"This is utterly unreasonable! My sister is our benefactor. We're not fools. Why would we want to harm her?" With her eyebrows raised and eyes blazing with anger, Bai He glared at Shui Xing. She nimbly took a step back, dodging Shui Xing's outstretched hand.
"You dare to deny it?" Mercury's face flushed with anger as well. She turned to her great-uncle beside her, gesturing for him to help her grab the two girls. "Hmph! I think it's them, Great-uncle, grab them!"
At this moment, Uncle did not respond to Mercury, but kept looking at Wan'er, who was lying on the bed, her body stiff, his expression changing constantly, as if he was deep in thought...
"Hey, do you even have a brain? If we had hurt my sister, why would we still be here? Besides, what makes you say it's us? We'd say it's you!" Bai He put her hands on her hips, her face flushed with anger. "Which eye of yours saw us hurt my sister? Everything needs evidence."
“Yes, tell me, how did we harm my sister?” Biyu said from the side, her face turning green with anger.
The two sides were on the verge of exploding into a tense standoff, with an atmosphere that suggested an imminent conflict.
"Stop arguing!" The uncle, who had been observing, suddenly shouted, turning around with a sharp glint in his eyes. "Wan'er is not dead. She is not an ordinary person. Her soul has just been taken away! Your arguing will not only be of no use, but will also delay the time to save her."
Mercury jolted awake, realizing that Wan'er was a rare and precious Plum Blossom Saintess; if she were truly gone, she would vanish completely.
"Therefore, don't jump to conclusions before you have solid evidence. You could easily hurt someone if you do." The uncle's words were rational, and his gaze swept over everyone with particular seriousness. "We can't panic. We need to find the turning point in the situation before we can help Wan'er. Now, our time to be tested has come."
"It seems like someone's missing from the house." Biyu suddenly realized something and turned to look around. Everyone else was there except for Suli.
"Where is Xiaoli?" Mercury wiped away her tears and looked at the floor by the window. There was a mattress on the floor, but Xiaoli was nowhere to be seen.
“Yes, that Sister Su Li from last night,” Bai He and Bi Yu separated, searching around the bed. However, even after turning the entire room upside down, they couldn't find Su Li. “She was the one who wanted to be with you, sister.”
Early in the morning, Wan'er acted strangely, and Su Li was nowhere to be found.
Things seemed a bit complicated. Mercury returned to the living room and carefully examined every corner of the room. After walking around the entire room, he seemed somewhat incredulous and stood blankly at the door.
He kept muttering to himself, "What's going on? Isn't he an illusion? He should be protecting Wan'er. Maybe he's in danger too..."
Upon hearing Mercury's statement, Su Gong's brows furrowed even more deeply.
"It's also possible that there are other hidden stories. Who can prove that she is innocent?" Uncle's eyes darkened. "Tap tap!" He tapped his pipe lightly on the side of the bed. No one noticed that a tiny flame flashed by and disappeared into the air.
"Why do you say that? She's an illusion!" Mercury frowned and looked up at her uncle to her right.
"Who knows if that's true?" Uncle shook his head with a wry smile, his gaze turning to the window, his eyes somewhat confused. "But something about this feels off. Wasn't it said that Phantom would only meet a few people? But now, it seems that even our enemies know about him, except for you and me."
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