Song Xiwei looked into the gap, and the gap seemed to be about to break down.

His eyes darted away, as if he was afraid to meet my gaze.

Song Xiwei knew that the gap held many secrets and was no longer the compassionate family member she had imagined.

As for what exactly is being hidden, only seeing Ye Xiaoning will reveal the answer.

In this awkward situation, Venerable Penglai forced him to open the restriction on that door.

Ye Xiaoning's utterly tormented state was thus exposed to the public.

In fact, Ye Xiaoning's condition was mostly caused by Aoqian's injuries, and some were self-harm. Kongxi was just confining her here, but he didn't do anything to her.

But the current gap is clearly something that can't be explained.

"Sister, who imprisoned you here, and who hurt you?" Ye Xiaoning's sister and Ye Xiaoning didn't actually have much sisterly affection. The two of them were colluding to destroy the friendship between Kongxi and Venerable Penglai.

The task assigned to them by the Heavenly Court was to win over these two, but it's clear that the two sisters miscalculated. Now that they can't have them, they might as well destroy them. At least their friendship will be broken, which will have some impact on their future allegiance to the Heavenly Court.

Ye Xiaoning did not answer her sister's question, but her eyes kept switching back and forth between the gap and Song Xiwei's face.

She wished she could seal Ye Xiaoning's mouth shut.

He didn't want his feelings to reach the little girl's ears through someone else in such an awkward situation.

He wasn't sure if the little girl would accept him, and he didn't want to leave too many bad memories between them.

The warning look did not deter Ye Xiaoning; instead, it only made his laughter more unrestrained.

"Grandmaster, rest assured, I would never do anything that would be detrimental to you. In fact, the murder of Miss Wanwan was Song Xiwei's personal act. Grandmaster, you were worried that she would take the blame, so you went to Penglai yourself. But you underestimated this girl's intentions. She was planning to win over Venerable Penglai, which is why she deliberately went to Venerable Penglai and rescued Miss Wanwan. Otherwise, how can we explain that Venerable Penglai and people with such high magical power as you could not accomplish this, so why could a junior like Song Xiwei do it?"

With just a few words, Ye Xiaoning easily shifted all the disadvantages onto Song Xiwei.

Even Song Xiwei felt that what Ye Xiaoning said seemed to make sense, and she couldn't refute it.

A murderous intent had already risen within him, but was stopped by Venerable Penglai. "What are you trying to do? Are you trying to kill someone in front of me to silence them? I know you're protecting this girl, but if it really was her doing, even if it means we have to break ties, I won't let her off the hook!"

"If it weren't for Song Xiwei, she would be too busy saving people to kill anyone." Kongxi said with a self-deprecating laugh.

“Wanwan’s death was actually my fault…” Just as he was about to confess, Song Xiwei interrupted him, “What happened to Wanwan was my fault.”

He frowned as he looked at her through the gap.

Song Xiwei explained to Venerable Penglai, "Wanwan and I bumped into this tree that day."

"A tree?" Venerable Penglai looked at her in confusion.

“She touched that tree, which I had infused with spiritual power. At the time, I didn’t control the power well, which caused Wanwan’s internal power to become disordered and attack her. After I realized something was wrong, I set off for Penglai. I did not intend to evade the harm I caused to Wanwan,” Song Xiwei explained frankly.

The Venerable Penglai remained silent.

During the brief moment, Kongxi noticed that Song Xiwei hadn't mentioned anything about the tree, and that Song Xiwei had taken all the blame for herself, thus saving Kongxi's face.

His eyes welled up with tears. He thought his little girl was extremely disappointed in him, but she was willing to sacrifice herself to save his face.