The hoarse voice echoed in the empty cave. Su Xiaoliu was full of doubts. Was he saying that she looked like her elder sister?
After a while, the old valley master smiled, his beard twitching slightly. He looked at Su Xiaoliu and said, "Why did you marry him?"
Su Xiaoliu was stunned for a moment. After reacting, she understood who he was referring to. She subconsciously glanced at Feng Yufei, then turned her head and said angrily, "I didn't marry him."
The old valley master just smiled without saying a word. Feng Yufei seemed to give Su Xiaoliu a resentful look. Then his pleasant voice sounded faintly, "My lady just forgot. Now she still says so in front of father. She is really heartless to the extreme..."
Su Xiaoliu turned her head away awkwardly. She saw the old valley master smiling half - heartedly. He seemed to glance at Feng Yufei. The two exchanged a look. The sad expression on Feng Yufei's face gradually faded, and the corner of his mouth curled into a smile, but there was no trace of amusement in his eyes. Instead, there was a hint of cold mockery.
"Are you afraid of me?" the old valley master looked at Su Xiaoliu and suddenly said.
Su Xiaoliu was slightly startled. She moved her lips, trying to smile but not quite succeeding. She didn't expect that her emotions had been seen through so clearly.
She looked up at the old valley master and said with a smile, "The old valley master loves to joke. You are not a flood or a wild beast. How could I be afraid of you?"
The old valley master looked at Su Xiaoliu for a long time. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "An old man who has been isolated from the world for so many years. Anyone would be afraid of him, right?"
Hearing this, Su Xiaoliu involuntarily glanced at Feng Yufei. She saw that he still had a smiling face and didn't say a word.
He could still smile. Locking his own father up here for twenty years. Was this something a son could do?
Thinking of this, Su Xiaoliu couldn't help feeling a bit of sympathy for the old valley master in front of her. The old valley master was not really old, but he gave people a sense of desolation of being isolated from the world. Behind this desolation was vicissitude.
"Father, I brought Xiaoliu here just to let her recognize her kin. I don't want her to think that I have no relatives," Feng Yufei said with a faint smile, as casually as if he were saying something very ordinary.
Anyone who heard this would feel a bit of sarcasm in it. Su Xiaoliu was not a fool. Naturally, she could sense the feud and disharmony between Feng Yufei and the old valley master. She forced a smile and didn't know what to say to ease the atmosphere.
The old valley master ignored what he said. He just looked at Su Xiaoliu and smiled faintly without saying a word.
Su Xiaoliu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the old valley master was not as terrible as she had imagined.
She sized up Feng Yufei several times. She didn't know what exactly had happened between him and the old valley master. She always felt that he hated the old valley master. Otherwise, he wouldn't even say a word of concern. After bringing her here, he just acted like a bystander.
"Is it a sunny day today?" the old valley master looked at Su Xiaoliu and asked in a low voice.
Su Xiaoliu was stunned at first, then came to her senses. She nodded. Thinking of the morning light outside the window before, she said, "It is a sunny day."
The old valley master smiled slightly and nodded.
Su Xiaoliu looked at the old valley master. Suddenly, she felt a bit sad. She just thought he was very pathetic. Not even a single bird could fly into this cave, let alone the sunlight.
After a while, no one said a word.
Su Xiaoliu looked up at Feng Yufei. She saw that he was smiling faintly. After thinking for a while, she said, "Let your father go." Su Xiaoliu always respected the elderly. Naturally, she couldn't bear to see such a scene.
The old valley master gave a low laugh but didn't say a word.
Feng Yufei's smile froze. He lowered his head and looked at Su Xiaoliu. He smiled and said, "Are you so sure that I will listen to you?"
Su Xiaoliu was stunned. She looked at him quietly and whispered, "Anyway, he is your father, your kin."
Feng Yufei looked at her and smiled with his lips curved. His phoenix eyes were charming. He said, "Father? Kin?"
Su Xiaoliu frowned. She tightened her sleeves and couldn't help raising her voice. She looked straight at him and said, "Feng Yufei, why are you so heartless? Don't you have a heart?"
Feng Yufei was slightly startled. He laughed, with a touch of sadness in his laughter. He said, "Yes, heartless."
"There's no point in going out. Forget it. I'll just stay here," the old valley master glanced at Su Xiaoliu and didn't have too many expectations.
Su Xiaoliu lowered her head. After a while, she looked up at Feng Yufei. Summoning up her courage, she gritted her teeth and said, "If you let him go, I'll let you do whatever you want to me. I won't complain."
Feng Yufei was stunned. He looked at her and suddenly laughed foolishly. There seemed to be a bit of annoyance on his extremely beautiful and coquettish face. He said, "What use do I have for you?"
Su Xiaoliu stood there stiffly. She stared blankly at Feng Yufei. Her heart instantly felt like it had been doused with cold water. It was so cold that she wanted to shiver.
Seeing her almond eyes tremble slightly and her face looking a bit ugly, a trace of regret flashed in Feng Yufei's phoenix eyes. He lowered his eyes and said, "If I didn't want to keep him here, I would have let him go long ago."
Su Xiaoliu bit her lower lip. A trace of shame and annoyance flashed across her face. She turned around and was about to walk back. She only felt her face burning hot, as if she had been slapped.
She miscalculated again. Those who were kind to her were dead. Chu Weixin was just playing around. She couldn't rely on her elder sister either. Apart from Zhong Fengyue, no one else would be willing to protect her. Feng Yufei said such nice words, but in the end, she still couldn't figure him out. It was as if she was being self - amorous. She was even more laughable than the resentful woman in the storyteller's mouth. Who was wrong? Was it her?
"Where are you going?" Feng Yufei turned around and looked at her back as she walked forward in a hurry. A trace of panic suddenly flashed across his face.
His long fingers tightened, as if they were about to dig into his flesh. He looked at her and only felt that she was walking farther and farther away. If she walked a bit further, she would disappear completely.
Su Xiaoliu pretended not to hear and continued walking. When she reached the wide - open stone door, she lowered her head and was about to walk out.
Suddenly, there was a sound of silk tearing behind her, accompanied by a muffled groan. Su Xiaoliu stopped in her tracks. She suddenly turned her head. She saw that Feng Yufei, who was close to the old valley master, had his chest firmly grasped. Blood was flowing down the veiny hand, which was extremely shocking. Su Xiaoliu's almond eyes widened. She looked up along that hand. The old valley master with his disheveled hair had red eyes at the moment. He was like a crazy demon who had lost his mind, exuding a chilling aura.
Feng Yufei still smiled faintly, his red lips slightly curved. But the fine sweat on his forehead couldn't hide his pain. The phoenix mark on his forehead was shining brightly. His crimson robe trailed on the ground, and his white undergarment was quickly soaked with blood.
Su Xiaoliu shouted in a hoarse voice, "Feng Yufei!" She grabbed her silk skirt and ran towards him in a panic. It was her kindness that had harmed him. Endless fear quickly surrounded her, making it hard for her to breathe.
She felt around on her body and only found the silver hairpin that Zhong Fengyue had given her. She gritted her teeth, summoned up her courage, and stabbed it hard at the hand that was grasping Feng Yufei's chest.
Feeling the pain in his hand, the old valley master tightened his grip first. Feng Yufei couldn't smile anymore. A trace of pain flashed in his charming phoenix eyes. Big beads of sweat rolled down his slightly pointed chin.