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If she were to allow a vengeful ghost to harm a living person right under her nose, then all her twelve years of Taoist cultivation would have been for nothing.

My hand suddenly froze.

Chu Lingyun gently took her hand.

In the dim light, he gently shook his head at Yin Liuli, signaling with his eyes for her to calm down.

"Senior Brother?"

Yin Liuli frowned in confusion.

Sun Rong's sharp claws were already in front of Gu Fanghan.

Gu Fanghan stood motionless, her face upturned to the sky.

His tear-streaked face wore a helpless, bitter smile as he gazed longingly at Sun Rong.

Yin Liuli was secretly alarmed for him.

If Sun Rong's ghost claw were to pass right through Gu Fanghan's chest, he would surely die.

Even if the Emperor himself came, he wouldn't be allowed to live.

But in that instant, the scene seemed to freeze.

Sun Rong's face was contorted with rage, her demonic claws barely stopping in front of Gu Fanghan's chest. A fraction more and they would have pierced into his body.

The air seemed to thicken, making it hard to breathe.

"Why...why didn't you dodge?"

Sun Rong's hoarse voice began to tremble.

Gu Fanghan shook her head and said softly,

"Kill me. If it can quell your resentment, then Brother Fang Han will die without regret."

Sun Rong's ferocious face was filled with disbelief.

"Xiao Rong..."

Gu Fanghan raised his hand and gently stroked her head, choking back tears as he said, "Brother Fanghan, when have I ever lied to you? Brother Fanghan promised that he would never lie to you in this lifetime..."

He couldn't touch the physical object; he only felt a chilling, cold aura beneath his palm.

The air suddenly became still.

Suddenly, a tear of blood streamed from Sun Rong's crimson eyes.

"Brother Fang Han..."

Her body, which had been suspended in mid-air, slowly fell down and stood in front of Gu Fanghan, choking back tears.

"How could you be so stupid? I really...I'll kill you!"

Yin Liuli saw that the dense malevolent aura surrounding her had dissipated by more than half.

"Senior Brother, how did you know...?"

Yin Liuli was stunned for the first time. She quietly tugged at Chu Lingyun's sleeve and asked in bewilderment, "How do you know Sun Rong didn't really intend to kill Uncle Gu?"

Chu Lingyun smiled bitterly, took Yin Liuli's hand, and gently wrote the character "情" (love) in her palm.

Sun Rong loved Gu Fanghan but couldn't have him, but she truly loved him.

In her heart, nothing was more important than the person she loved.

Isn't that the same mindset he has?

His junior sister, whom he had loved for twelve years, was about to get married. He didn't hate his junior sister, but only hated his own powerlessness. He vowed to protect her silently for the rest of his life.

"Senior Brother, you're amazing!"

Yin Liuli understood and couldn't help but praise, "I really don't know where you learned that. I had no idea."

Chu Lingyun smiled helplessly.

You are naturally innocent and see everything clearly, acting on your own whims, so you will never understand.

"Xiao Rong! I'm glad you believe me."

Gu Fanghan gently shook her head, tears streaming down her face.

"I did write you a letter back then, but I wrote to apologize to you. I told you to forget me, find someone who will love and protect you, and grow old with him."

Why are you so stubborn...?

Sun Rong stared blankly at him, a look of disbelief on her face.

"The letter you gave me was completely different... Brother Fang Han, how could this be?"

"Uncle Gu's letter must have been switched."

Yin Liuli frowned and said, "That person used his handwriting to write letters to humiliate and coerce you. Without even knowing the truth, you fell for their trick and took poison. How stupid!"

Sun Rong's body trembled violently, and she cried out in pain.

"How could I know! When I read those letters back then, I was already utterly despondent."

Later, someone spread the word about me, and the entire capital mocked and belittled me. I became the laughingstock of the whole city!

"Later, my father and mother couldn't stand the rumors anymore. They both despised me and blamed me for bringing shame to the Sun family. I really couldn't go on living like this..."

Listening to her sobs, Gu Fanghan burst into tears, her heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

"Xiao Rong, you've suffered so much..."

Sun Rong looked up into his eyes and said slowly,

"Brother Fang Han, do you know who let those vile words spread throughout the entire capital?"

Gu Fanghan's heart suddenly tightened. "Who...who is it?"

A chilling sneer appeared on Sun Rong's face.

"It was your wife, Princess Chengyi! I only found out later that she was resentful that you still cared about me, so she had someone ruin my reputation!"

Now it seems that the person who secretly switched your letters must have been your dear princess!

Gu Fanghan felt as if a knife had been plunged into her heart.

"No, no... Ah Yi is a bit spoiled, but she..."

He suddenly lost his voice.

Anger surged again in Sun Rong's dim eyes.

"She wouldn't? Brother Fang Han, do you know what she did to me, and even more unbelievable things!"

"Xiao Rong..."

Gu Fanghan staggered back a few steps, but fortunately Chu Lingyun caught him so he didn't fall to the ground.

Sun Rong pressed closer, a cold smile on her face.

"Do you even know why I'm thinking about this? It's because your Princess Chengyi ordered my capture."

She sat high on the phoenix couch, looking down at me, humiliating me to the extreme…

Sun Rong closed her eyes in anguish, unable to say anything more.

The past events flashed before my eyes, and Cheng Yi's arrogant and domineering face reappeared.

"Miss Sun, do you think you're worthy to compete with me for my husband?"

"Don't put on that miserable look, it's disgusting!"

"Do you think Fang Han ever liked you? He told me himself that you two were just childhood friends, and he never had any feelings for you..."

"Your reputation is ruined now. Forget Fang Han, even if you offered yourself up, I doubt anyone would want you..."

……

Cheng Yi humiliated her and then let her go back.

Back at the mansion, Sun Rong hid herself in the closet, curled up, and cried for a whole day and night.

Not a single person in the entire Sun household came to comfort her when she was like this.

Sun Rong also heard her mother enter the room, and seeing her mother's expression, she said with exasperation, "You're such a disappointment."

"You're such a disgrace! I've wasted my time raising you!"

Her two maids were also whispering outside the door.

"Is Miss so desperate for a man? Even Young Master Gu doesn't want her anymore, and she's already running back to him. If she comes back, Madam will scold us!"

"Miss is now a laughingstock in the entire capital, despised by everyone. If we follow her, will we ever have a chance to rise again?"

"Forget it, I'll just have to find a chance to beg the madam later to let me serve in another room... It's better than suffering here!"

……

These words were like sharp knives, stabbing Sun Rong mercilessly.

She came out of the closet, sat in front of the dressing table, tidied herself up briefly, and then took out a box of cinnabar from the drawer.

She had someone buy this box of high-purity cinnabar so that she could mix it with ink for Fang Han to use when writing Spring Festival couplets.

She put the bright red cinnabar into her mouth and swallowed it down with a half-cup of cold tea on the table.

……

"Later, it felt like a knife was cutting my stomach open, it hurt so much..."

Sun Rong lowered her head, two lines of bloody tears streaming from her eyes, and said softly,

"It really hurts, Gu Fanghan! I called your name countless times, hoping you would come to save me, but you didn't."

"I struggled for a long, long time, and suddenly, I saw myself on the bed... and that's how I ended up like this."

She suddenly raised her head.