Chapter 256 You Never Seem to Care
The flower hall in the backyard of Wu Mansion.
As dusk fell, bright lanterns were already lit in the hall.
The three generations of the Wu family gathered in the hall, everyone's face looked gloomy and ugly, especially Old Lady Wu and Wu Hetai.
"Since he went to the place of exile, he should have stayed there and died peacefully for the rest of his life. But he had to stir up so many troubles and finally brought disaster to my Wu family. He is truly an evil creature that should not be kept alive!" Old Lady Wu sat in the main seat, her face full of wrinkles and ravines was mean and ferocious under the light.
Wu Hetai paced the hall with his hands behind his back, unable to sit still. He had a bad feeling in his heart, making him panic. "It's been decades since the incident. He gave up in the first place, so why is he letting the younger generation come back for revenge now? What is he planning?"
"Grandma, Dad, in my opinion, things may not be as we guessed. Although Du Bujin has a strange temper and is cruel, grandma can control him, otherwise we would not have been able to escape. This time, the incident may have been caused by those people acting on their own initiative, and it is not certain that Du Bujin was unaware of it." Wu Ziqian said.
He was already over ten years old when the Poison King Valley was destroyed, and he knew all the grievances between the Wu family and Du Buqin.
Du Buqin grew up with a rebellious nature in the Poison King Valley, but behind his eccentric and ruthless appearance, he always hid a hint of innocence, and longed for a little warmth from his mother.
This kind of naivety has long been deeply ingrained in his bones. As long as his grandmother is still alive, he will never take action against the Wu family even if he is not poisoned.
Therefore, Wu Ziqian did not think that the people in the exile area came to cause trouble at the instruction of Du Buwei.
He prefers those who act on their own.
Wu Zizhong, the second-oldest grandson of the Wu family, who sat at the end of the seat, was curious. "Grandma, Dad, what's going on between Du Buqin and us? Since he's the old Poison King, and we were so poor back then, why didn't he help his own family? In the end, the whole clan hated him?"
Old Lady Wu snorted coldly, her eyes filled with disgust. "A selfish and undisciplined person is naturally detested by the entire clan! If he hadn't refused to help, your father wouldn't have missed out on his career because he had no money to take the exam! Don't mention him anymore, it's heartbreaking!"
She looked at her son, who was still pacing with a frown on his face. "Those five people must be wanted by all nine nations. I've heard about the things they've done in the outside world. They were able to take on Guiyi Pavilion and escape unscathed despite being hunted by so many parties. They're definitely not ordinary people. We need a thorough plan to capture them."
When mentioning those people, Wu Hetai's head hurt even more.
The woman came on stage and hit Wu Jia in the face with a poison-clearing pill, then said that her master was immune to poison, and then asked to enter the island.
He knew that as long as Du Buqin was brought up, he would absolutely not be able to refuse in front of everyone, because he had always created the image of a good brother who valued friendship and loyalty.
One thing leads to another, the other party had already planned it out.
If she had directly said that she was Du Bujin's disciple, he could still have an excuse to suspect that the other party was pretending, but the other party showed her strength first, and the only one in the world who could teach such a disciple was Du Bujin. With the preconceived notion, the onlookers around him would not have any suspicion at all.
This left him with absolutely no room for maneuver.
The person on the wanted list of nine countries!
He single-handedly smashed the gate of Guiyi Pavilion and split the Guiyi Pavilion Hall!
The more Wu Hetai thought about it, the more his head hurt and dizzy he felt.
The entry of these people into the island was like burying a mine on his island that could explode at any time.
"A head-on fight won't work, and letting them go is even worse." Wu Hetai rubbed his forehead, feeling irritated. "Most of the distinguished guests invited here are dignitaries from the Nine Kingdoms. They must already know the true identities of those five people. Besides...if I feign ignorance and let them go, I'd be going against the Nine Kingdoms."
What he hates most is that even if he dares to let the person go, the other party may not be willing to leave!
He is in a dilemma!
"Ziqian, invite the distinguished guests from the nine nations to the villa and tell them that the Wu family is hosting a banquet for them tonight and that there is something important to discuss." Finally, Wu Hetai's eyes darkened and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to West Island!"
As soon as these words were spoken, three exclamations were heard in the hall.
"Tai'er! No!"
"Dad! Absolutely not!"
Wu Hetai looked around at them and said solemnly, "This is just a precaution. Since those five people used a trick to get into the island, there is no way we can get along with them. Even if we are exposed, it is better than losing our lives!"
The moon climbed up little by little, and the night view of the island was extremely beautiful with the silver moon and the sea of stars.
In a small landscaped garden nearly ten feet away from the flower hall, a woman was lying on an apricot tree, her back leaning against the branches, her almond eyes closed, and one leg hanging down and swaying gently.
Leisurely and carefree.
The dense apricot leaves overlapped layer upon layer, and the interlaced shadows perfectly concealed her figure, making it difficult for anyone to spot her.
After a moment, the branch he was leaning on sank slightly, and a familiar scent appeared around him.
Tianbao opened her eyes and met a pair of dark and deep eyes. She opened her lips and said, "I heard——"
"Su Tianbao," Bai Yu called her. His expression was calm and composed, yet he gave off a strong sense of oppression. "I don't want a recurrence of what happened on the court today."
Tian Bao frowned, somewhat puzzled as to why his anger could last so long. "I'm sure the poison-clearing pills have neutralized the poison, and I have a special physique, so nothing will happen to me."
"In your heart, your three brothers, the friends you grew up with, don't they mean enough to make you hesitate?"
The young man stared at her with his dark eyes, and there was suppressed anger in his eyes.
This was a strength that Tianbao had never felt before. She paused and explained, "It's not like that—"
"Forgive me for being disrespectful, but if one day a bowl of poisonous liquid was placed before Grandpa Su and Grandma Su, with poison-clearing pills added to neutralize the toxicity, would you let them drink it? If they did, how would you feel?"
The boy's pressing questioning left Tianbao speechless. She would not let the bowl of poison appear in front of her grandparents.
Whoever dares will die.
"I know you've been indifferent since childhood and don't understand these things. But empathy will always help. Su Tianbao, you mean as much to us as grandpa and grandma do to you." Bai Yu lowered his eyes, jumped off the branch, and walked away. "You never seem to care. We are partners, not followers."
On a mid-spring moonlit night, the moonlight is soft and bright.
The boy's departing figure, under the moonlight, revealed the chill of late spring.
Tianbao pursed his lips and sat quietly, his eyebrows furrowed from time to time.
The moon and stars are no longer beautiful.
Who dares to serve poison to grandpa and grandma?
The moon was at its zenith, and lights were still on everywhere on the island. From some distant corner, the sound of clinking glasses could be heard faintly.
Only the guest house was quiet, with no light in any of the rooms.
A thin figure stopped in front of a black window, hesitated for a long time, and then raised his hand to knock on the window.
Almost immediately, the window opened.
The person at the window seemed to have been waiting for a long time, his eyes even deeper in the darkness.
Tian Bao grunted, "I was wrong this time."
The boy stared at her, "I'm very angry."
"..." Tian Bao lowered his eyebrows, "If you are angry, why are you laughing?"
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