Qi's eyes, exposed outside the veil, were bloodshot as she glared at Fu Ying. Her tears wet the veil and stained her face.

Fu Yu stood on the high platform, looking down at Qi indifferently, and said coldly: "Aunt Qi, this is the Fu family ancestral hall, not the place you should come. Someone, send her back to Qingyun Pavilion."

"I don't want to go back! Fu Rong, give me Jing'er back, give me Jing'er back!"

Qi struggled, her face grim as she shouted angrily, "I am your father's legally married wife, Jing'er is your biological brother! Where did you take my Jing'er? Where did you take your brother?!"

Fu Yu raised his eyes slightly and said coldly: "Are you questioning this family master?"

Qi was suddenly startled, and a hint of fear involuntarily flashed in her eyes.

Fu Ying continued, "Send her back to Qingyun Pavilion. By the way, tell my father to keep this woman under control and not to challenge the authority of this family head. Otherwise, this family head doesn't mind disciplining her for him!"

Qi's scarlet eyes suddenly turned to Qin Shu, and she said in a frantic manner, "Is she the woman you mentioned, the one with a gentle temperament and easy to manipulate? Is she the bargaining chip you use to fight for the position of the head of the family?"

The guard was horrified and tried to cover Qi's mouth, but Qi managed to break free.

She shouted at Qin Shu with a grim smile: "Do you know that the man next to you is a beast in human form and a ruthless killer! He is just using you, he has no heart at all!"

Fu Ying's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

Qin Shu chuckled, gently broke free from Fu Yan's hand, and slowly walked in front of Qi.

Just as Qi's eyes showed a smug look, she heard Qin Shu whisper, "You are wrong."

Qi was startled, "What's wrong?"

Qin Shu sighed, "How can a woman who is gentle and easy to manipulate be used as a bargaining chip to fight for the position of the head of the family?"

"He wants to use me only because what I have is what he wants."

She ignored Qi's shocked expression and continued, "Look at you. You don't even know why Fu Rong wants me, and you don't know what bargaining chips I have that Fu Rong can use to deceive me, yet you jump out to sow discord. How can such a lie with so many loopholes deceive people?"

Qi was stunned, "You, you..."

Qin Shu looked back at Fu Rong and said with a smile: "I already knew whether he was a good person or not. To be honest, I am not a good person either. Fu Rong and I have never been in love with each other. It is not an exaggeration to say that we are 'in the same boat'."

"You are so naive. You think that any man who pledges his love to you is a good lover. Little do you know that love is the least valuable thing in this world and the most changeable thing. The only thing that can make two people's love 'stronger than gold and lasting through life and death' is inseparable interests."

She put her hand on Qi's shoulder and patted him gently, "When you can't sleep when you go back, think carefully about what I said."

After saying that, he waved his hand gently.

The two guards bowed their heads to Qin Shu and escorted the reluctant Qi away.

Fu Rong walked over slowly and hugged Qin Shu from behind.

Qin Shu's smile remained unchanged, but her voice was as cold as ice, "Is it the time you left Gushan Manor?"

Fu Ying felt uneasy and uttered a low "hmm".

Qin Shu asked again, "Was the person who chased you that time Fu Jing?"

Fu Rong was not surprised that Qin Shu knew, "Yes."

"Where's he?" Qin Shu tilted her head and glanced at Fu Rong, "Did you kill him?"

Fu Rong snorted softly from his nose, "No."

But there is no difference between them and the dead.

Qin Shu sighed and said, "So, you knew my secret since then, right?"

Fu Rong didn't say anything.

That's equivalent to default.

Qin Shu asked: "Aren't you curious?"

Fu Yu sighed softly and asked, "Curious?"

After a while, he let go of Qin Shu and took her hand, "Let's go, I'll take you to see something."

There is a dark alley behind the Fu Family Ancestral Hall.

At the end of the dark alley, Fu Ying took the bracelet from Qin Shu's wrist. Somehow, he disassembled and reassembled it, and the bracelet turned into a key.

The key went into the keyhole, and Fu Ying pressed hard on one of the stones.

There was a rumbling sound, and the stone door slowly slid open.

Fu Ying took the key, held Qin Shu's hand, and led her into the house.

The stone door slowly closed behind them.

Fu Ying took a pine oil torch from the stone wall, lit it, and took Qin Shu around in the stone alley. He opened several stone doors with keys and walked down along a stone staircase.

It felt as if I had walked up thousands of stone steps, and the air could faintly carry the sound of water drops falling in the empty cave.

There was also the sound of chains being dragged.

At the end of the stone steps, the view suddenly opens up.

Fu Ying put the bracelet back on Qin Shu's hand, held the torch in his left hand, and covered Qin Shu's eyes with his right hand.

As soon as the light in front of my eyes went dark, my hearing became particularly sharp.

Qin Shu heard heavy breathing like that of a wild beast in front of her.

Fu Ying brought her to a stop and inserted the torch into the lamp holder on the stone wall. Then he held her left hand, stretched it out and gently placed it on a fluffy object.

Qin Shu's heart was pounding.

However, the fur under her palms was soft, fine and felt great, just like the little rabbit her father had brought back for her when she was a child.

Qin Shu couldn't help but smile, stroking it repeatedly and asked, "What is this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Ying released his hands that were covering her eyes.

After a brief darkness in front of her eyes, a huge beast with eyes like copper bells and a head like a big bell appeared less than two feet in front of Qin Shu.

Qin Shu was frightened and quickly withdrew her hand. She turned around and hugged Fu Rong desperately, shouting in shock: "A Rong!"

The beast let out a low roar from its throat, dragged the chain as thick as an adult's waist, and slowly stood up.

Like a small mountain, it stood tall in front of Qin Shu, then lowered its head slightly, sniffed Qin Shu with its nostrils as big as a bowl, and blew a puff of breath at her.

Fu Ying smiled softly and said, "Shu'er, it likes you very much."

But Qin Shu was so frightened that she even forgot to breathe.

Fu Rong put his arms around her waist and lightly retreated a dozen feet.

It was not until the beast shook its head in boredom and lay back down that Fu Ying leaned over to Qin Shu's ear and whispered, "Were you curious when you touched it just now?"

Of course I'm curious.

She really wanted to know what kind of creature had such soft fur.

I even imagined in my mind several cute, lively and adorable little animals.

Fu Ying continued to ask: "Are you afraid?"

Qin Shu nodded repeatedly and let out a sigh of relief.

Fu Ying chuckled and said, "That's because you haven't seen how terrifying it looks when it attacks. Otherwise, you would think that it's still very cute when it's so quiet like this."

He pecked Qin Shu's cheek gently and whispered, "So when people face unknown things, they will inevitably be curious."

"But curiosity has its limits. If you try every possible way to investigate and plunder out of curiosity, you may end up dying because of your curiosity."

"This is the truth my grandfather taught me since I was young."

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