Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 825 - 517 Ten Years

Chapter 825: Chapter 517 Ten Years

After three years of observation, the old man from the dark alley had come to understand the hidden potential within Lou Ji’s frail and slender body.

Intelligence, temperament, and cultivation talent—all could be considered the finest among humankind.

He wanted to harness this potential for himself, but he was aware that his mortal limits could not contain Lou Ji, akin to a grand Buddha.

A place like the dark alley was far too small; it could be her starting point, but it would certainly not be her endpoint.

The old alley man was well aware that forming a good relationship with such a person in her youth would suffice to fulfill his longstanding wish to get out of the alley when she grew up.

However, human greed made the old man from the dark alley want even more.

He wished to bind her future directly to his clan while the young girl had yet to fully spread her wings.

It was shameless, but he didn’t care.

Because if he succeeded, when Qing Feng soared into the sky, his clan would ascend to the heavens with her.

However, the old man from the dark alley was also very clear that even though Lou Ji was still young, he had to deal with her without leaving any vulnerabilities that could be used against him.

To offend her and not be able to kill her immediately would mean he might as well wash his neck and wait for death.

This was the gulf between mortals and cultivators, a shackle that the old man from the alley had spent his entire life unable to break.

That’s why, in his strategies for Lou Ji, the old alley man always left a way out.

It was like putting two fighting roosters in a ring where they would kill each other; he simply arranged for Lou Ji to be around some people she might offend.

The tasks he arranged for her were legitimate transactions, and any conflicts were created by Lou Ji herself.

This kind of laissez-faire plan would take a long time and was fraught with uncertainties, but it won out in safety.

And on the day that the conflict erupted, the old man from the dark alley also started his own plan.

Before Long Xinling appeared, the scent of gunpowder had pervaded every corner of the residence.

A lustful wastrel came seeking people, and he, bearing the pressure, stood in front of Lou Ji, acting as a protector.

But as a mortal, the old man from the dark alley still miscalculated the presumptuousness of a cultivator’s sect family.

The lustful wastrel couldn’t care less about the power he held because their family had no interests in the dark alley.

As for retaliation afterward? Please, the bigshots above didn’t even consider this old mortal man a person.

They used him simply because he was convenient to use.

The fault originally lay with the girl under the old man’s command, and as long as their lives or those of their families weren’t harmed, the higher-ups wouldn’t step in for just one of their subordinates.

After the negotiations broke down, battle ensued.

The resident protectors and the wastrel’s attendants were evenly matched, but once they clashed, the protectors were at a disadvantage, and the lustful wastrel’s other followers began attacking the residence’s lower-ranked protectors.

The battle was one-sided from the beginning.

This group of protectors and resident officers loyal to the old man from the dark alley was vital; if they suffered heavy casualties, it would affect his foundation in the dark alley.

At that moment, he shouted angrily.

He invoked the name of the influential person behind him and declared to the wastrel that Lou Ji was his future daughter-in-law.

Upon hearing this, the wastrel showed some hesitation.

But the old man’s words were not only for the wastrel but also for Lou Ji to hear.

If she accepted, then his plan would have begun to take shape.

The old man from the dark alley had no worries that Lou Ji would refuse.

Because it was an emergency stopgap measure, because only by doing so could he protect her.

Unfortunately, the old man from the dark alley miscalculated once again.

The young girl was really too clever; his careful and cautious planning had still been seen through by her.

After he said those words, Lou Ji lowered her eyes and murmured softly behind him, "So that’s how it is."

The words were soft, but the cultivator within the manor heard them clearly.

The excuse of the old man from the dark alley lost its legitimacy.

After that, things became simple.

Under the teasing comments of the lecherous scoundrel, the old man from the dark alley was pressured into ordering his men to stop.

He did not understand why Lou Ji would refuse, as she was only a daughter-in-law in name, but things had reached this point and it was too late to reverse.

And then,

The old man from the dark alley realized that this little girl, with the incomplete cultivation technique she had, had reached a level of strength nearly equal to the manor’s regular offerings in less than two years.

She had hidden her true power from him until today when she finally revealed it.

Lou Ji wanted to escape, but she couldn’t.

Just as she had sensed, the lecherous scoundrel had a Protector secretly guarding him in addition to his overt followers.

Their confrontation left the orderly manor in shambles, only stopping when the Protector sent Lou Ji’s petite body flying with a punch, crashing through two thick courtyard walls before landing outside.

While Lou Ji struggled to rise from the rubble of the courtyard wall, a beautifully dressed young girl hurriedly made her way into everyone’s sight from the alley outside the manor.

This seemed to be a young lady who happened to be passing by.

But just as everyone wondered why such a lady would appear here, she suddenly grabbed Lou Ji’s bloodied hand as she barely stood up.

Long Xinling certainly wasn’t just passing by.

Ever since her brother told her about this place, she had been staking out outside the manor for two days.

She had to go home at night, or else her brother couldn’t keep it from their father.

Just as she arrived today, she heard the commotion inside the manor. Though curious about what was happening inside, she didn’t dare to knock and ask, only anxiously pacing outside.

And when she saw that mysteriously aloof little girl crash through the wall and appear before her, Long Xinling impulsively took her hand and ran towards the mouth of the alley.

The manor’s Protector, after a moment of shock, immediately thought to chase her, but was stopped by the lecherous scoundrel at his side.

Though only a moment, he saw the clan emblem embroidered on the young lady’s luxurious clothing.

It was the Imperial Capital Dragon Family.

...

After that day, because of Long Xinling, the young lady, Lou Ji unexpectedly and naturally became Long Xinling’s personal maid.

However, Long Xinling did not act with any awareness of her status as a young mistress, chattering nonstop beside her maid every day.

Time flew by, and she spent ten years by her side.

During those ten years, Lou Ji was like Long Xinling’s shadow.

She helped her eliminate many adverse factors,

transformed her from a marriage tool into a serving female official,

and helped her, a mere mortal, solidify her standing within both the court and the Dragon Family’s household...

And after that,

Xu Yinhè made his move and picked the peach.

He formally took Lou Ji, who had been fostered outside for more than ten years, under his wing.

Speaking of this, Lou Ji’s expression carried a reluctant nostalgia.

She... seemed to really like that period of time.

Coming to a manor gate, Xu Yuan waited for Lou Ji to deal with an unwilling Guest Elder inside before looking at the expression on her face and tentatively asked,

"So... why do we have to kill Granny Long tonight?"