Was it you that night?-Chapter 22 - The Switcheroo

Chapter 22: Chapter 22: The Switcheroo

Chapter 22 -22: The Switcheroo

Yan Changsheng remembered how Shen Qinghe had straightforwardly refused before, his expression solemn, “Qinghe is unwilling to lend the Secret Manual.”

Medicine Master Li, hearing this, was furious, “How can she be so cold-blooded? It concerns a person’s life, yet she turns a blind eye—do you intend to just watch her disregard human life?”

Yan Changsheng was at a loss for words.

Medicine Master Li, looking at the dying Nan Sheng, scolded harshly, “You claim to love Shengsheng, yet now you can’t even manage such a small matter. Shengsheng has really misjudged you!”

Nan Sheng hastily defended Yan Changsheng upon hearing this, “It’s not like that, Brother Changsheng is also having a hard time…”

Because she was too anxious to speak, she suddenly coughed violently, her complexion growing even paler, arousing even more pity.

“What difficulty does he have? Maybe he still has lingering feelings for Qinghe, that’s why he can’t even handle this small matter. Shengsheng, you’ve given your heart to him entirely, but he still harbors feelings for his ex-fiancée. I feel it’s unfair for you,” Medicine Master Li spared no mercy in mocking Yan Changsheng.

Yan Changsheng, annoyed and distracted, didn’t want to argue with Medicine Master Li anymore, only making a promise, “I will definitely get my hands on the Secret Manual.”

Nan Sheng felt a surge of joy.

She knew Yan Changsheng well; he seldom made promises, but once he did, he would surely keep them.

Therefore, she would definitely get hold of that Secret Manual in Shen Qinghe’s possession, and she wanted to witness the definitive split between Yan Changsheng and Shen Qinghe!!

Inside the Simple Residence Courtyard, Shen Qinghe originally wanted to continue her cultivation, but recalling the plot of the book, she could no longer calm her mind.

In this stock market-themed novel, the male lead was smitten with Nan Sheng. Whatever Nan Sheng wanted, the male lead would obtain for her by any means necessary.

Add to that Shen Zhiyao, the female antagonist who was an eyesore to Nan Sheng—so any good fortune that came Shen Zhiyao’s way in the book would eventually be snatched by Nan Sheng, who had a group of “henchmen” constantly at her service.

Since she died early in the book, there was no plot of Nan Sheng stealing her Secret Manual, but her current situation was no different from that of Shen Zhiyao in the book.

As one of Nan Sheng’s subordinates, Yan Changsheng would definitely obtain the “Heterodox Cultivation Manual” for her, by any means necessary.

With her inadequate cultivation base, she had to take precautions in advance; otherwise, she could only wait for her demise.

Even if it meant destroying the Secret Manual, she couldn’t hand it over to Nan Sheng.

At this moment she recalled something from the book: Nan Sheng indeed obtained a cultivation manual suitable for her, whose original owner was none other than Dongfang Wuya. However, it wasn’t Dongfang Wuya who actively handed the manual to Nan Sheng.

Because of that Secret Manual, Nan Sheng’s cultivation base advanced by leaps and bounds. Within just a few hundred years, she became the foremost female sword cultivator on the Northern Wasteland Continent.

Now that Nan Sheng was suddenly eyeing her Secret Manual, it was quite similar to the plot direction in the book. But since she could change her fate of dying early, she was determined to alter the subsequent course of events as well.

She took out the Secret Manual and carefully examined its content, when suddenly, she thought of a cunning plan to replace one thing with another.

Without notifying anyone, she then left the Simple Residence Courtyard and quietly left the Sky Pole Sect.

That night, a figure stealthily entered the Simple Residence Courtyard. The person was dressed in black with a masked face, only revealing a pair of deep eyes.

Upon entering Shen Qinghe’s boudoir, the black-clothed person hesitated, but eventually steeled their resolve. However, upon seeing the empty room, their brows knit slightly in consternation.

They searched throughout the Simple Residence Courtyard and still did not find Shen Qinghe. Although the chances seemed slim, they searched both inside and out and didn’t find a trace of the Secret Manual.

The man tore off his mask, revealing himself to be Yan Changsheng.

He had originally planned to steal the Secret Manual, but since Shen Qinghe was nowhere to be found, his plan had to be put on hold.

He wondered where Shen Qinghe could have gone in the dead of night; surely she hadn’t gone off to meet with some other male cultivator in private.

He waited until dawn, but still Shen Qinghe did not return.

Nan Sheng, on the other hand, kept watch near the Simple Residence Courtyard all night long.

She knew Yan Changsheng loved her, and since Yan Changsheng had promised to give her the Secret Manual, he would definitely act. Sure enough, she saw with her own eyes Yan Changsheng entering the Simple Residence Courtyard.

She had thought she’d soon have the cultivation manual in her hands, but instead she ended up waiting the entire night, only to see Yan Changsheng come out of the Simple Residence Courtyard at dawn.

She was both jealous and resentful, thinking that Yan Changsheng had spent the whole night alone with Shen Qinghe at the Simple Residence Courtyard.

She also remembered the night of last year’s Mid-Autumn Festival when Yan Changsheng preferred to believe Shen Qinghe instead of her, giving her the cold shoulder. She was so heartbroken and upset that she approached Xiao Chen in a fit of pique, hoping to make Yan Changsheng taste the bitterness of jealousy.

Now that Yan Changsheng had spent a whole night alone with Shen Qinghe, could it be that he still harbored feelings for her?

She returned to Medicine Peak quietly, waiting for Yan Changsheng to come to her.

But that wait lasted until evening and still there was no sign of Yan Changsheng. She felt a sinking feeling in her heart, suspecting that Yan Changsheng had gone back to the Simple Residence Courtyard.

Yan Changsheng had indeed gone back to the Simple Residence Courtyard. Since he hadn’t gotten the Secret Manual, he didn’t dare to face Nan Sheng. And thinking of her serious injury, he decided to go back to the Simple Residence Courtyard to lie in wait again.

This wait turned out to be yet another overnight vigil, and Nan Sheng too spent another night waiting outside the courtyard.

Although Nan Sheng knew that Yan Changsheng had stayed with Shen Qinghe alone for two nights because of the Secret Manual, she still felt jealous and envious.

After waiting for Yan Changsheng for three days without seeing him, she decided to leave Medicine Peak and went to Spring Breeze Pavilion to find Xiao Chen.

If Yan Changsheng could spend several nights alone with Shen Qinghe, she could also spend a whole night alone with Xiao Chen.

When Xiao Chen saw Nan Sheng, he didn’t send her away, but he wasn’t particularly enthusiastic either. Even when she didn’t leave until late into the night and said she wanted to stay overnight at Spring Breeze Pavilion, he remained indifferent.

He couldn’t deny his fondness for Nan Sheng; it felt like destiny. Even from the first glance, he felt that his entanglement with Nan Sheng would be profound.

He didn’t reject Nan Sheng. In fact, he even hoped that something might happen between them—a sentiment he had not experienced in many years and one that was within his control.

Nan Sheng was preferable to Shen Qinghe; every time he saw Shen Qinghe, he felt that both his emotions and the situation were beyond his control, like the time he had an uncontrollable thought of killing Shen Qinghe…

Nan Sheng came to find Xiao Chen originally to get back at Yan Changsheng, but the moment she laid eyes on Xiao Chen’s ascetic and refined handsome face, her heartbeat became erratic.

At that moment, Xiao Chen’s eyes were dark and brooding, as if hiding a beast within, and this made him seem especially alluring to her.

She liked how Yan Changsheng was infatuated with her, losing control for her, and she also wanted to see Xiao Chen one day losing control and falling for her.

Her heartbeat quickened uncontrollably as she drew closer to Xiao Chen, exhaling softly by his lips, “Brother Xiao, what are you thinking about?”

Xiao Chen had just been preoccupied with the frightened look in Shen Qinghe’s eyes when she saw him, but as he came to his senses, he met Nan Sheng’s shy gaze.

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