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Given Mother’s thods, she’d likely pull this off without anyone noticing, leaving the Xiao family powerless to resolve it.
At that mont, a flicker of guilt stirred within her. If not for her, perhaps he wouldn’t be facing all this trouble and pressure now!
"Big Brother Xiao, please sit down and have so tea!" Yue’er poured him a cup and asked, "Are you very busy after returning, Big Brother Xiao? Why haven’t you shaved? You look quite different from the Big Brother Xiao I know."
"Little Qi, I’m sorry."
He lowered his eyes, his voice tinged with gloom. At that mont, he couldn’t even et Yun Qi’s gaze.
Hearing this, Yun Qi understood his aning. Yet, curiosity stirred within her. What exactly had her Mother done? That it could make him admit defeat so swiftly?
"Big Brother Xiao, why are you apologizing to ? You haven’t done anything wrong to !" she spoke up.
Xiao Junyan looked at her and said, "The Old Predecessor has arranged a marriage for . I..."
He took a deep breath and told her, "I’m sorry. Not long ago, I confessed my feelings to you. But between my family and you, I ultimately couldn’t abandon my family to choose you."
His voice was low and hoarse as he continued, "I am Xiao Junyan, the Young Master of the Xiao family. I cannot turn a blind eye to my clan’s peril. I..."
"Big Brother Xiao."
Yue’er’s lips curved into a gentle smile. She gazed at him and said, "Big Brother Xiao, you needn’t bla yourself or feel guilty. In truth, the one who should be apologizing is ."
She sighed softly. "I t Big Brother Xiao when I was very young. All these years, I’ve always regarded you as a Big Brother. But when we went down the mountain last ti, spending ti together, I realized you felt differently about . I think you liked , but I wasn’t ready to accept those feelings."
"In that secret realm, trapped by that fragnt of divine soul, I saw Big Brother Xiao confront my illusion. Even knowing it might not be my true form, he refused to let my phantom suffer the slightest harm. He chose to cover himself in wounds instead. My heart was utterly shaken."
"Over the years, only my closest family had treated this way. I never imagined Big Brother Xiao would go to such lengths. Later, when my ridians were destroyed and cracks appeared in my dantian, everyone said I was ruined—unable to cultivate anymore, dood to live out my days as an ordinary mortal. Yet it was then that Big Brother Xiao confessed his feelings to ."
She smiled as she spoke, looking at him: " My feelings were complex then—shocked and touched. I liked Brother Xiao, but I wasn’t sure if it was love. So I asked my Mother. She said, regardless of whether I loved him, since he’d confessed, she’d test him first. She wanted to see how far he’d go for . If he truly risked everything for , if I ant more to him than anything else, then we could build our relationship."
At this point, she looked at him apologetically and continued, "Big Brother Xiao, the truth is... my father is Xuanyuan Mo Ze, Hell’s Lord and my mother is Feng Jiu. I am their youngest daughter. My na is Xuanyuan Muyue."
Xiao Junyan stared at her in utter shock, stumbling back in disbelief. His mind churned like a raging sea, his thoughts completely blank.
She said... her father was Hell’s Lord, her Mother was Feng Jiu, and her na was... Xuanyuan Muyue...
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