The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 238: True or False
Feeling the approach of the immortal spirit from afar, Xia Yu almost choked himself on a sip of fruit tea. He quickly put down the teacup, nudged Hua Changyi with his elbow, and whispered, "Here it comes..."

"Who's here?" Hua Changyi responded and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window.

Before Hua Changyi saw anyone, Li Jian had already appeared in front of him.

Li Jian had just returned from the cellar, still wearing a black coat. As soon as he entered the villa, he put away the coat and the briefcase in his hand.

"Second Brother..." Xia Yu stood up hesitantly.

"Have you eaten?" Li Jian suddenly asked.

"No..." Xia Yu replied.

Seeing this, Hua Changyi gave Xia Yu a look, indicating that she should ask the key questions directly.

Li Jian watched the surveillance video and knew that the two of them had discovered the backup marriage thread in Yan Lan's hand, but he was not worried at all, and there was no tension on his face, as if they just knew it.

"Let's eat first." Li Jian's big hand swept across the dining table, and the table was immediately filled with delicious food, including chicken, duck, fish and meat.

"I brought this food back from a restaurant in the east of the city. Their business is booming." Li Jian waved his hand to cast a spell to take out bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice, and pointed to two empty seats next to the dining table and said, "Junior Sister, Seventeen, sit down."

Hua Changyi and Xia Yu looked at each other with their own thoughts, and still sat down with Li Jian. However, when they picked up their bowls, they were always absent-minded when eating.

"Where did you come back from, Second Brother?" Hua Changyi asked while eating.

Xia Yu didn't say anything, but secretly pricked up his ears to listen.

Li Jian's expression didn't change much. He already knew what Hua Changyi and Xia Yu were going to ask. He focused on eating and replied slowly, "I heard that someone was using the power of the state to sell Master's universal marriage clues for personal gain. I went to look around. If I hadn't seen you here on the phone surveillance, I would have finished my meal in the restaurant and continued my investigation."

"Ah? Ahem... surveillance?" Xia Yu was so shocked that he almost couldn't swallow his food.

What I mean is... Second Brother saw everything that happened in the living room just now?

that……

"Drink some water." Li Jian, who was sitting next to him, handed Xia Yu a glass of water calmly and said with a smile, "Why are you so nervous? It's not like you're guilty of something."

"Thank you, Second Brother..." Xia Yu awkwardly took the cup of water from Li Jian's hand and drank the water in big gulps, while privately glancing at Hua Changyi's reaction.

Hua Changyi was eating with his mouth but his eyes were fixed on Li Jian. He wanted to ask something but didn't, which made Li Jian feel a little uncomfortable.

"If you want to ask, just ask. Don't hold it in." Li Jian said as he continued to eat, as if nothing big could stop him from eating.

As gods, they originally just ate flowers and drank nectar, but after hundreds of years in the mortal world, their stomachs have become like those of mortals.

"Why did Second Senior Brother steal Yan Lan's spare marriage thread? And he even tied the red thread to your and Yan Lan's hands. This is simply..."

"Just what?"

Li Jian stopped using his chopsticks to pick up food and explained calmly, "Yue Yang has returned to the underworld. If that underworld princess remembers Yue Yang, do you know what will happen, Junior Sister?"

"What does this have to do with Junior Sister?" Hua Changyi asked back.

Of course Xia Yu knew that she and Lan Tian had tricked her into drinking the "Love Potion".

"Yan Lan has been struggling for a long time, and finally found out that Lan Tian is not the reincarnation of Yue Yang, but Hua Nanjin. With her personality, will she just give up? If she makes a fuss, little junior sister, I can still find an excuse to get out of this, what about you?" Li Jian asked. "I..." Xia Yu was speechless.

"I'm sure Seventeen has heard about the elixir. The matter is still being suppressed by the master. If something goes wrong here again, even if the master wants to help, it may be too late, right?" Li Jianyue said, and Xia Yuyue had a bitter face.

"I took the risk to steal Yan Lan's spare marriage thread just to control Yan Lan and prevent her from doing anything wrong. If the truth comes out, I will bear the consequences, but, little sister..." Li Jian paused, reached out and touched Xia Yu's head, sighed, and continued: "We are already marriage gods, so it doesn't matter if we are punished. But you are just a little fairy disciple, and Second Brother just hopes that you can suffer less blame and keep your fairy status. If you can't distinguish between good and evil and want to suspect me, then you can go and investigate the matter of 'the universal marriage thread being sold'! Don't worry about other things, I will report to Master."

"Second Senior Brother, I..." Xia Yu felt a little guilty after hearing this. She didn't expect that Second Senior Brother would be so considerate of her, but she began to doubt him.

Hua Changyi fell silent after hearing this. He was half-believing and half-doubting what Li Jian said, but at first glance it seemed as if it was indeed all for Xia Yu's good.

"I'm sorry..." Xia Yu was busy apologizing to Li Jian, remembering that ever since she came to the mortal world, Li Jian had been helping her to deal with all the big and small matters.

"Hehe...eat more, eat more." Xia Yu kept putting food into Li Jian's bowl and said all kinds of nice things.

After a while, seeing that Hua Changyi didn't say anything, Li Jian pretended to be angry and said slowly: "Okay, okay, let's forget it this time. If you doubt me again next time, don't come to me again! When the time comes, I will tie a vicious dog at the door of the villa, and if any conscienceless person comes uninvited again, I will bite him."

"Ha ha……"

"hey-hey……"

"Hey, Second Senior Brother, why didn't you tell me what your plan was? I was scared to death." Xia Yu said as she took out the trending picture on her phone and showed it to Li Jian, explaining, "You know how scary it was when I saw you and Yan Lan being so close! I thought you really fell in love with her, but she's the princess of the underworld, and we can't be in a relationship anyway."

After seeing the photo, Li Jian finally understood why Xia Yu suspected him. Fortunately, when they met, Yan Lan didn't reveal anything because she liked him.

This Yan Lan, he had clearly told her not to come to him privately, but she just wouldn't listen.

It seems that I will have to change my appearance every time I go out.

"Aren't I just about to tell you? You've already discovered it." Li Jian said with a smile.

"Did Second Brother find out anything?" Hua Changyi asked again.

"We just recovered a batch of 'Universal Marriage Threads' that were stolen some time ago. Oh, the batch that was stolen from you, Junior Brother Seventeen." Li Jian's words were meant to remind Hua Changyi. Seeing that Hua Changyi didn't say anything after hearing this, he continued, "It should be said that the 'Universal Marriage Threads' should not be lost outside, but recently, I heard that a mysterious person is reselling a large number of 'Universal Marriage Threads'. To be honest, in the area under my jurisdiction alone, the marriages of dozens of destined people have been disrupted. There are also cases in other places, but some have not been discovered yet, and some are suppressed because you Junior Brothers dare not report them."

"Mysterious person?" Hua Changyi had a suspect in his mind unconsciously, but he still asked Li Jian: "Second Senior Brother, have you asked the Clairvoyance and the Super Ear to help investigate?"

"Of course I have asked him, but..." Li Jian shook his head in distress and explained, "You don't know, but it is said that Qianliyan is addicted to his mobile phone. He stays up late every day to watch TV series and read novels. His eyes have become myopic. During this period, he can't see the human world at all. He is afraid that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother will know that he will be punished, so he is seeking medical treatment everywhere without telling the immortals."

Xia Yu was shocked: "Where did he get the phone..."

Hua Changyi was puzzled: "I didn't hear about it when I went back to heaven last time..."

"If he dared to say that, he would have gone to Taishang Laojun to ask for elixirs to save himself. Besides, Taishang Laojun is also a mysterious dragon that can't be seen easily with his clairvoyance."

"What about Shunfenger?" Xia Yu asked.

"Shunfenger was wrongly accused." Li Jian paused and continued, "Because Qianliyan stayed up late playing with his phone, the noise was too loud, and Shunfenger's ears were too sharp, so his ears were also injured. The two of them had such a good relationship, but they had a few fights in private because of this!"

"Clairvoyance and Superb Ears are the eyes and ears of Heaven. This matter must be reported to the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother immediately. If the news leaks to the demon world and the devil world, and someone takes the opportunity to attack Heaven, it will be troublesome..." Hua Changyi said worriedly.

Li Jian finished his meal, put his bowl and chopsticks on the table, and replied: "Don't worry, Seventeen. I have already reported this matter to Master in private. He will make his own decision on how to deal with it. Besides, as Junior Sister said, it's just a matter of two elixirs. There's no need to be so nervous."

(End of this chapter)