Do You Really Think I Know Nothing?

The woman's words naturally attracted the attention of everyone present.

After all, she was talking about the gold rank.

In the Holy Sound, claiming to possess the ability or genes to cultivate gold-tier individuals is similar to claiming to be extremely wealthy in other cities and waiting for someone to come and marry into the family.

However, if this were said by a Silver-ranked person, it would have some credibility, for example, that's how Man Di gave birth to He Wei Ni Ya.

But these words came from a Bronze Tier woman in the Lower District, making it hard not to doubt their authenticity.

Man Di, for one, didn't believe it. Upon hearing this, her eyes immediately turned cold. "Do you know what you're saying? Do you know the price of deceiving the Hai Luo Family?"

"Yes, madam, I know!" the woman continued to shout. "I wouldn't dare lie to you. I am indeed Ni Ya's aunt. You can let her out; she will definitely recognize me!"

Hearing this, Man Di turned her head slightly to look at the maid beside her, then frowned and asked, "Is there such a person in the house?"

"No, madam," the maid replied. "The young lady is the only gold-rank musician in the household, and we have never heard of anyone named Ni Ya."

Before Man Di could respond, the woman on the other end shouted again, "No, impossible! Madam, I really didn't lie to you! Back then, I... ah, it was a year ago! A year ago, I saw Miss He Wei Ni Ya take Ni Ya away with my own eyes! I saw it with my own eyes!"

Man Di was already very reluctant to get entangled with women, after all, what women said was just too idiotic.

If there were still a Golden Rank in the family, how could she, as the head of the family, not know about it!

But now that the other party has mentioned that it was He Wei Ni Ya who took the person away, she has to take it more seriously.

After all, a year ago, He Wei Ni Ya really loved going to the Seed Zone.

Moreover, nobles everywhere place utmost importance on the Gold Rank, and they will verify any information they receive. If a woman misses out on a Gold Rank due to her negligence, the true head of the Hai Luo Family, Man Di's husband, will absolutely not let her off the hook.

So, even though she was too lazy to pay attention to this woman, seeing that the woman had already mentioned He Wei Ni Ya, she could only reluctantly say to the maid beside her, "Call He Wei Ni Ya down."

No sooner had she finished speaking than He Wei Ni Ya's voice rang out, "I'm here, Mother."

Everyone turned around and saw He Wei Ni Ya coming out of the house.

Upon seeing He Wei Ni Ya, the woman was initially overjoyed, but then, as if remembering something, a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.

He Wei Ni Ya didn't immediately acknowledge the woman, but instead walked up to Man Di and greeted Man Di first.

However, Man Di was clearly not in a good mood. She first glanced at He Wei Ni Ya, then looked at the woman in the distance, and pouted, "What is she talking about? You met Golden Sound in the Seed Zone? Her name is... Ni Ya?"

"I can't remember names or anything. There are too many people in the Seed Zone, and I never remember names," He Wei Ni Ya shrugged and said. "As for Golden Sound ... Mom, do you think it's possible? To cultivate Golden Sound, you need at least a mother like you. Do you think there are any mothers with your aptitude in the Seed Zone?"

With just one sentence, Man Di's tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

But the woman who heard this naturally panicked. "No, how could that be? Miss He Wei Ni Ya, it's Ni Ya, it's..."

He Wei Ni Ya turned around and calmly looked at the woman. "What? Do you think I'm lying?"

The woman's expression froze.

Normally, at the Hai Luo Family manor, she, as a commoner, would never dare to slander the eldest daughter of the Hai Luo Family. But now she was in a desperate situation, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "I think you've forgotten, but there really is such a thing. My sister's name is Kang Ni, and her daughter..."

"Your sister is in the Seed Zone," He Wei Ni Ya interrupted the woman. "Then why are you in the Lower District?"

He Wei Ni Ya's words immediately made the woman stammer, "I, I, my talent is a little better than my sister's, so I was able to leave the Seed Zone..."

"Is that so?" He Wei Ni Ya continued, "You are more talented than your sister, yet you can only come to our Hai Luo Family to Seed Borrowing, while your sister, who is less talented than you, was able to cultivate Golden Sound. Is that what you mean?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant..." The woman shook her head subconsciously. "I just showed my talent earlier than my sister, and my sister..."

"And what about your sister?" He Wei Ni Ya interrupted the woman again. "Your sister nurtured Golden Sound. Why aren't you the one speaking, and why are you the one doing it?"

"... My sister has gone missing."

"Disappeared?"

"Yes, yes, I don't know what happened, she just suddenly disappeared." Seeing the growing disdain in the eyes of those around her, the woman became even more flustered. "She, she used to come to me from time to time with her daughter and tell me that her daughter had great potential, but that potential hadn't been realized yet, so she came to extort money from me... no, I mean, she hoped that I would sponsor her with some money."

The woman became increasingly incoherent.

But He Wei Ni Ya knew what she wanted to say, because He Wei Ni Ya remembered that the other person was indeed her aunt.

My aunt left the Seed Zone even before my mother.

At that time, her mother did often extort money from her aunt in her name by bringing He Wei Ni Ya to this woman and her husband, mainly to show her to her husband.

Her husband was also a scholar of music theory; although he was not qualified to hold a position at an academy, he had made significant contributions.

Her husband had indeed seen He Wei Ni Ya's incomplete markings at the time and believed that they did have the potential to become a silver-tier marking. That's why He Wei Ni Ya's mother was so fixated on He Wei Ni Ya.

However, the lines on He Wei Ni Ya's skin were developing very slowly, and they hadn't even appeared by the time she was ten years old. This led her husband to believe that he had misjudged her, and he stopped paying much attention to He Wei Ni Ya and her daughter.

But why has she suddenly reappeared now?

However, the woman quickly provided an explanation.

"My husband died of a serious illness," the woman said. "Before he died, he lost his job and was bedridden for more than half a year. He couldn't do anything, so I had to take care of him and keep using our savings to support him."

The woman's tone was full of resentment.

"He can't earn a single penny, his temper is getting worse and worse, and he has problems in that area. After being with him for so many years, I haven't been able to get pregnant with a single child, and I haven't even had the opportunity to have children."

"I'm not here to hear your nonsense," Man Di said coldly, already impatient. "I'll give you one more minute to explain."

"Ah, yes, madam!" The woman dared not say anything more about those irrelevant things. "What I wanted to say was that my husband drew the patterns on Ni Ya's body because he said he had never seen such patterns before. During the six months he was bedridden and had nothing to do, he studied those patterns. After studying them for more than half a year and flipping through countless books, he said something was wrong and that Ni Ya's patterns should be gold."

"But after comparing the patterns of all the notes, he kept saying they didn't match, didn't match or something. He said the patterns didn't look like a normal Seventh Note, more like some kind of..." The woman tried hard to recall something, "... some kind of thread?"

He Wei Ni Ya's eyelids twitched involuntarily.

She hadn't expected the woman's husband to be so knowledgeable, and she began to regret letting the woman say so much.

So, she subtly placed her hands behind her back, while slowly pulling them back into her clothes.

Soon, her fingertips touched something cool—it was her staff.

At the same time, she was also observing the expressions of the people around her, trying to see if anyone had figured something out, but fortunately no one showed anything unusual, and their expressions were basically all the same: watching with amusement.

After all, it's practically impossible for ordinary people to know about the existence of musical scores.

At least the woman's husband, and the servants standing here at this moment, could not possibly know.

The only person here who could possibly have access to the information about the genealogy is Man Di, the female head of the family.

Fortunately, Man Di's brain was as white as her face, and apart from impatience, no other emotion could be detected on her face at this moment.

He Wei Ni Ya felt a little relieved, and then looked at the woman again, who was still talking.

"My husband always wanted to figure out what happened, but after he became bedridden, he couldn't go to the library to research like he used to. I was forced to do other things to make a living, so I couldn't help him either." The woman glossed over the topic of making a living. "So, until he died, he never figured out what happened. He just told me that Ni Ya's markings, once formed, should be... no, definitely a gold-tier. He couldn't find the answer, but the Hai Luo Family certainly could, and I also heard that Ni Ya was taken away by Miss He Wei Ni Ya, so, so..."

At this point, the woman had finished explaining the whole story, and then she looked cautiously at He Wei Ni Ya and Man Di, seemingly still afraid that they wouldn't believe her.

After listening, He Wei Ni Ya had more to think about.

She could tell that the woman wasn't entirely telling the truth.

For example, when her husband told her about the gold tier, it wasn't to leave a will, but rather to ask her to use this information to exchange for something from the Hai Luo Family.

For example, it could provide him with the money to receive treatment and give him the chance to continue living.

Because he was about to die, he was capable of anything.

But the woman was different. She clearly didn't dare, since the man didn't have any solid evidence, and it wouldn't be wise to go to the Hai Luo Family like that. So even until the man died, the woman didn't take any action, because deep down she didn't want to believe her husband.

She would rather try to borrow a seed from the young master of the Hai Luo Family, because there was still a chance of successfully sneaking away.

It's all too common in Holy Sound that young masters from noble families leave behind high-quality offspring because they can't control their lust. Isn't that how Man Di, who was also born a commoner, rose to power?

But things are different now; she has been captured by the Hai Luo Family.

The Hai Luo Family will definitely take back the seed she finally obtained.

This isn't a simple matter of taking it back; the process requires the use of specialized musical magic, which will severely damage her body and the musical notes. As a result, her already subpar musical skills will be further diminished, making it even less likely she can defy fate.

It is very likely that they will return to the Seed Zone and continue to be the cheapest breeding tool.

That's why she brought out this information at this time, for one last gamble.

After all, things couldn't get any worse for her.

"Is that all?" Man Di had exhausted all her patience after listening to the woman's speech. She looked at her coldly and said, "You're quite good at making up stories. Don't make them up anymore. There's not even any evidence, and your husband is dead. You might as well say you're a Gold Rank cultivator, just faded now. It's so stupid it makes me laugh."

The woman panicked. "No, madam, I really didn't..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by a servant standing nearby.

"Today is the Seven Sound Festival, and I don't want to waste any more time on you." Man Di ordered her servants, "Take back what she shouldn't have taken and throw it out."

"Yes!"

"No, Madam! Please, please don't!" Two staffs were pressed against the woman's lower abdomen. She shook her head repeatedly, then looked at Brian, who had remained silent, with a last glimmer of hope. "Young Master, please! Please plead with Madam for me. This is your child!"

But Brian shook his head and said something that made the woman despair, "What are you thinking? How could I have a child with someone like you? You should be grateful that I'm willing to cooperate with you."

After saying that, he ignored the woman and turned to look at Man Di, giving her another innocent smile.

"Mom, I haven't wished you a happy Seven Sound Festival..."

Then he looked at He Wei Ni Ya.

"And, sister, happy holiday."

With Brian's smile, the woman was completely pinned down by the servants, two staffs were plunged into her body, and she let out a desperate and hysterical scream.

But it was quickly drowned out by the deafening sound of fireworks emanating from the Seven Sound Festival.

He Wei Ni Ya tossed her hair and smiled. "Yes, happy holidays."

Man Di's expression relaxed considerably. After glancing at Brian, she said, "Come on over for a midnight snack," and then turned and went inside.

Brian immediately followed obediently, and He Wei Ni Ya, after glancing at the woman who was lying on the ground like a dead dog and unresponsive, also followed Brian.

Just before entering the house, she suddenly thought that perhaps that person was the last blood relative she had in the world.

Thinking of this, she turned back again.

But the woman had already been dragged away, leaving only a pool of bright red blood on the ground.

"What's wrong, sister?" Brian, who was walking ahead, turned around and looked at He Wei Ni Ya.

He Wei Ni Ya shook her head. "It's nothing."

He immediately followed Brian.

During this Seven Sound Festival, the head of the Hai Luo Family, who is also He Wei Ni Ya and Brian's father, has not yet returned, so there are still only three people having supper.

After finishing his late-night snack, Brian yawned and left first. The events of the night seemed to have no effect on him at all, and Man Di didn't say anything more, as if it was just a minor incident.

After Brian left, He Wei Ni Ya also stood up, preparing to take her leave.

But just then, Man Di spoke, her voice colder than He Wei Ni Ya had ever heard before.

"Aren't you going to explain yourself, He Wei Ni Ya?"

He Wei Ni Ya's body stiffened.

She turned around instinctively and saw Man Di staring at her coldly.

"Or do you really think I know nothing?"