Ke Siwu opened her mouth but said nothing in the end. She looked toward the window and saw Ke Ye, who was lying on the bed with a pale face.

There was silence between the two for a long time, and then the sound of several people talking could be heard again in the room.

"Tomorrow is Su'er and Ye'er's birthday." The patriarch sighed.

"Su'er has just reached the age of marriage, and Ye'er..."

An Huai lowered his eyes and looked at Ke Ye's closed eyes. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

There was nothing he could do.

"When Su'er reaches adulthood, will my elder brother come back? He has been away for many years. Will he be able to help me..."

Ke Wu seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyes lit up, but he met the patriarch's slightly cold eyes.

"He left Ye'er in the clan for many years and never saw him. How could he care about his life or death now that he has returned?"

Upon hearing this, Ke Wu's eyes dimmed a little.

Yes, ever since Su'er was imprisoned in the forbidden area, the eldest brother has never come back, and he has ignored Ye'er over the years. How could he care about Ye'er?

Ke Wu understood that if Ke Wen came back, his purpose would definitely be to save Su'er, and only to save Su'er.

Seeing that the clan leader was in a low mood, An Huai knew that he should not stay here any longer, not to mention...

An Huai stood up and wanted to find a reason to take An Yang away, but he didn't expect the clan leader to suddenly call him.

"Ah Huai."

An Huai turned around and met the patriarch's eyes, which were full of vicissitudes.

"Tomorrow Su'er will be coming of age. You and Ke Wu should take those children to the forbidden area, release Su'er, and give her a proper coming of age ceremony. After the ceremony, let those children take Su'er away."

"But Brother Wen..."

"Don't worry about him. I met him once a few years ago. He...is no longer the same Ke Wen as before."

An Huai was a little confused and wanted to ask something else, but the clan leader had already lowered his eyes and no longer looked at him, which made it difficult for him to ask anything.

He saluted to the clan leader, then took An Yang out.

"Chief, what happened to my brother?"

After a while, when An Huai left, Ke Wu asked in confusion.

"Nothing... Just focus on preparing Su'er's coming-of-age ceremony tomorrow."

As he spoke, the clan leader took out a beautiful hairpin from his bosom. The hairpin was warm and gave off a hint of warmth. It must be made of the finest warm jade.

"Take this hairpin with you tomorrow. I will send a skilled woman to go with you tomorrow. Ask her to use this hairpin to tie Su'er's hair."

Ke Wu carefully took the hairpin, and when he felt the warmth from it, he looked at the patriarch with some disbelief.

"Is this made from the thousand-year-old warm jade?"

The ancient Yin clan occupied this mineral deposit, and it was precisely because of this mineral deposit that they were able to live in seclusion for thousands of years without having to worry about spirit stones.

Some time ago, a piece of warm jade was mined from the mine and handed over to the patriarch.

Thousand-year-old warm jade is mild in nature and can stop cold. It is the first choice for warming the body. For women, it is a priceless treasure and is hard to find in the market.

"Although the warm jade cannot dispel the coldness of the Yin Qi, it can warm up the Yin body. Su'er has a special physique, and she will feel better if she wears it."

The clan leader smiled, and then as if she had thought of something, she raised her eyes and looked at Ke Wu.

"By the way, remember not to tell her that I gave it to her. If she knew, I think she wouldn't accept it."

Ke Wu nodded blankly, but for a moment he didn't know what the patriarch meant.

The latter had already lowered his eyes and sat quietly beside the bed, looking at Ke Ye's face, wondering what he was thinking.

Ke Wu didn't ask anything, but just quietly put away the hairpin and accompanied the clan leader and his nephew for the last part of the journey.

.........

Jiang Jingmo and Ke Siwu, who were outside the window, had been pulled away by An Huai long ago. They were now in An Huai's room, staring blankly at the man pouring a cup of tea for each of them.

The aroma of tea filled the whole house in a moment.

"How long have you been listening there?"

An Huai asked with a smile, and then he started coughing. He felt better after he swallowed a pill.

Jiang Jingmo felt that his health was really bad.

"I want you to manage."

Ke Siwu did not have a good expression towards him at all, and the coldness in his eyes almost solidified into substance.

But An Huai seemed not to notice and still had a faint smile on his face.

"Since the Su'er you mentioned is the container of the Xuanyin Gu, then he should be locked up?"

Although he clearly knew the answer, in order to find out what he wanted to know, Jiang Jingmo finally opened his mouth and asked slowly.

An Huai nodded slightly and told Jiang Jingmo that the Yin Nu Society was imprisoned in the forbidden area, but after he finished speaking, he saw that she was still staring at him quietly.

"You still have questions."

An Huai's words were spoken with some certainty.

"Yes, I just want to know, what kind of existence do you, An Daoyou, play in this matter?"

Jiang Jingmo looked at An Huai. Why did this man whom she had never met in her previous life know so much about the ancient Yin clan?

and……

Jiang Jingmo looked at Ke Siwu and saw that although she lowered her head at the moment, the knuckles on her hands clenching her clothes had turned white.

She had a guess in her mind, but still wanted to hear the correct answer.

An Huai took her actions in his sight. He did not say anything, but just looked at her and smiled gently. Then, in the puzzled look of Jiang Jingmo, he spoke softly.

"I think you should have guessed it a long time ago. The clan leader told me that you have already been to the secret site."

Jiang Jingmo nodded and did not hide anything.

"What's your guess?"

"...You are the one who locked Su'er up."

Jiang Jingmo expressed her guess, and the smile on An Huai's face in front of her deepened a little.

Then he nodded to Jiang Jingmo.

"You guessed it right."

"Uncle, why did you lock up Su'er?"

After he nodded, it was An Yang who first expressed doubts.

The little girl frowned. This was the first time she had found something difficult to understand since she had been with An Yang.

But An Huai touched her head with a helpless expression.

"Uncle doesn't want to either, but this is the fate that our...uncle's family must bear."

"I don't believe in any destiny that I have to bear."

Hearing this, Ke Siwu, who had been silent for a long time, spoke again coldly. She was extremely disgusted with the word "fate" that An Huai said.

What kind of destiny must we shoulder and obey?

Those disgusting and hypocritical people have been saying since childhood that Yin women should sacrifice themselves for the whole clan. Everything they say is righteous, but once the Xuan Yin Gu is mentioned, they become terrified.

They keep saying that it is fate, but when they mention the things they are afraid of, they feel at ease hoping that they will burrow into other people's bodies for the rest of their lives just to protect themselves.

Fuck fate, they are just hypocritical excuses.

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