novelraw Chapter 429: From now on, you’re my real sister! 1
Chapter 429: From now on, you’re my real sister! 1
She said irritably, "Crown Prince Lisao doesn’t like Ye Siyuan at all."
"If he doesn’t like her, why would he go to celebrate Si Yuan’s birthday?" Si Mingjing casually remarked.
Bai Qingshui emphasized repeatedly, "That was to investigate the real culprit behind the assassination attempt on him!"
Si Mingjing’s eyes gleamed with cunning as she added, "He even asked my aunt to act as a matchmaker for him. You can ask her if you don’t believe me."
"I don’t believe it!"
Bai Qingshui actually called Bai Danfeng.
After learning the truth from Bai Danfeng, her whole head buzzed, thunder roared in her mind, and she felt as if she’d been struck by lightning.
Bai Qingshui couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into tears.
"Ajiu, what are you doing, bullying your sister?" Bai Chuanfeng scolded sharply, disturbing the elderly couple from the Bai Family who were resting with their eyes closed.
Si Mingjing spread her hands innocently. "Mom, how could you think that? I have no idea why my sister suddenly started crying so sadly. You can ask her if you don’t believe me."
Bai Qingshui was crying so hard that her face was covered in tears, her nails almost broken.
"Mom, Aunt said that Crown Prince Lisao asked her to be a matchmaker and propose to Ye Siyuan. Crown Prince Lisao wants to marry Ye Siyuan. How could he suddenly fall in love with Ye Siyuan?"
Bai Qingshui couldn’t accept it.
Bai Chuanfeng frowned tightly. "How can this be? Stop crying for now. Crown Prince Lisao won’t marry Ye Siyuan. Si Yuan is a land dweller, and even if he wanted to marry her, the people of Mu Continent wouldn’t agree."
"Really?" Bai Qingshui wiped away her tears.
"Really, Mom promises you," she reassured.
Sitting aside, Si Mingjing quietly curled the corner of her mouth, adding another blow, "Aunt told the Ye Family during the proposal that Si Yuan has the noble bloodline of Mu Continent in her veins, that her ancestors were ocean dwellers."
"Impossible!" Bai Qingshui’s voice rose sharply. "How could her ancestors be ocean dwellers? Her family has been land dwellers for generations!"
Si Mingjing squinted her dark eyes, calmly watching Bai Qingshui, and remained silent.
The way Bai Qingshui looked before the elderly couple from the Bai Family, completely without poise, didn’t at all resemble the demeanor expected of a young lady from a noble family.
Seeing the disdain in her parents’ eyes, Bai Chuanfeng scolded Bai Qingshui, "Stop crying. What kind of appearance is this?"
"Mom..."
"Be quiet!"
Bai Chuanfeng became authoritative, exuding the aura of a strong woman.
Bai Qingshui, intimidated, bit her lower lip. Feeling both aggrieved and stifled, she angrily sat down, tears streaming silently.
Bai Chuanfeng had a headache. She knew her daughter had been infatuated with Si Lisao from a young age. Her daughter even wanted to undergo cosmetic surgery to look like Ajiu, all because of Si Lisao’s favoritism toward Ajiu.
Bai Qingshui didn’t know that Si Lisao considered Ajiu as a sister and thought he had romantic feelings for Ajiu.
Thus, Bai Qingshui resolutely underwent cosmetic surgery to look like Bai Jiusi.
She thought that after the surgery, she would have a chance.
But to her surprise, after seeing the post-surgery Bai Qingshui, Si Lisao actually wanted her to enter into an arranged marriage with Qu Gaoyang.
Even though it was just a pretense, it broke Bai Qingshui’s heart completely.
Nevertheless, in hopes of catching Si Lisao’s attention, she agreed without hesitation.
Later, when the Foreign Affairs Department announced the cancellation of her engagement with Qu Gaoyang, Bai Qingshui was overjoyed. She fantasized every day about moving into the Eastern Palace. She never expected Ye Siyuan to beat her to it!
She couldn’t stand it!
Crown Prince Lisao obviously wasn’t interested in Ye Siyuan before, so how could he suddenly be seduced by her?
What methods did Ye Siyuan use?
Bai Qingshui clutched the hem of her clothes, panic rendering her utterly helpless!
She must find a way to stop this marriage!
...
Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean lies the vast Undersea Empire of the Mu Continent.
Flying saucer-shaped aircraft plunge from the sky into the depths of the ocean, cutting through the dark abyss.
But deep within the undersea world, the view suddenly becomes clear. Powered by the oceanic thermal gradient, the Undersea World is ablaze with lights.
Si Mingjing leaned against the window, gazing down at the sprawling city below.
Was this the Mu Continent that she sacrificed herself to save, sealing it with the soul of a dragon?
She saw people moving freely under the sea, living, working, and going about their activities...
There were no protective domes here, yet they had fully adapted to marine life.
The imperial Undersea Capital of the Mu Continent, like Atlantis, was a highly developed ocean city.
Innumerable miniature submarines shuttled back and forth across the city, akin to the bustling traffic on land.
Each household was equipped with a waterproof layer that could isolate the seawater, allowing them to live as if on land, without getting wet in the slightest.
Even on the streets and alleys without waterproof layers, people were free to walk and move around in the seawater.
They had evolved, turned into humans adapted to marine life.
Si Mingjing felt proud of them!
Even though such scenes were common in the Undersea City of Atlantis and were not surprising, Si Mingjing was still proud. It felt like her hometown!
The return of the wanderer. Seeing that the people of her hometown were living well, Si Mingjing’s heart was filled with emotion and pride!
"Ajiu, we’re home!"
With its vast holdings, the Bai Family was a powerful and wealthy household with its own landing pad.
After passing through the waterproof layer, the aircraft landed on the Bai Family’s landing pad, and the two elderly Bai Family members excitedly called for her to disembark.
Si Mingjing, carrying a small fishbowl, followed the Bai family off the plane. Standing on the landing pad, she meticulously examined the Bai family’s luxurious residence.
Fengjue and others carried medicine chests and suitcases for her, following behind.
Bai’s elderly matriarch took Si Mingjing’s hand. "Ajiu, your courtyard is still as you left it. Come, Grandma will take you home. Everything in your courtyard is untouched, just as it was when you lived here."
Si Mingjing nodded, following the elderly matriarch’s steps.
The Bai family’s residence, imbued with the aesthetics of Eastern architecture—pavilions, towers, blue-green walls, and black tiles—unfolded like an ancient ink wash painting, each brushstroke seemingly casual, yet full of charm.
Even under the sea, the courtyard was kept exquisitely tidy.
She passed through a coral forest that thrived exceptionally, resembling a luxuriant bed of flowers!
After about ten minutes of walking, they entered a courtyard. The elderly matriarch said it was the one she had lived in. Everyone she brought could be accommodated here. The many rooms were enough for Fengjue and the others, a testament to the Bai family’s grandeur.
Si Mingjing, holding the small fishbowl, leisurely looked around. Just then, a tall man with broad shoulders strode towards her. His gaze fell upon her face and then on the small fishbowl in her hands, and he became extremely excited.
"My little treasure! I have finally waited for you!"
The man was about to pounce, but Fengjue, quick as lightning, blocked him, preventing him from getting close to Si Mingjing.
The Bai family matriarch seemed surprised as well. "Prince Lu, what are you doing in Ajiu’s courtyard?"
Lu Jinyi pointed at the small fishbowl in Si Mingjing’s hands and said, "Bai’s elderly matriarch, this is my little treasure! Miss Si has brought my little treasure back. I’ve decided, from now on, she is my dear sister!"