Chapter 58: Reputation Reversal, the Dog Lotus Flower is Defeated (1/2)

The system was suddenly delighted because as soon as Ye Qingning spoke, the gazes around her changed completely.

Just moments ago, people were praising the real daughter for being kind-hearted and magnanimous. Now, they were all saying that the Ye family was despicable, showing no sense of gratitude, and that they clearly wanted to drive the fake daughter to her death.

“You!”

Ye Hanyue’s face alternated between green and pale, wanting to argue, but she didn’t know how to start.

She hadn’t expected that the night before departing for Luoyun Sect, Ye Qingning had secretly overheard her conversation with her parents and learned that someone in the Luoyun Sect could treat her heart pulse!

But why did Ye Qingning, knowing all this, still go to the Penglai Sect?

She suspected Ye Qingning was like her, looking for an opportunity, but clearly, that wasn’t the case. If Ye Qingning had been scheming, knowing that the Penglai Sect would be destroyed, why would she willingly swap places with her?

Moreover, there was the most crucial point: In her previous life, Ye Qingning had liked Xie Jiwei and was injured multiple times for him. If Ye Qingning had been willing to die for Xie Jiwei, she believed Ye Qingning would also have acted that way.

So, why would Ye Qingning give up on Xie Jiwei and abandon Luoyun Sect?

Therefore, Ye Qingning must have truly believed that someone in the Penglai Sect could treat her, right? Ha!

“Little sister, how can you slander the Ye family like this! Father and mother have never treated you unfairly, and over the years, they have treated you like their own daughter. You should be grateful, not turn around and bite the hand that feeds you! What you’re doing now, does it live up to the Ye family’s kindness?”

Ye Qingning sneered inwardly. Was Ye Hanyue out of words? Now she was trying to bring up the kindness of raising her, trying to make the bystanders think she was unfilial.

With a smile, she said slowly, word by word: “The kindness of raising me, haven’t I already repaid it?”

“Did you forget, sister, that on the day you returned to the Ye family, father and mother were heartbroken that you had been cast out, and they wondered why I was the one who suffered outside? They then planted a life-threatening curse inside me.”

“Once you are injured, the harm would transfer to me through the curse. Two months ago, when you were stabbed, it was me who spat blood from the injury, sister, you shouldn’t have forgotten, right?”

“Also, the day I was cursed, I no longer owed anything to the Ye family. The Ye family’s kindness of raising me, I have repaid it.”

“You don’t need to deny it, it’s easy to prove. You can hurt your arm right now, in front of everyone, and see if the injury is transferred to you.”

The air froze for a moment, before someone finally couldn’t hold back and spat, “Pah!”

“The Ye family is too much! They planted a curse on their own daughter just because the fake daughter came back! Is this something a person can do?!”

“Exactly! She lived with them for years, and they planted a curse on her! This is treating the fake daughter as a scapegoat for the real one to die!”

“Poisonous! Too evil! And they still talk about the kindness of raising her, this kind of kindness, even a dog wouldn’t want it!”

“I was just about to believe this real daughter, but now I see she doesn’t dare to hurt herself, it turns out that the fake daughter is telling the truth! I was completely fooled by her innocent look!”

“Vicious thoughts, lies everywhere, turning black into white, shameless! She even has the audacity to justify stealing someone’s hairpin, I spit!”

The disciples from all the sects were exchanging insults, all blaming Ye Hanyue and the Ye family.

Ye Hanyue’s face turned deathly pale. She never imagined things would escalate to this point.

That vile Ye Qingning! How dare she reveal the curse! And yet, she couldn’t even injure herself!

What was even more infuriating was that Xie Jiwei had overheard the whole curse incident.

That sword, she had deliberately blocked it for Xie Jiwei, and it was precisely because of that sword that Xie Jiwei, who had never even looked at her before, started to notice her.

However, that day, she avoided Xie Jiwei from examining her wound by saying there was a difference between men and women. If Xie Jiwei had examined it, he would have noticed that the wound healed almost instantly.

Now that Xie Jiwei knew, would he start doubting that she had intentionally blocked the sword for him?

Damn Ye Qingning! She had ruined her good plans!

In their past life, they had gone their separate ways to their respective sects, and she had no idea how powerful Ye Qingning was. She had been too careless today!

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Chapter 58: Reputation Reversal, the Dog Lotus Flower is Defeated (2/2)

In the midst of her anger and shame, the hairpin in Ye Hanyue’s hand was suddenly snatched away by Si Qian.

Back at the sect, Si Qian had always heard people say that Ye Qingning had taken over the real daughter’s position, even coming to Penglai Sect to steal the identity of the true daughter. Today, she felt like her eyes had truly opened! This was the first time she had seen such a vicious and heartless person!

No concern for Ye Shimei’s life, even planting a curse on her! And still claiming that Ye Shimei was ungrateful?!

Grateful for what?! If it were her, one day she would become strong and trample on the Ye family! That would be her way of expressing gratitude!

“Ye Hanyue, what are you still standing here for? Everyone already knows what your Ye family has done. If you can’t prove Ye Shimei is lying, hurry up and leave. Don’t make a fool of yourself here. After all, your Ye family’s face is still face!”

“As for this hairpin, it was ours from the start. Now that it’s in my hands, come and take it if you can! I want to see how capable you are!”

Si Qian spoke as though she were ready to fight, forgetting the instructions from Tianji Zizi when leaving the sect.

She was ready to face off with a young cultivator over a trivial thing like a hairpin!

“Ye family young lady, your family really bullies others too much, don’t you? You thought you could just take the hairpin as if it was yours, huh? I’ll tell you, Ning Shimei owes you nothing, and I won’t give up the hairpin! You better leave while you still have some dignity, don’t embarrass yourself and your family further!”

Si Qian spoke with tears in her eyes, filled with sympathy for Ye Qingning and even more hatred for the Ye family. No longer part of her family, the Ye family had no right to plant a curse on Ning Shimei.

How much suffering had Ning Shimei endured, but she never said a word about it.

Si Nan hadn’t said a word from the beginning, but it was clear in his gaze what he felt for Ye Qingning.

“You! You!”

Ye Hanyue felt her anger flare as she looked at the group of people before her. She had lived two lives and had never been humiliated like this!

But clearly, no matter what she said or did, everyone around her was siding with Ye Qingning. She couldn’t speak any further.

“Junior Brother, they’re unreasonable! They didn’t even pay any spiritual stones for this hairpin! Why can’t I buy it?”

Ye Hanyue couldn’t back down and dragged Xie Jiwei to her side, not bringing up the Ye family anymore.

Xie Jiwei ignored her, his eyes fixed on Ye Qingning the entire time.

Xie Jiwei didn’t understand why, upon seeing Ye Qingning for the first time, he felt so familiar.

The more he looked at her face, the more it felt familiar, and a dull pain spread through his heart.

He didn’t know what was happening to him, why he felt such emotions for a stranger.

Ye Qingning felt uncomfortable under his intense gaze. If he wanted to stand up for Ye Hanyue, there was no need to look at her like that.

Was he really that serious about it?

But before she could think more, Xie Jiwei turned and left without a word, showing no interest in standing up for Ye Hanyue at all.

Ye Hanyue was stunned.

She thought for sure it was because of the sword incident, and that Xie Jiwei had started doubting her.

She glared at Ye Qingning viciously, then hurriedly chased after him: “Junior Brother! Junior Brother, wait for me!”

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Mini-Theater:

Xie Jiwei: Made an entrance, then left. Yay!

The onlookers: Go get yourself treated!