Chapter 218: Exposing the Brother's Sordid Thoughts Toward the Fake Sister!

Liu Qiongzhu, who had been chased out, let out a sudden scream: "Liu Sui'er!? Why are you here!?"

Liu Sui'er?

Li Kechuan immediately realized, Zhu'er and Shanhu know each other?

She also surnamed Liu, could it be……!?

He faintly suspected in his heart, and he fiercely stared at the Shanhu who had suddenly appeared here.

Liu Sui'er looked at the scene before her with a deathly pale face; hearing footsteps behind her, she hastily got up to flee.

Li Kechuan panicked, he pointed at Liu Sui'er and shouted: "Someone, go catch her and bring her back to me!"

Cui Jiuniang gave a glance, the housemaid casually released the person, and the Li family servant and guards immediately sprang up to seize them.

Li Kechuan breathed heavily.

Thinking of Shanhu's mysterious disappearance and escape, and recalling Zhu'er's firm assertion that she never left Prince Yun's private residence that Mid-Autumn day, he had long suspected that his own broken leg might be connected to that Shanhu.

Even her sudden disappearance—could it be because she was guilty and feared the truth would be exposed one day?

Who exactly is she!?

Is she from the Liu family?

If she belongs to the Liu family, Zhu'er would have long since recognized her kin—could all this truly have nothing to do with Zhu'er?

But why would she have gone to such trouble to get close to him in the first place, and even possess a face so like Zhu'er's?

Could it all be a trap set for him!?

Li Kechuan felt he was about to grasp the truth, momentarily forgetting that the Cui family members were still present here.

However, Shanhu had not yet been caught when another short, stout woman came chasing after her from behind.

"Sui'er——! You little slut, don't run—once I catch you, I'll break your dog legs!"

"Liu…… Liu Jinzhi……"

Liu Qiongzhu already sensed something was wrong.

She kept stepping back, but Qin Shi gave a glance, and a maid immediately came to block her retreat.

"Madam, the matter isn't settled yet—where do you intend to go?"

Cui Lady Qin of the Cui family looked at the chaos before her, hurriedly pointing at the household servants: "Go seize these demons and monsters! Today I want to see what filthy secrets you, the eldest son of the Jiangjun Fu, are still hiding."

Li Kechuan then felt as if doused with cold water, suddenly sobering: No! Shanhu must never appear before the Cui family again—especially before Cui Jiuniang's eyes!

But before he could recall the guards, they had already seized Liu Sui'er.

Liu Jinzhi was also pressed forward by the Cui family.

Seeing the scene before her, Liu Jinzhi was so frightened her legs went weak.

"Zhu'er? And… the eldest son is also here……"

Liu Jinzhi trembled all over from fright.

She hadn't realized that she was the pig deliberately lured here today by Liu Sui'er to be killed.

Liu Sui'er, however, collapsed before Li Kechuan's face, tear-streaked and panicked.

Li Kechuan endured without lashing out.

Qin Shi sneered as she stepped forward, saying: "Looks like this is an affair of the Li family?"

"By rights, your Li family's business shouldn't concern us Cui folk—but since our Jiuniang is to marry into your Jiangjun Fu, to wed a crippled waste like you with no future, as her aunt I cannot today turn a blind eye and stand idle!"

Cui Shiyi tightly gripped Cui Jiuniang's hand.

"Mother, we must get to the bottom of this; we cannot let Ninth Sister marry off like this, unknown and unclear—our Cui daughters should not suffer such humiliation!"

Li Kechuan lifted his gaze to Cui Jiuniang's trembling eyes, the corner of his mouth bearing bitterness: "Miss Cui, do you also think this way?"

"Although I am indeed now crippled, a good-for-nothing…… I remain the Li family's eldest legitimate son—why must you Cui lot drag up my past to humiliate me thus?"

"After today's events, could it be that no lingering estrangement will remain in the hearts of Li Mou and Miss Cui?"

"Or perhaps your Cui family originally intended to break off the engagement, and now that you've finally found a fault of mine, you want to blow this up!"

Cui Jiuniang: "Young Master Li, you're overthinking. A person's words and deeds, whether past or future, can they not always well attest to their true virtue?"

"This has nothing to do with whether Young Master Li is disabled."

"And our Cui family is a hundred-year-old house that values promises; otherwise we would not have kept the marriage contract despite your broken leg, Young Master Li, while your Li household lies in turmoil."

Qin Shi: "Jiuniang speaks sense. You need not pressure Jiuniang, a young lady of the inner chambers; today we Cui must get to the bottom of this!"

Li Kechuan himself still wasn't clear on the truth, but he knew this absolutely must not be exposed before the Cui family.

So he pointed at Liu Sui'er and shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up and drag her away! She's just a runaway slave—beat her to death as a warning to others!"

The Li family's guards lunged forward again to drag her off, but Cui Lady hastily directed her own servants: "Stop them!"

Amid the chaos, Ling Fengzi led his men rushing over in haste.

"All good people, please stop at once!"

In the three-way tug-of-war, Liu Sui'er scrambled panic-stricken to Li Kechuan's side.

Li Kechuan saw she dared to approach, his eyes instantly filling with venomous malice as he reached out and seized Liu Sui'er's throat in one grip.

Liu Sui'er couldn't even utter a cry, while Liu Jinzhi beside her was terrified out of her wits.

She flung herself to the ground, shrieking: "Spare me, spare me—Zhu'er, won't you hurry and save Sui'er? She's your own blood sister, after all——"

"Your own blood sister!?"

Li Kechuan's hand suddenly loosened.

He stared in astonishment at the kneeling Liu Sui'er before him—could the fact truly be as he had guessed?

The two were indeed very alike; sometimes looking at him, he even felt they were like twins!

He should have realized this sooner!

Just then, the retinue of Lady Qin of the Cui family also finally arrived, shielding Liu Sui'er.

"You want to kill and silence?!!"

"Li Eldest Young Master! This is, after all, a Daoist temple—your such violent behavior is simply too outrageous!"

"Ling Fengzi stormed over and said, 'Li Eldest Young Master, you've repeatedly come to my Green Pine Temple to act violently; last time you shouted threats at your own younger sister, and now you're planning to kill someone outright?'"

"Ling Fengzi's face turned livid with anger, and every member of the Cui family was shocked upon hearing it."

"You treat your own younger sister like that? Shouting threats at her as if she were a slave? But decent people can't just go around killing slaves!"

"I've long heard that the Li family shows bias between their real and fake daughters, being extremely partial! If it weren't for this false young lady bringing shame upon the whole family, the Li family wouldn't know to what extent they'd trample their true daughter—indeed, all of this is true!"

"Moreover, I've heard that the Li family, from top to bottom, are all hot-tempered ruffians—could this, could this also be true?"

"Ling Fengzi: 'Supreme Heavenly Venerable! Good person, your words are too harsh.'"

"Pei Lao Furen has lived for thirty years in the cloud-side villa next to my Green Pine Temple; she is a heroic woman of the inner chambers, most kind-hearted, generous, frank, and decisive—naturally unlike the Li family."

"Moreover, that Li young lady once stayed at our Daoist temple for a while; I, the poor Daoist, also got along quite well with her."

"Madam Cui Qin sighed, 'Indeed, Old Lady is the sole female general of DaLiang; her character must be supremely precious and pure.'"

"That Li young lady, since returning, I've heard she's been raised by her all along—naturally she wouldn't be lacking. But wasn't Pei Lao Furen abducted by bandits and still missing?"

"But the Li family is really too chaotic!"

"Madam Cui Qin glared at Liu Sui'er with a stern expression, intending to get to the bottom of this."

"Who exactly are you? How can he say you're an escaped slave, yet you're also the legitimate younger sister of the Pearl Lady of Prince Yun's Mansion—what on earth is going on?"

"And besides, who are you again?!!"

"Madam Cui Qin was asking Liu Jinzhi."

"Li Kechuan: 'Don't speak! Your Cui family has no right to boss over our Li family!'"

"Liu Qiongzhu finally broke free and rushed forward, grabbing Liu Sui'er: 'There's nothing to say about this. We, we need to leave quickly!'"

"She gestured to Liu Jinzhi, who hurriedly crawled over and grabbed Liu Sui'er."

"Li Kechuan also couldn't worry about anything else, supporting the wheelchair with both hands, intending to take Liu Sui'er away with Liu Qiongzhu to escape the Cui family first."

"But unexpectedly, Liu Sui'er's gaze shifted; she suddenly summoned all her strength, shoved Liu Qiongzhu and Liu Jinzhi aside, then crawled back to Li Kechuan's side and clung to his lone leg: 'Young Master, even if you want to kill me today, I must make things clear to you.'"

"Wasn't it because Sui'er looks exactly like your older sister that you took her in the first place?"

"Every night you hold Sui'er and indulge in pleasure, yet you constantly chant the name 'Zhu'er, Zhu'er'—isn't that your older sister's name?!!"

"Li Kechuan's whole face twisted, ugly and vicious like someone who'd had his pants ripped off—utterly humiliated: 'Shut up!'"

"He forcefully shook her off and kicked her away hard!"

"However, upon hearing those words, Liu Qiongzhu was so frightened she let out a low cry."

"She covered her mouth, staring at Li Kechuan in utter shock."

"She had long known her brother's feelings toward her weren't pure, after all, this was also the result of her years of deliberate cultivation."

"But she never imagined her brother would be unable to restrain himself to this extent, seeking someone who resembled her so closely—even her own blood‑related younger sister!"

"Just thinking that they had engaged in that illicit affair, while her brother chanted her own name, Liu Qiongzhu felt a wave of nausea……"

"She turned away and couldn't help retching."

"The Cui family, Ling Fengzi, and all the Daoists present: '!!!'"

"Each one was not only shocked to the heavens, but also wore a look of utter disdain."

"Liu Sui'er instinctively covered her abdomen."

"Because she wore thick winter clothing, to this day no one in the Liu family has noticed she is pregnant."

"Otherwise, she would have long been strangled or drowned by her father and her paternal father."

"But what she had been waiting for was precisely this day."

"Liu Sui'er whimpering, she cried: 'Young Master, I was sold to your Li family purely by fate's trickery, and ending up by your side was merely a coincidence.'"

"The fact that you named Sui'er 'Coral' is simply because your older sister's favorite jewel was coral—Sui'er understood that from the start."

"The Cui family exclaimed, 'Good heavens, even without blood ties, they've had over a decade of sibling relations—yet he harbors such base thoughts, even sleeping with her substitute and seeking pleasure night after night!'"

"If he loves that false younger sister so deeply, how could there ever be room for a proper wife in his heart!!?"

"Li Kechuan realized the matter could no longer be concealed."

"Liu Sui'er blurted out his petty secret in full, and today he must kill that wretch!"