking like this, being so excellent, and having such a clean family background, why is he an ordinary person?

How could he not be the male lead in this otome game! This is too unfair. With this character design and appearance, not making him one of the otome game male leads is simply a waste!”

Never mind, it’s better that he’s not an otome game male lead.

Otherwise, she really wouldn’t know how to interact with him properly, afraid that he might also be abnormal like Dongfang Wuchen, with his affection level skyrocketing.

Thinking about Dongfang Wuchen’s 30% affection level, and how Xiao Yueqing’s affection had dropped by 10% yesterday, Yun Dan felt a headache coming on.

“I don’t understand—the person I don’t want to pursue at all has his affection level rising every day. The person I’m desperately trying to pursue keeps having his affection level drop. Is the power of that ‘Phoenix Seeking Phoenix’ song really that great?”

[Respected player, current target character Xiao Yueqing’s affection level is 20%, Dongfang Wuchen’s affection level is 30%. Please keep up the good work, player]

“Wait, did you say Xiao Yueqing’s affection level is 20%? That’s not right. Yesterday I clearly heard it had dropped to 10%. Is there a problem with your system?”

[No, there isn’t]

Of course the system wouldn’t tell her—telling her would ruin the fun.