Legend Of The Escape King Volume 1 Chapter 26

  Chapter 26 The Alliance   Que Siyu cared about the fainted Bird Three, so she hurried into the room. Seeing Huo Yuan was sitting beside the round table, she asked, “Uncle Huo, how is Bird Three?”
  Huo Yuan stared at Que Siyu with a bad expression. “Niece, he is neither dead nor alive. You’d better give up on him.” “Uncle Huo, what happened when I left? You changed your att.i.tude 180 degrees.” Huo Yuan’s conclusion made Siyu think a lot. “Besides, how did the demon princess find us here?”   Remembering the moment the demon princess came down from heaven, Huo Yuan twisted his lips, and admitted, “I don’t know.”   “I was called here. I didn’t know the teammate who called me was a weak human being.” Yi Wuxin entered the room as she brushed her long hair back with her fingers. “In other words, the boy lying in a vegetative-like state on the bed is my teammate in the Escape Game. At any rate, I joined the game to avoid getting married, and also for Jiang Ju. Poor me. Why doesn’t Jiang Ju call me to be his teammate? It would be perfect if he called me.”   Jiang Ju followed them enter the room. Seeing Bird on the bed, he sighed. “Sisi, is this the boy who fought the monster king, the White Wolf? He looks the same as he did ten years ago, with only his body getting bigger.” Siyu’s worries flashed in her eyes as she answered. “He came back without any injuries; that’s the luckiest thing. Even becoming a Ghost-Power Master is not a big issue.” Huo Yuan broke into their conversation and said, “You two better listen to me before you draw any conclusion. This boy’s ghost is so strange. With this soul in him, even if he wants to die, he can’t. But if he doesn’t wake up after the game ends, if the host wants to kill him, I have no way to solve this problem. Besides, the ghost formed an alliance with the demon princess.”   Yi Wuxin heard this and she shook the blade hanging from her shoulder. “If finally the man will be chased by the host, let me end his life before he brings me any trouble.” “How dare you, Yi Wuxin!” Que Siyu moved to the front of her to stop her from hurting Bird. Seeing their powers were evenly matched, she turned to ask Jiang Ju, “Second Brother, you have been so worried since you came back from the Gu Family. Do you have anything to tell me?” “Sister, you are good at observation. Let’s go into another room to discuss.” “This room is okay. Only, we should drive those irrelevant persons out first,” Que Siyu said. “You . . . !” Yi Wuxin was so angry with her, but she had no way to fight her, because she saw Jiang Ju silently asking her to wait outside. She clenched her teeth and took the blade out. “Wait for me. I will clean you up sooner or later.” Huo Yuan and the other people also left.   The room became quiet again. Siyu went to the bed to take a careful look of Bird. Seeing from his furrowed eyebrows, she could guess he didn’t feel well, even in his sleep. “Sister Sisi, how did you meet him?” If it was not the boy who had saved them ten years ago, he didn’t think Siyu would come here only for the purpose to take a look at him. “I met him in the Cloud River Valley.” Siyu explained to him the story of how they had met. “Now it’s your turn to tell the information you got from the Gu Family.” “The Master of Gu Family told me a detail; when Gu Qingming was appointed as the officer for several months, he took the case of the farmer family, but the rich Liu Qian was crafty. He took the advantage of some flaw in the government’s land reforming policy, tried some way to make the farmer’s land get taken over for special use by the government, and then bought the land from the government. Gu Qingming discovered the importance of this case and made a memorial to the throne. But he was murdered before he got an answer.” “Where is the memorial?” Qiyu asked. “If Master Gu knew where the memorial is, he would have no reason to talk to me.” Jiang Ju shook his fan and extended an invitation. “Tomorrow morning, I will go to the Gu Family again. If you are interested, why not follow me?” “It's a deal! I will see you there tomorrow morning.”   After sending away Jiang Ju, Que Siyu went back to sit beside the tea table, thinking about something. Later, she sighed and called, “Bird, since you are already awake, why not speak to me?”   “Sorry, my mind has just became clear, but my body still couldn’t move, so I heard your discussion all the way.” Bird’s voice was still weak. “You will go to the Gu Family tomorrow? I am sorry that I can’t help. Anyway, I have become a burden to you now.” “Don’t say this. But, I have a question. Why did you become the demon princess Yi Wuxin’s ally?” “Demon princess? Do you mean the girl in red with a knife?” Bird tried to think about her appearing. “I guess it was arranged by the host of the Game.” “So it seems. You two were alone until now. And the host forced you to form a team, which was a usual act. But I heard that Yi Wuxin was a cruel one. She once killed a whole village of hundreds of citizens. Though she was wanted by Qiongyue Kingdom, she was too powerful to be caught,” Siyu said in a low voice. “Now you are much cleverer and calmer compared to the child you were ten years ago. Back then, you are a naughty girl, crafty but direct.” “So, which one do you like?” Siyu asked suddenly. Bird’s heart missed a beat when he heard this question. “I like both. Ten years ago, or now, you are my trustworthy friend.” “So . . . only friend . . .” When he found Siyu had become silent, Bird asked her in a worried voice, “Why, Sisi? Why don’t you speak to me? Did I say anything wrong?” Siyu coughed and comforted him. “Fine. I am just thinking of some questions. Tonight, allow me, as a friend, to protect you here. You can have a good rest, though, with no worry.” “Would you tell me of something that happened in those ten years? I want to know how the land changed in those ten years.”   They began to chat, forgetting all the killers hiding in the dark, or the demon princess, who was concealed on the roof.