Hearing her call him "Great-grandfather," Old Island Master Yun’s heart nearly lted. The formidable, murderous aura he had just projected instantly diminished by more than half.
"My dear child, ask away!"
Xiaosuisui reached up to touch her small cheek, her right hand pausing on the scar there.
"Great-grandfather! I was clearly wearing a mask, yet ever since you saw us, you’ve been saying I look like my maternal grandmother!"
Before Xiaosuisui could finish, Old Island Master Yun interjected.
"This human-skin mask on your face conceals your true features. Ordinary people might not see through your disguise, but is your great-grandfather an ordinary person?"
Xiaosuisui shook her head repeatedly. "No!"
"Then that settles it, doesn’t it? To truly conceal one’s appearance and destiny, one must add a scar to the mask. This is sothing I personally taught your maternal grandmother!"
Xiaosuisui blinked, her eyes widening in disbelief as she looked at Old Island Master Yun. "You... you taught my maternal grandmother?"
"Exactly. However, this mask of yours doesn’t look like your grandmother’s handiwork. I rember when she left, she could already craft flawless disguise masks. Yet, this one of yours looks like a toy from her novice days!"
Xiaosuisui blinked, the corners of her mouth twitching uncontrollably a few tis.
"Because this mask wasn’t made by my maternal grandmother at all."
Xiaosuisui casually removed the mask, revealing her breathtakingly beautiful little face—round, dewy, and radiant.
"Alike! So very alike!"
Yun Cang, who had been silent throughout the al, stared intently at Xiaosuisui’s revealed true face, his eyes filled with excitent. Although he had glimpsed her true face through Xiaosuisui’s mask before, seeing her actual features now still thrilled him beyond words.
"Do I really look so much like Maternal Grandmother did when she was young?"
Xiaosuisui looked at Yun Cang and scratched her head, appearing a bit endearingly simple and charmingly cute. This brought joy to the hearts of everyone in the Yun Family.
"So this is our little granddaughter’s true face! How adorable!"
Their eldest sister’s granddaughter was, by extension, their own. They hadn’t seen their eldest sister for many years, and seeing her child, and now her granddaughter, filled them with a complex swirl of emotions.
"It’s not just that she’s cute! Can’t you all see? Our granddaughter possesses outstanding innate talent and a heaven-blessed destiny. She’s an exceptional prodigy for martial arts!"
"Exactly, exactly! This girl truly lives up to being Eldest Sister’s granddaughter. Her body seems as if it has been tempered by so heavenly treasure."
"Old Fifth has a point. When I first held this little girl, I examined her ridians. Her body is indeed unlike an ordinary person’s; it truly seems to have been tempered by so heavenly treasure. I imagine my precious daughter must have found so incredible treasure during her years journeying through the Jianghu and used it on this girl."
Xiaosuisui’s mouth twitched. anwhile, Ji Youzhi’s mind was suddenly flooded with doubts.
Just from listening to his uncles and maternal grandfather, it seed his own mother was an incredibly formidable person. But after her niece was born, she couldn’t possibly have failed to notice the girl’s uniqueness. So why didn’t Mother bring her niece to her side to raise and guide her? Why leave her with the Li Family? And how could she have nearly allowed her little niece to be buried alive? These questions took root and sprouted in Ji Youzhi’s heart, impossible to dismiss.
"Girl, is your maternal grandmother well? Where is she now? Does she miss ?"
Xiaosuisui hesitated. She didn’t dare reveal that her maternal grandmother had never spoken of him, nor ntioned that Xiaosuisui even had a maternal great-grandfather! "Maternal Grandmother... she... she probably... probably does miss you!"
Now that things had reached this point, the tense, confrontational atmosphere in the Flower Hall finally eased.
"Alright. Since everything is clear now, let this matter rest. Soone, escort Young Master Cousin Ji to his room to rest and recuperate."
Old Island Master Yun’s attitude abruptly shifted. He was no longer intent on killing anyone, nor would he drink. His way of addressing Ji Youzhi—that "Little Friend Ji"—also changed. This sudden reversal made it seem as though the earlier confrontation had never taken place.
"I... I’ll go back... by myself!"
Maids on Yunzhou Island were a valuable commodity. Aside from the wives of a few young island masters, no one was entitled to have them. Moreover, these maids would be betrothed to suitable young n on the island once they reached the age of fifteen to beco their wives. After marrying, these young n could choose to continue working as helpers in the Island Master’s household, serving their original masters, or they could opt to live independently.
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