The Antagonists
CHAPTER 42
Xu Ye Han lost track of the man, he himself was still coughing due to the smoke that had emerged from the explosion earlier.
Clearly angry from the look on his face, he immediately returned to the inn to give the task to Xuan Yi and Ah Ran.
On the other hand the man was getting into the forest, he was heading to a cave where he had been hiding all this time.
His arrival was already awaited by Yuan Zi Lan.
"Zhou Li." said.
Zhou Li paid his respects to Yuan Zi Lan.
"Greetings sir" he said.
"What happened to your face was Zhou Li ? Your clothes are also very dirty." Zi Lan said astonishedly.
"Sir, I was followed by Xu Ye Han" he said.
There was a little fear when he reported it, surely the Master would blame him who was not careful in carrying out the task.
Yuan Zi Lan was surprised and astonished.
"He followed you ? He has returned to the Xu sect, so where is it possible to follow you" he said with great confidence.
"Sorry sir, but that man was indeed Xu Ye Han." Zhou Li explained once again.
Yuan Zi Lan turned her body, she seemed to think for a moment.
"What did he say to Zhou Li?" asked Zi Lan.
"Sir he asked me who was behind Mrs Wei Lian's poisoning, he asked me about Mr. Wei's blue flowers" Zhou Li replied.
Flicking it tightly with that left hand, Zi Lan also snorted in annoyance upon hearing it.
"You mean he knows because of your carelessness when carrying the flower?!" he asked in a loud voice.
Hurry Zhou Li prostrated, he did not want his life to float for a mistake he did not make.
"No sir, I hid this flower. But he knows it himself, I don't know where he got the information from either." Zhou Li explained.
"So he already knew, indeed that person always interfered in my affairs. Have you made sure he doesn't follow you all the way here Zhou Li?." asked Zi Lan.
"Already sir, I threw a lot of explosives earlier."
Zi Lan seemed to smile a little, but she still could not be too relieved. That guy must be planning something.
"Gentlemen, what plan are we going to fail because Xu Ye Han found out about it?" asked Zhou Li.
Yuan Zi Lan shook her head, "Even though she knew Wei Lian was poisoned, she still did not know the mastermind. He also has no evidence."
"Thank God, sir, I am very much looking forward to the success of all your plans" Zhou Li said.
"When all your grudges come, they will be avenged by Zhou Li." Zi Lan said.
"Thank you Sir." replied Zhou Li.
He saw one by one the blue flowers brought by his subordinates.
His smile widened every time he examined that one flower stalk.
"For a while let the healer who was heading over here Zhou Li, I want to make sure in advance whether that bastard Xu Ye Han has told Wei Lian" Zi Lan said.
"Okay sir, I will also tighten security near this cave" he replied.
After that Yuan Zi Lan said goodbye to leaving.
He had to see his first wife, a lot of things he had to ask her.
As soon as he arrived in front of Wei Lian's residence, he saw his wife looking at a painting.
Painting of his late son Xian'er.
Seeing her like this made Zi Lan feel a little sad.
Every time he saw his son, he would be reminded of his miserable childhood.
He hated it so much, that was why he had always avoided Xian'er all this time.
Yuan Zi Lan stepped closer towards Wei Lian. Liuli who saw him also wanted to tell him.
"Lian'er." call Zi Lan.
His wife did not respond to him at all.
"Lian'er." call Zi Lan while patting Wei Lian on the shoulder.
Wei Lian was certainly surprised, she was indeed hypnotized by the painting of her son.
"My husband you're here" said Wei Lian.
He sat down beside Wei Lian.
"Is this painting not broken ? Why does it look okay now, even the picture is better than before" said Zi Lan.
Wei Lian looked nervous when she heard her husband talking about Xian'er's painting.
"I-I made a new one my husband." explains Wei Lian.
Yuan Zi Lan simply nodded, seeing the painting more clearly.
"He's very handsome." murmured Zi Lan.
Wei Lian smiled as well, what Yuan Zi Lan said was indeed true.
His son was indeed very handsome, but his son's face was more similar to his than that of Yuan Zi Lan.
"You miss him not my husband?" asked Wei Lian.
"I've never missed Lian'er" Zi Lan said.
Wei Lian also showed a sad expression when she heard her husband's words.
Jian Mei herself was completely inexhaustible with Yuan Zi Lan.
Sometimes he did understand that Yuan Zi Lan did not want Wei Lian to be dissolved in her grief due to Xian'er's death.
But isn't he too cruel ? Xian'er was his son.
Losing a child is like losing the future, right ?.
Yuan Zi Lan smiled at him.
"I don't miss him because he's always with me Lian'er. She was always in my heart." Zi Lan explained.
A smile was instantly etched into his face after hearing Zi Lan's remark.
"Lian'er are you hiding something from me?" asked Zi Lan.
Wei Lian scrunched her forehead, whether her husband might know her secret.
"I-I'm not hiding anything from you my husband" replied Wei Lian.
"At that time you gave a gift to Xu Ye Han, what did you give him?" asked Zi Lan suspiciously.
"I just gave him a fan of my husband's." jawan Wei Lian.
"Are you talking about your illness to her?" asked Zi Lan.
Wei Lian became even more confused as to what exactly her husband wanted to know.
"I've never talked about my husband, but the healer doesn't know exactly what I've been suffering from" replied Wei Lian.
Yes, all this time the healer did not know clearly about the disease he suffered.
The doctor told him that the disease he was suffering from was a rare disease.
The disease also decreased in his son.
"Why are you asking that my husband?" asked Wei Lian.
Yuan Zi Lan sighed long enough, "Every illness must have a cure, but what if outsiders know about your illness and don't want you to recover ?."
"Can they not hide the medicine?" said Zi Lan.
Wei Lian was only speechless to hear it, today her husband looked strange and suspicious.
