Chapter 97: It’s Just Because I Owe Her a Debt of Gratitude
“Of course I believe you. It’s just…” Mingyan looked at Ning Feixuan, his heart helpless.
“Just what? If you believe me, how could you be swayed by Ning Zetian’s words?” Ning Feixuan sighed softly. “I know. From the moment you quietly avoided me and came here, I had this suspicion. If you really wanted to be on my side, why didn’t you come to me?”
Mingyan didn’t know that his whereabouts had been revealed to Ning Feixuan by his master…
So before she came, she had already suspected my motives. That’s why she took the initiative to talk about that past she was unwilling to recall, her purpose was to convince me, right?
Huang Junyi stood by, her arms crossed. She couldn’t very well interrupt.
“Give me some time, Feixuan… If it really isn’t Ning Zetian, then even if you kill him, it’s just another innocent person dying in this matter. If it really is him… then at least… there will be no psychological pressure to kill him then,” Mingyan said, steeling himself.
“I have no psychological pressure now. I watched him torture my parents to death with my own hands. Cutting him into a thousand pieces wouldn’t be enough,” Ning Feixuan’s expression was calm. “I grew up here. I know Ning Zetian far better than you do. He has liked to do cruel things since he was a child. Before he entered the immortal gate, he liked to torture and kill poultry. Later, with his cultivation, he was even more fond of killing. The lives on his hands are not just my parents’. He has killed outsiders before, but it was suppressed by the Ning family. Many people in the family know this. Are you pleading for such a person who has been a beast since childhood?”
Mingyan didn’t know about this. He frowned. His source of information about Ning Zetian was not much. Before, Huang Junyi had said that after he had gone to the Yu Heng Sacred Land, he was almost a living saint, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, with an excellent reputation.
This made Mingyan a little hesitant. If Ning Zetian was really such a person, then was his judgment accurate?
“I don’t blame you. After all, you know very little about Ning Zetian,” Ning Feixuan sighed lightly. “But I originally thought that you would not listen to Ning Zetian’s slander… after all…”
Mingyan frowned, coming back to his senses. What kind of person Ning Zetian was should not affect his judgment. In fact, Ning Zetian’s character made the possibility of him being framed even greater. If he usually liked to kill, and had even killed people, then to frame him for this matter, he couldn’t even wash himself clean…
Besides, from the very beginning, what he felt was wrong was the situation on that day. Ning Zetian’s bloodlust did not mean that his actions on that day were reasonable.
“Even if Ning Zetian is bloodthirsty, Feixuan, think carefully about what I just said. There are obviously many problems. This can’t be explained by his bloodlust, can it? The elder with him at that time did not show his true face, while Ning Zetian showed his face openly. Doesn’t this look like a deliberate frame-up? It’s not like there’s no disguise technique in this world?”
“At that time, my cultivation was similar to Ning Zetian’s. Even if he wanted to hide, it wouldn’t be of much use. Besides, in his eyes, I was already a dead person. Would you bother to cover your face in front of a dead person?” seeing that Mingyan still didn’t believe her, Ning Feixuan’s brow furrowed tightly, her tone already filled with strong emotion.
Mingyan opened his mouth, then finally gritted his teeth and said, “I know you are already convinced that Ning Zetian is the murderer, but Feixuan, I implore you, give me a little more time… you’ve waited for so many years…”
“Give you some more time? Mingyan, this is my revenge. I have already made my own judgment,” Ning Feixuan took a deep breath, her eyes turning cold. “I’ve said before, I don’t need your help, and I don’t need you to do any investigation. Back then, besides Ning Zetian himself, everyone in the Ning family knew it was him, including his parents. Don’t say any more. Don’t interfere in this matter either.”
“Do you want me to watch you do something wrong?” Mingyan said helplessly. “Finding the real murderer should be what we need to do.”
“The real murderer has long been confirmed!” Ning Feixuan glared at Mingyan. She raised her finger and pointed at her own eyes. “I saw and heard it with my own eyes! Even that elder you mentioned who covered his face! He has already stood up and pleaded guilty! What more do you want me to do to find the so-called real murderer?!”
“That elder pleaded guilty?” Huang Junyi, who was on the side, was a little surprised. “When I came to pick you up back then, I didn’t hear about this.”
“I only learned about it when I returned to the Ning family later…” Ning Feixuan’s tone lowered a little. After all, Huang Junyi was the benefactor who had taken her away from this place of right and wrong. She had always been very grateful to the Huang family.
Mingyan frowned. “Later, how was he dealt with?”
“He was also expelled from the Ning family… hehe…” Ning Feixuan sneered. “It’s a pity I couldn’t kill him with my own hands… but I must kill Ning Zetian. If I don’t kill him, how can I repay the sins he has committed?”
Ning Zetian was also expelled from the family after the Huang family took Ning Feixuan away. Can that prove that this person was the last straw that broke the camel’s back?
Mingyan’s heart lit up. If he could find that elder, perhaps everything would come to light!
“Mingyan… don’t interfere in these things anymore, okay?” Ning Feixuan took a deep breath. “I have my own judgment. I don’t need you to help me. If you really want to help me, then wish me success. I’m begging you.”
Ning Feixuan’s mind was made up. Mingyan could see it. After she finished speaking, she turned and was about to leave. Mingyan quickly stood in front of her. “Feixuan, don’t be in a hurry! I want to find that elder. All the problems will be solved then!”
“He’s already dead. Are you going to ask a dead person for evidence?” Ning Feixuan said sarcastically. “That elder still had some humanity. He later committed suicide out of guilt. This matter is already so clear. What are you still suspecting?”
“He committed suicide?” Mingyan frowned. Why did every piece of evidence he found directly get cut off?
With the death of that elder, there was no one to testify. No wonder Ning Feixuan was so convinced that it was Ning Zetian who had killed her parents.
Because she had almost no reason to doubt…
Seeing Ning Zetian kill people with her own eyes, and later an elder even came out to admit it, plus her understanding of him and the unanimous opinion of the family. In the end, Ning Zetian was expelled from the family, and that elder committed suicide out of guilt. This series of events, if he were Ning Feixuan, he wouldn’t have any doubts either.
But he wasn’t…
Sometimes it was like this. The one involved is confused, while the bystander is clear. In Mingyan’s opinion, these things all had a clear direction. The death of the elder was more like being silenced… not suicide…
“So, what else do you want to say?” Ning Feixuan’s patience had reached its limit. “Mingyan! This matter doesn’t need you to be a busybody!”
“But this matter is indeed very strange… and, the possibility of Ning Zetian being the murderer is really not high!” Mingyan was helpless and could only say in a good-natured way.
“…” Ning Feixuan took a deep breath, looked at Mingyan, and slowly shook her head, disappointed and let down. “I thought we could be friends…”
“We… are friends,” Mingyan said, his eyes a little evasive.
“Is that so? Is this how you act as a friend?” Ning Feixuan sneered coldly. “Arguing with me for the sake of my parents’ murderer?”
“I just don’t want you to make a mistake…” Mingyan said anxiously. “If he isn’t the murderer, then even if you fight to the death with him, it’s not only meaningless, but it will also let the real murderer go free!”
“Enough!!!” Ning Feixuan waved her hand suddenly, her face full of anger. “I’ve said it before, I don’t need any of your help! And I don’t need you as a friend! So don’t interfere in any of my matters!”
Mingyan pursed his lips, an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Huang Junyi, who was on the side, couldn’t help but sigh when she saw the two of them quarreling.
Ning Feixuan stepped on Star Gap, wanting to flash past Mingyan. But he also knew Star Gap and blocked Ning Feixuan, saying earnestly, “Feixuan… calm down…”
“Don’t call me Feixuan! We’re not that close!” seeing that she was blocked, Ning Feixuan’s eyes were deep and cold. “I originally thought we could be friends, but now it seems I was just overthinking…”
“Don’t think I don’t know you still have feelings for me. I’ll make it clear right here!”
“I, Ning Feixuan, don’t need you to do anything for me. There is no relationship between us. We are not friends, and you don’t need to feel you owe me anything. And, I will never fall in love with you. From now on, we are strangers. My business is none of your business, and your business is also none of mine!” Ning Feixuan said through gritted teeth. “If you block me again, don’t blame me for being impolite!!”
Mingyan was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly. He had not expected Ning Feixuan to say things to this extent. “Yes… I admit, I still like you… It doesn’t matter if you don’t respond. I don’t care. But, Fei… Ning Feixuan, precisely because of this, I can’t watch you make a mistake…”
Ning Feixuan couldn’t bear it anymore and slapped Mingyan across the face. He did not dodge and took the slap head-on. After hitting him, a trace of sadness seemed to flash in Ning Feixuan’s eyes, but she quickly covered it up. “My family’s business is none of your business. Don’t be a busybody anymore…”
With that, Ning Feixuan finally left.
Mingyan did not stop her, because he knew he couldn’t.
Huang Junyi also did not stop her. She walked to Mingyan, reached out her jade-like hand, and gently caressed his red cheek, saying with heartache, “That girl Feixuan is really cruel… she didn’t hold back at all…”
Mingyan lowered his head, was silent for a long time, then sighed. “I was just being sentimental…”
“In my opinion, that’s also the case…” Huang Junyi tapped Mingyan’s forehead. “You, you and Feixuan are both so stubborn… do you have to help her? It would be good to just trust her judgment, wouldn’t it?”
“Does Sister think so too?”
“What else? Now that you’ve been slapped, have you woken up? Do you know now?” Huang Junyi’s tone was a little reproachful. “Hearing her words, are you sad?”
“What is Sister referring to?”
“She said she would never fall in love with you,” Huang Junyi said softly. “Don’t you understand what she means?”
“I understand. Actually, I was prepared for it long ago,” Mingyan also couldn’t say what he was feeling. He had originally wanted to resolve this matter for Ning Feixuan and then tell her his thoughts. But now that she had brought it up in anger, it had basically cut off any possibility. This was the worst-case scenario.
In this situation, how could Ning Feixuan possibly accept?
“Then, it’s time to go back. Let Ning Feixuan handle it herself,” Huang Junyi said softly.
“No, Sister. I must get to the bottom of this matter. Please do me a favor. I want to find the body of that elder. Maybe there will be some discovery,” Mingyan shook his head, not intending to give up.
Huang Junyi was also very surprised. “Even now, you still plan to continue investigating? That girl Feixuan won’t appreciate it. Could it be that you still like her?”
“This… this is not about liking. Perhaps before, I did these things because I still had some fantasies, thinking that there was still a chance between us. But now, it’s just because I owe her a debt of gratitude and must repay it. Sister, I’ve said it before, I can’t watch her make a mistake. If she really does something wrong, then I must stop her. Alright, let’s go quickly, Sister, and not waste time,” Mingyan shook his head.
Huang Junyi’s feelings were complicated, but she still nodded.
