The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 267: Detailed Talk
【Niaowo Village】

After dinner, Luo Fan took the initiative to wash the dishes. Gu Baili and Xia Yu sat under the grape trellis and chatted. Gu Baili introduced his plan to Xia Yu and Luo Fan.

From Xia Yu, Gu Baili learned that Bai Yu also did not trust Li Jian and was most likely investigating him secretly.

When Gu Baili sneaked out, he found that his fellow disciples were disappearing one by one. Those with higher magical powers were captured, and the "Marriage Rings" of those with lower magical powers were no longer in their hands.

However, some of the brothers discovered Li Jian's ugly behavior and wanted to go back to heaven to complain, but they never heard from him again. The remaining brothers who had not been caught were hiding, including the eldest brother Bai Yu.

Gu Baili decided to first find those fellow disciples who were hiding and bring them to the village to discuss countermeasures together.

Many hands make light work, rather than fighting alone.

Xia Yu was like a deflated ball, lying limply on the guardrail of the bench, suppressing the pain in his heart, and asked sadly: "Second Brother is such a powerful immortal, with great magical powers, and is deeply loved by the master. His performance ranks among the best every month, and he has won so many awards. The brothers and sisters have always regarded him as a good role model to learn from. We trust him so much, why did he deceive me, why did he betray the master?"

Gu Baili was silent. He stood up and walked under the grape trellis. He reached out and touched the bunches of crystal clear grapes. Suddenly he looked up at the sky and guessed, "I'm afraid it's to take revenge on Master..."

"Revenge on Master? Isn't this just looking for trouble? Master treats us like his own children. When have we ever let him down..." When Xia Yu said this, she suddenly remembered something Li Jian once told her.

"Second Senior Brother mentioned to me that he had someone he liked before... He said it was because that woman stole his 'Universal Marriage Thread', and later the Master found out and asked him to break up with that woman. The woman didn't want to implicate him, so she left on her own..."

Xia Yu didn't understand. In this matter, it was indeed the woman who made the mistake first, so why was the master blamed?

"I heard another version." Gu Baili was staring at the misty sky in fascination, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind. Without even looking at Xia Yu, he continued to talk towards the distant mist, "Li Jian and that woman were deeply in love, and spent several years in the mortal world supporting each other. That woman really did steal the 'universal marriage thread' to match couples, and was soon discovered by the master. The master got drunk because of this, and after drinking, he crossed out Li Jian's name and linked that woman to someone else."

"The heavenly rules stipulate that the God of Marriage cannot fall in love... Master is also impartial..." Xia Yu's voice became lower and lower as she spoke. She thought of herself and Luo Fan.

"The rule of 'the God of Marriage does not allow romance' is just like 'colleagues are not allowed to fall in love' in the mortal world. The purpose is to make us concentrate on work, but there are still people who secretly fall in love, and I haven't seen Master catch a few and punish them severely." Gu Baili said, and saw Luo Fan just walking out of the room, raised his eyebrows and said: "For example, you and this brother-in-law."

"This..." Xia Yu looked at Luo Fan walking over and pulled Luo Fan to sit next to her.

Gu Baili was not afraid of what Luo Fan heard. He was going to erase his memory anyway, so he continued naturally, "Of course they hope that their employees can concentrate on their work and not be distracted. But after so many years, and having witnessed the happiness of so many people who are destined to be together, who can really not be envious? If it is really destined that the God of Marriage has no marriage, then how can our names be on the marriage book?"

"Indeed not..." Xia Yu replied.

Gu Baili shook his head and said, "Master wrote the marriage book according to destiny, half of which was destiny and half of which was Master's will. Although he wrote everyone's name, he didn't want us to fall in love. So he sealed our marriages and hid our names. I didn't expect to miss Li Jian. Otherwise, how could Li Jian have a relationship with that mortal?"

Xia Yu thought that Luo Fan was the first to get excited when he heard this. He asked with a smile, "So what this means is... that is, we can actually have a relationship? As long as we have a secret relationship, it's ok?"

“It’s not impossible for a God of Marriage to fall in love secretly, but the person he meets may not be his true love. Because our marriages are hidden by our master, neither our marriage rings nor our magic can find our destined ones.” Gu Baili replied.

Xia Yu frowned, looked at Luo Fan, and asked Gu Baili: "But we can check the destined person of mortals, so what if we rob the destined person of mortals..."

Luo Fan secretly held Xia Yu's hand tightly and couldn't help but interrupt, "If she was really someone else's soulmate, how could you snatch her away? Since we can be together, it means that she is not your soulmate."

"Brother-in-law, what you said makes sense." Gu Baili looked at Luo Fan's nervous expression and agreed with him, then said, "Leaders are all the same. If you don't cause trouble, they can pretend they don't know. But once you affect the work and something goes wrong, they will punish you according to the rule that 'the God of Marriage cannot fall in love'."

Does not affect work...

She has so far...

The most impactful thing... is probably stealing Luo Fan, hindering his and Bai Zhi's perfect match. ...

When leaving [Niaowo Village], Xia Yu was worried. She didn't know how to face Li Jian next.

After sending Luo Fan back to the company, Xia Yu returned to [Nanshan Villa] alone.

Looking at everything that Li Jian had transformed for her in the villa and recalling all the good things Li Jian had done for her, she really couldn't accept his deception of her.

Xia Yu thinks she is not good at "undercover" things, so Gu Baili asks her to pretend to be ignorant and secretly find out what Li Jian is going to do by capturing those senior brothers.

Is there any need to inquire about this?

If he wanted to take revenge on the master, he would have to lock up all the senior brothers and make the marriages of mortals a mess. By then, the world would be filled with complaints, and the master would have to clean up the mess alone.

He took away the "marriage rings" of his fellow apprentices and locked them up secretly...

Then, will she be locked up next?

Will her "marriage bracelet"...

The more Xia Yu thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed to her. This meant that her second senior brother had been secretly doing something a long time ago.

No wonder she couldn't break the magic restriction on Bai Zhi that day, and he couldn't break it either. It turned out that she was just pretending.

Xia Yu had just sat down in the living room on the first floor of the villa when Li Jian rushed over.

When their eyes met, Xia Yu felt only sadness, pain, and panic in her heart. She no longer rushed up to him and happily called him "Second Brother" as she did before, nor did she pull Li Jian's clothes and act coquettishly.

"Junior sister, where have you been?" Li Jian asked with a smile. He walked closer to Xia Yu, observing her reaction while preparing to cast a spell to check her memory.

Before coming back, Gu Baili had also calculated this, so he also helped Xia Yu set up a spell restriction. But Xia Yu knew that if Li Jian was determined to investigate, Gu Baili's spells would not be able to stop him.

"Second Brother, now..." Xia Yu looked at Li Jian's hand that was trying to cast a spell, and asked Li Jian with tears in her eyes: "Are you going to cast a spell to check my memory? I am not as good as Bai Zhi who has a master to protect me. Without the 'Marriage Bracelet' to protect me, I am at the mercy of others. If you want to check, then check!"

Seeing Xia Yu's "painful" expression, Li Jian hesitated for a moment, but still put away the magic, walked straight to Xia Yu, and asked with distressed eyes: "Who told you what? Who asked you to talk to me... so distant?"

After Li Jian finished speaking, he coughed a few times, pretending that his "old injury had not healed yet", and then sat down next to Xia Yu.

After a closer inspection, Li Jian knew that Xia Yu's magic power had recovered a lot, and guessed that someone was helping her heal her injuries.

I just don’t know which senior or junior brother is helping me.

Hearing Li Jian coughing, Xia Yu still showed a "worried" expression on her face, but when she thought that Li Jian had lied to her, she put away her "worry" and acted as if it was none of her business.

"I have been feeling lucky that I was the one who took the brunt of Yan Lan's vicious blow. If it was my junior sister who took it, I would have been heartbroken." Li Jian spoke softly, as if reminding Xia Yu, "I blocked the fatal blow for you."

(End of this chapter)