“Where are we going?”
“To the place you want to go.” Her gaze fell on He Jinnian.
Her eyes were deep and unfathomable.
Li Qiao leaned in slightly, her hand grabbing He Jinnian’s, step by step getting closer.
“You…”
“Shh, He Jinnian, just tell me, do you want to leave?”
The barrier around them began to shake. He Jinnian stared straight at her.
But she never received a response from him.
Suddenly, she hugged He Jinnian tightly, stood on her tiptoes, and placed a kiss on his lips.
It was a warm, familiar feeling.
A sharp glint flashed in He Jinnian’s eyes. Li Qiao released him.
“Qiaoqiao…”
“Remembered? Tell me, do you want to leave?”
She kept asking this question over and over again. He Jinnian, being incredibly sharp, answered solemnly: “I want to leave!”
“Alright, let’s go.”
As Li Qiao held his hand, the entire barrier began to shake violently. In an instant, the house in front of them disappeared, and the green mountains and clear waters were gone.
Only pitch-black darkness remained.
“How dare you! You have the audacity to take away my food source?”
A sharp female voice suddenly rang out.
Li Qiao flicked her fingers, the black mist dissipated, and light shone through. She saw a daringly dressed woman with red scars crisscrossing her face!
The woman’s eyes were fiery red, and she glared at Li Qiao and He Jinnian with extreme viciousness.
“Just a mere mo (a type of demon/spirit, often seductive), daring to act so presumptuously here? You’re looking for death!”
Li Qiao’s peachwood sword flew out instantly.
The mo was shocked: “You recognize me?”
“You’ve cultivated hard to reach this point. You shouldn’t harbor harmful intentions towards humans.” So there were actually descendants of the mo clan!
“None of your business!” The mo was furious.
Li Qiao didn’t want to waste any more time here. She tore the barrier apart with one palm and, under the mo’s incredulous gaze, pulled He Jinnian and jumped out of the barrier!
The bell made a crisp ringing sound.
He Yi exclaimed joyfully, “Daoist, the bell rang, the bell rang…” The master was about to return.
Seeing this, Daoist Qingxu said with relief, “Stick this talisman onto Jinnian’s body.”
“Okay.”
As soon as the talisman was attached, He Jinnian slowly opened his eyes.
Li Qiao, who was beside him, sat up and looked at him with extreme gentleness: “Mr. He, are you feeling unwell?”
“I’m fine, Qiaoqiao. Thank you.”
Li Qiao smiled faintly.
He Jinnian’s soul had been separated from his body for too long, so he was still a bit weak. He would need to rest well for a while.
If it weren’t for his immense merits, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand this ordeal.
“Young friend, what did you encounter inside?”
“A mo.”
Daoist Qingxu excitedly stepped forward: “Could it be the mo clan that disappeared long ago?”
“Yes. The mo clan was wiped out cleanly back then. If they’ve appeared again now, I’m afraid someone did it on purpose.”
Mos are mostly women, and mostly charming, beautiful women.
They excel at emotional manipulation, desire control, and even more so, feeding on souls.
There were once evil practitioners who controlled mos to satisfy their various selfish desires.
Daoist Qingxu showed a worried expression: “The appearance of a mo might mean a great disaster is coming for the Xuanmen (the esoteric/occult schools).”
Once someone starts raising a mo, the Xuanmen will definitely not be peaceful.
Li Qiao said, “Daoist, please pay more attention to this matter.”
“I will. Say, young friend… You went into the little inner world of Jinnian’s heart. What kind of world was it? For you to be able to enter safely… it must be a world related to you, right?”
Daoist Qingxu’s face was full of gossipy curiosity.
The two being teased both felt a little uncomfortable.
Li Qiao simply said “Get some good rest” and went downstairs!
Xiao Qingbei, who had been waiting downstairs for a long time, yawned: “Qiaoqiao, is He Jinnian better now?”
“All good.”
“That’s good, then. Let’s go home.”
Li Qiao agreed.
Just as Xiao Qingbei reached the door, he got a call from home and needed to go back.
After they said goodbye, Li Qiao was about to head home.
“Li Qiao.”
Someone called her.
Li Qiao turned around and sized up Li Man, who had appeared there, her eyes very calm.
Meeting again, Li Man was still unhappy: “Seeing me has made you mute, huh? Li Qiao, we were sisters for so many years. Now that I’m in the city, aren’t you happy for me?”
She sounded like she was showing off!
“How are you here?”
Li Qiao was genuinely curious.
“Hmph, I’m the adopted daughter of the Xu family now, Li Qiao. I’m going to watch you fail and fall from grace. The Li family is going to go bankrupt sooner or later anyway.”
She kept talking about bankruptcy, like she was afraid people wouldn’t know she was reborn.
Li Qiao feigned ignorance: “Why would the Li family go bankrupt?”
“Because… Hmph, you’re trying to trap me into talking!”
“Oh my, you actually figured that out!”
“…” Boiling with rage, Li Man clenched her fists. How had Li Qiao become like this? What right did she have to be so arrogant and cocky?
Why was she different from the Li Qiao in her memories?
Li Qiao was supposed to be a country bumpkin, a useless fool!
As Li Man’s face contorted with anger, Li Qiao pushed open the door right in front of her. Even without turning around, she could feel Li Man’s burning gaze.
So intense?
Tsk!
“Li Man, you’re not a psycho, are you?”
“Which Li Man?”
Liu Yusi asked.
“Mom, Li Man. Li Dazhi’s daughter, Li Man. She’s the adopted daughter of the Xu family.”
Liu Yusi, who was tending to her flowers, put down her scissors: “The Xu family’s adopted daughter is her? That’s incredible.”
Through all the twists and turns, she still ended up seeing Li Dazhi’s daughter.
Back when they parted at the mountain village, she thought she’d never see her again.
Who would have thought she’d become a daughter of the Xu family!
Thinking of Li Man reminded her of how Li Dazhi wanted to sell her daughter for a bride price.
Angry, very angry.
“Mom, relax. Don’t get upset over other people.”
Liu Yusi hugged Li Qiao affectionately.
“Mom’s heart aches.”
Thinking of her daughter suffering for eighteen years made her heart feel like it was tearing apart.
What if she hadn’t found her daughter back then? What would have happened to Qiaoqiao…
She looked at the smiling Li Qiao in front of her.
Well, Qiaoqiao could probably beat anyone up, right? She wasn’t even afraid of ghosts, let alone people. For a moment, Liu Yusi’s emotions were like a roller coaster.
Li Man was reborn. Even if she held the script, the butterfly effect had started the moment she was reborn.
Some things were destined to be different.
This novel world had long been turned into an independent small world by Li Jue.
How Li Man’s life would play out… actually, Li Qiao was quite looking forward to it too.
That evening.
After Li Qiao had paid her respects to the ancestral master.
She came across Li Man’s Moments!
The Xu family’s old lady had given her some jewelry. Li Qiao turned off her phone, only to receive another WeChat message from Li Man.
[Did you see them? Are you jealous?]
[You’re sick in the head.]
[Li Qiao, I know you’ve never seen such nice jewelry before. If you kneel down and beg me, maybe I’ll give you a piece.]
[Are you an idiot? Do I need stuff like that? Flip through my treasure box, your things don’t even rank in my collection.]
[Hahaha, that’s hilarious, I’m dying here.]
[Is Li Dazhi dead?]
[…. Bitch, you just wait. After the Li family goes bankrupt, you just wait until you’re out on the streets.]
She was constantly affirming that the Li family would go bankrupt.
This made Li Qiao even more curious about the original, unaltered后续内容 (subsequent plot content)?
Li Qiao didn’t reply to her anymore.
But Li Man felt terrible inside. Her attempt to show off had failed, and she was angry.
“Godmother, where are you going? And you’re taking so many expensive gifts?” Li Man saw Mrs. Wang heading out carrying valuable things.
“I’m going to the Li family’s house. These are all gifts for the Li family.” [Mrs. Wang thought to herself: The savior of her son, and her own benefactor. A friend had mailed these things, and she intended to give them to Li Qiao. The young girl would surely like them.]
Li Man’s eyes lit up: “Is the Li family going bankrupt?”
