Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 452 - 30 My Senior Brother Was Also Awesome Back in the Day

Outside the gate stood a young girl, who seemed only a year or two older than Wang Yunxiao. She was dressed in a plain cyan short jacket and long skirt, clean and neat, with bright eyes and white teeth. Her hands were folded in front of her, and without speaking, she exuded an aura of gentleness and prudence.

Wang Yunxiao thought that Old Master He was being a bit too extreme.

Such a girl didn’t look like a bad person at all.

Of course, he also knew that bad people wouldn’t have "bad person" written on their faces.

But speaking objectively, there was no need for a young and beautiful girl like her, who even matchmakers would scramble to visit at home, to engage in nefarious deeds to make a living.

"Miss, whom are you looking for?"

"I am looking for the master of this house, Grandpa He."

The girl smiled gently, revealing her white teeth, "Ever since I can remember, the doors of this residence have never been opened. I didn’t expect to see someone return today. It must be Grandpa He who has come back, right?"

Wang Yunxiao was startled, her words seemed a bit off.

Since you’ve never seen this family open their door since you could remember, how do you know Grandpa He? 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Ah, I’m sorry, I haven’t introduced myself yet."

Seeing the expression on Wang Yunxiao’s face, the girl quickly reacted and hurriedly said, "Please tell Grandpa He that I am He Baiyang’s daughter, my name is He Lan."

A He surname? That was indeed interesting.

Wang Yunxiao nodded, turned, and went inside to relay her words to the old man.

Actually, there was no need for his elaboration; with such a short distance, just separated by a few walls, what could Old Master He not hear inside the house?

Old Master He’s face looked quite strange, mixed with a bit of sigh and a bit of gloom.

"Is she quite pretty?"

"Yes, she is pretty."

Old Master He looked at Wang Yunxiao and said nothing, the implication was clear, trick her inside, kill her.

Wang Yunxiao felt helpless, what was this, why would you want to kill her just like that?

Old Master He took a puff of his cigarette and muttered, "I’m too old for this now, I can’t do it."

"I’m not that kind of person either!"

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself, what do you take me for? Do you really think I’m that Scar Wang who commits every evil on the streets?

"Then please invite her in."

The old man was obviously frustrated but didn’t explain, leaving Wang Yunxiao clueless about what was bothering him.

He went out again, led the girl inside, and Old Master He sat on the kang, looking silently at the girl for a long time before shaking his head, "He Baiyang left no descendants; miss, you must have mistaken the house."

The girl smiled gently and said, "I’ve never met my father, but my mother has always told me this. She also told me to keep an eye on this courtyard and that the He family would return one day."

Old Master He snorted coldly without affirming or denying, and asked, "What is your mother’s surname?"

"My mother’s surname is Liu."

Old Master He took a deep breath, and after holding it for a long time, he finally sighed, "Karmic obstacle!"

Wang Yunxiao was almost bursting at the seams next to them, who could understand the pain of seeing a harvest of melons that one couldn’t eat?

There are no outsiders here, what kind of riddle are you two speaking in!

"Master..."

"It’s none of your business!"

Old Master He quickly recovered his spirit, looked up at the girl, and asked, "Do you want to find your father?"

The girl hummed affirmatively.

"Do you know who your father is?"

"My mother said my father is a great hero."

"Then do you know who your mother is?"

"My mother is just my mother, right? She’s the store manager of Sheng’an..."

"Didn’t your mother tell you anything else?"

"No, she only told me, ’When Grandpa He comes back, he will tell me the story of my father.’

"Hehe, she’s really washed her hands of it."

Old Master He took out a match and re-lit a cigarette, then patted the kang mat, "Come sit here, I will tell you about your father and your mother."

The girl nodded her head obediently and sat down by the kang edge. Wang Yunxiao also sat down on the other side.

Looking up at the ceiling, the old man said gravely, "That year, the floods were severe, far worse than today, Jizhou was submerged by seventy percent, Shanxi and Yuzhou suffered severe droughts, lands barren for thousands of miles... The river was covered with water corpses, dead human flesh fattening the catfish more than pigs."

"That year, when I passed by Baiyangdian, I rescued a two-year-old child from a cooking pot. His parents were gone, and he couldn’t remember anything. I let him take my surname and gave him a lowly name, Baiyang."

"This lad was clever, learning my skills pretty well since he was little. But my skills weren’t decent stuff, seeing his bright mind, I sent him to school. He did make me proud, managed to study well without giving up his craft. Around your age, he made a significant name for himself in Tianmen."

"Later on, with a few sworn brothers, he went to the capital and pulled off something earth-shattering. Then, pursued by the Brocade-Clothed Guard, he didn’t get far before dying in Baiyangdian with his brothers."

He Lan frowned and said, "My mother didn’t say that, she said my father just went into hiding. Now that the new government has been established, he should come back to see us, mother and daughter."

Old Master He shook his head with a smile, "Little girl, do you know what your mother is like?"

"My mother is just..."

"I’m speaking of her other identities."

Old Master He looked into He Lan’s eyes with a smile, "Among those who pursued He Baiyang, besides the Brocade-Clothed Guard, there was another group from the Jianghu World. Among the ’Eight Oddities’ of the capital, the one known as ’Seeker of Flowers and Willows,’ First Ms. Liu, not only a top-ranked oiran of the capital but also a notorious poison master from the Northern Land. I see in your eyes and brows, recognizable as hers, perhaps you have learned your mother’s venomous skills?"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Yunxiao’s head thudded onto the table.

When was I poisoned?

Wang Yunxiao, deeply into eating his melon, only realized he couldn’t move his limbs upon hearing Old Master He’s words.

Old Master He, seemingly expecting this, prepared his posture accordingly. After finishing his words, he leaned into the corner and slumped down.

Looking at the girl again, her face was devoid of any expression, gone was any hint of her prior gentleness and virtue.

Old Master He turned to look at Wang Yunxiao with a bitter smile, "I told you to kill her first, but you wouldn’t listen. Now look, both of us are in it. Learned your lesson, huh? The Jianghu World is brutal, no place for pity or chivalry."

Wang Yunxiao retorted irritably, "Why didn’t you just say so directly! Keeping it concealed, how was I to know what you meant?"

Old Master He glanced at He Lan sitting by his side and shook his head with a smile, "I’m at such an old age, how could I stoop to bickering with a young girl? Besides, I harbored a bit of hope myself, wondering maybe she really was that lad’s child. Unfortunately...

"She looks exactly like her mother used to, not a bit like that lad."

"You’re talking nonsense!"

He Lan raised her hand, a dagger flew from her sleeve, pressing directly against Old Master He’s chest as she hissed through clenched teeth, "My mother has kept her chastity for my father all these years! She’s definitely not the kind of... indecent woman you described!"

"My father didn’t die! Where exactly has he hidden himself? And where has he hidden the Imperial Jade Seal?"