Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 236: The Road to Freedom, Paved with Flesh and Blood

Chapter 236: Chapter 236: The Road to Freedom, Paved with Flesh and Blood

How would the honest Mu Qing possibly act like a puppet? Just as he was about to open his mouth, a talisman paper floated down and landed on his lips, preventing any further words from coming out.

Qiao Nanyuan casually withdrew his hand, as if he’d done nothing out of the ordinary.

He continued, "The truly talented in Guichun Garden was Mu Qing. She had a beautiful and melodious voice. Born to the stage, she was naturally gifted for opera performance. She had someone she loved, a martial artist from Guichun Garden. They grew up together, fully understanding and admiring each other."

Being an actor by her identity, Mu Qing was destined for a humble life. Even though she gained popularity after entering the stage, she was only admired for her pretty face, not her talent. Inevitably, she ended up as a plaything in the hands of powerful and wealthy men.

Her fortuity came just before her debut, she was reunited with her biological brother."

"Mmmm..."

Bound by the golden whip and silenced by a patch on her mouth, Mu Qing groaned trying to stop Qiao Nanyuan from saying any more.

He lay there in distress, body twisting on the ground, he crawled towards Qin Ruan and Qiao Nanyuan.

Qiao Nanyuan’s determined face remained unchanged, he looked ruthless.

"Before Mu Qing officially appeared on stage before the public, Guichun Garden announced her as a man, disappointing many but also winning some over.

Both siblings looked identical, their height almost similar. It was Mu Qing who performed on stage while the one mingling with the elites was her brother Su Zijia."

The name Su Zijia, when spoken from Qiao Nanyuan’s mouth, affected the distressed Mu Qing, or it could be said, Su Zijia, more accurately.

He was frozen still, his head hung low on the ground.

Qin Ruan, Xia Yunchen, and Changyuan were all shocked.

Only Lun Wenbin had a calm expression.

Most visibly, Xia Yunchen browsed online to research about this character specifically for the audition.

The character Mu Qing in the script was a true character during the republic era. This tragic figure had such a significant undisclosed backstory.

Su Zijia raised his head, his crimson eyes firmly locked on Qiao Nanyuan.

His eyes seemed to be asking, who are you, who are you exactly?

Qiao Nanyuan remained expressionless, and he indifferently drew back his gaze. "Su Zijia and his sister, Mu Qing, went through a lot of hardships from a young age. Mu Qing didn’t have to worry about food and clothing in the opera troupe, but she endured unimaginable grievances and toiled day and night over the past years.

Su Zijia’s life wasn’t any better than Mu Qing’s, to survive he had no limits, no shame, and even abandoned his values.

Before reuniting with his sister, he had been living off women due to his exceptional good looks and sweet talk, a so-called kept man or a gigolo.

He was a kept man in his early life and in the last two glorious years before his death, he lived as Mu Qing, feeding off men instead..."

At this point, Qiao Nanyuan seemed to find it hard to continue and stayed quiet.

Qin Ruan: "So Uncle Qiao means the murderer is his sister Mu Qing?"

Qiao Nanyuan shook his head, "I don’t know, but it’s unlikely that Su Zijia murdered anyone."

"Why so?"

Qin Ruan didn’t understand who the famous Mu Qing was on the Shanghai Bund a hundred years ago, let alone these undisclosed details.

All she wanted to do was to expose the murderer behind the scene.

The defense by Changyuan and the statement by Qiao Nanyuan did not make her feel sympathy for the siblings, Su Zijia and Mu Qing.

No matter what unavoidable hardships they had, they have ultimately taken a life.

Qiao Nanyuan continued: "In the two years since Mu Qing’s debut, Su Zijia did a lot for her, he gave up his flesh to preserve the purity of her sister, unfortunately, Mu Qing’s identity was eventually exposed.

Mu Qing’s identity was revealed to a wealthy merchant by her childhood friend Martial Artist. That man was a once-famous shipbuilding magnate on the Shanghai Bund and was one of the distinguished guests invited by Su Zijia.

After learning about Mu Qing’s identity, he imprisoned her in his mansion. The unthinkable deeds done to Su Zijia were then perpetrated on her. Mu Qing, who never knew about her brother’s ordeal, could not endure them and chose to commit suicide.

Not long after the death of Mu Qing, the merchant’s family members started to experience a series of mishaps. Eventually, they resorted to an extraordinary method, using Su Zijia’s life as a sacrifice to suppress the wrathful ghost of Mu Qing."

A century has now passed, and the spell that constrained the siblings indeed seemed to be on the verge of breaking."

"Why doesn’t anyone know about this? Mu Qing’s identity and her fame on the Shanghai Bund during her time, how was this covered up?"

Xia Yunchen felt strange, this simply didn’t make sense.

Expression finally appeared on Qiao Nanyuan’s face - a disdainful smile on the hardened corner of his lips.

His tone, however, was calm: "Because the matter involved the upper-class elites. When the siblings, Su Zijia and Mu Qing made a fool of them, how could they let this scandal spread."

Qin Ruan raised her eyebrows: "Then, how does Uncle Qiao know all this so clearly?"

"...Because the people who used forbidden magic to suppress the ability of the siblings to reincarnate was from the Maoshan Sect." Qiao Nanyuan looked somewhat uncomfortable.

Qin Ruan was left speechless.

No wonder he knew so much.

Qin Ruan: "This still doesn’t prove that Su Zijia is innocent."

Qiao Nanyuan threw out another shocker.

"Su Zijia had another identity, he was one of the thousands of underground members. He did many seemingly insignificant things but played a crucial role, he was not a good person, but also not a bad one. Until his death, his hands remained clean.

A man like him wouldn’t kill innocently, in his bones, he inherited the oath they made when they first joined the organization, that they’d sacrifice themselves and pave the way for freedom with their flesh and blood."

Qin Ruan looked complicated, her eyes filled with solemnity.

The bloody lessons from a hundred years ago were so heavy that every member of the "Seedling Family" dared not to forget.

The identity of Su Zijia was indeed surprising.

Qin Ruan pursed her lips, she took a step forward and peeled off the talisman paper from Su Zijia’s mouth.

She looked into his eyes and asked, "Are you the murderer?"

Su Zijia pulled himself off the ground, his clothes disheveled and his face desperate.

"Yes! I did it! I killed them!"

His tone was frantic, as though he feared they didn’t believe him.

"Hmmm," Qin Ruan nodded slightly: "Then it’s not you. I’m curious, where is your sister?"

"She is not here at all!"

Enveloped by a dark aura, Su Zijia firmly denied.

"Then she must be here."

Qin Ruan looked up and scanned the grand hall.

After a circle, still unable to find anything, she said, "Your sister must not get along well with you. Why isn’t she appearing even when she sees you in misery?"

This time, Su Zijia knew better than to say anything.

This woman was too cunning!

Qin Ruan chuckled, and stopped pressing him.

Her gaze fell on Changyuan, "You heard it just now, Mu Qing and Su Zijia look exactly alike, even their heights are almost the same. As you said earlier, Mu Qing is innocent, you seem to know him very well- can you distinguish between Mu Qing and Su Zijia?"

Changyuan was dumbfounded.

He didn’t expect the "Mu Qing" that he had been associating with recently to have a complex identity after all.