Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Ye Zhao Zhao?

After finishing her pitiful speech, Ye Zhao Zhao waited for Luo Ming Yue and the others to stand up for her and scold Li Shuang. [If the person she cares about questions her again, won’t Li Shuang finally show some negative emotion?]

But when she looked up, Luo Ming Yue only looked puzzled and said: “You are Fang Qing Yu, right?”

Ye Zhao Zhao nodded with a gentle smile, her eyes red at just the right level to show she had been badly hurt, and said: “Yes.”

Luo Ming Yue’s voice was firm as she said: “I think you are a lunatic.”

Ye Zhao Zhao froze, speechless, while Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue stared in shock. Sheng Yuan could not hold back and said: “Senior Sister Luo, is it normal to insult a kind rogue cultivator like that?”

Luo Ming Yue looked at Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue as if they were idiots and said: “You two are really brainless.”

Sheng Yuan’s face darkened and he said: “Luo Ming Yue, do not think that just because I call you Senior Sister, you can say whatever you want.”

Trying to soothe things again, Ye Zhao Zhao said with a tremble in her voice: “Please, Fellow Daoist Sheng, do not argue. It is my fault. I offended Fellow Daoist Li, which led to this.”

Luo Ming Yue gave a cold laugh and said: “Here we go again. Fang Qing Yu, I have to say, you really are sick. If I remember right, the first person who refused to let you tag along was Liu Jun Cheng, wasn’t it?”

Ye Zhao Zhao blinked. [What is she trying to say?]

Liu Jun Cheng answered calmly and said: “Yes. I was the first to politely refuse Fellow Daoist Fang. At the start, Little Shuang did not even say a word. But Fellow Daoist Fang deliberately dragged Little Shuang into it. Little Shuang only repeated my refusal, and then Fellow Daoist Fang suddenly acted like she had been deeply wronged, as if Little Shuang had bullied her. It seems Fellow Daoist Fang is aiming at Junior Sister.”

Ye Zhao Zhao’s heart skipped. [What is going on? Are the people of Emotionless Peak always this logical?] She wondered if the part of her soul that was swallowed had lowered her charm.

Right then, the System’s voice rang in her mind and said: “I already returned the part of your soul I swallowed, for now. Your charm has not gone down.”

She bit her lip. [If my charm is fine, then what is wrong with these Emotionless Peak people? Was I too obvious? That cannot be. I did the same thing at Ling Xu Peak.]

She rushed to explain and said: “Targeting Fellow Daoist Li? That is impossible. I do not even know her. I have no reason to target her. I only felt that Fellow Daoist Li did not seem to like me.”

Her face showed deep grievance. Li Shuang only watched her performance with a calm look. Back at Ling Xu Peak, every time Ye Zhao Zhao wronged her, Li would panic and argue. No one ever believed her. This time, her heart felt light. She was no longer the old Li Shuang, and Luo Ming Yue and the others were not the same as the people of Ling Xu Peak. [What Ye wants, she will not get this time.]

Luo Ming Yue lifted a brow and said: “No reason? Then you are simply sick. Look at me, I called you sick to your face, and Second Junior Brother also refused you strongly. Why do you not feel we are targeting you? Little Shuang said one sentence, and suddenly she is the one picking on you?”

Panic crept into Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes. [This is wrong. Very wrong. They are too logical. I cannot keep up.] She grabbed for a way out and said: “That is not what I meant. I must have said something wrong. Fellow Daoist Li, I will apologize to you, all right?”

She looked at Li Shuang with tears brimming and started to bend at the waist.

Sheng Yuan yanked her upright and glared at Li Shuang as he said: “Is this what you wanted? Are you satisfied now?”

Before Li Shuang could answer, Luo Ming Yue threw up her hands and said to Li Shuang: “You lived with this kind of nutcase for years?”

Li Shuang showed a helpless look. [Blame me for waking up too late.]

Luo Ming Yue turned her sharp eyes back on Sheng Yuan and said: “Sheng Yuan, where is your brain? On the soles of your feet? Have you stepped on it so much it stopped working? She is obviously targeting Little Shuang. You cannot see it? And you say she helped you a lot. If we had not happened to pass by, what do you think would have happened to you?”

Shen Yue’s face changed as a thought hit him. If Luo Ming Yue’s group had not passed by, even if he and Sheng Yuan escaped, they would have been badly hurt by the wolf demons. He glanced at Ye Zhao Zhao.

Ye Zhao Zhao spoke quickly and said: “I truly did not expect so many wolf demons on the mountain. I only followed because I was worried. If Fellow Daoist Luo had not acted first, I am a Wind Spiritual Root cultivator known for speed, and I could have led them out.”

Hearing that, Sheng Yuan said at once: “Did you hear? Fellow Daoist Fang was nearby and about to save us.”

Luo Ming Yue gave a short, cold laugh and said: “About to? You believe that kind of nonsense? You two are fools among fools.”

Sheng Yuan flushed bright red. Tears gathered in Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes as she said: “I did not consider everything. This is all my fault.”

While she acted out her sad scene, Li Shuang suddenly called her name and said: “Ye Zhao Zhao.”

Ye Zhao Zhao looked up on instinct and fell straight into Li Shuang’s deep, unreadable gaze. Her heart pounded hard, and for a moment she wanted to turn and run.

The System shouted in her mind and said: “Stand firm. The Corpse-Seizing Rebirth I arranged for you is flawless. No one can see a flaw. Li Shuang is trying to trick you.”

Forcing herself to stay calm, Ye Zhao Zhao looked confused and said: “Ye Zhao Zhao? Who is that?”

Li Shuang’s sudden move surprised Luo Ming Yue and the others, and they all looked over. Li Shuang smiled a little and said: “Nothing. Fellow Daoist Fang’s behavior just reminded me of someone I used to know.”

A tremor ran through Ye Zhao Zhao’s heart as she said softly: “I do not understand what you are saying.” She looked to Sheng Yuan and Shen Yue for help.

Sheng Yuan stepped in front of her and glared at Li Shuang as he said: “Senior Sister Li, what do you mean? That witch has already been slain. Fellow Daoist Fang is kind and sincere. How is she anything like that sly, vicious woman?”

Ye Zhao Zhao stood there, silent. [Why does being defended like this make me feel no joy at all?]