The Gusu Mistake - Chapter 49

Jiang Yilan was confident that if she fought with all her might, she would be able to survive. But if she did, Jiang Ting would certainly not spare the other Jiang family members in the house, especially her father and brother.

Should she just sit back and wait to die?

Jiang Yilan knew that even if she surrendered, Jiang Ting would not spare Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ze. The end result would be the three of them dying together.

The people sent to capture her were getting closer. Jiang Yilan hesitated, but in the end, she let her hands fall, making no move, allowing them to seize her arms.

Jiang Ting came up to Jiang Yilan with a careless air, “You’re a good girl, but you have yourself to blame for being born into the wrong family!”

Jiang Yilan looked at Jiang Ting coldly, “What do you want?”

Jiang Ting held out his hand, with a barely visible (gu worm) on his fingertip, “Just stay put. I won’t take your lives for now!”

Seeing her fate was sealed, Jiang Yilan closed her eyes, ready to accept the gu worm entering her body.

“Whoosh!” A fireball suddenly shot toward Jiang Ting’s hand. He was unable to dodge it and was hit squarely in the palm, followed by a searing, bone-deep pain.

“Grandpa!” Seeing this, Jiang Yuan quickly stepped forward to shield Jiang Ting, “Who? Who hurt my grandpa?”

More fireballs came in response, igniting on contact, clearly something extraordinary.

“Yuan’er, be careful!” Jiang Ting pulled Jiang Yuan behind him but was hit in the chest as he failed to dodge one of the fireballs.

“Grandpa!” Jiang Yuan quickly helped Jiang Ting stand.

“Yuan’er, let’s go!” Jiang Ting already felt something was wrong and wanted to retreat.

Jiang Yuan helped Jiang Ting and, under the cover of his subordinates, quickly fled.

The noisy area outside the corner room became quiet. Yuan Ruo flashed into appearance and landed in front of Jiang Yilan, “Are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“Yuan Ruo!” The usually strong Jiang Yilan was now full of vulnerability. She leaned forward, grasped Yuan Ruo’s shoulders, wrapped her arms around her neck, and hugged her.

“It’s okay, everything’s fine!” Yuan Ruo patted Jiang Yilan’s back, comforting her in a low voice.

After a while, Jiang Yilan finally calmed down, “If it weren’t for you today, my father, my brother, and I would have been doomed!”

“No matter what, I won’t let anything happen to you!” Yuan Ruo gently pushed Jiang Yilan away, “Okay, go check on them!”

“Father, big brother!” Jiang Yilan rushed into the corner room and helped the limp Jiang Zhen up.

“Girl, outside…?” Jiang Zhen had only heard the chaos outside and didn’t know what was happening. He took the opportunity to ask, “What happened?”

“It’s nothing, everything’s fine now!” Although Jiang Yilan had many grievances with Jiang Zhen, at this moment, her affection for her father overshadowed everything. “I’ll help you out!”

“No!” Jiang Zhen, trembling, held Jiang Yilan back, “The gu worms on us can only be removed by Jiang Ting!”

“Jiang Ting?” Jiang Yilan’s heart sank, “He ran away!”

“There’s still time to chase him!” After Yuan Ruo said this, Jiang Yilan had already rushed out. Seeing this, Yuan Ruo quickly followed.

“Trying to run?” Just outside the city of Quorong, Jiang Yilan landed in front of Jiang Yuan and Jiang Ting, her hidden sleeve-dagger already out, pointing directly at the grandfather and grandson.

“Grandpa!” Jiang Yuan huddled against Jiang Ting. Jiang Ting, enduring his injuries, shielded Jiang Yuan behind him, but Yuan Ruo had already cut off their escape.

“Yilan girl, do you have to be so ruthless?”

Jiang Yilan sneered, “Weren’t you trying to be ruthless just now?”

Jiang Ting was silent for a moment before he spoke, “You’ve seen them. You should know that the gu on them can only be removed by me!”

Jiang Yilan looked at Jiang Ting coldly, “If you remove the gu, I can let Jiang Yuan go!”

“Hehe!” Jiang Ting laughed twice, clutching his chest. “How do I know you’ll keep your word?”

“You can choose not to believe me!” Jiang Yilan said, “But if you don’t, it means my father and brother can’t be saved, and both you and your grandson will surely be buried with them!”

“You…” Jiang Ting glared at Jiang Yilan for a moment, then looked at Jiang Yuan beside him. “I can save them, but only if you let Yuan’er go first!”

Jiang Yilan thought it over. Even without Jiang Yuan, Jiang Ting was injured and under her control, so he wouldn’t be able to pull any tricks. So she agreed, “Fine, he can go. You must come back with me to remove the gu!”

“Grandpa!” Jiang Yuan didn’t want to leave.

“Go!” Jiang Ting gave Jiang Yuan a meaningful look, then pushed him away.

“Grandpa!” Jiang Yuan tried to step forward, but Jiang Ting waved his sleeve, brushing him aside, “I told you to go. Do you want my bloodline to end here?”

Jiang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then finally leaped away and left.

Seeing Jiang Yuan leave, Jiang Ting’s eyes showed a hint of relief.

Jiang Yilan stepped forward, “Jiang Yuan has left. It’s time for you to come back with me and keep your promise!”

“Promise? Heh!” Jiang Ting gave a cunning smile and suddenly attacked, a few poisonous needles shooting toward Jiang Yilan’s face.

“Yilan, be careful!” Seeing this, Yuan Ruo instinctively thrust her sword, hitting Jiang Ting squarely in the back and piercing right through him.

“Heh heh heh…” The stabbed Jiang Ting made a strange noise, slowly fell backward with a laugh.

“You can’t die!” The turn of events happened too fast. By the time Jiang Yilan reacted, Jiang Ting had already fallen to the ground. When she knelt down to check on him, he was already dead.

“Yilan… I…” Yuan Ruo, who had just realized she had messed up, quickly retracted her sword. “I thought he was going to harm you!”

After confirming Jiang Ting was dead, Jiang Yilan lowered her head and remained silent for a long time. “It’s not your fault. You were trying to save me!”

“Then… what about your father and brother…?” Yuan Ruo could only hope that Jiang Yilan had another way to save them.

“Sigh!” Jiang Yilan sighed, then stood up, “Let’s go back first!”

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