Last night, that person said that Ahri has connections with those Iron Masks, and that the Iron Masks treat her with great respect.
He also said that he personally witnessed Ah Li ordering the Iron Mask around without any politeness while he was unconscious.
He ignored all those words.
These people must be trying to sow discord between him and Ah Li, hoping he'll agree to the Li family's demands and become their son-in-law.
Upon first meeting the head of the Li family, he immediately recognized him as one of the murderers who had killed his entire family years ago.
He recognized the jade pendant hanging from his waist.
That night, the entire Xiao family was killed.
Those who ordered the killers to commit murder, the people behind the scenes, all wore masks with blue faces and fangs, but their clothes and waist ornaments were completely unmasked.
Xiao Jin remembered that those people, in order to find out who possessed the Pangu inheritance and had the Xiao family's 'techniques', directly tortured and killed the Xiao family members one by one.
Xiao Jin could never forget those piercing screams and wails, those mountains of corpses.
Later, when it was his turn, the people disagreed.
Some wanted to kill him on the spot, while others thought of something more fun, such as sending him to the arena and turning all the survivors of the Xiao family into the lowest of slaves.
Xiao Jin recognized the voice, but he couldn't quite place it.
They also used a secret method to seal Xiao Jin's memories and sent him to the arena.
If he hadn't met Ahri, he didn't know if he could have persevered back then.
Xiao Jin slowly sat down on the edge of the bed, his hand touching the bedding, which was cold and lifeless.
Did Ahri leave a long time ago?
Xiao Jin didn't ask the person guarding the entrance to the courtyard. Instead, he took out a token, which was the engagement token between his mother and Su Rou, the former head of the Su family.
Xiao Jin murmured to himself: Ah Li, why won't you wait for me?
The token in Xiao Jin's hand was a jade pendant with hidden clasps on both sides.
Once the hidden clasp is opened, the jade pendant will split in two.
One half has the character '烬' (jin) engraved on it, and the other half has the character '狸' (li).
Xiao Jin accidentally opened the hidden clasp of the jade pendant after regaining his memories.
This jade pendant was given to him by the head of the Li family.
At that time, the head of the Li family cried pitifully, saying that he had not saved him in time, that he had let down the head of the Xiao family, and that he had also let down the head of the Su family. He also said that the current head of the Su family was surnamed Qin, not Su.
This keepsake is probably useless now.
Xiao Jin thought that the character '狸' was very special, and very few people would use this character in their name.
He also thought that Ahri must have stayed by his side during those years in the Colosseum to protect him.
She concealed her identity from him, not telling him that she was Su Li from the Su family, also because she was worried that people from other families might be monitoring him.
Those masked men must have been made by her to cooperate with her and act in front of him, in order to make him lower his guard and accept her.
In this way, she can be good to him and get close to him.
Why did Ahri suddenly leave?
Xiao Jin held the jade pendant and looked out the window.
Last night, although he was speaking from inside the yard, he could still hear noises coming from inside the house.
He thought he had misheard.
Looking back now, it was Ah Li who woke up; she heard them talking.
Did she think he would marry into the Li family to seek revenge?
Did she leave because she didn't want to put him in a difficult position?
Xiao Jin thought about it more and more and felt that it was very likely. He murmured helplessly, "My silly Ah Li, if I really have to marry into your family in order to get revenge, then I only want you."
After a long while, Xiao Jin let out a long sigh, "As expected, Ah Li still loves me the most."
Xiao Jin didn't stay in the courtyard any longer. He took everything he had bought for Ah Li, mounted his horse, and rode off to catch up with her.
If he can't catch up, then he'll go to the Su family and find Ah Li there.
Xiao Jin's pursuit led him all the way to the Su family's main residence.
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When Ah Li returned to the Su family, Qin Jian had already been imprisoned in the Su family's water dungeon.
When Ah Li went to see him, he still wanted to rekindle the father-daughter bond between Ah Li and him.
Ahri sneered at him, "You can't have children, don't you know that?"
Qin Jian's expression changed drastically, and the gazes of the masked men around him all fell on his private parts.
Ah Li walked around the water dungeon once, then spoke again, "Back then, my mother had to use the Su family's secret techniques to barely make you useful."
"As a result, you heartless, ungrateful wretch, yet you're thinking of swallowing the entire Su family whole. Aren't you afraid of choking yourself to death?"
"Su Li! I am your father! How dare you speak to me like that?"
"You dare call yourself my father!"
Ahri had the water level in the water dungeon increased.
Before long, the water level in the water dungeon rose.
Qin Jian was completely submerged in water.
When Qin Jian had drunk his fill of water and was nearly drowning, Ali had him hung up.
Qin Jian felt like his entire brain was filled with water, his ears were full of water, his nose was full of water, his eyes were full of water, and his mouth was full of water.
"Su Li, you knew what I wanted to do all along. And you killed Qin Yuan, didn't you?"
Ahri shrugged and said, "Since you know, then you can go down and keep him company."
Qin Jian felt the rope suspending him loosen, and he fell back into the water. The other end of the rope tied to his feet pulled him deeper into the water dungeon.
This time, Ahri didn't have anyone pull him up.
Soon, in the deepest part of the water dungeon, among the densely packed skeletons, another new member joined.
The water in the water dungeon gradually receded, and the surface of the water gradually calmed down.
Ahri looked at her reflection in the water and said boredly, "The damned people are all dead. Shouldn't we find something different to have fun with now?"
The masked men standing around remained silent.
As long as this fun isn't for them, they're willing to help Ahri find new fun.
Ah Li toyed with the Su family patriarch's private seal in her hand and said, "Never mind, let's go greet the guests."
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