The King of Curses

Chapter 188 The Real Jiang Yunmei
A man standing outside the door and a girl standing inside the door.

The two looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

"Student Cen, why are you here..."

Jiang Yunmei was caught off guard, her expression filled with panic and shock.

The reasons why she lost her temper were complicated:
On the one hand, Cen Dongsheng himself was someone she wanted to avoid, whether out of suspicion or because she didn't want to involve an acquaintance in the trouble around her;

On the other hand, Jiang Yunmei didn't want anyone to notice her at all, let alone acquaintances.

Now was the critical moment to recover from the slump. Out of subconscious self-esteem, she didn't want to expose her private image to anyone...

……

Cen Dongsheng lowered his head and looked at the facial mask that had fallen off the ground in fear.

"What, aren't you welcome?"

His eyes fell on the girl again, looking over her shoulder towards the room behind.

Seeing his reaction, Jiang Yunmei finally reacted.

"Wait...wait, wait a minute!"

She raised her hands to her face and sighed deeply, deeply.

"Sorry, Mr. Cen, just wait for me for a few minutes. I... need to clean up first."

She slammed the door shut.

……

A few minutes later, the door was opened again. This time, he saw Jiang Yunmei, who was dressed neatly. She was not wearing any makeup, but she was still beautiful. It could only be said that she was gifted.

However, she could clean herself up, but after staying at home for several days, she didn't have time to clean up her room.

When Cen Dongsheng was invited and finally stepped into the room, the first thing that caught his eye was——

"Um……"

Discarded soda bottles, potato chip bags and pizza boxes can be seen in the trash can.

It can be seen that the large area in the center is her pleasure area, with several huge and soft pillows. After being held for a long time, there are slight human-shaped depressions on them; there are several handles on the table, as well as a small mountain of novels and comics...

Looks very comfortable.

"Sorry, my house is...a bit messy."

Jiang Yunmei, who was standing by, watched Cen Dongsheng looking around and checking the environment. She felt uncomfortable all over. Unfortunately, her shameful privacy was exposed to others.

"It's ok."

Cen Dongsheng said "it's okay" but recalled his previous speculation.

He had originally guessed that the style of this senior sister's boudoir decoration would be somewhere between that of his elder sister and Song Yutang, because at that time, he had the impression that Jiang Yunmei was still a sophisticated and fashionable girl...

But the fact is, Jiang Yunmei is a completely different person in private.

They behave very differently in front of others and behind their backs, and the room where they usually rest and live is often where they show their true selves.

"Oh, this is..."

Cen Dongsheng's eyes fell on the screen in front of the table. The TV was on, which meant she had been playing games until just now.

Jiang Yunmei followed his gaze and saw the CG of a beautiful 2D girl confessing to the player with a blushing face, frozen on the screen.

"..."

The air in the room seemed to freeze at this moment.

The girl next to her looked like she had witnessed the end of the world, with an expression of "It's over!" on her face.

She was in a hurry to tidy herself up and clean the room, and she made mistakes in her haste and didn't expect to forget the most important thing.

“Isn’t this “Winter Memories 7”?”

At this time, Cen Dongsheng seemed to remember something and suddenly laughed.

"Huh...Huh? Mr. Cen knows this?"

"Yes," he said. "It's really..."

Cen Dongsheng originally wanted to say "miss", but swallowed the word back in time.

"I remember it, it seems to be a gala...galgame, right? This should be the latest in the series."

Jiang Yunmei's facial expression was tense, and the sense of shame in her heart had not completely dissipated; but after hearing that Cen Dongsheng was actually a player, she seemed to be able to accept it a little bit.

But it’s really hard to imagine…

She looked at the young man next to her, his tall and strong figure, his tough appearance that exuded a sense of intimidation without even getting angry, and his temperament that matched his superhuman strength.

I didn't expect that he would have such a hobby in private, which is even more different from my own.

"Has Cen played this game before?"

"Um……"

Never played it.

The reason why he felt nostalgic was that he had a teammate wearing glasses in the team under the jurisdiction of the ruling bureau. The two were of the same age and had frequent opportunities to communicate with each other.

The other party likes to play dating games and watch anime very much. In short, he is a typical otaku. Cen Dongsheng has memorized several of his virtual two-dimensional wives after listening to him talk about them all day long.

“I haven’t played it, but my friend likes it very much.”

Cen Dongsheng laughed.

"They keep saying this character is his wife or whatever, but they're obviously not real people. Oh yeah, it's the one on the screen... Haha, that's really funny."

"..."

Because Cen Dongsheng had his back to Jiang Yunmei, he did not see her complicated expression.

Jiang Yunmei tried hard to purse her lips; deep down, she wanted to hold her head and roll on the ground.

……

Cen Dongsheng turned on the light in the room, while Jiang Yunmei pulled open the thick curtains and opened the glass door to let the sunlight and fresh breeze in.

She took a breath of fresh air and secretly thanked herself that at least there was no strong smell in the room because she had been using air freshener and air circulator. If there was a smell, even she herself would not be able to stand it.

However, if the period of depravity and indulgence lasts a little longer, it will be hard to say...

"Please sit down and rest."

Jiang Yunmei invited Cen Dongsheng to sit down.

"it is good."

The man sat in the chair with his arms and legs stretched out, staring at her curiously.

"Alas, my image is completely ruined..."

Jiang Yunmei had these thoughts in her mind, and she was emitting a low pressure. Although her facial expression was tense and she seemed calm, and she could even show a natural smile to the man, she really did her best in "disguising herself" - but Cen Dongsheng could still see some insincerity.

"I really didn't expect that classmate Jiang is like this in private..."

The first thing he said made Jiang Yunmei want to cover her face, but Cen Dongsheng's next words surprised her.

"But this makes me feel relieved."

"……what?"

"I thought something had happened to you since you haven't been in touch with anyone lately. But it seems like nothing has happened yet?"

"..."

Jiang Yunmei didn't expect that they had only met once, but the other party would care about her so much and even come to her house for this purpose.

she says:

"I'm sorry, I didn't tell the truth. During this period of time, several accidents happened one after another, which made it difficult for me to handle them perfectly. I felt quite a headache. And then..."

"Then?"

Jiang Yunmei stroked her forehead, sighed, and answered frankly:
"Then I kind of broke down. Maybe it's because I've always been a bit of a perfectionist... or maybe it was just that everything was going so smoothly for me."

"During this time, I locked myself in my room and cut off contact with the outside world. I know that many people care about me, but I can't respond to them one by one in time, so I just pretended not to see them..." "I understand."

Cen Dongsheng nodded.

"Everyone will inevitably encounter such frustrating moments in their life. It doesn't even need to be a big deal. It may just be a small setback that can cause a mental breakdown. The human mind is ultimately a very fragile structure. After the breakdown, you chose to lock yourself at home to recuperate instead of venting to others. In comparison, it is good."

“…Ahahaha, thank you.”

Jiang Yunmei didn't expect him to say such words, and she felt even more guilty.

"But this means... that before this, you actually kept your distance from everyone, right? That's why you didn't have any friends to talk to and share with."

"..."

The girl felt as if she had been shot in the chest.

"When most people encounter such a sad period that they can no longer bear, they will choose to rely on the important people around them..."

Jiang Yunmei was speechless.

She knew that the man was absolutely right. Beneath that heroic and powerful appearance, he had a keen eye that could see through other people's minds.

Ever since Jiang Yunmei suppressed her true nature and led a double life, she has been deliberately keeping a distance from the people around her. Now, even her parents may find her a little strange.
"I think you can try to trust others."

"Trust... others?"

"Yes. For example, what kind of difficulties did you encounter? Can you share with me?"

Cen Dongsheng observed the changes in her expression and felt that it was time to get to the point.

Thanks to Sister Zhizhen's training, his ability to read people's expressions has improved a lot now.

As expected, Jiang Yunmei did not remain silent this time, but answered very straightforwardly:

"...I mentioned to you and Song Xuemei before that I come from a family of spell-forbidden masters. Our family usually keeps in touch with all kinds of spell-forbidden masters."

"Ah."

"My grandfather was sick and hospitalized a few days ago, and I was taking care of him in the hospital. Later, my third uncle... the current head of the Jiang family told me that a big shot had taken a fancy to me."

"?"

When he heard the news, Cen Dongsheng couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"who is it?"

Who dares to steal my people?
"Uncle San didn't want to tell me."

"No information at all?"

"I asked someone later, and they said that Uncle San was attending a meeting in the city these days..."

An idea suddenly occurred to the man.

Of course he would not forget that An Zhizhen had pestered him just before he came to visit Jiang Yunmei.

At this moment, Cen Dongsheng suddenly realized.

"..."

Jiang Yunmei was talking, but her eyes never left his face, so she noticed Cen Dongsheng's hesitation.

"In fact, I have long wondered, Mr. Cen, could this matter... be related to you?"

The girl stared at his expression and asked cautiously.

"Is that 'big shot' you?"

"Uh……"

He didn't quite know how to answer.

You were targeted by my jealous girlfriend, and it was totally an unprovoked disaster?

Never mind. It's his responsibility after all.

"Although I'm not the person involved, if you have any concerns, you can let me handle it directly. I won't let you...get into trouble."

Cen Dongsheng sighed.

……

……it is as expected.

Maybe it was because she had guessed it long ago, or maybe after playing badly for the past few days, she had already unconsciously made a mental assumption in advance -

He's an acquaintance, which makes me feel more at ease.

However, the girl couldn't help but recall her past, and thought about her worries if she had to become someone's lover, she would be unable to help but play this role wholeheartedly...

Jiang Yunmei shook her head vigorously.

There is no way she could be a lover!
Moreover, judging from Cen's expression, he seemed to be completely unaware of the matter, and someone else had implicated her for some reason.

Well, as long as he doesn’t have this intention, this matter will be over, right…?
"If it's classmate Cen, I'll feel relieved."

Jiang Yunmei laughed and her tone became relaxed.

"I thought it would be something like a stranger would suddenly show up one day and say to me 'come and be mine'...haha."

After a moment's silence, the young man in front of her suddenly raised his head and looked at her. His gaze was so scorching that Jiang Yunmei even had a subtle feeling: her skin, which was being stared at, felt as hot as if it had a fever.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Besides this?" Cen Dongsheng asked, "Besides this, do you have any other difficulties?"

"...No more. I mean, that kind of thing just now couldn't have happened...right?"

"of course."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Jiang Yunmei breathed a sigh of relief.

But she still felt something was odd.

At a certain moment just now, the other person's eyes became too hot, and she was a little scared...

"This is the biggest difficulty at the moment. It has now been solved by you, Mr. Cen. I am very grateful. As for other things, uh..."

"Please go ahead. I'm very interested."

Things have come to this point, Jiang Yunmei has no choice but to be honest and open-hearted.

"I actually always felt that there were major problems within our family."

……

Afterwards, Jiang Yunmei planned to hold a birthday party for the old man at home, but she fell seriously ill and fell into a coma before that. She introduced all the strange things that happened during that period without reservation, as well as the fact that the Jiang family is now a gathering place for all kinds of evildoers.

As Cen Dongsheng listened, he thought to himself: This is consistent with Sister Zhizhen's reminder, it is true.

"I had originally planned to stay away from them as soon as possible, but it seems my parents were fooled."

Jiang Yunmei sighed.

"I will take care of this matter. Cen has already solved my biggest worry. I can handle the remaining matters that are not related to the Curse Master. There is no point in bothering others."

"What are you going to do?"

"My parents are stubborn. But even if I have to use deception or coercion, I will keep them away from the vortex... I have thought of a way. Although the process may be a bit unethical, I believe this is the best way to be filial."

"Yes, you are very filial."

Cen Dongsheng nodded.

"However, there is another thing that concerns me more than your family. You mentioned that you have been hearing strange noises recently, right?"

"……Yes."

When she said "without reservation", Jiang Yunmei also did not hide the abnormal phenomena that happened to her during this period.

This was the only thing that Cen Dongsheng was interested in.

Now that the words have been spoken, he no longer hides his intentions:

"Let me be frank, Jiang Yunmei - I think you have a very special talent, and I want to train you."

(End of this chapter)