Chapter 90: You Are My Treasure
Mingyan was stunned by Yue Qingying’s words. Speaking to this extent, her thoughts were already as clear as they could be.
But how should he respond to her?
At the Rain Terrace Blessed Land, many senior and junior sisters had also shown interest in him, but Mingyan had rejected them all by saying his heart was with another, and then he would deliberately avoid them to prevent awkwardness.
What his senior sister was showing was obviously much deeper. She was completely different from those previous senior and junior sisters. The way her eyes looked at him, that unconcealed adoration, gave Mingyan an indescribable feeling.
Moreover, his senior sister’s words placed her in a… too humble position.
Waiting for him… If he and Ning Feixuan got together, she would bless them. If he and Ning Feixuan didn’t, she would wait for him to hold her hand again.
Mingyan felt a little sad in his heart. He didn’t know why, but he just felt… it was very unfair to his senior sister…
Strange, why didn’t I have this feeling before? It wasn’t like I hadn’t rejected others before. But why, when this person is my senior sister, do I feel this way?
Is it because I care too much about her in my heart?
Mingyan was silent, looking at Yue Qingying. Yue Qingying’s eyes looked back at him, as gentle as autumn water, without any resentment, without any negative emotions. She sat beside him, her gaze so soft that one couldn’t help but want to get lost in it.
So, Mingyan knew very well that his senior sister was definitely not joking. She would really do so.
“Senior Sister, why must you go to such lengths?” Mingyan’s heart was complicated and entangled. He didn’t want to hurt her.
“Why?” Yue Qingying held Mingyan’s hand and smiled. “On this matter, I won’t listen to you, Junior Brother. I have my own thoughts, and they won’t change. So if you want me to give up something, it’s better to dismiss the idea early.”
Mingyan sighed inwardly. With his senior sister expressing her stance like this, it was really hard for him to refuse.
Was he supposed to tell her, “Your feelings for him are not love?”
Forget it. Compared to her, my own views seem even worse.
“Don’t feel troubled, Junior Brother. I won’t ask you to do anything. You can still rest assured and pursue what you want. I’m just telling you that no matter what, I will be here waiting for you,” Yue Qingying said softly. “If you hesitate because of me, I won’t be happy either. I’m telling you my feelings because I think it’s time, to let you understand my thoughts. Otherwise, some things will be hard to explain.”
Mingyan looked at Yue Qingying and took a deep breath. Even if she said so, how could he completely not consider her feelings?
“Don’t have any worries. I’m telling you this not because I want you to consider my feelings all the time. Your thoughts, your happiness are the most important to me, because then I will also be happy,” Yue Qingying held Mingyan’s face with both hands, sat astride his thighs, and pressed her forehead against his, chuckling lightly. “I don’t want to make it difficult for you.”
“Senior Sister…” Mingyan smelled the faint fragrance on Yue Qingying, heard her gentle and graceful words, and felt as if his heart was being wrapped up, yet he didn’t want to break free. It was difficult. “Senior Sister… I’m not worthy of you doing this.”
“Whether you’re worthy or not, only I know. You can’t judge whether it’s worth it for me,” Yue Qingying smiled sweetly.
Mingyan frowned. She is giving so much for me. Can I repay it?
Seeing Mingyan frown, Yue Qingying reached out her jade-like hand and gently smoothed it for him. “Don’t frown, don’t be troubled. This is not what I want. I want to see you always happy, able to get everything you want.”
Mingyan’s heart softened, but when he thought of Ning Feixuan’s kindness, his heart gradually firmed up. He couldn’t respond to his senior sister’s feelings now. After returning to the Eastern Continent, he would immediately resolve the matter with Ning Feixuan. If there was no result, he would have to repay her kindness. At that time, he would give his senior sister an answer.
Mingyan raised his hand and held Yue Qingying’s slender, jade-like hand. “Senior Sister, you are so good.”
“It’s just because it’s you,” Yue Qingying smiled. That gentle gaze carried a tenderness that was impossible to resist, making one unconsciously fall deep into it. Knowing that one would be trapped and unable to escape, yet willingly letting oneself sink deeper.
Senior Sister…
“Ahem…” At this time, someone coughed twice outside the door, interrupting the tenderness between the senior and junior brother. Yue Qingying looked up at the door and smiled slightly. “I’m afraid Feiyan has come to find you.”
With that, Yue Qingying got up from Mingyan and seemed to want to kiss his lips. Mingyan subconsciously wanted to dodge but couldn’t help but think of what his senior sister had said just now, and her unconcealed, extremely humble words. His heart ached, and in the end, he didn’t dodge.
Yue Qingying got closer and closer, the fragrance from her body becoming richer. Their lips were infinitely close, about to touch, but she stopped. She sighed softly, then stood up straight. “Junior Brother, forgive me for not being able to resist wanting to kiss you… I know this is not right… but I just can’t help it. Don’t be angry with me because of this, okay?”
“How could I…” Seeing Yue Qingying stand up straight, her eyes revealing a faint sadness, Mingyan’s heart couldn’t help but feel a pang. He wanted to say something but didn’t know what to say. He could only look at Yue Qingying and dryly say it was fine.
Yue Qingying pursed her cherry lips and smiled. “Then I’ll leave some space for Feiyan. She must have something to talk to you about.”
“…” Mingyan nodded in silence.
Yue Qingying turned and walked to the door, opening it.
But the person outside was not Huang Feiyan, but Huang Junyi. Yue Qingying had known she was here in Zhenhai City before, so seeing her, although a little surprised, she was not particularly so.
Yue Qingying turned to look at Mingyan, didn’t say anything, greeted Huang Junyi, and then walked out. Huang Junyi watched Yue Qingying walk away, back to her room, narrowed her eyes, then chuckled lightly and shook her head, entering Mingyan’s room.
“Sister… is there something you need?” Mingyan was feeling a little heavy now. Knowing his senior sister’s feelings for him made him a little at a loss.
“I came to have a chat with you. What’s wrong? My little brother seems very troubled?” Huang Junyi walked into the room, closed the door, and locked it, then sat down next to Mingyan, crossing her legs.
Huang Junyi’s fragrance was different from Yue Qingying’s. Yue Qingying’s was the kind that was faint but made one unconsciously get lost in it. And Huang Junyi’s fragrance was quite rich, sweet and seductive, but not cloying.
“It’s nothing…” Seeing Huang Junyi, Mingyan couldn’t help but think of Huang Feiyan.
It’s not just my senior sister who has kissed me. Feiyan has also kissed me like that. At that time, I thought it was just like my sister and senior sister had said, just a way of expressing an intimate relationship…
Now that I think about it carefully, this saying is actually not wrong. It’s just that it’s limited to a certain group of people. It’s not the way everyone expresses an intimate relationship. At least between senior and junior sisters, and friends, they wouldn’t use this method to express their intimacy, right?
“You clearly have something on your mind. Do you not think I’m a good listener?” Huang Junyi giggled. “Tell me about it. Don’t worry, I won’t laugh at you.”
“It’s really nothing,” Mingyan shook his head. “You don’t need to worry, Sister.”
“Hmm… alright then. Since you’re fine, then I’ll have to talk about my matters,” Huang Junyi’s lips curved upwards. She moved closer to Mingyan again, pressing her plump and delicate thigh against his. “What are your plans after you go back?”
Isn’t this a little too close? Mingyan was a little helpless. But the Temptress Sister had always been like this, not even trying to hide it, just一acting like she was dying to take advantage of you…
Forget it, it’s just this. If she wants to take advantage, then let her. The most she’s done is kiss my cheek and forehead.
“I plan to investigate the cause of Ning Feixuan’s parents’ death. I think there might be something strange about that matter,” Mingyan said.
“Is that so…” Huang Junyi was a little surprised to hear this. Of course, she knew about those things back then. It was she who had personally brought Ning Feixuan back and personally sent her to Yaochi Sacred Land. “What could be strange about that matter? Tell me about it.”
At that time, Huang Junyi had not investigated this matter carefully because Ning Feixuan had said she had seen it with her own eyes, and the Ning family had also confirmed the murderer. Huang Junyi could have eliminated Ning Zetian at that time, but Ning Feixuan had told her that she wanted to take revenge with her own hands, so Huang Junyi had spared his life.
For so many years, Ning Feixuan had spent most of her time cultivating and looking for opportunities, constantly trying to improve her cultivation, just so that one day she could take revenge with her own hands.
Now, Mingyan suddenly said that there was something strange about that matter, which made Huang Junyi a little surprised. But she did not immediately deny it, but wanted to hear why he was suspicious.
Mingyan looked down at Huang Junyi’s thigh, which had unknowingly been placed on his, and she had even pulled his hand and placed it on it. For a moment, he was a little speechless. He coughed twice and then said, “Before, in the sea area, Ning Zetian found me…”
Mingyan told Huang Junyi everything about the situation at that time, and then said, “There is one thing about this matter that I find very strange.”
“At that time, Ning Feixuan said she had hidden and was not found. But how did she hide? I heard that when they were young, their cultivation was similar. In that case, if I were Ning Zetian and I wanted to make a move on Ning Feixuan, to ensure that there would be no mistakes, I would not act alone. I would definitely call on my absolutely trusted confidants to ensure that no traces were left after killing them.”
“If there was only Ning Zetian at that time, Ning Feixuan would not have been able to watch her parents be killed and hide all the time. So it’s basically certain that there were other cultivators present at that time, and they made Ning Feixuan feel that she was no match.”
Mingyan said, “And if that’s the case, why didn’t that cultivator, whose cultivation was definitely much higher than Ning Feixuan’s, find her, and even let her witness the whole process and then announce it? But it’s also possible that Ning Feixuan had some secret method of hiding and escaped at that time… but this possibility is relatively small.”
Even with a world-class concealment technique like Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, in the face of an absolute difference in strength, it was useless and would be seen through.
This was the biggest doubt. It was almost as if… someone had deliberately wanted Ning Feixuan to see it. Yes… that was it.
“Feixuan’s mother was on good terms with our Huang family back then. She used to be an extremely outstanding genius and had obtained some opportunities. That’s also plausible, right?” Huang Junyi said. “But thinking about it carefully, that matter is indeed a bit strange. I saw Ning Zetian back then, and he gave me the feeling that he really didn’t know about it. At that time, I just thought this person was very scheming, to be able to be so ruthless at such a young age, and to have such acting skills. He would definitely be a great scourge in the future… but Feixuan had said she wanted to take revenge personally, so I didn’t act. I also paid attention to Ning Zetian for a while afterward. He was displaced for a few years, then encountered some opportunities and joined the Yu Heng Sacred Land. These years, he has also done many good deeds and has a very good reputation in the local area.”
“Either his acting is too good, or… he really didn’t do it. Maybe if we catch him and search his soul, everything will be clear,” Huang Junyi smiled slightly. “We are not far from Zhenhai City now. If we go back now, we might still be able to catch Ning Zetian…”
Soul searching was irreversible damage to a cultivator and would affect their future cultivation. If Ning Zetian really wasn’t the murderer, then such damage would be too unfair to him.
Of course, this was just assuming Ning Zetian wasn’t the murderer. If he really was, then a soul search would be able to confirm it. Mingyan thought about it and shook his head. “I don’t plan to do that for now. I want to investigate in other ways first. If there are really no gains, then I will consider it.”
“But why do you want to investigate this matter?” Huang Junyi smiled. “Even if it should be investigated, it shouldn’t be you, right?”
“Should I let Ning Feixuan investigate it herself? In her heart now, she thinks Ning Zetian is the murderer. I know the impact of seeing something with one’s own eyes. The doubts I have will be smoothed over by that strong impact. In Ning Feixuan’s heart, Ning Zetian is undoubtedly the murderer,” Mingyan said. “But what if he isn’t? Then even if she kills him, what good will it do? Not only will she stain her hands with blood, and an innocent person will lose their life, but the real murderer will be at large… that’s not called revenge.”
Huang Junyi said with a smile, “Although I thought something was wrong before, my thoughts were the same as Feixuan’s. I thought Ning Zetian was the murderer. But well, since my little brother is going to investigate, I won’t object. What if he really isn’t? Even if he is, we can confirm it. If you need my help, don’t forget to tell me, okay?”
“Actually, I’d like to ask you to go to the Ning family with me,” Mingyan had this intention. The Ning family was probably unwilling to mention this matter. To investigate, it would probably not be so easy for him, an outsider. And he couldn’t use Ning Feixuan’s name. So he had to borrow the name of Huang Junyi, the person who had taken her away back then. They would more or less give Huang Junyi face.
“Oh…? That’s great,” Huang Junyi nodded upon hearing this. “Alright, let’s investigate carefully. Without investigation, there is no right to speak.”
“Thank you for being willing to help me, Sister,” Mingyan couldn’t help but smile when he saw Huang Junyi agree.
“What’s to thank? What’s our relationship?” Huang Junyi giggled and pinched Mingyan’s cheek, then hugged his head and let him rest on her chest. “You are my great treasure, you know? How could I not agree to this small favor?”
Mingyan blushed. This Temptress Sister was too much. Didn’t she know that such an action could easily cause some problems? But Mingyan didn’t dare to struggle, because struggling would feel like a lewd act…
“…Didn’t you have something to talk to me about just now, Sister?” Mingyan really couldn’t take it anymore. He endured his hot cheeks and asked.
“Yes, but now there’s nothing…” Huang Junyi giggled. When she and Mingyan are traveling together, just the two of them, wouldn’t that be better?
