When Splendor Fades and Clamor Falls Away

Ye Fan stared in bewilderment. Ji Ziyue looked as though she were dreaming too. She turned to her brother. "Brother, is he one of the Ji Family?"

Ji Haoyue nodded grimly. The Emperor Mirror had confirmed it. No one could overturn its verdict.

"What?" Ji Ziyue felt dizzy. "Wasn't he a monster from the Azure Emperor Lineage? How did he become a descendant of the Void Great Emperor?"

"I'm dreaming, right? I have to be dreaming."

"Ziyue, this young friend truly is a descendant of the Great Emperor." The Ji Family's Taishang sighed and stroked her head. "There was a small misunderstanding between the two imperial bloodlines. It's all cleared up now."

"So... everyone here is Ji Family now?" Ji Ziyue seemed to wake from a dream. Her smile turned sweet, her bright eyes and white teeth giving her the lively air of a sprite. She bared a gleaming little canine and waved her fist. "Little brat, you're finished!"

Ye Fan froze, on the verge of tears. "That's not fair!"

"Fair? I'm going to have my fun with you today!" Ji Ziyue smiled sweetly, grinding her little canine. "Go on, scream. Scream yourself hoarse. It won't help..."

Ji Haoyue coughed. "Ziyue, mind yourself. You represent the family."

"Brother!" Ji Ziyue looked aggrieved. "You have no idea. This little kid is barely fourteen, but he acts like a grown-up and bullies me..."

"I didn't! That's not true! You're the one who bullied me!" Ye Fan hurried to defend himself. He looked no more than twelve or thirteen, his face still childish.

If anyone had been taken advantage of, surely it was him by that delinquent girl.

But a doting brother cared nothing for such details. Ji Haoyue's face darkened as he fixed Ye Fan with a frightening glare, as though he