Before she heard Yili recount the deeds of the Green-Clad Woman, Su Jiu had thought the young woman was exceptionally gentle. Her smile was wonderfully sweet, too.
But after hearing what Yili had to say, she could only conclude that a person's appearance truly could be deeply deceptive.
And it was not just Green Intent before her. Wasn't Gong Hao exactly the same?
Through Yili, she learned of the woman's origins.
In the beginning, Green Intent had been a baby girl found by the Shi Household. Her experience bore some resemblance to Su Jiu's, except that Su Jiu had become Su Mianmian's friend, while Green Intent had become friends with Hong Ling of the Shi Household.
Yes, True Lord Hong Ling's full name was Shi Hong Ling, and she was the only daughter of the Shi Household's direct line in this generation.
But not everyone knew gratitude as Su Jiu did. At the very least, Green Intent did not.
Hong Ling possessed a vivid, flamboyant beauty. Although she had a fiery temper when she was young, she was beautiful and kindhearted, as well as the young lady of the direct line of a great cultivation aristocratic clan like the Shi Household. Naturally, she had no shortage of admirers.
When Hong Ling was six, she was found to possess a single fire spiritual root, making her all but unrivaled in the limelight within the Shi Household.
The life of Green Intent, the Shi Household's adopted daughter, was the opposite of Hong Ling's. As a child, her looks could at most be called fresh and innocent. Walking down the street alone, she might have earned a compliment as a little beauty, but the moment Hong Ling appeared beside her, every gaze that had rested on her would be stolen away, leaving not