Chapter 99 Impervious to Rain, Wind, or Shine (1/2)

Even though the little girl was covered in dirt, her eyes were akin to the stars in the night sky. They were bright and pure.

The little girl stared at Shen Lian. ”Brother, are you one of the bad people who came to catch Yinyin? Please don’t eat me! Yinyin is very dirty,” she spoke in fear.

Shen Lian should have laughed, but he could not. The little girl had brows and eyes that were similar to that of Shen Ruoxi, or rather, that of him. They both had nice and exquisite features.

Shen Lian bowed and extended his hand, the little girl who was still in fear holding on to Shen Lian’s hand.

Shen Lian spoke gently to her, ”Brother isn’t a bad person, and how did you get here?” It was as though his words were magical, or rather; the sharp instinct of a child told her that it was safe to trust him.

”Uncle Bai brought me here.”

”Where is he now?”

”A lot of bad people are trying to catch Yinyin, and Uncle Bai said he was going to lure them away, but he never return,” the little girl spoke. ”Brother, can you go look for Uncle Bai?” She tugged on his hand as she pleaded with him.

She knew that Shen Lian was not one of the people who came to capture her.

Shen Lian brushed aside the strand of hair on her forehead, and he sighed.

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He found out who the little girl was. Back then, Shen Ruoxi got married to Qing He Jun Wang. The richest family in the northwest, the Shen family would naturally be on the same boat as Qing He Jun Wang.

This was not Old Master Shen’s idea, as he passed away in the winter a year after Shen Lian had left. The impressive man who started from scratch and had amassed much fortune succumbed to old age. All these great achievements in his life, and yet he could not bring even half of it away.

He was not considered as a good person because not all of the Shen family’s money was clean. They were stained with blood. He could not even be considered as a good father. However, in the period of time shortly before he passed away, he frequented An Inn. He sat in the room Shen Lian used to live in, and that was where he died too.

Maybe Shen Lian was the reason why, or maybe it was Shen Lian’s mother – his daughter who died young.

Twelve years ago, Shen Ruoxi was married to Qing He Jun Wang. Seven years later, she was pregnant with the little girl, but she died in labor. She was Qing He Jun Wang’s only daughter. Due to the Shen family, Qing He Jun Wang loved Shen Ruoxi dearly, as they were his wallet.

After that, Qing He Jun Wang plotted a rebellion. When he lost, he retreated to the State of Qing. However, he did not manage to control the rebel army that rebelled along with him. Before the army even got to the State Capital of Qing, he was beheaded by his subordinate. Everyone in the Shen family shared the same fate, and the little girl who was saved by Bai Yufei was the sole survivor.

Bei Yufei was one of the few people who had insider news about the Shen family. Besides Shen Lian, the little girl was the last descendant of the Shen family.

Shen Lian found out about all these when he rescued the gravely-injured Bai Yufei. Shen Lian nursed Bai Yufei’s wound as well.

Bai Yufei could finally rest easy knowing that Shen Lian was the one who found the little girl. He knew that he did not have a chance in Celestialism, and wanted to just spend the rest of his life in peace and quiet. Hence, he decided not to stay with Shen Lian, and bade him farewell. He planned to start afresh at a new place, where he would spend the rest of his life.

The night Bai Yufei left, Shen Lian hunted down the subordinate who betrayed his master for personal gains. He was also the one who instructed the rebel army to kill off everyone in the Shen family.

What Shen Lian did, it did not make him feel better. However, killing more people who were involved in the incident would not do any good either.

The little girl’s name was Ruoxi, same as her mother, Shen Ruoxi.

Young Ruoxi did not understand why she must address Shen Lian as her uncle and insisted on addressing him as Shen Lian brother.

Uncle Bai said that so long as she stayed with to brother, no one would dare to come and capture her. However, she still missed her Lord Father, her grandfather, and her grandmother.

Uncle Bai claimed that brother was a Celestial, so she begged him to bring her to her Lord Father, because they had all gone to someplace far away that they could never return from.

However, brother said he could not do it. But was he not a Celestial? Celestials could fly like birds and they could go anywhere they wanted to.