As she spoke, Qiu Shui's face showed sadness. She said calmly, "Zhixun and I grew up together, studying painting together with my father. We were childhood sweethearts, so we were in love and admired each other! My father also loved Zhixun and taught him everything he knew, hoping that we would get married when we grew up and live a peaceful and happy life together!"
"Zhixun is very smart and has a great talent for painting. His fame soon surpassed my father's and he became the pillar of our family! Xueling, can you imagine the beauty between us? You used to be my best friend, and I still don't understand why you wanted to hurt me like that? There are so many outstanding men in the world. With your noble status, you can find any man you want. Why...why did you want to compete with me for Brother Zhixun? Do you know how much Brother Zhixun means to me, to my father, and to our whole family?"
"Brother Zhixun is my everything, my everything! He is my father, our family's only hope. How could you have the heart to take him away? How could you have the heart to do that?" As he spoke, Qiu Shui burst into tears uncontrollably.
Mrs. Wei looked at Qiu Shui like this, and for some reason, she felt so distressed.
She sighed and said, "What you are saying now is simply ridiculous to me. More than a thousand years ago? More than a thousand years ago, Zhixun and I were not even born yet! But whether you believe it or not, I don't want you to die! It's true that I invited Young Master Lan, but if you are willing to let us go, I can also help you beg Young Master Lan to let you live!" After that, she looked at Qiu Shui eagerly.
"That expression again! Do you know how disgusting it is to me?" Qiu Shui's face suddenly turned fierce. Perhaps realizing her own loss of composure, or perhaps because the formation had taken effect, Qiu Shui's aura visibly weakened. She took a deep breath and spoke slowly, somewhat weakly, "That year, when I was five years old, I came to Lanxuan City with my father to make a living. My father was a painter, and he was invited by the eldest lady of the Zhu family to paint a portrait of the Zhu family's patriarch, Master Zhu. My father's skills were superb, and he quickly won Master Zhu's appreciation. He stayed with the Zhu family and became their full-time painter! It was also that year that I met Zhu Xueling, the eldest daughter of the Zhu family, who was about my own age!"
"Zhu Xueling was gentle, beautiful, and generous, with two dimples on the corners of her mouth that made her smile beautiful. She was different from all the young ladies I had met. She was very kind and never bullied the servants. She couldn't even bear to hurt small animals. We soon became close friends who could talk about anything. One day, my father came back from the mountains and brought back a boy named Wei Zhixun. Wei Zhixun was two years older than me, dark and thin, and his clothes were tattered. He was very timid and cowardly, and every time he looked at me, he had a timid look in his eyes. I felt so sorry for this boy at the time, and I wanted to be good to him, always good to him!"
"Zhixun is very introverted and lonely. He would just bury his head in painting all day long and never interact with other children. He has no friends except me! Just like you and Zhixun now, I have always believed that Zhixun is mine and that Zhixun and I are destined to be together and live happily together until old age. Daddy thought so too. He passed on all his life's knowledge to Zhixun, waiting for Zhixun to grow up and marry me!"
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