Qu Feiyan looked troubled. After hesitating for a moment, she shook her head. "I wouldn't dare."
She and Qu Sidao were close blood relatives. Even she didn't dare disobey Qu Sidao's orders, let alone Shi Yue, who had no blood relation to his master. It wasn't just Shi Yue—no one else would dare disobey their master in a matter like this.
Disobeying one's master again and again could lead to one's cultivation being crippled and expulsion from the sect, at the very least. Shi Yue was willing to defy his master for her time and again. It was clear how deeply he cared for her.
When Yin'er had nothing to do, Xiaoyaozi would tell her stories. She had only tweaked and embellished them a little, and already she'd spun Shi Yue into a paragon of devoted love.
"Exactly! You have no idea. The two families had already agreed on the marriage, but my brother suddenly broke off the engagement. The girl was left humiliated—what woman could stomach being rejected before she even married? The great-granddaughter of a Body Integration Cultivator found my brother and wanted to kill him to vent her anger. My brother knew he was in the wrong, so he stood there without moving and let her chop off his left arm..."
"What? She chopped off your brother's left arm?" Qu Feiyan cried out, her face changing. Anger filled her beautiful eyes.
Yin'er nodded and blinked curiously. "Yeah! Sister Qu, why are you so worked up? It was my brother who had his left arm chopped off, not you."
Qu Feiyan shook her head and gave a bitter smile. "I feel it was unfair to your brother. He and my sister haven't even confirmed their relationship, yet he was willing to do something like that for her. It's