Chapter 288: The Conflicts Between the Sisters

Shi Junhe glared at Shi Baoning in disbelief and didn’t expect that she would slander her sister unreasonably.

He raised his hand and slapped Shi Baoning in the face again, cursing in a rage, “Talk nonsense! Evil girl. Do you know who you are talking about? That’s your younger sister.”

Shi Junhe always thought that only he and his brothers had intramural fights, but unexpectedly, there were so many misunderstandings between his two daughters.

At the moment, he was glad that Mo Junyang had taken Shi Qingxue away and only he heard what Shi Baoning had said just now.

Even he was so angry, and he didn’t dare to imagine how sad Shi Qingxue would be if she heard Shi Baoning’s heartless words.

However, since Shi Baoning had expressed her feelings hidden at the bottom of her heart, she didn’t fear anything and made it worse.

She covered her swollen face after being slapped and didn’t admit her fault. Instead, she sneered. “Why are you angry? I just told the truth. Since Shi Qingxue dared to do something so dirty, she shouldn’t fear that somebody would say it.”

“You!” Shi Junhe raised his hand again and wanted to teach this daughter a lesson who talked rubbish, but he saw that her cheeks were red yet she still goggled with her red eyes stubbornly.

The gentle father Shi Junhe couldn’t bear to beat her again, so he withdrew his hand resentfully.

He was dispirited and sighed, asking helplessly, “Do you really think so? Your sister, Qingxue…”

It seemed that Shi Junhe didn’t know what to say to Shi Baoning. He opened and closed his mouth several times and then finally made a voice. “She has done so much for you but never asked you to repay her. Speak honestly. Is she really so evil as you said?”

Shi Baoning was speechless.

She wanted to say something seemingly, while under Shi Junhe’s sad eyes, she couldn’t say it. In the end, she lowered her head again and remained silent.

Shi Junhe had consumed much energy when he was arguing just now. Although he wasn’t angry anymore, he couldn’t keep calm as before.

Especially…

Perhaps Shi Baoning still thought that Shi Qingxue seduced Wenren Chi.

“You…”The father pursed his lips and seemed to try to find proper words. After a long while, he asked slowly, “You have said a lot and hate her so much because of this matter, right? Do you think that Qingxue stole your future husband?”

Shi Baoning trembled and suddenly looked up at Shi Junhe, denying it in panic. “No, no, I…”

When she stuttered, it was better not to say that.

Shi Baoning probably realized that she appeared to expose herself unwittingly while trying to cover up, so she shut her mouth again.

After quite a while, she raised her head once more with her calm eyes, stressing each word. “Right! Since we mention it today, I am not afraid of telling you the truth. In fact, Qingxue and I…”

She thought it over and finally found proper words. “I don’t care about our arguments. You take her as the most loved and lovely daughter, and I am willing to love and care about her. I don’t mind even when she does something out of the line occasionally, but…”

Baoning’s eyes became extremely sharp all of a sudden, and she stressed seriously, “But it can’t be Chi. He is mine. I won’t give him up to anybody, and even my sister should perish this thought!”

Since childhood, Shi Baoning was taught to be well-behaved and pay attention to etiquette, and she had never insisted on asking for anything. The only man she thought about all the time was Wenren Chi, and nobody could snatch him from her.

Shi Junhe sneered after hearing that and said directly, “Do you think that Qingxue will really snatch Chi from you? From beginning to end, she just takes Wenren Chi as her brother. Otherwise, why did she say that she would criticize Wenren Chi when she thought that he betrayed you?”

“How did you…” know it?

Shi Baoning didn’t speak out the last two words, but the surprise in her eyes revealed her emotion.

Shi Junhe asked, “Do you think that I know nothing as I never asked about the misunderstandings between you two in the past?”

“…So what even if she really did that? Who knows if she…” Shi Baoning still wanted to argue that Shi Qingxue did so just to gain a good reputation.

However, under Shi Junhe’s eyes which got deeper and sterner, she couldn’t finish her words in the end.

Shi Junhe looked at Shi Baoning, to see that she was in the wrong but refused to admit her fault, and a similar yet different figure flashed in his eyes involuntarily.

Should he say that they deserved to be mother and daughter?

“Humph. Chi and Qingxue are only brother and sister from the beginning. You are too sensitive and think too much.” Shi Junhe looked indifferent and pointed out the truth in a stern voice slowly.

“Even if there is something between them, it’s Chi…”

Shi Junhe was impulsive and about to reveal the fact, but seeing that Shi Baoning’s expression changed sharply, he held back what he was going to say.

He couldn’t bear to make his daughter sad.

He sighed deeply and added helplessly, “Fine. Since you bear a grudge against your sister, perhaps it’s impossible for me to ask you two to be as close as before. Now I only hope that you can remain peaceful on the surface and don’t let Qingxue know your feelings.

“It’s not difficult for you to pretend, right?” Shi Junhe couldn’t eliminate Shi Baoning’s prejudice and hatred, and the only thing he could do was hide their estrangement forever.

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As long as Shi Qingxue didn’t find how her sister treated her with hatred while she protected her sister all the time, she would never get hurt.

It was uncertain if Shi Qingxue would find something wrong in the end as she was intelligent.

And it couldn’t be controlled by Shi Junhe.

Shi Baoning stayed silent for such a long time that Shi Junhe almost thought that she didn’t understand what he meant.

When he was about to repeat it, he saw that Shi Baoning suddenly raised her head and smiled at him weirdly. She said in a cold voice, “Father, you really…take good care of Qingxue.”

It was not the first time that others implied that Shi Junhe was partial. His expression didn’t change at all, and he responded impassively, “Her elder sister has decided to stop caring about her. As her father, I can’t love her in the same way, I have to do something on the surface and cover up this fact.”

Shi Baoning stiffened and couldn’t speak out the aggressive and sarcastic words which were hidden in her heart.

She suddenly thought of a fact. No matter what happened, she was Shi Qingxue’s elder sister. Apart from anything else, she should take care of her sister unconditionally.

However…

Shi Baoning fell into silence.

Shi Junhe wasn’t in the mood to bother more about this matter. He waved his hand, gesturing for Shi Baoning to leave.

Mo Junyang directly took Shi Qingxue back to King Rui’s mansion.

Shi Qingxue was thinking about the cranium in her hand all the way. Although she was terrified in the beginning, she didn’t feel scared but was just confused even when she touched this cranium now.

It was because she found the words “the tenth day of the first lunar month in the Year of Yihai” engraved on the groove of the cranium when she touched it.

“The tenth day of the first lunar month in the Year of Yihai again? What does this date stand for as it was hidden in the cranium?” From the beginning, Shi Qingxue wanted to ask this question, yet Mo Junyang stopped her. Instead, he took her away from the study. Obviously, he didn’t hope that she would reveal it in public.

The tenth day of the first lunar month in the Year of Yihai, this date was the secret that Zhou Ruyu used to threaten Mo Shujun and made the latter surrender. Now it showed up on this mysterious cranium unexpectedly. Did it mean…

“The princess royal’s secret must be related to your grandpa and father.” Mo Junyang spoke out what Shi Qingxue was thinking about.

Shi Qingxue’s eyes lit up and she gazed at Mo Junyang, asking excitedly, “So you know what Grandma’s secret is?”

Mo Junyang hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Shi Qingxue was about to heave a sigh of relief when the man answered in a low voice, “I am not sure.”

“…”

Shi Qingxue helplessly glared at Mo Junyang and thought that this man was too “unreliable”.

He either knew it or not. What did he mean by saying that he was not sure?

It made her happy for nothing.

Shi Qingxue didn’t want to talk with Mo Junyang and paid attention to the cranium again. She thought, “If I remember correctly, Father was born in the Year of Yihai, but what did the tenth day of the first lunar month mean?”

After more than three months, the twentieth day of the fourth lunar month was Shi Junhe’s birthday.

“It is a period of one hundred days. But it must be unrelated.”

Qingxue laughed with self-mockery and thought that she was out of mind. She didn’t have a clue, so she wanted to relate everything to it.

“Maybe…the direction of your thought is right.”

Mo Junyang suddenly spoke again, which made Shi Qingxue raise her head. She looked at him in doubt. “What do you mean?”

Mo Junyang considered what he should say and then responded, “I said that I am not sure because I haven’t found the suitable evidence. Both the princess royal’s secret and the relic that Elder Duke Shi left to you must be related to a secret of the elders, but…”

“But what…” Shi Qingxue got nervous involuntarily and asked in a hurry.

Once it was related to a secret, it must be something bad.

“We don’t have enough evidence at hand. Even if we guess the truth, it can’t prove anything. If the person concerned refuses to admit it, it is nothing. And…” Mo Junyang hesitated for a moment and then pointed out meaningfully, “It would only make your father more annoyed unnecessarily.”

Hearing that, Shi Qingxue also got cautious and didn’t ask Mo Junyang what he had guessed. She gently stroked the small words on the cranium. “Grandpa asked somebody to give the cranium to me, and it must be right.

“I have seen the manager’s mark of my personal seal he used to compare. Although the paper was old, the mark was more complete than my personal seal. It must have been copied by my grandpa as soon as he made it for me.”

Mo Junyang nodded to express that she guessed right, but he reminded, “Don’t forget that even if the middle-aged man was entrusted to give you something, his movements and expression were suspicious, and there must be something wrong with him.”

“Right. I think so.” Shi Qingxue suddenly smiled slyly. “So he must be a breakthrough.”

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