Chapter 686 Useless

Early morning, Li Mansion villa.
The most luxurious and tranquil room in the garden, Bai Yuer woke up on the comfortable bed. She got out of bed naked and stood in front of the mirror, gazing at her own face.
On that beautiful face, there seemed to be a few more fine lines at the corners of her eyes than yesterday. She pushed aside the messy hair in front of her forehead, and couldn't help but furrow her brow.
Just then, someone knocked on the door, before Bai Yuer could respond, the door was opened. Immediately, a white-clad girl walked in, her skin also pale, almost without any color.
The girl in white clothes is holding a three-layer large food box in her hand. She gently places it on the table, opens the box, and lays out the food inside one by one – clear soup and side dishes, sticky rice sweet cake, all looking very delicious.
Ke Bai Yuer, on the other hand, sat in front of the mirror, gazing at herself. It wasn't until the girl in white opened the third layer of the food box that Ke Bai Yuer suddenly turned around and walked over.
She stood in front of the table, looking at the food box. Inside, there was only a small bowl. The girl in white clothes held it steadily in front of Bai Yuer, who took it and drank the dark beverage inside in one gulp.
The girl in white took the empty bowl and left, while Bai Yuer had a satisfied smile and a little bit of red on her lips, with her eyes closed lightly.
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When Cheng Le and Wen Qing arrived, the girl in white had already left, and Bai Yuer had put on her clothes and pinned up her thick, black hair, slowly savoring her breakfast.
"You're here." Bai Yuer smiled, her beautiful face flawless like white jade. "Do you want to eat together?"
"We've already eaten," Wen Qing said.
"Senior Qi, "Chengle looked a little guilty, "About last night... thanks for saving me."
"It's nothing," Bai Yuer replied casually, continuing to eat.
"I...last night...it's all my fault, I've caused you trouble, I really...really..."
"It's okay." Bai Yuer didn't let him stutter, "You are the son of Cheng Zhuang, and Qing Er's husband. No matter how foolish you are, I can't just stand by and do nothing."
Cheng Le felt a little awkward, he gathered himself, his expression became determined, and then suddenly knelt down.
Bai Yuer took a mouthful of porridge and looked at him, "You're being too dramatic, get up."
Cheng Le not only didn't get up, but also knocked his head down heavily again, and said loudly, "Please help my father, senior!"
Bai Yuer said, "I will do my best to help, you don't have to be like this."
Cheng Le raised his head and said, "But I heard from Qing'er that those people arrested my father, maybe they want to use him to deal with you..."
Bai Yuer smiled and said, "So what?"
Wen Qing suddenly spoke: "Do you think they will succeed?"
Bai Yuer smiled and looked at her, "You want to know if your father-in-law really has a way to deal with me, don't you?"
Wen Qing remained silent.
Bai Yuer said, "Let's wait and see."
Then she looked down at Cheng Le, frowned and said, "Why aren't you getting up?"
Cheng Le finally got up and said, "Senior, I heard Qing'er tell me about what happened last night. She said that the people who took away my father are actually very afraid of you..."
White Yuer lightly said, "Hmm."
Cheng Le's face showed a happy expression, "Then you can definitely save my father."
White Yuer sighed lightly and said, "We still have to take it one step at a time."
Wen Qingdao: "Why are they afraid of you?"
Cheng Le's urgent desire to save his father turned into blind trust in Bai Yuer, saying, "It's because of the senior's amazing martial arts skills..."
Ke Bai Yuer completely ignored him and asked Wen Qing, "What do you think?"
Wen Qing said, "I think martial arts is only one aspect. Any fear a person has has a source. In the past, your martial arts were not as good as any of them, even though I know that your skills have improved over the years. However, they are still a large group and should not always be afraid to confront you directly or have any interaction with you. They only dare to manipulate puppets behind your back."
白钰儿道：“那你觉得源头在哪呢？”
温晴道：“一定是前辈在仙山的那段时期发生了什么。”
白钰儿淡淡笑了笑，道：“我极少与人谈起……你们又对那段时间的事知道多少？”
Cheng Ledao: "I know you finally escaped from there and took Zhongdao Ermo with you. At that time..."
Bai Yuer smiled and asked, "What happened at that time?"
Cheng Le hesitated for a moment before saying, "At that time, you killed Li Rentang's relatives and set a big fire. The ruins of the burned-down buildings from that year can still be found in the Yuru Mountain Villa, which has not been rebuilt until now."
白钰儿叹息一声，道：“当年你父亲找到我的时候，我问他他对我了解多少，他也是这么对我说的。而他一定是听你母亲玉如芝说的这些……她一定很恨我吧。”
Chengle couldn't help but sigh. These grudges and love-hate relationships are really a mess, difficult to sort out.
Bai Yuer continued, "I heard that when your mother was still alive, she hoped that your father would build up Yuru Manor and then seek revenge on me."
Chengle has never heard of this matter and has almost no impression of his mother, but since it is his mother's wish, as a son, should he fulfill it? But the current situation...
Bai Yuer looked at his wide eyes and said, "What, do you want to seek revenge on me? Speaking of which, you are also a descendant of Li Rentang."
Cheng Le glanced at Wen Qing and said, "That's all in the past. My father was friends with you, how could I be your enemy? Besides, you are still Qing..."
Bai Yuer interrupted him coldly: "Maybe your father has been waiting for an opportunity, just like now, joining forces with those people is a perfect opportunity."
Cheng Le was surprised, but Bai Yuer smiled and said, "So now I have to hold you in my palm as a hostage, so that your father dare not go against me, and then I can think of a way to save him with peace of mind. Otherwise, I would have to deal with him first."
These words sound really strange, Cheng Le couldn't help but frowned. Wen Qing said to him, "Senior doesn't want the young master to act alone like last night."
Cheng Le looked at Bai Yuer, "Junior knows I was wrong, please rest assured, senior."
白钰儿点了点头，温晴道：“前辈，当年你从仙山出逃时，真的杀了很多人吗？”
白钰儿道：“问这个做什么？”
温晴道：“我不觉得那些人的恐惧，是源自前辈您那时的凶恶事迹。而且我以为，想从李壬棠掌控下的仙山逃走，应该并不容易，您那时怎敢浪费时间冒险去杀人呢？难道您真的就那么恨李壬棠吗，竟在逃亡之时，还不忘对他的家人下手。”
White Yuer put down the spoon she had just eaten porridge with, remained silent for a long time, and said lightly, "I didn't."
Wen Qing asked, "Didn't what?"
White Yuer said, "I only changed Li Zhenlu's memory, not out of hatred, but because I still had a glimmer of hope. I thought that if his memory could be restored, at least there would still be a 'me' by his side. I persuaded the White siblings to escape with me just to make them disrupt and delay so that I could complete this task. I didn't intend to kill anyone, I just set a few fires to create chaos, but those people may of course have died because of the big fire."
Wen Qing shook her head. "You know that's not possible. Li Rentang's family members are not very skilled in martial arts, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to escape from the fire."
Bai Yuer said, "Maybe."
Cheng Ledao: "Did you also tell my father about these things, and that's why he didn't give you a hard time?"
Bai Yuer said, "No, I didn't tell him about these things. He doesn't oppose me because of Guo Yunlang. Your father believes that one day I can help him deal with the issues related to Guo Yunlang. Later, Guo Yunlang destroyed the Huo family, and your father brought up again the grievances between me and the Li Rentang family, asking me to spare Guo Yunlang."
Cheng Ledao: "Why aren't you telling the truth at this point?"
Bai Yuer said: "Because your father immediately said that if I was unwilling to spare Guo Yunlang in any way, he was willing to die for him. Your father thinks I can help him, and I also need him. Moreover, I don't really want to go and seek revenge."
温晴语气有些激烈地道：“前辈，你可知是你把这场灾祸带去了霍家？你连家人的仇都不想报，是因为那时你还不知道你的敌人其实惧怕着你，所以不敢暴露踪迹么？”
White Yuer said: "What you said is only one aspect. I feel more heartbroken than anyone about the misfortune of the Huo family, but it's useless, revenge is useless. To be able to bring the dead back to life, to turn decay into something miraculous, that's what real power is, and it's the power that I have always pursued."
Cheng Le exclaimed in surprise, "You... can really do such a thing?"
Bai Yuer smiled bitterly and said, "I am not a god, just a person."
Wen Qing said, "So senior, you have never acted against Xiao Buruo because you think revenge is futile?"
White Yu'er said, "What's the point of telling me if killing Xiao Buo can't bring everything back to... sigh..."
What to go back to, White Yu'er didn't continue speaking, but her light sigh made Wen Qing and Cheng Le feel infinite sadness.
Wen Qing looked at her ancestors and after a while, suddenly said, "It was them who killed..."
Bai Yuer said, "Maybe."
Wen Qing said, "They framed your ancestors...for what purpose?"
Bai Yuer chuckled and said, "What they want...is the same as me."