I am the villain in the book

The sky gradually brightened, and a sliver of dawn appeared in the east. The faint, humid morning mist brought a brief coolness to the sweltering summer day, and the air was filled with the scent of grass and trees.

The next morning, when Wei Changtian opened his eyes, Gu Pan'er had just brought in a basin of water for washing his face and was gently testing the temperature.

...

Sitting up in bed, Wei Changtian rubbed his temples and stretched languidly, feeling quite relaxed.

Last night, he and Gu Pan'er had been drinking until midnight, and then he had returned to the inn to sleep. It was literally "sleeping", and not that other "sleeping".

This can't be blamed on Wei Changtian for "not being a man".

After all, Gu Pan'er had now "reformed", so he naturally couldn't treat her as a woman of the brothel anymore.

"Young Master, are you awake?"

Noticing Wei Changtian's movement, Gu Pan'er turned her head and smiled, "Last night, I was also a little drunk and didn't help you change your clothes. You probably didn't sleep very comfortably."

"It's fine, a martial person doesn't have so many requirements."

Casually replying, Wei Changtian got out of bed, walked over, took the towel from Gu Pan'er's hand, and hastily washed his face.

Of course, he wasn't drunk. Last night was, at most, "tipsy".

And Gu Pan'er probably wasn't drunk either. What she said just now was just an excuse.

She knew that someone like him must have many secrets, so she didn't help him change his clothes, for fear of seeing something she shouldn't, which would arouse his displeasure.

Combined with what happened last night while drinking, it can be seen that Gu Pan'er is a woman who is quite observant and knows how to keep her distance.

But that's normal, after all, she has been in the brothel for so many years, this should be the most basic "professional quality".

After washing his face and changing into clean clothes, Wei Changtian went to the inn's front hall with Gu Pan'er for breakfast.

At this time, the sky was just dawning, but there were many guests eating in the front hall, and the aroma of porridge mixed with the sound of conversations filled every corner.

While eating, Wei Changtian casually asked Gu Pan'er about her plans for the future.

The latter seemed a little hesitant, looked up at him, and after a long while, softly replied:

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"Well, then think about it slowly."

Wei Changtian pretended not to see through her thoughts and earnestly suggested, "But I think you should still find something to do."

"By the way, you've been at Manxiang Tower for so many years, you should know a lot about rouge and powder, why not open a shop selling cosmetics."

"Of course, I'm just saying, it's better if you have other plans."

As he spoke, he took out a silver note from his pocket and placed it in front of Gu Pan'er.

Wei Changtian drank his porridge as he explained:

"You need money to do anything."

"I don't know if the government can get your money back, so take these one thousand taels and use them first, consider it as me lending it to you along with the five thousand taels from yesterday."

"Don't be embarrassed, this little money is nothing to me."

...

If Xu Qingwan were here, she would probably be heartbroken to death that he gave away another thousand taels.

However, Wei Changtian really didn't care about this small amount of money, so after speaking, he silently continued eating.

"It's okay, no one dares to steal anything from me anyway."

Wei Changtian joked with a smile, and felt that Gu Pan'er was more and more interesting.

Apart from her reaction when he redeemed her last night, which was similar to what he had expected, Gu Pan'er did possess a kind of "generosity" that most women in this society did not have.

Her EQ is quite high, she doesn't procrastinate, and she's quite bold...

Perhaps this has an inseparable relationship with her "work experience".

But no matter what, it's a rare quality here.

"Is one thousand taels enough?"

Shaking his head and not thinking about it any further, Wei Changtian looked at Gu Pan'er with a smile and said, "Anyway, I've already lent you six thousand taels, it doesn't matter if it's a little more."

"Well...it should be enough."

After thinking for a while, Gu Pan'er nodded lightly, "If it's not enough, I will tell you again, Young Master."

"Hahaha, good."

Wei Changtian laughed twice, then drank the remaining white porridge in his bowl in one gulp, put down his chopsticks, and prepared to get up.

Seeing that he seemed to be leaving, Gu Pan'er quickly asked:

"Young Master, do you have anything to do today?"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"I want to find a place to live today, if you have nothing to do, can you accompany me?"

"Forget it, I have something to do today."

"Okay, then I'll go take a look myself."

"Okay."

...

She doesn't act coy when making requests, and she's not disappointed when rejected.

To be honest, if you ignore Gu Pan'er's past identity, her personality should be very popular in her previous life, and she could definitely be considered a "girlfriend from a science fiction movie".

It's just a pity that in today's society, this kind of personality is seen by most people as lacking the "proper" restraint and reserve of a woman, and is instead a flaw.

A quarter of an hour later, Wei Changtian and Gu Pan'er left the inn separately.

Since the latter was going to find a house to settle down in the future, she quickly found a broker who specialized in "real estate" in the market and followed him to "view houses".

Wei Changtian, on the other hand, went straight to a temple located in the north of Linchuan City, Yun'an Temple.

Da Qian is different from Da Ning. There is no mainstream cultivation path in the country. Each family and sect has its own way. To put it nicely, it's called "a hundred schools of thought contend", and to put it bluntly, it's called "six of one and half a dozen of the other."

Therefore, there is only Yun'an Temple, this Buddhist temple, in the entire Linchuan Prefecture.

Of course, Wei Changtian definitely didn't come to Yun'an Temple to worship Buddha or anything like that.

The reason he came here was because the old beggar had disappeared here last night.

During the fight last night, Wei Changtian used a "Thousand Mile Misty Waves" on the old beggar to monitor his whereabouts.

Wei Changtian had used Thousand Mile Misty Waves many times before, and it had never gone wrong.

But this time, an accident occurred.

At first, there was no problem. Although the old beggar escaped with the help of escape techniques, Wei Changtian could still feel his location at all times.

But soon after the former came to this Yun'an Temple, the "positioning signal" disappeared.

The working principle of Thousand Mile Misty Waves is a bit similar to "GPS positioning". It leaves a mark similar to a "locator" on someone else to achieve the effect of tracking.

Normally, this kind of mark cannot be discovered... At least no one has ever discovered it before.

But now, not only did the old beggar discover it, but he could also erase this mark, which undoubtedly proved that his methods were not only those that Wei Changtian had seen.

That's why Wei Changtian prepared to come to Yun'an Temple to see if he could find any clues.

At the same time that he was going to Yun'an Temple, several scouts galloped into the city from outside the city, rushed all the way to the Linchuan Prefecture Yamen, and then reported breathlessly in Su Qi's astonished gaze:

"D-Director! Something bad happened!!"

"B-Beast, beast tide!!"

"Three hundred li north of the city, a beast tide is coming towards Linchuan City!!"