Chapter 130: Volume 1, Chapter 130: Old Man, Who Are You?

From the moment she entered the General's Mansion gate, Yun Qiyue felt a sense of wrongness.

The servants guarding the front courtyard had the wrong look in their eyes when they looked at her.

However, Yun Qiyue didn't think deeply about it, just assuming that the matters next door had affected these servants.

After all, Xu Shi had been slapped and beaten with boards, Yun Yarou had been thrown out of the Imperial Palace, Yun Xinlian had been slept with by the Crown Prince, and Yun Yaxiang had fainted at the palace banquet; none of these were small matters.

And since those people next door had suffered these losses, how could they not spread the word with added oil and vinegar after returning to the mansion?

Thinking this, Yun Qiyue passed by the main hall gate.

Then, just after passing, Yun Qiyue turned back, and then stared fixedly at the old man with white hair and a white beard sitting upright in the main seat?

At this moment, the old man was looking at her with a serious expression.

"Old man, who are you?"

Subconsciously, these words blurted out from Yun Qiyue's mouth.

However, as soon as the words were out, some images flashed through Yun Qiyue's mind, and she finally determined who the old man in front of her was.

Marquis of Wuan, Yun Yongyuan.

Although she had heard from Yu Lin that he would return, she hadn't expected it to be so soon.

Moreover, Grandfather was not quite the same as in her memories.

His beard was longer, and he seemed a bit more serious.

Looking at that serious face, Yun Qiyue didn't move, nor did she speak.

And Yun Yongyuan had never expected that Yun Qiyue's first sentence would be to ask who he was, and furthermore, to call him an "old man."

However, although he felt extremely surprised, the originally serious eyes held a hint of excitement.

"You—are you really better?" Yun Yongyuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiyue nodded slightly, "I am better."

When Yun Yongyuan heard this, his eyes immediately turned red, with the feeling that he was about to burst into tears.

It was clear that he was truly excited, but also somewhat restrained.

Looking at Yun Yongyuan's appearance and ruminating on the original owner's memories, it would be a lie to say Yun Qiyue wasn't touched.

But, at this moment, Yun Yongyuan suddenly put away all his excitement and returned to his serious expression, "Even if you are better, you cannot harm your own family. Your second sister and your eldest aunt, they..."

Yun Yongyuan spoke up to this point, and met Yun Qiyue's slightly cold eyes because of what he had said.

Yun Yongyuan's heart skipped a beat.

Then, he heard Yun Qiyue say coldly: "If you are here to crusade against me for the sake of those people over there, then you might as well investigate what is actually going on first. If you choose to believe them and not me, then there is nothing more to say."

"Presumptuous!"

Yun Yongyuan slapped the table, his beard trembling with anger, and he questioned sternly, "Is this the attitude you should have toward your grandfather?"

"Grandfather?" Yun Qiyue's eyes were slightly cold, "Sorry, after I died once, I don't remember any of these things!"

As she spoke, Yun Qiyue turned and left, the kind that didn't take a single cloud with her.

To be honest, because of the original owner's memories, she still had a very good impression of the old man.

But, this didn't mean that as soon as he returned, he could hold her accountable without regard for right or wrong.

She was a very selfish person.

To be her family, one must trust her unconditionally.

If one questioned her based on a few words from others, then sorry, such family was better off not having; even if one had them, it would be hard to guarantee one wouldn't be mentally exhausted later.

However, what Yun Qiyue didn't know was that as she turned away, Yun Yongyuan's originally stern face was instantly replaced by guilt.

Yun Yongyuan watched Yun Qiyue's back, his mouth opening and closing, but in the end, he didn't say anything, only watching Yun Qiyue gradually leave his sight.

Once Yun Qiyue left, a guard appeared beside Yun Yongyuan, "Huailin, I think I was wrong..."

Huailin saw the old man's dejected face, opened his mouth as if he had something to say, but still didn't say anything.

Yun Yongyuan saw this and said, "You've been with me for so many years, what is there that you can't say?"

Upon hearing this, Huailin thought for a moment, then said, "The Old Master really shouldn't have listened to only one side of the story. After all, what kind of life the Third Miss has lived these past three years, none of us know."

The bystander sees clearly while the person involved is confused; as soon as Huailin said this, Yun Yongyuan was shaken.

Yes, for these three years, what kind of life Qiyue lived, he was completely unaware.

The only thing he heard was that Qiyue was better.

After learning this news, he rushed back excitedly, never thinking to investigate Qiyue's living conditions over the past few years.

Under these circumstances, how could he judge right from wrong based on past impressions?

And how could he come to hold Qiyue accountable after listening to Chen Shi and the first branch's account?

Even though Yun Yongyuan still hadn't figured out the truth of the matter at this very moment, his heart was already full of guilt.

This guilt made Yun Yongyuan seem to age ten years in an instant, his whole person dejected.

Sighing deeply, Yun Yongyuan spoke to Huailin, "Huailin, go and have Yun Hai come over."

Yun Hai was Yun Bo's name.

Before Yun Bo came to the Yun family, no one knew his name; in any case, after coming to the Yun family, Yun Hai was called Yun Hai.

Huailin went to carry out the order.

Soon, Yun Bo was called over by Huailin.

Yun Bo didn't know that the Old Master had already met with Yun Qiyue, so when he saw the Old Master, Yun Bo was excited.

"Old Master, you have finally returned."

Yun Yongyuan looked at Yun Bo like this, his expression changed slightly, and his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

However, Yun Yongyuan pretended not to know and asked, "Yun Hai, how has Qiyue lived these three years? Can you tell me about it?"

When Yun Bo heard this, his eyes were immediately filled with tears.

He told everything about Yun Qiyue's experiences over the past few years.

From after Yun Tian had an accident and Yun Yongyuan left, how Yun Qiyue was bullied, how the General's Mansion was seized, how she was poisoned and disfigured, how she was mocked by the entire capital, and even how she was framed into the Forbidden Land and "died," he told it all.

At first, Yun Yongyuan could still endure it.

But when he got to the end, Yun Yongyuan could no longer bear it.

"Bang—" with a sound, Yun Yongyuan slapped the table.

Different from before, with this slap, Yun Yongyuan actually shattered the table made of fine sandalwood into pieces.

Yun Bo looked up, only to see Yun Yongyuan with an angry face, his eyes red, with tears flashing.

Seeing this, Yun Bo didn't say anything, only lowered his head.

"I'm going to settle the score with them!"

Yun Yongyuan said, and rushed out of the General's Mansion's main hall in a rage.

Huailin saw this, glanced at Yun Bo, and then hurriedly followed.

And at this time, everyone in the Marquis Mansion was both expectant and angry.

The expectation was naturally that Yun Qiyue would be disciplined by Yun Yongyuan; since Yun Qiyue could disregard all of them, she couldn't disregard Yun Yongyuan, right?

The anger was that now the first branch, and even the third branch, were currently turned upside down by Yun Qiyue, simply in a mess.

The angriest was none other than the Old Madam, Chen Shi.

After all, the first branch and the third branch were both her sons.

So at this moment, she only hoped that Yun Qiyue would be severely disciplined to relieve the hatred in her heart.

"Chen Daimei—"

Just as the Old Madam was thinking about Yun Qiyue's various miserable states, a roar came. ===== CHAPTER 131 =====