Episode 28: Gu's Dilemma

  "Bang!"

  "Spare my life, young master! Spare my life, young master! Spare my life, young master........."

  Just as Duan Yue turned his gaze, the "noble manager"'s scalp suddenly burst open. At this moment, he couldn't care about anything else. With a "thud", he knelt down on the ground, fiercely knocking his head like pounding garlic, while continuously begging for mercy, his entire body trembling violently.

  Duan Yue gazed at him quietly, the smile on his face seemed even more joyful, but the murderous aura between his eyebrows did not disperse in the slightest due to the other's plea for mercy.

  "What happened today, apart from the people present, I don't want anyone else to know. Once I hear any rumors, I won't care who leaked it out. All of you, including your family members, I won't let a single person off." After saying that, Duan Yue turned around and walked towards his mother, Duan Yun, who had a similar stunned expression.

  The last rays of the sunset finally fell, a gentle breeze blew by, but everyone present clearly felt that this gentle breeze was even more chilling than the biting cold wind on a winter's day. Looking at Duan Yue's figure, an unprecedented sense of fear spread across everyone's hearts.

  "Mother, it's getting late, let's go back."

  Duan Yue's voice rose softly, completely devoid of the coldness, murderous intent and overbearing aura from just now, instead sounding like a child with a hint of childishness begging his mother.

  Duan Yi stared blankly at Duan Yue, her eyes shimmering with an indescribable color, a strand of crystal tears involuntarily welling up and swirling in the corners of her eyes.

  "Mother, don't worry, from now on, no one can bully you anymore. You protected me for 16 years, and now I've grown up, so let me protect you from now on."

  Duan Yue's slightly immature face was full of determination, while the tears in Duan Yun's eyes finally overflowed from the corners of her eyes and fell slowly to the ground...

  These sixteen years of longing, these sixteen years of hardship, and the humiliation and injustice suffered over these sixteen years...... When I heard this sentence, everything seemed to disappear, leaving only that tender face full of determination, warmth, and happiness.

  "Mom, let's go..."

  Duan Yue's face floated with a faint smile, supporting Duan Yun who was crying like a child, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally stayed on the "noble manager" for a moment, then slowly walked towards the secluded courtyard where he lived.

  "Ah!"

  It wasn't until the figures of Duan Yu and his mother disappeared from view that the crowd felt an unprecedented sense of relief, as if they had just put down a thousand-pound burden on their shoulders, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

  "Guī guǎn shì" slowly raised his head, looking in the direction where Duān Yuè had disappeared. Despite being in charge of the estate's fur trade for nearly ten years, he couldn't help but feel a strange and inexplicable fear deep within his heart.

  In that one glance, he clearly saw the dense killing intent hidden beneath Duan Yue's calm and peaceful eyes. Having witnessed the scene of Duan Yue getting rid of the maid Qing'er, he had no doubt that if he had hesitated for a moment when seeking pardon, he would have likely ended up like that maid Qing'er!

  Thinking of this, 'Guipangu' couldn't help but turn his head to take a glance at the two cold corpses on the ground. In that instant, he felt his heart fiercely thumping several times...

  "At the age of seven, he was recognized by a congenital master in his family as being unable to condense true energy and enter the realm of acquired martial arts. More than two months ago, he was expelled from the main line of the family at the adult ceremony, and then he was rejected by Snow Family's genius girl Xue Fei, and his only cultivation on his body was abolished. Over a month ago, he came to Heishi City Branch Manor, encountered an unknown attack, seriously injured and dying..."

  In his mind, the past of Duan Yue flashed by quickly, but no matter what, "Gu Zhang" couldn't connect the useless person in his memories with the current Duan Yue.

  "A month ago, he was still seriously injured and on the verge of death. A month later, not only has his injury healed, but he also possesses such astonishing strength. Is it that his innate talent is so high that it's reached this terrifying level? Or is it that from the very beginning, he had been deceiving everyone..."

  For a moment, the 'noble manager' fell into deep thought, his eyes flashing with light, and his facial expression was also unpredictable.

  "Expensive... expensive management... what should we do next?"

  Next to him, a woman in her thirties or forties walked forward, with a hint of fear still on her face, and asked the manager in a low voice.

  The steward was stunned upon hearing the words, as if struck by lightning. He trembled suddenly and only then came back to his senses. A bitter smile flashed across his face, he took a few deep breaths, slightly calming down his fearful emotions. With a hint of hatred in his eyes, he looked at the already cold corpse of Qing'er, the maid, his face twitching as he said harshly: "The person is dead, what else can be done? Find a bag to put her in and throw it into the wilderness outside the city to feed the monsters!"

  It's no wonder that Guan Shi would resent her, because of her, he himself was almost killed at the Ghost Gate today. Originally, this Guan Shi was in charge of the fur trade within the manor, and 20 taels of silver were nothing to him. However, this maid Qing Er insisted that she had received orders from Duan Heng Shao Ye to deal with Duan Yue's mother, Duan Yun. Although Guan Shi also had a six-layered cultivation base, he was already approaching 30 years old and had no potential left, so he naturally didn't dare offend one of the three main candidates for the position of family heir, Duan Heng. That's why he had to put on that show earlier. But what he never expected was that because of this matter, he would actually provoke someone who was ten times, or even a hundred times more terrifying than Duan Heng.

  After finishing, his gaze swept around the maids with a sinister look and said in a stern voice: "You all heard what Young Master Yue just said. Now I'll say it too - anything related to Young Master Yue today, whoever dares to leak out even half a word, doesn't need Young Master Yue to take action, I won't let you off!"

  Yes, yes.........

  At the words, a group of maidservants suddenly trembled all over, nervously responding in unison. Perhaps they had once been favored too, but without innate talent for cultivation, after growing old and losing their beauty, they were ruthlessly discarded. Without any backing, they could only learn to obey and accept their fate in order to maintain a stable life...

  "Hum! You'd better not be hypocritical with me, or else..."

  The butler let out a cold snort and immediately began to instruct the maids on the scene to clean up the body, wash away the bloodstains and signs of struggle on the ground. Of course, he didn't need to do it himself. At this moment, after his initial fear had passed, he began to think for himself.

  Thinking of Duan Yue's gaze when he left, the face of the noble steward couldn't help but reveal a hint of bitter smile. Although Duan Yue didn't kill him just now, he also didn't let him off the hook.

  The power struggle within the family, although there is no visible sword and shadow on the surface, but in fact it is not much lighter than the danger on the battlefield. Moreover, compared to the open swords and guns on the battlefield, the dark conspiracy and intrigue are actually more terrifying.

  Although he was just a small figure, Guizang had always been trying to avoid getting involved in the family's internal struggles, lest he become someone else's pawn and lose his life for nothing. After all, even within this small Blackstone Castle branch estate, the struggle had never ceased.

  But this time he had no choice but to take sides, because he wasn't a fool, so he understood the look in Duan Yue's eyes.

  Two choices: either be loyal or die!

  There is no other choice, nor is there a third way out.

  Because he had seen Duan Yu's strength and knew his secret, if it wasn't for his own people, then only the dead could keep secrets.

  However, thinking again, Duan Yue is only 16 years old now and has such a strong strength. The future achievements can be said to be immeasurable. Maybe this is also a correct choice...

  The steward rubbed his chin, and suddenly his mind was active: among the new batch of maids recently recruited to the manor, there was a pair of twin sisters who looked not bad, diligent, obedient, and most importantly, they were quite good-looking...

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