Chapter 381: Being a Lackey is Not Easy
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Old Master Su’s suspicious gaze fell upon Lu Chao Chao.
It was too much of a coincidence.
Everything was too much of a coincidence.
Yet, the idea of a three-and-a-half-year-old child summoning Heavenly Fire seemed utterly absurd!
Heavenly Fire had always descended only to punish injustice and unfairness in the world.
Unnoticed, a palace eunuch arrived and proclaimed in a loud voice, “Summon Lord Su to the palace immediately!”
The Emperor was gravely ill, and the Eldest Princess was overseeing state affairs.
The Southern Kingdom had suffered a series of unfortunate events, leaving the people restless. The Eldest Princess needed to take action to calm public sentiment.
Old Master Su immediately gave his orders.
“Secure this place. No one is allowed to approach. Anyone who dares—kill without mercy!”
“All Su family members, relocate to the separate courtyard!”
The Su family had numerous residences, but most members lived in the ancestral home to guard the family shrine.
The Old Master glanced at his eldest grandson, Su Yu An, who nodded slightly, indicating that the group of young boys and girls had already been relocated. Only then did the Old Master feel at ease and leave for the palace.
“May I trouble Princess Sunshine to move to the separate courtyard?” Su Yu An nodded towards her.
His gaze briefly lingered on the young man behind her before he turned to arrange the relocation of the family members.
The separate courtyard wasn’t far from the ancestral home. It had been purchased specifically for convenience in handling emergencies, and now, unexpectedly, it was proving useful.
Outside the Su family’s ancestral home, sudden wails of grief rang out.
“Let me see those bones! Let me see them…”
“That copper bell—it belongs to my daughter! Let me see it!”
“My daughter went missing three years ago and was never found… Let me see her remains!” A woman, blocked by Su family guards, cried in agony, her eyes fixed on the pile of white bones.
No one knew how many bones were there.
The sight alone was horrifying, sending chills down one’s spine.
Lu Chao Chao glanced at the bones and murmured softly, “I will seek justice for them! I swear it!” The hellish abyss that the Su family had sustained for a thousand years should have long ceased to exist!
The young man silently followed behind her, saying nothing.
Lu Chao Chao handed Xie Yu Zhou an umbrella.
“It’s hot. Hold the umbrella.”
Xie Yu Zhou was bewildered. “Chao Chao, it’s morning. I’m not hot…”
“Chao Chao thinks you’re hot, so you are hot…” Little Chao Chao stared at him seriously.
Xie Yu Zhou met her gaze, then wordlessly opened the umbrella.
If she said he was foolish, then he was foolish.
If she said he was blind, then he was blind.
If she said he was hot, then he was hot.
After all, he was her lackey!
He had to surpass Windchaser and become her number one lackey!
During daylight, vengeful spirits suffered greatly. This umbrella provided them shade, shielding them from further torment. The moment the umbrella was opened…
The vengeful spirits from Peach Source Village crowded underneath.
“Move aside! Let me in!”
“I need some space too! Move over!”
“So cramped… I can’t stand it…” The spirits jostled, contorting as they squeezed together.
Xie Yu Zhou felt an eerie chill washing over him in waves.
“Strange, has the weather changed? I’m getting goosebumps…” He rubbed his arms. The bright daylight felt unnervingly cold.
The young man’s footsteps slowed as he glanced at him with sympathy.
The separate courtyard was only two streets away from the ancestral home. By the time Lu Chao Chao arrived, the place had already been arranged appropriately.
From a distance, the spirits followed behind.
“Little Chao Chao, go home… Don’t stay with the Su family…”
“That’s right. The Su family is no good.”
“Poor Ning’er… She was placed in a wooden barrel and floated down to Peach Source Village. She had no parents and regarded the whole village as her family.”
“Who would have thought she would meet such a cruel fate?”
“The tragedy of Peach Source Village… it’s not her fault. She suffered the most…”
“The old Emperor spoke of repaying his debt of gratitude but still imprisoned her, afraid she would communicate with his lost daughter.”
“In the end, she was harmed by the Su family, her identity stolen.”
“My poor Ning’er! They forced boiling water down her throat, scalded her face, and then buried her alive…” The spirits wailed in a deserted, shadowed alley.
“She’s not dead! Grandmother Ning is alive. She’s reunited with my mother and recovering,” Little Chao Chao said with a bright smile, looking at Xie Yu Zhou.
Xie Yu Zhou glanced around in confusion before turning to Chao Chao. “Chao Chao, are you talking to me?” But he felt as if she were looking past him, addressing someone else.
The spirits under the umbrella froze.
“She’s talking to me?”
“Did she just answer me? Can she see us?!” A cautious spirit waved a hand in front of Lu Chao Chao’s face.
Lu Chao Chao pointed at the young man. “Step aside. You’re in the way. If you’re bored, shell some sunflower seeds for me… No biting!”
The young man pressed his lips together, his eyes reddened with grievance, but he said nothing.
His handsome face, framed by sword-like brows and starry eyes, darkened as he silently retreated into a corner, squatting down to shell sunflower seeds while keeping watch.
“Yes. I can see you.” Her voice was crisp, carrying a hint of laughter.
The spirits shuddered.
“You can see me?” An old man, drenched in blood, widened his eyes.
“You’re the village chief. Grandmother said the one who braided his hair was the chief.”
At her words, the old man’s eyes welled with bloody tears.
“She really can see!”
“After being trapped by the Su family for over thirty years, someone can finally see us! She is Ning’er’s granddaughter, Ning’er’s descendant…”
“I’m your great-grandfather. Ning’er took the entire village as her god-family. We all drank the tea she offered!” The village chief wept bloody tears.
“I’m your second great-grandmother.”
“I’m your fourth great-grandfather…”
“Ning’er really isn’t dead? Truly? That day, we saw the Su family drag her away, brutally harming her! They bore protective talismans, so we couldn’t approach.”
“Poor Ning’er… Why was her fate so bitter…”
“She’s really alive! Grandmother is well.”
The spirits momentarily froze. “Tell Ning’er! You must tell her! We never hated her! Never!”
“Ning’er has suffered too much, carrying a deep blood feud and the weight of the entire village’s lives. We only wish for her to live well…”
“But her guilt is overwhelming, and she keeps punishing herself.”
“Tell her we never blamed her.”
“She was betrayed, deceived, hunted down, and even lost her only daughter. How could we resent her? She is our beloved child.”
“Parents would never blame their own.”
“This calamity is the Su family’s fault! Not Ning’er’s!”
Their greatest worry was Ning Shi.
“Great-grandfathers, great-grandmothers, you must tell her yourselves! Once I finish my tasks, I will take you to see her!”
Xie Yu Zhou stomped in frustration. “What are you talking about?!”
“Great-grandparents? Where?!” He looked around in terror.
“Stop searching. They’re under your umbrella…”
Xie Yu Zhou, holding the umbrella, slowly widened his eyes.
“Say that again… where?!”
Lu Chao Chao wiped his eyes, and Xie Yu Zhou suddenly felt a chilling sensation.
When he opened his eyes…
Countless pale, bloodless faces, their eyes filled with bloody tears, surrounded him.
Though they looked friendly…
One lacked an eye, another a leg, and one had an arrow through his mouth…
Xie Yu Zhou lost it.
“AAAAHHHHH!!!!!”
His shrill scream echoed through the courtyard.
Being a lackey… was not easy!