#463 - Chain of suspicion
“You’re talking about Young Master Wei?”
Under the blazing sun, Li Wutong looked at the man before her, a puzzled expression on her face: “You want to see Father Emperor?”
“Yes.”
The man nodded: “The Young Master did indeed instruct this lowly one to do so.”
“But Father Emperor has been unconscious for half a month now.”
Li Wutong frowned slightly: “Doesn’t Young Master Wei know about this?”
“The Young Master knows.”
“Then what do you want to do after seeing Father Emperor?”
“Nothing.”
“...”
Nothing?
This somewhat nonsensical answer made Li Wutong narrow her eyes.
“This lowly one only needs to see His Majesty with my own eyes.”
“...”
Taking a deep look at the man, Li Wutong didn’t ask any more questions.
She hesitated for a moment while clutching the sachet, then turned and walked towards the back hall.
“Follow me.”
A quarter of an hour later.
Under the “escort” of Zhu Tianhong and Meng Shi, the man smoothly entered Li Qi’s bedroom and saw with his own eyes the emperor who was already on his last breath.
His breathing was weak, his face was pale, and the surroundings were filled with a strong medicinal smell.
Li Qi was clearly in a state of collapse at any moment, but the man didn’t make any movements, only looked at the former from a few steps away, and then retreated.
“...”
The man didn’t lie to Li Wutong, he actually didn’t know what Wei Changtian wanted him to do here.
“See Li Qi with your own eyes, and then come back.”
These were Wei Changtian’s exact words, with no extra explanation.
Although the man felt somewhat baffled, he was just following orders anyway. Now that the task was completed, it was time to go back.
“That’s enough.”
Nodding to Li Wutong, the man said softly: “Thank you for your help, Princess. This lowly one will not disturb you any further and will set off back to Shuzhou to report.”
Traveling thousands of miles from Shuzhou to Fengyuan, only to take a look at Li Qi.
This matter was undoubtedly full of doubts, but Li Wutong and the others couldn’t guess what Wei Changtian was up to.
“This big brother...”
After pondering for a moment, Li Wutong suddenly asked: “Can you send a message to Young Master Wei now?”
“Uh...”
The man hesitated slightly before answering truthfully: “Princess, this lowly one is not qualified to directly communicate with the Young Master.”
“Then what about Chu Xianping?”
Li Wutong pressed on: “Can you send a message to Young Master Chu?”
“...”
As a high-level member of the Gongji Society, the man could of course directly contact Chu Xianping.
However...
After a brief hesitation, the man was just about to refuse Li Wutong’s request, intending to report to Chu Xianping in secret before making a decision.
But before he could speak, a slight noise instantly attracted everyone’s attention.
The sound came from the direction of Li Qi’s imperial bed.
One hour later, at You time (5-7pm).
Shuzhou, Guanghan County.
At this time, there was still more than an hour before the official breakout. Liang Zhen had arranged everything properly, waiting for the time to lead people to break out from the southwest.
Although such a breakout battle could be foreseen to be very tragic, as long as Han Zhao had not betrayed them, the outcome would not have any variables.
So Wei Changtian even had the mood to eat dinner in advance at this time.
“...”
“Gulu~”
At a somewhat rough wooden table, Wei Changtian picked up a porcelain bowl and took a sip of porridge, then ate a third of a steamed bun in one bite, looking completely carefree.
Xu Suisui next to him was much more refined, and seemed to have something on her mind.
“Hey.”
Hesitating for a moment, she moved closer to Wei Changtian with her bowl and asked in a low voice: “Are we going to break out and run away later?”
“What escape, this is called a strategic transfer.”
Wei Changtian replied casually, then asked back: “How did you know?”
“I guessed it.”
Xu Suisui looked worried: “I saw the soldiers in the city are all going south.”
“Oh, you’re quite clever.”
Wei Changtian curled his lips, not hiding anything: “We are indeed going to break out from the south. You just follow me later, don’t run around.”
“Okay.”
Xu Suisui nodded lightly, but from her expression, it was obvious that she still had something to say.
“What’s wrong? Hesitating.”
Wei Changtian stuffed a piece of stewed meat into his mouth: “If you have something to say, say it.”
“You...”
Xu Suisui stammered for a long time before finally making up her mind, suddenly putting down the bowl and quietly tugging at the corner of Wei Changtian’s clothes.
“Come out, let’s talk outside.”
“...”
Glancing at Xu Suisui, then looking at Chu Xianping who was pretending not to notice what was happening, Wei Changtian also put down his chopsticks and walked out of the room without saying a word.
“What’s the matter? Tell me now.”
Stopping at a corner where no one was around, Wei Changtian’s expression was calm, and his tone was not as casual as before.
Xu Suisui in front of him was also equally calm, but there was always a hint of tension in her eyes that was difficult to hide.
“Wei Changtian, can we escape?”
“...”
Staring at Xu Suisui, Wei Changtian did not answer directly, but slowly asked back: “Why are you asking this?”
“You, don’t misunderstand.”
Perhaps feeling a little uneasy from Wei Changtian’s stare, Xu Suisui’s voice became a little softer.
“I just wanted to ask... if you need my help.”
“What kind of help can you offer?”
Wei Changtian’s pupils suddenly shrank: “Aren’t you unable to cultivate?”
“I can’t cultivate, but...”
Xu Suisui raised her head, gently biting her lip: “But I should be able to help you.”
“Is that so? How can you help me?”
As he spoke, Wei Changtian slowly took half a step back.
After Xu Suisui noticed his movement, she also slowly moved back a small step.
“...”
Still face to face, but the distance between the two was now twice as far as before.
Moreover, each of them held something in their hands hidden in their long sleeves.
Xu Suisui was still clutching the Qingjue Jade Pendant.
And Wei Changtian was holding the “Divine Strike Talisman” that he had originally exchanged to kill Yama, but was unable to use due to “Unable to lock onto the target”...
One was afraid that the other would kill them.
One was preparing to kill the other.
Obviously, although Xu Suisui and Wei Changtian often joked around on weekdays, and even reached an “agreement” on the issue of “friends” a few days ago...
From beginning to end, the two had never really completely trusted each other.
The reason for this is not difficult to understand.
As time-travelers with systems, it is undoubtedly impossible to achieve “complete mutual trust” before figuring out what the other party’s system is, whether there is a conflict of interest with their own, and a series of other issues.
Moreover, under such circumstances, in order to protect themselves, neither of them could take the lead in revealing their secrets.
Therefore, Xu Suisui would pretend that she didn’t know what a “system” was, and Wei Changtian had never mentioned the secret of “Heavenly Dao Luck” to the former.
This mutual defense and suspicion seems to be an unbreakable deadlock.
Because they don’t trust each other, no one is willing to tell the other their secrets first.
Because no one takes the lead in “confessing,” suspicion will continue.
Because of suspicion, they will continue to be unable to completely trust each other.
Unless...
“Are you afraid that I will kill you?”
Wei Changtian suddenly squinted his eyes and asked: “Am I right?”
“...”
“It seems so...”
Shaking his head, Wei Changtian seemed a little helpless: “I know what you are worried about, but you also lied to me, didn’t you?”
“I, I did that because I was scared!”
Xu Suisui suddenly shouted: “I don’t know if you will harm me!”
“If I wanted to harm you, you would have died long ago.”
Smiling, Wei Changtian put the “Divine Strike Talisman” back into his sleeve, deliberately putting his empty hands on his chest.
This action really made Xu Suisui’s expression relax a lot.
“Alright, we are both fellow villagers, can’t we be a little more honest with each other?”
Seeing that this trick worked, Wei Changtian immediately seized the opportunity and asked with a smile:
“By the way... what is your system after all?”
