"I'll go in first, you come down," Su Ruojin said to Xiao Yanchu before entering the passageway herself.
A moment later, Xiao Yanchu also came down, looking at the passage with disbelief on his face.
He had no idea that there would be such a place in his elder sister's residence.
The two followed the passage to the end and arrived at a room.
The room was simply furnished, with only a bed, a table, two chairs, and a screen.
A foul odor wafted from the room, and both of them wrinkled their noses. The smell was clearly coming from the chamber pot in the corner.
A woman was sitting at the table with her back to the two of them, humming a song.
"The crescent moon hangs in the sky, the stars call my brother home..."
That's the source of the sound we just heard.
This song!!
Xiao Yanchu narrowed his eyes.
Hearing someone approaching, the woman slowly turned her head back.
Both Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu were startled by the woman's appearance.
The woman's hair was disheveled, and her face, devoid of any skin, was covered only with black and pink scars left from the healing of her pockmarked flesh. Combined with her two eyes, she looked exceptionally terrifying.
Su Ruojin could tell at a glance that the woman in front of her had her face peeled off.
The woman stared at the two men, her eyes somewhat dazed. "You are...?"
Hearing the woman's familiar voice, Xiao Yanchu walked over slowly, somewhat incredulous.
"You... are my elder sister?"
Upon hearing the address "Royal Sister," the woman's eyes widened in disbelief. Was she dreaming again?
"Seventh...Seventh Brother, Little Seventh, is that you? Little Seventh?"
Xiao Qi!
Only his elder sister would call him that in private.
Xiao Yanchu's voice began to tremble slightly, and she called out again, "Royal Sister?"
The tone still indicated uncertainty.
How could his gentle and virtuous elder sister, as pure as a breeze and as bright as the moon, have become like this?
"The crescent moon hangs in the sky, the stars call my brother home..." the woman hummed the song again.
This is the song that Xiao Yanchu sang to his elder sister when she rescued him from the lake while he had a high fever, holding him tightly in her arms.
Originally, it was "Calling the son to come home quickly," but the princess felt it was inappropriate and changed it to "Calling the younger brother to come home quickly." Only the princess and the two of them knew this song.
It's my elder sister!
It's his elder sister!
"Royal sister!" Xiao Yanchu rushed forward and hugged the woman tightly, his eyes instantly reddening.
How dare they!
How dare you!
How dare they harm his royal sister like this!
Su Ruojin was stunned when she heard Xiao Yanchu call out "Royal Sister".
As far as she knew, Xiao Yanchu only had one elder sister, Princess Xiao Fengming, but wasn't Xiao Fengming perfectly fine?
Who is this person in front of me?
Xiao Fengming was held tightly by Xiao Yanchu, and only then did he realize that he was not dreaming. Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.
She's finally waited for this day!
Her seventh brother did indeed find her!
Xiao Fengming raised his hand to wipe away Xiao Yanchu's tears, "Seventh brother, your sister is alright, your sister is alright."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yanchu couldn't help but shed tears.
Xiao Yanchu truly hated himself, hated that he thought his elder sister would live a happy life after marrying the man she loved, and that he had neglected to take care of her.
I never imagined that some villain would harm my elder sister like this right under my nose!
If Xiao Jin hadn't taken the pulse of the fake princess outside and discovered something was wrong, and followed the clues, Xiao Yanchu might never have found out that his elder sister had been replaced.
My beloved older sister, who had cherished and protected me since childhood, risked her life to open the city gate for me at a crucial moment. And now she's been harmed like this.
He will definitely not let those people go!
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