Xun Er: Stop Acting Crazy Here

"...Actually, when Elder Wan Huo sent me here, he also meant for Young Miss to keep some distance from Miss Xun Er."

"..."

Yao Wanxuan's words made Yao Wan fall silent for a moment. Then she let out a soft sigh.

"...The destruction of the Xiao Clan shouldn't be a secret, should it?"

Yao Wan folded her arms over her chest and continued.

Yao Wanxuan nodded. "The destruction of the Xiao Clan was naturally closely connected to both the Gu Clan and the Hun Clan."

"Then which one is more suspicious, the Gu Clan or the Hun Clan?"

She asked again, and Yao Wanxuan answered again, "Naturally, the Hun Clan is more suspicious. But just because the Hun Clan has more shady dealings does not prove that the Gu Clan is free of suspicion."

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Yao Wan instinctively felt that something was off, but what he said was indeed correct.

"But the Xiao Clan was clearly on good terms with the Gu Clan and hostile toward the Hun Clan back then, wasn't it? Isn't that proof enough?"

"Young Miss must never judge matters concerning the eight clans by appearances alone."

Yao Wanxuan shook his head righteously, utterly refusing to accept Yao Wan's argument. "As for the relationship between the Gu Clan and the Xiao Clan, even we elders who witnessed the past thousand years firsthand cannot say how much of it was real. To speak plainly, if the relationship between the Gu Clan and the Xiao Clan truly had been as unbreakable as it seemed, why did the Xiao Clan perish so quickly?"

"With the Gu Clan's power, preserving the entire Xiao Clan may have been difficult, and perhaps unnecessary. But could they truly not even protect the descendants of several branches of the Xiao Clan's bloodline?"

"If that were