After finishing her milk, Chiu Chiu was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open.
However, she couldn't sense her older brother's presence and panicked, so she anxiously called out to him in her mind.
[Flame God Sword, Little Phoenix, go protect Big Brother immediately!]
The Phoenix sensed its master's call and set off together, flying out of the Qi Manor.
However, it was too late.
At someone's request, Miss Zhao arranged to meet Qi Junlin, and then she found a secluded place and pretended to be kidnapped.
Qi Junlin, in a heroic act, was slashed by thugs while trying to save Miss Zhao. At that moment, a masked thug kicked him off a cliff.
Qi Junlin: "Ah—"
Qi Junlin closed his eyes, believing that his life had ended there. He only regretted not heeding his sister's advice, otherwise he wouldn't have suffered this calamity.
Suddenly, a pheasant flew by, faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a phoenix.
Qi Junlin rubbed his eyes: "Am I about to die, and that's why my eyes are playing tricks on me?"
The phoenix quickly flew to Qi Junlin's side and carried him to the cliff.
Qi Junlin was stunned by the phoenix before him.
The phoenix quickly transformed into a pheasant and stood small beside Qi Junlin.
Qi Junlin hugged the pheasant and stroked her head: "Did you save me?"
The pheasant nodded.
At this moment, the thug, brandishing a knife, walked menacingly towards Qi Junlin and viciously slashed at him.
Qi Junlin had just come up from the bottom of the cliff and was still in a daze. When he saw the thugs slashing at him, he instinctively blocked the knife with his arm.
A golden light flashed, and the Flame God Sword flew over, blocking the blade for Qi Junlin.
Qi Junlin looked at the Flame God Sword in disbelief and said, "You're here to save me too?"
The Flame God Sword nodded and then flew towards the thugs.
The sword swiftly pierced the thugs' non-vital parts.
The thugs were stabbed until they bled profusely and screamed in pain.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Seeing that they couldn't defeat the Flame God Sword, the thugs retreated.
Qi Junlin fled back to the Qi residence with the Flame God Sword and the pheasant.
Upon returning home, he immediately sought out his two younger brothers.
“I’ll tell you something incredible. Today I was saved by this pheasant and this sword. Remember, treat this pheasant and this sword well from now on. They are my saviors.”
Qi Junzhou pointed at the pheasant in his elder brother's arms and laughed heartily.
"Isn't this the pheasant I wanted to stew a few days ago? You said it saved you? Hahaha! Brother, are you talking nonsense because you're sick?"
Qi Junxian: "Yes, brother, this is just a chicken, not a phoenix. How could it possibly save you?"
Qi Junlin hugged the pheasant tightly, holding the Flame God Sword, and said, "It's a phoenix! Anyway, you all have to treat it well from now on!"
Qi Junzhou and Qi Junxian exchanged a glance, shook their heads helplessly, and sighed.
"What's wrong with my brother?"
Qi Junlin: "Did you two hear that?"
Qi Junzhou and Qi Junxian: "We heard you. Yes, Big Brother!"
"Smack!"
A slap landed on the thug's face.
"Useless! You're all useless! We spent so much money to hire you to kill him, and what was the result?"
Xiao Zhenzhen sat angrily on the bench, giving the thugs a sour look.
The thug also had an extremely impatient expression on his face.
"Madam, please calm down. This time he had a powerful backer. Next time, we will definitely succeed!"
Xiao Zhenzhen: "You said it yourselves. I hope you won't disappoint me next time!"
Thug: "Yes, madam!"
It turns out that Qi Junlin's troubles were all orchestrated by Xiao Zhenzhen.
She planned to gradually eliminate Xu Ruyun's three sons before gradually entering the Qi family herself.
Chiu Chiu is sleeping in her mother's arms in the bedroom.
Her father, Qi Jiating, stormed into the room and woke up the sleeping mother and daughter.
"Ruyun, how did you raise your child? How could you let Junlin run out and get into a fight?"
Chirp was woken up and stretched.
[Tch! Big Brother rescued a damsel in distress and got murdered. You've made it sound like he got into a fight. Looks like that wretched woman must have been talking badly about him behind his back.]
In the past, Xu Ruyun would have completely believed Qi Jiating's words, then scolded her eldest son severely and punished him heavily.
This time, thankfully she heard her daughter's thoughts and calmly said, "Call Junlin over, I'll ask him what happened."
A short while later, Qi Junlin came over and told his mother the whole story.
Xu Ruyun looked at Qi Jiating and said, "Is this what you meant by Junlin fighting with someone else?"
Qi Jia scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Sorry, I just heard it from someone else."
Xu Ruyun: "You heard it from someone else? Who told you? This happened not long ago. Besides Junlin, the only other people present were Miss Zhao and the thug. You don't have any connection with Miss Zhao. Could it be that you heard it from the thug who started it?"
[Mom's right! Mom's awesome! This time it really was that woman Dad was seeing outside; she wanted to kill Big Brother.]
Xu Ruyun was furious. She was always gentle and never bullied others, but her fate was being cruelly controlled by a third party.
Qi Jiating: "Ruyun, what are you saying? I'm just anxious, aren't I? Last time when my father-in-law's family had that accident, I was extremely anxious too..."
Xu Ruyun stared intently at Qi Jiating.
"How did you know something happened to my family?"
At the time, in order to save face for the Grand Tutor's Mansion, the Emperor ordered this to be carried out in secret.
She hadn't even told her parents. Xu Ruyun only learned about it through Qiuqiu's inner voice.
But Qi Jiating seemed to know all about it. Could it be...?
"That's right, Mother, that letter of denunciation was written by Father. And that witchcraft was also placed at Grandfather's house by Father..."
Xu Ruyun trembled with anger after hearing what Qiuqiu said.
Chuchu wouldn't lie to her.
However, her devoted husband, whom she had shared a life of mutual support with, turned out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing, plotting to kill her entire family.
To avoid exposing Qiuqiu, Xu Ruyun couldn't bring everything up openly. However, she was already thinking about Qi Jiating.
When faced with Xu Ruyun's questioning, Qi Jiating began to stammer: "I... I heard it from someone else."
Xu Ruyun could no longer suppress her anger and pointed at Qi Jiating, shouting, "Get out—"
The eldest son was at a loss when he saw his usually gentle mother suddenly get angry at his father.
Qi Junlin: "Okay, Mother, I'll get out of here."
Xu Ruyun: "I wasn't talking about you. I was telling him to get out—"
Feeling guilty, Qi Jiating could only say, "Ruyun, it seems you're in a bad mood today. I'm leaving, I'm leaving now."
After saying that, Qi Jiating silently walked out of the room.
Xu Ruyun's tears flowed uncontrollably.
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