Things change. In order to confuse Yu Jinjiang, she pretended to be afraid of Shi Ran.
Now, it was Shi Ran who was afraid of her.
Sitting on the ground and trembling, Shi Ran's mind was still spinning with what she had just said.
"That's my brother..."
Real brother?
Shi Ran recalled Qu Qi's face.
Both times she met him, it was at night. She only remembered his cold, pale skin and slightly cold eyes. His facial features... were not very clear.
How could he just ignore his relationship with Qu Lingyuan?
After scaring her, Qu Lingyuan sat calmly on a chair beside her with her legs crossed, and waited for Yu Jinjiang to handle the rest.
When the former headmaster passed away, Yu Jinjiang's mind was full of revenge for his master.
On the day of the funeral, he also said, "If I catch the person who killed my master, I will cut him into pieces and never let him go."
But at that time he never imagined that the culprit who killed his master was standing beside him, hypocritically burying his master.
"I want an explanation," Yu Jinjiang said in a low, hoarse voice, suppressing all his emotions. He slowly walked in front of Shi Ran and looked down at her. "Why did you kill the former leader and Gu Chi?"
When Shi Ran lost all her family members, it was her master and Gu Chi who pulled her out of the abyss, took care of her and brought her up, giving her family love and warmth.
How dare she... do such a thing?
Shi Ran knew that she had no way out. Since Yu Jinjiang already knew the truth, he would definitely not let her go.
She struggled to stand up, her expression still full of unwillingness.
"Why?" She chuckled and asked back, "Brother Yu, I like you... I like you so much, but he actually wants to marry Gu Chi to you! Why can't it be me? They are blocking my way, why can't I get rid of them?"
Still like this, with absolutely no conscience.
Qu Lingyuan sat next to him with her face pouted, wanting to buy a bucket of popcorn.
Villains on the verge of collapse always look so funny, yet so sad that it's hard to laugh.
Even Yu Jinjiang sneered and looked at her: "According to you, I am the culprit? Because you like me, you can get rid of anyone who stands in your way? Including Qu Lingyuan?"
"Yes," Shi Ran's eyes gradually dimmed and he murmured softly, "But it's too late to say anything now. I should have killed her earlier."
She slowly turned her head and looked at Qu Lingyuan with a somewhat terrifying look.
"Don't look at me, I can't help being scared." Qu Lingyuan shrank her neck pretending to be frightened, but her tone was very joking.
Yu Jinjiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with Shi Ran, so he simply crippled her martial arts and called a few disciples to take her to the woodshed to keep her under guard.
There are no prisons on Mount Hua. Disciples who make mistakes may be punished physically or driven down the mountain, or even killed directly. There is no such thing as imprisonment.
The reason why Shi Ran was locked up was that Yu Jinjiang had not yet figured out how to torture her.
Die directly? That would be too easy for her. This life could never atone for the mistakes she made.
That night, the moon was above the branches.
Yu Jinjiang went alone to the highest point of the mountain - the huge rock.
The cause of Master’s death is truly hard to accept.
Qu Lingyuan checked the location with Yi Ling, quietly ran to the top of the mountain, and hugged him from behind.
The single layer of clothes couldn't hide his slender waist at all, and it felt very comfortable to hug him.
Yu Jinjiang rarely wore such thin clothes, even though he was not afraid of the cold.
With the weather like this tonight, I'm afraid you'll want to enjoy some cool breeze.
Neither of them spoke. Qu Lingyuan just put her cheek against his back and hugged him quietly.
After a long time, Yu Jinjiang was afraid that she would fall asleep in comfort, so he reached out and pulled her in front of him and into his arms.
"Why don't you go back to Wangsheng Pavilion? Don't you want your family?" Yu Jinjiang asked softly, his chin resting on her shoulder.
Qu Lingyuan looked at him: "I told you, because I like you."
Yu Jinjiang raised his eyebrows: "Can you tell the difference?"
After a pause, Qu Lingyuan answered ambiguously: "Probably."
She lowered her head and took out her purse from her bosom.
There was no gold or silver inside, only a fortune stick.
Yu Jinjiang recognized the one he got from Daxing Temple. He couldn't understand his own fortune at all.
Watching Qu Lingyuan take out the fortune stick and put it into his hand, Yu Jinjiang looked over hesitantly.
There was also half a line of poetry written on it, which formed a pair with his incomprehensible half line of poetry.
"I probably never thought of you as a brother." Qu Lingyuan's skin grew warmer. She lowered her head and rested her forehead on his chest. "I probably... have always liked you."
Not probably, but definitely.
But she couldn't say that because the acting was too much.
"Fortunately, you are still here." Yu Jinjiang sighed softly and tightened his arms around her.
The two of them snuggled on the boulder for a long time before returning to their respective houses.
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Shi Ran was kept in the woodshed until the disciples who had returned home for the New Year returned to Huashan.
Yu Jinjiang gathered everyone together and made Shi Ran's actions public.
Curse, hate, and regret.
There were disciples showing all kinds of reactions, but no one stood up to speak for her.
Even though she once had so many followers.
No one is a fool. No one will still love a vicious woman wholeheartedly after knowing the truth.
Yu Jinjiang did not deal with Shi Ran according to his own wishes. He sought opinions from all the disciples on Mount Hua, and then adopted everyone's opinions.
Picking tendons in hands and feet, cutting tongues, pulling out nails...
He did everything he could, but he just didn't let Shi Ran die.
Now Yu Jinjiang no longer thinks of ways to torture her.
The most urgent thing is that he should get married.
Qu Lingyuan found her brother, which was equivalent to having a mother's family, and getting married became much easier.
Unable to persuade him, Qu Lingyuan pitifully carried her small bag and went to Wangsheng Pavilion to seek refuge with her brother.
As soon as she arrived at Wangsheng Pavilion, she urged Qu Qi to lead Wangsheng Pavilion to make peace with Huashan.
His younger sister finally came home, so Qu Qi naturally obeyed her every command. However, before he could even visit Huashan, Yu Jinjiang came to propose marriage.
Wangsheng Pavilion, the largest organization in Jinling that had been fighting for many years, was going to marry Huashan Sect, which immediately caused a stir in the entire martial arts world.
While everyone was confused, Qu Lingyuan was already wearing a bright red wedding dress and sitting in the bridal sedan, ready to get married.
Qu Qi was crying in the house, tears streaming down her face.
The wedding banquet was packed with guests and the atmosphere was joyful.
An inconspicuous woman, like an ordinary guest, was sitting in the corner. She was neatly combed and looked ashen.
Shi Ran is still alive. This is Yu Jinjiang's final punishment for her.
No one could see her bound hands and feet beneath her loose clothes.
No one knew that the reason she remained silent was that she had lost her tongue.
She could only watch with her lifeless eyes as the person she once loved the most and the person she hated the most got married in the hall, and after the ceremony, they were sent to the bridal chamber.
Then, it was her death.
It was the day of liberation she had been waiting for.
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