Yi Family.
Yi Bing was inside the room, and several maids outside were secretly whispering to each other.
"Second Young Master is really too pitiable. He was such a good talent but has now fallen to this point."
"Right? I heard the Light Priest Zuo Luo say that in his life, the Second Young Master can at most only become a level two mage."
"I don't know who the Second Young Master had offended, to fall to this point."
"It's hard to say."
"Although Yi Fan's qualifications aren't good, but at least he has a talent for fighting. There's still a chance for him to become a level four martial artist. The Second Young Master couldn't become even more of a waste than Yi Fan, right?"
Yi Bing was in the other courtyard, his eyes were a little dark. The world really was full of hypocrisy [1]. After he had received his injury, the friends who had originally circled around him all went and joined Yi Fan's side. Every time his mother came to see him, she would only comfort him and tell him not to bear a grudge against his Elder Brother.
Yi Bing clenched his fists, and his heart was bitter. Why, just why was it that his Elder Brother was the one who had hurt him, but Father and Mother were still standing on Yi Huo's side. Yi Bing's heart was filled deeply with a repressed, burning anger, and it almost felt as if it could burn Yi Bing to ashes.
There was a knock on the door. Yi Chuxue pushed open the door and walked in.
Yi Bing looked at Yi Chuxue, and there were feelings of animosity in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
Ever since he had been injured, Yi Bing felt that everyone was an eyesore, and even felt that Yi Chuxue was also unpleasant to look at. However, Yi Bing was able to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart very well.
"Chuxue, why did you come here?" Yi Bing asked.
"I came to see you." Yi Chuxue said.
Yi Bing's face relaxed and he said, "It's still Little Sister Chuxue who's the best! Second Brother wasn't fond of you for nothing. After Second Brother was injured, all of the friends by my side left, but there's still you, little sister, who's still thinking about me."
Yi Chuxue smiled and went to Yi Bing's side, saying, "Second Brother, no matter what happens to you, you're still my brother. But Second Brother, did you really see that it was Elder Brother who had attacked you?"
Yi Bing felt fed up in his heart. This question had already been asked by the people in the family dozens of times. Everytime he said yes to the question, his father and mother would always put on a face full of disappointment.
Yi Bing showed a contemplative expression on his face, and said, "I was too angry before, so I didn't think about it carefully. Now that I think about it, it's hard to say if maybe someone else had actually pretended to be Elder Brother."
When Yi Chuxue heard Yi Bing's words, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I just knew that it couldn't have been Elder Brother. Second Brother, right now there are people talking badly about Elder Brother everywhere outside. You should find an opportunity and clarify some things on behalf of Elder Brother! "
Yi Bing smiled and said, "Of course! Elder Brother never could've done this kind of thing."
Seeing that Yi Bing had finally "thought things through", Yi Chuxue's face showed a little joy.
Yu Chuxue, who was only focused on feeling happy, didn't see the deep coldness that flashed through Yi Bing's eyes.
Luohua Pavilion's back courtyard.
"You're here?" Bi Liuyun looked at Yi Fan.
Yi Fan turned around, looked at Bi Liuyun, and said with some envy, "You seem to be very carefree and leisurely!"
"Of course I can't be compared to you and the Young Master. You became famous immediately just by participating once in the Hundred Schools Competition. You're very popular now!" Bi Liuyun said.
Yi Fan squinted his eyes. After the Hundred Schools Competition, many people had sent invites to Qian Mian, but they were all refused by Yi Fan.
"Let's stop talking about this. Is Yi Bing's side preparing to act?" Yi Fan asked.
Bi Liuyun nodded and said, "According to your request, I let my subordinates buy off one of Yi Bing's concubines and gave her the poison that you had prepared."
After Yi Bing's accident, Yi Bing's wives and concubines weren't able to lead too good of a life anymore. Bi Liuyun used a little trick to send the poison to that woman.
Yi Fan raised his corners of his mouth and said, "That's good. I don't know when Yi Bing will carry it out."
Bi Liuyun looked at Yi Fan and said, "You're really this sure that Yi Bing will act against Yi Huo? After all, he's his brother, and I've always heard that Yi Huo and Yi Bing had a good relationship."
"I've been with the Yi family for so many years, so I've already reached this conclusion." Yi Fan smiled lightly.
Of the blood that flows throughout Yi Bing's body, half belongs to that cheap, treacherous woman, and half belongs to that heartless, wicked man. When Yi Bing was full of pride and success it was still alright, but once he sinks into hell, he will surely pull others down into hell with him.
Bi Liuyun looked at Yi Fan and said, "Once Yi Bing harms Yi Huo, are you planning on pulling back?"
"Pull back?" The corners of Yi Fan's mouth hooked up and he said, "How could that be? This is only the beginning."
For his entire life, he had suffered so much at the hands of Yang Man and Yi Huo's trio in the Yi Family, and he was determined to return this favour to them one by one.
"We also don't know if Yi Bing can succeed." Bi Liuyun said.
Yi Fan lowered his head and secretly thought: I hope Yi Bing can be a little smarter this time. Yi Huo seems to already have become guarded against Yi Bing. If he misses this shot, then with Yang Man and Yi Xun's personality, Yi Fan was afraid that there wouldn't be a second chance.
Yi Family.
Yang Man slapped Yi Chuxue in the face, "You… You actually gave your Elder Brother poison."
Yang Man was so angry that her eyes were red and her entire body was trembling.
Yi Chuxue covered her face, and she couldn't restrain the panic that was filling her heart, "No, it wasn't me."
The wine that she had given to her Elder Brother, why was it filled with poison? She knew nothing about it. Yi Bing had already become a waste, and although she had a good relationship with Yi Bing, but only Yi Huo could be her backer from now on. Why would she ever want to bring herself to destruction?
Yang Man's heart was cold. After Yi Huo was poisoned, it was found out that the problem had occurred with something that had been sent by Yi Chuxue.
Yang Man could guess bits and pieces as to how the situation had occurred. Yi Chuxue probably didn't have any thoughts about harming Yi Huo, but she was used by Yi Bing.
"That thing was given to me by Second Brother." Yi Chuxue said.
"Your Second Brother asked you to send it, so you just sent it? Do you have no brains?�� Yang Man said angrily.
When Yi Bing became a waste, Yang Man still hadn't felt too much despair, but now that something has happened to Yi Huo, Yang Man couldn't help but feel anxious.
Yi Xun's qualifications could only be regarded as ordinary in the Yi Family. The reason why Yi Xun was valued by the family elders was because of his two talented sons, Yi Huo and Yi Bing. Unfortunately, Yi Bing and Yi Huo have both become wastes now.
Yi Chuxue's heart was full of grievances. The one who had administered the poison was obviously Second Brother, but her mother had vented all her anger out at her. Could it be that she was worth even less than her Second Brother who had become a waste!
Yi Chuxue raised her head and looked at Yang Man, saying, "Mother, you're too biased. Obviously it's Second Brother's fault, but you only knew how to get angry at me."
Yang Man was so angered by Yi Chuxue that she was seething with fury, "You… You…"
Yi Xun pushed open the door and walked into Yi Bing's room.
Yi Bing and Yi Huo had both gotten into an accident one after the other, making Yi Xun feel greatly agitated not knowing what to do.
"You harmed your Elder Brother?"
Yi Bing raised his head and looked at Yi Xun coldly, saying, "It wasn't me who harmed Elder Brother, it was you, Father, who harmed Elder Brother. If after I had returned, you had given Elder Brother a punishment, Father, then I could've let go of the matter of Elder Brother turning me into a waste. However, I had suffered such a serious injury and ruined my future prospects, but whether it was you or Mother, you only knew to defend him. Why? Am I not your son? Why were you so protective of him, but never even once thought of me?"
Yi Xun looked at Yi Bing and said, "The one who had plotted against you inside the secret dimension wasn't your Elder Brother, it was someone else."
"Father, you can say whatever you want." Yi Bing said impatiently.
"Where did you get the poison that you used to harm your Elder Brother? Who gave it to you?" Yi Xun asked.
Yi Bing lowered his head. The poison had been obtained from one of his own concubines. As for where it came from, he wasn't very clear on that.
After becoming a waste, his status in the family plummeted, and doing things didn't go as smoothly as before. When he found out that his concubine had a way out, Yi Bing didn't think about it too much, and directly used Yi Chuxue to give the poison to Yi Huo.
"The poison has already been administered, is there still a point to investigating this?" Yi Bing lazily said.
Yi Xun looked at Yi Bing's appearance that was like a dead pig that wasn't scared of scalding water [2], and said, "I had already asked your Elder Brother. Your Elder Brother admitted that he really had wanted to teach you a little lesson, but had never thought of turning you into a waste. It was someone else who had harmed you inside the secret dimension."
Yi Bing carelessly said, "Really?" Now that it's reached this point, Yi Bing no longer wanted to investigate the truth anymore. Everything has already been done, and it's too late to regret it now.
"What about the antidote? Give me the antidote." Yi Xun stretched out his hand.
"I don't have the antidote," Yi Bingman said indifferently. In fact, Yi Bing didn't even know what kind of poison he had used. Looking at Yi Xun's appearance, he now knew that the poison he had given was difficult to deal with, and Yi Bing couldn't help but feel a little more cheerful in his heart.
"Yi Huo is your brother! Do you even know what you're doing?" Yi Xun cursed furiously.
Yi Bing's eyes were fiery red, "He's my brother, but when he attacked me, did he ever worry about the fact that I was his brother?"
"You're absolutely incorrigible," Yi Xun said fiercely.
Yang Man walked into Yi Huo's room, with Yi Chuxue cowering behind Yang Man.
When Yi Huo saw Yi Chuxue behind Yang Man, he grabbed the flower vase that was by his hand without thinking, and smashed it towards Yi Chuxue. Yi Chuxue was startled and ran out tremblingly.
Yang Man looked at Yi Huo and said, "Son, are you okay?"
"Does Mother think that I'm okay?" Yi Huo asked coldly.
Yang Man looked at Yi Huo and said, "Rest assured, Mother will definitely find a way to cure you."
Yi Hu lowered his head. The family's Light Priests had already all come one after the other. If there really was a way, then why wait until now.
"It's all because of Yi Chuxue, it's all because Mother has spoiled her so much, causing her to become undisciplined and out of control."
Yi Huo hated Yi Chuxue thoroughly, and Yi Huo also secretly hated that he didn't remember the lesson that he had learned last time. Last time, because he had stepped out for Yi Chuxue's sake, he had offended the Ghost Doctor and had been hurt by his subordinate. This time, it was because Yi Chuxue had firmly believed that Yi Bing's injury wasn't his fault, so Yi Huo had become closer with Yi Chuxue.
Yi Huo never could've imagined that he would be defeated by a girl like Yi Chuxue, who was unable to do anything right [3].
Thinking of Yi Huo and Yi Bing, Yang Man couldn't help but feel a little conflicted in her heart.
"It wasn't intentionally done by your sister." Yang Man closed her eyes. According to reason, this should be blamed on Yi Bing. However, Yi Bing has already become a waste, and punishing Yi Bing wouldn't do anything. Yang Man secretly regretted it, she spoiled Yi Chuxue too much, causing her daughter to become so insolent that she didn't even have a brain anymore.
Yi Huo bit his lip and said, "If she didn't mean it, then I just deserved it. The person who had hurt Yi Bing wasn't me at all, so just why would he treat me like this?"
When Yi Bing became a waste, things were just great. It obviously wasn't him who did it, but everyone placed their suspicions on him. Now that he's become a waste, good, everyone's happy now, and he has received his retribution. Just why!
Footnotes:
Full of hypocrisy: "Warmth or coldness is the way of the world." People are friendly or unfriendly, depending on whether one is successful or not. Also used to point out the hypocrisy of the world.
A dead pig that wasn't scared of scalding water: Means to be unaffected by something or to be undaunted.
Unable to do anything right: "Unable to accomplish anything but always able to ruin everything." Lol literally all the characters seem to think of Yi Chuxue in this way.