Chapter 15: You Know It, I’m A Demon!
“It’s you… good nephew, put the knife down first. If there’s anything, let’s talk it over properly, alright?”
After a long time, Zhao Yungui slowly spoke.
But his voice carried a slight tremble.
His expression revealed shock, fear, doubt, and other complex emotions.
Ji Qing remained unmoved. He glanced at the two guards, as well as the Zhao Family servants farther away, and said coldly: “Uncle, what I want to say, are you sure you want them to hear it?”
Zhao Yungui said to the two guards: “You two, go down. Don’t come near.”
The two guards glanced at each other.
With their martial arts, they couldn’t do anything to Ji Qing.
Therefore, they could only retreat as ordered, all the way back to ten zhang away.
Zhao Yungui took a deep breath and said with a complicated expression: “Ji Qing, I believe there’s definitely some hidden story in your family’s matter, but right now the government is pursuing you, and I’m powerless.”
Ji Qing sheathed his knife and said coldly: “I only need you to do one thing this time.”
Ji Qing set down the woven basket on his back.
A small head poked out from the woven basket.
“She is… Yao’er?”
Zhao Yungui immediately guessed Ji Yao’s identity.
“Correct, she is Yao’er, your own niece! In the entire Ji family, only the two of us are alive.”
“Now I’m handing Yao’er over to you for you to raise her. Any problem?”
Ji Qing said straightforwardly.
“This…”
Zhao Yungui said somewhat troubled: “Ji Qing, my family situation is complicated. The lady of the house doesn’t get along with me, the children are all troublesome, and there are several younger brothers eyeing the family business. Now with Yao’er added, I’m afraid she’ll be affected by the internal family disputes.”
Ji Qing took Ji Yao out from the woven basket.
He said calmly: “No problem. If Ji Yao is bullied or not treated well, I’ll kill your entire family!”
“Uh… you…”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yungui seemed as if an invisible hand was choking his neck; his face flushed red, yet he didn’t know what to say.
“You know, I’m a demon!”
After Ji Qing finished speaking, he squatted down and said to Ji Yao: “Yao’er, from now on you’ll live with your uncle. He is your mother’s brother and will certainly treat you well. If anyone bullies you or you feel wronged, when I come to see you, just tell me.”
Although Ji Yao was only six years old, her experiences wandering the jianghu along the way had already made her very sensible.
Tears flowed silently from her eyes, but she didn’t make a fuss. Instead, she asked: “Brother, will you come see me?”
“Yes, you are my only sister. I will definitely come see you.”
“Good, then I’ll listen to brother and stay here with uncle. When I grow up, I can help you.”
Ji Qing wiped Ji Yao’s tears dry.
He stood up, looked at Zhao Yungui, and said: “Uncle, any problem?”
Countless thoughts had flashed through Zhao Yungui’s mind just now.
But seeing Ji Qing’s cold gaze, he couldn’t help trembling in his heart: “No problem, definitely no problem. With Yao’er here with me, I’ll treat her as my own and never let her be wronged!”
“Remember to let Yao’er study.”
“I’ll find the best tutor in the whole city for Yao’er.”
Ji Qing nodded.
“Still that same words: if Yao’er is not treated well, I’ll wipe out the entire Zhao clan!”
After speaking, Ji Qing’s figure flickered, and with a few leaps, he vanished without a trace.
The two guards, along with a crowd of servants, hurriedly ran over.
“Master, are you alright?”
The guard asked.
Zhao Yungui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still terrified in his heart.
Ji Qing was a real demon.
Villain Ranking Eighth, with a government bounty of a thousand taels of silver.
He had no doubt about the weight of Ji Qing’s words “wipe out the entire Zhao clan.”
“Let’s go, hurry back.”
Zhao Yungui also took Ji Yao’s hand and hurriedly returned to the Zhao Mansion.
“Yao’er, you go rest first. I’ll send two maidservants to attend to you.”
Zhao Yungui said “kindly.”
“I’ll follow uncle’s arrangements.”
Ji Yao was also very sensible. She understood that she was now “dependent on others.”
Unlike before at home.
As soon as Ji Yao went down, a middle-aged woman hurriedly arrived.
As soon as she entered the living room, she saw Ji Yao being led away by a maidservant, and her face instantly darkened.
“Well, Zhao Yungui, you actually kept a mistress behind my back? Even having a child, and you dare bring the child home? Tell me, whose bastard is she with you and that cheap woman?”
The middle-aged woman came before Zhao Yungui and started yelling loudly.
“Shut up!”
Zhao Yungui’s expression changed.
He looked around, afraid someone might hear.
“Madam, she is Yun Niang’s child. You must not make a fuss. Otherwise, great disaster will befall our family!”
“Yun Niang? Which Yun Niang?”
“Which other Yun Niang could it be? Of course my own sister, who married into the Ji Residence in Liang City.”
“Didn’t the government say your sister Yun Niang was killed by that unfilial beast? Then this child… was sent by that demon?”
“Hush! My dear madam, why are you still yelling? Maybe he’s watching us from the shadows…”
Zhao Yungui anxiously stamped his feet and tightly covered his wife’s mouth.
Disaster comes from the mouth; he was afraid his wife would say something excessive.
Madam Zhao also took a deep breath, calmed her tense mood, and asked softly: “Then we won’t report to the officials?”
“You still dare report to the officials? What kind of people are in the yamen—you don’t know? And that fiend said if Yao’er is wronged or bullied, he’ll wipe out everyone in my Zhao Mansion! I only met that fiend once, and my legs are still shaking. Given what he’s done, he’s probably a great demon we can’t afford to provoke.”
“You must strictly instruct the servants and those disobedient sons not to provoke Ji Yao. Otherwise, our Zhao clan will face great disaster.”
“Sigh, what a disaster…”
Zhao Yungui’s face was full of anxiety.
Ever since the Ji Residence was wiped out, he had inquired in detail about Ji Qing’s matters.
Patricide and matricide, wiping out the entire Ji Residence, then wandering the world, reportedly killing the Eighteen Riders of the Great Desert and the Three Oddities of Lingdong, ranking eighth on the jianghu Villain Ranking!
For such a bloodstained great demon who had killed countless, if Ji Yao was truly wronged in the Zhao Mansion, the entire Zhao Mansion would really be in danger.
“Master, rest assured. From now on, we’ll treat Ji Yao like an ancestor. Her treatment will be the top in the Zhao Mansion, and we absolutely won’t let her suffer the slightest grievance!”
“Good, as long as you have it in mind, madam. We absolutely cannot have any mishaps. Right, regarding Ji Yao’s identity, we must guard it strictly and never let others know, or there might be big trouble.”
Zhao Yungui knew that Ji Qing, this “Villain Ranking Eighth,” was formidable, but probably had plenty of troubles on him too.
The Zhao Mansion couldn’t withstand any turmoil.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
Ji Qing hadn’t left An Yang City but was hiding in the city, secretly watching “Ji Yao” for several days.
During these few days, Ji Yao was initially a bit unadapted, but the Zhao Mansion truly didn’t dare neglect her. Everyone treated her very well, with top-tier accommodations.
Zhao Yungui’s eldest grandson, being naughty and mischievous, teased Ji Yao and ended up punished by Madam Zhao with family discipline, beaten until his skin split open.
Even pleading from her son was useless.
Ji Qing was very satisfied.
Of course, he was also well aware that Zhao Yungui didn’t truly love Ji Yao but feared him, this “great demon” of the jianghu.
As long as he, this “great demon,” was around, Ji Yao could live peacefully.
“Swish.”
A fierce glint flashed in Ji Qing’s eyes.
“You’ve followed for so long, come out.”
Ji Qing’s tone was calm, but his hand gradually gripped the hilt.
A gust of autumn wind blew, filling the air with a chilling aura.
The surroundings suddenly seemed to quiet down, as if even the air had frozen.
