Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 18: A Clean Death

Chapter 18: A Clean Death

Yun Ruoyan responded to Yi Qianying's interrogation coldly. “Don't I tell you? I'm not a doctor, and you have to send her back to Pei's household. Pei would naturally find a doctor to treat Young Master Pei.”

Yun Ruoyan had never seen Yi Qianying after she entered her room, only sipping her tea in satisfaction.

Yi Qianying frowned. This little sister became increasingly incomprehensible by the day.

Yi Qianying had been taken to the Yun household when she was a child, and she had grown up with Yun Ruoyan. Naturally, he thought that he had a good understanding of his useless cousin.

As far as he could remember, while Yun Ruoyan was still heralded as a cultivation genius, he almost never approached someone unknown to himself.

Everyone thought he was arrogant, but only Yi Qianying knew that he was actually ashamed of his birthmark.

Thus, when he deliberately approached Yun Ruoyan, he accepted Yun Ruoyan's trust very easily. After interacting with her for a while, she discovered that Yun Ruoyan was not only inclined to humble herself, but was also very obedient.

Every time they played together, Yun Ruoyan would agree to whatever she said, and she never expressed her own opinion.

To be honest, she did not have the mannerisms or mannerisms expected from a noble daughter, let alone a princess born as the wife of the Yun family.

From that moment on, he slightly underestimated Yun Ruoyan. By the time Yun Ruoyan had lost her talent and became uglier by the day, Yi Qianying hated her. What right did he have to become the next head of the Yun Family?

From then on, he began plotting against Yun Ruoyan with Yun Ruoyao, planning to pull Yun Ruoyan down from his pedestal as the eldest child. Only then would he start to feel better about his low birth.

But, at a certain point, Yun Ruoyan had changed, until she was no longer the fragile glass statue she once was. He had seen his attempts to deceive and hurt her, and even counterattacked himself. How surprising!

Yun Ruoyan felt Yi Qianying's focused gaze on her, and she placed the teacup in her hand and turned around.

“Sister, why are you looking at me like that? Didn't Brother Moyuan mention that you will be hit by a stye if you stare too long at my birthmark?

Yi Qianying's mind was troubled by this self-deprecating comment. He buried his negative feelings and spoke slowly, “Sister, you are really good at joking! I'm just worried about you. When we sent Young Master Pei back home, under the relentless whispers of elder Pei, we were forced to reveal that his coma had appeared because he was trying to save you from the lake."

Yi Qianying pretended to be helpless as she continued, “ Elder Pei was furious, and he even said that you are a disrespectful brat! She told us to tell you to go to Pei's household immediately to take care of her.”

Yun Ruoyan gripped her forehead. Yun Ruoyao was too happy to reveal that fact, right? He did not have a good impression of the man who had been his father-in-law in his previous life. She had spoken no more than three sentences with him during her marriage. He always treated her no more than a buffer, never looking straight into her eyes.

Thinking back on what had happened, even though this Elder Pei seemed rash and hasty, he was probably the culprit who set up the entire scheme against the Yun and Lin families.

“Sister, why don't you go to Pei's plantation with me now? Otherwise, if Elder Pei comes here and annoys Uncle Yun, it would be bad.” Seeing Yun Ruoyan unmoved, Yi Qianying raised her father to encourage him to act.

Yun Ruoyan sighed. In his past life, he had actually listened to Yi Qianying and followed her into the Pei household, obediently taking care of Pei Ziao.

In the end, he even forced his grandfather to release the high-grade pills that had been passed down from the Lin family for generations, saving Pei Ziao but ultimately harming the Yun and Lin families.

This time, he would never make the same mistake. Without this legendary pill, he would see if Pei Ziao would really perish.

If he did, at least it would be a clean end for him.

“Sister, please help me tell Elder Pei that I also fell into the lake. Although I did not receive the trauma as serious as Young Master Pei, I was almost bedridden and unable to get out of the room"

Yun Ruoyan stepped into her bedroom. Yi Qianying sighed twice from behind him, but when Yun Ruoyan did not respond, she swung her sleeves and immediately left her residence.

Yun Ruoyan had Peony heat up the bath water again so that she could take a hot, relaxing bath.

His encounter with the sword spirit earlier had caused him to lose a lot of blood, and he did feel a little weak.

Right after taking a bath, Yun Ruoyan fell asleep. He was still in a fainting state when he heard Xi Lan's panicked voice. "Miss, Miss, you need to wake up!"

Yun Ruoyan rubbed her eyes as she pushed herself upright with her wrist. "What's the problem?"

“This Elder Pei!” Xi Lan started to stutter. "Pe-Peony tried to stop him, but he couldn't hold it for long, and he told me to wake you up quickly."

Indeed, a loud voice came from outside his residence.

"Tell Yun Ruoyan to get out of here!" A loud and loud voice rang out from the courtyard as the Peony rushed to hold him back.

“Older Pei, my mistress is resting. This is his private place, and men are not allowed to enter.”

"He's still resting ?!" Elder Pei rumbled. “My son will die, and he is resting ?!”

“Older Pei, you, you cannot.” Peony continues to fight valiantly.

“Begging Elder Pei to wait a while.” A clear feminine voice came from Yun Ruoyan's room. "Once I'm done making myself neat, I'll say hello to him."

Xi Lan quickly helped Yun Ruoyan polish before opening the door and inviting Pei Yingxiong in, very politely.

When Pei Yingxiong saw Yun Ruoyan bowing gracefully, playing the role of a courteous host, she could not continue to rumble for fear of damaging her reputation.

“Older Pei, please sit.”

"Not needed! My son is on the verge of death, and I don't have time to mince words with you. “

Elder Pei forced anger in his voice, but his tone was still brash and disrespectful. “Doctors told me that Ziao fell into a frozen lake, that his body was ravaged by the cold and he suffered severe internal injuries. In order to recover, he needed the Lins core foundation pill, and I am here to get that pill from you now!”

Elder Pei's straight and strong tone once again reminded Yun Ruoyan of the past, and how he forced her to obtain the pill from her grandfather in the exact same tone as before.

At that moment, Yun Ruoyan, panicking and feeling guilty, had completely forgotten how important the pill was to the Lin family. All he wanted was for Pei Ziao to wake up once more, and like a mad demon, he knelt outside the Lin household until his grandfather was willing to allow him to enter and listen to him.

“Older Pei, you know that the core foundation pill is not mine to give,” Yun Ruoyan replied calmly.

“Of course I know that, but it belongs to your grandfather, which is why I come to you now to ask him.” Elder Pei's tone felt as true to himself and powerful as before. “Hurry, Miss Yun, my Ziao can't handle your delay!”

Ha , Yun Ruoyan laughed inwardly, her tone turning cold. "With what right?"

"With what right?" Pei Yingxiong glared at him. “Ziao jumped into the lake because you—as the only daughter Yun was born as a wife, aren't you going to return her gratitude? Aren't you afraid of ruining Yun's reputation?

“Older Pei, it looks like you are wrong.” Yun Ruoyan did not budge. “Pei Ziao himself jumped into the lake, and in the end I was the one who saved him ! If you're talking about gratitude, it should be him who shows my gratitude, not me to him!”