I am the villain in the book

The midday air was unbearably hot, but the study suddenly turned somewhat cold in the midst of a deathly silence.

Her expression shifted from shock to panic, then to bewilderment.

Cui'er stared wide-eyed, unable to utter a word.

Although she wasn't particularly clever, she possessed basic reasoning skills.

Therefore, when He Jing explicitly stated the matter for the first time, she finally found the answers to the many questions surrounding Wei Changtian these past few days.

Why Wei Changtian would ask her so many strange questions.

Why Wei Changtian was able to know in advance that the rebel army was about to attack the city.

And the words Yang Liushi had just said, as well as that meaningful expression...

Like He Jing, when all of this was connected, Cui'er could only reach the same conclusion.

“Young, Young Master, then what do we do...?”

Looking at He Jing in confusion, Cui'er had never experienced such a thing, and tears instantly began to well up in her eyes.

Without a doubt, she was unwilling to go with Wei Changtian no matter what, but knowing that she had no ability to resist, she could only place all her hopes on He Jing.

“Young Master, I, let's go back to Lean Prefecture!”

“No, no, that won't do, Young Master, you still have to take the imperial examination, you can't leave.”

“Then, then I'll leave! I'll leave tonight!”

“If I leave, he shouldn't come looking for us again, right!”

“I, I'll go pack my things right now!”

Speaking in a panic, Cui'er was about to run out the door to pack her luggage and "flee."

However, just as she was about to step over the threshold, she suddenly realized that He Jing hadn't said a single word from beginning to end.

“Young, Young Master...”

Abruptly stopping, Cui'er turned her head with great difficulty to look at the silent He Jing, and she instantly understood something.

Tears streaming down her face, she covered her mouth tightly, her eyes filled with disbelief.

However, perhaps because of her status as a maid, or perhaps because she could understand He Jing's difficulties, Cui'er didn't show any excessive reaction.

She just looked at He Jing with tears in her eyes, choking out in an almost pleading tone:

“Young, Young Master, don't”

“Don't give me to him.”

“Please, please, I beg you, don't”

“...”

His hands trembling slightly, He Jing slowly closed his eyes, seemingly unable to bear to look at Cui'er's current state.

He wanted to say some words of comfort to Cui'er.

Such as “Wei Changtian has great power and influence, following him you will surely enjoy endless wealth and glory”, such as “Wei Changtian is not as brutal as the rumors say”, such as “This is an opportunity that many people dream of but cannot get”, and so on and so forth.

He Jing could easily say many similar things.

But at this moment, he couldn't say a single word.

Because He Jing couldn't even convince himself.

He knew very well that he didn't really think it would be better for Cui'er to follow Wei Changtian, he was just afraid to refuse the latter.

So, in the end, he could only say with difficulty—

“He is Wei Yama, we can't escape.”

“...”

Cui'er didn't know how she walked out of the study.

Although He Jing didn't explicitly say that he would give her to Wei Changtian, the meaning of that sentence was already clear enough.

From a certain point of view, Cui'er could indeed understand He Jing's helplessness and pain.

After all, even if she didn't understand the ways of the world, she knew that to Wei Changtian, who could destroy the entire Daqian, the He family was probably not even an ant.

But...

Sitting blankly on the stone bench in the courtyard, Cui'er's eyes were empty.

She didn't understand why this kind of thing would happen to her, and what she should do now.

Just like that, she didn't know how long had passed, when the dazzling sunlight gradually dimmed, and then disappeared little by little, the sound of a carriage passing by also sounded outside the courtyard gate.

Cui'er slowly raised her head, and then swayed towards the courtyard gate in the clear light of the new moon.

“Pa!”

On the other side.

Just when Cui'er, after a afternoon of struggle, decided not to embarrass He Jing and took the initiative to come to "dedicate herself", Wei Changtian, who had just returned to the small courtyard, excitedly slapped a long sword in front of Yang Liushi.

“Hahaha! Today, the Jing family's private treasury was found! Look what I found inside!”

“...”

Rolling her eyes helplessly, Yang Liushi originally wanted to wait for Wei Changtian to come back and immediately "interrogate" him about Cui'er's matter.

As a result, seeing that the latter was so happy, she had no choice but to take a quick look at the small characters on the sword hilt.

“Chengying... Husband, what's wrong with this sword?”

“Haha! This is a good sword! Like the ones I asked my father to find before, they are all peerless divine weapons!”

Wei Changtian happily picked up the long sword that seemed to merge with the darkness, and casually waved it twice in the air, without making even a tiny sound.

[Chengying (Invisible): Sword (Earth Grade), the dragon divides Chengying, the wild goose falls and forgets to return, the darker the sky, the more the sword returns to invisibility, can bless sword moves with the energy of disaster and evil, 400 points]

Another Heavenly Dao luck exclusive divine weapon!

He never expected that this trip to Daqian would have such unexpected gains!

It can be seen that Wei Changtian is indeed surprised enough now.

After all, this Chengying is not only a divine weapon, but also a divine weapon that can be used immediately.

Previously, after obtaining the four divine swords of Yuantu, Chunjun, etc., plus Longquan, Wei Changtian already possessed five “Heavenly Dao Divine Weapons”.

That's why he was able to “embody” Huanglong and Gudiao, turning them into combat power that could directly participate in the battle.

And now, there is one more mythical beast of luck that can be embodied.

It is the Yingyu corresponding to Chengying.

Although the appearance of Yingyu does not look as awesome as Huanglong and Gudiao, but it has a sense of harmless cuteness.

But no matter what, this is a mythical beast with real second-grade strength, equivalent to having another second-grade fighter by his side, Wei Changtian will naturally be happy with such an unexpected surprise.

However, after being excited for a while, he also found that Yang Liushi's expression was a little wrong.

“What's wrong with you?”

Wei Changtian asked suspiciously: “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Why don't you guess, husband?”

Yang Liushi sat upright on the chair, pursing her lips and smiling: “Guess why this servant is looking at you like this.”

“Hiss... Last time you saw Gu Pan'er, you also had this expression.”

Wei Changtian recalled for a while, then shouted loudly: “But recently I really haven't provoked any women!”

“Oh?”

Yang Liushi glanced at him and didn't beat around the bush anymore: “Then what's going on with Miss Cheng?”

“Miss Cheng?”

Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while: “Who is Miss Cheng?”

“It's the one who lives in this alley, who looks especially like Miss You.”

Yang Liushi directly revealed the truth: “This servant saw her today, and she said that her husband had gone to see her several times.”

“Ah, you're talking about Cui'er.”

Hearing this, Wei Changtian immediately understood what Yang Liushi wanted to ask.

Therefore, without waiting for the latter to ask, he simply explained first:

“I went to see her just because I thought she looked too much like Youjia, I was just curious, I really didn't mean anything else.”

“Is that so?”

Yang Liushi deliberately teased: “Then, after her husband killed everyone at the Meridian Gate, he didn't forget to bring her mung bean cake back?”

“Cough, that, just happened to be there.”

Coughing dryly, Wei Changtian muttered a little awkwardly: “Don't say she just looks like Youjia, even if she is Youjia...”

“If it was Miss You, what would her husband do?”

Seeing that Wei Changtian suddenly got stuck, Yang Liushi immediately asked: “Would you take her away?”

“I...”

Opening his mouth, Wei Changtian didn't know what he was thinking, and couldn't answer this question immediately.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zhang San walked in from outside the door, which was a temporary help for him.

“Young Master, Miss Cheng is outside the courtyard at this moment, saying that she wants to see you.”