Chapter 4963 — A Wretched Past
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Qin Chan looked at him deeply. She knew that with Jiang Yuechuan's abilities, he could never have produced a Thunder Profound Pill. Only this legendary Profound-rank alchemist could casually give away a rare pill like the Thunder Profound Pill as a gift, so Wei Zhao could not possibly fool her.
"Um..." At this moment, Qin Chan's face suddenly flushed red. She lowered her head and said weakly, "Master Lin, you called me over here—do you want me to repay you?"
"What?!" Wei Zhao nearly choked on hearing this. What kind of nonsense was this? Did he really look that sleazy?
Could she have guessed wrong? Qin Chan visibly froze at his reaction and secretly began to mutter to herself—or was this Master Lin the kind of hypocrite who did filthy things while still putting on an air of purity in his words?
Wei Zhao frowned at her expression, pointed to the seat across from him, and motioned for her to sit down. His tone was grave as he said, "There's something I've wanted to ask you for a while now. What is your relationship with those two male disciples?"
"Male disciples?" Qin Chan thought for a moment before it clicked, and she said with some surprise, "You mean Qi Dong and Chen Qiang?"
"I don't know their names. I only saw that you were close to them, so I asked," Wei Zhao said flatly.
Although he had only met Jiang Yuechuan once, he felt considerable sympathy for this man so deeply devoted. And Qin Chan's various behaviors before had truly been chilling. Though Wei Zhao had not yet reached the point of righteous indignation—this was, after all, their private affair—in his heart he still felt indignant on Jiang Yuechuan's behalf.
At these words, Qin Chan immediately fell silent. She lowered her head and said nothing for a long time. Wei Zhao could tell she was trying hard to restrain herself, but she could not stop her sobbing. The atmosphere in the room was filled with grief and bitter resentment. It seemed there truly was another story hidden here.
After a long while, Qin Chan abruptly raised her head, wiped the tear stains from her face with her hand, and said with a calm resolve: "Master Lin, if you see Jiang Yuechuan, please pass on a message for me. Tell him that I, Qin Chan, am already dead, and that I have failed him."
"Tell him you're dead?" Wei Zhao's brows knitted even deeper, and he said sternly, "Miss Qin, if there is something going on, say it clearly to my face. If you have difficulties, we can find a way to solve them. Or is it that you truly have done something to wrong Jiang Yuechuan—don't tell me you've been unfaithful to him behind his back?"
"I..." Qin Chan's expression darkened at these words, and with reddened eyes she choked out, "I truly have failed him. I am no longer clean. I am not worthy of him..."
"If you knew it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?" Wei Zhao shook his head, secretly feeling that it was not worth it for Jiang Yuechuan. It was hard enough that the man had scraped together a Gestation Nurturing Golden Pill by every possible means, and had even gone so far as to entrust a stranger like himself to bring it over—never knowing that Qin Chan was long since no longer the Qin Chan of old. His devotion had truly been wasted.
"I didn't want this either..." Qin Chan wept silently. "I had long ago decided to give my whole life to Ah Hai. Even if it were a hundred years, a thousand years, I would wait for him forever, and never regret it!"
"Then how did you end up like this?" Wei Zhao asked with a frown.
From her earlier behavior, he did believe her words somewhat. Setting other things aside, at least Qin Chan surely still had feelings for Jiang Yuechuan—otherwise, back on the Road of Giants, she would never have asked him to bring pills to Jiang Yuechuan. A Gestation Nurturing Golden Pill plus a Nourishing Essence Pill—what normal person would give away such pills for no reason?