In Another World, Everyone Want to Kill Me!-Chapter 176: By the Stream

Li Xunhuan happened to turn his head and catch sight of this scene, and a trace of amusement appeared on his face.

Just after exiting the main gate of Qiuyue Hall, Yue Mingxuan secretly cried out in misery.

This era had no compass and no GPS, so for someone as directionally challenged as him, getting lost was practically routine.

He had never been around the area near Qiuyue Hall even once.

Looking at the green-clad figure walking ahead, he steeled himself and followed along.

The two walked one after the other for an unknown amount of time before an artificial stream appeared before them.

Li Xunhuan casually chose a spot and sat down, leaving Yue Mingxuan standing awkwardly behind him, unsure of what to do.

After a moment, Li Xunhuan spoke without turning his head. "Sit."

Yue Mingxuan then found a flat spot nearby and sat down, imitating Li Xunhuan.

Although the stream was artificial, its builder had clearly put in considerable effort, connecting it to flowing water outside, so from time to time fish could be seen swimming within it.

After a brief silence, Li Xunhuan asked, "Why do you keep following me?"

"Uh..." Yue Mingxuan scratched his head awkwardly. "I got lost."

Li Xunhuan glanced at him.

Judging from Yue Mingxuan’s clothing, he was indeed someone from Piaoxiang Courtyard, but those fair and tender hands clearly indicated that he could not possibly be just an ordinary servant.

"You’re not from here?"

Yue Mingxuan looked at Li Xunhuan and replied, "Mm, I’m not from here."

After all, he had been kidnapped and brought here.

A trace of confusion flashed through Li Xunhuan’s eyes. "You’re not from here, yet you’re wearing a servant’s clothes and serving people here?"

There were simply too many mysteries surrounding this person.

Li Xunhuan’s question was very direct.

Yue Mingxuan thought for a long time before answering, "It wasn’t by my own will."

It wasn’t that he hadn’t had opportunities to escape while working in the back kitchen, but he had observed Piaoxiang Courtyard carefully.

It seemed to be built within a valley, so even if he could run out of the courtyard itself, he still wouldn’t be able to escape the valley.

"You mean you were forced?" Li Xunhuan asked again.

Yue Mingxuan nodded, acknowledging Li Xunhuan’s interpretation.

Li Xunhuan gave an "oh" and turned back around, saying nothing more.

Yue Mingxuan, understanding the cue, also stayed quietly to the side and did not speak again.

The world was like this, he had never expected anyone to help him.

What’s more, the man before him was someone whose background he did not know.

Yue Mingxuan had no desire to escape a wolf’s den only to fall into a tiger’s lair.

Looking at the rippling stream, Yue Mingxuan thought about how he had lost control and kicked open the door simply because he had heard a voice resembling Shang Qinghua’s.

He could not help but smile faintly.

In this world, the only people he trusted were just those few.

Even toward Xi Yu, who had once treated his injuries, he still had to beat around the bush and was unwilling to speak plainly.

When had he started becoming like this?

In truth, transmigration was not as wonderful as imagined.

At the very least, wandering alone in an unfamiliar time and space, tightly guarding secrets known only to oneself, after a long time and many days, it became impossible to open one’s heart to anyone.

Trusting without truly confiding was an exhausting state and so he was destined to be alone for the rest of his life.

...

After a short while, Xi Yu also arrived by the stream.

Yue Mingxuan shot him a glare but did not speak.

Xi Yu, having been glared at, was not annoyed at all.

He sat down beside Li Xunhuan with a grin. "You really know how to find some peace and quiet. I searched for you for ages."

Li Xunhuan did not speak, be just casting a glance at Yue Mingxuan beside him.

This person clearly knew Xi Yu, yet Xi Yu himself seemed not to have realized it.

Li Xunhuan had thought that upon seeing Xi Yu, Yue Mingxuan would surely plead or complain, but instead, he did not say a single word.

Seeing that neither Yue Mingxuan nor Li Xunhuan paid him any attention, Xi Yu moved over next to Yue Mingxuan.

"Hey, how did you know about the wound on my back? What relationship do you have with that annoying little doctor?"

Yue Mingxuan rolled his eyes at him, but since Li Xunhuan was present, he did not erupt immediately. Instead, he spoke with a hint of sarcasm. "Young Master Xi is so interested in beauties, just be careful that your wound doesn’t split open."

When Yue Mingxuan mentioned the wound, Xi Yu finally remembered that there were still quite a few threads embedded in the flesh of his back. He quickly asked, "Do you have any way to deal with the threads on my back?"

Upon learning that Xi Yu needed his help, Yue Mingxuan immediately began calculating in his heart. "I did stay in a medical hall for a while, but..." He deliberately paused. "I wonder if Young Master Xi can accept my condition?"

Seeing that Yue Mingxuan could remove the threads from his back, Xi Yu hurriedly said, "Whatever condition you have, just say it. Money’s not a problem."

Yue Mingxuan shook his head. "I don’t want money."

In the past, he would definitely have demanded as much as possible, but now there were things far more important than money.

Xi Yu frowned.

The conditions proposed by people who didn’t want money were usually quite harsh.

"Then what do you want?"

Yue Mingxuan said bluntly, "I want you to take me out of here."

Xi Yu sized Yue Mingxuan up.

Aside from being rather ugly, his limbs were intact and nothing seemed amiss. "Why should I be the one to take you out?"

Yue Mingxuan and Li Xunhuan both cast disdainful looks at Xi Yu at the same time.