allonlinenovel Chapter 305 What about me?
Chapter 305 What about me?
"I don't want to!" she yelled down, her cheeks puffed out, looking very angry.
"Sister Yan, come down quickly. This time, your brother really won't lie to you."
Baili Jueyan was so anxious under the tree that he scratched his head and wondered how the girl had managed to climb up such a tall tree.
"Don't call me sister, you're not my brother. If you don't let me leave here, I'll never go down."
Xin Moyan spoke firmly, denying any relationship with Baili Jueyan, and she had never given up on the idea of escaping Gu Cang.
In the past month, she has made dozens of trips, big and small, and each time she was sent back untouched before she even left the city.
She threw tantrums, went on a hunger strike, and even threatened suicide, but none of it worked...
Today, she could no longer bear it. Taking advantage of the maids below not paying attention, she painstakingly climbed up this tree. Since they wouldn't let her return to Yuanqi, she wasn't going to come down.
Baili Jueyan wore a pained expression, clasped his hands together, and coaxed gently, "My dear sister, it's all my fault. I promise I won't lie to you this time. The ship to Yelan Kingdom is really broken. The Sea Envoy said it will be repaired soon, in the next couple of days. Once it's repaired, I'll personally take you to Yelan Kingdom, okay?"
Xin Moyan frowned, her eyes clearly showing disbelief. "You said half a month ago that the ship was in a sudden illness, and now you're saying it's broken. You're just deliberately trying to fool me, Baili Jueyan. If you don't let me go home, I'll..."
Halfway through her sentence, she glanced down and saw that the height was at least seven or eight meters. This... would take her half a life, if not hers.
“I’ll jump off the tree. I’d rather die than be locked up here by you.”
She was also puzzled. She was terrified of heights, especially when Xuan Yuan used his lightness skill to carry her flying. Now, she dared to climb such a tall tree just to go home.
Thinking of the man who doted on her to the core, Xin Moyan immediately pouted. Yuan Yuan... he must be looking for her frantically, and her brother too. They must miss her terribly. Will they even know where she is now?
"Emperor."
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a large group of palace servants respectfully surrounding her below, and Xin Moyan subconsciously peeked out.
The man in black robes and white hair, with a solemn and unpredictable expression, walked steadily towards the precipice.
"Xiao Yan, what are you arguing about again?"
Baili Jueyan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly dragged his black robe forward, "Big brother, come and see my sister! She's stuck in the tree and won't come down!"
Looking up at the towering trees from the sheer cliff, Baili frowned slightly. A cold glint pierced her eyes, and her indifferent tone carried a hint of urgency.
"Yan'er, it's dangerous up there, come down quickly."
"No! Unless you let me leave here, I want to go back to Yuanqi."
Xin Moyan stubbornly shook her head. Although she was just as afraid of the cold, icy cliff as the other two, and even though the cliff was more terrifying than Nightless Night, she could not back down.
"Yan'er, if you don't come down, your brother will go up and carry you down himself."
“You are not my brother. My brother’s name is Xin Moling.”
Baili Juebi was taken aback upon hearing this, then said helplessly, "Didn't Yan'er just call us 'brother' a few days ago?"
"I was lying to you. It was a delaying tactic, a feigned retreat to lure you in. But you ended up keeping an even closer eye on me and even forbidding Sister Yi'er from seeing me."
Xin Moyan got angrier and angrier as she spoke. She was really speechless. Even if she was their cousin in name, they didn't have to look at her like a criminal.
Moreover, she wasn't the real Xin Moyan, so how could she know about the events from over twenty years ago, or even her mother's identity? She had never heard her brother mention it before!
"...Yan'er".
The silence was deafening. The two brothers exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Whoosh~"
A gust of wind blew by, and Xin Moyan felt a tightness around her waist as she was lifted into the air, landing safely in the blink of an eye.
She glared angrily at the tall man in front of her, "Are you going to let me go back to Yuanqi or not?"
"Yan'er, you should call me Big Brother."
"If you let me go back, I'll call you."
Baili Jueyan caught up, anxiously checking her over, "Little sister, are you alright?"
Xin Moyan spoke righteously and firmly, "Bai Li Jueyan, I am not your sister."
Not to be outdone, he stood with his hands on his hips and loudly declared to Xin Moyan, "You are my sister. Also, you can't be called Xin Moyan anymore. You are the daughter of the Baili family, so you should take the surname Baili and be called Baili Moyan."
"My name is not Baili Moyan, my name is Xin Moyan!"
Seeing her flustered appearance, Baili Juebi sighed countless times in his heart, and had no choice but to compromise and say softly.
"Yan'er, promise your brother that you will never do such dangerous things again. In two days, your brother will send someone out to sea to fetch your brother."
"No! I want to go back to Yuanqi. There are many important people of mine there, and I won't allow you to harm my brother."
After hearing this, Baili Jueyan pouted and explained, "That wasn't a matter of dealing with them! Sister Yan, if we hadn't been in such a hurry that day, the elder would definitely have brought your brother here with him."
"And then what? What exactly do you want me to do here?"
"Of course, it's about acknowledging one's ancestors and returning to one's roots!"
"I don't want to! Let me go back first, and we'll talk after I see my brother."
"Yan'er, as long as you promise your brother not to do anything to hurt yourself, I will let you see your brother as soon as possible."
After saying that, Baili Juebi reached out his hand to her shoulder, intending to comfort his quirky younger sister, but Xin Moyan unexpectedly took a step back and dodged it.
"Yan'er?" His eyes flickered, a hint of disappointment in his surprised gaze.
Xin Moyan awkwardly touched her nose. It wasn't her fault; she was really not used to suddenly having three older brothers.
"Somebody come!"
With a wave of his hand, several palace servants quickly jogged forward.
"Emperor."
"Prepare a bath for Her Highness the Princess, and move the Nine-Turn Warm Jade Bed that I had it made a few days ago to the Princess's palace."
"Yes!"
"Yan'er, go back and change your clothes first. I've prepared lots of delicious food. You can have dinner with your brothers tonight, okay?"
Xin Moyan nodded reluctantly; her escape plan had failed again today…
A flash of doting affection crossed his eyes, and this time Baili Juebi didn't give her a chance to refuse, his cool fingertips grasping her soft hand.
"Yan'er, brother will take you back."
She glanced back and asked, "Where's my second brother?"
"..."
"..."
Baili Jueyan clutched his chest, his face heartbroken. "Sister Yan, why do you only recognize Second Brother and not us?"
She stuck out her tongue. "My second brother is very good to me!"
Baili Juebi remained expressionless, leading her by the hand as they walked further and further away, his indifferent voice tinged with a hint of melancholy.
"Yan'er, what about me?"