Soul Land: I Became the Crown Prince, And You Want Me Back?
Chapter 44

Qian Renxue's Plan

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After saying that, Qian Renxue ignored the two men's attempts to persuade her and continued her training.

Seeing Qian Renxue continue training so recklessly, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo both knew things could not go on like this.

Their repeated attempts to persuade her had been useless.

Unable to bear watching any longer, Golden Crocodile Douluo finally said to Qian Daoliu,

"Big Brother, this cannot continue. If something happens to Xiaoxue because of this, it will be too late. How about we tell her the truth?"

Qian Daoliu replied,

"I never expected things to turn out this way. I had originally intended for Xiaoxue to train even harder after being shaken by this news."

"I knew the two of them were close, but I did not know they were this close. In order to gain the strength to take revenge, she is completely disregarding her own body."

At this point, Qian Daoliu looked at Golden Crocodile Douluo with some displeasure. Judging from the current situation, his granddaughter had been taken in by someone.

Only then did Qian Daoliu continue,

"For Xiaoxue's safety, we can only tell her the whole truth now. I am just afraid that once she learns that Xiaoh Hao took this disaster in her place, who knows what she will do."

"Big Brother, this is not the time to worry about that. What we need to do now is tell Xiaoxue the truth and stop her from hurting herself like this."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Daoliu nodded and said,

"Then let us tell Xiaoxue."

Afterward, Qian Daoliu and Jin E found Qian Renxue, who was still training desperately, and said,

"Xiaoxue, stop training like this. Xiaoh Hao is not dead. He only faked his death while carrying out a mission outside. If you keep training like this, Xiaoh Hao will be heartbroken when he returns and sees you."

Yet upon hearing this, Qian Renxue did not stop training. Instead, she continued training as she said to them,

"Grandfathers, there is no need to lie to me. I have to train desperately and avenge Xiaoh Hao. If Xiaoh Hao is not dead, then let him appear before me. Otherwise, I will not believe it."

Clearly, Qian Renxue did not believe Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo. In her view, if Jin Hao had truly not died, they should have told her long ago instead of waiting until they saw her training to tell her now. To Qian Renxue, they were merely trying to trick her into stopping her training so that she could not avenge Xiaoh Hao as soon as possible.

Hearing this made Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo even more anxious. Why would this child not believe them?

But seeing Qian Renxue still training, the two of them no longer hid anything and said to her,

"Xiaoxue, this is what happened."

Then Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo told her how, after they had finished hunting Soul Rings and had just arrived outside Spirit City, Jin Hao had received orders to go undercover. He had wanted to resist Bibi Dong's command, but Bibi Dong had used Qian Renxue to threaten him. In the end, so as not to delay Qian Renxue's training, Jin Hao could only agree to go undercover.

They also told her that, in order to give Qian Renxue greater motivation to train, they had fabricated the news that Jin Hao's death was connected to two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. However, they had never expected the current situation to arise.

After Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Renxue everything, Qian Renxue stopped training as their words fell.

Then she looked at them with disbelief in her eyes.

"Everything you said is true?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo said,

"Of course it is true. If you do not believe me, come with me to Heaven Dou City in a few days to see Xiaoh Hao. Xue Ye of Heaven Dou City has sent an invitation for Xue Qinghe and Shui Bing'er of Tianshui Academy to become engaged, asking Spirit Hall to attend the ceremony. Xiaoh Hao is the one impersonating Xue Qinghe, so we can go see him."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Renxue realized something: Jin Hao was impersonating Xue Qinghe to become engaged to another woman. How could that be allowed?

Thus, Qian Renxue immediately decided to go to Heaven Dou City and see what Jin Hao was doing.

That was how the scene on the Carriage at the beginning came about. After boarding the Carriage and setting off for Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue calmed down and began thinking about something else. When she had first heard that Jin Hao was getting engaged, she had lost control and believed the news that he was still alive. But what if it was only a lie concocted by her two grandfathers?

That was why Qian Renxue questioned Golden Crocodile Douluo once more.

Upon hearing Qian Renxue's words, Golden Crocodile Douluo once again told her,

"Xiaoxue, it is true. Xiaoh Hao is undercover in Heaven Dou City. Think about it: if Xiaoh Hao were not undercover there, do you think I, the Second Elder of Elder Hall, would make a special trip here just because a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire was getting engaged?"

"So rest assured. We have also sent word of our trip to Heaven Dou City to the people protecting Xiaoh Hao. Once we arrive in Heaven Dou City, we can find a safe place, and you will be able to see Xiaoh Hao."

After Golden Crocodile Douluo finished speaking, Qian Renxue saw the certainty in his eyes and completely believed it.

But after believing it, Qian Renxue only had more questions in her heart, and she felt even worse.

The reason was that once she believed Jin Hao was undercover, she realized that Bibi Dong, her own mother, had forced him into it. Qian Renxue naturally understood the purpose. It was supposedly to seize control of the nation, but in reality, was it not simply meant to keep Jin Hao busy with the Imperial Family's schemes and struggles, wasting his cultivation?

Moreover, according to her grandfather Qian Daoliu, she herself had originally been the primary target for this undercover mission. Bibi Dong had wanted to exploit her desire to get close to her mother and gain her mother's approval, intending to send her undercover not only to waste her training, but also to keep her from bothering Bibi Dong again.

Thinking of this made Qian Renxue feel even worse, because she did not understand why Bibi Dong, her own mother, hated her so much that she could even devise such a method to deal with her.

If she herself had truly been made to bear all this, Qian Renxue would not have said anything. The problem was that Jin Hao, who had grown up with her, had ultimately borne it all in her place. Qian Renxue could not accept that. At the same time, it was the first time she had felt hatred toward Bibi Dong, the mother she had always wanted to get close to. For a time, she did not know what to do.

And aside from that, there was another issue: Qian Renxue still could not accept that Jin Hao was going to become engaged to another woman, even if he was using someone else's identity.

In any case, the more Qian Renxue thought about it, the worse she felt. She was already thinking that once she saw Jin Hao, she would tell him that she would not let him go undercover just so she could gain Bibi Dong's concern and approval. Qian Renxue planned to bring Jin Hao back to Spirit City.

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