Chapter 75: Entering the Xufu Estate (Third Update)

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  Jiang Xiaoyu walked on the road, with a thousand worries in his heart. He didn't expect that he would actually end up killing Qian Ye, when originally he had planned to go and steal her away.

  The best plan in his mind was to cripple Qian Ye and lock her up somewhere, after the engagement day it would be over, but now she's gone.

  This turn of events has caused Jiang Xiaoyu's plan to change temporarily, but it turned out to be even better than the original one!

  Originally, according to the plan, it was difficult for me to see Xu Ruoyan, but now it seems that I can easily meet her.

  As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Xiaoyu suddenly had an idea in his heart, and a hint of a smile spread across the corner of his mouth. He turned into a nearby alleyway.

  In just a few seconds, a man in purple clothes floated out of the alley where Jiang Xiaoyu had disappeared, holding a fan in his hand, with the hairband on his head slightly blown by the wind, revealing a romantic and elegant young master.

  The man stood at the entrance of the alley, with a sly smile on his face that didn't match his pale and delicate complexion. Upon closer inspection, it was surprisingly Qian Ye who had already died, but the smile was an exclusive expression of Jiang Xiao Yu's.

  Jiang Xiaoyu looked himself up and down with satisfaction, subconsciously wanting to open his fan, but suddenly froze. He really couldn't remember what was written on the fan that Qian Ye had given him. At the time, he had only glanced at it briefly, not paying attention to the details.

  But what's the big deal? Just change to another fan, who would care about a broken fan?

  At this point, Jiang Xiaoyu's intention was already very clear. Since Qian Ye was dead, why not take advantage of the situation and avoid the trouble of fighting for the position, and directly use this identity?

  This way, he can both fulfill his engagement with Xu Rou and smoothly sneak into the Academy. Thinking about it, Jiang Xiaoyu felt that Qian Ye's death was not so bad after all... Alright, he admitted that he seemed to have become a bit less sunny himself.

  She was originally worried about how to enter the Xu family to see Xu Rou, but now she has become her fiancée, and she is really too clever.

  Strutting along with the air of a charming rogue from a TV drama, Jiang Xiao Yu almost couldn't help but flirt with every girl he saw. After all, this identity wasn't his own anyway, so why not have some fun? However, he didn't dare go too far, in case Qian Ye's situation became too unusual and aroused suspicion.

  And indeed it is so in memory.

  Although he looked like a refined and elegant young master on the surface, Jiang Xiao Yu's pace didn't slow down because of that. If someone paid close attention, they would discover that Jiang Xiao Yu's one step was equivalent to an ordinary person's two steps, and before long, he had already arrived at the entrance of the Xu family residence.

  With a slightly complicated heart, Jiang Xiao Yu glanced at the plaque hanging high above the mansion's gate. He didn't know what to make of it himself; if he hadn't overheard that news back then, he feared that today, the one who would have entered this mansion to tease his future wife would really have been Qian Ye.

  With a hint of celebration, Jiang Xiaoyu walked into the XU family's gate. The guard at the entrance saw Qianye's signature purple clothes and let him in without even asking any questions.

  After entering the Xu family, Jiang Xiaoyu's ears were filled with the faint sounds of disciples practicing their skills. He felt a slight sense of depression in his heart. It seemed that a family that could raise a girl like Xu Rou was indeed not ordinary. At this time, ordinary families had just finished breakfast and were resting, but the Xu family had already begun their practice...

  Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Xiaoyu accidentally bumped into someone and stumbled back a step. When he turned his head to look, it was surprisingly Xu Nian, who had come to find Xu Rou that day and taken her away.

  Xu Nian was about to open his mouth and scold, but Yu Guang's gaze swept to the purple clothes on Jiang Xiaoyu's body, and he hurriedly adjusted his expression, a flattering smile floating on his face, and he said with a flattering tone: "Isn't this Brother Qianye?"

  Jiang Xiao Yu didn't say a word, and it wasn't until then that Xu Nian remembered the person opposite him probably didn't know who he was. He added, "I am Xu Nian, Xu Rou's older male cousin."

  After finishing speaking, his face was full of fawning and flattering expressions. Jiang Xiaoyu couldn't help but sigh at the young people these days. When he took away Xu Rou back then, he had an arrogant attitude, who knows what would have happened to Xu Rou if I hadn't appeared? Now, looking at his attitude towards Qian Ye, it seems like he wants to wag a tail to fawn on him.

  "Hmm." Jiang Xiao Yu knew the principle of "the more you speak, the more likely you are to lose", so she simply responded with a noble and cold "en" sound, also wanting to see what Xunian was going to do next in order to fawn over Qian Ye. Thinking about it, she casually flipped open the fan in her hand.

  "The fan in Qian Ye's hand is really wonderful." Xu Nian chuckled and couldn't help but fawn over him.

  Jiang Xiaoyu was slightly stunned, just now he was thinking that no one would pay attention to his fan, but unexpectedly, Xu Xian had been paying attention all along. He then followed up by asking: "What's so special about it?"

  "Other people's fans either have landscape paintings or some words, but Qian Ye's fan is a blank sheet, which shows the ambition of Master Qian Ye." Xunian said with a knowing expression.

  Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the fan himself, showing great confusion, what ambition? However, he didn't ask and just nodded slightly, not saying anything else.

  "What brings Brother Qian to the Xu household tonight?" With a sly smile, Xu Nian saw that his attempt at flattery had fallen flat, but he still didn't want to give up this opportunity to curry favor with the noble.

  After all, Qian Ye is a person from the Academy, and he's even the direct disciple of the Deputy Dean. This kind of small fry wouldn't be able to get close to him in eight lifetimes. Who knows, if they flatter Young Master Qian Ye enough, he might casually give them some benefits. As for the cultivation method, don't even think about it, but if they can easily get two pellets of dan medicine, that's still much better than those inferior dan medicines they get from the Xu family according to the rules.

  He is indeed Xu Rou's elder male cousin, but Xu Rou's elder male cousin has left and the family also misses him. There are too many young people in the family, which also leads to the rights of close relatives.

  "Let's go see Xǔ Róu." When Xǔ Nián asked this, Jiāng Xiǎo Yuè suddenly remembered that he didn't know where Xǔ Róu was. In his memories, Qiān Yè had never met Xǔ Róu either, and at this time the system hadn't given any prompts. It seemed that the task that appeared to comfort himself was indeed of a low level, not even giving a target prompt.

  He paused for a moment, and Xunian glanced at "Qianye", thinking to himself: Doesn't Qianye know that Xuruo doesn't want to marry him? Why is he coming to see Xuruo at this sensitive time? Isn't this just asking to be slapped in the face by Xuruo? He had heard that since Xuruo returned home, she had been in seclusion, and her current strength was definitely not inferior to Qianye's.

  "This..."

  "What's wrong?" Jiang Xiao Yu's heart sank, thinking that Xu Rou had done something desperate or was forced to get hurt.

  "Hehe, young master is indeed concerned about our family's young lady, arriving so early." A soft chuckle came from not far away, and Jiang Xiaoyu looked up to see an old man in his sixties with a small cloth hat on his head, his snow-white beard trembling slightly as he smiled.

  From the memories of Qian Ye, Jiang Xiao Yu had long known that this person was none other than the great steward of the Xu family, Jiang Lao. Although he originally knew that this person was unbeatable, after truly seeing him, Jiang Xiao Yu still faintly felt that he should be even more formidable than the rumors suggested.

  "Old Ginger, don't bother Thousand Nights again. I wonder where Xu Rou's sister is now?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked in Thousand Nights' tone, hoping that this old man wouldn't stop him.

  Jiang Ba Tian stroked his beard, a flash of light in his eyes, and after some consideration, slowly said: "Miss must be reading books in the master's study."

  He wasn't originally planning to let Qian Ye go find Xu Rou, after all Xu Rou was trapped in the study by Xu Bai Ran. But thinking about it again, they would meet sooner or later anyway, so he might as well see what kind of skills this young master Qian Ye had, and whether or not he could win Miss's heart.

  Moreover, Xu Rou was trapped after all, no matter how much she struggled, she couldn't make a big commotion.

  "Thanks then, Old Jiang." "Qian Ye" nodded and didn't bother with Jiang Ba Tian anymore, walking towards the study as he remembered it.

  During this time, Xunian who was unwilling to give up still wanted to continue to chat with Qianye for a couple more sentences, but was immediately scared off by the steward's glare and took a step back, only able to obediently turn around and head in the opposite direction of the study towards the training grounds.

  As soon as Jiang Xiaoyu reached the door of the study, he vaguely saw some unusual glows between the door and window, which were different from the natural light in the morning. It was a kind of special phosphorescence that floated gently in the room.

  She furrowed her brow, and Jiang Xiaoyu's heart had already settled on a plan. She secretly let out a sigh of relief, it seemed that Xu Rou was just being held captive, the tiger wouldn't eat its own child, so she should be unharmed.

  ......

  Unlike the figure of a man standing outside, Xu Rou was sitting cross-legged inside, not moving at all, surrounded by a halo that blocked her view, and she couldn't move freely.

  He stared coldly at the food that had been sent over by someone not far away, but didn't touch a single bite. Next to it stood yesterday's food, all in its original state, without even the chopsticks having moved an inch.

  For several days without eating, Xu Rou was fine, after all, she was a cultivator in the Cloud Ascension realm. Even if she didn't eat for a month, it wouldn't cause any major problems. These dishes were placed here, but they seemed somewhat superfluous.

  "Go back and tell your master, she is mine!"

  Jiang Xiaoyu's words still lingered in her ears, Xū Ròu let out a bitter laugh, "Your person, wait until the one-year period is over, I will still have the qualifications to be your person."

  On the one hand, she didn't want Jiang Xiaoyu to come and save her; on the other hand, there was still a glimmer of expectation, hoping that at this moment, the man with an ordinary appearance but a sunny smile would suddenly push open the door and tell her...

  "Xu Rou, I've come to see you."

  It was like an auditory hallucination. Xu Rou raised her head in surprise, looking towards the source of the sound, but her expectant gaze was instantly doused with a bucket of ice water.

  Furrowing her brow as she looked at the "Qian Ye" in front of her, Xu Rou felt a bit disgusted in her heart. Although she didn't know why Qian Ye refused to let go of her even if he died, she wasn't one of those naive little girls either. She wouldn't believe that a few encounters could make a man persistently pursue her for five whole years and still want to marry her.

  There must be something she doesn't know about, it's just that she doesn't know what it is...

  Jiang Xiaoyu looked at Xu Rou's face that was not very welcoming towards him, and his smile also solidified. Did she not want to see him?

  After a while, he suddenly remembered his current appearance, chuckled to himself, looked at Xu Rou's serious face, and thought that he understood the heart of teasing her.

  Also want to take the opportunity to see, what does Xǔ Róu really think, if she is also willing to marry Qiān Yè, then Jiāng Xiǎo Yuè will not force it, after borrowing Qiān Yè's body to mix into the academy, from now on they two will no longer have any relationship, the gratitude and skills of that year will be repaid, and the fate will be broken.

  Seeing Jia Qianye's smile, Xu Rou couldn't help but furrow her brow, and felt even more disgusted.