readytorunbook Chapter 625 Call me "Sister" and let me hear it!
Chapter 625 Call me "Sister" and let me hear it!
Sheng Yunzhu stared wide-eyed, her lips trembling, as if she wanted to say something more.
But in the end, no sound came out.
Yes, we should nip it in the bud.
She had clearly returned to the time shortly after her birth, and when she opened her eyes, Lu Yangyang, still an infant, was lying next to her.
If back then, she hadn't been too young and only thought about how to replace Lu Yangyang as the daughter of the Duke of Sheng's mansion, and if she hadn't been afraid of being discovered and dared not kill Lu Yangyang herself, but instead tried to have her grandmother disfigure her and throw her into the mountains to fend for herself, if she had killed Lu Yangyang without any regard for the consequences, then at least she wouldn't be in this situation now.
She should have killed Lu Yangyang back then.
She was wrong.
If Lu Yangyang had been killed then, she would never have existed in this world.
Because she didn't eliminate the threat completely back then, no matter how many methods she used later, she still ended up losing to Lu Yangyang.
In those final moments before death, time seemed to slow down very, very slowly.
But during that very slow time, what kept flashing through Sheng Yunzhu's mind was why she hadn't killed Lu Yangyang any sooner.
She only thought that Lu Yangyang, who had been disfigured and thrown into the mountains by her, could not possibly survive. Even if she did, growing up in such a poor and remote mountain village, she would only live a muddled life like the other girls in the village. How could she compare to her?
But why is it that by leaving Lu Yangyang there, she has honed herself into the Lu Yangyang she is today, completely different from the Lu Yangyang of her previous life, a Lu Yangyang with cunning and resourcefulness?
How ridiculous!
How unwilling I am!
Why is it that she always loses?
In her final moments, filled with such resentment, Sheng Yunzhu utterly succumbed to darkness.
Lu Yangyang watched as Sheng Yunzhu breathed her last in her palm before releasing her hand and letting Sheng Yunzhu's body fall to the ground, then stood up.
Sheng Yunjiao moved over with small steps and gently tugged at Lu Yangyang's sleeve. "Yangyang, are you alright?"
Lu Yangyang came to her senses and said, "It's nothing."
That dream was once her obsession.
She refused to believe that her fate would be as she had dreamed, so she returned to the Duke's mansion to personally verify what kind of life she would lead.
The grudge between her and Sheng Yunzhu had already dissipated when she personally slashed Sheng Yunzhu's face and exposed Sheng Yunzhu's shameful deeds.
She knew that Sheng Yunzhu would eventually reap what she sowed, but she never expected that she would be the one to end it all herself.
Lu Yangyang turned to look at Sheng Yunjiao, and seeing her eyes flicker, asked, "What do you want to say?"
Sheng Yunjiao glanced at Sheng Yunzhu's corpse. "I overheard some of what you were saying. She and I grew up together. There weren't many girls in the Duke's mansion, and we were about the same age. We should have become good sisters, but we just couldn't get along since childhood. Sometimes it was because of a new piece of fabric, sometimes it was because of a pearl hairpin. After being tricked by her so many times, these things became huge issues."
"But what I thought about most was exposing her true colors, letting people see that she was two-faced and good at pretending. I never expected that with such a small conflict, she would be so ruthless in using me, even trying to kill me. When I left the capital, I really couldn't understand it for a long time. I couldn't understand how she could do such things, even though we weren't blood sisters, we grew up under the same roof!"
“I even wondered if I was also at fault. From childhood, I was taught that the reputation of a noble family was the most important thing. No matter what happened at home, the sisters in the family should work together to avoid being laughed at. But after actually experiencing life outside, I realized that people's hearts are fickle. To hell with being laughed at, repaying evil with kindness is the biggest joke!”
“Yang Yang, Sheng Yunzhu deserves her punishment.”
Lu Yangyang looked at Sheng Yunjiao, whose eyes were firm and bright as she looked at her, and nodded gently: "You're right, she deserved it."
Then, smiling, he pinched Sheng Yunjiao's cheek and said, "Our Jiaojiao has grown up too."
Sheng Yunjiao snorted, "I'm the same age as you, okay? You're only two months older than me."
Lu Yangyang tilted her head: "Then I'm your older sister too! Call me 'older sister' and let me hear it!"
Sheng Yunjiao hugged Lu Yangyang's arm and said coquettishly, "Oh, my dear sister!"
"What are you two doing, being so mushy?" Yan Yue rubbed his arms, looking at them in shock.
Sheng Yunjiao glanced at him sideways, "None of your business!"
Lu Yangyang asked him, "Has everything been resolved?"
Yan Yue nodded: "The people Your Highness brought have all been captured. What's the situation at the Gu God Temple?"
Lu Yangyang recalled the matter of King Yuechuan and didn't know what to say for a moment. "King Yuechuan committed suicide by self-immolation, and the entire Mingyue clan was slaughtered... Oh, right!"
Lu Yangyang suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Where is Mingruo?"
Yan Yue looked blank: "I don't know, he's not with us!"
"What did you say?" Lu Yangyang said in surprise, "I thought he left with A Que!"
The elders of the Mingyue clan were planning to announce Yin Yueling and Mingruo's wedding today, so they had specially dressed the two of them up. However, she and Yin Yueling were with King Yuechuan, while Mingruo and Zong Que were on the other side. She knew King Yuechuan's intentions, but she hadn't considered what he would do. Therefore, when things happened so suddenly, she didn't think about anything else. She assumed that Mingruo and Zong Que had left together!
Yan Yue shook his head: "My cousin came here by himself. If he hadn't shown up, His Highness wouldn't have fallen for the trick and wouldn't have seen Mingruo."
Lu Yangyang asked nervously, "Could something have happened?"
The battle of Gu magic on the altar just now could easily have drawn you in if you weren't careful, and you would have died without a burial place.
Moreover, King Yuechuan hated the Mingyue clan so much that he ordered his army to slaughter them all, leaving no one alive. If Mingruo hadn't left, wouldn't that have been very dangerous?
"Don't rush, I'll take some people to meet you first, you..." Yan Yue said, glancing to the other side.
Lu Yangyang understood what he meant. "You go first. I have something to ask Aque. We'll meet at the altar later."
Yan Yue nodded, called some people, and quickly left.
Lu Yangyang pulled Sheng Yunjiao back to Tianchi. Wen Qingqing grabbed her and whispered, "He..."
Lu Yangyang followed her gaze and saw Li Shisan kneeling on the ground, trying little by little to separate Hua Rui and Xue Yan. However, Hua Rui seemed to have used all her strength to hold Xue Yan tightly, and they could not be separated no matter what.
Lu Yangyang walked over and saw tears streaming down Li Shisan's face. He slumped helplessly to the ground. "How heartbroken she must be. She killed the person she had waited for all these years with her own hands..."