Chapter 30 Bai Xiaosheng awakens; the truth is about to surface.

Wen Yao was the first to speak, and he sighed, "Yuan Ce, if only you had listened to A Li sooner, things wouldn't have come to this..."

Lu Ziting was lost in thought. "So all these years, Ah Li has been helping Yuan Ce behind everyone's back, enduring all sorts of misunderstandings without ever saying a word for herself."

Mo Hannian remained silent, but the hatred he felt for Ye Li began to soften.

All the deliberately forgotten memories surfaced. Ye Li hadn't actually done anything that would anger heaven and man. On the contrary, she had always taken good care of her junior brothers. Could it be that he really misunderstood her?

Just as everyone was beginning to change their opinion of Ye Li, Su Ying'er's questioning voice interrupted their thoughts.

"Strange, if Second Senior Sister's goal is to help Sixth Senior Brother break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, then why is she hiding at this most crucial moment?"

Lu Ziting snapped out of his daze and realized the anomaly in the situation. He frowned and said, "Yes, if she really cared about Yuan Ce, she should have helped him reach the Foundation Establishment stage. Why did she give up halfway?"

Ye Li sneered. Why else? Because she was already dead.

It's a matter of cause and effect; if only Yuan Ce had responded to her plea for help when she was in trouble, she wouldn't have died.

When he cut off her lifeline, he also cut off his own last hope.

But Yuan Ce didn't think so. He blamed everything on Ye Li, pounding the bed and yelling, "It's clear she never intended to help me! She resented me for not responding to her SOS talisman and deliberately didn't tell me about her rebellious nature!"

"If she had told me, I wouldn't have slacked off these past few days! No! If I had known, I would have cultivated diligently to the Foundation Establishment stage long ago, and I wouldn't have become a cripple. It's all Ye Li's fault!"

Su Ying'er covered her face in surprise, "Could this be the reason why Senior Sister doesn't want to come back?"

She patted her chest, looking utterly terrified. "If that's really the case, then Senior Sister is too terrifying! First, she seriously injured Fourth Senior Brother, and then she ruined Sixth Senior Brother's future! Good heavens! Could Senior Sister be taking revenge on us?"

These words sent a chill down Lu Ziting's spine. The thought of Ye Li hiding somewhere, watching them make a fool of themselves, made his face turn ugly. "She actually ruined Yuan Ce for such a trivial matter. It's utterly shameful!"

Mo Hannian said in a sinister tone, "I was just wondering if we had misunderstood her, but it seems she really is incorrigible."

Yuan Ce's eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Kill her! I must kill that bitch!"

"Once Master emerges from seclusion, I will make him kill her!"

If Yuan Ce had only felt annoyed with Ye Li before, this incident completely transformed that aversion into hatred.

He forgot Ye Li's supervision and care over the past ten years and blamed Ye Li entirely for his becoming a cripple.

Faced with these unfounded accusations, Ye Li remained expressionless. She couldn't clear her name; the truth would come out once Bai Xiaosheng woke up.

"No, it wasn't Ah Li who hurt the fourth brother."

As everyone was angrily cursing Ye Li, Wen Yao interrupted them, saying seriously, "I have already asked Sun Yun, and there is someone else who injured Xiao Sheng."

Sun Yun?

Ye Li recalled that it was Sun Yun who accompanied Bai Xiao to give birth in that cave that day. Could it be that Sun Yun saw something?

Just as the group was exchanging bewildered glances, Su Ying'er burst out laughing.

"Third Senior Brother, you're not talking about that gambler, are you? He often sets up gambling schemes to cheat people out of their money, and he never tells the truth. I think he knows you're of high status and is deliberately trying to trick you out of your spirit stones."

Lu Ziting: "That's right. Junior Sister witnessed what happened that day with her own eyes, and there's also the jade pendant as evidence. Would you rather believe a gambler than our own Junior Sister?"

Wen Yao was unusually stubborn on this matter. He stood up and said, "I'll bring Sun Yun over so you can ask him directly."

Ye Li followed behind Wen Yao.

He headed straight for the outer disciples' quarters and arrived at Sun Yun's door.

"Knock knock knock-"

"Brother Sun? This is Wen Yao. May I open the door?"

Ye Li walked through the door and found the room empty.

Sun Yun is not here?

Combined with Su Ying'er's sudden disappearance, Ye Li had a vague guess in her mind.

Sun Yun is probably in grave danger.

Wen Yao didn't find Sun Yun, but instead found a letter on the table written in Sun Yun's voice.

The above statement said that all his previous words were nonsense, and that he hadn't actually seen anything. He hoped that Lord Wen Yao would not hold a grudge and would not come back to retaliate against him.

Wen Yao returned empty-handed.

Mo Hannian sneered, "Didn't Third Senior Brother say he had witnesses? Why did he come back alone?"

"I-"

Wen Yao was speechless.

Su Ying'er gently defused the situation, "Third Senior Brother was also deceived, so Fifth Senior Brother, you shouldn't say anything more."

She took Wen Yao's arm and said, "Senior brother, you are of royal lineage, so it's normal that you are misled because you don't know the character of those outsiders. Ying'er doesn't blame you."

“Ying’er…”

Looking into Su Ying'er's bright eyes, Wen Yao's heart began to tip.

Yes, so much evidence proves that Ye Li slandered Xiao Sheng, but he would rather believe an outer disciple he just met than his junior sister.

This was indeed very unfair to Su Ying'er, but even so, she had no complaints, which made him feel a pang of guilt and pity.

"Sakura, I'm sorry."

"It's okay."

Su Ying'er pulled him down to sit, gently holding his hand and saying, "Ying'er knows that Third Senior Brother doesn't doubt me, but rather he doesn't want to believe that Senior Sister has changed. How could Ying'er not wish that Senior Sister didn't do any of this? But the facts are right in front of us, leaving us no choice but to believe."

Wen Yao was stunned.

is that so?

Is it because he doesn't want to believe that Ah Li, whom he admires, is a venomous woman, that he keeps making excuses for her?

Wen Yao lowered his eyes, his expression sorrowful.

Perhaps Ah Li hasn't changed; it's just that he's never truly seen her for who she is.

Seeing that Su Ying'er had calmed Wen Yao down with just a few words, Ye Li stared intently at her opening and closing mouth.

That year, it was precisely because of her ability to distort the truth that she lost her foothold in the sect.

Su Ying'er, I really want to see how you'll try to explain yourself when Bai Xiaosheng wakes up!

Just as Ye Li was thinking this, the disciple who was taking care of Bai Xiaosheng rushed in.

"Senior Brother Wen! Senior Brother Bai, he, he..."

Wen Yao immediately stood up. "What happened to Xiaosheng?"

"He's awake!"

"Smack!"

The teacup in Su Ying'er's hand fell to the ground, and in an instant, her face turned ashen.

Everyone else was happy that Bai Xiaosheng had woken up, and no one noticed Su Ying'er's unusual behavior.

Wen Yao stood up and said, "Yuan Ce's condition is unstable. You all stay here to take care of Yuan Ce. I'll go check on him first."

"I'll go with you!"

Su Ying'er immediately stood up and forced a smile, "I've been very worried about Fourth Senior Brother. I can't rest easy until I see him wake up with my own eyes."