Chapter 321: Leaving Older Brother Behind to Escape Alone_l

The Wei Family was indeed a martial general family. Although their eldest son didn’t excel in martial arts, he had inherited his father, Wei Mingting’s keen observation and insight. If not, he wouldn’t have been able to quickly locate their place of captivity.

Unfortunately, the young master Wei was too overconfident, not anticipating the kind of enemy he was facing, which led to them all becoming prisoners together.

However, it wasn’t his fault. The Wei Family’s sons in Taizhou prefecture couldn’t even dream of how vast the force involved in this kidnapping was.

At this moment, Wei Yichen had no interest in hearing any praise for himself.

What he wanted to know now was why the innocent Wanwan would be in such a close relationship with a man.

“Wanwan, tell your brother, what the hell is going on? Why are you so intimate with this man?”

In this moment, Wei Qingwan and Qi Zhen were still closely pressed together, their close relationship was self-evident.

Realising this, Wei Qingwan quickly distanced herself from Qi Zhen and tried to explain, “Brother, don’t be angry, I was just cold, and to keep warm, I had to stay close to Master Qi…”

“So, the woman I saw secretly meeting with this man on the back hill of Anzhou Academy is you! And you lied to me that you had never been to Anzhou Academy!” Wei Yichen accused again.

Wei Qingwan bit her lip, this time she couldn’t defend herself.

That day, she indeed went out, because the Tongzhi Prefecture’s gentleman had to leave on business, giving everyone half a day off. So she used learning embroidery with the embroiderer as an excuse to go out with Master Qi.

Wei Qingwan’s silence shattered the last bit of hope in Wei Yichen’s heart.

Previously, no matter what the shop owner said, no matter how some signs pointed out the problem, Wei Yichen was reluctant to believe that his sister, whom he had watched grow up, would behave so inappropriately.

“How can you do something so shameless?” Wei Yichen was furious, not just at Wei Qingwan’s inappropriate actions, but also at her deception towards him.

“Brother, don’t be angry. Master Qi and I love each other, and we have acted within propriety and never done anything inappropriate!” Wei Qingwan hurriedly explained to Wei Yichen.

“You thinkyour actions are not overstepping bounds?! Is this how our family taught you?! After all these years of reading, have you learned to be as frivolous as a harlot?!” Wei Yichen was heartbroken.

“Brother, I really didn’t do anything inappropriate! Master Qi is a gentleman. Nothing more happened between us. We just genuinely admire each other. Brother, you must believe me!” Wei Qingwan strenuously defended herself.

Wei Yichen didn’t want to hear any more of Wei Qingwan’s excuses, he painfully closed his eyes, wishing he could close his ears as well.

Seeing Wei Yichen’s reaction, Wei Qingwan became scared and upset, and couldn’t help but start crying again.

Qi Zhen quietly watched from the sidelines, not expressing any opinions on the sibling disagreement.

Just then, there was another commotion outside, bigger than before.

After a while, the room’s door opened again. A few plain-clothed men came in with torches, instantly illuminating the small room.

“Master!” The men bowed to Qi Zhen.

Then they went up to untie Qi Zhen.

“How are things outside?” Qi Zhen asked.

The fighting outside hadn’t stopped yet.

“Master, the enemy is strong, and we can’t take them down in a short time. We are afraid that they will get reinforcements, so we chose to break through and rescue you first. Please leave with us as soon as possible.”

Qi Zhen nodded, then ordered them to untie Wei Qingwan next to him.

After gaining her freedom, Wei Qingwan wanted to go and untie Wei Yichen, but was stopped by Qi Zhen.

“If you save him, you won’t make it. He already knows about your affair. If he spreads it, you won’t have a place in the world.” Qi Zhen reminded Wei Qingwan. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Wei Qingwan froze.

Qi Zhen continued to remind Wei Qingwan, “Think about it, even if we talk about marriage in the future, if the news about our secret meeting gets out, my family will not agree to our marriage either.”

“But… he’s my brother, he probably wouldn’t…” Wei Qingwan’s voice trailed off, then she glanced at Wei Yichen.

At this moment, Wei Yichen had already opened his eyes, meeting Wei Qingwan’s gaze.

“Just by you saying this proves that you’re not sure whether he’ll speak or not. Look at his state now, it’s uncertain whether he can forgive your deception, how can you ensure he will keep your secret? Are you planning to bet your future and life that he would? Once the news gets out, have you thought about the consequences you’d be facing?”

Wei Qingwan turned pale.

She wasn’t the Wei Family’s biological daughter. If this incident were to happen, she would be thrown out by the Wei Family!

Without her status, without her reputation, awaiting her would only be a dead-end!

No! Not possible! She didn’t want to die! She didn’t want to be thrown out of the house either!

“Let’s go.” Qi Zhen urged.

“But…” Wei Qingwan was hesitant, glancing at Qi Zhen and then at Wei Yichen.

Seeing that Wei Qingwan couldn’t make a decision, Qi Zhen grabbed her hand and left.

Wei Qingwan kept looking back every other step, her gaze unwilling to leave Wei Yichen and indicating her hesitation.

Yet, her feet kept up with Qi Zhen’s pace, step by step moving away from their prison…

Wei Yichen watched Wei Qingwan leave helplessly, his eyes followed the light in the room gradually faded, returning to its original darkness, and watched the door close again.

He neither protested loudly nor called for help.

He calmly watched the sister he had trusted and doted on leave him behind to escape.

After a long time, Wei Yichen suddenly started laughing.

Initially, it was a low laugh, then it gradually grew louder, until finally, it became a chilling laugh…

Some time later, the commotion outside stopped.

Someone again entered Wei Yichen’s cell and seemed surprised to find one person still left.

“Didn’t expect to leave one behind, but I guess he’s useless. Oh well, better report to the master first, see if there’s any need to spare this man’s life.”

Wei Yichen didn’t know who the ‘master’ was, and he didn’t know what kind of dispute he had been caught up in either.

These questions didn’t seem that important to him right now.

He knew he could very possibly die, a high chance he couldn’t get out of this cell alive.

Leaning against the mud-covered wall, he gazed at the only small window, feeling a chill that seemed out of place for July.

The coldness of the cell was less penetrating than the coldness brought about by his sister’s betrayal, whom he had trusted and grown up with since childhood.