With a gloomy look in her eyes, Yi Zhuo turned her back to everyone and said, "Everyone, please be the judge. When I was less than ten years old, Ji Yuanchi's mother led a group of people to kill my entire family! Fortunately, heaven has eyes! Her mother didn't live long either! And I entered the Pu family and let them raise me, only to make them make up for everything they did to my family!"
Yi Zhuo recounted all the words she had threatened Ji Yuanchi when they were children. She knew that Ji Yuanchi probably saw her kill her, otherwise she wouldn't have become like this. But even if she died, she would take someone down with her.
Upon hearing this, Ji Yuanchi clenched her fists tightly, her eyes filled with anger. "Shut up! My mother isn't that kind of person!"
"It was you! You framed her!" Ji Yuanchi pressed aggressively, stretching out her hand and conjuring her own spirit sword, pointing it directly at Yi Zhuo's chest.
Yi Zhuo hadn't expected that she would dodge to the right and narrowly avoid the first round of attacks, but Ji Yuanchi was clearly enraged and had no intention of letting her go.
Protected by the magical artifact, Yi Zhuo barely managed to withstand a few moves from Ji Yuanchi before being sent flying by a single palm strike from Ji Yuanchi.
Izhuo's back slammed hard against the wall. She groaned and then spat out a mouthful of blood. She lay on the ground like a lump of mud.
Ji Yuanchi pointed the tip of her sword at Yi Zhuo's head, "All these years, you truly deserve to die..."
Yi Zhuo grinned, her mouth stained red with blood, and her smile became strange. "Who is it that deserves to die? I kindly saved you back then, but it brought disaster upon my family! What did I do wrong? Your mother was ruthless and even tried to kill me after driving me out of the Pu family! If I hadn't met a benefactor, how could I have been alive to play this game with you for so long?"
"Do you think you're innocent? The sins of the father must be visited upon the son! You're making amends for the mistakes your mother made, what's wrong with that!" Izhuo blurted out the truth in one breath.
Ji Yuanchi's hand trembled, the tip of her sword shook, and her eyes turned bloodshot. "No! My mother is definitely not that kind of person! Your family must have done something heinous!"
Suddenly, a figure rushed to Ji Yuanchi's side with lightning speed and used his sword to deflect a hidden dart.
Ji Yuanchi was startled. She hadn't noticed at all, as her mind was entirely focused on Yi Zhuo. She glanced to her side and saw that the person who had come was Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai waited for her at the inn for quite a while but she didn't come, so he went out to look for her.
Ji Yuanchi looked at Yi Zhuo again and sneered, "You're trying to distract me by using hidden weapons? You're still the same as ever!"
The next second, Ji Yuanchi's sword tip pierced straight into Yi Zhuo's chest.
Just as she was about to stab deeper, Izo's body turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished without a trace.
Ji Yuanchi immediately sheathed her sword, looked around, and looked puzzled.
Xu Yuehuai pondered for a moment and said, "Yi Zhuo must have a powerful figure behind him, and this powerful figure... is very likely not from our level."
Grandpa Pu had already received a message from his granddaughter telling him not to get involved in the matter. Only when he saw that Ji Yuanchi had actually killed Yi Zhuo did he dare to be sure that she had truly come to her senses.
"What exactly is going on?"
"How could someone suddenly disappear? Could she be hiding in the shadows watching us right now? Are we going to get caught up in this later?"
"What's there to be afraid of? This is all a matter for the Pu family. By the way, did Madam Pu really kill that girl's entire family?"
At this moment, a man dressed in tattered clothes, his face so ashen that his features were barely recognizable, walked into the crowd. "I told you long ago, the Pu family are no good people. They killed the entire family who saved their daughter, and yet no one believes me... no one believes me!"
The beggar spoke as he walked away, not intending to linger.
At this moment, Old Master Pu spoke up, "Everyone, you can leave now, there's nothing more to see."
"Regarding my mother's matter, I'm sorry, the Pu family has no comment at the moment, but it's definitely not what that crazy woman said!" Old Master Pu's words inexplicably gave some people a sense of conviction.
After the crowd dispersed, Grandpa Pu walked over to Ji Yuanchi. He first glanced at Xu Yuehuai standing next to him and said, "Is this the girl you mentioned to me?"
Xu Yuehuai answered "Yes" and bowed to Grandpa Pu with the courtesy due to a junior.
Grandpa Pu nodded with satisfaction as he looked at her.
He looked at Ji Yuanchi, "Chichi, are you hiding something from me? What exactly was that crazy woman talking about?"
Ji Yuanchi never expected that the secret she had risked her life to protect would be exposed in such a simple way today. She exhaled a breath of stale air and gave a bitter smile, "Let's go back first, okay, Grandpa?"
Grandpa Pu nodded and led Ji Yuanchi and Xu Yuehuai through the Pu family gate.
Although the Pu family was a large family, the decorations in their home were very simple, yet it was not difficult to discern the owner's taste from these simple decorations.
The group sat in the main hall, with Old Master Pu in the main seat. Xu Yuehuai casually chose a seat and sat down. "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Ji Yuanchi's memory was pulled back to that year, "That year, she came to my door and told me that my mother had killed her whole family. I was young at the time and didn't understand, but she threatened me..."
Ji Yuanchi recounted the events of that time in detail.
After saying that, Grandpa Pu looked apologetic. “Foolish child! I shouldn’t have spoken so harshly to you on the spot! If I were still the same grandfather you remember back then, why wouldn’t you have dared to come and talk to me?”
Grandpa Pu did not blame all the mistakes on Ji Yuanchi.
Xu Yuehuai sat quietly to the side and listened without intending to interrupt. She was quite surprised by Ji Yuanchi's experience.
"It's really..." Old Master Pu took a breath and finally sighed.
"So Grandpa, is my mother... really as she said?" Ji Yuanchi asked cautiously, afraid of hearing an answer that would displease her. How could her mother, who was so great in her heart, do such a thing?
Grandpa Pu lowered his eyes, thinking that over the years, it was because of him that his granddaughter had become estranged from him. In an instant, he seemed to have aged several years. "Now that you're all grown up, it's alright to tell you."
"Your mother did indeed kill that family," Old Master Pu nodded in acknowledgment.
Ji Yuanchi was shocked, she trembled, "Why?"
“That family is no good at all. They put on a good facade, but inside they're human traffickers! When Yizhuo brought you home, they already had the idea of selling you.” Old Master Pu slowly recounted the truth…
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