When Li Qingzhu heard this, her eyes widened in surprise.
She turned her head stiffly and looked in disbelief at the woman who was also hung on the other side. Only then did she finally understand!
It's actually... her! !?
She is Liu Cao'er! ?
No, how is this possible?
Isn't it said that she is dark and thin, and her appearance is totally unremarkable?
How can it be so beautiful! ?
Li Qingzhu almost screamed: "Why is it you!?"
In the past few days, Li Qingzhu has been living like a pig or a dog, without any dignity and suffering humiliation, while Li Qingluo is a completely different person!
She saw all the ways she had humiliated herself. If she returned to Jinling...how could she still have the face to be in front of her?
Li Qingluo also looked at Li Qingzhu and introduced himself to her in a sincere manner.
"Yes, I am Li Qingluo, the real daughter of the Li family, who was exchanged with you by your grandmother. Am I disappointing you, Sister Zhu'er?"
Li Qing fell at an angle where Qu Shi couldn't see him, and slowly raised the corner of his lips towards Li Qingzhu.
At this moment, Li Qingzhu felt that everything in front of her eyes was going dark, and she really couldn't survive.
Wait, wait!
These people from the Lotus Sect say that only one can survive?
Li Qingzhu's eyes immediately filled with tears. She looked towards Qu and cried out in grief, "Mother, save me! Mother—"
Qu: "Zhu'er!!"
Qu looked at her adopted daughter in embarrassment, then at her own flesh and blood.
Pearl looked utterly miserable.
However, although Luo'er was a little messy, she looked okay.
Qu's eyes couldn't help but fall more on Li Qingzhu. "Zhu'er, my dear, you are still alive. I am almost dying of pain——"
How she wanted to hold her in her arms and love her dearly.
I don’t know how much suffering she has endured!
Qu's heart was almost twisted into a ball, but she still wanted to know: "Zhu'er, tell me, what is going on?!"
Li Qingzhu knew that if she continued to pretend to have amnesia, she would not stand a chance of success!
She could only pretend to be more pitiful and innocent in order to attract Qu's love for her...
After all, now she really can't decide who her adoptive mother will favor more.
Li Qingzhu's eyes were red, tears streaming down her face. "Mother, it was Zhu'er who was foolish and unfilial... I was afraid that you would no longer love me, so I came up with the foolish idea of burning myself. But Zhu'er regretted it and ran out of the fire. Zhu'er was too ashamed to face my parents and brother, so I wanted to escape and return home in a few days, but my injuries were too severe, so I fainted on the street..."
"Zhu'er had been taken away the moment she woke up. During this time, she had actually been trying to escape, but she was caught again several times. Those human traffickers wanted to sell her..."
"Zhu'er has gone through so much hardship and tried every possible way to return to you, Mother. Zhu'er is afraid that Mother will feel sad for her, so Zhu'er has suffered so much!"
"Mother, Zhu'er finally met some kindhearted people and returned to Jinling, but before she could even get home, she was captured again..."
"Mother, Zhu'er really knows that I was wrong. But I am already very satisfied to see you again..."
"Over the years, Zhu'er has enjoyed all the wealth and glory that should have belonged to her younger sister, as well as the love of her parents and brothers. Zhu'er is truly grateful to God for having such a fate..."
"But Zhu'er is also ashamed... I've made Sister Luo'er suffer for so many years, and separated you and your daughter for so many years..."
"Mother, although Zhu'er also wants to live, you should save sister Luo'er first!"
What a good compromise.
If Li Qingluo's hands weren't tied, she would have wanted to applaud her.
Sure enough, she does have some abilities and is not a complete fool!
After hearing these words, how could Qu not be heartbroken?
She flung herself to the ground, crying, "Pearl—it is fate that has played such a trick on me. You have suffered, my child..."
She then cried and pleaded with the Lotus Cultists: "My dear heroes, sirs, and gentlemen! Please let them go!"
"Although I've only managed to gather two thousand gold, which isn't quite the amount you requested, this is the amount I can gather as quickly as I can, to the best of my ability!"
"The gold is right at the foot of the mountain. Go count it if you don't believe me! I'll definitely give you more later if you need more!"
"Please, gentlemen—"
"ah!!"
A knife came flying towards him with a whoosh and stabbed into the sand in front of Qu.
"Stop talking nonsense! You dare to negotiate with us? If you give us one or two less, you won't be able to take two away today!"
"Choose quickly! Otherwise, neither of you will survive!"
As he spoke, two arrows flew towards Li Qingluo and the others, and the arrows firmly stuck in the tree trunk next to the rope that hung them.
Li Qingzhu screamed in fear, closed her eyes, and broke down crying.
"Mother, mother——"
How could Qu not be anxious when she heard this?
"I choose! I choose... I choose—"
Qu pointed at Li Qingzhu with a shaking finger, then turned to Li Qingluo, and finally turned to Li Qingzhu again.
But in the end, she couldn't designate anyone.
"Luo'er..."
Qu looked at Li Qingluo and called her softly.
After Li Qingluo came from Qu's house, he never said a word to her.
Li Qingzhu cried over those things, and listening to Dayi's grievances, Li Qingluo's face was filled with indifference.
Until this moment, seeing that Qu Shi was unable to make up her mind for a long time, Li Qingluo finally called out, "Mother..."
Not mother, but mother!
This was the first time since she returned to the general's mansion that she clearly called Qu "Mother".
Qu's eyes and heart trembled violently. For some reason, she felt extremely panicked.
Tears rolled down my face uncontrollably, and my heart felt like it was being gnawed by thousands of ants, causing me excruciating pain.
Li Qingluo did not cry, but smiled.
But that smile made Qu feel even more heartbroken than Zhu'er's tears.
"Mother. It's a pity that I've never been truly loved in my life."
"Although I have a grandmother now, but... I have never been loved by you, my father, and my brother."
"Mother, I'm so sorry. I'm your biological child, so I must have disappointed, embarrassed, and hurt you, right?"
"But this isn't something Luo'er can decide..."
"I only hope that in my next life, I can grow up by your side."
"Mother, I hope you can love me in my next life..."
"Don't get hung up on it. Just pick the one you'd hate to part with the most."
"Seeing Mother like this, ah... Luo'er doesn't want Mother to be embarrassed, and I don't want to see Mother cry again."
"Mother, I don't regret being your daughter... But if there really is an afterlife, Luo'er no longer wants to suffer and grieve for you..."
"Mother, goodbye—"
Li Qingluo had a dagger in his hand at some point.
She quickly cut the ropes that bound her, and then, under Qu's horrified gaze, she plummeted down the cliff.
“No——!! Luo’er——Luo’er!! No——”
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