Chapter Nineteen.

It's in the morning,Lei Qiang wakes up later than usual. He finds his breakfast on the table. Hong Yi doesn't dare talk to him as Lei Qiang seems to be in a bad mood nowadays.

"Whey are you so quiet? Did you find out about what I told you to?"Lei Qiang asks breaking the silence between them.

"Yes. That Duan gongzi came to Meanders City when he was around ten years. He came here with the showgirls and they settled at an abandoned inn which they later changed into an entertainment house. The showgirls have different origins and even the showgirls don't know Duan gongzi's origin. "

"Is that all?"

"Yes,"Hong Yi replies nervously.

"He's such a mysterious man. I wonder why he knows a lot about alchemy. Prepare the carriage, we're going to Qingfeng Pavilion."

"My Lord, ever since that Duan gongzi joined the sect you're not serious about the sect's matters," Hong Yi mumbles.

"Why don't you stay behind and deal with the sect matters?"

When Lei Qiang and Hong Yi arrive at Qingfeng Pavilion,Duan Xinyue is in his room dressing up. Su Jiali informs Duan Xinyue about their arrival. When Duan Xinyue finishes dressing up,he heads downstairs to meet Lei Qiang.

"Lei-xiong,why are you here?"

"Do you have a minute to talk?"

"Sure. Go ahead."

"In private,"Lei Qiang insists.

Duan Xinyue instructs the girls to entertain and serve Hong Yi as he heads upstairs with Lei Qiang to his room. When they enter Duan Xinyue's room,Lei Qiang is sure to make observations to find something fishy in the room.

"Lei-xiong my room isn't decent as yours so forgive me for that."

"It doesn't matter. You're a mysterious man anyway."

Duan Xinyue laughs sarcastically before replying,"Between us,who is the mysterious one? I heard your Shi Xiong calling you Wei Er so that may be your real name. Who knows how many names you might have changed since then?"

"Are you sure Duan Xinyue is your real name?"

"Of course I'm sure. I was Duan Xinyue in my past life, I'm still Duan Xinyue in my present life and I'll be Duan Xinyue in my next life."

"Young Master Duan,no one knows what the future holds."

"You're right. So Lei-xiong what do you want to talk about?"

"I want the Fox Pills."

"Fine."

Duan Xinyue opens one of the drawers at his dressing table and gets out a small squared wooden box and hands it over to Lei Qiang. Lei Qiang opens it revealing maroon coloured pills.

"Why aren't you asking why I want the pills?" Lei Qiang asks curiously.

"Of course to hide your true level of Martial Arts. That's the purpose of those pills."

"Aren't you asking why I changed my mind about it?"

"It's normal for people to change their minds. By the way Qin Lanhua told me you can only take one pill in a month."

"Qin Lanhua?"

"Yes."

Duan Xinyue is deliberately revealing that Qin Lanhua is the one who refines the pills. Lei Qiang is here for the pills and some other reason and Duan Xinyue has already found out about it because Lei Qiang has been deliberately trying to make him be nosy about the pills. Duan Xinyue is smart enough to play clueless and not the least bit nosy. He knows Lei Qiang has always been suspicious of him.

When Lei Qiang finds out his plan isn't working and Duan Xinyue is intentionally playing dumb,he leaves the room by simply thanking him. Duan Xinyue follows him downstairs. The showgirls are clinging onto to Hong Yi while some are playing with his cheeks making him uncomfortable. When he feels he can't take it anymore he unsheathes his sword scaring the girls away.

"Young Master Hong a true gentleman doesn't unsheathe his sword at ladies,"Duan Xinyue teases the grumpy Hong Yi.

The next person who comes in is Xu Han and he seems angry. This is almost everyone's first time to witness an angry Xu Han.

"Duan-ge you lied to me. I went to Ziran Sect yesterday and they said you didn't have a lecture at that time."

"I didn't lie to you. I was hanging out with Yichen so I forgot to attend the lecture. How about I make it up to you today?"

Xu Han wants to attend the lectures together with Duan Xinyue so she can see Du Bai Xin everyday. So in the afternoon, they find their way to the lecture hall. When Du Bai Xin sees Xu Han she definitely knows his intention for being there. To send him away indirectly,she keeps pointing him out to answer every question. Xu Han was only taught martial arts at his home ever since he was young so he doesn't know a thing about alchemy. Duan Xinyue is determined to help him so he secretly writes answers for him one or two times without Du Bai Xin noticing.

It seems like that Duan Xinyue predicted this would happen so he deliberately argued with Xu Han before the lecture to fool everyone that they do not get along anymore. Duan Xinyue is seated in front of him and keeps writing on his book randomly so when Xu Han looks down he can see the answers because he's standing while Xinyue is seated. Some may think he's too shy to look at Du Bai Xin but he's definitely looking at the answers.

At White Pavilion Hong Yi reports everything that is happening in the lecture hall.

"It seems like Miss Du is determined to make Young Master Xu give up but Duan that gongzi is helping him. Why do you think Duan gongzi is helping him?"

"He's trying to earn his trust just like he has earned Du Yichen's trust."