"What's wrong with repeating it again? Do you think I'm afraid?" Shang Linyuan felt his heart bleeding as he continued.
"Because I am Shang Qinghan's illegitimate son, you hate him, so you deliberately lured me to the White Moon Cult just to use me to take revenge on him and make him sad, right?"
"You don't love me at all. You just use me as a pawn in your game of turning the tide, don't you?"
"No." Si Jin, also suppressing her anger, replied expressionlessly, "If I really wanted to turn the tide, would I need you?"
"I've only taken a liking to you and want to sleep with you, so naturally I'll give you some benefits. Is there anything else?"
These two sentences successfully stunned Shang Linyuan.
He sniffled, and the emotions he had suppressed all the way seemed to turn into resentment upon receiving this unfavorable answer.
Like a child who has done something wrong and is being scolded by their parents, they hold back their tears and whisper, "No, nothing."
Si Jin pointed to the door: "Get out, don't disturb my discussion with the elders."
"Oh." Shang Linyuan lowered his head, as if all his strength had been dissipated.
He obediently went out the door, his tall figure silhouetted against the morning light, exuding an indescribable loneliness.
A few simple words of argument brought Baiyuetang into silence, and several elders began to whisper about the relationship between the two.
"Do you think the cult leader really believes he is a woman, as the doctor said, and therefore has a special fondness for men?"
"How can this be allowed? Men should like women. The leader's actions make him look like an inappropriate person. If word gets out, others will only laugh at our White Moon Cult."
"Who among you can spare some time to talk to the cult leader? Don't embarrass yourselves like this..."
"Ahem!" Finally, the First Elder coughed twice, interrupting the rest of the group's reckless discussion and bringing the topic back on track: "Weren't we talking about Shang Qinghan? Helping the Imperial Sword Manor find where he escaped to..."
"No need to look anymore." Si Jin stood up, his gaze sweeping over the elders who were discussing him, and said in a sinister tone, "Shang Qinghan was kidnapped by the Martial Alliance. He should be hiding at the Martial Alliance headquarters now."
"Master, how did you know..."
"If it weren't for Shang Qinghan, would that silly boy have come back to question me like this?" Si Jin, barely holding back her anger, finished her reprimand and handed over the folding fan in her hand.
The fan spun rapidly, circled the necks of the elders who had called him "incongruous," collected some blood, and then returned to its owner's hand.
Si Jin habitually took out a handkerchief to wipe the fan ribs, and looked at the few people who were almost scared out of their wits with a calm and collected smile.
"I think it's none of your business who I like, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The elders had just escaped death, their foreheads instantly soaked with cold sweat. Ignoring the wounds on their necks, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "We are foolish and ignorant, please have mercy, Master! Please have mercy, Master!"
"That's enough for today, everyone disperse." Si Jin didn't even glance at the kneeling person, leaving only these words before stepping out the door.
The Grand Elder noticed his bad mood and quickly chased after him: "Master, what are you doing? Xiao Yuan is young and doesn't know any better. Please don't act rashly..."
"If you don't discipline him for three days, he'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles." Si Jin's eyes darkened. "I'll go discipline the child!"
… …
On the other side, Shang Linyuan sat by the pond outside the Sijin Palace and took out a Blood Spirit Mushroom from his pocket.
Ignoring the sword wound piercing his shoulder, he stood there dumbfounded.
He didn't know that he would meet Shang Qinghan at the very last moment after obtaining the Blood Spirit Mushroom.
Shang Qinghan led several hundred men to attack him, killing all of them except for him.
Then she dismissed everyone around her, and, weeping and wailing, began to tell him about his life story.
To this day, that sound still echoes in my ears, impossible to forget.
“Xiao Yuan, you are my child, but I never knew it. Your mother never told me either, but Ling Sijin knows about it.”
"He deliberately strained the relationship between my father and me in order to deal with me."
"If you don't believe me, you can verify it yourself. Is there a 'cold' character tattooed on your back? We had no choice but to abandon you back then. That character was deliberately left by your mother in order to find you."
"My child! We are family! Please don't fall into Ling Sijin's trap!"
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