469 No Answer (2/2)
Ye Qingxuan fell silent.
”However, I'm sure Yunlou Qingshu is grateful to you now. Grateful that you saved Bai Xi from Qingxi's men and happy that she can live healthily.” Hermes smile grew mocking and mysterious. ”Especially after he realized when Yunlou Chaoyue became of age that, just by herself, she couldn't receive Dijun's acknowledgment.
”Chaoyue and Baixi are one person… Yunlou's weapon Dijun will only recognize the two of them and it must be the two! With one missing, he could not awaken Dijun and control the core of Yunlou City. He cannot fight off the Black Tide that will come in two years. The glory and power he has spent his entire life fighting for, his Yunlou, will be buried under the natural catastrophe.
”If I were Yunlou Qingshu, I would thank the heavens, burn incense for you, and put up a big tablet to worship you. Ye Qingxuan, you're a great person, a totally great person. You're the hero who saved Yunlou City.”
It finally dawned on him. ”He wants to take Bai Xi back to be his puppet and control Dijun?”
”Not just that now.” Hermes smiled. ”Now he wants to add a son-in-law with a great future, the future minister of Anglo. He probably can't stop smiling.”
”Why does he think Bai Xi will listen to him?”
”Did you forget what I said?” Hermes pulled some nuts out of a drawer but thinking that he was still dieting, he sighed and put it back.
”Chaoyue and Baixi are one person. They are twins from the same source and their connection is unimaginable. If he controls Chaoyue, do you think Baixi will run away? I can think of dozens of similar solutions. Don't you understand?”
Ye Qingxuan remained silent. He began pondering but his mind was a mess. He could not think of any solution. But after a while, he suddenly smiled as if all the weight had been lifted. When he looked at Hermes, his eyes became meaningful.
”Tsk!” Hermes shook his head in annoyance. ”I hate dealing with kids like you. You understand things too quickly and I can't even drag out the drama.”
”You said all this so I can beg you to cut the tie, right?” Ye Qingxuan asked. ”Boss, you're Bai Xi's teacher. Coming here without telling her is one thing, but you won't just let her die without doing anything, right?”
”I came to fulfill a promise with a friend, that's all.” Hermes was upset. ”I'm Bai Xi's teacher but can we do a fair trade? I hate owing people and never let debts go on for long. If we calculate the business of her becoming my student, she's made so much profit! And I even gave her the clock shop in Avalon. What do you want me to do? Give her my coffin money as her dowry?”
”You want me to beg you?” Ye Qingxuan looked at him without any fear.
Hermes rolled his eyes and said, ”Beg me.”
”I beg you,” Ye Qingxuan said shamelessly.
”There's no sincerity in those words. Kneel down.”
”Okay.”
Without hesitating, Ye Qingxuan got up and moved to kneel down. His moves were so agile and smooth, like a tiger landing on the ground. His aura was so powerful that Hermes was frightened.
”F*ck, where's your dignity? Your shame? If Ye Lanzhou knew you're kneeling for a woman, he'd climb out of his coffin!”
”Me kneeling has nothing to do with him.” Ye Qingxuan looked at Hermes, still seeming like he was going to kneel. ”Boss, you want me to kowtow? How many times?”
”Sit down!” Hermes was powerless. ”Being with that *sshole senior of yours, you didn't learn any talents except how to be shameless!”
”So you agreed?” Ye Qingxuan fluttered his lashes. ”What's the solution?”
”If I started worrying now like you, it'll be way too late!” Hermes huffed. ”My promise with Bai Xi is that if she becomes my student, I'll give her freedom. The problem is, I solved this half a year ago. She is the only musician in the world with two sound of hearts and my sole inheritor. In addition to the music theory system, she also has an alchemy array inside her.”
Ye Qingxuan frowned. ”Is one alchemy array effective?”
”You think these arrays are peanuts and you can have as many as you want?”
Hermes looked with scorn. ”She's not me. Having one is already a lot. In addition, I referenced the music theory of Heaven Ladder to create this masterpiece of a chain array. It's comparable to any sacred weapon on this world. With this chain array, she can control Zhaodang. I've cut her tie to Chaoyue long ago too. Qingshu can't do anything to her. Don't worry.”
He paused and sighed. ”The more I talk the more I feel indebted. Other students are all filial. Not only does my student not care about, I even have to give her a store and a weapon…”
Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan sighed in relief. He patted Hermes's shoulder. ”Don't worry. After your hundredth year, Bai Xi will burn paper money for you every year.”
Hermes spat onto the ground. ”You're the seventh to say that to me confidently! The other six are long dead!”
Ye Qingxuan smiled but did not reply.
”And don't think everything's solved after I cut the tie.” Hermes glanced at him. ”Yunlou Qingshu keeps meeting with the Ecclesiastical Order these days. They seem very close. I don't know what else he has in mind for his Yunlou City. He might have other tricks.”
”I'm taking Bai Xi back to Avalon after the Winter Festival,” Ye Qingxuan said. ”He can try whatever he wants in Avalon.”
”Good idea.” Hermes glanced at him, seeming to smile. ”Very definite as well but I hope you won't continue to run from your thoughts.”
Ye Qingxuan was silent.
Done speaking, Hermes did not want to bother with him anymore. He waved for Ye Qingxuan to leave. But before leaving, he tossed something over. Ye Qingxuan caught it and froze.
”Some little girl told me to give this to you.” Seeing his shock, Hermes snickered. ”Remember to keep it by your side. After all, her heart is in it.”
Silent, Ye Qingxuan looked down at the little thing in his palm. It was a doll made from weeds with a weird painted face. It looked like a girl but was drawn poorly. The thing was childish and crude but Ye Qingxuan felt like he was struck by lightning.
”Elsa…is still alive?” He looked at Hermes. ”Does she really have something to do with the Winged Folk?”
”Ha, who knows?” Hermes whistled and pointed at the door. ”My guest, the store is closed. Please go home. Come back in two days. The boss has something to give you.”
He waved his notebook knowingly. Ye Qingxuan gaped at the doll in his hands. After a long while, he put it in his arms and left.
In the store, Hermes held a feather duster and watched as Ye Qingxuan faded into the distance. He could not help but whistle.
”The hardest problem to solve in this world is the word 'affection'…so hard to solve! But you can't solve it like this.” He laughed gleefully. ”You can't solve it messily but you *sshole keep finding princesses to solve it. Not only do you have Bai Xi, the princess of Yunlou, and Anglo's second princess, you even have something with the empress of Romulus…hehe, are you stuck now?”
No one replied in the silence.
This question probably had no answer.