ICAY Chapter 145

She Doesn’t Want Me Anymore

Ever since Xiao Yueqing truly returned to Tianqing Manor, he no longer concerned himself with the manor’s affairs. Instead, he locked himself in his courtyard all day long, either drinking or sitting in a daze.

Yue Po was very worried about Xiao Yueqing, but after all, he had been assigned many tasks by Xiao Yi and often had no free time.

Now that he finally had some spare time, he came over wanting to inquire about the situation.

“Master, are you still thinking about Miss Yun?”

Xiao Yueqing shook his head. “No, I’m just sitting here in a daze because I feel bored. Anyway, I don’t have anything else to do at the manor. My father has now taken control of the manor again, so I’m relatively free.”

He stood up and looked at Yue Po. “Yue Po, accompany me somewhere.”

Yue Po had no suspicions and followed him.

He saw Xiao Yueqing lead Yue Po to where the passion flowers were planted. Yue Po didn’t know what Xiao Yueqing was planning, but suddenly noticed he had taken out a fire starter.

“Burn all the passion flowers. From now on, Tianqing Manor should never plant these things again. I will never make poison again in this lifetime. Let the passion flower disappear forever.”

Actually, ever since Xiao Yueqing returned, Yue Po could sense that Xiao Yueqing seemed like a different person.

Although he hadn’t said anything and spent most of his time in a daze, Yue Po knew it must be related to Yun Dan.

The fact that Xiao Yueqing didn’t bring Yun Dan back this time indicated that something had definitely gone wrong between the two of them.

Moreover, the master no longer wore red clothes and now dressed entirely in white all day long.

“Master, why do you prefer wearing white clothes now? I remember you used to like wearing red.”

Xiao Yueqing let out a bitter laugh, as if mocking himself.

“She doesn’t like how I used to be, so I’ll return to my former self. Actually, I should have been this kind of person all along. Now I’m just returning to my original nature.”

Things like passion flowers no longer had any reason to exist. He would never touch these things again in the future.

But Xiao Yueqing was also worried—if he died someday, would Xiao Yi restart this passion flower field and begin making poison again?

So to avoid these consequences, he decided to simply burn the passion flowers with fire.

“Besides, the passion flower also harmed Yun Dan and me. Isn’t it ridiculous? At first, I never thought of letting her live. I just treated her as a pawn and nearly killed her directly. In the end, I reaped what I sowed. This is my karmic retribution, and I accept it.”

Yue Po finally understood what had happened between these two.

Ever since Xiao Yueqing returned, Xiao Yi had tried many times to repair their father-son relationship.

More than once, he had wanted to send people to find Xiao Yueqing, or go find him personally.

But every time, he would see Xiao Yueqing lying in the courtyard drinking, not caring about anything at all.

Seeing his son’s dejected state, Xiao Yi shook his head.

But he needed to properly repair the father-son relationship, and also extract information about the treasure map.

He knew his son had two treasure maps, so he had to extract clues from him.

He also found a seat and sat down before asking, “Making yourself half-dead over a woman—do you think it’s worth it?”

Xiao Yueqing knew it was Xiao Yi, but he just didn’t want to deal with him. He simply drank a lot of wine on his own.

Then he spoke, “Ha, she doesn’t want me anymore. What can I do? This is the first time in my life I’ve liked someone so much. But I was the one who poisoned her, I deceived her—that’s all true. It’s right that she hates me.”

He looked up at Xiao Yi. “Father, in your youth you must have truly liked someone, so you should be able to understand my feelings, right?”

Xiao Yi could certainly understand.

From childhood, he had liked Tang Lan and always knew Tang Lan would be his future wife, so he desperately tried to be a good husband.

He never expected that Dongfang Jue would beat him to it.

For some reason, Tang Lan fell in love with Dongfang Jue and even wanted to break off the engagement. The Tang family naturally wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen, so the wedding proceeded as planned.

It wasn’t until the wedding night that Xiao Yi understood—Tang Lan had never liked him. Even marrying him was done reluctantly, and she even rejected Xiao Yi in various ways.

This hurt Xiao Yi deeply.

Originally, he thought his sincere heart could move Tang Lan, but later he discovered that everything this woman did was only to scheme against him. She had never forgotten Dongfang Jue.

On this point, Xiao Yi naturally felt he and his son were in the same boat, so he put his arm around his shoulder to comfort him.

“She’s just a woman. Now that your father has returned to Tianqing Manor, if you want any kind of woman, just tell me. I’ll help you select a whole bunch. How could Xiao Yi’s son possibly lack women?”

Moreover, Xiao Yi also knew that Xiao Yueqing had exceptionally good looks—he was currently the number one most handsome man in the martial arts world.

If he wanted women, with just one word, there would absolutely be a crowd.

Especially after Xiao Yi returned to Tianqing Manor and recruited many maidservants.

Although these maids knew Xiao Yueqing’s temperament wasn’t very good, when facing such a beautiful man, these maids would also eagerly try to attract Xiao Yueqing’s attention, thinking that one day they could rise from rags to riches.

“But from beginning to end, the one I like is her. But she doesn’t want me anymore, so I won’t think about her anymore either. I’m just having a hard time accepting it for now. You don’t need to worry.”

Hearing Xiao Yueqing’s response, Xiao Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.

He originally thought Xiao Yueqing would get better, but in the following days, Xiao Yueqing kept drinking constantly.

Every time he asked about the treasure map, Xiao Yueqing would be evasive, which gradually made Xiao Yi lose his patience.

Even between father and son, at this point Xiao Yi considered his future interests and had someone lock up Xiao Yueqing.

This dark room was not unfamiliar to Xiao Yueqing, because ten years ago, this was where Tang Lan had poisoned him.

Xiao Yi grabbed Xiao Yueqing’s throat and loudly questioned him, “Where exactly is the treasure map? My good son, quickly tell me the clues to those two treasure maps. If you don’t tell me, I’ll kill you.”

But Xiao Yueqing simply ignored him.

“I’ve told you the treasure map is not with me, so you won’t find any information from me.”

He truly didn’t have the treasure maps—he only had that one Heavenly Maiden treasure map.

But he hadn’t drawn the Heavenly Maiden treasure map to look like a treasure map, so ordinary people really couldn’t recognize it.

It was because he had obtained those treasure maps and knew the clues that he could tell them apart.

Xiao Yi clearly had no patience whatsoever.

“Don’t think that acting this way will make me compromise. Xiao Yueqing, let me tell you, if you’re unwilling to tell me about the treasure map, that’s fine. I can capture Yun Dan and interrogate her again.

That little girl probably doesn’t have long to live anyway, right? After I capture her and torture her, I don’t believe I won’t find clues to the treasure map.”