At this moment.
Ye Yu was utterly bewildered, with a confused expression plastered across his face.
What’s with this big red flower on my chest?
Why does it suddenly feel like an ancient wedding scene?
Oh, right. It was Ge Qingzhi who forcibly put it on him.
Ever since Ye Yu expressed disbelief in the whole “cursed person” notion, Ge Qingzhi had immediately become excited.
She promptly pulled Tuoba Qiyue out of the room and pushed her toward Ye Yu.
“Since ancient times, marriages are dictated by parental order and matchmakers’ words! Today, I’ll make the decision and betroth Yue’er to you. From now on, we’re all family.”
Looking at Tuoba Qiyue standing next to him, Ye Yu’s face was blank.
Speedrun marriage?
They haven’t even discussed whether he agreed or not!
Isn’t this way too hasty?
“Auntie, I…”
Ye Yu had just begun to speak when he suddenly heard Ge Qingzhi’s voice transmitted into his mind.
“Don’t refuse again. You’ll break Yue’er’s heart if you do. You’re the first man she’s willingly approached.”
“No one knows a daughter better than her mother. I can tell—she likes you.”
These words left Ye Yu silent on the spot.
Senior Sister likes him?
It’s not entirely impossible.
If that weren’t the case, Tuoba Qiyue wouldn’t have just “attacked” him at night, nor would she be thinking about holding hands all the time.
After thinking it through, Ye Yu felt no resistance toward this arranged marriage at all.
Meanwhile, Ge Qingzhi had already begun talking sense into Tuoba Qiyue.
“Mother has seen it; your junior brother won’t be affected by you. The two of you have spent so much time together, and nothing has ever happened. This is enough to show that you’re a match made in heaven.”
“Besides, you just snuck into his room while he was asleep. Don’t think your mother doesn’t know—I’m helping you here!”
Hearing these words, Tuoba Qiyue’s face flushed red.
But, her mother had a point.
She had indeed spent quite a bit of time with Ye Yu, yet he hadn’t been affected in the slightest.
This made Tuoba Qiyue very curious as well. Could it be that her junior brother really is immune to the misfortune she brings?
That would be wonderful!
Soon after, seeing that neither of them resisted anymore, Ge Qingzhi decisively chose to slip away, leaving them some private space.
After the door closed, both Ye Yu and Tuoba Qiyue felt a bit awkward.
If they were still just senior sister and junior brother, it wouldn’t have been an issue.
But now, less than half an hour after intertwining their fingers, Tuoba Qiyue had come back, and they had suddenly become Dao companions.
This sudden shift in relationship was hard to adjust to.
In the end, it was Ye Yu who broke the silence.
Some things, after all, required someone to take the first step.
He looked at the blindfold covering Tuoba Qiyue’s eyes.
“Can I see your eyes?”
Tuoba Qiyue hesitated for a moment. But in the end, she untied the blindfold, revealing her white eyes.
Ye Yu froze in place.
His reaction made Tuoba Qiyue’s heart tremble.
Was her junior brother scared?
Instinctively, she started to put the blindfold back on, but Ye Yu grabbed her wrist.
“Your eyes are beautiful, really.”
When Ge Qingzhi had mentioned her white pupils before, Ye Yu hadn’t thought much of it. But now that he saw them for himself, he couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.
What curse? Nonsense.
It was clearly the Byakugan!
Back on Earth, Ye Yu had seen plenty of people wearing such colored contact lenses on purpose. Cosplay, new aesthetics…
How could he possibly pass up something like this?
That night, Ye Yu was in high spirits, pulling Tuoba Qiyue to practice the Kun character calligraphy technique.
He tried it both with her blindfolded and without. In any case, both methods seemed to boost his attack speed.
The next day, Ye Yu wanted Tuoba Qiyue to stop wearing the blindfold altogether, but she refused.
“If junior brother likes it, I’ll only let you see me without it. Outside, I’m still used to keeping my eyes covered.”
Hearing this, Ye Yu didn’t push her further. After all, everyone has something they insist on.
Tuoba Qiyue, for her part, was quite happy.
Finally, she could openly hold hands with Ye Yu.
Seeing the two of them so blissfully happy, Tuoba Encheng and Ge Qingzhi had completely opposite expressions.
Ge Qingzhi was thrilled, feeling very much like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, the more she looked, the more satisfied she became.
But Tuoba Encheng wore a dark expression.
Though his time with Tuoba Qiyue had been brief, he still saw her as the apple of his eye. Now that his daughter was married, his old father heart was breaking.
Ye Yu said his farewells to Tuoba Encheng and Ge Qingzhi and spoke, “I don’t believe in this cursed nonsense. But when I return, I will search for a way to break it.”
These words truly touched the hearts of Tuoba Encheng and Ge Qingzhi. The two elders’ eyes immediately reddened.
Tuoba Encheng finally showed a look of relief.
A moment later, Ye Yu and Tuoba Qiyue left the Tuoba family and headed toward the Azure Cloud Sect.
Along the way, Ye Yu kept glancing at the blindfold over Tuoba Qiyue’s eyes, feeling quite curious.
If the sect master of Wangyue Valley, Lü Zheqing, had really cast a curse on Tuoba Qiyue using some secret technique, turning her into an ill-omened person, then why hadn’t he been affected in any way?
Moreover, even Hongluan couldn’t resolve it, which showed just how troublesome this curse was.
No.
When he got back, he’d have to ask Hongluan what exactly was going on with Tuoba Qiyue.
Just as Ye Yu was deep in thought, a young man in a gray robe hovered in midair, blocking their path.
He gestured slightly, indicating for Ye Yu and the others to stop.
Seeing this, Ye Yu and Tuoba Qiyue immediately slowed down, stopping about a hundred meters away.
At that moment, Ye Yu noticed that the man was unfamiliar, and on his left hand, he wore a purple ring.
That’s right. This man was none other than a true descendant of the Ye family—Ye Xiuming.
“I can sense the scent of that woman on you.”
With just that simple sentence, Ye Yu was nearly backed into a corner.
To be fair, he had only just gotten married last night. His new wife was standing right beside him. And now this guy was saying he had another woman’s scent on him?
Though Tuoba Qiyue didn’t say a word, her grip on Ye Yu’s right hand tightened unconsciously.
As expected, even a senior sister like her could get jealous!
In order to prove his innocence, Ye Yu immediately retorted, “You’re the one with her scent on you! Do we even know each other? Maybe you’ve got the wrong person!”
Seeing Ye Yu’s agitated response, Ye Xiuming began to doubt himself.
He frowned slightly and said, “Are you Ye Yu? Rumor has it that Lin Fengyuan took you away. Am I wrong?”
Ye Yu curiously asked, “Who are you?”
“The Ye family, Ye Xiuming.”
“Now, tell me, where is Lin Fengyuan? If you don’t, I’ll tear you apart, piece by piece.”
Ye Xiuming grinned, his whole demeanor like that of a madman.