Your Life Is Yours to Decide (I

"Do you know who you're talking to, Sheng Cai'er!" Lan Yanyu trembled with anger. Compared to Ye Qingcang, that pig who stole the cabbage, she found Sheng Cai'er's rebellion even more unacceptable. "I am your biological mother, Lingxin is your biological father. You've disobeyed your own mother and father for some wild boy who came from who-knows-where! What kind of bewitching potion has this kid given you to make you so heartless towards your own family?!"

"Enough, Yanyu, Lingxin!" Sheng Yue's face darkened. One was her grandson and granddaughter-in-law, the other her great-granddaughter; they were both her flesh and blood, and favoring either of them was wrong. "Haven't you embarrassed yourselves enough?"

"Grandfather, is it my fault as your mother?"

"Or is it Lingxin's fault as her father?"

"We are her biological parents."

"Would we harm her?"

"Look at her again! She's so young, and she's already having a relationship behind our backs!"

"Jade that is not carved cannot become a useful object!"

"If we don't let her realize her mistake now, she'll continue making the same mistakes!"

Lan Yanyu slammed her staff down hard.

He stopped the Sheng Lingxin from speaking with a look.

Immediately, he looked at the expressionless Sheng Cai'er.

He reprimanded her in a commanding tone, "Sheng Cai'er, why aren't you back yet?"

Sheng Cai'er remained expressionless, only silently flipping her wrist.

The shift was from "mastering" to "holding".

He held the Jade Bamboo Staff in a sword-wielding posture.

Without saying a word, he had already fully expressed his attitude through his actions.

"Alright, Yan Yu!" Sheng Lingxin Heart also harbored some dissatisfaction with Sheng Cai'er; otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed Lan Yanyu to finish speaking. But regardless, Sheng Cai'er was still his daughter. As a husband, helping his wife before his daughter was a matter of principle, but maintaining balance and harmony in the family was an even greater principle. He tried to mediate, saying, "Cai'er isn't young anymore, and there are many elders here. Don't put Cai'er and her great-grandfather in a difficult position..."

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Ye Qingcang clapped silently.

The crisp applause drew everyone's attention.

Those unaware of the situation were astonished that Ye Qingcang dared to interrupt Sheng Lingxin, and astonished that despite the complex and ambiguous relationship between Ye Qingcang and Sheng Cai'er, he still dared to interfere in the Saint Family's affairs.

Those in the know realized that Ye Qingcang might be about to express his stance. However, most people still believed that Ye Qingcang would advise reconciliation rather than separation, meaning that he would advise Sheng Cai'er Ye Qingcang be filial to her parents.

That's why Ye Qingcang's first words stunned everyone.

"It's hard to imagine that the phrase 'a wife sings in unison with her husband' could one day be defined as a derogatory term... Oh, right, and this great-grandfather too."

Ye Qingcang clapped his hands and sighed.

Even if he didn't say it explicitly, everyone understood what he meant based on the facts.

"Alright, don't rush, and don't interrupt." With that, Ye Qingcang lowered his hand, the aura emanating from his palm pressing down on Sheng Lingxin and Lan Yanyu, leaving them speechless. His Path of Hegemony demeanor was on full display. "To be honest, it was only because you two are Cai'er's biological parents that I gave you some face. I also very accurately reminded you two before not to be so shameless... But since you don't believe me and insist on being shameless, then I have no choice but to stand up for Cai'er and prevent the others present from misunderstanding that Cai'er is disloyal and unfilial, and from slandering her character at will."

Sheng Cai'er's milky white eyes flickered slightly.

Still lifeless, but the pupils still couldn't control their emotions.

One side defined her as an unfilial and rebellious daughter.

One of them stood behind her without saying a word.

Putting aside the past pain, just looking at the present, is choosing whom to believe a choice that requires hesitation before even putting pen to paper?

"I'm a person who likes to reason and resolve issues peacefully, so please allow me to answer the questions you just raised one by one..." Ye Qingcang took Sheng Cai'er's small hand, helping Sheng Cai'er sit back in her previous seat. His gaze swept over Yang Haohan and the others, then he slowly raised his hand, cupping it upwards and spreading it out to both sides, encompassing everyone present. His calm and collected demeanor left many bewildered. "And please listen to what I have to say about this matter—who is truly at fault..."

Just two sentences.

Combined with that indescribable aura.

It is full of inexplicable credibility.

He possesses an innate leadership aura.

"First: I am not some wild boy. Although I am an orphan, I have an adoptive mother, as well as my family and friends. I did not bewitch Cai'er or instruct her to disobey these two people who are only her biological parents by blood."

The world is vast, and the planets are vast.

"Galaxy is vast, universe is vast."

"As Cai'er's mother by blood, and as an elder who is not young, she keeps calling him a wild boy and saying he doesn't recognize his own family. Compared to Cai'er and me, who have always remained silent, it should be obvious who is more ill-mannered."

"Being able to remain silent under the scolding of such an ill-mannered mother is not because she is guilty, but Cai'er has a stronger mental fortitude and a stronger capacity for tolerance. It is not that she is heartless towards her own family."

"Because someone who is ruthless and heartless will definitely start cursing at you right away."

"Second: Regarding whether these two people who are considered Cai'er's biological parents by blood have done something wrong, and whether these two biological parents will harm Cai'er, the answer is undoubtedly yes. Don't misunderstand, this undoubtedly answer means: these two people have indeed done something wrong, and they will indeed harm Cai'er."

"It's not even that it will cause harm, it has already caused harm."

"It's hard to imagine how these two people, who are considered Cai'er's biological parents by blood, could be so heartless as to push Cai'er into a cold, dark cave when Cai'er three years old, without food or light, and lock Cai'er up for a full seven days."

"If Cai'er hadn't subdued the Assassin Temple's Circulation Sword and Reincarnation Spirit Furnace with my help and endured the pain of being pierced by ten thousand swords, I'm afraid that seven days later, there would have been a small skeleton in the cave, as well as a soul that died of fear."

"After Cai'er miraculously survived, due to the side effects of fusing the Circulation Sword and the Reincarnation Spirit Furnace, Cai'er spent another two years in a coma. During those two years, what Cai'er had sealed was her intuition."

"In the cave, I only told her stories for a little over seventy hours."

"Even I can't imagine how she managed to survive for more than 700 days in an environment where she couldn't hear, see, or touch anything, using those 70-plus hours of memories. For a three-year-old child, she probably didn't even know how many hours are in a day."

"I once conducted an experiment."

"Imprison a Evil Spirit Master in a similar place."

"An adult, in less than three days, suffered a mental breakdown in a dark room; in less than five days, began to self-harm; and in less than seven days, after being stopped from self-harming, could not bear it any longer, filled his heart with his Soul Power, shattered his heart, and rolled into hell with a smile on his face."

"So I find it hard to imagine that you are Cai'er's biological parents. On the contrary, I can accept it more if you are enemies, because it is not against humanity."

Ye Qingcang pointed to his brain, indicating that his thinking was indeed struggling to keep up with this inhumane approach, "And the question of 'jade must be carved to become a useful object' conflicts with the previous questions: If Cai'er were a weapon or a piece of jade, it would be fine for you to carve her, but since Cai'er is a piece of jade, why do you claim to be her parents and use kinship to bind the jade or weapon... If you truly consider Cai'er your own flesh and blood, I think no one would be so harsh on their own flesh and blood. Even the wolf in Wolf Wilder's heart wouldn't abandon its cubs in a place without food for seven days and seven nights. Conversely, can the words of two parents who can be so cruel to their own flesh and blood be trusted?"