"Do you have any evidence?" Ning Hai looked down at the disciple from Baicao Peak and asked.
"Disciple... no." The Baicao Peak disciple lowered his head nervously. "But I did see her enter the room, and then... she left after a while."
Yan Ying pursed her lips. This guy was so stupid. He dared to speak without any evidence.
"Liu Zhu, you must have seen it wrong." A person walked out from behind the screen. She was tall and graceful, with a slender waist that could be held in one hand. Her long black hair hung down to her waist. She had a pair of peach blossom eyes and a teardrop mole under her right eye.
Yan Ying knew without thinking that the woman in front of her was none other than Mu Siyue, the heroine of the original book. Just like in the book, she had a face like a fairy and a cold temperament as if she was not of this world.
"Siyue, why did you come out?" Liu Zhu hurried forward to help Mu Siyue. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Mu Siyue smiled softly. "Master, don't listen to Liu Zhu. Yan Ying is still young. She probably... doesn't have so many concerns..."
Yan Ying raised her eyebrows, feeling a little uncomfortable...what she said was weird.
Mu Siyue was about eighteen or nineteen years old at this time, and she was considered late to enter the sect. She entered the sect two years earlier than Mu Siyue. She should call her senior sister, but why did they all call her by her name? Did they think she was young and easy to bully?
"Nephew, a teacher who fails to teach is a lazy teacher. Although the sect affairs are busy, you still have to teach your disciples well." Cang Jinglan said to Ning Hai. "Before it causes a disaster."
"Master, what you said is groundless. There is no evidence to prove that I replaced the medicine. It is not good to jump to conclusions like this." Yan Ying couldn't stand it anymore this time. These two people sang the same tune and threw dirty water on their heads.
"I really want to know who switched the medicine more than anyone else. After all, Junior Sister Mu... has no one else in the sect who dislikes her except me. If her medicine was switched, everyone would think it was me. I really want to know who is so smart as to frame someone else."
"You said you went to Taolin, but do you have any witnesses?" Liu Zhu pointed at Yan Ying without waiting for Cang Jinglan to speak.
"I told you, the disciples of Taolin have seen me." Yan Ying rolled her eyes at Liu Zhu. "Others can tell who it is. Not everyone is blind."
"Master, I'm really fine. Don't blame Yan Ying anymore. She is still young..." Mu Siyue whispered while pulling Cang Jinglan's sleeve.
Yan Ying understood it completely. How come the original heroine seemed well-educated, gentle and lovely in the book, but turned into a white lotus in front of her, talking nonsense? Doesn't what she meant by this was that she was the one who did it?
It seems that the heroine in the original book is not a good person.
"Ying'er, what did you do in the peach forest yesterday?" Ning Hai asked Yan Ying.
"I'm going to find Cen Ji."
"My brother is not in good health. You...you should stop making things difficult for him in the future." Mu Siyue said softly, looking at Yan Ying with pleading eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Huanzhi, go find Cen Ji." Ning Hai's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly.
Yan Ying was dumbfounded. Was her master helping her or harming her? Cen Ji hated her so much, how could he possibly testify for her? He would definitely side with his sister!
But she had no way to stop it, so she could only make up her mind and think about how to deal with it.
Not long after, Bai Huanzhi returned with Cen Ji.
The thin boy followed Bai Huanzhi with his head down. He was wearing a clean cotton coat and had curly hair tied casually behind his head. His eyes showed some excitement when he saw Mu Siyue.
"Aji." Mu Siyue walked over to Cen Ji and placed her hands on his shoulders, her eyes concerned. "Is your leg feeling better?"
"Well, it's much better now." Cen Ji looked at Mu Siyue with a smile.
Yan Ying looked at the two of them. It should have been a warm scene, but she felt uncomfortable and even uneasy in her heart.
Although the original owner was a bad person, she was also an open and honest person. She didn't do things that were not explained in the book. Besides, the time they were talking about was after she entered the book, so it was even more impossible for her to have done it.
Who is lying?
"Ahem." Ning Hai coughed lightly. "Cen Ji, did you see Ying'er go to the peach forest after morning practice yesterday?"
Cen Ji looked up at Ning Hai, then his gaze drifted to Yan Ying's face.
On the way here, Bai Huanzhi had already told him everything. His sister's medicine had been tampered with!
Why couldn't he stay by his sister's side and protect her... He was so useless! He watched his sister being bullied but could do nothing!
"No." Cen Ji said expressionlessly.
Yan Ying's heart sank. Good boy, he really didn't let her down at all! This lie came out of his mouth without hesitation.
Yan Ying didn't say anything this time, but Bai Huanzhi frowned and said, "Junior Brother Cen Ji, why don't you think about it carefully before answering?"
He went to the peach forest to ask around, and they said that Yan Ying not only went to the peach forest but also sprained her ankle. Why did Cen Ji say that she didn't?
"I stayed in the room the whole day yesterday and didn't see anyone. I don't know whether Yan Ying went to the peach forest." Cen Ji said lightly.
He had warned Yan Ying, so why did she still attack his sister? He felt something was wrong when she went to Taolin yesterday. Was it to create an alibi?
Yan Ying was speechless. She had already guessed the result. In Cen Ji's heart, she was still a bad guy, and Cen Ji would not help her even if the sun rose in the west.
"Master, I didn't come to Sunset Peak yesterday." Yan Ying didn't want to explain any more and turned to Ning Hai.
"I asked other disciples in the peach forest, and they did see my junior sister enter the peach forest." Bai Huanzhi said in a firm voice.
"Okay, I believe you. I think Ying'er is right. She doesn't know how to make pills, and she doesn't have spirit stones. How can she get the Nine Wonderful Pills?" Ning Hai's tone was serious, and he didn't allow anyone to refute him.
"Ying'er has never lied since she was a child, and she will never deny what she has done. In my opinion, uncle, you'd better not believe what others say." Ning Hai looked at Mu Siyue coldly. The look in this girl's eyes was not clean. She clearly wanted to wrongly accuse Ying'er. How could he allow her to manipulate his disciple at will!
"Master, I will continue to investigate this matter and will not let anyone wrongly accuse my junior sister." Bai Huanzhi leaned over and said to Ning Hai. Although his junior sister was naughty, she would not do such a thing. Instead, Cang Jinglan actually believed this one-sided statement without any basis.
Bai Huanzhi pursed his lips. Today he had changed his opinion of his master. And his disciple was clearly attacking his junior sister in both directions. His pretending to be magnanimous attitude was really annoying.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." Ning Hai smiled and patted Bai Huanzhi's shoulder.
"Thank you, Senior Brother." Yan Ying nodded slightly to Bai Huanzhi.
[System: Ding Dong! Host, please note, Bai Huan's favorability is +30, currently -20.]
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