Chapter 433: Shen Chuxue
Yu Luo’s smile gradually faded, her gaze turning cold, laced with a hint of murderous intent.
Chen shuddered as she watched Yu Luo’s sudden change in expression, a wave of fear surging uncontrollably within her.
She knew that Yu Luo was not one to make empty threats—if she said it, she would do it.
The memory of being strung up on the city wall, which had become a living target for Yu Luo’s archery practice, once again replayed in her mind like a nightmare.
That feeling of teetering on the edge of death—Chen never wanted to experience it a second time in her life!
“W-what do you want to ask?”
Desperate to avoid suffering again, Chen trembled and blurted out her words.
This reaction took Chang Huilan by surprise.
Even after being exiled and suffering multiple times at Yu Luo’s hands, Chen had never given in so easily. But today, she was visibly afraid.
That deep-seated fear, instinctively revealed from her very bones, was impossible to hide.
Thinking back to the stories her son had told upon his return, Chang Huilan had never been able to truly imagine what he had witnessed.
But at this moment, she felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, as if the years of oppression she had endured under Chen were now being repaid—thanks to Yu Luo.
Even Yu Luo and Yu Haojie were slightly surprised by Chen’s reaction.
They had expected to use some force, make her suffer a little before she would obediently spill the truth. But to their surprise, this cowardly woman was frightened far more easily than they had anticipated.
“What exactly happened to my mother back then?”
Yu Haojie asked bluntly, wasting no time on pleasantries.
Chen seemed caught off guard, as if she hadn’t expected Yu Luo and Yu Haojie to come all this way just to ask about that.
She hesitated for about two seconds before finally speaking.
“You should remember, shouldn’t you? When she died of illness, didn’t you already know?”
Chen countered with a question of her own, making Yu Haojie’s expression darken.
In the original memories of this body, his biological mother had passed away without him even seeing her one last time. He had only heard about it from the servants.
But Yu Haojie never believed it.
That night, on the road to exile, when they had ambushed the guards, he still remembered Chen’s frightened slip of the tongue.
“Chen, do you still remember what you blurted out that night when we killed the guards?”
Yu Haojie coldly reminded her, and Chen’s already timid expression grew even more panicked!
Of course, she remembered.
Looking back on that night, she regretted it deeply!
But… could she simply make something up and fool this father and daughter pair?
As the thought crossed her mind, Chen slightly lifted her chin before lowering it again, avoiding direct eye contact with them.
“Chen, I advise you to think carefully before you speak. So many years have passed, but if you’re smart, you should know what’s truly important. If you dare lie to me, I won’t hesitate to string you up on the city gate for ten hours a day. And don’t worry—I won’t let you die too easily.”
Yu Luo’s threat made Chen freeze.
The mere thought of being strung up on the city gate again made her heart skip a beat!
“N-no, I have no reason to lie. After all, it’s been so many years.”
“Then start talking. What exactly do you know?”
Yu Haojie pressed on, unwilling to waste any more time.
“She… she wasn’t from Lan Yue Dynasty. When your father went to war and was wounded, he happened to be found by your concubine mother. She saved him and initially wanted to take him as a son-in-law. But with your father’s status, how could that be possible? The truth is… she didn’t die. She ran away from the Guoan Marquis Manor. It was only to save face for your father that he declared her dead.”
Yu Luo!
Yu Haojie!
Hearing this, both Yu Luo and Yu Haojie remained skeptical.
They doubted at least ninety percent of what Chen was saying. But even so, these claims could be verified!
Yu Haojie felt a surge of emotion.
Even though he was not the original soul of this body, knowing that the original host’s biological mother might still be alive filled him with excitement.
“If she wasn’t from Lan Yue Dynasty, then where was she from? Did Yu Hui send people to search for her after she left?”
Yu Luo not only wanted to know her grandmother’s identity, but also how that old scumbag Yu Hui had driven her to the point of abandoning both her son and the household.
But then again, if her grandmother was still alive, she must have been truly ruthless—to never return, never even check on her son after all these years.
How many mothers in the world could be so cold-hearted?
“She was from the Northern Kingdom. I don’t know the exact details, but from the way she carried herself, she definitely wasn’t from a small family. Maybe she just couldn’t bear being a concubine and chose to leave.”
“Hah! Couldn’t bear being a concubine? Chen, you really know how to make yourself sound innocent. Already thinking of shifting the blame, huh? Do you think we don’t know what kind of ruthless woman was the matriarch of the Yu family? We lived in the Marquis Manor for years—don’t you think we know exactly what happened? Wasn’t it you who schemed, plotted, and forced her to leave? Saying it so casually! Once I find my grandmother, I’ll ask her myself.”
Hearing Chen’s excuses, Yu Luo scoffed mockingly, making sure to issue a final warning.
Chen had words on the tip of her tongue, ready to argue, but at the last second, she swallowed them down.
She knew she was no match for this father and daughter.
Chen: Finding that woman won’t be easy. So many years have passed—she’s probably dead by now. Do they really think they can find her?
“Father, do you remember your mother’s name?”
Recalling that Yu Haojie had been very young back then, Yu Luo asked cautiously.
“I don’t remember.”
“Her name was Shen Chuxue.”
Yu Haojie gave an honest answer, but before he could finish, Chen blurted out the name.
She was so quick to say it that Yu Luo couldn’t help but doubt its authenticity.
“It sounds vaguely familiar. The servants always addressed her as ‘Madam,’ but I remember Yu Hui calling her by a name that had the character ‘Xue’ in it.”
As Yu Haojie drew on his memories, certain fragmented images surfaced in his mind, fading Yu Luo’s suspicions.
“Alright then. We’ll leave it at this for today. But if I find out that you were the one who forced my grandmother out, or if there are other hidden secrets, I’ll come back to settle the score. Looking at you now, you seem close to death already. Make sure you stay alive—I’ll be back for you. Don’t you dare die too soon.”
With that, Yu Luo didn’t waste another glance at anyone in the cave. She and Yu Haojie turned around and walked out, using their flying kungfu to disappear into the distance.
They came and went like the wind, leaving behind a tense, suffocating atmosphere in the cave. But the moment they left, the heavy pressure lifted.
(End of Chapter 433)
