Chapter 21: A Heavy Rain

"Miss Lu, tell me, what exactly happened at the Lan Family?"

On Gourd Mountain, Shen Yu stood quietly, carefully observing Lu Siyu before him, while she, completely unaware, casually found a rock and sat down.

Having left the Lan Family, she suddenly felt her whole body relax; the oppressive and dangerous feeling that had been lingering in her heart was gone, never to return.

At this moment, bathed in the sunlight, her overflowing smile was breathtaking; a gentle breeze brushed past, lifting her hair and bringing with it a faint fragrance.

But for some reason, standing beside Lu Siyu, Shen Yu always felt there was something wrong with the person before him, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on it—it was a very awkward feeling.

The more this was the case, the more Shen Yu wanted to get to the bottom of it. Yet, his Super Perception had scanned her body back and forth several times, and still, he had discovered nothing.

Furthermore, when he had just pulled her away from the Lan Family, Shen Yu's Inner Breath had already probed into her body, and his spirit had seeped into her spiritual consciousness.

But all this investigation yielded nothing; whether it was her body or her spirit, she seemed to have no abnormalities whatsoever.

The more this was so, the more worried Shen Yu became; he was certain that his strange feeling was by no means just a whim.

As an expert in the True Soul Realm, his spirit had long since transformed; if he felt something was abnormal, it would certainly not be a trivial matter. Especially since he couldn't find the cause, it was even less of a trivial matter.

Staring intently at her, Shen Yu wanted to see if there was anything different, but in the end, he still found nothing.

And at this moment, Lu Siyu happened to look up and meet Shen Yu's direct gaze, and she couldn't help but feel a bit creeped out.

For some reason, under such a gaze, she always had the feeling of being seen through. This Master Shen was truly rude; even if she was good-looking, there was no need to keep staring at her like that.

Wait, that's not right; they were a man and a woman alone in the wilderness, and looking at that fiery gaze of his—this man who was once a gentleman, he wouldn't be turning into a beast, would he?

With her small arms and legs, she was no match for him at all; what should she do? Should she give up resistance, or just submit?

If she just submitted, that wouldn't be good, would it? Should she be a bit reserved? She had to resist at least a little bit, right?

"Miss Lu? Miss Lu?"

"Ah? What did you say, Master Shen?"

"I wanted to ask, what exactly did you encounter at the Lan Family during this time? Judging by what Master Lu said, you seemed to be in extreme danger?"

"Oh, oh, actually, I'm not sure either!" Snapping back from her wild thoughts, Lu Siyu gathered her wandering mind, her face flushing slightly; what on earth had she just been thinking about?

However, she quickly adjusted her mindset and continued, "It was some time ago when I was traveling and arrived at Heyang City. I happened to run into the eldest young master of the Lan Family, and he invited me into the Lan Family to visit."

"I had been interested in the famous Lan Family before, and the Lan family members were very enthusiastic. Their various collections were as vast as the sea, truly an eye-opener!"

"Originally, everything was calm and there was nothing wrong, but later the Lan family members invited me to stay for a few more days. I couldn't refuse, so I agreed."

"But as soon as I fell asleep, in my dreams, I always felt as if some voice was whispering deeply in my ear. This voice made one feel heart-wrenching, as if a hundred claws were scratching at my heart."

"When I woke up the next day, I felt exhausted all over and had a feeling that my entire body was uncomfortable."

Speaking of these things, Lu Siyu seemed a bit frightened. Anyone would feel something was wrong if this happened to them every single night.

Waking up every morning feeling sore and uncomfortable all over, yet being unable to remember what happened at night—it was hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

If she hadn't been completely certain that she was still a maiden, she would have had the impulse to just fight the Lan family to the death.

"After noticing this situation, at first I thought it was because I wasn't used to the environment of the Lan Family, so I proposed to leave, but they found ways to stall me."

"Once or twice was fine, but after several attempts to leave were brushed off by the Lan family, I knew then that the situation was not right!"

"And then I discovered that the Lan family seemed to be monitoring me from top to bottom, even when I was eating or sleeping. Master Shen, can you imagine the feeling of being monitored every single moment?"

Thinking of this, Lu Siyu couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

Thinking that even when eating and sleeping, someone was specifically watching—the fact that she could hold on until now without going crazy showed her psychological resilience was quite strong.

"Oh right, after that, I seemed to have the same nightmare every night at the Lan Family, as if I were on a battlefield, surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

"Every night the dream was terrifying, but upon waking, apart from the fear, I couldn't remember anything from the dream. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll go crazy!"

"So, I secretly left a mark, trying to find a way for a Lan family servant to take it out, hoping that my grandfather's people would see it and come to save me!"

"As it turned out, the people my grandfather sent did come, but they didn't dare to make a scene in front of the Lan Family. How could I entrust my life to them? So I could only act."

"Grandfather understands me best; he knew what I meant and would definitely try every possible way to find stronger experts to save me. And look, Master Shen is here now!"

"Is that so!" Staring intently at her, Shen Yu could be completely certain that she was telling the truth.

At first, feeling exhausted and sore every night, and then having nightmares every night—it sounded very wrong, but thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem impossible.

Entering a strange environment for the first time, sleeping poorly at night, and waking up the next day feeling exhausted and sore was quite normal.

Moreover, in a serious environment like the Lan Family, the servants must be quite strict; it was normal for them to serve by the side when the master was eating or sleeping, so it would give one the feeling of being monitored.

And feeling like one was being monitored all the time would lead to a lack of security, resulting in nightmares every night.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that everything could be explained.

Especially since there were no traces of Illusion Technique on Lu Siyu, her spirit didn't seem to have been affected, and there was definitely no Gu Poison or anything of the sort planted in her body.

Everything looked like it was just Lu Siyu's own imagination; it sounded a bit like she had persecutory delusions.

Besides, why would a little girl like her be targeted by the Lan Family? Just because she was the granddaughter of the Governor of the Nanhua Domain?

To put it bluntly, if the dignified Lan Family really wanted to deal with this Governor, they wouldn't need to go to such lengths; they had plenty of methods.

If an ordinary person heard all this, and after an inspection found no problems, they might think it was all just the little girl scaring herself.

But if what was hidden under this seemingly normal logic was actually something abnormal, then the problem would be huge.

Especially with that vague, abnormal feeling that had been lingering in Shen Yu's heart since he met Lu Siyu, when compared with these words of hers.

It was very possible that everything this Miss Lu experienced was real—the daily soreness was real, the nightly nightmares were real, and perhaps even everything in those dreams was real.

However, Shen Yu also saw that no breakthrough could be found on this eldest daughter of the Lu family. Since that was the case, he would start from the root of the problem.

He wanted to see whether the Lan Family had really done something to Lu Siyu, or rather, what kind of secrets the Lan Family was hiding.