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Chapter 881: The Traitor

Chapter 881: Chapter 881: The Traitor

The apprentice took a long time before finally coming back.

However, with him came several new faces. Aside from the two personal soldiers that Qin Yi had left for Su Pan’er, all bloodied and injured, there was also a boy of about ten years old.

The boy’s eyes were vacant, his face smeared with snot and tears. When he entered, he was dragged in forcibly under the arm of one of the personal soldiers!

"Let me go, let me go! Let me go—I need to find my parents, let go! Let go..."

He cried and screamed, struggling desperately.

Yet the personal soldier discarded him in front of the group, and on lifting his head and seeing Old Xue, he flung himself at him.

Wailing, he cried out, "Patriarch! Please save my dad and mom, please save them, save them, Oh Patriarch..."

Old Xue’s hands trembled as he tried to steady the boy, "Don’t cry, don’t cry! Mu Li, stop crying, tell Patriarch what happened?"

"It’s him!"

The child named Mu Li suddenly turned, pointed at one of the personal soldiers, and yelled!

"It’s all his fault, if he hadn’t abandoned them to die, my parents wouldn’t have, wouldn’t have...woo woo..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he buried his head and wailed incessantly.

The personal soldier, covered in bloody wounds of all sizes, heard the accusation, his lips quivered slightly, but he finally said nothing and hung his head low.

But Su Pan’er, who had been leaning at the side, opened her eyes.

"You say it was him who left your parents to die? Tell me, tell me in detail, what exactly happened?"

Su Pan’er looked at him expressionlessly.

Mu Li seemed taken aback that Su Pan’er asked him to speak, and after a moment of hesitation, just cried, refusing to say anything.

"You refuse to speak? Very well, you tell us then."

Su Pan’er pointed at the personal soldier.

The personal soldier raised his head and quickly recounted the events, "It seems we were already too late when we rushed over, almost everyone inside was already dead. So we searched on our way, but got entangled with some men in black. After dealing with a few of them, I was thinking of leaving when I heard a noise inside. I circled around and saw a man in black killing people, so I saved him without thinking..."

"You’re lying, you’re lying!"

Mu Li shouted in outrage, "They were about to leave because they hadn’t found anyone. If you hadn’t barged in, how would they have turned back? How could they have killed my parents? It’s you, all your fault!"

The color drained from the faces of everyone present.

Suddenly, Su Pan’er let out a soft chuckle, "By what you’re saying, they shouldn’t have rescued you then?"

Mu Li was stunned.

Su Pan’er didn’t wait for his response and immediately asked, "Didn’t you say you were well-hidden, so how did you come across the thieves who came back?"

"It’s because, because..."

Mu Li couldn’t finish his words and slowly lowered his head.

With a detached smile, Su Pan’er mused, "Was it because you thought it was safe and so you ran out from where you were hiding? Or is it that you made some noise, which attracted the thieves’ attention?"

Mu Li’s face suddenly turned white, and he silently lowered his head, biting his lip.

The personal soldier, now curious, looked at Su Pan’er, "Right! That thief originally wanted to escape through the window. It was him who suddenly charged out trying to catch the thief, which led to that couple dying while trying to save him."

Strange, the lady wasn’t even at the scene, how did she come to know what happened there?

"Given that, why don’t you blame yourself for causing your parents’ deaths? Instead, you’re blaming the benefactor who tried to rescue you?"

Su Pan’er scolded harshly. Although she wasn’t present at the scene, from the indignant yet silent expressions on the faces of her two personal soldiers and the child’s words and behavior, one could infer quite a bit.

Mu Li’s face turned pale, and he stood there alone, biting his lip.

"It wasn’t me, I didn’t cause their deaths! It was clearly you, those bandits were after you, I heard them talking!"

"You’re delusional."

Su Pan’er shook her head then nodded, "You’re right, someone as ungrateful as you really shouldn’t have been saved!"

At such a young age, already adept at shifting the blame onto others, this one surely can’t achieve greatness!

Mu Li looked panicked, turning to his master Old Xue. Seeing that both his master and two senior uncles remained silent, he frantically glanced at the others before his gaze turned to Su Pan’er, staring at her with eyes full of hatred!

Su Pan’er ignored him, instead standing up to bow to Old Xue,

"Old Xue, although what he said wasn’t right, he did get one thing correct. Most of these bandits were indeed targeting me. I didn’t kill my fellow men, but they died because of me! Taohua Valley’s calamities are also linked to my escape. Pan’er is ashamed!"

With that, she bowed deeply once again.

"It’s not your fault, Taohua Valley was destined to face this calamity."

Old Xue waved his hand wearily, "You were originally just a patient of Taohua Valley, and it is our duty to take care of patients. Those people wanted to snatch our patient away, and were indeed making us their enemy! Their sacrifice in protecting their homeland can be considered honorable."

Could it be explained like this?

Su Pan’er was somewhat taken aback, "But..."

Old Xue turned to look at Mu Li, stood up, and gently stroked his head, "Child, your great-grandmaster has taught you for many years, but never once did he teach you to shirk your responsibilities when faced with a problem! You! Reflect well upon whether what your great-grandmaster has said is right or wrong!"

Mu Li lowered his head, his eyelids drooping to hide the hatred in his eyes.

Su Pan’er cast a faint glance at him but did not expose him.

With this small interlude, it was clear that everyone was tired, each finding a corner to wait quietly.

Meanwhile, the two personal soldiers dressed their own wounds. The bandits had been ferocious, and defending everyone fiercely had left them with numerous wounds of varying sizes, yet they stubbornly remained on guard.

It wasn’t until Su Pan’er ordered the two men to rest and said that others would take over the watch in two hours that they finally allowed themselves a break.

Having been exhausted all night, everyone gradually became drowsy. After the pain in Su Pan’er’s stomach gradually subsided, she too leaned against something and closed her eyes. Half asleep, she sensed the child named Mu Li sneaking out, and all she did was lift her head to coldly watch his retreating figure.

She had thought the child might have needed to relieve himself or something similar, but he instead slipped out of the cave. Seeing that something was not right, Su Pan’er finally woke Old Xue.

"That child just left the cave entrance, and I’m worried something might happen to him. What do you think..."

Mu Li had shown a deep animosity towards her and her two personal soldiers, so naturally, Su Pan’er tried to avoid blame as much as possible and had to wake Old Xue.

Old Xue looked stunned for a moment, then told two of his apprentices to go out and search.

"Don’t go too far, bring him back as soon as you find him. If you can’t find him... go!"

Old Xue waved his hand wearily.

The two apprentices agreed and quickly set off. It wasn’t long before one of them returned, his face full of panic, "Something bad has happened! Mu Li is actually with those bandits. The crested myna is also captured by them, and it looks grim! Not only that, Mu Li, he’s leading the way for those bandits, and right now, they are heading straight for our cave!"