"Best friend?" Wei Yao paused abruptly upon hearing this, her eyes filled with even more hatred. "Your so-called 'help' was just getting me drunk and sending me to Fatty Lin's bed? Just watching him abuse me and helping him cover up the truth?!"
Her voice was hoarse, each word like poison, "You knew all along that he would use Gu worms to control me! You're an accomplice!"
These words struck everyone like a thunderbolt. Old Master Wei and Wei Zheng turned pale and looked at Lin Peirou in disbelief.
After Wei Yao finished speaking, her eyes became unfocused again, clearly indicating that her mind, which had been corrupted by the Gu worms, had not fully recovered. Under her emotional agitation, she showed signs of madness again.
Shen Qingtang stood aside, coldly observing everything without showing any emotion. Only when Wei Yao collapsed to the ground, exhausted, did she slowly speak: "Wei Yao, tell me, who gave you the Gu worm?"
Wei Yao opened her mouth, about to speak, when a sharp pain shot through her temple.
It felt like countless needles were pricking her brain.
She clutched her head, curled up on the ground in agony, unable to utter a single complete sentence.
Seeing this, Shen Qingtang stopped pressuring her and took out a bottle of pills from her spatial storage to regulate her body.
He handed it to Wei Zheng: "This medicine can help alleviate the aftereffects of the lingering Gu worms. Take one pill a day, and when she feels better, she may be able to remember more things."
Wei Zheng took the pills, looked at his unconscious sister on the ground, and then at Fatty Lin, whose face had been hacked to pieces. He was completely shocked and speechless for a long time.
At this moment, Wei Yao suddenly struggled to stand up again, her eyes fixed on Lin Peirou.
She wanted to rush over and kill her. Wei Zheng quickly stopped her: "Yao Yao! Don't be impulsive! Let's talk this out!"
"Get out of the way! She deserves to die too!" Wei Yao roared, desperately trying to break free.
"Shut up!" Shen Qingtang suddenly spoke, her eyes turning icy as she looked at Wei Zheng. "Didn't you see how much pain she was in? Who among those she killed didn't deserve to die? Fatty Lin raped her, and Lin Peirou was an accomplice; they deserved to die! Are you stopping her now so she can suffer that injustice again?"
As she spoke, Shen Qingtang raised her hand and slapped Wei Zheng.
This slap was even harder than the one he gave the Second Prince, leaving Wei Zheng completely stunned.
Looking at Shen Qingtang who spoke up for her, Wei Yao's madness gradually faded, replaced by deep gratitude.
She broke free from Wei Zheng's hand, walked to Shen Qingtang, and knelt down with a thud.
He kowtowed three times heavily, his forehead bleeding from the impact.
Then, she suddenly stood up, turned around, and slammed her head against the wall. She felt that she had been defiled and that living was a disgrace.
"Stop!" Shen Qingtang reacted quickly, grabbing her arm and pulling her back. Looking at Wei Yao's resolute eyes, she said softly, "It's not worth dying for those scumbags. Your innocence has never been defined by others, nor can it be washed away by death. What they owe you, you should take back with your own hands, not use your life to fulfill their evil."
Wei Yao stared blankly at Shen Qingtang.
Suddenly, tears welled up, and she threw herself into Shen Qingtang's arms, bursting into tears as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances, fears, and pain she had felt over the past few days.
Shen Qingtang gently patted her back without saying a word, but gave her the strongest support.
Wei Yao broke free from the crowd's obstruction.
He pounced on Lin Peirou like a madman.
He straddled her back, his hands clenched into fists, and pounded them against Lin Peirou's face and body. "You accomplice! You ruined everything I had! I'll make you suffer like I did!"
Her voice was hoarse, and every punch she threw was delivered with all her might.
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