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"Is this how they keep them kneeling?" Ji Yu playfully leaned on the tree trunk, glancing at the woman below, her body languid as if she had no bones.
That was just a tree branch the thickness of an arm; logically, an adult man's weight should have broken it, or at least bent it. Yet, Ji Yu lay on it as if it were nothing.
Su Peijiu hummed softly, a strange light glimmering in her watery eyes.
"This so-called Master of the Building, why don't we just forget about it?" Ji Yu dropped down halfway from the tree, hanging in front of Su Peijiu, his nose almost touching hers. His phoenix eyes, half-smiling and half-serious, stared directly into her eyes, causing her to instinctively lean back.
"Although Nan Xie Tower has plenty of wealth, it no longer holds any substantial position in the martial world. In this world, merchants are the lowest class; mingling your identity with theirs is a disgrace."
Su Peijiu looked at the silver ring in her hand and recalled Yue Niang's sorrowful expression in the cave that day. She found it hard to let go: "Though I am not willing, since I have taken on this burden, how can I cast it aside... As long as I see Xiao Zhan and convey Yue Niang's words to him, I will be free from Nan Xie."
"Ge'er..." He hung upside down from the branch and sat beside her, looking up at Yue Niang. His voice lost its usual charm. "You..."
"Mm? What does my senior brother want?" Su Peijiu turned her head in confusion to look at Ji Yu but could only see his profile. Stripped of his allure and deliberate harshness, he was just a cold man.
"...If—this is just if..." His gaze tightened slightly. "If someone you trust deeply hurts you the most, what would you do?"
Su Peijiu was taken aback for a moment before smiling gently. "What would I do? How can I answer that now? But..."
"But what?" Ji Yu didn't even notice his voice trembling slightly.
"But if I were hurt by the one I trust the most, I would probably be sad for a long time." She toyed with a blade of grass in her palm, spinning and jumping around.
Having been hurt again, perhaps she would transform into a demon...
"Give me your hand." Ji Yu spoke up. Su Peijiu still found it hard to accept her senior brother's sudden shifts in thought and instinctively asked, "What for?"
"Fool! Aren't you injured?" He reached over to grasp her palm and then used his teeth to bite open the lid of a medicine jar, pouring the powder onto her wound. "How could you have done that back then?"
Su Peijiu laughed. "Senior brother, have you forgotten how I died back then? I even stabbed my heart; what’s a hand compared to that?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Yu's hand that was sprinkling the medicinal powder paused for a moment, her expression turned slightly pale, and then she continued to bandage her as if nothing had happened.
…………
Flower Mother watched as they knelt on the ground without complaint; this was what they deserved. From the moment she first laid eyes on the girl, she knew that the phoenix hiding its brilliance would eventually spread its wings and soar, and they would become the phoenix's support. Unfortunately, a hundred years of habits cannot be changed overnight; these innate traits were deeply ingrained.
"Flower Mother, will Master of the Building forgive us?" Hua Qian, with her simple nature, spent all her time tending to flowers and plants in her Yard, completely unaware of why Master of the Building had suddenly become so enraged that she even wanted to cut off her own fingers with a dagger.
Flower Mother merely gazed at the golden hairpin glimmering on the table, her voice tinged with loneliness: "I don't know. All we can do is kneel here in submission; everything else is up to fate..."
Regardless of whether Yue Niang's ring appearing on her hand was destined by Fate or not, they had already seen hope in her—a hope that would allow Nan Xie to stand tall in this world once more!
Hua Qian fell silent, and the others were not in a good mood either. After two hours passed, Su Peijiu finally returned, dressed in a dark red robe. Seeing everyone still kneeling, Ji Yu teased, "Oh! Still kneeling? If I had known it would be like this, why did I leave back then? If it weren't for my exceptional martial arts skills, your dear Master of the Building would have died under the assassin's sword, you know?"
Su Peijiu did not stop Ji Yu; there were some things she needed them to understand about how foolish it was to fail in protecting their master!
Flower Mother and the others knelt in shame, not daring to speak. Seeing that the effect was about right, Su Peijiu decided they needed more training in the future. She waved her hand: "You all can leave now. Gather everyone within a hundred miles of Nan Xie before noon tomorrow to join the army for training..."
"Master of the Building..." Black Crow found it hard to believe that just moments ago someone had been shouting about cutting off hands, and now everything seemed so calm.
"It seems you haven't taken my words to heart."
Upon hearing this from Su Peijiu, Flower Mother immediately slapped Black Crow: "Understood."
Su Peijiu narrowed her eyes and nodded.
What she wanted was absolute submission—!
Once everyone had left, she looked at the nearly burnt-out candles and realized she could not solely rely on others; she needed her own power—one that absolutely obeyed her.
"Senior Brother..."
"Um?"
"Go buy me some orphans and homeless people."
"What for?" Ji Yu raised an eyebrow, but the flickering light in his phoenix eyes indicated otherwise; his junior sister had finally come to her senses.
"Why does Senior Brother need to ask so much?" Su Peijiu noticed Ji Yu's expression.
"Alright." He agreed, then his expression changed slightly: "Junior Sister, are you not afraid that Senior Brother will play tricks while handling this matter?"
Su Peijiu's Water Eyes were shallow, with a faint smile: "Would Senior Brother do that?"
"No." He would never do that again.
Because it… would hurt his heart.
…………
While Zhang Sheng and Big Tiger were intensifying their training of elite soldiers, Su Peijiu sent over three hundred people. Although he had no idea where these delicate young masters came from, the general ordered them to be trained rigorously!
Naturally, rough as Big Tiger was, they couldn't afford to slack off in the brutal combat techniques of mountain warfare. So after a while, the people from Nan Xie Tower were already exhausted. However, they could not easily give up; to keep their Master of the Building, they could only push themselves to the limit.
While they were in dire straits, Su Peijiu was already in a town two hundred miles away. Accompanying her was not Ji Yu, but Qi Mo.
Since that day when she had that incident with Ji Yu, he had disappeared, and Qi Mo silently appeared by her side.
Arriving at the restaurant where she had agreed to meet the Red Nation Monarch, she followed him up the stairs and then pushed open the door to see a group of people sitting inside, their faces obscured by masks.
The expression beneath the mask was slightly mocking. She pressed her red lips together: "Could it be that a dignified monarch of a nation is afraid of just one Master of Nan Xie Tower?"
Among that group was an extremely handsome young man who bore some resemblance to her. Su Peijiu was taken aback for a moment but soon realized that this was none other than Jun Ye Su from the Crimson Kingdom.
Jun Ye Su's aunt is Su Peijiu's mother, Jun Liuji, so it's natural that they share some similarities.
"Go ahead... cough cough..." Jun Ye Su waved his hand to signal the others to leave, adding, "Too many people make it hard for me to breathe."
Su Peijiu stood at the door, watching the subtly colored faces of those passing by. The corners of her lips curled up again, and finally, she spoke her first words to Qi Mo during this encounter: "You should leave too."
Upon hearing this, a flash of Azure crossed Qi Mo's eyes. Instead of getting angry, he smiled: "I'll wait for you downstairs." His smile carried an eerie undertone, but Su Peijiu was too preoccupied to care.
Right now, she was extremely interested in Jun Ye Su. Given their relationship and possibly some blood ties—referring to Su Peijiu and Jun Ye Su—it was only natural.
The door finally closed.
The two individuals, both highly interested in each other, locked eyes. Neither was willing to back down until Jun Ye Su lightly coughed and shifted his gaze away, his tone somewhat awkward: "How can a girl stare so intensely at a man?"
With this remark, it became clear that he knew Su Peijiu's identity. She didn't put on airs; since he had come, he must have done his homework.
"The Sovereign seems different from the rumors," she said confidently as she removed her mask, revealing a face somewhat similar to the person across from her.
"...You really resemble your aunt," Jun Ye Su remarked with a hint of nostalgia.
"Is that so?"
"Yes... I often went out to play with my aunt when I was younger; she doted on me the most... but then she married far away..." His voice trailed off.
Su Peijiu raised an eyebrow. "It seems like small talk isn't appropriate right now. Sovereign, let's get straight to the point. What is the real reason you wanted to see me?"
Jun Ye Su's gaze lingered on Su Peijiu's face for half a second before quickly shifting away. "I just wanted to see what your aunt's child has grown into... I heard not long ago that the Su Family rebelled, and I was quite worried about you..."
"I'm fine now, so regarding the terms of the alliance contract..." She pulled out the contract from her sleeve and laid it on the table.
Jun Ye Su coughed again, this time more violently, a flush appearing on his face. While coughing, he reached for the brush on the table and signed his name on the contract.
His handwriting was elegant and refined.
Ancient people often said that a person's handwriting reflects their character. Someone with such handwriting would not have the ambition to become a Sovereign, but since he has, he must have something he wants to protect.
For the first time, she felt that this distant relative in front of her was not so annoying after all...
"Pei Jiu, if you are not doing well, you can come to the Crimson Kingdom at any time. As your elder, I must protect you." He took the handkerchief away from his mouth and looked at Su Peijiu, his clear eyes slightly misty.
"I will," she replied with a light laugh as she put her mask back on and stood up. Before leaving, she glanced at Jun Ye Su and said, "Take care of yourself."
She noticed that Jun Ye Su's eyes turned red in an instant...
Indeed, in this world, he was her last remaining relative...
"Pei Jiu, whatever you want, I can get it for you from Aunt!" Jun Ye Su stood up, gripping the corner of the table, his knuckles turning pale from the force.
At that moment, Qin Ge had to admit that she was once again jealous of the owner of this body. Although weak and foolish with a short life, there were still so many people in this world who cared for her... And what about her? Few and far between...
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