NOVPUBTao Hua was startled by her sudden reaction. “What’s wrong?”
Shen Roujia turned slightly, clearly still trapped in her own fixed way of thinking. How could Gu Zhi have such an identity outside the story’s main plot?
It was likely that this hidden aspect, even Gu Zhi herself didn’t know about.
Realizing this, Shen Roujia couldn’t help but shake her head.
“Nothing, go on. Why hasn’t she been seen recently?”
Tao Hua sighed slowly, “The Gu Clan is matriarchal, and every young leader dies before the age of eighteen.”
“Wu Yue is already seventeen.”
“They endure things vastly different from us. They grow up living with poisonous creatures. Especially the young leaders—they suffer more, enduring greater hardships than others.”
Hearing this, Shen Roujia fell silent. A’Yue had made a beautiful promise to Yong Gui, but someone like her would never break a promise. Perhaps something had happened to prevent her from keeping it.
Shen Roujia asked, “Have you seen her recently?”
Noticing the evasiveness in Tao Hua’s eyes, Shen Roujia’s heart sank.
“Wu Yue broke her clan’s taboo and used their methods to cure the smallpox in the Northern City. Not only did it damage her vitality, but she was also severely punished. She... she made me promise not to tell that monk.”
Shen Roujia choked up, “Is she still at Glamourous Pavilion?”
