"You...who do you say you are?"
Her beautiful eyes widened, and she abruptly stood up, her lips trembling slightly. "You...you're really Uncle Three's son?"
"Cousin, I'm so sorry, Xiaoya apologizes on behalf of Father!"
As Ji Fanya spoke, he knelt down before Ji Lewei, burying his head in front of him, ready to bear all the blame.
"Third Uncle's son...really...you really are Third Uncle's...son...hahahaha..."
Unexpectedly, Ji Lewei only staggered back two steps, then suddenly burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face as she laughed, "Hahaha, I've been waiting for you! I've finally waited for you! Third Uncle has really returned..."
"Cousin?"
Contrary to expectations, Ji Fanya's eyes were filled with doubt.
"Xiaoya, your name is Xiaoya, right?"
At this moment, Ji Lewei calmed down a little, stepped forward to help Ji Fanya up, and looked at him excitedly, saying, "Third Uncle, now that you're back, it means you have enough strength to rescue us, right?"
"Cousin, Dad..."
Seeing the hopeful look in Ji Lewei's eyes, Ji Fanya really didn't want to shatter her hopes, but in the end he still told the truth, "Father is gone, only I have returned."
"What... Third Uncle... is dead..."
Upon hearing this, Ji Lewei was stunned for a moment, then quickly squatted on the ground in despair, muttering listlessly, "How could this be? Third Uncle was the most promising genius in our Ji family to break through to the Celestial Realm, how could he be dead..."
"Father's dantian has been destroyed, and he can no longer cultivate."
Ji Fanya looked at Ji Lewei with remorse and said, "Cousin, I'm sorry. Father told me to come and apologize to the entire clan on his behalf..."
"Apologize? What crime has Uncle committed? Why should I apologize?"
After a brief silence, Ji Lewei looked up at Ji Fanya and asked, "Do you really think that the Ji family's current predicament is the fault of Third Uncle?"
Although Ji Lewei stopped crying, her aura had clearly changed, transforming from calm to deathly still.
It's like losing all hope for life.
"Isn't that so?" Seeing that there was more to the story, Ji Fanya couldn't help but ask.
"You probably asked on the street, right? Heh..."
Ji Lewei smiled sadly, got up and sat back down, saying calmly, "Everyone in the world likes to hear interesting stories, so they omit the boring parts and piece together the interesting ones, which is how the sayings circulating in the streets are formed today."
"But if it weren't for Father, how could the Ji family have..."
"My third uncle's matter was just a fuse. Someone used this incident to escalate the situation, just to provoke a conflict between the Western Zhou and the Eastern Yan, so as to reap the benefits."
At this point, Ji Lewei's expression grew increasingly bitter. "Our Ji family is nothing more than a victim who happened to be caught in a conspiracy."
"Who is that person?!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Fanya immediately clenched his fists and pressed for an answer with a face full of anger.
"The other side is too powerful. What can you do even if you know?"
Ji Lewei shook her head and said, "I don't know if it's better for you, Xiaoya. You are the only bloodline of our Ji family. We can't let something happen to you. Leave quickly."
"No, cousin, I want..."
"Bang..."
Just as Ji Fanya was about to speak, he heard the door being kicked open forcefully.
"Young Master Zhen, Le Wei really has guests today and it's inconvenient for her to receive them!" Soon, the madam's anxious voice came over.
"Get out of my way, I'm sleeping with Ji Lewei tonight!"
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