"Lu Xueyao—"
Lu Yunqi's spiritual pressure surged so violently that he even cracked the floorboards.
The slime from the black toad is not poisonous, but it cannot be washed off in a short time, not even with magic, unless you use a 100,000-year-old Muxi Flower. But who would waste such a rare treasure to wash this off?
Then he can only wait for it to fall off on its own over time, which means he has to live with this face covered in sticky mucus for at least a month, emitting a foul stench like a latrine.
"Hahahaha..."
Ayao giggled, a laugh that only further enraged Lu Yunqi. His gaze towards Ayao now seemed murderous, and he roared, "You dare laugh? Are you asking for a beating, Lu Xueyao?!"
Lu Yunqi's voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.
Ayao looked at him, her gaze turning cold: "So Fifth Brother also doesn't find this prank funny? Then why did you play this prank on me in the first place?"
Lu Yunqi thought of certain things from the past, and his anger was extinguished by a bucket of ice water.
Lu Yunqi was mischievous as a child, and even now that he's grown up—enough to be a grandfather by now—he still loves to play pranks. Since Ayao returned to the Lu family, she's been subjected to his many tricks.
When Ayao first returned to the Lu family, she didn't know a single character. Lu Yunqi volunteered to teach her to read. Ayao was so happy then, thinking that her fifth brother liked her.
Lu Yunqi took advantage of her ignorance, teaching her to recite lewd poems and songs. Completely unaware of his intentions, Ayao recited those obscene poems in public, making a fool of herself. Lu Yunqi teased her in various ways, cutting her hair, deliberately misrepresenting things to mislead others…
Every time Ayao got angry, he would coax her, and the naive Ayao would forgive him. The worst time he ever went too far was when he smeared Ayao's face with the slime from the black toad before their father, Lu Xiuwen, emerged from seclusion. Ayao didn't see her father again until almost a year after returning to the Lu family, because Lu Xiuwen had been in seclusion the whole time.
He knew perfectly well that his father would meet with the found A-Yao after leaving the pass, yet he still used this ink toad to play a prank. The ink toad's slime, once on his face, wouldn't come off for at least a month, and its persistent stench was ever-present. Lu Xiuwen showed disgust the moment he saw A-Yao.
Her beloved father left without saying a word. Ayao was heartbroken. She endured a month of stench and a face covered in disgusting slime. For this, Lu Yunshen reprimanded Lu Yunqi, who casually retorted:
"I was just joking."
Such an outrageous joke, yet he never makes the same jokes with anyone else. He always knows his limits when teasing others, but he's utterly unrestrained with her.
Ayao rested her cheek on one hand and her elbow on the table as she sat there looking at Lu Yunqi, smiling as she said, "Fifth Brother, it seems you don't like being teased!"
Ayao's eyes were as black as a deep pool. Lu Yunqi stared into her eyes, recalling the past, and the ugly side of his heart seemed to be exposed at this moment. He deliberately teased Ayao and made her look bad, just to prevent everyone from liking her too much and ignoring Xiao Ba's feelings. He was very successful, extremely successful.
Her father, mother, and everyone else disliked her; even the servants looked down on her and bullied her.
A voice inside me is saying:
Lu Yunqi, are you even human?! This is your own sister! You're a complete beast. Just to prevent Xiao Ba from suffering any injustice, you've made everyone hate your own sister. What kind of brother are you?
Are you even human?
Being stared at by A Yao's gaze, which was as calm as a deep pool, made Lu Yunqi feel that the ugliness and darkness in his heart had nowhere to hide.
Those jokes, those pranks, weren't funny at all, not fun at all.
He retreated step by step, and finally left Yingxiu Peak in a panic, hiding in his cave and telling the others that he was going into seclusion.
After Lu Yunqi left, A Yao looked at the black toad jumping around on the ground. She had brought this little monster back from the Ghost Spirit Abyss, and her original intention in bringing it back was to get revenge on Lu Yunqi.
Ayao was quite satisfied with the results.
She picked up a piece of pastry and threw it at the black toad, which opened its mouth and took a bite.
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On Purple Peak, Lu Xuening thought she would soon see her fifth brother return with that beautiful Ice Soul Stone necklace. What a waste to give such a beautiful necklace to that Lu Xueyao! Xu Fengzhi really has no taste at all; he actually took a liking to Lu Xueyao.
Lu Xueyao is just a vulgar person; how could such a vulgar person compare to me?
She waited and waited, but an hour passed and Lu Yunqi still hadn't arrived. Lu Xuening began to get impatient. Just as she was pacing back and forth in the room, her fiancé, Gu Huaiyuan, arrived. Gu Huaiyuan often visited the Lu family, and today, as usual, he brought several close members of the Gu family with him. Lu Yunxing was also with them.
Lu Yunxing and the others were very perceptive and did not disturb Gu Huaiyuan and Lu Xuening's conversation.
Today, Gu Huaiyuan was dressed in a royal blue robe, his long hair tied up with a jade crown, looking dashing and handsome. When he entered and saw Lu Xuening, he immediately beamed, "Ningning, you look so beautiful today."
Lu Xuening used to be very happy to see Gu Huaiyuan, but after seeing Xu Fengzhi, she couldn't help but compare Gu Huaiyuan and Xu Fengzhi.
Upon comparison, it becomes clear that Gu Huaiyuan is inferior to Xu Fengzhi in every way. In terms of family background, Xu Fengzhi will definitely inherit the Shenmeng Sect in the future, but Gu Huaiyuan has powerful older brothers and sisters, so he will definitely not be the one to take charge of the Gu family in the future.
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