Chapter 208: As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

Ah? Zhu Xiyu’s face instantly turned pale, panic-stricken and wishing she could find a hole to hide in. She hadn’t expected that everything she had done was actually seen by Dongfang Si.

Lei Qing was also slightly stunned, but then flew into a rage and shouted: “Dongfang Si, how dare you mention this matter again? If you hadn’t forcibly fed my Godmother the Desire Stimulating Pill, how would she have been controlled by the drug to lose her reason and lose control of herself?”

After speaking, Lei Qing turned his head and comforted the ashamed Zhu Xiyu, saying: “Godmother, please don’t mind the nonsense of this bitch Dongfang Si. This kind of Desire Stimulating Pill is overbearing and fierce; even a Holy Rank power house would find it hard to escape its control. Godmother, please do not feel guilty about this.”

Lei Qing’s words made Zhu Xiyu’s complexion look a little better, but she kept her head down, daring not to face Lei Qing.

“Godmother, why don’t we kill this bitch Dongfang Si to avoid future trouble?” Lei Qing suggested again. He had always been wary of Dongfang Si. A woman with such a venomous heart, cruel and sinister, would always be a scourge if left alive.

Dongfang Si’s expression changed slightly, revealing a look of jealousy and imbalance in her eyes. Feeling pent-up frustration in her heart, she said angrily: “Master, if you want to kill me, I have nothing to say. For a woman like me, toyed with and ravaged by fate, death might be a relief. However, I am so filled with hate. Why is it that Zhu Xiyu was born to be pampered and loved? Since childhood, she has lived a life of luxury, happy and carefree. She married Dongfang Cangqiong and captured his heart, while he discarded me like an old shoe. After you recognized her as your Godmother, you defended her everywhere. Yet you treat me worse than a pig or a dog, wanting to kill me whenever you please.”

Although Dongfang Si was influenced by various factors, and in her consciousness and soul held reverence and submission towards Lei Qing, this did not mean that her personality and feelings could be twisted.

Lei Qing looked at her deeply and slowly shook his head: “The bitter fruit you taste today all stems from your own heart. Instead of blaming heaven and others, you should ask yourself. Many things are mostly of your own making. I heard you say before that you and Dongfang Cangqiong were both born of concubines, and suffered endless bullying when you were young, which is why you pursued power and influence so desperately, stopping at nothing to achieve your goals. I ask you, you were small when you were bullied, right? Seven or eight years old? Just think, if a girl born of a concubine posed absolutely no threat to the family inheritance, and was well-behaved, beautiful, and pitiful, who would have the heart to bully her? Who would be so bored as to pick on her for no reason? Even if there was bullying, it was likely mostly in jest, right?”

Clearly, Dongfang Si did not agree with Lei Qing’s point of view. However, out of the awe she felt for Lei Qing in her heart, she did not refute him, but a stubborn look appeared on her face.

“Forget it, your character is twisted to this extent; it takes more than one cold day to freeze three feet of ice.” Lei Qing just shrugged his shoulders with a light laugh and said: “I, Lei Qing, grew up in an environment similar to yours; my parents were not by my side. Occasionally, there were conflicts and contradictions among the children, my Big Brother and sisters, which is perfectly normal. If I were like you, calculating every detail, bearing grudges over small conflicts, constantly harboring hostility towards my siblings around me, constantly resisting and conflicting with them… After suffering losses because of my background, if I had secretly sworn to rise above others, determined to fight for the position of Family Head, stopping at nothing, then the rest of my life, and the lives of my siblings, would have been filled with countless tragedies.”

“Hmph, Master, you make it sound easy. If one is bullied, should one just swallow one’s anger?” Dongfang Si said with a stubborn and angry look on her face: “Whoever bullies me, I will make them pay. Whoever makes me unhappy, I will make them a hundred times more unhappy. I must rise above everyone and trample everyone under my feet.”

“You have your strong, domineering, and vengeful personality. My Godmother also has her gentle, elegant, and kind personality.” Lei Qing said with a chuckle: “So, between the two of you, one is called the Poisonous Widow, and the other is called Little Guanyin. One makes people fear and tremble, while the other is widely loved and respected. The path was chosen by you, walked by you, and is the result of your own character. I can understand your choice, but please also learn to bear the fruit you have sown. You can’t be a whore and expect the world to put up a chastity arch for you, worshiping you from the bottom of their hearts, right? Although I don’t know Dongfang Cangqiong, I believe that his choice to choose my Godmother and abandon you is the result of the different seeds you each planted. I revere my Godmother, but I detest you, and that is perfectly reasonable. That is why I say, if you want to maintain your personality and way of doing things, don’t blame heaven or others.”

Lei Qing’s words not only plunged Dongfang Si into deep thought, but also surprised Zhu Xiyu extremely. When she raised her head again, the awkwardness and shame on her face had mostly dissipated. Looking at Lei Qing, she felt somewhat gratified. This child, Qing’er, has a good mindset. It seems that recognizing him as a godson was the most correct choice.

After a long while, Dongfang Si slowly came back to her senses. Her eyes regained much of their calmness as she said slowly: “You are right. I will bear the consequences I have planted myself. However, if Little Guanyin hadn’t intervened, Dongfang Cangqiong would not have abandoned me.”

“Sigh… Dongfang Si, you are a mother of two children, after all, and yet you are still so childish.” Lei Qing couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh: “Your personality and way of doing things had already made Dongfang Cangqiong very afraid of you; today’s fruit was planted long ago. You are right, if my Godmother hadn’t appeared, Dongfang Cangqiong would have continued to endure. But, without Little Guanyin in this world, there might not necessarily be no Jade Guanyin or Big Guanyin. Your Big Brother Dongfang Cangqiong would have taken that step sooner or later. Furthermore, if my Godmother hadn’t appeared. What if you and Dongfang Cangqiong had achieved a false union, or secretly got together? When your Big Brother meets someone he truly loves, or simply can’t stand you anymore, the consequences would be even worse than now. Either Dongfang Cangqiong kills you, or you kill Dongfang Cangqiong.”

Dongfang Si’s face was pale, and she trembled violently. Her stubborn eyes seemed filled with disheartenment and pain, and tears flowed uncontrollably: “Is it really true that one reaps what one sows? Was the ending between him and me destined to be a tragedy from the start? Is Dongfang Cangqiong really such a heartless and unrighteous person? I did so much for him, sacrificed so much. How could he, how could he treat me like this? Is there nothing I can do to make things right?”

The dragon might of the Azure Dragon Pendant and Lei Qing’s coincidental methods only made Dongfang Si feel awe and dare not disobey him. But they could not erase her memories and feelings for Dongfang Cangqiong.

Lei Qing also let out a faint sigh when he saw this. The matter between Dongfang Cangqiong and Dongfang Si could serve as a warning to him. However, to be honest, Lei Qing somewhat looked down on Dongfang Cangqiong in his bones. If he truly cared about his sister, he would never have married her into the Zhen Family for the sake of power and goals, bringing disaster upon the Zhen Family.

And if he truly cared about his Godmother and wanted her as a lifelong partner, he should have resolved the problem with Dongfang Si sooner, instead of maintaining an ambiguous connection until he was forced by his sister to a point of no return, only then secretly confronting Dongfang Si, causing a huge mess and leaving a rotten situation behind. He even almost implicated his Godmother and Lei Qing into the deepest hell.

In the final analysis, that Dongfang Cangqiong was the real instigator of this matter. Whether it was chasing ambition, power, or seeking his own true feelings and spiritual comfort after success, these things harmed his sister and his Godmother. They also harmed many innocent people.

Of course, out of respect for his Godmother, Lei Qing did not directly curse Dongfang Cangqiong. He just decided in his heart to only acknowledge this Godmother and completely ignore that so-called cheap Godfather.

“Si’er, let it go.” Zhu Xiyu also shed two lines of clear tears. She grabbed Dongfang Si’s hand with sympathy and pity, and said softly: “Just pretend you have died once. Let everything in the past go with the wind. You are already at the Holy Rank, and have two or three hundred years to live. If you can start over, your future will definitely be very happy.”

Dongfang Si wanted to shake off her hand and scold Zhu Xiyu. But seeing the gentleness and sincerity in Zhu Xiyu’s eyes, she very rarely held back the vicious words on the tip of her tongue.

Perhaps Lei Qing’s words had given her many insights, or perhaps she was indeed tired of hating. But more likely, she felt that Zhu Xiyu was truly different from herself.

“This is a Little Rejuvenation Pill; perhaps it will be of some help to your damaged Qi Sea.” Zhu Xiyu took out a pill from her Storage Space and handed it to her, saying: “After you take the pill, have a good rest. Don’t think too much.”

Lei Qing didn’t expect his Godmother to do this, and his expression changed slightly: “Godmother, this…”

“Qing’er, I understand what you mean.” Zhu Xiyu wiped her tears and forced a smile: “Si’er is indeed at fault, but this time she did not cause irreparable consequences. Also, I believe she is not a heartless person. If she were truly heartless, why would she torture herself so? Why would she do so many extreme things? It was Cang, it was Dongfang Cangqiong who let her down and ruined her life. No matter what, I am Dongfang Cangqiong’s wife. The sins he committed, I must help him repay some.”

Dongfang Si held the Little Rejuvenation Pill with trembling hands. She knew that this Little Rejuvenation Pill would be extremely helpful for her injuries. Although a Holy Rank powerhouse had a terrifyingly powerful constitution, and her damaged Qi Sea and spine would eventually recover gradually, without timely treatment, such injuries would still cause some permanent trauma, affecting her strength and body.

It seemed as if it was only at this moment that she truly felt the breadth of mind and gentleness of Little Guanyin, Zhu Xiyu.

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