Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 600 - 299: Qu Hongling’s New Friend?_2

Chapter 600: Chapter 299: Qu Hongling’s New Friend?_2

Ran Qingchen rose to straighten her hair, squeezing a faint smile on her pale face, "It’s fine, I didn’t fall asleep."

Gazing at her noticeably thinner niece, Zuo Su sighed,

"I heard you haven’t eaten for the past two days, not even a drop of water. The old lady is almost frantic, fearing that you’ll ruin your health. So, she specifically asked me to come and persuade you."

Ran Qingchen apologized, "I’ve worried Grandma and Great Aunt. As a cultivator, missing a few meals actually won’t cause me any problems."

Zuo Su sat on the bed, holding Ran Qingchen’s hand:

"Qingchen, we must look forward. In one’s life, many disappointments will be experienced. Affections for children eventually fade over time.

Back then, your uncle and I were deeply in love, inseparable. But gradually, our love faded."

"I, too, have seen through it. In this lifetime, one ultimately has to live for oneself."

Ran Qingchen slightly lifted her drooping eyelids, her gaze falling upon the wedding dress folded in the corner by Jinxiu. After looking for a while, she quietly said, "Great Aunt, there’s no need to persuade me anymore, I know what I should do. I plan to make a trip to the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Zuo Su looked shocked, "The Ten Thousand Mountains? Are you going to find Jiang Mo?"

Immediately the woman indignantly said, "Qingchen, even now, can you still not let go of that faithless man?"

Ran Qingchen smiled, "Some answers, you must ask clearly to be at peace. Otherwise, I will never be able to let go in this lifetime. Besides, I don’t want to lose without understanding why."

"But..."

"It’s alright, Great Aunt, I know what to do?"

Ran Qingchen’s gaze was resolute.

Zuo Su opened her mouth, sighed in resignation, and gently stroked the woman’s soft hair, the corners of her mouth forming a smile,

"Sometimes you are very much like your father. Other times, not at all. Nevertheless, no matter what you do, your great aunt and grandma will support you. It’s actually good that you’re going, at least your cousins..."

Zuo Su realized her mistake and said no more.

Ran Qingchen showed a flicker of emotion, looking at her, "Great Aunt, is the Ran Family in a very bad situation?"

Zuo Su hesitated for a moment, then sighed,

"Although the court has not held us accountable yet, the atmosphere in the Ran residence is one of fear; everyone says the Ran House is done for, and the outsiders think the same.

Many businesses that used to deal with the Ran House are now unwilling, your uncle is also overwhelmed. But don’t worry, Qingchen, as long as the old lady is around, no matter how much others gossip, no one will dare to speak ill of you."

Ran Qingchen’s expression revealed deep self-blame,

"Because of my willfulness, the Ran Family is in peril, and my second aunt’s accusation against me is justified. If the court decides to charge me, I will take full responsibility, not implicating the Ran Family."

Zuo Su dissatisfiedly said, "Qingchen, what is this you’re saying? No matter what, you are our Ran Family’s eldest miss, we will bear any trouble together. The old lady declared that if it comes to it, we’ll take the Emperor-bestowed Kanglong Mace and confront the Emperor. It’s just a life after all."

Ran Qingchen clenched her fists tightly, causing her lips to bleed.

Since her mother died, the only family affection she could feel in the Ran House was from her grandma and uncle.

If because of her, the Ran House was destroyed, she would never forgive herself in this lifetime.

Zuo Su slowly said, "Qingchen, you know your grandmother’s temperament. If you really plan to go to the Ten Thousand Mountains to find Jiang Mo, the old lady definitely won’t agree. She now wants to protect you, fearing you’ll be harmed by the court once you leave."

Ran Qingchen frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said,

"Great Aunt, I plan to leave the Ran House secretly. If grandma asks, you just say I will be back in no more than ten days."

"But..."

"Great Aunt, I don’t want to wait any longer." Ran Qingchen’s eyes were tinged with a faint sadness.

Zuo Su hesitated but finally nodded helplessly:

"I can cover for you, but you must promise your great aunt to take good care of yourself.

Also, that boy Jiang Mo doesn’t deserve your affection. You should clearly break off your relationship with him, don’t be deceived by his sweet words any longer.

And have him write a letter of severance, after that he will have no ties with our Ran Family."

A letter of severance...

Ran Qingchen’s eyes flickered.

Her gaze fell once again on the bright red wedding dress, she quietly thought, "Jiang Mo, will you divorce me?"

In the evening, Ran Qingchen, lightly packed, quietly left the Ran House.

——

Somewhere, deep in a forest.

Qu Hongling took the last elixir she had, then sat cross-legged inside a huge tree hollow to heal.

The girl’s face was drained of color, her body emanating a bloody aura.

After successfully fatally wounding Sha Nv with a scheme, she had barely escaped alive from the desert, falling down a cliff into this unknown deep forest.

Though severely injured, it was a great fortune just to have survived.

Qu Hongling worried, unaware of how Nan Shuang and Jiang were faring.

"Little beauty, so you were hiding here."

Suddenly, a figure appeared outside the tree hollow, a man with a bifurcated beard dressed in purple.

The man’s age was indiscernible, emanating an air of ruffian-like charm.

Upon seeing the man, Qu Hongling’s expression turned icy cold.

She had thought that such a sparsely populated place would be devoid of people, but unexpectedly, while looking for a way out, she had stumbled upon this mysterious man.

He had been following her all along, and she had failed to shake him off several times.

Fortunately, although the man had decent Qinggong, his cultivation seemed low; he had not attacked her yet.

"Little beauty, would you like some water to quench your thirst?"

The man held a leaf filled with dewdrops and said with a grin, "Girls should drink more water to keep their skin moist and look younger."

Qu Hongling couldn’t be bothered to interact with him and closed her eyes to continue healing.

Yet the man kept talking nonstop from outside, like a nagging crow.

A moment later, the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and the cheerful-faced man’s expression instantly changed. With a tip of his toe, he disappeared from the spot.

Qu Hongling was taken aback.

She poked half of her body out of the tree hollow and immediately witnessed a shocking scene.

A giant stone figure was slowly approaching from afar.

From a distance, it looked like a mountain.

Wherever the stone giant passed, trees were broken off one after another.

Seeing that the stone giant was about to reach the tree hollow where she was hiding, Qu Hongling had no choice but to leap out.

Shortly after the woman left, the stone giant’s large foot crushed the tree hollow.

The ground roared, and dust billowed everywhere.

The traps Qu Hongling had set for the man before were all destroyed.

The stone giant paused, looked down at the traps on the ground, and then looked toward Qu Hongling, who was escaping into the distance. Thinking she had set the traps, it let out an enraged roar and chased after her.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Each step the stone giant took made the ground tremble.

Qu Hongling cursed her bad luck and could only try to flee into the dense forest.

But even so, in the eyes of the giant stone figure, she was like an ant, and it caught up in two or three steps.

The stone giant stomped toward Qu Hongling.

Qu Hongling barely dodged, rolling on the ground. Just as she was getting up, she saw numerous stones, like hail, densely approaching her.

The girl, who had narrowly escaped death several times before, couldn’t help feeling somewhat desperate now.

Just as she was preparing to release her demonic form in a life-or-death struggle, suddenly a slender and tall figure appeared in front of her.

The newcomer was a woman veiled with a mask.

Although her cheeks were covered, her unmatched graceful figure and those clear, bright eyes were enough to show that this mysterious woman was exceptionally beautiful.

"Be careful!"

Qu Hongling couldn’t help but shout.

The veiled woman, as if she hadn’t heard, directly threw a punch at the giant stone foot bearing down like a mountain.

In an instant, a divine figure seemed to appear behind the woman.

Boom—

The stone giant’s foot halted less than two meters from the ground.

Next, cracks began to form on the stone surface of the foot.

Then, the cracks rapidly spread.

Eventually, the originally huge stone giant turned into a pile of rubble, collapsing thunderously onto the ground.

Qu Hongling was dumbfounded.

This girl had incredibly strong cultivation.

The veiled woman turned around, hands behind her back, circled around Qu Hongling, and said with a smile, "I think, I’ve probably guessed who you are... You must be Qu Hongling, the Sect Master of the Sky Demon Sect, right?"

Qu Hongling’s heart chilled, and she instantly became guarded, "Who are you?"

"Let’s get acquainted."

The veiled girl grinned and said, "My name is Yelü Miaomiao. You can call me... Miaomiao."