#10 - The falling flowers have intentions, but the flowing water is merciless
Half an hour later, Wei Changtian had already explained the grudges between Xiao Feng and the Wei family.
Wei Xianzhi and Qin Caizhen exchanged a glance, and after hesitating for a moment, they finally asked the question that had been in their minds for a long time.
“Changtian... how did you find out about these things?”
Wei Changtian had long expected to be asked this question, and had also prepared his answer.
“Dad, I actually established a small-scale intelligence organization behind your backs, and all the information was found by them.”
“I didn’t want to hide this from you, but it’s always been small-scale, and there hasn’t been a suitable opportunity, so...”
Wei Changtian showed a look of “shame,” but Wei Xianzhi was stunned for a moment before laughing loudly.
“Changtian! If you need anything in the future, just tell Dad!”
“If you need money, I have money, if you need people, I have people!”
“Let me tell you this, except for killing the emperor, Dad can help you with anything else!”
The more Wei Xianzhi spoke, the more excited he became, but Qin Caizhen couldn’t listen anymore, glared at him, and interrupted, “That’s enough from you!”
“Son, don’t listen to your dad’s bragging!”
“Mom doesn’t want you to be cursed by thousands of people like your dad.”
“It’s better to be a little unambitious, as long as you’re safe and sound.”
“Long hair, short wit!”
Hearing this, Wei Xianzhi immediately became unhappy: “A real man should achieve something, otherwise wouldn’t he have come to this world in vain!”
Qin Caizhen curled her lips and retorted: “Just you, a real man? Do you know what those storytellers call you?”
“Hmph! One day I’ll cut off their tongues!”
“They’re not wrong.”
“……”
The two of them quickly started the “cross-talk” exchange mode again, with one sentence from you and one from me.
Wei Changtian, unable to interject, had to sit aside, but a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
Although he had only transmigrated here for less than two days.
Although Qin Caizhen and Wei Xianzhi had reputations in the court that were worse than each other.
But people can feel the sincerity of others towards them.
At this moment, he suddenly somewhat accepted this pair of cheap parents.
......
Just as Wei Changtian's family was enjoying themselves, Xiao Feng fell headfirst at the entrance of the ancestral hall in Houchiu Village.
Although he still had a faint breath, if this continued, he would probably die from blood loss before long.
It was already midnight. Not to mention whether anyone would be idle enough to stroll around in the middle of the night, even if Xiao Feng could be sent to the hospital in time, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that his injuries could not be saved.
Having just escaped from the Wei family's dead end, he fell into another dead end. An ordinary person would have already closed their eyes and kicked their legs, ready for the whole village to have a feast.
But since Xiao Feng was the son of destiny favored by the heavens, as long as there was even a sliver of life, there was no reason for him to die.
Sure enough, not long after he fainted, a little girl carrying a bamboo basket happened to pass by.
It was the granddaughter of the white-haired old man who gave Xiao Feng the jade pendant.
“Huh? Why is there someone here?”
The little girl stopped in front of Xiao Feng and muttered to herself, “Is it Uncle Wang who got drunk again? Hehe, he’s going to get beaten by Auntie again later!”
“Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, wake up...”
She bent down while calling softly, and just as she saw the face of the person who fell to the ground, her little mouth suddenly widened.
“Brother Xiao!”
“Brother Xiao, what’s wrong with you?!”
The little girl was anxious for a moment and hurriedly wanted to help Xiao Feng up, but soon felt a sticky feeling on her hand.
“Ugh... Ah!”
Taking a closer look by the moonlight, the bright red blood made her scream instantly, and her voice suddenly became tearful.
“Brother Xiao, don’t scare me!”
“W-what should I do... Grandpa!”
The little girl dropped the bamboo basket and ran away crying, probably knowing that she couldn't handle it, so she went back to find someone.
“Grandpa, come quickly! Grandpa...”
The shouting in the night became smaller and smaller, and the surroundings of the ancestral hall quickly returned to silence and darkness.
At this moment, the bamboo basket full of herbs that had been left aside suddenly made a rustling sound, and then a large centipede, as long as a forearm, actually crawled out.
This centipede was not only larger than ordinary centipedes, but also looked very strange.
Especially its dense little feet, which far exceeded the number of “hundred feet” commonly said in folklore.
At this time, this strange thing seemed to be attracted by something, and its goal was very clear. After coming out of the bamboo basket, it went straight to Xiao Feng.
It quickly crawled over the bloody stump, chest, and neck, and finally slowly crawled into Xiao Feng's mouth, coiling tightly and no longer moving.
Xiao Feng, who had already fainted, seemed to feel something. His teeth slowly lifted and fell.
“Crunch, crunch...”
......
“Creak~”
The moment the door with the red cloth hanging on it was pushed open, Lu Jingyao stood up instantly, looking at the person who came with red eyes.
“You were waiting for me?”
Wei Changtian walked to the table on his own and poured a cup of cold tea, casually asking, “What? Did you cry again just now?”
“Xiao Feng didn’t die, I thought you’d be quite happy.”
“……”
Lu Jingyao knew that Wei Changtian was teasing her, so she bit her lip and didn’t speak.
The expression on her face was indescribable, with a feeling of utter despair.
“Alright.”
Wei Changtian sat down casually and drained the cold tea in one gulp: “You don’t have to be too sad, after all, Xiao Feng just made a very normal choice.”
“If it were me, I would have chosen the same.”
“Is that so...”
Lu Jingyao gave a miserable smile, and the scattered black hair covered half of her eyes. The originally captivating eyes no longer had a trace of light.
But even in such a state of despair, she was still beautiful beyond words.
Wei Changtian glanced at her, and felt a sense of regret. It was difficult to "abandon" natural beauty, and he suddenly felt a desire to protect her.
However, now was the key moment to win over Lu Jingyao, and he must not be soft-hearted!
Thinking of this, he continued to speak in a calm tone:
“People are always the most rational when faced with life and death choices.”
“Xiao Feng chose to let you die, simply because he felt that your life was not as valuable as his own.”
“So don’t think too highly of yourself. What you thought was deep affection was just you being moved by yourself.”
With a few words, Wei Changtian sentenced Xiao Feng to death in Lu Jingyao's heart.
Looking at the latter's tottering appearance, he knew that now was a good time for him to "take advantage of the situation."
“By the way, I said before that only one of you and Xiao Feng could live tonight.”
“Since Xiao Feng chose to let him live and you die… he did indeed survive, then you shouldn’t have survived tonight.”
“I always keep my word, so… are you ready?”
“……”
Lu Jingyao never expected that Wei Changtian would really kill her. After a moment of愣, she closed her eyes lightly in utter despair.
She originally thought that since living was already meaningless, she might as well die.
But as time passed, the fear of losing her life surged into her heart once again.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and Lu Jingyao, with her eyes tightly closed, suddenly asked in a trembling voice that was barely audible: “Can… can I not die?”
At this moment, she even looked down on herself a little.
She thought that Wei Changtian would definitely take the opportunity to mock her weakness and hypocrisy, but all that echoed in her ears were two simple words.
“You can.”
Wei Changtian looked directly at Lu Jingyao’s suddenly opened eyes and said lightly: “I can make an exception for you.”
“But you have to remember that you owe me a life.”
“When I need you to repay it in the future, you have to repay it.”
These words were actually a bit unreasonable, but Lu Jingyao didn’t feel a trace of resentment in her heart.
She wanted to say something, but was stopped by Wei Changtian waving his hand.
“Alright, I’m tired.”
“You can sleep here tonight, I’ll go to another room.”
After saying that, Wei Changtian turned around and walked towards the door, but quickly turned back in Lu Jingyao's complicated gaze, and reached out to take out a folded piece of Xuan paper from his arms.
“I almost forgot this.”
“Here, I don’t know how to write poetry, and I don’t understand the rules of prosody, so just make do with it.”
“……Okay.”
Lu Jingyao was a little puzzled, but still obediently took the Xuan paper and slowly unfolded it in her hand after Wei Changtian left.
There were four lines of appalling small characters on the paper, like a nameless poem.
Although the handwriting was very ugly, the arrangement was neat and tidy, and it could be seen that the writer had tried very hard to write it better.
Lu Jingyao looked down, and then froze in the next second.
She bit her lip tightly, looking over and over again at this little poem that, as Wei Changtian said, was ungrammatical and did not conform to the rules of prosody, and a teardrop the size of a bean quietly fell.
I originally wanted to offer my heart to the bright moon,
But the bright moon shines on the ditch.
Falling flowers intentionally follow the flowing water,
The flowing water unintentionally loves the falling flowers.
Two more lines… did he specially add them for me?
Falling flowers are intentional, flowing water is merciless…
[Ding~]
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Three thousand words, I am really too conscientious!
