Who You Are Book 2

Chapter 63 - Bicao

Lan Qiren's eyebrows were tight-knit. He turned to the other woman, "I think I have seen you before."

The woman's face was full of panic, "I think... I think you have."

Everyone paused in surprise. Sisi was a prostitute—could this woman be one too? Then why would Lan Qiren say he'd seen her before?

The woman, "During the YuelingQin Sect's Discussion Conference, I often accompanied my madam."

"The YuelingQin Sect?" A female cultivator asked, "You're a maid of the YuelingQin Sect?"

A more sharp-eyed ones directly called out her name, "You're... Bicao, Madam Qin's personal maid Bicao! Right?"

The Madam Qin whom she referred to was Qin CangYe's wife, and so the birth mother of Jin Guangyao's wife, Qin Su. The woman nodded, "But now I'm no longer at the Qin Sect."

Sect Leader Yao was thrilled, standing up as he slammed his table, "Do you have something to tell us too?"

With red eyes, Bicao began, "What I'm about to say happened a bit earlier, about a dozen years ago.

"I'd served my madam for many years. I watched our Maiden A-Su grow up. Madam had always cared for Maiden Su, but around the time when Maiden Su was about to marry, Madam was in an extremely bad mood. She had nightmares when she slept and sometimes cried too when she was awake. I thought that she was only finding it hard to let go of Maiden Su, since Maiden Su was about to marry. I kept on comforting her by saying that the man she was marrying, LianFang-Zun Jin Guangyao, was not only accomplished but also caring and devoted. Maiden Su would lead a very good life. Yet, after Madam heard this, she was even worse.

"When the marriage day approached, one night, Madam suddenly said to me that she was going to see Maiden Su's future husband, and that she was going right now, wanting me to secretly accompany her. I said, you can ask him to see you. Why would you sneakily go see a young man in the middle of the night? If others heard of this, who knows how the rumors would go. But Madam's mind was set, so I had to go with her. After we arrived, however, Madam told me to wait outside and not go in, which was why I didn't hear anything and I don't know what exactly she said to Jin Guangyao. I only knew that a few days later, when the date of Maiden Su's marriage was set, Madam fainted as soon as she saw the invitation letter. And after Maiden Su was married, Madam was still extremely depressed. She was sick in her heart, and her sickness worsened by day. Before she passed away, she couldn't hold it in any longer, and told me everything."

Bicao said as she cried, "LianFang-Zun Jin Guangyao and our maiden, they never were wife and husband—they were brother and sister..."

"What?!"

There wouldn't be a shock so great even if thunder exploded in Sword Hall. Qin Su's pale face emerged before Wei Wuxian's eyes.

...

"So Bicao and Sisi just, appeared in Lotus Pier and spilled everything, just like that?" Lan Xichen questioned.

"Wei Ying and I were suspicious of the sudden appearance of the two, as they had information on what Wei Ying and I had been looking into," Wages stated.

"It's just bizarre...isn't it Sect Leader Nie Huaisang?" Lan Xichen asked with a smirk.

"Indeed," Huaisang said nervously.

...

Bicao, "My madam really was too unfortunate... Old Sect Leader Jin was a bastard. He lusted after my madam's looks, and once forced her when he was drunk outside... How could Madam resist? She didn't dare say anything afterwards either. My master was of utmost loyalty to Jin Guangshan, so she was more than scared. Jin Guangshan might not remember whose daughter Maiden Qin was, but my madam could never forget. She didn't dare talk to Jin Guangshan, knowing that Maiden Qin was very much in love with Jin Guangyao. After a long struggle, she finally went to find him secretly before the marriage day and told him a few things, begging him to somehow cancel the marriage before things got out of hand. Who knew... Who knew that Jin Guangyao married Maiden Su even though he knew she was his younger sister!"