After becoming a Taoist partner with my senior sister, my master changed

Chapter 521 Interrogation

"..."

A trace of panic flashed in Li Yue's eyes, and she said hurriedly, "How is that possible? Xiao Linchuan has been praising you in front of me all the time, besides learning alchemy. How could he dare to say anything bad about you?"

"..."

Xu Hanyi stared straight at Li Yue, remaining silent.

Just as Li Yue was becoming increasingly panicked and planning to find an excuse to slip away, Xu Hanyi seemed to have noticed something and suddenly stood up. Before she could react, he had already hurried out of the hall.

……

"Master!"

"Master!"

Jiang Wanying held Lin Chuan's hand tightly and walked quickly to Xu Hanyi.

"Do you still know to come back?"

Xu Hanyi spoke in an angry tone, then hugged the two of them tightly in his arms.

"What if my master misses me if I don't come back?" Lin Chuan whispered softly in Xu Hanyi's ear.

"That Chuan'er came back so late."

Xu Hanyi's face turned slightly red, and he pretended to be displeased and scolded.

"When Achuan went out with me, he kept muttering about his master. I had no choice but to bring Achuan back." Jiang Wanying said with a smile.

"Chuan'er, don't do this next time. I told you and Ying'er to go out and have fun, so just have fun. Why are you nagging me about your teacher?"

Xu Hanyi had a stern face and pretended to speak sternly, but he couldn't hide the smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

"Disciple knows his mistake..."

Lin Chuan's lips curled slightly, but his gaze fell on Li Yue behind Xu Hanyi, "Huh? Sister Li is here too?"

"Ah? I...I just came to chat with your master. You guys chat, I...I'll go back first."

When Li Yue was suddenly mentioned by Lin Chuan, her expression instantly became flustered, and she unconsciously took a step back, wishing she could escape from here immediately.

"Sister Li, don't be in a hurry to leave. My senior sister and I just came back today. I will cook a table of dishes later and we can eat together. After all, Sister Li has worked hard to teach me the art of alchemy." Lin Chuan said with a smile, his eyes slightly curved.

"No... no need, I still have to go back to test Yue Xi..."

Before Li Yue could finish her words, she was interrupted by Jiang Wanying.

"Sister Liyue is teaching Achuan how to make pills, so it's only natural that he should stay for a meal. In the future, I'll have to trouble Sister Liyue to take care of Achuan's alchemy skills." Jiang Wanying said with a smile.

"..."

Li Yue's gaze fell on Xu Hanyi, she pursed her lips, and for a moment she didn't know what to do.

"Chuan'er is also doing this out of filial piety, so don't refuse. It's okay to go and inspect Yuexi later." Xu Hanyi said in a calm voice, looking at Liyue with gentle eyes.

"OK then……"

Li Yue nodded slightly, twisting her sleeves with her fingertips unnaturally.

"Then I'll get busy."

Lin Chuan smiled as he emerged from Xu Hanyi's arms, turned around, and quickly walked towards the kitchen. Meanwhile, Xu Hanyi and the other two returned to the side hall.

In the side hall, candlelight flickered.

"Where has Ying'er taken Chuan'er to play these days?"

Xu Hanyi picked up the teacup and looked at Jiang Wanying with gentle eyes.

"Disciple took Ah Chuan to the Baiyun Holy Land..."

Jiang Wanying narrated the story in an orderly manner. Apart from deliberately concealing her experience at Siqin Tower and fabricating a plot about "accidentally" obtaining Qinglian Water, she told the rest of the story truthfully, while cleverly avoiding what happened to Lin Chuan and the other people around him.

"Are these the places Chuan'er asked to go?" Xu Hanyi narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly, and her fingertips gently stroked the edge of the teacup.

"The Baiyun Holy Land is where my disciple wants to go. After all, I have heard that the scenery of the cloud cliffs there is extremely beautiful." Jiang Wanying lowered her eyes and said softly.

"Then it was Chuan'er who suggested going to the demon and monster tribes? When he was there, did he ever leave Ying'er's sight? Or did he deliberately send Ying'er away?"

Xu Hanyi tapped the edge of the table with his fingertips, and his eyes suddenly became sharper.

"..."

Jiang Wanying's heart trembled slightly, but she remained calm on the surface. "Of course not. My disciple has always been inseparable from Ah Chuan. He only has a brotherly and sisterly relationship with Ye Xiaoxiao and Lin Wanxi. He has never overstepped the boundaries."

"Really? Ying'er, you have to understand that men are often fickle and easily neglect their old love when they find a new one."

Xu Hanyi's fingertips caressed the edge of the cup, his eyes vaguely scanning Jiang Wanying's tense shoulders, "If you hide this for Chuan'er, and he changes his mind one day..."

"Xu Hanyi, I'm not saying anything harsh about you, but how can you be so strict with your apprentice? Xiao Wanying just came back, and you look how scared she is. Quickly, control that icy aura of yours."

Li Yue on the side suddenly spoke, interrupting Xu Hanyi's words.

"..."

Xu Hanyi was slightly startled, then his expression softened: "Master also wants Ying'er to understand the pros and cons of this."

Jiang Wanying glanced at Li Yue, shook her head slightly, and said firmly, "Don't worry, Master. Ah Chuan never left my sight from beginning to end."

"Are you relieved now? Chatting with your disciple is like interrogating a criminal. I don't know how your disciple can bear it."

Li Yue curled her lips and said with a look of anger, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"He's not your apprentice, why are you so anxious?"

Xu Hanyi raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Who's anxious? I'm speaking up for Xiao Wanying!" Li Yue crossed her arms, her tone filled with indignation. "Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go out for a walk, you guys can chat."

Before she finished speaking, she turned around, waved her sleeves, and quickly left the room.

Seeing this, Xu Hanyi shook his head helplessly, then reached into the storage space and took out a storage bag.

"I went out with Li Yue a while ago and specially picked out a few sets of clothes."

Xu Hanyi gently handed over the storage bag. "This is what I picked for Ying'er. Do you like it?"

"Hehe, Master is so nice!"

Jiang Wanying's eyebrows curved into crescents as she took the storage bag.

When she opened the bag, several exquisitely tailored red dresses came into view, some embroidered with twined gold patterns, some decorated with diamond tassels, and some with unique cuts that she had never seen before. The exquisite design made her couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

Yet, hidden within the layers of red skirt, a piece of snow-white translucent tulle quietly lurked. A faint butterfly pattern outlined in silver thread could be seen through the tulle, and faint tassels hung at the edges. The material was so thin that it was almost transparent.

Jiang Wanying's fingertips froze in mid-air, her eyes subconsciously swept over the clothing, but her ears instantly turned red.

Xu Hanyi blushed slightly when she noticed Jiang Wanying's strangeness, and her voice softened unconsciously. "I thought Zhongchuan'er might like it, so I picked one for Ying'er as well."

"Master has spoiled Ah Chuan."

Jiang Wanying snorted lightly, but there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

“Is there…is there?”

Xu Hanyi's eyes dodged, and his voice became smaller and smaller. "Chuan'er is usually under such strict control by us. It wouldn't be a big deal to reward him occasionally, right?"

"..."

Jiang Wanying silently put away the storage bag. After a moment, she suddenly raised her eyes, a sly glint in her eyes, "I want to see the clothes that Master picked for me."

"Ah? No... nothing good, just about the same as Ying'er's..."

……

back kitchen.

As a faint medicinal fragrance suddenly drifted into his nose, Lin Chuan, who was cooking, paused and turned around suddenly.

Li Yue had stood behind him without him knowing when, her eyebrows slightly curved, and her smile spread like the warm spring sun.

"Why is Sister Li here?"

Lin Chuan turned his head and looked at Li Yue, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"You still have the nerve to ask?"

Li Yue's smile instantly vanished. She glared at Lin Chuan unhappily, her tone tinged with resentment and grievance: "You insisted on keeping me for dinner. Do you know how scary Xu Hanyi was in that room?"

"Senior Sister let something slip?"

Lin Chuan's Adam's apple rolled up and down twice, his eyes full of anxiety and uneasiness.

"That's not the case. It's just that Xu Hanyi takes you too seriously. He asks you questions like he's interrogating a prisoner. I feel sorry for Wanying." Li Yue curled her lips and sighed softly.

"My senior sister and I already exchanged statements on the way back, so I shouldn't be in any trouble."

There was a certainty in Lin Chuan's tone, but there was also a hint of subtle nervousness.

"No wonder Wanying said it so naturally." Liyue walked to Lin Chuan's side and took the spatula from him. "If I weren't here, I would have thought you were being very polite."

"Sister Li can cook?"

Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows and looked at the spatula flying in Li Yue's hand, his tone full of surprise and curiosity.

"Of course, I, your sister, even ran a restaurant for a while."

Li Yue turned her head and blinked at Lin Chuan, with pride in her eyes and eyebrows.

"I really envy Sister Li's Taoist partner. What a blessing! Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

Lin Chuan shook his head pretentiously, with a sly smile on his lips.

Li Yue had a faint smile on her lips. She glanced at him impatiently and said loudly, "Stop talking nonsense and go sit down and have a rest."

"But I want to cook with Sister Li."

Before Lin Chuan finished speaking, he stepped forward, put his arms around Li Yue from behind, and held her hand firmly in his palm, his warm breath gently brushing past her ear.

"Xu...Xu Hanyi will find out..."

Li Yue trembled all over and began to struggle subconsciously, with a hint of panic and anxiety in her voice.

"There's an isolation formation here that Master has already set up. Sister Li doesn't have to worry."

Previously, Lin Chuan taught Jiang Wanying to cook here and collected tuition fees, and was accidentally noticed by Xu Hanyi's spiritual sense. After that, Jiang Wanying set up an isolation formation here, and Xu Hanyi chose to accept this formation.

"That...that would be very dangerous. What if Xu Hanyi comes directly..."

Li Yue's voice trembled, with worry that was hard to conceal, and her struggling movements unconsciously slowed down a bit.

"Then please, Sister Li, keep an eye on the outside..."

Lin Chuan's lips curled up slightly, his eyes full of cunning, and the breath he exhaled was warm, vaguely ruffling the strands of hair by Li Yue's ear.

"..."

Li Yue remained silent, and lightly tapped the storage space with her fingertips. Four formation flags flew out instantly, and under the control of her spiritual power, they flew to the surroundings like flowing light and landed.

"I'm just cooking a meal with Sister Li. Why is Sister Li so cautious? Even if she gets discovered, she has a reason." Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows and chuckled, his eyes full of mischief.

"what?"

Li Yue was slightly stunned, and a blush instantly spread across her cheeks. "You...you don't want to..."

"I didn't say anything." Lin Chuan blinked innocently.

"Oh……"

Li Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but soon, a trace of doubt crept into her heart. "Given his personality, it's impossible for him not to do something bad at this time, but why is he so honest? Is he tired of me?"

"What are you thinking, Sister Li? If you don't hold the spatula tightly, it will fall into the pot."

Lin Chuan caught a glimpse of Li Yue's distracted look and reminded her softly.

"No...nothing..."

Li Yue suddenly came back to her senses, shook her head, and said casually: "Some time ago, Xu Hanyi and I bought a few clothes together, and there are styles that you like."

"Where? Let me see." Lin Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Come to my place when the time comes and I'll show you." Li Yue's lips curled up slightly, and the doubts in her heart had dissipated.

"Can't I watch it now?"

Lin Chuan's arms suddenly tightened and he pulled Li Yue closer to him.

"I'm just cooking, why are you looking at this?" Li Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, a sly smile overflowing from her eyes.

"I wanted to cook properly, but now..."

"The food... the food is going to be burnt..."

……

As the sun sets, the orange-red afterglow fills Tianjian Peak.

In the side hall, candlelight flickers

"Huh? Didn't Liyue say she was going out for a walk? It's almost dark, why hasn't she come back yet? Could she have gone back?" Xu Hanyi looked out the window at the gradually darkening window, frowning slightly.

"I don't think so. Master, please wait a little longer. Maybe Sister Liyue will come back in a while."

Although Jiang Wanying had some vague guesses in her mind, her words were calm as usual.

"I don't know what Chuan'er is doing. It's all Ying'er's fault. She insisted on setting up a formation."

Xu Hanyi sighed softly, his tone full of helplessness and anger.

"Master always uses his spiritual sense to look at Achuan from time to time, and I have no choice but to do so." Jiang Wanying's face flushed slightly, and she lowered her eyes and twirled the hem of her skirt.

"You said that your master spoiled Chuan'er, but you also let him do whatever he wants. From now on, you should just set up formations in every corner of Tianjian Peak."

Xu Hanyi's eyebrows curved slightly, and he glanced at Jiang Wanying with a smile, his words full of teasing.

"Master~" Jiang Wanying said coquettishly, her eyes full of embarrassment.

"Okay, let's go to the kitchen to see Chuan'er, and look for Liyue by the way." Xu Hanyi raised a gentle smile at the corner of his lips and walked out of the hall first.

"..."

Jiang Wanying was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up and shouted towards Xu Hanyi's back, "Master, wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

Xu Hanyi stopped, turned slightly, and looked at Jiang Wanying behind him with doubt in his eyes.

"..."

Jiang Wanying bit her lip, unable to speak for a long time. Finally, she raised a slightly stiff smile and suddenly grabbed Xu Hanyi's hand, her voice filled with a bit of grievance: "Master is partial. When he thinks of Ah Chuan, he doesn't care about Ying'er anymore."

"Okay, okay, it's the teacher's fault."

Xu Hanyi shook his head helplessly, his eyes full of doting.

"Hehe, I haven't been home for a long time. Home is still the best."

Jiang Wanying deliberately slowed down her pace, looked at the slowly setting sun, and a comfortable smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

Xu Hanyi didn't say anything, but just smiled and slowed down with Lin Wanxi, looking gently at the sky dyed red by the setting sun.

……

Starry night, kitchen.

"Liyue? Why are you here?"

As soon as Xu Hanyi stepped into the house, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure and his brows instantly furrowed.

"Of course I'm helping. The kitchen has been unused for so long, the floor is covered in dust."

Li Yue was bending over and pouring water on the ground. Her breath was a little disordered at this moment, and it seemed that she had been helping here for the whole afternoon.

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