Chapter 88 He's not the same Shanxi anymore.
Shanjia Main Courtyard.
Lulu rushed back from the black market. As soon as she stepped into the backyard, she eagerly approached Shanxi and began to vividly recount how Shan Yurou had been scammed at the black market.
"You have no idea, that good-for-nothing is just unbelievably stupid!" Lulu said, rubbing her chest exaggeratedly, her face full of emotion, as if Shan Yurou's stupidity had greatly shocked her. "My God, just thinking about it makes my heart ache for her."
Shanxi was leisurely sipping her tea when she heard this. Her teacup paused slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
She just wanted Shan Yurou to stop bothering her, but she didn't expect it to cause such a big commotion on the black market.
And she's so stupid, like a pig, she was not only fooled, but she was fooled badly?
“With that IQ, I wonder how she survived before.” Lulu shook her head speechlessly, as if she had seen the most absurd thing in the world. “People like us who grew up in hardship, who never had enough to eat or wear, and who felt like we were walking on thin ice with every step we took, only then did we realize how difficult it is to climb up step by step.”
Lulu changed the subject and continued, "However, this also shows that the Shan family has protected Shan Yurou too much, to an excessive degree, which has led to her developing such an innocent and naive personality, completely unaware of the dangers of the world."
Shanxia was not interested in Shan Yurou and changed the subject directly: "How is things on the Southern Dynasty's side?"
As soon as Lulu heard that we were going to talk about serious business, she immediately sat up straight and reported the progress with a serious and earnest expression.
Upon learning that the cooperation with the Southern Dynasty had gone smoothly, Shanxi breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Hope everything goes smoothly.
Once she has chosen the heir to the Shan family, she will return to the Alchemist Guild. After that, there shouldn't be anything else she needs to take care of.
Just as Shanxi and Lulu were discussing how to proceed, suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
Just then, Old Master Chen rushed in, looking anxious, and said urgently, "Miss, something bad has happened! There's been a disturbance from Shan Yurou's side."
Lulu frowned, a surge of displeasure rising within her: "What could that idiot possibly do?"
She didn't even want to mention Shan Yurou's pig brain!
"Shan Yurou... she spread rumors that she wanted revenge on you, and even went to the Assassins' Alliance to hire someone to kill you." Old Master Chen looked bewildered, wondering when Shanxi had offended her again, to the point that Shan Yurou had gone so far as to hire someone to kill him.
Upon hearing this, Shanxi was first taken aback, then somewhat amused and exasperated: "She actually has the money to hire someone to kill someone? Let her do it, it'll be a good opportunity to test the guards of this Shanxi mansion."
"Miss, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Let's be careful," said Old Master Chen with a worried expression.
He wasn't afraid of upright gentlemen who confronted people head-on, but he feared people like Shan Yurou, who were like rats in the gutter. You never knew which stinking ditch she would crawl out from and suddenly bite you when you weren't paying attention!
"If she wants to buy it, can you stop her?" Shanxi said nonchalantly, leaning back in her chair with a relaxed expression.
"If you ask me, we should have someone arrest her and lock her up. A vicious woman like her should be caged so she can never cause trouble again!" Old Master Chen was so angry that his teeth itched, and his hands clenched into fists, wishing he could bring Shan Yurou to justice immediately.
I really don't know what's so hateful about Shan Yurou. The one who should be hated is Miss. Miss has been lenient enough with her, and she still doesn't appreciate it!
"Xiao Chen, you're still too kind. You never even thought of killing her." Lulu said with a sigh, but a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.
You should know that after the elders in the Alchemist Guild learned what Shan Yuru had done to the guild leader, they were all eager to do their best, wishing they could feed all the poisons they had ever refined into Shan Yuru, so that she would wish for death and suffer a fate worse than death, in order to vent their hatred!
And Xiao Chen only wanted to lock her up, how kind of him!
Upon hearing this, Old Master Chen paused for a moment before explaining, "Isn't it because Miss wants to keep her alive? If possible, I'd also like to let her taste the pain."
However, on second thought, locking her up was indeed too lenient. He could torture her day and night, making her cry out in vain, and make her pay for the evil she had done!
"It'll only be three days. Like a grasshopper in autumn, it won't be able to jump for long." Shanxi waved his hand casually, his expression indifferent.
It's only three days. She's waited so many days already, she can't possibly not wait even three.
Meanwhile, at the Shan Family Villa.
After spending a large sum of money to buy the assassin, Shan Yurou felt a little better.
However, the thought of the five hundred Xuan Crystals she had lost caused her excruciating heartache, as if she were being pierced by thousands of tiny needles at once, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
"Father, I don't care! I not only want assassins to kill her, I also want to poison her! I want her to die a horrible death!" Shan Yurou roared almost insanely.
Seeing his daughter like this, Shan Mingyuan felt heartbroken. He nodded quickly and gently comforted her, "Don't worry, Father will make arrangements! I will definitely not let that girl get away with it."
A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and his resentment towards Shanxi grew even stronger.
He never expected that Shanxi, who seemed harmless on the surface, would be so scheming and come up with such a vicious way to harm Yurou!
They are truly heartless!
Extremely vicious!
"Father, you clearly shot her, she was clearly not going to survive, how could she have come back to life after just one visit to the ancestral hall!" Shan Yurou was filled with resentment, her voice trembling with tears.
The thought that it all stemmed from that night filled her with grief and indignation, and she wished she could tear Shanxi to pieces!
Shan Mingyuan was equally puzzled, his brows furrowed and his eyes full of doubt: "I'm puzzled too. She would have died without a doubt after being shot. What secrets does that ancestral hall hold that could bring her back to life? Even that person is inquiring about it!"
The more he thought about it, the more curious he became; curiosity was like an invisible hand, tightly gripping his heart.
He was so curious!
If I could, I would love to rush into that ancestral hall to see what secrets it holds.
But then his second uncle said there was nothing in the ancestral hall, which made him very conflicted, to the point that he didn't know whether he should believe him or not.
"Father, do you think this Shanxi might not be the same Shanxi as before?" Shan Yurou asked with a doubtful look, her eyes revealing deep suspicion.
The changes in Shan Xi before and after kept flashing through her mind, and the huge contrast made her unable to help but make such a guess.
“Since that night, Shan Xi seems like a completely different person,” Shan Yurou continued, her voice tinged with uncertainty. “If it weren’t for the change in her, could she have changed so much? She used to be timid and cowardly, but now she’s become so assertive.”
"Also, I always feel that Shanxi gives me a very oppressive feeling, as if she is high above and inviolable." Shanyu Rou frowned, trying to describe her feelings.
But clearly, before, Shanxi was like an ant, easily crushed by her, powerless to resist.
Now, however, it seems as if she has been reborn, making her feel extremely unfamiliar and fearful.
When Shan Yurou said that, Shan Mingyuan also felt something was off.
The way Sun-hee looked at him before was full of longing and pleading.
Now, Shanxi looks at him as if he were an ant, as if sparing his life is a great favor...
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