People never noticed when they themselves spouted nonsense. But when someone else's nonsense implicated them, out came the complaints and contempt. Perhaps this was simply normal for such shameless people.
Seeing everyone around him draw away, the man who had spoken earlier turned livid. His legs trembled as he faced the furious Su Mianmian, yet he still did not turn and flee. Instead, like a cracked jar smashed without a care, he blurted out what no one else had dared say outright.
"Wh-why are you looking at me! Look at the bracelet on your sister's wrist! A Spirit-Sealing Bracelet! She's a cripple now, helpless beneath anyone's knife. Was I wrong to say she traded herself for you?
"And you're taking your temper out on me? Why me? I wasn't the one who put that bracelet on her. If you've got the guts, go rage at the person who did!"
At those words, Su Mianmian whipped her head around to look at Su Jiu's wrist.
She seized Su Jiu's wrist so tightly that she left a bluish mark, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the bracelet.
"A Jiu, what exactly are you trying to do? You have some other plan, don't you? Why are you wearing a bracelet that puts you under someone else's control!"
Su Jiu smiled helplessly. "If you know I have another plan, don't say it aloud. I'm fine. Take them back first."
Su Mianmian's eyes reddened. "How can I leave when you're wearing that bracelet? Trading yourself for me-how very noble of you."
Su Jiu sighed, knowing it would probably be impossible to make Su Mianmian leave.
She gripped Su Mianmian's shoulders, glanced at the Eighth Elder, and gave her a hard push toward him.
The Eighth Elder caught her and looked in confusion at Su Jiu a