I Am The Villain In The Novel

Chapter 22: Xiao Feng’s Change

Half an hour later, Wei Changtian, with a bruised face and nose, was already sitting in the carriage, with a big hen tied up next to him.

“Young Master, I think that Xu Qingwan definitely has bad intentions!”

Wang Er’s voice came from the front: “It’s her blessing that you fancy her, and yet she doesn’t appreciate it! In my opinion, we might as well just kidnap her directly!”

“Kidnap, kidnap, kidnap! All you know is kidnapping!”

Wei Changtian scolded angrily, “Though we aren’t exactly gentlemen, can’t you use your brain a little when doing things?”

“Huh? It’s my fault for talking too much, please calm your anger, Young Master…”

Wang Er felt very wronged, thinking that the Young Master had always taught him before that as long as he could get someone onto the bed, it was a good method, whether using knives or ropes.

Why had it changed to using brains recently?

But he didn’t dare ask, and after a long silence, he suddenly remembered something and tentatively said:

“By the way, Young Master, the arrangements for the Mid-Autumn boating trip are ready, but it seems a lot of people are joining in the fun.”

“Should we issue a warning in advance…cough, I mean, do you have any other plans?”

“Hmm…”

Wei Changtian pondered for a while before slowly saying, “At that time, have more experts hidden around the pleasure boat, ready to follow my orders. You don’t need to worry about anything else.”

“And also, investigate why Xu Qingwan needs so much money.”

“Understood, Young Master.”

Wang Er responded and said no more, while Wei Changtian turned his gaze to the hen tied up in a peculiar manner beside him.

The rope went through the chicken wings, looped around its neck, and crossed over its chest…

“Brother Chicken, no, Sister Chicken…sorry for the trouble.”

…

“Bang! Bang bang bang!”

Just as Wei Changtian and the hen were staring at each other, on a small hill next to Houqiu Village, Xiao Feng was punching and kicking the corpse of a tiger demon.

Judging by its size, this tiger demon had at least thirty years of cultivation and shouldn’t have appeared in such a small hill and forest.

But as they say, where the protagonist is, there will be experience points to gain.

So it was obvious that it had been arranged by fate to give Xiao Feng a head.

“Bang!”

The soil had already been dyed red by the demon’s blood. With another punch, the already dead tiger demon’s head exploded, with its brain matter splattering everywhere. The little girl next to him was so scared that her face turned pale.

Looking at the figure still throwing punches, she finally shivered and said, “Brother Xiao, it, it’s already dead…”

“Hmm?”

The clear voice brought Xiao Feng back to his senses as if waking from a dream.

He stared blankly at the demon corpse in front of him, panting heavily. It took a full ten breaths before he regained his composure.

“Ying’er, I…”

Turning his head, he wanted to comfort the frightened little girl.

But her instinctive step back made him pause, and a look of pain appeared on his face.

“Ying’er, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to…”

“Brother Xiao…”

The girl called Ying’er had tears welling up in her eyes. After struggling for a moment, she suddenly mustered up all her courage, walked over, and trembling, took out a cloth handkerchief to wipe the blood off Xiao Feng.

“Brother Xiao, I, I’m not afraid…”

Seemingly to cheer herself up, the little girl kept repeating, “I’m not afraid.”

Unfortunately, inner fear cannot be dispelled just by saying it.

More importantly, she didn’t even know if she was more afraid of the blood and brain matter or the person in front of her.

So terrifying.

What has happened to Brother Xiao…

…

A cool breeze swept over the hillside, carrying a pungent smell of blood.

Xiao Feng looked down at the pale and delicate face of the girl, whose fear made her complexion ghostly white. Unconsciously, he clenched his fists tightly.

He also wanted to know what was happening to him.

That day at the Wei mansion, he was struck by Wei Xianzhi and thought he was doomed. However, when he opened his eyes, he was already in Houqiu Village.

Not only were his injuries inexplicably healed, but his inner strength had also increased significantly, reaching the peak of the seventh rank, just one step away from the sixth rank.

This should have been an enormous stroke of good fortune, but ever since then, he felt that something was off.

On normal days it was fine, but if he saw blood, he would become incredibly violent, sometimes even losing his sanity like just now…

Xiao Feng had pondered over it for a long time but couldn’t figure out what had happened to him. In the end, he could only attribute it to a conspiracy by the Wei family.

But why didn’t the Wei family just kill him directly?

What was the point of this roundabout scheme?

He couldn’t understand.

Xiao Feng felt that if he wanted to uncover the truth, he had to go back to the Wei family.

“Ying’er…”

Thinking of this, he gently took the small hand in front of him and said softly, “Since my injuries are healed, it’s time for me to leave.”

“Ah!”

Ying’er abruptly raised her head, her fear instantly replaced by shock: “Brother Xiao, are you leaving?”

“Yes.”

Xiao Feng nodded, gazing into the distance towards the capital: “There are some things I must figure out.”

“Brother Xiao…”

Ying’er stared at Xiao Feng, her voice trembling with a hint of sobbing: “Then, will you come back?”

Xiao Feng smiled slightly: “Silly girl, if you don’t let me down, I will definitely not let you down.”

“…:

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, falling on the girl’s head. Ying’er’s face turned red instantly, and she mumbled, clutching her handkerchief: “Then I’ll go home and cook for you. Grandpa just bought some pork yesterday…”

“No need, I’ll leave now.”

Xiao Feng released her soft little hand, walked back to the tiger demon’s corpse, drew his black sword, and with a few swift movements, extracted a demon pill the size of a chicken egg from the demon’s head.

“This item can be exchanged for a lot of silver. Keep it and wait for me to come back.”

“…”

“Brother Xiao! I’ll wait for you!”

Her voice, full of longing and attachment, echoed through the forest, but in a blink, Xiao Feng was gone.

Shortly after he left, a few spies from the Spy Department arrived at Houqiu Village.

…

“Villager, have you seen this person?”

At the entrance of Houqiu Village, a burly man held up a paper portrait. The person drawn on it was Xiao Feng.

“Isn’t this Young Hero Xiao!”

The person being questioned looked excited: “Of course I recognize him!”

“Hmm?”

The spies exchanged glances, but outwardly remained calm: “Where is he now?”

“He is staying at Old Liu’s place.”

“A few days ago, Young Hero Xiao was injured for some unknown reason and has been recuperating at Old Liu’s place… Huh? Who are you? Why are you asking about this?”

“Hehe.”

The lead spy didn’t answer but instead smiled and handed over a few copper coins: “Brother, could you tell us how to get to the Liu residence?”

“Oh! I could tell at a glance that you aren’t bad people. You must be friends with Young Hero Xiao!”

“Just go straight, turn left when you see an ancient locust tree, and it’s the first house!”

“Alright, thanks, brother.”

“Thank you for what… Ah! You, you…”

“Thud!”

In a flash of light, the speaker collapsed to the ground, his wide eyes filled with disbelief.

Upon closer inspection, one could see a faint bloodline on his neck, but strangely, there was no trace of blood.

“Fourth, you handle this man’s body.”

The lead spy put away his poisoned dagger, bent down, and pried open the man’s fingers, retrieving the copper coins back into his hand.

“Third, go back to the headquarters and call for reinforcements. Second, you and I will stay here.”

With that, he gently closed the fallen man’s eyelids.

“Brother, sorry about this.”