The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 282 - 286: Conflict in the Back House (12)

Chapter 282: Chapter 286: Conflict in the Back House (12)

In the worldly society, numerous rumors about the Dark Pavilion circulated. Although no one truly knew its whereabouts, it seemed to be omnipresent, like a shadow following its form.

Everyone said there was nothing in the world unknown to the Dark Pavilion, nor anything it couldn’t accomplish.

The Dark Pavilion commands your death at midnight, and even the King of Hell won’t keep you until dawn.

Although these rumors were somewhat exaggerated, they did illustrate the energy the Dark Pavilion held in the worldly society.

Originally, Su Ying had intended to save this trump card for a critical moment, but she didn’t expect to have to use it so early.

That reticent man, Su Ying could see the threads of affection for her in his eyes, so she firmly believed that he would definitely help if she asked this time.

Since her father at home didn’t want his daughter to return, what if he persuaded her to come back willingly?

She believed that the man who could establish a position in the Dark Pavilion naturally had the means to make people compromise.

However, Su Ying only knew part of the story, not the full extent.

She eavesdropped on a conversation in the study but ran off after hearing only half of it, naturally missing the more detailed explanation Su Shi gave about Zhu Liusha.

She did not know that it was not Su Shi’s reluctance, but rather his conjecture that Su Li had achieved the Grandmaster Realm, which made him hesitant to act.

Su Ying unraveled the amulet and soaked it in a special liquid, revealing a row of tiny characters on the back of the talisman paper.

Following the instructions on the talisman paper, Su Ying secretly contacted a man named Yi Yi.

He arrived swiftly. That very evening, someone gently knocked from outside the window of Su Ying’s room.

Su Ying hadn’t fallen deeply asleep yet and sprang up from her bed, asking cautiously and softly, "Who?"

"It’s me." The familiar voice made Su Ying’s face light up with joy, and she climbed barefoot out of bed.

She threw on a robe quickly and opened the window, lowering her voice, "You weren’t seen coming here, were you?"

As an unmarried young woman concerned about her reputation,

being seen with a man entering her room late at night would ruin her.

Yi Yi, clinging to the wall like a gecko, quickly jumped in through the window.

At this moment, Yi Yi’s face looked somewhat different from when Su Ying first met him.

However, she knew that some people in the worldly society never showed their true faces, so she wasn’t too surprised.

Yi Yi looked at Su Ying intently, "What is it that you need from me?"

Su Ying tilted her head playfully, her eyes gleaming, "Can’t I seek you out when I don’t need anything?"

Yi Yi shook his head solemnly, "No."

"I do have something I need your help with...."

Su Ying did want to develop a closer relationship with him, but time waits for no one. If this marriage issue wasn’t resolved quickly, the heavy stone in her heart wouldn’t settle.

Yi Yi listened to Su Ying’s words and remained silent for a long time.

Su Ying pouted, feeling slightly aggrieved, "Didn’t you say before that you would do anything for me? It turns out you were lying too."

Yi Yi gazed deeply at Su Ying, the girl who made his heart flutter, would never know what price he had paid for her.

Now, underneath his clothes, his body was covered with various scars.

There was even one near his heart that nearly claimed his life.

When he received the message from Su Ying, he was lying in a hidden place, recuperating.

Because it was her, even if it meant risking discovery by enemies and dragging his nearly ruined body, he still came.

If Su Ying had made a different request, no matter how difficult, he would have exhausted all means to fulfill it for her, but this time...

He truly was powerless.

Regarding that person...

Yi Yi, "I advise you not to do this."

Yi Yi dared not reveal the true identity of the person Su Ying wanted to deal with, but he could still warn her not to proceed.

Even if the young master of the Dark Pavilion did not take action, the shadows by her side would absolutely not let Su Ying have an easy time.

He did not want to see the girl he liked fall into such a situation.

Those targeted by the shadows were not far from a fate worse than death.

Su Ying was truly angry this time; her suppressed willfulness burst forth completely.

She whispered fiercely, "Don’t, don’t—does everyone tell me not to... Do you also think that my identity as an adopted daughter is inferior to that of Lord’s biological daughter?"

Yi Yi quietly watched Su Ying vent, feeling increasingly bewildered.

Suddenly, he realized he might not understand the person he had fallen for at all.

He loved her gentleness and kindness, which added a touch of color to his bleak, cold life, but reality told him he might have been mistaken.

Yi Yi emphasized seriously again, "Some people are not to be trifled with."

Yi Yi was only stating a fact, but it deepened Su Ying’s misunderstanding.

She bit her teeth fiercely, "Now, I just want her to obediently come to my house, tell me if you agree or not."

Yi Yi said nothing, he simply turned and left through the same window he had entered.

Su Ying watched his departing figure, her well-manicured nails almost snapped off, but she dared not call out loudly for fear of attracting the attention of others in the house.

Although they had never met, Su Ying’s resentment towards Su Li at this moment was greater than ever.

Su Li did not know that yet another person in the world resented her, but even if she knew, she probably wouldn’t care.

At that moment, her eyelids twitched, and she quickly jumped up from the bed, grabbing a shawl to wrap around herself.

She dipped her fingers in the teacup by the window and flicked two drops of water towards the door.

The door was blasted open by the sudden surge of energy, and the following water disappeared into the dark night.

A muffled grunt was clearly heard, followed by a gust of wind, as if something swiftly retreated from the darkness.

"Hmph, it’s only polite to return a visit; tell your master I will personally visit tomorrow at midnight."

In the towering Imperial Palace, inside the pavilion especially ordered by the Emperor for the Grandmaster Tributor, a middle-aged man dressed in a bright yellow five-clawed Dragon Robe paced back and forth.

A gust of wind blew, and suddenly a small old man with white whiskers appeared beside him.

The Emperor, delighted, was about to speak when his gaze was drawn to a trace of blood at the corner of the old man’s mouth, instantly igniting towering rage, "Someone has hurt you."

The old man wiped his mouth, "I have failed Your Majesty; I had no power to resist."

The Emperor was greatly shocked, "She possesses such prowess at her age?"

Shock contorted his plump face.

The old man who had been deployed today was the most formidable among all the royal Tributors, and even he was powerless—then...

As the Emperor vaguely guessed, the old man waved his arms excitedly, "She is a Great Grandmaster."

"Having lived to my age, to see a living Great Grandmaster is enough for this lifetime."

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