kingnovel Chapter 202 Nightmare Technique
Chapter 202 Nightmare Technique
Jiu Xiao remained silent for a while before turning to look at Ye Qing'an, his face showing some hesitation: "Shouldn't we just tell that maid, discuss it with her, and then secretly cut some meat from the spirit chicken for you?"
"After all, I'm quite experienced at stealing chicken without getting caught. I just quietly make a few cuts in the chicken breast area, where the meat tastes better and is less likely to be noticed. I often do this in the kitchen of this mansion..."
After Jiu Xiao finished speaking, he saw Ye Qing'an staring at him intently with narrowed eyes.
"..." Jiuxiao raised his hand to cover his mouth and remained silent for a while: "Although I am a spirit beast, I still need to eat. But you seem to know nothing about this and have never fed me. If I don't go find food myself, am I supposed to just wait to starve to death?"
"Heh..." Ye Qing'an sneered.
Since Ye Qing'an already knew about this, Jiu Xiao was completely at ease: "From what you've said, that little maid should still have a kind heart. If you discuss things with her, she might even be able to secretly get some rice from the rice jar for you to take back and cook."
"With so many people in the Ye family mansion, if the rice in the kitchen rice bin is a little less, maybe a bowl or two less, no one will notice."
"And if you get along well with that maid, you can develop a long-term relationship with her, and she'll give you some food every day."
Ye Qing'an was silent for a while: "I think maybe this way will work."
"Right?" Jiu Xiao chuckled. "I already told you, I'm absolutely experienced when it comes to how to sneak food. How about... you try it again?"
Ye Qing'an stood up: "The content of the Inner Demon Illusion is different every time. Even if I know how to break this Inner Demon Illusion, it won't be of much use."
"..." Jiuxiao sighed: "Fine, so you're not going to continue?"
“Let’s come back tomorrow.” Ye Qing’an glanced at the time clock placed to the side, it was already late: “I’ve already mastered the secret, so if anything goes wrong, I can just have my previous self kill the person. If that fails, I’ll be out.”
Jiu Xiao almost couldn't help but want to give Ye Qing'an a thumbs up, but Ye Qing'an had already left the Cloud Dreamland.
The next morning, Ye Qing'an was woken up by Granny Wei.
"Young Miss, Liu Xueying has returned to the manor!"
Ye Qing'an was taken aback and sat up: "You've returned to the manor? When did this happen?"
“It was early this morning,” Granny Wei said hurriedly. “I heard that she was brought back by carriage, but she didn’t seem to be in good spirits and had to be helped back to her own courtyard.”
When the servants asked, Liu Xueying only said that she had traveled all night and was exhausted. After returning to the courtyard, she did not show up again, supposedly to rest.
"However, according to the servants who saw Liu Xueying at the time, Liu Xueying did not look like someone who was just tired from traveling all night."
"Besides, she's riding in a carriage, how could she be tired?"
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "These things are best left unsaid in private. Don't gossip about them with the servants outside."
"Don't worry, Miss, I know about these things."
"Let's wait and see what she does next."
Granny Wei nodded: "That day, the master stormed into Liu Xueying's courtyard in a rage, and Liu Xueying disappeared. Her sudden departure and return are really too strange."
Granny Wei left, muttering to herself. Ye Qing'an thought for a moment and then entered the Cloud Dreamland.
Jiu Xiao wasn't there. After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Jiu Xiao finally appeared. Ye Qing'an raised his chin and asked, "What did you see at Liu Xueying's place?"
Jiuxiao's eyes widened: "How did you know I went to watch a play over there?"
Before Ye Qing'an could answer, Jiu Xiao couldn't hold back any longer: "Judging from Liu Xueying's appearance, she seemed to have suffered a shock. After she was helped into the house, the nanny next to her hurriedly asked her what had happened and why she had suddenly disappeared, and she looked very pale."
"Who knew that after the old woman finished asking the question, Liu Xueying suddenly looked panicked, quickly hid in a corner and squatted down, looking extremely frightened. She would scream from time to time and mutter to herself, 'Don't come any closer, don't come any closer...'"
"But if you don't mention her disappearance, she seems to be doing everything normally, with a normal expression, demeanor, and behavior."
Jiuxiao tilted his head, looking puzzled: "This is... a bit too strange, isn't it?"
Upon hearing Jiu Xiao's explanation, Ye Qing'an understood what was going on.
"It's a Nightmare Technique."
"what is that?"
"It was Ye Qinghao who punished Liu Xueying. Perhaps she saw something horrifying or experienced something terrible. And Ye Qinghao turned all those memories into a dream and stuffed it into Liu Xueying's memory."
"Normally, she just remembers that she went through something like this, and it serves as a reminder not to do it again. She is also afraid, but not to an extreme degree."
"But once someone mentions it, or even when she's sleeping at night, this spell will amplify the fear she felt when she experienced those things tenfold or a hundredfold, and keep echoing in her mind."
"If she is awake, she will be terrified, just as you saw earlier. If she is asleep, she will have nightmares until they wake her up."
Jiuxiao's eyes widened: "Wow, this spell is pretty powerful."
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "It seems that this time, Liu Xueying has really angered Ye Qinghao."
Perhaps because Liu Xueying also knew what was wrong with her, she then ordered the servants around her to keep quiet and not to mention what had happened in the past few days. She also dismissed all the servants who had served her personally that night.
The servants in the mansion would gossip about it in private, but they dared not say it openly.
For several days in a row, although Liu Xueying had returned to the Ye residence, things were still relatively calm there.
"I've already found out about the brothels. There's a brothel in the west of the city that's up for sale. I had someone buy it for 200,000 taels of silver, along with all the courtesans inside."
"If you have some free time, you can go and take a look."
Ye Qing'an replied casually, "I'll go in a couple of days. I don't need to see all the girls, just the madam will do."
As the two were talking, they heard a noise coming from the courtyard.
"Yi Moxu has come to sneak into your yard again at night?"
"..." When Ye Qing'an came out of the illusion and saw Yi Moxu in the courtyard, she couldn't help but sigh. Even the snake Jiuxiao knew that the only person who would come to visit in the middle of the night was Yi Moxu.
Just as Ye Qing'an was about to ask Yi Moxu what he had come for, she realized that Yi Moxu seemed a little strange tonight...