Unraveling the Threads 2

Yunxi paused here, glanced at the Su brothers, then said in a ghostly tone under their watchful gazes:

"Sheng Xia never perished."

The moment those words fell, even Su Jing could not control his expression, let alone Su Miao. A flicker of surprise flashed through his eyes.

Su Miao blurted out:

"Y-you... how did you know?"

Yunxi stroked Lili's head and said:

"I guessed."

The small courtyard fell silent. The atmosphere was even tenser than before. The only one present who remained relaxed was Yunxi. She idly stroked Lili's head, waiting to see what the two men would do next.

Su Jing sighed, breaking the strange atmosphere in the courtyard. He then cupped his hands and said:

"Fellow Daoist Ranxi, my brother and I came here this time to ask you to save Sheng Xia's life."

Yunxi said coolly:

"Fellow Daoist Su, if you are asking for help, you should have the attitude of someone asking for help. You used my mother as an excuse to invite me to the Su family's ancestral grounds. Wasn't it because you intended to use my mother to restrain me and force me to spare no effort in saving Sheng Xia?

"If I entered the Su family's ancestral grounds, I would truly become fish on the chopping board. I would have no choice but to do whatever you said—not only for my mother, but to preserve my own life as well. Your calculations were quite sound. Unfortunately, I do not like being threatened. I prefer to strangle every hidden danger in its cradle."

After saying this, her cool gaze swept over Su Miao and Su Jing, and she gave a cold snort.

Su Jing had not expected his Dao Companion's daughter to be so clever, nor so difficult to deal with. Though she had