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Published at 3rd of May 2023 06:37:50 AM


Chapter 28.2

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28. Bandaging (2)

She’s been through a lot tonight, and her emotions have been fluctuating violently. She doesn’t know whether she should be angry with herself or with this fox spirit! Her heart was definitely like a battlefield, it was in a chaotic mess.

She wanted to find an outlet, and finally found it, in the person of, Yu Wenjun. What kind of father is he? He said he brought back this– this Fox spirit as a concubine, but he turned out to be a man!

She wouldn’t believe that her father doesn’t have any knowledge about this. He obviously knows!

‘I was so damn ignorant!’

If she thinks about it carefully, Yu Wenjun would always have a strange and ambiguous attitude towards matters concerning this Fox, and those lessons he suddenly shoved down her throat. This is definitely why!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Especially when she thought about all the stupid and childish things she had done, like pulling that fox for a heart-to-heart talk, knocking on his door asking to sleep together, and even… Even asking him to look for her menstrual belt!

She felt that she might as well be dead. She was embarrassed and indignant, but she didn’t want to blame herself, so she turned that fury towards the person opposite her,

“Why did you lie to me?”

“… You should ask Yu Wenjun about this.”

She immediately choked. If her father was here right now she would have pummeled him over to the ground just to vent her hatred.

Even if he wanted to take someone home, why did he have to lie to her about his identity and gender? Is this the type of thing that a father should do? Her mind was so dizzy with anger, but when it cleared up, she finally realized the most crucial point of this whole ordeal,

“Why did you have to disguise yourself as a woman? Why would my father help you hide your identity?”

In fact, she already had a strange feeling earlier on. You can’t really blame her for having such suspicions, it was simply because Yu Wenjun was acting so differently that she even thought he was possessed by someone.

Not only did his preference for women change, even his behavior was so uncharacteristic, he was overly indulgent towards Jing Huan’s every whim, even to the point where he would even ignore his own daughter’s dissatisfaction. The past few months in Guangling, he even invited teachers and delegated authority.

In fact, he wasn’t acting like he had taken in a concubine, but it was as if… As if he had taken in a son or a nephew!

(T/N: or Son-in-Law but carry on~)

Murong Yan did not respond to her inquiry, but after a while he asked,

“What did Yu Wenjun say to you?”

“Father never said anything. He only told me that he brought back a concubine and to get along well with you.”

In fact, Yu Wenjun’s original words were “Treat her like she was an elder.”, but Yu Qingjia was so angry that day that she only remembered the general idea of what he said, and now she only said it the way she understood it, and obviously it was completely different.

Murong Yan’s eyes were thoughtful, it turned out that she really didn’t know anything, so it was easier to fool her.

Yu Qingjia did not know that in just a few moments, the person in front of her had already figured out her bottom line and made up a set of rhetoric on the spot. Murong Yan said,

“It’s a long story. I was born in Jizhou. My father was a general who was guarding the borders of Jizhou, but he died of an accident in the army a few years ago. I have no elder brother, so my uncle became in charge of the Family Seal. My uncle was very kind to me and my widowed mother, and I really respected him, but I didn’t expect my mother would suddenly die due to an acute illness last year. Before she passed away, she told me to be weary of my uncle. I gradually became suspicious and secretly investigated, only to learn that my father’s death was actually due to my uncle’s hand, and it was my mother who found some evidence. When my uncle found out, he decided to poison her to death. I investigated the truth of the matter, but my actions were accidentally discovered by my uncle. It was ironic because he looked so kind on the outside but he’s actually more vicious and decisive than a killer. I can only run away to escape. I also had no choice but to hide my identity to get away from my uncle’s clutches. That was when I met your father, Yu Wenjun. Governor Yu used to be an old friend of my father, and he took pity on me after he learned about what happened. So he quietly took me back to Guangling.”

Yu Qingjia was furious at first, but when she heard about Murong Yan’s life experience, her breathing gradually turned calm. She did not expect him to have such a sad past, this fox spirit went through so much pain and bereavement, he even had to disguise himself as a woman, and yet she still got angry with him, it’s just wrong. Yu Qingjia’s tone softened, and she said carefully,

“I’m not interrogating you… I just feel strange…”

“I understand where you’re coming from. There was suddenly a person of unknown origin who was brought back to become a part of your family, and now he is even involved in the murder of an important court official. So I understand why you were on guard. Once things subsided, I will try to find an opportunity to leave the city. I will never stay here to implicate you.”

Yu Qingjia became anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly said,

“I didn’t mean that! Since my father brought you back, there must be a reason. I just lost my temper for a moment, and I know I was mean. I didn’t really mean to target you. Besides, I just lied for you in front of the Prince. Even if you leave, it won’t change the fact that I have already turned into your accomplice. Anyways, lying once is still lying. Even if I lie a thousand times it’s still lying. So just stay at ease. I promise not to tell anyone.”

Murong Yan thought for a moment, and wondered,

‘How the hell did Yu Wenjun raise his daughter?’.

How can she be so naïve and stupid, he obviously spouted a bunch of random nonsense, and pretended to be weak and she actually believed it.

Murong Yan never wanted to leave, obviously because of the farce tonight, it would be easier to deceive Murong Xu, and he wouldn’t even dare to suspect the Yu Family anymore.

How could he give up such a ready-made cover? Only Yu Qingjia, who was naïve and ignorant, would believe that he would really leave in order not to drag anyone.

It’s a bunch of rubbish, how could he have so much conscience?

Yu Qingjia felt that Murong Yan was looking at her a bit strangely. She thought that her angry questioning had hurt his feelings, so her tone softened a little,

“Your injury hasn’t been bandaged yet, let’s bandage it first.”

Murong Yan didn’t expect to be injured, but he also didn’t expect to alert Yu Qingjia about it. He had wanted to hide outside because the blood on his body was a deadly clue, and he couldn’t wash or burn it in a hurry. As long as it was found, he would definitely lose everything.

But when he was about to go out, Yu Qingjia stopped him and told him that she knows how to deal with it. She even asked him to take off his clothes, and change to new and clean ones before he went back to his courtyard.

Of course Murong Yan didn’t believe it. So after seeing him being so stubborn, Yu Qingjia had no choice but to awkwardly tell him her “Solution”. He really didn’t know that you could deal with bloodstains like this.

After Yu Qingjia gave him a run through, Murong Yan also added a few details. Like transferring the things to the interlayer of the closet, and the blood stains on the floor were also his idea.

The two of them managed to narrowly set up the scene before Murong Xu came in, and then Murong Yan went back to his courtyard through the window, while Yu Qingjia put on a cloak and walked out of the courtyard with a serious expression.

When the officers and soldiers rushed into his courtyard, he pretended to have just woken up, opened the door slowly, and stood in the shadows. He saw the officers turn the entire place upside down. They naturally found nothing, and quickly left cursing.

On the contrary, Yu Qingjia was extremely uncooperative, acted suspiciously, and was evasive. So everyone’s attention was obviously attracted by her act, including Murong Xu, that moron, and so Murong Yan stood upright as he watched the officials pass by him casually, and made such an easy escape.

(T/N: I read Murong Xu’s name as Moron Xu. Lol)

However, because of this, he wasn’t able to find the time to deal with his injury. He put on a loose collared outer jacket, which looked pretty ordinary from the outside, but his blood had long since soaked his inner clothing.

Murong Yan didn’t speak, so Yu Qingjia tentatively stretched out her hand and put it around his collar. She looked at the buttons intently, then hesitated for a while. Murong Yan chuckled and said with teasing eyes,

“Aren’t you very brave just now, why are you hesitating?”

Yu Qingjia blushed immediately, she knew that Murong Yan was referring to when she was trying to deal with those soldiers earlier. She was obviously nervous at that time, so she used brute force to take off his outer clothing, then she suddenly realized that the person in front of her didn’t seem to be a woman.

But she can already hear the yelling of the officers and soldiers near her courtyard, so she could only grit her teeth, and continue to remove his inner clothing with the posture of a hooligan and a bully. Now that the ‘Bullied’ one said this to her face, even after a long time of preparation, she still couldn’t help but blush.

“I… I thought you were a woman at that time.”

“So a woman can take off another’s clothes like that?”

Yu Qingjia’s face flushed even redder, she became infuriated and embarrassed. Her eyes widened and glared at him,

“Are you done? Then take it off yourself, After helping you bandage and apply the medicine, I still have to hurry back and sleep.”




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