Sun Lingbo had heard her master, Yin Sutang, speak of Shi Longgu before. She had described the girl as weak-willed and lacking a mind of her own. Her mother, Holy Mother Golden Needles, had sheltered her too well, and afterward she had followed her husband. Without someone to make decisions for her, she was utterly at a loss. She was easily swayed, and deep in her bones lay a profound lustfulness.
Sun Lingbo liked precisely those qualities. She had long wanted to visit Granny Ridge and befriend Shi Longgu, but she feared Xiong Xue'er, and especially Zang Lingzi. Even Yin Sutang spoke of him with extreme apprehension, so she had never dared act rashly.
Now that they had met here, she had hoped to become her intimate friend. Yet Shi Longgu seemed impervious to persuasion, particularly when she could not even be bothered to glance at the Jade-Faced Scholar lying weak-kneed on the ground. This was utterly unlike what Sun Lingbo had heard.
She looked down. The scholar's face was flushed, his eyes hazy, and he was quite handsome. After taking the Warm-Fragrance Lotus, he had acquired a particularly distinctive aura that was immensely alluring to women. Yet Shi Longgu remained completely unmoved. Could she be an impostor?
She asked again to make certain, "Are you truly Shi Longgu, the beloved only daughter of the late Holy Mother Golden Needles of Granny Ridge?"
Shi Longgu found her baffling. "Am I some great celebrity, then? Would anyone bother impersonating me?"
Sun Lingbo looked at her, unwilling to give up. Her chest rose and fell several times before she threatened, "The woman you killed below the slope was a new disciple Patriarch Blazing Fire of Mount Hua took in a few years ago. Now that you've killed her, Mount Hua will never