Yun Ye’s expression had turned extremely unpleasant. His cold eyes fixed on Jin Lin, his face filled with anger.
“Regarding what my daughter has said, shouldn’t the Dragon King give me an explanation?”
Jin Lin, however, suddenly smiled. If he hadn’t known about the relationship between Xuexue and this Demon King, he might have been worried. But now…
The schemes of that woman Yun Sisi seemed nothing more than a joke in his eyes! That woman had turned into a clown yet still pranced around with smugness—utterly ridiculous!
Thinking this, Jin Lin cupped his hands toward Yun Ye and said, “Senior, even if this young lady before you is your daughter, you can’t just take one side of the story, can you?”
“Oh?” Yun Ye raised an eyebrow, his face still furious, but his eyes remained eerily calm.
“Senior, Yun Qingxue is my junior sister and also a disciple of my master, the Purple Song Sage. You and my master have been close friends for many years, so you must know his character well. If my junior sister were truly a scheming, wicked person, do you think my master would have taken her as his disciple?!” Jin Lin asked with a smile.
As soon as his words fell, Yun Sisi couldn’t help but shriek, “That woman is such a good actress—the Sage must have been deceived! And you! You’re clearly her accomplice!”
“Yun Ye! Control your daughter!”
The moment Yun Sisi finished shouting, the Purple Song Sage immediately issued a displeased warning, embodying the phrase “protective of one’s own” to the extreme.
“Sisi, mind your manners!” Yun Ye snapped coldly.
Yun Sisi pouted, glaring at the Purple Song Sage, who was clearly intent on shielding his disciple. For some reason, she blurted out, “Sage, that woman is no good! Expel her from your sect—I’ll be your disciple instead!”
“Sisi, stop this nonsense!” Yun Ye rebuked sharply.
Faced with Yun Ye’s dark expression, Yun Sisi couldn’t help but feel a flicker of fear.
But the moment she remembered how tenderly Changxing Gege had called that wretched woman “little junior sister,” her heart burned with unbearable agony.
She, Yun Sisi, was supposed to be the princess who commanded endless affection and attention! So why was it that the moment that wretched Yun Qingxue appeared, everyone’s hearts turned toward her?!
The jealousy in her heart effortlessly overpowered her fear of Yun Ye. Defiantly, she retorted, “How is this nonsense?! Since Father and the Sage are friends, wouldn’t it be perfect for me to become his disciple? It’d only strengthen our ties! Besides, I’m better than that lowly Yun Qingxue in every way—”
“Silence!”
Before Yun Sisi could finish, Yun Ye suddenly roared.
Her calling Yun Qingxue “lowly” had ignited an immense displeasure in him.
Yun Sisi’s words cut off abruptly, her eyes wounded as she stared at Yun Ye, who had just lashed out at her. Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face. “Father…”
Yun Ye gave her a frigid glance and snapped, “You grow more unruly by the day!”
“Father!” Yun Sisi stomped her foot, pouting as she defended herself. “I was provoked by that—”
“Yun Sisi!” Yun Ye’s gaze turned icy as he looked at her. “A princess of our clan, yet you speak with such vulgarity. Is this how I raised you?”
Yun Sisi lowered her head but still muttered stubbornly, “I was just too angry…”
“Dare you argue further?!”
Though Yun Ye’s voice wasn’t loud, it carried undeniable authority. Yun Sisi immediately fell silent, too afraid to speak.
“Hmph!” Yun Ye snorted coldly. “Tomorrow, you will return to the demon realm with me. I will personally ensure you learn proper manners!”
“Father!”
The moment Yun Sisi heard “return to the demon realm,” she panicked.
She couldn’t leave! Changxing Gege was still here—she couldn’t just let him and that wretched Yun Qingxue grow closer day by day!
“Father~”
Her tone instantly softened, pleading pitifully. “Father, do you no longer love Sisi? Your daughter nearly died yesterday, yet instead of comforting me, you scolded me… If Mother were here, she would never let anyone bully me like this!”
Yun Ye took a deep breath, his heart weighed down by an inescapable frustration. He turned to Jin Lin and said, “Regarding yesterday’s incident, I’d like the Dragon King to recount it once more, lest you accuse me of partiality.”
Jin Lin smiled and cupped his hands. “Why not let Senior Brother Changxing explain first? If there are any gaps, I’ll fill them in.”
Yun Ye then looked toward Mo Changxing, who had remained silent by the door.
Meeting Yun Ye’s gaze, Mo Changxing bowed slightly and spoke calmly. “It was Sisi who tried to kill her first.”
His words alone condemned Yun Sisi.
Yun Sisi stared at Mo Changxing with wounded eyes before suddenly losing control and screaming, “What kind of bewitching potion did that woman feed you all?! Why are you all siding with her?!”
“Father,” Mo Changxing said coolly, “I’m only speaking the truth. Sisi was the one who struck first. If not for the Dragon King’s timely intervention last night, she would already have blood on her hands.”
“Yun Ye, though we are old friends, the disciple I painstakingly took in is not here to be casually slaughtered by your daughter,” the Purple Song Sage added, his tone neither warm nor cold. Though his voice was soft, the dissatisfaction in his words was unmistakable.
“But I was the one nearly killed last night! How can you all treat me like this?! That woman poisoned me—I almost died! Sage, you were the one who saved me!”
Yun Sisi ranted furiously, her mind still spinning schemes. She was Yun Ye’s only daughter—she refused to believe that after hearing she had nearly died from poisoning, he would still hold her accountable for her actions!
She refused to believe he wouldn’t avenge her!
“If we’re talking about poisoning, wasn’t it someone who first unleashed a cloud of toxic demonic miasma?” Jin Lin remarked coolly.
*Slap!*
Yun Ye slammed his palm down beside him, clearly enraged—
*Crash!*
But before he could voice his fury, both he and the Purple Song Sage suddenly found themselves sitting on the floor.
Beneath them lay the shattered remains of the bed.
Yun Ye: “…”
Purple Song Sage: “…”
With a quick incantation, Yun Ye swiftly restored the bed to its original state.
The two resumed their positions as if the collapse had been nothing but an illusion.
Still, the absurdity of two of the most powerful figures in the Xuanling Continent tumbling to the ground had inadvertently eased the earlier tension.
“Yun Sisi! Tomorrow, you return to the demon realm with me—and you will reflect on your actions in seclusion!”
Yun Ye’s cold voice delivered the final verdict, putting an end to the dispute Yun Sisi had stirred.
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