Dai Yichen's Speculation: Could Zhu Zhuyun Have Her Reasons?

But now that I thought about it carefully, maybe Sister Zhuyun had her reasons for hunting Zhuqing down?

Zhu Zhuyun's heart trembled when she saw those words. He found out?

Zhu Zhuqing stopped crying as well, though she was still sniffling.

The women had not expected there to be a twist to this matter.

I have been reincarnated in this world for many years now. From what I know, Sister Zhuyun treated Zhuqing very well. Could she truly bring herself to kill her own younger sister?

Then I thought of something else. In the original story, there was barely any mention of the Second Prince or the Zhu Family's second daughter. It seemed that before Zhu Zhuqing went to the Heaven Dou Empire, they had been killed after failing the competition. And if I am not mistaken, the time of their deaths was very likely three years from now, when the Zhu Family's second daughter had just turned twelve!

Perhaps Sister Zhuyun would beg Dai Weisi to spare her younger sister, but Dai Weisi looked ruthless, so he probably refused. A year later, Zhuqing would awaken her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. In the original story, Zhuqing seemed to mention that Sister Zhuyun had treated her very well when they were young, but at some point, their relationship began to deteriorate.

That gave me a guess. Zhuqing's current personality was completely different from the icy, aloof person I knew from my past life. She looked pure and innocent now. In Sister Zhuyun's eyes, someone with that kind of personality would probably have a hard time surviving in the future.

Perhaps from the moment Zhuqing awakened her Martial Soul, Sister Zhuyun came up with a plan: to carry out controlled assassination attempts against Zhuqing, so she would understand that she was in an extremely dangerous situation.

Doing so would not only force Zhuqing to grow quickly, but also prevent Dai Weisi from secretly making a move against her! After all, he was the First Prince. If people found out that he had secretly attacked the Zhu Family's third daughter, he might be reprimanded by the emperor. At the very least, people would look at him differently.

The Star Luo Imperial Family's competition might have been brutal, but it was conducted openly. Secret attacks were not allowed. Perhaps that was the only humane part of this rule.

Zhu Zhuyun's heart trembled as she read Younger Brother Yichen's speculation. She had only painstakingly come up with this plan recently, yet before she had even acted on it, he had written it in his diary.

And Zhuqing had learned about it in advance. This left her at a loss.

Because Younger Brother Yichen had gotten every one of her concerns right, but should she still treat Zhuqing that way now?

Zhu Zhuqing blinked her large, sparkling eyes and stared at Zhu Zhuyun without saying a word.

Zhu Zhuyun felt immense pressure, and cold sweat seemed to break out across her back.

And in my view, Sister Zhuyun's actions were actually a roundabout way of protecting her younger sister. Both the assassination attempts from childhood and the pursuit when she was eleven were meant to do that.

When Zhuqing fled alone to the Heaven Dou Empire in the original story, her Soul Power was only Level Twenty-Seven. In my opinion, that was already very impressive. Zhuqing's Innate Soul Power was only Level Seven, yet in just five years, under her sister's pressure, she had reached Level Twenty-Seven Soul Power. She must have worked incredibly hard!

She was completely incomparable to that trash Dai Mubai. When Dai Mubai arrived at Shrek Academy at twelve, he was only Level Twenty-Five, and he had Innate Soul Power Level Eight! That alone showed just how lazy Dai Mubai was!

He had started cultivating so many years later than his older brother, yet instead of working hard while he was young and cultivation progressed quickly, all he knew was how to visit brothels.

Innate Soul Power Level Seven, reaching Level Twenty-Seven in five years!

Those few words also made the women acknowledge how hard Zhu Zhuqing had worked in the original story.

Especially Zhu Zhuyun, her older sister. For some reason, her nose stung.

She and Zhuqing both had Innate Soul Power Level Seven, but she was already twelve and only a Soul Grandmaster. Yet her younger sister had reached Level Twenty-Seven at eleven. She could not imagine how much effort her sister had put in.

When Zhuqing was eleven, Sister Zhuyun was already eighteen. At that time, she had to have been at least a high-level Soul Elder, perhaps even on the verge of becoming a Soul Ancestor. Both sisters possessed the Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Sister Zhuyun was clearly far stronger than Zhuqing. So why did Zhuqing ultimately manage to escape?

That was obviously very unreasonable. And during the pursuit, Sister Zhuyun had several subordinates with her. As the Zhu Family's Eldest Miss, it would be perfectly reasonable for her to have several Soul Ancestors helping her, right? Yet Zhuqing still escaped. Honestly, if Sister Zhuyun had not held back, I would not believe it!

Besides, Sister Zhuyun could not have mobilized so many assassins without the Zhu Family head knowing. Zhuqing was his daughter too. Both were flesh of his flesh; the competition had not even begun yet, so how could he allow his eldest daughter to kill his youngest daughter?

Then there was only one truth: the Zhu Family head knew exactly what Sister Zhuyun was doing. It was called pursuing Zhuqing, but in reality, she was protecting her all the way to the Heaven Dou Empire. Perhaps they also wanted to use this opportunity to keep her away from the imperial family's struggle.

Moreover, by then, her fiancé Dai Mubai had already run away, and now a daughter of the Zhu Family had fled too. Their crime would not be too serious. Could they really make the Zhu Family die for it? Although the Zhu Family was merely an accessory attached to the imperial family, it played an enormous role. The emperor would not do anything to them.

But Sister Zhuyun would likely suffer afterward. She had deployed so many people, yet Zhuqing had still escaped in the end. Who knew how much pressure she would have to endure?

There had originally still been one year left. If Dai Mubai had not returned, Zhuqing's pair would automatically have been deemed to have given up, and Zhuqing would have either lost her cultivation or died.

But because of Sister Zhuyun's "mistake," Dai Weisi would have to postpone becoming the heir for several more years. Who knew what changes might happen in those years?

But Sister Zhuyun perhaps never imagined that Zhuqing went to the Heaven Dou Empire to find Dai Mubai, her so-called fiancé. Even when given the chance, she was useless! Luckily, Tang San, the protagonist, happened to obtain immortal herbs later and gave one each to Zhuqing and Dai Mubai. With the strength those herbs granted them, along with their improved coordination during the competition, they finally defeated Dai Weisi and Sister Zhuyun.

Yet at the end of the Soul Master Competition, after Dai Weisi and Sister Zhuyun released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, she still refused to give up and even tried to ambush Zhuqing, unwilling to admit defeat. Honestly, Sister Zhuyun's actions before and after were quite contradictory, but I could understand them.

She trained her younger sister, and her pursuit was a disguised form of protection. She thought Zhuqing would stay far away from the imperial family afterward, but Zhuqing ultimately got together with Dai Mubai and joined the imperial family's competition. What happened next was no longer within her control.

After all, losing meant having one's cultivation abolished at best and death at worst. Sister Zhuyun had worked so hard to become a high-level Soul Ancestor. How could she be willing to die? Her earlier actions had been for family; her later ambush was because she did not want to die. People were afraid of death. That was perfectly normal! Who would want to die after losing under such an "overbearing clause"? I would not want to either.

And now, because of my appearance, it seemed that the original story's situation had changed slightly. Zhuqing no longer had to be betrothed to Dai Mubai. As for the imperial family's competition in the future, we could only take things one step at a time. With the system and my White Tiger Psychic Lock, if I had enough time, there might not be no other solution!

After writing this, Dai Yichen realized that he had unknowingly returned to his dormitory. Looking over what he had written in his diary today, he could not help but feel a sense of satisfaction.

The diary did not contain only what had happened today. It also included things he had long wanted to complain about. In any case, no one could see its contents, so he wrote according to his own thoughts, jotting down whatever came to mind.

What decent person wrote a diary every day? Unless writing a diary could earn rewards!

When the women saw that the diary's contents did not continue, they knew that Dai Yichen had finished writing.

Zhu Zhuyun's gaze was extremely complicated at that moment, and she did not know how to face her younger sister.

Although the things Yichen had written today had not happened yet, she truly had entertained those thoughts. As one of the "protagonists" mentioned in the diary, she could empathize deeply.

And now she more or less understood that Younger Brother Yichen's past life must have come from another plane before being reincarnated into their world. For some reason, his memories had only awakened after he was over three years old.

As for the protagonist Tang San mentioned by Younger Brother Yichen, she directly ignored him, because she had something far more important to deal with right now!

"Sister, is what Brother Yichen said true?" Zhu Zhuqing asked tentatively, her voice carrying a hint of grievance.

Zhu Zhuyun sighed. "Little sister, if I told you that everything he said might happen in the future, would you blame me? I only wanted you to grow up faster. Your temperament is too soft right now. You truly are not suited to participate in the imperial family's competition.

"And Brother Yichen also said that he might have a solution in the future, didn't he? That way, none of us would have to die."

As Zhu Zhuyun comforted her, she thought to herself that on the original path, the reason Zhuqing's personality had changed so drastically was likely not solely because of her assassination attempts and pursuit.

Being abandoned by Dai Mubai, along with the death of her second sister, must have also left her with psychological scars. That was why she chose to flee when she was eleven.

After all, no one wanted to die.

Just as she was thinking, she heard her younger sister say firmly, "Sister, then do as Brother Yichen said. I-I am not afraid. I want to become stronger too!"

P.S. Brothers, the trial recommendation starts tomorrow. Please save the story and keep reading~~