Chapter 3445 — Preparing to Set Off
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Wei Zhao returned from the Song household to Donghai City. Xiaoshu was leaving—she had received formal notice from the Yu family—so this time Xiao Chen had come back to see her off to the Flaming Mountain.
By the time he reached Donghai City, Wei Zhao could already see Yu Yi seated in the living room of the villa. Shen Yushu's spirits were rather low.
Over this period, she had come to understand everything—the Yu family's intentions over the years, and her own identity. That was why she had been forcing smiles all this time, while in her heart she remained deeply lonely and withdrawn.
The belief she had held to for so many years—she had suddenly discovered it did not exist! Yu Xiaochen was her father, yet this father she had never once met, who had only ever brought her endless pressure, had conspired with Yu Yi to weave an enormous lie, leaving Shen Yushu with not a shred of fatherly affection for him. They would not let her return to the Yu family—and she could not be bothered to go back anyway.
The Chen family was her home! The villas in Donghai and Songshan were her home! Wherever Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao were—that was her home!
"Mr. Yu Yi, you've come," Wei Zhao said with a nod as he entered the villa.
Yu Yi smiled bitterly. Shen Yushu's identity was already out in the open; there was no longer any need to conceal it. Looking at Wei Zhao, he said, "Miss Yushu won't pay me any mind, won't speak a word to me. Young Hero Lin, you see... it's time she set off for the Flaming Mountain..."
Previously, Yu Yi had been able to threaten Shen Yushu with matters concerning her parents, adopting a lofty, commanding posture. But now that her identity had been exposed and she was revealed to be the eldest young lady of the Yu family, how dared Yu Yi order her about anymore?
Besides, even if he did order her about, Shen Yushu would have to listen first! The Shen Yushu of now was not the Shen Yushu of before. With Wei Zhao's protection, to say nothing of the hidden Yu family, even the Five Luminaries Sect would not dare boss Shen Yushu around. In the world of cultivation, strength was what commanded respect—put plainly, whoever had the greater power had the greater say!
"Xiaoshu, pack up and get ready. The inheritance must be accepted sooner or later. The sooner you accept it and complete that task, the sooner we can be reunited with Yaoyao. Isn't that the life you've always wanted?" Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Arrow Brand Brother, you're back! Xiaoshu never said she wouldn't go! It's just that I've got nothing in common with this old man!" The moment Shen Yushu saw Wei Zhao return, she was a different person entirely, brightening at once—leaving Yu Yi not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Haha, that's good then. I knew you couldn't possibly not want to go," Wei Zhao said with a laugh. "So shall we pack up and get ready to set off?"
"Mm-hm, Xiaoshu's all packed already—just waiting for Arrow Brand Brother," Shen Yushu said, and with that she skipped upstairs, plainly to fetch her things.
Seeing Shen Yushu agree to go to the Flaming Mountain so readily, Yu Yi was at a loss for words for a moment. Looking at Wei Zhao, he said, "Young Hero Lin, it's your words that carry weight. I've been pleading earnestly with her for so long, and Miss Yushu won't pay me any mind—won't say a single word to me!"
"Who told you to put so much pressure on her in the past?" Wei Zhao said with a smile. "All right, stop complaining. That's just how Xiaoshu is—if she doesn't like someone, she can't be bothered to say a word to them. Count yourself lucky she hasn't done you in. Anyone else would have collapsed by now."RS