To Live or to Die?

Cao Hansheng waited in Yucheng for three days. On the evening of the fourth day, he finally saw Zongzheng Mingzhu and Yu Hongzhu appear together on the back mountain. At the same time, Yu Qiushuang was also picking flowers on the back mountain. It was such a coincidence.

As for why Yu Qiushuang, a lady from a prominent family, was picking flowers alone on the back mountain at dusk, Cao Hansheng didn't know either. Anyway, she was there. He could only say that people in the martial arts world are all highly skilled and daring.

The moment Yu Qiushuang saw her older sister and Zongzheng Mingzhu, she actually wanted to go up and greet them. But when she saw that the two were holding hands, she was stunned. The flowers in her hand scattered all over the ground, and she quickly covered her mouth and squatted down to the side.

Although the noise was not loud, Zongzheng Mingzhu still heard it and even saw a corner of Yu Qiushuang's clothes. However, he did not make a fuss or remind Yu Hongzhu. He even deliberately hugged Yu Hongzhu in his arms.

Yu Hongzhu pushed him away in dissatisfaction, and the two continued walking forward in this entangled manner. Yu Qiushuang looked at her fiancé and sister's behavior and even a fool would know that their relationship was not simple.

Although she was not very satisfied with her marriage, the fact that her fiancé was having an affair with her older sister was still hard for this naive young girl to accept.

Just as she was about to explode with unbearable anger, Cao Hansheng appeared behind her like a ghost, reaching out and tapping her twice, rendering her unable to speak or move.

"Second Miss, please calm down. Let's talk further, shall we?"

As he spoke, Cao Hansheng picked up Yu Qiushuang and leaped several times, reaching another secluded spot on the back mountain before releasing Yu Qiushuang's speech acupoint.

Yu Qiushuang looked at Cao Hansheng in front of her. The man was dressed in a moon-white Taoist robe and had an indescribably handsome face. In particular, his eyes were as captivating as a cold pool, and she almost couldn't take her eyes off him.

"Who are you, and what do you want?"

"Who I am is not important. Right now, I'm talking to the Second Miss. As for what I will do in the future, that depends on the Second Miss's choice."

"Me, my choice? Who are you?" Yu Qiushuang's face suddenly showed a somewhat frightened expression. "I know, you must be a bad guy who wants to plot against our Yucheng."

"You're right, I'm not exactly a good person either, but compared to your fiancé Zongzheng Mingzhu and your sister Yu Hongzhu having an affair, I should be considered upright and honest."

"You don't even dare to say your name. What kind of integrity is that? Why should I trust you? If you dare to harm the Yu family, the Yu family will definitely not let you off the hook."

"Your Yu family, haha, what a joke."

Your elder sister, Yu Hongzhu, holds absolute power in Yucheng, while you are merely a pawn to be sent away in a marriage alliance. Even your fiancé will be taken advantage of by your sister first. As for the Yu family, what does the Yu family have to do with you?

"That's our own business in Jade City, what's it to you?" As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. "You're all the same, you're all bad people, why are you doing this to me?"

"Second Miss, you are truly pitiful. But there's always a way out. Now, an opportunity is before you. Do you want to change your fate?"

"You're going to help me?"

"No, even God wouldn't save someone who doesn't save themselves, let alone me."

If you want to change your fate, you can only save yourself. So the only person who can help you is yourself, Miss. I'll ask you one more time: do you want to change this damned fate?

"I, I, I don't know."

After saying this, Yu Qiushuang started sobbing again, even sounding heartbroken. Cao Hansheng looked at her and didn't say anything more. Instead, he reached out and released all the acupoints on her body, then turned to leave, which left Yu Qiushuang stunned.

"Please, please don't leave?"

Looking at Yu Qiushuang's teary eyes, Cao Hansheng saw a peculiar emotion in them, like the anxiety of someone whose lifeline is about to break. However, Cao Hansheng had no intention of showing her any pity.

"Why aren't you leaving? If you're not even willing to save yourself, who can help you?"

"But I really don't know what to do!"

Seeing that she was starting to break down, Cao Hansheng turned around, walked to her, squatted down, held her chin with his hand, and looked intently into her eyes.

"It seems your hatred isn't enough. Normally, I wouldn't deign to help someone like you, but Heaven has a virtue of cherishing life, and you are indeed somewhat pitiful, so I'll reluctantly help you this once. You can only watch and not speak, understand?"

Yu Qiushuang didn't know what Cao Hansheng was going to do. She only heard Cao Hansheng say that he wanted to help her, and it seemed that she didn't hear anything else. She kept nodding frantically.

Without saying a word, Cao Hansheng grabbed Yu Qiushuang and headed towards the City Lord's Mansion. He wasn't worried at all about how to get into the City Lord's Mansion.

Although the second young lady, Yu Qiushuang, didn't manage affairs, she still had a lot of influence. The guards pretended not to see her being carried, and the two of them arrived at the courtyard of the city lord, Yu Mulan, without any trouble.

There were hardly any guards here, or perhaps the guards had been driven away. When the two arrived at Yu Mulan's room, Yu Qiushuang saw her best friend Yun Jiao being all lovey-dovey with Yu Mulan.

Her mind went blank, and she couldn't say a word for a moment. She turned to look at Cao Hansheng, as if asking what was going on.

Before Cao Hansheng could answer her, the two people in the room were in a panic after being caught in the act. Yun Jiao rushed over and hugged Yu Qiushuang, while Yu Mulan, being a worldly man, paid more attention to Cao Hansheng than to the bewildered Yu Qiushuang.

"Who are you, daring to coerce the second young lady of the Yu family? Take this!"

Hearing his loud shout, Cao Hansheng wanted to give him a thumbs up. With such a reaction speed, it was no wonder that he could live off Yu Hongzhu. Yu Mulan shouted "Watch out!" but did not move. He raised his hand and shot a Soul-Stealing Needle.

They never intended for Cao Hansheng to live, but unfortunately, the person he encountered was Cao Hansheng, because he possessed a spatial ability, making him the nemesis of hidden weapons. No matter what kind of hidden weapon you throw, as long as your reaction is fast enough, you can collect it into your spatial ability.

Even without space to receive the hidden weapon, the Soul-Snatching Needle could not harm him in the slightest. When Yu Mulan saw that the Soul-Snatching Needle had failed and was about to launch it again, Cao Hansheng twisted his foot and appeared in front of him like a ghost.

Then he grabbed Yu Mulan's arm and twisted it like a pretzel, pulled off the Soul-Stealing Needle Launcher and threw it on the ground, and then slapped him away with a palm. The whole process was completed in just a few breaths.

Even if Yun Jiao were a fool, she would know that Cao Hansheng was a master. She took the opportunity to pull Yu Qiushuang into her arms, grabbed Yu Qiushuang's neck with her right hand, and shouted at Cao Hansheng.

"Stop! Don't hurt Brother Mu Lan, or I'll kill her!"

This whole turn of events left Yu Qiushuang completely bewildered: her own sister was seducing her fiancé, and her best friend was seducing her brother-in-law.

Now, she's being choked by her best friend and threatened by someone she doesn't even know. What's wrong with this world? Am I really just an unwanted burden?

However, Cao Hansheng ignored Yun Jiao and looked at Yu Qiushuang instead.

"To live or to die?"