In the bathroom.
Fang Ruoxue stood at the sink, cupping water in her hands to rinse her mouth. Looking at her own disheveled appearance in the mirror, she suddenly found it ridiculous.
"Ah Yao, I’m sorry, I didn’t want it to be like this either."
Recalling all the monts she spent with Zhou Yao over the years, tears silently slipped down her cheeks.
"Sun Zhe, you insidious villain, you forced to this!"
"I truly regret not killing you that night!"
At the thought of Sun Zhe, a wave of extre hatred surged in her eyes, wishing she could imdiately turn Sun Zhe to dust. Wiping away her tears, she walked out of the bathroom, picked up the phone on the table, and directly dialed the number of the Great Elder.
...
At this mont.
In the study on the second floor.
As the video played on the tablet ca to an end, Zhou Yao slowly closed his eyes, leaning powerlessly against the back of the chair with a long sigh.
The scenes in the video, along with the conversations between Fang Ruoxue and the Qingyao Sect’s Great Elder, were like needles piercing his heart, causing him almost unbearable pain.
He didn’t ask how Sun Zhe recorded this video, because it no longer mattered.
What mattered were the conversations in the video, which confird his suspicions over the years—The Zhou Family massacre had Qingyao Sect’s involvent!
Sun Zhe took back the tablet, observing Zhou Yao and finding his emotions more stable than expected, asked, "You already had the answer in your heart a long ti ago, didn’t you?"
"You just didn’t want to admit it, or couldn’t accept it, because you still held a glimr of hope for her."
Hearing this, Zhou Yao opened his eyes, his voice a bit hoarse, "Ah Zhe, thank you for your hard work."
Sun Zhe shook his head.
Zhou Yao said, "Actually, I never had hope for Ruoxue. I always knew that part of the reason she chose to be with back then was because of ’Zhou You Tai Xu’."
"I was just waiting for an opportunity, a chance to make a choice."
Sun Zhe asked puzzledly, "What do you an?"
Zhou Yao slowly stood up, saying, "To make a choice between her and the hundreds of souls unjustly killed in my Zhou family."
Sun Zhe asked, "So are you going to pretend you don’t know, continue living with her, or choose to avenge the Zhou family?"
Zhou Yao said slowly, "Actually, I made my choice a long ti ago... Compared to the deep blood feud of my family, what is personal romantic affection worth?"
"If I don’t seek vengeance for this feud, how can I face my ancestors in the afterlife?"
"But with my current strength, how can I shake the vast Qingyao Sect to avenge the Zhou family?"
Sun Zhe squinted at him, "So you plan to..."
Zhou Yao said, "So, after learning about your identity, I thought of using you to help take revenge, using ’Zhou You Tai Xu’ to involve you."
"Of course, to be precise, to involve your mother."
Upon hearing this, Sun Zhe let out a bitter laugh, "Using ’Zhou You Tai Xu’ as a reward is indeed generous and hard to refuse, but also truly difficult to obtain."
Zhou Yao was a bit surprised, "So why are you not curious when I ntioned your mother?"
Sun Zhe smiled lightly, "Because we’ve already t and acknowledged each other."
Hearing this, Zhou Yao’s gaze flickered.
Sun Zhe asked, "If my mother hadn’t found , and we hadn’t acknowledged each other, were you planning to wait until sothing happened to , and then tell her the truth? Then use her anger to confront Qingyao Sect?"
Zhou Yao nodded, truthfully saying, "You’re right. Because only she has the power to shake Qingyao Sect."
Sun Zhe praised, "Uncle Zhou, you really are calculating."
Zhou Yao stepped in front of Sun Zhe, full of guilt, "Ah Zhe, I’m sorry. This ti, Second Uncle was selfish. But I truly wanted to pass on ’Zhou You Tai Xu’ to you, even without all this."
Sun Zhe chuckled, "You don’t need to apologize. I knew from the start you were using , it was just a transaction. I couldn’t resist the temptation of the Ten Forbidden Techniques."
"Uncle Zhou may be using , but at least you didn’t deceive ."
Zhou Yao smiled, "Thank you."
Sun Zhe asked, "So what are you planning to do next?"
Zhou Yao walked towards the library door, "I’ll do what needs to be done."
Sun Zhe followed, saying, "If I’m not mistaken, you’ve probably already inford my mom."
Zhou Yao smiled self-mockingly, "I told her I found her son, and to co here tonight to et you. But now it seems unnecessary."
"..."
Not long after.
The uncle and nephew reached the living room on the first floor.
Fang Ruoxue saw Zhou Yao coming downstairs and quickly went up to greet him, intimately hooking her arm around his.
"Ah Yao, didn’t I ask you to rest well? Why did you co down?"
Zhou Yao’s face was expressionless, "Ruoxue, is there nothing you want to confess to ?"
Fang Ruoxue looked confused, "Confess what?"
Seeing her still feigning ignorance, Zhou Yao suddenly laughed.
Only now did he realize the woman he had fallen for was truly skilled at pretending, even better than soone with a Pisces sign.
"Since you won’t confess, I’ll help you with that..."
Zhou Yao looked at her with a mocking smile, "That night in the teahouse basent, you and Li Zhenzhu (Great Elder) used the Soul Searching Technique on Ah Zhe, trying to get ’Zhou You Tai Xu’. Did you get it in the end?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Ruoxue’s heart skipped a beat, but her expression remained unchanged, "Ah Yao, what are you talking about?"
Zhou Yao smiled slightly, "Ah Zhe told everything."
Fang Ruoxue’s tone turned somber, "Do you believe everything he says?"
Zhou Yao tilted his head back and closed his eyes, sighing silently.
"Fang Ruoxue, only now do I realize how good you are at acting."
Fang Ruoxue, her eyes red and voice trembling, said, "So you choose to believe him and not ?"
"Ah Yao, after all these years of being together, even when you beca a vegetative state, I never left you. Doesn’t that earn a little trust?"
Zhou Yao, gazing at her with eyes brimming with tears, "I am grateful for your devotion, I can even give you my life. But how can Qingyao Sect repay the blood debt it owes?"
Suddenly, he shouted hoarsely, "Fang Ruoxue!"
"Tell , the hundreds of souls wronged in my Zhou family, should I avenge them or not?!"
Fang Ruoxue stared at him blankly, tears streaming down her face.
"Ah Yao, do you really not trust ? If Qingyao Sect wanted to harm the Zhou family, why have they been protecting you all these years?"
"Ah Yao, there must be so misunderstanding here."
Seeing her persist in denial, Zhou Yao felt utterly despondent and lost all hope in her.
"If you dared to do it, why can’t you admit it?"
"Qingyao Sect protecting and your unwavering support for , isn’t that all because of Zhou You Tai Xu?"
Fang Ruoxue wiped her tears, choked, "So, in your heart, I’m such a person."
"Zhou Yao, I misjudged you!"
Zhou Yao suddenly laughed, "Fang Ruoxue, you’re even more stubborn than Cao Zihuan! Refusing to admit even a single thing, is that it?"
"Fine, I’ll make you give up!"
"Ah Zhe, bring out your tablet!"
"..."
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