"Sister Xiaojuan, let's go to my room and talk!" Zhou Yuanyuan saw that Zhu Xiaojuan's face was red as if blood was about to drip out. After sighing, she pointed upstairs.
Zhu Xiaojuan nodded and followed Zhou Yuanyuan upstairs.
Zhou Yuanyuan's boudoir remained the same, simple in style. Apart from the bed and some essentials on the table, there wasn't even a single ornament on the table. Unlike Zhu Xiaojuan's room, which was filled with dolls and lace decorations, it was a different story.
After Zhou Yuanyuan brought Zhu Xiaojuan into the room, she took out two dark purple straw mats, ostensibly from the cabinet, but actually from the trial space of the Chaos Pearl, and placed one on each of the two chairs, motioning Zhu Xiaojuan to sit down and talk.
Originally, Zhou Yuanyuan only needed to give Zhu Xiaojuan a cushion, but fearing she might get suspicious, she added a cushion for her own stool. A cushion woven from thousand-year-old pure heart grass is effective for both monks and mortals. For monks, sitting on it can ward off the invasion of inner demons, while for mortals, it can calm the mind and soothe emotions.
If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't seen that Zhu Xiaojuan looked a little too frightened, she would have been reluctant to take out the cushion for Zhu Xiaojuan to use!
Thousand-year-old Pure Heart Grass is quite rare, requiring at least ten thunder tribulations. The Chaos Pearl's trial space is not short of spiritual energy, but only lacks tribulation thunder. Therefore, Zhou Yuanyuan can't supply it in large quantities. Speaking of which, these two mats woven from Thousand-year-old Pure Heart Grass were made by Xiaoyu after Zhou Yuanyuan dismantled a cushion she had received from Taoist Baopu. So you can imagine how rare they are.
The one Zhu Xiaojuan was sitting on was originally meant for Wen Ziqing by Zhou Yuanyuan. But she had forgotten to give it away last time, distracted by Feng Xueying's death. Now, Zhu Xiaojuan had gotten the ride.
The efficacy of the Millennium Purifying Heart Grass was indeed amazing. After Zhu Xiaojuan sat down, she felt that her mind was much clearer, and her originally anxious mood gradually calmed down.
"Yuanyuan, I once told you that there's something wrong with my memory. What I learn today, I forget tomorrow. I used to think it was just because I was too stupid, but a few days ago, I discovered that all this was not innate, but was tampered with by someone..." Zhu Xiaojuan thought about it and came up with the four appropriate words "tampered with" to describe it.
"Well, someone put a curse on you," Zhou Yuanyuan replied calmly. If Zhu Xiaojuan was willing to face the problem, Zhou Yuanyuan wouldn't hide it from her.
"Yuanyuan, how did you know?" Zhu Xiaojuan opened her eyes wide in surprise and looked at Zhou Yuanyuan.
"After I discovered the truth, I was afraid that you would be sad, so I didn't dare tell you. Is this person your grandmother?" Zhou Yuanyuan continued to reveal the information.
"Yuanyuan, you're amazing! You even guessed that." Zhu Xiaojuan couldn't even describe her feelings with the word "shocked." No wonder her grandfather, Zhu Xiangyang, always praised Zhou Yuanyuan in front of the younger generations of the Zhu family, once saying that Zhou Yuanyuan of the Zhou family was unfathomable.
"Sister Xiaojuan, I'm not that great. I just happened to have seen an example like you in a book." Zhou Yuanyuan smiled.
When she was with Zhu Xiaojuan, Zhou Yuanyuan didn't have to spend any time guessing whether her words contained other meanings. Zhu Xiaojuan was always very straightforward, which was one of the reasons why Zhou Yuanyuan was willing to treat her as a friend.
"That's amazing, I didn't know that." Zhu Xiaojuan ignored Zhou Yuanyuan's modesty and continued to praise her before talking about her family affairs: "Yuanyuan, since I was a child, everyone who has seen me would praise me for being well-behaved, but for some reason, my grandma has never liked me and my eldest brother. She only likes my second brother."
"Sister Xiaojuan, your grandma is not an ordinary person. The last time she was unconscious and vomited blood, it was because of the backlash of her magic, not from a fall, right?" Now that the matter was made public, Zhou Yuanyuan no longer hid it.
"Yes, yes!" Zhu Xiaojuan nodded vigorously. Since Zhu Xiaojuan asked Zhou Yuanyuan for help, she didn't think of hiding their family affairs from Zhou Yuanyuan.
"Yuanyuan, my grandma has always been a little weird. She has a Buddha statue in the secret room and burns incense every day. That time, my grandma called my brother and me into the secret room..." Zhu Xiaojuan told Zhou Yuanyuan everything about her experience in the secret room a few days ago.
Zhu Xiaojuan didn't understand Wang Wenjun's intentions, but she could sense Wang Wenjun's ill will towards her and her brother. Zhu Xiaojuan wanted to know the reason, but somehow, she believed Zhou Yuanyuan could give her an answer.
"Sister Xiaojuan, according to my analysis, your grandmother should be a wizard. She did that because she wanted to sacrifice you and Zhu Xiaojun to the wizard god in exchange for some benefits. I don't know what the specific benefits are. You have to ask your grandmother. Only she knows." Zhou Yuanyuan pondered for a while and decided to tell the truth.
Zhu Xiaojuan is not a fool. Even if Zhou Yuanyuan didn't tell her, Zhu Xiaojuan could figure out something strange about what Wang Wenjun did.
"No wonder, no wonder this happened." Zhu Xiaojuan murmured to herself.
Zhu Xiaojuan accepted Zhou Yuanyuan's words without a doubt. Perhaps, she had already harbored such suspicions. However, her limited knowledge prevented her from understanding the true meaning behind Wang Wenjun's strange actions.
"Sister Xiaojuan, you should be more careful in the future. Don't let anyone... again..." Zhou Yuanyuan pondered over this before saying it. If she didn't say it, she was afraid Zhu Xiaojuan would fall into the trap again. But if she did, it would seem like she was trying to sow discord between Zhu Xiaojuan and Wang Wenjun. After all, Wang Wenjun and Zhu Xiaojuan were family, blood relatives.
But in the end, for Zhu Xiaojuan's safety, Zhou Yuanyuan still spoke out.
"Yeah, Yuanyuan, thank you. I will definitely pay attention next time." Zhu Xiaojuan nodded vigorously.
Zhu Xiaojuan understood Zhou Yuanyuan's intention. Although Zhu Xiaojuan was a member of the Zhu family, who gave birth to her and raised her, she was also a person! Should she sacrifice herself for her grandmother's partiality?
"Sister Xiaojuan, it's over now. Try to be more open-minded," Zhou Yuanyuan advised. Zhu Xiaojuan was a perfectly normal 18-year-old girl, and her mind couldn't compare to Zhou Yuanyuan, who had lived two lives. Zhou Yuanyuan was afraid that Zhu Xiaojuan would be traumatized by this incident. After all, the person who hurt Zhu Xiaojuan was her family, and she also had some of Wang Wenjun's blood flowing through her body.
"Yuanyuan, I will." Zhu Xiaojuan nodded vigorously, as if agreeing to Zhou Yuanyuan's advice, and as if wanting to get out of this disappointment as soon as possible.
When she was a child, Zhu Xiaojuan felt sad because of Wang Wenjun's disgusted look. She didn't understand why she was so obedient. Every time her grandmother saw her, she would show a look of disgust.
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