novelraw Chapter 684 Old Friends
Chapter 684 Old Friends
Because Mrs. Yulian asked: "Do you know any place that is absolutely safe?"
So now they were back at Mr. Mansfield's big cottage, and sat by the fire, warm and safe.You can also watch the handsome face of Mr. Mansfield opposite and eat a few more bites of cake.
"So it's Miss Youxiang's friend, but I didn't treat you well." Mansfield showed a beautiful smile, but Yulian was completely immune to the smile of this handsome guy who could fascinate everything.She said with a ruthless yet polite expression and tone: "This is enough for now. I have something to say with this little girl, you go out first."
"So cruel! Well, I want to know more about Ms. Youxiang—"
"Chris."
"Yes, I'm sorry! This is really important, please go out first, Mr. Mansfield!" Chris pushed Mansfield out immediately after ordering, "Oh, yes! I'm kind of craving creme brulee !"
"Who cares about you!! I'm sorry, I'm being rude, but I really want——ah!?"
Completely pushed out.Youxiang watched Mansfield being pushed out of the room by Chris, and after the door closed, Yulian immediately spoke, without any intention of waiting for her son to come back: "I'm not good at that type. "
"Which one doesn't work?" Yizhi asked, and then Yulian gave him a faint look, so he spread his hands, "Before you kick me out too, I think you should talk about the specific situation first." Right. There is something wrong with Shi Jiang or something, right?"
"What do you really mean?"
"She's weird from head to toe." Iji said that he had noticed it a long time ago, and he said, "It's fine to invite the two of us to go to that kind of store together, and the performance of the greeting at the beginning was too bad. Obviously we have been We were all standing together, but she pretended not to notice and came to disturb our 'date', so it means that she has a purpose to come to talk, right?"
"You are much more capable than you look." Yulian raised her eyebrows, she said, "However, I don't know exactly what's going on. I've said it twice, I just made a vague It's just a prophetic dream."
Mrs. Yulian is an onmyoji who can see the future... It seems to be so.Her family is very old and respected, and she has recalled true memories in her own right.You Xiang said: "Do you see that the proprietress and Mrs. Shi Jiang will harm us?"
"All I saw was that you walked into that store together. Then disappeared." That's all.Yulian replied, "Prophetic dreams are not what you imagine. Sometimes they are very vague, and sometimes you can only rely on your own feelings to judge whether it is good or bad. My feeling this time is: bad. So I'm here to stop you."
"That's it..." Okay.You Xiang said, "Although it's not that I don't believe Madam Yulian...but I don't think the proprietress will harm me..."
"If it's her own, it's definitely not." Yulian shook her head helplessly, she said, "But that woman is a love brain, and she loses her mind when she encounters that kind of thing! Otherwise, with her own strength If so, how could it be possible to be kept in the dark until now, unable to remember the past..."
"Did Madam Yulian and Madam Shijiang know each other before, that is to say, in a real situation?"
"Hey... I can't help it. Let me tell you a little bit about the past." Otherwise, you won't understand my feelings.Yulian sighed, she shook her head and said, "To be honest, our Ozu Chai family and the Wuguitang family are families that have used their magical powers to kill demons and evil spirits a long time ago."
Wow... so handsome... You Xiang is holding a small teacup, little stars appear in her eyes.
"However, the nation of mages has begun to become extinct. Our family is the same. The blood of mages is getting thinner and thinner, and more and more children without any abilities are born... But even so, there will still be occasional ones. Two extremely talented children, they will be chosen as the heirs of the next generation of the family."
While recalling, Yulian said: "In a certain period of time, miraculously, two great families gave birth to two highly qualified heirs almost at the same time. One was me, and the other was Wuguitang Shijiang."
"Does Mrs. Shi Jiang also have a talent for magic?!"
"Ah. It's about the same level as me." Yulian said, "We are good at different types of magic. For example, I am predictive. And Shi Jiang is more aggressive. By the way, the Five Ghosts Tang family has This is one of the reasons why most of them are at odds with the Ozi Chai family who like to follow the tradition and are good at spells and are relatively gentle."
Mrs. Shi Jiang turned out to be a martial artist!You can't see it at all... You Xiang said, "Madam Yulian and Madam Shijiang are friends?"
"That's right. Although the two families are at odds, we are not bound by that kind of burden. As companions who can exchange magic together, we have been inseparable for a while." Yulian recalled the past time, but she was completely happy. Get up, "At that time, I found that, unlike me who wanted to revitalize the family, Shi Jiang had her own ideas, and she was not interested in the affairs of the Wuguitang family at all."
That's how people are.There will be different thoughts, if it's just this, it's not that Yulian doesn't understand Shi Jiang's mood.One's own ability will pay a high price, and so will Shi Jiang.If you want to inherit the family business, you must be prepared to bear the price. It is understandable if you don't want to.But things are not that simple.
"About when she was 16 years old, she suddenly told me one day that she was going to leave Wuguitang's house." As soon as this matter was mentioned, Yulian became very angry, "The reason is that a man outside the family and She proposed."
"Huh?" This development was too fast... Youxiang said in surprise, "Suddenly?"
"That's right. Suddenly. Although I know she often sneaks out to play, I thought she was not that stupid." Yulian said bitterly, "After I heard this kind of thing, I wanted to dissuade her from doing it. It's an unbelievable thing, but obviously in her heart, our 16-year friendship is not as important as a man."
"Madame Yulian..."
"I'm sorry. I'm being extreme. In fact, it's not that I don't understand her feelings at all. At that time, the situation of the Gokido family was also quite complicated. Tokie's brother Kentaro, who was supposed to inherit the family business, was found to have almost no magic power at all. All the burdens are placed on her, and some people even want her to marry someone older than her father just to keep that poor mage's blood from being diluted."
Ah... If that's the case, I'll run away too.Youxiang also began to understand.She said, "Did Madam Shi Jiang escape successfully?"
"With the help of her brother, she successfully left home. Kentaro sincerely hopes that his sister can live a better life and not be bound by these things, but he doesn't know that the one outside the family that the sister said Those who 'can help' don't really intend to help." Yulian lowered her head, she said, "That person is the landlord who runs a brothel."
"Hey?!" Youxiang said, "Is that the man who proposed to Mrs. Shi Jiang?!"
"That's right." I was pissed off.Yulian emphasized her tone, and she said, "If she came to me for help at that time, I would never ignore her, but she just said that she didn't want to cause trouble for me and ran to that man... I don't know much about the situation, but I found out that the man already had a wife, but he just lied to Shi Jiang's beauty in order to make her the number one geisha in the shop."
This is too bad... To lie to Madam Shi Jiang like this when she was desperate and helpless...
"At that time, the Wuguitang family was quite exclusive and closed, and few people in the family went to the outside world, let alone such an important heir. Shi Jiang's experience is much less than that of his peers." Yulian's There was a bit of regret in his tone, "Although the Wuguitang family also quickly declined due to various reasons, it cannot be said that Shi Jiang made a good choice."
"What happened to Mrs. Jiang later...?"
"She later became an oiran by virtue of her beauty and ability. She was the most beautiful woman in the country at that time. Everyone loved and yearned for her." Yulian said, "It stands to reason that she has reached this level. It can be regarded as a little better, but this woman was cheated by a man again!"
Suddenly even more angry!Youxiang was taken aback, she didn't dare to speak, and could only wait for Madam Yulian to continue: "There is a man who has nothing, and he captured her with a few hypocritical lines of Bala. Let her ignore The identity and status of an oiran, with that kind of man. As a result, that man committed a serious crime and was about to be sentenced to death."
At this moment, at this moment you made the biggest mistake, Shi Jiang.
Yulian thought so in her heart, and she said: "Shijiang firmly believes that everything that man said is true. She believes that the man committed crimes to redeem her and for the child she was carrying. So she also wants to She took a desperate risk to save that man. She used her gifts and powers to summon a demon."
Normally, summoning a demon in such a situation would do no good.Youxiang said a little worriedly: "Did Mrs. Shijiang pay the price...?"
"If that man didn't lie to her, if he really committed the crime for love, then Shi Jiang wouldn't pay the price. But demons can see through all human lies, they are the aggregate of human emotions, so lies and Covering up doesn't work on them."
That's why the man's disguise was stripped away in that ceremony.Yulian said: "Shijiang paid the price of one eye. That man was finally executed according to normal procedures. Finally, she finally came to her senses, handed over her child to her brother, and then went into seclusion by herself. "
Mrs. Shi Jiang has experienced so much... I can't tell it at all!And her eyes seem to be all good now, is this also an illusion created by the devil?You Xiang said: "Could it be that the current Mrs. Shi Jiang is... the Mrs. Shi Jiang who was 'if she hadn't been deceived at that time'?"
"Ah, I think that's right." Yulian said, "The man named Yu Sheng we saw just now is the criminal who caused her to lose her eyesight."
A person who came back from the dead again... Youxiang said hesitantly: "That is to say, the Mr. Yu Sheng we saw is the appearance of Mrs. Shi Jiang's 'dream'... Yes, it is made up of false memories and obsessions of……"
"That's right. You understand it quite quickly." It seems that you have learned it completely.Yulian shook her head, she said, "I'm afraid Shijiang is still unwilling to face the reality. She even forgot her own daughter, and even her own magic, her own swordsmanship, and abandoned all her strength, just to To have this false dream with a man who doesn't love her at all."
Youxiang began to understand Yulian's mood, she must be very sad to see her former friend become like this.She said: "I understand how you feel, Mrs. Yulian. But... even if this is the case, Mrs. Shijiang seems to have no reason to harm us, right?"
"Ah, it's just that, it's true. But don't forget, who do you think made this dream?" Those people who came back from the dead, who made the illusion?Yulian said, "Although the black hand behind the scenes can't completely control the living people, isn't it easy to manipulate the phantoms of the dead people created by its own power?"
That is to say, Mrs. Jiang deceived herself when Isaac or the old gods were likely to use this Mr. Yu Sheng to manipulate? !Youxiang suddenly understood: "How, how could this be... This is too much!!"
"The devil is the devil. Little girl. Don't be fooled by the demons around you who are obviously under your influence." Yulian emphasized, she said, "In the eyes of the demons, human beings and everything are worthless. To them, Shi Jiang is just a useful chess piece, and it is 'reasonable' to hurt her or kill her."
How could it be like this... Mrs. Shi Jiang is too pitiful... Even if she is immersed in this kind of dream that she expects, she still has to be used to do this kind of thing, and she also has to use the person she loves the most in her dream, Let that person continue to hurt her in the dream.How can you do this……
Youxiang stood up after thinking about it: "I've decided!!"
"Huh?" What have you decided?
"I'm going to help Mrs. Shi Jiang!" This kind of thing can't be tolerated any longer... If Mrs. Shi Jiang is still going to be deceived and hurt, then only I can save her now.
"How are you going to save her? Let me tell you first, you can't enter that store, and it's not a good thing to coincide with my prophetic dream."
"In this case..." Youxiang thought about it seriously, very seriously, and then she thought of a good idea.Since you can't enter the store, as long as the store is gone, the same situation as in the prophetic dream will not happen, right?She said, "I can only ask Grandpa."
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Yulian is two years younger than Shijiang, so when Shijiang ran away from home at the age of 16, Yulian's family was planning to leave Wano.If Shi Jiang asks Yulian for help, she will probably go away with Yulian, and she doesn't know when she will come back.That's why I couldn't make up my mind.
This story tells us, people, we still need to see the outside world more, and gain more knowledge to make better decisions!