SCWP Chapter 41

Past Life, Present Life

Past Life, Present Life

The person who came was the one who led the way earlier. Lin Qichi flicked out a stack of concealment talismans, sticking them separately onto the eight pieces of broken stone. The talismans disappeared, and the aura of the formation was perfectly hidden.

Calculating the time, En Sihan should have arrived already. When she left, she said she was just going home to take a look. It was so late now, she should have come.

“Young Master Wen Ren, someone has come to request an audience with you.”

“From which family?”

“The Ye family, and they’re also escorting a woman.”

Lin Qichi had a feeling that things weren’t good. On the way, the jade pendant at his waist suddenly burned him, which was even more inexplicable.

The back mountain of the Meng family was desolate and deserted, with no sign of anyone. The weeds grew wildly, but not very deep, and there were clear traces of roads. Some of the branches and wood also showed signs of trimming.

There were even some man-made trails, winding and twisting, but traces could still be seen from the fallen weeds.

This indicated that before the incident, although rare, someone would often come to the Meng family’s back mountain.

If there were people, then maybe there would be witnesses or clues about the wild graves.

“En Sihan?” Lin Qichi frowned, looking at the chaos before him.

Ye Chenxi, with a head full of blood, stood on the threshold. En Sihan was being held by the Ye family member next to him, and she was bound with the Ye family’s heirloom, the Soul Restraining Lock, which only worked on evil souls.

When En Sihan heard his voice, she looked up.

When Lin Qichi saw the injury on En Sihan’s face, he was surprisingly angry.

“What? Is the Ye family going to openly oppose the Wen Ren family?”

Lin Qichi slightly rotated his wrist and threw out two pieces of broken stone.

They hit the Soul Restraining Lock wrapped around En Sihan and the Ye family member holding her, respectively.

The person cried out in pain and let go, but the Soul Restraining Lock seemed to have suffered no damage.

The person wanted to restrain her again, but Lin Qichi’s light gaze swept over, scaring him into letting go again.

Those were cold pupils, devoid of any emotion, as if watching an uninteresting silent play that had nothing to do with him, just looking on indifferently, yet containing a warning.

“Shouldn’t your Wen Ren family explain first?” Ye Chenxi pointed to the injury on his forehead, turning around to show everyone. “What’s the reason for raising evil ghosts and deliberately hurting people?”

Meng Yinzi, the next-in-line successor of the Meng family who led the way, understood the meaning of taking sides and stood silently on Lin Qichi’s side.

The Meng family valued strength. Only the strongest could become their leader.

The uninvited guest didn’t know, but Wen Ren Yi was known as a genius, one in a thousand years, since he was three years old. Even though he rarely took action, his legend had always existed in the industry.

Especially after Meng Yinzi had seen Lin Qichi take action once, he admired him from the bottom of his heart.

“You’re trash.”

There wasn’t much inflection in the words, but when Lin Qichi said it, it was extremely convincing.

“Ha, I’m trash? Then you’re admitting it. This woman, she’s not human!” Ye Chenxi excitedly pulled En Sihan over, with such force that En Sihan staggered and almost fell.

“Is that why you dare to interfere in the Wen Ren family’s affairs?” Lin Qichi’s eyes were cold. He couldn’t help but wonder why this world would choose such a brainless guy to be the male lead.

His appearance was average, and even his strength could only increase by relying on En Sihan’s special physique.

Lin Qichi couldn’t help but suspect that the standard for choosing a male lead in this world was based on who was the most brainless.

“She hurt me. Why can’t I catch her?” Ye Chenxi pulled on the rope around En Sihan’s body. The rope seemed unable to withstand his strength and actually broke.

If, before, some people had been swayed by Ye Chenxi’s words because they saw En Sihan bound by the Soul Restraining Lock, then the current situation was that everyone suddenly woke up.

The Meng family moved even further away from them. Even the Ye family members were a little shaken.

The Ye family’s heirloom, the Soul Restraining Lock, only bound evil spirits, not ordinary people.

Ye Chenxi looked in shock at the half-section of rope in his hand.

She was clearly… how could she be…?

“Simply hopeless.” Lin Qichi gestured for En Sihan to come over. The last remaining piece of broken stone in his hand was shattered even more thoroughly.

Now, he was convinced that the current En Sihan was not a living person.

But for some reason, she looked no different from an ordinary person.

These three pieces of broken stone were what he had found near the wild graves.

They were stained with some of the aura of the wild graves. Lin Qichi had also made some adjustments on the way, allowing them to connect with each other.

At the same time as En Sihan and the person holding her switched positions, Lin Qichi clenched the one he had left in his palm.

The aura bound by the Soul Restraining Lock had turned into that of a living person. It wouldn’t loosen immediately and would also be sluggish for a moment. Lin Qichi had taken advantage of this moment to transfer the vitality in the Soul Restraining Lock to himself.

He shattered it at the moment it was put on.

“That’s a bit interesting.” Qi Feiyu’s voice came from his ear, and he had returned to his usual self, so he seemed to be better.

How bold, with so many Heavenly Masters present, he still dared to come out and talk to him.

Lin Qichi curled his lips and chuckled, feeling some unreasonable weight suddenly added to his body.

“Don’t smile.” Lin Qichi felt his mouth being pulled, pressing down on both sides.

He half-closed his eyes, suppressing his smile.

Unreasonable.

En Sihan looked at the large patch of blackness beside Lin Qichi in horror. Meng Yinzi had a huge black axe standing on his head.

“Don’t be afraid, come over.” Lin Qichi opened his eyes, saying comforting words to En Sihan, but he still had no expression.

En Sihan saw the blackness around Lin Qichi suddenly gather towards him, quivering with irregular edges.

It was as if Lin Qichi had called not for her, but for Them.

But Ye Chenxi…

En Sihan struggled to shake off the broken rope and ran towards Lin Qichi with all her might.

When Ye Chenxi came back to his senses, he wanted to grab him again, but a small stone hit his hand, missing the opportunity to do so.

“This woman is already dead. She died in the back mountain of the Meng family. If you protect her like this, you will all die, everyone!” Ye Chenxi roared hysterically, screaming and cursing the impending doom of others.

“The back mountain of the Meng family? Good, let’s solve it together today.” As soon as Lin Qichi said these words, the Meng family members had different expressions on their faces.

Ye Chenxi was stunned. What… did he mean?

Was this… a direct admission?

“Go, lead the way.” Lin Qichi looked coldly at Ye Chenxi, who was still holding half the rope. “To her place of death.”

Naturally, Meng Yinzi would not refute what Lin Qichi said. Since he hadn’t heard any arrangements for him, he would obediently continue to follow behind Lin Qichi.

He would learn whatever he could, and sponge off whatever he could.

“You’re popular.” Qi Feiyu hung weakly on Lin Qichi’s body, the words full of jealousy.

Fortunately, Lin Qichi couldn’t see him, so he could vent his anger on Lin Qichi’s body as he pleased, and it didn’t matter.

Poor En Sihan, who was following behind, could see the hazy figure of the black mass very clearly.

Qi Feiyu wrapped his arms around Lin Qichi’s neck from behind, the wide sleeves covering most of Lin Qichi’s body. Qi Feiyu’s lower body was insubstantial, and his entire upper body was hanging and clinging tightly to Lin Qichi’s back.

Like a dark hermit crab shell, a beautiful head stretched to the front, tilted, and faced Lin Qichi face to face, with scarlet, beautiful eyes staring intently at his expressionless face.

Fingers with distinct joints touched his eyelids, slowly stopping on those thin lips, sliding gently.

Lin Qichi urged Ye Chenxi to lead the way. He guessed what the strange feeling on his face was, which made him feel a little better.

Besides Qi Feiyu, Lin Qichi didn’t think there could be any other possible suspect.

Seeing En Sihan’s expression of undisguised horror, it confirmed this even more.

After all, Ye Chenxi was the next successor chosen by the Ye family. Every move he made not only represented himself, but also represented the Ye family.

The Ye family forced him to give an explanation today. The family heirloom was damaged, so what followed couldn’t be stopped.

He absolutely couldn’t let him act on impulse again. Otherwise, the Ye family would not only lose its reputation, but would also completely offend the Wen Ren and Meng families.

Seeing the people he brought with him looking like this, Ye Chenxi was both angry and resentful.

On second thought, he wasn’t completely without a chance to turn things around.

Thinking of a certain place in the back mountain of the Meng family, Ye Chenxi deviously calculated his next plan in his heart.

He just didn’t expect Wen Ren Yi to be so powerful.

If he had known, he should have chosen Wen Ren Shu.

If Wen Ren Shu didn’t have someone from outside the industry protecting him…

Ye Chenxi pretended to reluctantly lead them, and couldn’t help but smile when he thought of the danger of that place.

When the Meng family members saw that it was the back mountain, and it was still in the direction of the wild graves, they all stopped, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to follow behind Meng Yinzi.

No matter how dangerous it was, that was still the Meng family’s territory, and they wouldn’t allow any uninvited guests to run wild here.

And so, a group of people marched towards the place Lin Qichi had just left.

En Sihan slowly stopped. She had no recollection of ever being here, but why… did it feel so familiar?

“Don’t be afraid.” Lin Qichi wanted to pat her shoulder to comfort her, but as soon as he raised his hand, he felt a resistance and helplessly put it down.

“It’s right here. Dig four chi down, and you will naturally see.”

The Ye family members had no reason to take action. The Meng family members were wary of the recent rumors of wild graves in the back mountain. Of course, Lin Qichi wouldn’t take action himself. Everyone looked at Meng Yinzi.

“Me taking action?” Meng Yinzi glanced at the Meng family members behind him, the meaning of which was self-evident.

The Meng family members who had followed all shivered, quickly saying no. They consciously and quickly divided the work.

Several Meng family members ran down the mountain to find tools; several others began to dig the soil directly with their bare hands; the remaining ones stood tall behind Meng Yinzi, constantly protecting the comfort and face of the next family head.

The Meng family members were taught to be sensible.

Lin Qichi stood beside them calmly, like someone who had come to show support.

En Sihan twisted her clothes uneasily behind him, feeling something hard in her hand. She opened her hand to look and saw that it was Wen Ren Shu’s small card, which she had been clutching in her fist all along.

She hadn’t let go of it the whole time, and the card hadn’t fallen out.

[Don’t be afraid, they’re going to come and pay their respects to you in a bit. It’s okay to secretly record it and watch it yourself. TAT]

En Sihan read the words on it silently and felt much better.

The suppressed mood also instantly cleared up.

Thinking of the training she had received in the Wen Ren family these days, and the new friends she had made on the training ground, she thought of the palm she had struck when resisting Ye Chenxi.

She felt that he wasn’t that scary anymore. She even felt that if she hadn’t been psychologically hindered and hadn’t wanted to delve deeper, Ye Chenxi wouldn’t have dared to be so rampant until now.

A kidnapper was just a kidnapper. Even if it was an attempt and she was rescued, Ye Chenxi would always have this stain on his record.

As long as she was willing, destroying a scum with a criminal record would no longer be an illusion.