"Li'er had lived in silk and fine food since childhood, and had never known worry. Father treated me well enough, sob... It was clear that he regarded me as his own. Although I can no longer call him Father, he will always be my father... Uncle, he asked Li'er to follow you... How could Li'er refuse...?" The child knelt atop the Profound Heaven Gourd and hurriedly kowtowed three times.
I stood before him, rubbed his head, and said, "From now on, you are no longer a member of the Jiufang family either. I hope you can cultivate peacefully in the Heaven One Realm and one day become a pillar of the Heaven One Realm."
"Yes, Li'er understands." Jiufang Li bowed again in thanks. I reached out and helped him up, then brought him back to the lotus platform of the Bloodwrath Lotus. I also put away the Profound Heaven Gourd.
Standing before Di Yifei, I could not help sighing inwardly. "The matter has been settled. The Jiufang Yu branch of the Jiufang family has come to a perfect end as well, and this child is no longer a member of the Jiufang family."
Di Yifei understood what I meant. Her expression grew gloomy as she said, "I won't do anything to him. I know he's innocent."
The child did not understand what was going on. Although he knew a little about Di Yifei's affairs, there was no way he knew everything. I looked toward a corner of the lotus platform, signaling for him to go sit there.
I then spread out a soundproof barrier before saying to Di Yifei, "I wasn't trying to remind you of anything. It's just that some things are truly over. With the dead, the debts die as well. I hope you can start over."
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