Chapter 152: The True Heiress Strikes with Ruthlessness and Madness

Li Yunchu: "Five years ago, right?"

Li Qingluo reacted: "Five years ago, Aunt Deng also had contact with Li Qingzhu then. So, you mother and daughter also recognized each other five years ago!?"

Having been so easily caught by her, Aunt Deng and Li Yunchu mother and daughter both looked grim.

Li Qingluo, the true legitimate daughter, is precisely the one they have most overlooked.

She seems not to speak much, yet she seems to be everywhere.

These people seem to care about her a lot, yet no one can really act against her.

Especially Li Yunchu, who is now somewhat wary of Li Qingluo.

The last time I and Zhu'er were kidnapped together, if it weren't for this Li Qingluo, she and Zhu'er would not have been so miserable!

Upon learning the truth from Zhu'er's mouth, Li Yunchu was greatly shocked!

Logically, Li Qingluo should be my blood-related niece, yet I feel a deep-seated fear of her.

This woman managed to escape safely from the Lotus Sect, and it's said she even survived after falling off a cliff!

Her fate is truly greater than mine!

Li Qingluo: "But you clearly disappeared eight years ago. So, where did you go during these three years in between?"

"Last time, when the three of us—me, you, and Li Qingzhu—were kidnapped together by the Lotus Sect, I and Li Qingzhu survived, you also survived, but how did you survive?"

"Furthermore, where have you been these past few days? How could you rescue Li Qingzhu without anyone noticing, while the master of the Jiangjun Fu didn't even detect you?"

Li Qingluo fired off several questions in succession, and everyone also became doubtful.

Li Yunchu did not answer.

She just clenched her lips tightly.

Li Qingluo turned to Pei Lao Furen and said: "Grandmother, please forgive my overstep."

Pei Lao Furen was very pleased that Li Qingluo was willing to manage affairs, unlike before when she just stood aside coldly, unnoticed.

She naturally had the intention and deliberately wanted to nurture Luo'er.

After all, who else could I entrust my Heavenly Wind Trading House to in the future?

Li Chao Jing saw his daughter suddenly take interest in this matter, and his heart also stirred slightly.

Especially seeing Li Qingluo's face still bearing the bruise from his own strike, he felt a rare hint of guilt.

"Since that's the case, then let Luo'er handle this troublesome woman, how about that?"

Li Qingluo's response to Li Chao Jing's overture was merely a faint nod.

Li Chao Jing felt rather uneasy inside…

He knew that this biological daughter of his fundamentally had no feelings for him and Qu Shi from the bottom of her heart.

And his initial attitude toward her return was also indifferent.

Later he admitted it was merely a motive of exploitation.

Now, deep down, some other emotions have gradually begun to rise…

Li Qingluo walked over: "My methods are indeed not as old and steady as grandmother's. But I will be very direct—"

As she spoke, she waved her hand, as if some sharp instrument had sliced through!

Somehow, Li Yunchu's high piled hair bun instantly came undone, and a handful of hair fell into Li Qingluo's palm.

After she spread it out, the hair strands slipped down.

Li Yunchu cried out in shock: "Ah!!! I am your paternal aunt! You dare touch my hair, do you want to kill me?!!"

Aunt Deng couldn't help but shout sternly: "Your body, hair, and skin are received from your parents—how dare you!"

Li Qingluo sneered: "Why not? I will also directly demand your lives. Do you believe it?"

Li Yunchu looked at her black hair on the ground and swallowed hard.

She recalled how that stinky girl reacted when kidnapped by the Lotus Sect; she really does seem fearless.

"Heaven has been overturned—no one in this family dares to control you?"

Li Chao An glared viciously at Li Qingluo.

Li Qingluo: "Exactly. Besides grandmother, indeed no one dares to control me. Want to give it a try, third uncle?"

She narrowed her eyes, unabashedly revealing the dagger that had just cut Li Yunchu's hair from her sleeve, then idly played with it.

This startled everyone greatly!

"What kind of noble lady are you? Other families' young ladies sew with needles and write with brushes, but you actually wield a knife to threaten your own kin!"

The speaker was the third branch lady, Tan Shi.

Li Qingzhu pulled at her mother, but Tan Shi pushed her away with a stern face.

"What are you afraid of her for?"

Li Qingzhu gritted her teeth softly: "That day she took a bow and arrow and dared to shoot the third young master of the Zhongyi Hou Fu out of Hongfenguan, even daring to kill the eldest brother—what are we? Mother! Don't be foolish!"

Li Qingzhu also saw Li Qingya constantly pulling her parents, which is why she dared to speak up.

"Do you want to end up in a sorry state like your aunt?"

Tan Shi glanced at Li Yunchu's miserable appearance; if she suffered such humiliation, she'd rather be dead.

Tan Shi's expression changed, and at that moment Li Qingluo looked at her.

This gave Tan Shi a fright.

Li Qingluo: "Third aunt, since you're protecting her like this, do you know something?"

Tan Shi simply dared not meet Li Qingluo's gaze.

"I, I don't know anything, you, you shouldn't wrongly accuse people…"

Today's matter, if they get implicated, lightly they'd be sent back to the manor, heavily it could become a fight to the death.

She dare not speak recklessly anymore!

Li Qingluo gave her a white eye: "You're drinking three-four-five here, are you trying to put on senior airs to embarrass me?"

Tan Shi was instantly stared at by everyone; she steeled herself: "What I said— isn't it actually the truth?"

Li Qingluo: "Yes. I am indeed not a young lady from a prestigious family, nor a noble lady. Third Aunt, you don't know that I've only just returned to this Jiangjun Fu— it's been only a little over five months."

"Five months— how could one possibly cultivate a noble young lady? Ridiculous!"

"Third Aunt, you've seen too little of the world; let me today show you what I, a country bumpkin without manners, am capable of— my savage conduct."

After saying that, Li Qingluo turned and came behind Elder Aunt Deng, grabbed her hair with one hand, and reached out to completely cut off all of Elder Aunt Deng's hair.

"You old calamity! In your youth, you acted gentle and coquettish, pretended to be innocent and kind, stole my father to be your son! You caused my grandmother heartache, and she left home, wandering far from the mortal world for years!"

"You're doing fine yourself, with children and grandchildren galore, yet you still dare to show off in front of my grandmother!"

"The few you've raised, I don't see any good among them! Since that's the case, you're just an elder concubine— after all, you're merely a servant in the household; do you really think I can't touch you?"

"If your daughter still refuses to confess honestly, I'll first, for grandmother's sake, cut off your hair, you old hag, and you can spend the rest of your life worshipping Buddha under the blue lamp!"

After saying that, Li Qingluo truly raised her hand and the blade fell; amidst a chorus of gasps, a head of black-and-white hair fell like a waterfall.

Pei Lao Furen also stood up in shock!

Li Chao Jing widened his eyes, Qu Shi covered her mouth.

The people of the second and third branches all shouted in shock: "No—"

Li Qingluo finished cutting Elder Aunt Deng's hair, turned her head to look at Tan Shi and Li Chao An, and curled her lips in a smile.

"If it weren't for grandmother raising me for five months, what I cut off today wouldn't just be this hair."

"Do you all know that when I was in the mountains, I also hunted rabbits, caught sparrows, and killed living beings?"

"Killing chickens and slaughtering sheep is nothing special. Blade in, blood out— do you all know how special the cries of those on the brink of death are?"

"Ah!!" Several young masters and ladies were so frightened they hid in the adults' arms.

Li Qingya and Li Qingyu also changed their complexions.

No need to mention Tan Shi— she was trembling all over, and the old granny beside her grabbed her, preventing her legs from giving out.

Li Chao An forcefully gulped down a mouthful of saliva: "She, she is a madwoman!"

"Not a madwoman, but her deeds are crazy enough!"

Everyone now thinks this in their hearts.

This seemingly quiet and calm daughter of the Li family is the one most like the old lady!

Decisive in killing, fierce and ruthless!

When Li Qinglo looked at Li Yunchu again, her gaze remained calm.

But Li Yunchu, upon seeing her, was already quite fearful.

She tightly clung to her mother, sobbing chokingly.

"Mother, I'm sorry…… I don't want to spend the second half of my life alone in a temple."

"I, I will say it!"

At that moment, Elder Aunt Deng let out a startled cry, covered her head, scrambled on the floor looking for her hair, then, as if gone mad, tried to reattach it to her head.

Li Chao Huai couldn't bear to see such a scene, he rushed over and helped Elder Aunt Deng up.

"Mother!"

"Li Qinglo! You wretched spawn! This is my birth mother; you have humiliated her so today, I will not spare you—"

Li Chao Huai rose and lunged at Li Qinglo, but Pei Lao Furen gave him a look, and immediately several capable grannies lunged forward, restraining Li Chao Huai.

"Father!"

"Master!"

The several children of the second branch all shouted in panic.

"Second sister, please don't do this to my father……"

Li Qingya shook her head vigorously at Li Qinglo, eyes pleading.

Li Qinglo didn't even glance at her.

She merely walked two circles in front of Li Chao Huai.

Then she fixed him with a cold smile: "You are indeed filial, still calling her 'mother.' But Second Uncle, do you know that the more you do this, the worse her fate will be?"

"Just a concubine, yet you dare let the master call her son! This is the fine upbringing and rules of your second and third branches!"

Pei Lao Furen silently nodded behind her, while Zhang Mama, eyes brimming with hot tears, whispered in her ear: "Miss, you really have presence; today I can finally vent my anger for you!"

Pei Lao Furen smiled: "What's this? Nevertheless, she did well."

Killing a chicken to warn the monkeys, and she even knew to kill the most intimidating chicken.

Now the people of the second and third branches, in front of her, still aren't honest?

The people of the second and third branches are indeed, in their hearts, roaring and going crazy: where did she get the bear's heart and leopard's gall to dare act like this!?

Really, what a formidable young lady!

Just now we only said she lacked manners, that she wasn't a noble lady, a young lady of a prestigious family, and she went crazy like this to deal with them!

Now the people of the second and third branches truly dare not speak recklessly anymore, nor dare to provoke her!

Li Chao Jing's forehead was covered in a circle of sweat.

His own daughter's conduct is indeed very like his mother…… it leaves him somewhat at a loss.

However, as her father, he should also step forward and speak a few words for her.

However, Li Chao Jing had just lifted one foot, not yet set it down, when Li Qinglo spoke again: 'Who else is dissatisfied? I, Li Qinglo, will settle them all today.'