"Brother~"
"Are you really going to be so heartless?"
Si Lingyun closed his eyes slightly and then opened them again, looking at Si Chengfeng with a look of disbelief and hurt.
"elder brother?"
"hehe……"
Si Chengfeng sneered slightly, then he leaned over and squatted in front of Si Lingyun, gently lifted Si Lingyun's chin, and looked into his eyes.
"For over ten years, I didn't even know until three days ago that I actually had a younger brother?!"
Si Chengfeng scoffed as he stood up from the ground, ignoring Si Lingyun's words and looking down at his stepbrother. It was just like when he had a cold attack and Si Lingyun had tortured him both openly and covertly, he had begged him to not treat him so cruelly for the sake of their brotherhood, but in the end, he was only subjected to even more brutal abuse.
Due to Meng Lishi's influence, Si Chengfeng was born with the Ice Toad poison. Since birth, he has had to endure a monthly cold attack. When the cold attacks, it is as if he is in a world of ice and snow, extremely cold.
The bone-chilling cold was like thousands of steel knives, slicing through Si Chengfeng's body with unbridled agony. His body, like a fragile ice sculpture, teetered in the chill, ready to shatter at any moment. When the cold struck, his blood seemed to solidify into ice, his heart frozen by the icy air, each beat bringing endless agony.
When they were at the Si Mansion, Nangong Chen and Si Lingyun would have people take advantage of Si Chengfeng's cold attacks to wet his quilt, freeze his clothes, and feed him cold food, exacerbating his suffering during the cold attacks. This made Si Chengfeng's already miserable life even worse.
Si Chengfeng endured the torment brought by this cold for seventeen years, until he met Hua Qingcheng...
"You can't write two 'Si' characters with one stroke. Whether you admit it or not, the blood of the Si family runs through our veins. Brother, why are you so heartless? Are you really going to watch someone die without helping?"
Si Lingyun, who was slumped on the ground, looked up at Si Chengfeng. His originally handsome face was now as pale as paper, and the hurt in his eyes seemed like an endless abyss, making people unable to extricate themselves from it.
At this moment, Si Lingyun had no way out. He looked at Si Chengfeng pitifully like a wounded fawn, hoping for a shred of pity and sympathy. Unfortunately, the man in front of him had long since despised the Si family and was as hard-hearted as a rock, unmoved by him.
"Si Lingyun, don't accuse me of being heartless. The Si family is in this situation because of their own fault!"
Si Chengfeng glanced at Si Lingyun lying on the ground and wanted to have him sent away, but in a moment, he changed his mind.
"The Si family is finished. There's no chance of a turnaround. If you don't want to be implicated, there are ways..."
Si Chengfeng's fair and handsome face looked slightly hideous under the dim light, but the corners of his lips curled up, revealing an evil and cruel smile, like a soul-catcher walking out of hell, which made people shudder.
He would never forget how unfaithful Si Tianyu was. She already had a good husband at home but she was still flirting with Nangong Chen outside, causing his father, who was already bedridden, to become depressed and increasingly weak.
After his father's death, how did Nangong Chen and his son torture him, both overtly and covertly? When he was eight years old, Nangong Chen even bribed assassins from the Luosha Sect to kill him. If it weren't for his good fortune, meeting Feng Cailan, who had returned from a victorious battle, Si Lingfeng would have long since disappeared from the world, and there would have been no Si Chengfeng later...
How to repay evil with kindness?
Si Chengfeng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and then he opened his thin lips and said slowly: "Si Lingyun, although you are already in the Eastern Palace, Her Royal Highness can drive you out at any time. As long as you can prove the bad things that Si Tianyu and Nangong Chen have done over the years, I can plead with Her Royal Highness and the Emperor on your behalf to prevent you from being implicated by the Si family..."
Si Chengfeng gave the cruelest advice in the calmest words, as if he had just said something like "the weather is nice today."
Si Tianyu and Nangong Chen had colluded to cause his father's untimely death. Now they were about to suffer retribution. He, Si Chengfeng, had only served to exacerbate their suffering. They deserved it all...
"Testifying against...testifying against mother and father?"
When Si Lingyun heard this, his already pale face turned even paler.
"I'd rather die than let my friend die. Si Lingyun, you... have no way out, right?"
Si Chengfeng is like a cat that has caught a mouse, but he is not in a hurry to kill it. Instead, he wants to play with it and enjoy its painful appearance.
He had been planning to avenge his father for years, and he had plenty of patience to wait, so a little while wouldn't hurt. Furthermore, with Si Chengfeng's understanding of Si Lingyun, he knew Si Lingyun would definitely agree in the end...
…
Just as Si Chengfeng expected, Si Lingyun finally agreed to let him testify against Si Tianyu and Nangong Chen.
3:15 PM.
Yixia Garden, Si Chengfeng's bedroom.
"Jiang Yi, Chu Wei, do you... think I'm cruel?"
Si Chengfeng glanced indifferently at the personal servant who was undressing him, and a hint of loneliness flashed across his eyes.
What if Si Tianyu and Nangong Chen were cut into pieces?
His father will never survive.
His father, Meng Lishi, had once been such a glorious figure. He was still so young, only twenty-two when he died. He had a bright future ahead of him, but it was all ruined by Si Tianyu...
"Si Liangce, you have always been kind-hearted. You must have done this because the Si family members have done something unforgivable. Punishing evil is actually promoting good..." Jiangyi said softly while helping Si Chengfeng undress.
"Those who do evil will eventually destroy themselves. The Si family has only brought this upon themselves. Si Liangce, you don't have to feel sad for them." Chu Wei, who had loosened Si Chengfeng's hair, also gave him some kind words of comfort.
"I understand. I don't need you to serve me here. Please leave."
Si Chengfeng, who wanted to be alone, raised his hand and waved away his personal servant.
"Yes, Si Liangce."
After packing up their things and making the bed for Si Chengfeng, Jiangyi and Chu Wei bowed and left.
After a moment, the creaking sound of a door opening brought Si Chengfeng back to his senses.
"I'm ready to go to bed. You can go back and rest. There's no need to serve me." Si Chengfeng thought that Jiangyi and Chu Wei had come, so he said slowly.
"Afeng~"
"It's me."
Hua Qingcheng closed the door and looked at the white figure with long hair draped over the shoulders, looking a little dim and lonely, sitting in front of the Bailingtai. Her heart couldn't help but ache slightly.
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