Later, it was said that after Lu Qing'er recovered from her injuries, she secretly slipped away from the back mountain one night when no one was around. After several days of long journey, she finally returned to her home—the Lu family in Lanyu City.
Blue Feather City is located in the westernmost part of the Heavenly Spirit Continent. It is a place with convenient transportation in all directions, but it is far from the imperial city. The family runs an inn for traveling merchants and travelers. Although they are not the richest in Blue Feather, they are not worried about food and clothing.
When Lu Qing'er returned home, her parents were still happy because she was visiting relatives. However, when they learned that she had brought nothing back, their faces immediately darkened, and even her six or seven-year-old brother spoke coldly to her.
But since they were family, Lu Qing'er's parents didn't make things too ugly. After the meal, they let her clean the room herself, and the three of them went back to the inn to continue their business.
When Lu Qing'er returned to her room, she found it was hardly a room anymore; it was almost completely filled with clutter, with cobwebs all over the walls and dust everywhere. Too lazy to clean up, she went straight to her younger brother's room to rest.
The moment she opened the door, she could sense the difference in her parents' treatment. Her younger brother's room was spotless, clearly cleaned daily. Every item in the room was meticulously chosen. The bedding was the finest silk quilt, something she had never seen before at home.
Lu Qing'er lay down on the bed without a care and gradually drifted off to sleep.
When Lu Qing'er woke up, she was indeed woken up by her mother.
After Lu Qing'er's mother returned with her sleeping son, she went straight to his room, only to find Lu Qing'er lying carelessly on the bed, fast asleep. Enraged, she slapped Lu Qing'er across the face.
After being woken up by the beating, Lu Qing'er questioned her mother about why she had hit her. Her mother replied that this was her younger brother's room, not a place for her to lie down, and that she should go back to her own room.
Lu Qing'er smiled wryly and asked, "Do I even have a room? Isn't that a storage room?"
Lu Qing'er's mother said that since she would only be back for two days, she could just pack a little and make do.
Hearing her mother's words, Lu Qing'er completely lost faith in her family. They hadn't even left her a room, let alone more than 200,000 taels of silver. It seemed she would have to rely on herself.
That afternoon, Lu Qing'er bought a large table of dishes from the market, saying that her parents had worked hard to take care of her and her brother over the years. When Lu Qing'er's parents saw so many dishes, they looked at her a little more, but they also felt sorry for the money spent and told her to hand over all the money she had saved over the years, which they would keep safe.
Lu Qing'er smiled coldly to herself, saying that she wasn't in a hurry. After dinner, since she was already at home, she would give all the money and things she had saved over the years to her younger brother.
Lu Qing'er's parents didn't think much of it and happily served their son his meal, paying no attention to Lu Qing'er. However, they didn't notice that Lu Qing'er only touched the plate of vegetables in front of her and didn't touch anything else.
Lu Qing'er's younger brother was the first to suffer from severe abdominal pain, crying and shouting. Lu Qing'er's parents thought he had eaten something bad. Seeing that Lu Qing'er was motionless, they scolded her, saying that she hadn't rushed to find a doctor since her brother had food poisoning, and that she must have bought unclean food, etc.
Throughout, Lu Qing'er simply smiled. Right now, only her younger brother was having an attack; her parents' poison hadn't taken effect yet, so there was no need to rush.
A moment later, Lu Qing'er's parents also felt unbearable abdominal pain and finally understood what had happened. They all cursed Lu Qing'er for being an ungrateful wretch, having raised her for so many years only to have her poison them.
Lu Qing'er's parents wanted to go out and call for help, but Lu Qing'er wouldn't let them. After all, Lu Qing'er had been in the academy for several years, and her cultivation level was much higher than that of her parents who lived far away in the town.
Next came Lu Qing'er's accusations against her parents. She also learned from them that her grandfather had been driven out of the house by her father's bowl of poisoned porridge. Lu Qing'er laughed heartily, realizing that there was indeed a cycle of reincarnation.
Only after her parents and younger brother had all passed away did Lu Qing'er leisurely go to her parents' room and take all the silver notes, jewelry, and other valuables. Even if she were to run away, she wouldn't let others benefit from them.
Lu Qing'er stayed until late at night before leaving her house, and finally burned everything to the ground.
When they were discovered at dawn, Lu Qing'er had already disappeared, and the Lu family home had been burned to the ground. The authorities, seeing the bodies of the family of three, considered it an accident and did not investigate further.
Lu Qing'er didn't dare to go back to the academy, fearing that the academy would ask her for the money. How could she possibly give the academy the money she had finally obtained?
Lu Qing'er initially enjoyed a period of happiness, but it is said that a few years later, she was arrested. It was said that someone reported her for killing her parents and younger brother, and the evidence was conclusive. In the end, she died under torture.
It's acceptable to seek revenge, but it's rare for someone to personally kill their own parents and younger brother.
And so, Lu Qing'er's life came to an end!
(Of course, that's all in the future.)
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