[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 5

005 - Deliberately distorting the truth

Lu Qingyi lied on the ground, her whole person pale and thin beyond recognition, her forehead bloodstained and her aura so weak that it was barely perceptible.

Lu Mingshu kneeled beside her in a daze. Had she known this would have been the result of looking for a relative, she would never have let her mother come.

With the changes in the affairs of life this half a year, she had long thrown aside her past yearning for a family reunion, extremely disappointed in a father like this. If not for her mother's insistence, she did not even want to recognize a parental figure in the first place.

Seeing Yu Wen Shi walk over, Lu Mingshu was jolted awake. Grabbing his clothes, she looked up and pleaded, "Uncle, please save my mother. We won't look for our relative anymore. We will head back to Dongyue once you save my mother."

Yu Wen Shi squatted down, comforting her with a smile, "Don't be anxious, let me take a look first."

He first looked at Lu Qingyi's forehead wound, lifted up her eyelids, and then took her pulse.

When Lu Mingshu saw him furrow his brows, she grabbed Hui Niang's hand nervously.

After a moment, Yu Wen Shi sighed. "She has exhausted her life force."

Lu Mingshu fell into a daze, looking at him with pleading eyes.

When Yu Wen Shi saw how confused she was, the look on her face softened his heart despite his intentions in taking advantage of the situation. "Don't be upset, life and death is only the path of all living beings..." But what was the point in telling a seven-year-old child such things? One could only fathom the pain of bereavement* through personal experience.

Hui Niang stared into blankness, before covering her face to weep.

Her weeping sounds were mournful, and how could Lu Mingshu not understand? Her whole body suddenly lost all strength, tears rolling down her face continuously as she slumped on the ground.

Yu Wen Shi cast a glance towards Fu Shangqing, seizing the opportunity to speak, " Who are you people? Why are you trying to smear our Sect Leader's reputation? Even if there are difficulties, you can't spout such words irresponsibly."

Knowing that Lu Qingyi was a spent force, Hui Niang's hatred towards Fu Shangqing grew. She cried in desolation after swallowing her weeps, "We did not spout these words irresponsibly! Your Sect Leader, who is our master, was formerly called Fu Ze and born in Qingfeng town of Dongyue. Because he lost his relatives from young and lived in poverty bullied by his neighbors, our old master often took care of him out of pity. Later on, when Madam was of age to marry, Fu Ze admired her and offered himself to become a member of her family. Old Master did not permit this originally, but through persistence, he married in and was even regarded by our old master as his own son. When Fu Ze desired to look for a good teacher to practice Martial Arts, Old Master took out all his savings and sold half of the Lu family's fields for his road expenses. Who could've known – that once he left, he was gone forever. Half a year ago, a female suddenly came to our household with an absolute lack of courtesy in every possible way while stating that she came under the orders of Fu Ze to send the divorce papers. In his rage, our Old Master vomited blood and passed away. Our madam fell deathly ill after being dealt such a big blow. We only came to Xichuan to look for a relative, as Madam was afraid Miss would have no one to rely on."

Hui Niang wiped her tears, crying out with 'wu wu' sounds, "We only found out after we arrived that Fu Ze had long remarried six years ago. It's probably because of this that Madam is on her deathbed."