Aboard the Moon Spirit Boat,
Wen Min suddenly turned to Hongfu and Dong Xuan'er. "Hongfu, why did you betray Yellow Maple Valley?"
Hongfu considered for a moment before saying, "Because I wanted revenge on that man without dragging Yellow Maple Valley into it, so I chose to leave. I wonder if that answer satisfies you, Martial Aunt Wen?"
Wen Min frowned. Her instincts told her that things were probably not that simple. Of all the times Hongfu could have chosen to take revenge on Yunlu, she had picked precisely this moment. Something was clearly wrong.
Wen Min suddenly turned to Dong Xuan'er and asked, "Who is this girl? What is her relationship to you?"
Hongfu's heart tightened. If Dong Xuan'er's identity was exposed, Wen Min would certainly not spare her. But without a convincing explanation, Wen Min would not be so easily fooled.
With that thought, Hongfu said, "She is my disciple. I brought her here this time because..."
At that point, Hongfu suddenly looked at Lin He. Lin He inwardly cursed his luck. Why does everything end up landing on me?
Yet he could not deny it, because Dong Xuan'er really had come for him.
Hearing that Lin He was involved yet again, Wen Min fought back the urge to slap him dead and patiently asked,
"What? Has your disciple fallen for this brat too?"
Dong Xuan'er was no fool either. If Wen Min learned that she was Cloud Dew Old Devil's daughter, she would be finished.
At worst, she would be killed on the spot. Even if she escaped that fate, she might spend the rest of her life under house arrest or be used to negotiate with Yunlu.
House arrest or being used as a bargaining chip would actually count as relatively good outcomes. In the hands