Achieving A Happy Ending With The Tragic Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 32

Early the next morning, Su Mi planned to return to the Medical Immortal Temple to resolve the entrusted matter.

Last night, because Qiao Wuyu was present, Wanqi Yue naturally didn’t dare to brazenly linger in Su Mi’s room. However, as soon as dawn broke, she knocked on Su Mi’s door, fully prepared and waiting for her.

Qiao Wuyu was also joining them today. She walked out early in the morning yawning, but swallowed her yawn the moment she saw the two of them. Her gaze, however, seemed somewhat indescribable.

At first, Su Mi didn’t feel anything was amiss, only noticing that Qiao Wuyu was looking at her far more often than usual, with a hint of pity hidden in her eyes.

It wasn’t just Su Mi. Wanqi Yue was also subjected to several scans from Qiao Wuyu. The difference was that the look directed at Wanqi Yue was full of… frustration at her “lack of improvement”?

While Su Mi was in her room writing a few more talismans, Qiao Wuyu suddenly leaned toward Wanqi Yue and poked her arm. “Little Junior Sister, the night before last…”

Hearing the mention of the night before last, Wanqi Yue looked visibly uncomfortable and nervous. Countless possibilities flashed through her mind, could Fifth Senior Sister have stumbled upon the scene of her and Eldest Senior Sister embracing?

“What happened the night before last?” She tried her best not to let her guard down, but her slightly unsteady voice betrayed her.

Seeing her like this, Qiao Wuyu felt it was a silent confession and felt a pang of heartache. She quickly glanced toward the Eldest Senior Sister, lowered her voice, and said, “Little Junior Sister Wanqi, although Eldest Senior Sister always acts like she doesn’t care about anything, her recent special treatment of you is obvious to everyone. You….” She put on a look of extreme distress and shook Wanqi Yue’s shoulders. “You must have a conscience! You can’t keep two boats steady at once (two timing)!”

Shaken until she was dizzy, Wanqi Yue was dazed. She felt Fifth Senior Sister’s words had a grain of truth but were mostly nonsensical. “…Huh?”

What “two boats”?

Qiao Wuyu wanted to say more, but Su Mi had already stepped out of the room with her belongings. She immediately let go and shut her mouth.

“What are you two doing?” Su Mi asked, looking at the two of them, one with a blank expression, the other staring off into the distance.

Neither said a word for a long time. Su Mi glanced at Wanqi Yue and decided to set the matter aside for now.

It wasn’t until just before they left, when Qiao Wuyu went back to her room to pack, that Su Mi found a chance to ask Wanqi Yue, “What did Fifth Senior Sister say to you just now? Why do you look so absent-minded?”

Wanqi Yue crossed her arms and held her sword, adopting a posture of troubled reflection. “Eldest Senior Sister, do I look very fickle?”

Su Mi looked at her. “Hmm?”

Actually, looking at Wanqi Yue’s face alone, it did seem that way, especially those eyes, it felt like it would be very easy for her to deceive someone.

Unaware of Su Mi’s thoughts, Wanqi Yue briefly recounted what Fifth Senior Sister had said. “I originally thought she discovered something about what happened between us that night, but her words didn’t sound like it.” It sounded more like an accusation.

As Su Mi listened, she fell into thought.

Wanqi Yue, who had been racking her brain, suddenly thought of something as well. She stood up straight and looked at Su Mi. “Fifth Senior Sister wouldn’t say that to me out of nowhere. I remember Lin Huanyi from the Profound Pole Sect once said that ‘I’ was the one who tricked her into going to the City Lord’s Mansion.”

Wanqi Yue’s gaze became hesitant. “Eldest Senior Sister, is it possible it’s that Mountain Lord?”

Su Mi was thinking the same thing. “It’s possible.”

Wanqi Yue asked, “Eldest Senior Sister, who exactly is that Mountain Lord? Do you two know each other?”

That person even knew the moves Eldest Senior Sister had used on her. The mere thought made Wanqi Yue unhappy.

Very unhappy.

Su Mi found this question difficult to answer, but she didn’t want to lie to her. She said vaguely, “Her existence is an accident.”

Hearing this, Wanqi Yue knew for certain that Eldest Senior Sister knew this person. “Can’t you tell me her identity?”

Su Mi’s voice carried a hint of apology. “Not for the time being.”

At this moment, Wanqi Yue would have preferred if Eldest Senior Sister had told a lie to stall her, rather than making it clear that the person was someone significant.

Upon returning, Qiao Wuyu found the atmosphere had shifted again. She wondered if the Eldest Senior Sister had discovered something with her keen insight.

Still feeling emotional, Wanqi Yue went straight to the point: “Fifth Senior Sister, did you see ‘me’ with someone else the night before last?”

Qiao Wuyu was startled and stared at her wide-eyed, thinking, Can we just talk about this directly?

She glanced at the Eldest Senior Sister apprehensively. The Eldest Senior Sister had a cold face, which made her nervous, so she said tentatively, “Didn’t Eldest Senior Sister say you were in her room?”

“She was indeed with me the whole time, and she had drunk too much at that point,” Su Mi said.

“Wait, what? She got drunk off that watered-down fruit wine?!” Qiao Wuyu was momentarily distracted, but she quickly refocused. She realized what was happening, it turned out the Little Junior Sister had “sold her out.”

Qiao Wuyu froze for a few seconds before reacting. “So Little Junior Sister was here the whole time… then who was the person Second Senior Sister saw?”

“Second Senior Sister was there too?” Wanqi Yue was also confused.

Qiao Wuyu recounted what she had seen that night.

That day, after she recognized Second Senior Sister, she wanted to see who was with her. But before she could get close, she was discovered by Second Senior Sister. After stepping forward, she realized the other person was Yue Qianzhou. After a few pleasantries, they parted ways.

After Yue Qianzhou left, she asked Second Senior Sister why they were together. Second Senior Sister said she had come out to look for Qiao Wuyu and the others but happened to see the Little Junior Sister with Yue Qianzhou. Worried, she followed them, but by the time she reached the corner, only Yue Qianzhou was left. The latter denied having met Wanqi Yue, saying Fang Yun must have seen wrong.

Hearing this, Su Mi and Wanqi Yue exchanged a look; they both understood what was going on.

“But with Second Senior Sister’s eyesight, how could she misidentify someone after seeing their face?” Qiao Wuyu added, “I had a bit of a ‘small scare’ that day, so I walked slowly on the way back. I thought Little Junior Sister had also left after I did to go meet someone else.”

“What ‘small scare’?” Wanqi Yue asked, dissatisfied. “Besides, why would I go see Yue Qianzhou for no reason? I’m not even close to him.”

Qiao Wuyu didn’t dare say her “scare” came from the Eldest Senior Sister, so she made up a random excuse, and fortunately, no one cared.

“If that’s the case, someone is impersonating Little Junior Sister. We should quickly tell Second Senior Sister and the others so they aren’t deceived.”

Su Mi had originally told Lin Huanyi not to mention meeting “Wanqi Yue” because she didn’t want more people knowing of her existence. But now it seemed impossible to keep secret in fact, not saying anything might lead to further trouble.

She wondered what the Mountain Lord was actually planning.

“Yes, let’s head over first. Second Junior Sister is waiting for us.”

After Su Mi spoke, she instinctively glanced at Wanqi Yue, only to see the latter give a small huff and turn her head away to walk ahead.

It was a clear expression of her dissatisfaction.

Su Mi paused for a moment before following.

Beside them, Qiao Wuyu saw everything but pretended she hadn’t. Who knew what kind of new games these two were playing?

The place they were staying was about the time it takes to burn a stick of incense away from the Medical Immortal Temple. After the incident with the “Medical Immortal,” the temple, which used to be crowded with pilgrims, had become deserted. The jade statue inside was gone, leaving only a sense of emptiness.

Fang Yun and the others were already waiting inside. The Acting City Lord beside her was a spirited and proud woman, appearing to be in her thirties. She carried a faint air of authority but was nonetheless gentle.

The Acting City Lord attached great importance to this matter and had waited with them for Su Mi’s arrival. She was very polite and spoke with poise. However, she seemed to have other duties and couldn’t stay long. Before leaving, she left several skilled guards for Su Mi to command.

Yue Qianzhou was also among them. He had made significant contributions to pacifying the victims, earning him a good reputation and a positive impression with the Acting City Lord. Knowing he was a semi-cultivator, she gladly allowed him to assist.

When he saw Wanqi Yue, there was a hint of closeness and possessiveness in his eyes.

Wanqi Yue felt uncomfortable with that look. She was already in a bad mood, so she didn’t give him a friendly face.

But Yue Qianzhou didn’t seem to care at all. Even when he turned to face Su Mi’s cold gaze, his smile didn’t fade in the slightest.

There were too many arrays here. While Su Mi and her sisters could handle it alone, it would be too time consuming. It was better to divide the work among everyone to save effort.

The talismans Su Mi had prepared beforehand came in handy. She gave some to the guards, instructing them to post them at various locations outside the temple to act as a perimeter barrier, preventing others from accidentally wandering in.

Qiao Wuyu wanted to explain the situation from that night to Second Senior Sister, but she couldn’t find a chance due to Yue Qianzhou’s presence. On the other hand, the Eldest Senior Sister didn’t seem to be in any hurry.

Su Mi did indeed look unhurried. Coal (the cat/spirit) sat quietly on her shoulder, its round eyes scanning the surroundings.

She distributed her remaining talismans to everyone and assigned them specific areas. These talismans could cover the arrays in those regions, one only needed to inject spiritual power into the array on the talisman to slowly dissolve the overlapping minor arrays.

This dilapidated courtyard probably hadn’t seen so many people in a hundred years. For a moment, many surface-level minor arrays were triggered.

The vegetation by the small path swayed back and forth without wind. Occasional, ill-timed bubbles rose from the calm surface of the pond, breaking large patches of green moss to reveal countless small holes. If one looked closely at these holes in the water, a round eyeball would suddenly appear and then vanish. From a distance, it looked like the surface of the water was blinking with countless densely packed eyes.

Although Wanqi Yue knew these were illusions, she couldn’t help but feel repulsed.

“Don’t look at them. Just recite the Heart Clearing Incantation,” Su Mi said.

Wanqi Yue, knowing now was not the time to be petty, nodded and took the talisman Su Mi gave her.

In a corner where no one was paying attention, Yue Qianzhou quietly cut his palm. Blood tinged with black energy dripped into the soil beneath his feet, and a flash of dark red light flickered momentarily.