The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star Chapter 193
Translated by Pure
Chapter 193 Today is the day you learn how to scheme
Jiang Yan was right, he was indeed the master of these masked men, but for unknown reasons, was locked up in a room. And the most likely reason she was imprisoned next door to Jiang Yan may probably be because she revealed that she currently studied at Songhai Academy on the way here.
Wen Yantong raised her eyes and looked at Chi Jingxi to see him leaning over. He whispered in her ear, "Ask him why he is locked up here."
Her ears were itchy from the hot breath. She shrank her neck, almost all curled up in Chi Jingxi's arms, and asked out loud, "Since you are their second young master, why are you still locked in a little dark room?"
"Little dark room? This is not a little dark room." Jiang Yan replied.
His room was completely different from Wen Yantong's. Wen Yantong's house was extremely impoverished, there was nothing inside and she could only sit on the floor. However, Jiang Yan's room, though a bit small, was fully equipped.
Wen Yantong continued to say, "I mean, since you are of a high position, why are you still locked up?"
Jiang Yan fell silent at her question, and only replied after a pause, "That’s naturally a secret."
He was still wary and refused to disclose anything.
Wen Yantong looked at Chi Jingxi. Since Jiang Yan refused to answer, Chi Jingxi didn't ask any more questions and just said to her, "Get up."
Wen Yantong obediently stood up. Her hand was suddenly held by Chi Jingxi, he led her to take a couple steps to the side where she stepped on something soft.
"What's this? It feels very soft." Wen Yantong curiously stepped on it a few more times.
Chi Jingxi silently pulled her back and whispered in her ear, "It’s a makeshift bed for you."
Wen Yantong quickly retracted her feet and looked at him in surprise.
Unexpectedly, he was busy making a make-shift bed for her as soon as he came in. Apparently he knew there was nothing in the room and wanted her to sleep more comfortably at night.
Wen Yantong was pleasantly surprised, she squatted down and felt out two layers of robes, below that was a bundle of soft grass. Although it was not as comfortable as sleeping on a cotton pad, it was much better than sleeping on the floor.
Chi Jingxi knelt down and said, "I can't save you right now, so this is the best I can do for you now."
Instead of replying, Wen Yantong asked, "How did you find this place?"
Chi Jingxi answered, "I've actually always been following not too far behind."
Wen Yantong was surprised, "Did you come here by yourself?"
Chi Jingxi nodded.
They were very close and although the room was dim, Chi Jingxi still saw the mud on her face. He raised his hand to wipe it off before explaining, "I didn’t feel comfortable knowing you were going carriage with him, so I found an excuse to prevaricate Mu Yang and followed you two down the mountain. Then I saw you being taken away, so I arranged for Yang’er and Qian Yuan to return to the temporary palace to contact the people at the foot of the mountain. I decided to follow and protect you."
The last part, the ‘to protect you’ caused Wen Yantong's heart to skip a beat, and all her anxiety and uneasiness disappeared in an instant.
Chi Jingxi always gave her pleasant surprises.
She held Chi Jingxi's face and kissed him. "You are really my Jingxi."
Chi Jingxi didn't expect her to ‘attack’ so suddenly. He fell into a momentary silence before poking her forehead, "Danli."
"Okay, Danli Danli." Wen Yantong soon recalled that she couldn’t call others by their given name after their coming of age. She then said with a smile, "So Danli, what’s your plan now?"
Chi Jingxi's breath was a little unstable. After taking a few deep breaths, he answered, "My people have already infiltrated their organization. When the imperial army arrives, we can fight back."
Wen Yantong nodded. "So what I have to do now is stay in this room, right?"
Chi Jingxi took out oil-paper packaged cakes from his sleeve, stuffed it into her hand, and said, "No, you still have something to do."
Wen Yantong received the cakes in a daze, stunned to know that she could still help with this operation.
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Chi Jingxi did not stay too long that night, fearing that others would become suspicious. Before leaving, Chi Jingxi asked, "Did you remember everything I told you?"
Wen Yantong nodded, "Of course."
Chi Jingxi had a soft look in his eyes, and he couldn't help but pat her head, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Wen Yantong raised her hand to grab his lean wrist, pulled it down, and pressed the side of her face against his palm. She then turned her head and planted a soft kiss on his palm before saying in a low voice, "You too, be careful, don't get hurt."
Chi Jingxi only felt a slight tickle in his palm while her hot breath engulfed his heart. His adam’s apple couldn’t help but bob, and his captivating eyes were filled with tenderness. "Okay."
He left as quickly as he had arrived, making almost no sound.
After Chi Jingxi’s departure, Wen Yantong silently finished the cakes he brought, then lay down on the floor he had laid out, and covered herself with one of the robes.
Fortunately there weren’t many chilling winds in May, and Wen Yantong did not feel cold even if she slept in this manner. After a short conversation with Chi Jingxi, her mood had gradually stabilized as she fell asleep with a peace of mind.
Her sleep had been disrupted by Mu Yang for the last couple of days, and had been severely deprived of sleep. After being locked in the small dark room, she actually slept soundly and didn't slowly wake up until later in the morning.
Jiang Yan seemed to have woken up a long time ago. After he heard some movement next door, he put his head by the hole and called out, "Wen Yantong? Wen Yantong, are you awake?"
Hearing Jiang Yan's annoying shouting from the next door as soon as she woke up put Wen Yantong in an impatient mood, "What the heck do you want?"
Jiang Yan answered, "How about I ask them to release you? Don't you have a good relationship with the Little Marquis and the others, can you please say some good things about me to them? I have no thoughts of rebellion, I just want to live. As long as my life is spared, I promise never to appear in Chaoge again!"
After Wen Yantong heard this, she suddenly felt Jiang Yan's strong desire to survive. She didn't take it seriously before, but now she sympathized with him.
Jiang Yan fell from a high-ranking noble young master to the son of a criminal. He was now on the run, and even pretended to be a prostitute in order to survive. Such a story sounded quite comical, but only Jiang Yan himself was aware how much hardships he had and will face.
She sighed softly, walked to the hole dug by Jiang Yan, sat down, and asked, "Tell me, why do you want to live so much? The rest of your family members have all died, and you are the only one left. What’s the point of living?"
Jiang Yan suddenly fell silent. After a pause, his choked voice sounded, "Do people still need a reason to live?"
"You know what your Jiang Residence has done, right?" Wen Yantong retorted.
Of course he knew. "So what if I know? What can I do?"
Wen Yantong chuckled, "So you were wrongly accused?"
Jiang Yan hummed in a low voice, his mood suddenly dropped at the mention of these regretful matters. He seemed to have answered Wen Yantong's question in a distracted daze.
She continued, "Your father kept private soldiers, accepted bribes, gathered people into his party, and had intentions of mutiny. Your eldest brother had improper morals and hobbies, and had indecent affairs with both men and women. He liked to play with younger children the most and was ruthless in his methods."
Jiang Lao was a little surprised, "You, how did you..."
"I also know that your father and your eldest brother are both court officials, and had to maintain a proper outward facade, so they use you as a shield." Wen Yantong said, "Your father spent copious amounts of funds to purchase weapons privately, and your eldest brother had hard-to-change bad habits, so you decided to become a spendthrift and bad-tempered dandy that couldn’t be taught. Am I right, Jiang Yan?”
"How do you know?" Jiang Yan was completely shocked by Wen Yantong's words as he scratched the hole with trembling hands, "Tell me how did you find out!"
Wen Yantong did not answer, but said, "You didn't do anything, so of course you want to live."
Jiang Yan exclaimed, "Other than my father and eldest brother, no one should have known about this matter!"
As someone who has read the original work, she naturally knows about Jiang Yan's unspeakable suffering. She originally did not intend to participate but Chi Jingxi had given her an itinerary yesterday, and she must complete it.
"You want to live, but as long as the Jiang Residence’s private soldiers are still in existence, there is no way for you to survive. Moreover, they regard you as their master. Now they have captured Fu Zixian and I, it will only be a matter of time before the government officials and Prime Minister Fu come to find you. When that happens, you won’t be able to escape."
These were all indisputable facts. Jiang Yan’s face turned white with fright, he started to stutter from fright, "Wh–what should I do... I have already told them that I refuse to inherit the Jiang Residence's private army. I told them to disperse on their own, but they didn’t listen to me and locked me up."
When Wen Yantong heard this, she knew that Jiang Yan had taken the bait. A slight smile appeared on her lips. "I have a way to save your life."