Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 159 - 138: Arrival (Combined - )

Chapter 159: Chapter 138: Arrival (Combined Chapter)

The air inside the cave was so still you could hear a pin drop.

It was Tianyan.

Her complexion still held a slight morbid flush, most likely from the lingering poison of the Enchantress Divine Flower, and the injuries from Yuchu’s attack before entering the Illusionary Realm hadn’t seemed to fully heal either.

Her pale red dress had a tear at the side of the waist, revealing the young girl’s delicate waist which was of creamy white crystal clearness.

After several silent breaths,

Tianyan smiled, "I... I haven’t disturbed you all, have I?"

Her voice sounded cold and calm, so calm that Xu Yuan could feel a chill the moment he heard it, like the peace before a storm.

Of course, this is just a metaphor.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan looked at Tianyan and replied,

"If I said you have disturbed us, would you leave?"

"..."

With her hand slightly clenched under the sleeve of her robe, the girl bent her eyes in a smile,

"No."

"Then why ask such a question? It’s superfluous."

Xu Yuan smiled slightly, "You haven’t disturbed us, take a seat."

With that, Xu Yuan also took a skewer of wild boar meat, dripping with fat, from the fire:

"Here, for you, you must want to eat, right?"

"...."

Tianyan sneered without accepting it and stared silently at him.

Xu Yuan held the roast meat skewer up for a few seconds, and seeing that Tianyan still didn’t take it and had no intention of catering to her mood, he retracted his hand and began to eat on his own.

The wild boar meat was perfectly striated with fat, and with one bite, the tender inside and charred outside, complemented by the unique fragrance of the spices, spread over the palate.

As Xu Yuan ate, he said softly,

"Hm... if you want to eat, just help yourself."

With that,

Xu Yuan glanced at Ran Qingmo:

"Ran Qingmo, put the sword away."

Tianyan gathered her dress and sat down on a large rock to the side with a calm face.

The silent atmosphere once again spread throughout the cave.

Ran Qingmo placed the sword on her lap and watched Tianyan with a vigilant face.

Xu Yuan ate the skewer in silence.

Tianyan sat on the side, her gaze sweeping over the two of them with ill intent.

After a skewer of meat,

Xu Yuan wiped a greasy stain from the corner of his lips with a fine handkerchief, and with a smile glanced at Tianyan, saying,

"Tianyan, how did you find your way here?"

Tianyan stared at him and countered with a question, pausing between each word,

"Xu Changtian, you don’t seem the least bit nervous?"

Xu Yuan pondered for a moment, then smiled and asked in return,

"Why should I be nervous? If I were nervous, would you leave?"

Upon hearing this, Tianyan’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly:

"No."

For the second time...

Xu Yuan shrugged nonchalantly:

"Since that’s the case, why should I be nervous? Life has to go on. If you take a more relaxed view, at least you won’t make yourself so miserable."

Tianyan bit her lip lightly, listening to him speak in that familiar tone with familiar words, and she felt an urge to twist this bastard’s head off.

Seeing that she wasn’t speaking, Xu Yuan paused for a second, glanced outside the cave, and asked in a lower voice,

"It’s not logical that you could find us. I guess you must have used external help in the end."

"External help?"

The girl’s hand under her sleeve crunched tighter: "What external help?"

"Demonic Beast."

"Demonic Beast?" Tianyan frowned.

"....."

Xu Yuan stared at Tianyan for a few breaths and said softly,

"Stop pretending. That Ji Qingyue who came to kill me on the way when Ran Qingmo was tying me up, that was done by your Jiatiange, wasn’t it?"

"....." Tianyan remained silent.

Xu Yuan shook his head slightly:

"I originally thought you were using a method of leading them through the situation, but now it looks like you must have some sort of collaborative relationship, otherwise there wouldn’t be a Demonic Beast to help you find us."

Tianyan’s chest began to rise and fall slightly, and after a while, she said softly,

"That’s not..."

"What?"

"I’m saying we don’t have a collaborative relationship with the Ancient Abyss," said Tianyan, looking directly at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan fell silent for a while, noncommittally said,

"All right, let’s assume you don’t then. That’s not important anymore."

As he spoke,

Xu Yuan picked up another wild boar meat skewer and handed it to Ran Qingmo beside him, casually saying,

"You know what’s in your heart."

After a pause, he turned to Ran Qingmo and softly said with a smile,

"Come..."

"Xu Changtian!"

Tianyan seemed unable to hold back any longer, and with a sharp reproach, she stood up: "What are you implying?!"

Xu Yuan turned his head, his gaze filled with surprise as he looked at the girl standing before him.

Outside the cave, it was silent and dark; the flickering firelight illuminated her face, angry and intense.

Xu Yuan asked with a strange expression,

"You... what do you mean?"

Tianyan’s breathing was faintly shaky,

"What... what do I mean? Xu Changtian, do you really not understand?"

"Understand? How can I understand if you don’t say?"

"How can you not understand?"

"..."

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and raised his hand to rub his forehead.

As his thoughts spread out,

after a while, he looked up and said,

"You... are you upset because of Yuchu’s dream?"

"Dream?" Tianyan’s eyes almost wanted to laugh, but instead, there was an indescribable sadness.

Xu Yuan saw her expression and continued in a soft voice,

"You’re angry because, in the end of the dream, I let Yuchu temporarily trap you?"

Tianyan breathed heavily, but remained silent.

For a time, the cave was silent again.

Ran Qingmo sat with her sword to her side, glancing at Xu Yuan and then Tianyan, not quite understanding what they were talking about.

After a while,

Xu Yuan exhaled and said softly,

"It seems it is."

"Indeed, it is."

"Why?"

"What do you mean why?"

"Isn’t it just a dream? Aren’t you overreacting..."