Lu Anru didn't hear the answer for a long time. He looked sideways and saw Lianhua standing in front of the coffee table made of a single piece of glass.
He walked over and followed the other person's gaze to the table, and saw two lines of words printed on the table: Where the heart goes, where the talisman goes.
There were runes printed around the two lines of words. Lu Anru couldn't understand them, but Lianhua took them seriously. Don't mess with people's thoughts, maybe you can learn some beneficial spells on your own.
She turned around and gave Ella, who was also curious, a shushing gesture, hooked Ella and Rosa's arms respectively, and led them away from the scene of the theft.
The three of them sat on the sofa, and Lu Anru scanned the food with his newly purchased bracelet. After verifying that the powder is non-toxic and non-hallucinogenic, I picked up the plate with snacks and handed out snacks.
Filling Ella and Rosa's arms with colorful snack gift bags, she opened the bag of plums, pinched two and put them in her mouth, then grabbed a handful of potato chips and stuffed them in. Homemade plum flavored potato chips, crispy, sour and sweet.
When she ate her fourth pack of snacks, Rosa lost her temper. She took out her computer to check the time, and said worriedly: "It's 9 o'clock, why is no one here?"
As if hearing Rosa's question, the door was pushed open from the outside.
A woman wearing a silver fox cloak walked in. She came to the foodie group and gently pushed her hand towards the door, which automatically closed tightly.
"Hello everyone, I've been waiting for a long time."
The woman took off her cloak, and a face riddled with holes appeared in front of the three people. Not only were there burns and knife wounds on her face, there were even dents like the remnants of flesh being gouged out. The woman's original appearance could no longer be seen, and the scars turned into blood evidence, all proving the inhuman torture she had suffered.
Rosa covered her open mouth with her hand to prevent herself from uttering a disrespectful exclamation.
Ella has very strong empathy and sympathy. She nudged Lu Anru with her elbow to express how miserable she was.
Lu Anru glanced at the lotus standing in front of the glass table. The master was still looking at the runes with concentration.
It was a date with 300 appreciation cards. Every minute was worth tens of thousands. Lu Anru didn't waste time, stood up and extended his hand to introduce himself.
"Hello, Lu Anru."
"I know you. You are very famous recently. All the major entertainment, financial, and social news are following you."
The woman paused and then added with a bright smile: "And your child foster husband, who ranks among the top five in the world in terms of combat power, is also very famous. It's an honor to meet you today."
Lu Anru laughed twice in the official style, but the corners of his mouth were a little sore.
The woman slowly raised her hand, but before she could touch Lu Anru, a voice shouted from not far away: "Don't shake hands with her."
A Zhuguang Talisman was thrown out from between Lotus's two fingers and hit the back of Lu Anru's hand.
In an instant, there was an invisible force pushing her to the sofa.
Lu Anru passively sat back next to Ella, and saw the lotus hand holding the magic formula approaching the woman, seemingly full of anger that could not be vented.
When the woman saw the lotus, her smile became brighter and she opened her arms to express welcome.
"My little Lian'er has grown up, come and give my grandma a hug. My grandma has been thinking about her little Lian'er very much these past few years."
Ella gasped and kept poking the side of Lu Anru's arm with her fingers to express shock. They all knew the intention of Lotus inviting them, but they got completely opposite results.
Lianhua slapped the hand in front of her as if it was dirty, gritted her teeth and asked, "Who are you? My grandma has died a long time ago! Tell me, why are you pretending to be my grandma?"
The woman's right hand was slapped off, and her other hand fell back to her side, complaining plaintively.
"Xiao Lian'er, of course I am your grandma. It doesn't matter if you refuse to recognize me, but grandma will always remember everything about your childhood. The first spell you learned was a repair spell, because you accidentally broke your Dad loves the cup. You came to me in a hurry to teach you how to repair the cup. Your most proficient spell is the separation spell. At the age of seven, you can separate the entire structure of an object. The most annoying thing to practice. The spell is an identification spell. You think it was that spell that caused people in the clan to be hunted down, so,"
"That's enough! Stop talking! I don't want to hear it!"
Lotus covered her ears and let out a heart-rending shout.
Although the woman's eyes were filled with pain that was deeper than the scars on her face, she did not stop inflicting pain on her daughter.
"You should have thought of the reasons why many clan members will be exposed. You hate grandma for being a villain, but Xiao Lian'er, to grandma, you are more important than them. Grandma wants to protect you. Only in this way can I get a chance for you. There’s life.”
The woman opened her arms towards the lotus again and begged: "Can you forgive my mother?"
Lotus trembled violently all over and shouted angrily: "Go away! I don't believe you are my grandma. My grandma has taught me since I was a child that spells carry the upward power of life. You cannot use it to do bad things or make profits!"
"Xiao Lian'er, I used to be too pedantic in my thinking. We have the supreme ability that only a few people have, so why not use it to benefit the people? Do you think that the people are just like you and me, and have to suffer all their lives? Isn’t it better to suffer death in exchange for a new life?”
The heart-wrenching questioning suppressed the resistance deep in Lianhua's soul. The pain of her people was a past that she could never look directly at.
The question is correct. As a defector, in what capacity can she stand on a moral high ground and make choices for her clan members
Perhaps the tribesmen also long for the outside world and a superior status
Lian Hua's eyes gradually blurred. The woman put her hand gently on her shoulder and said in a gentle voice to coax a child: "Good Lian'er, seeing you restrain yourself all the time and live in such pain, my mother feels very sorry for you."
Just when the woman was about to hug Lianhua tightly, the cold sword blade pierced between her palm and Lianhua's shoulder, blocking the place where the two of them could touch.
Lu Anru put the Zhuguang Spell that had been removed early on Lotus's forehead and pushed Lotus back a few steps. Ella and Rosa jumped over the table and gathered around Lu Anru and Lotus, getting ready to attack at any time.
"Are you awake?"
Lu Anru pointed his sword at the woman's neck with one hand and turned his head to ask Lianhua.
Lianhua raised her hand and patted her head vigorously, closed her eyes ferociously, and managed to say two words: "Let's go first."
"good."
Ella held onto Lotus, and the four of them backed up defensively and approached the door.
But strangely, the woman looked at them sadly and did not stop them.
After leaving Box A smoothly, Lu Anru took them to Grandpa Fei's ice cream shop. Many students would walk over at night to buy ice cream. If a fight broke out, someone could be arrested and reported back to the academy.
Moreover, Grandpa Fei likes Lu Anru very much and will sound the alarm as soon as possible.
Sitting in the shop, no one spoke first, and Rosa was timid and fearful of making Lianhua feel even worse. Ella and Lu Anru reached a tacit agreement to let Lianhua wait for a while before discussing.
Grandpa Fei noticed something was wrong with the four girls, so he took the initiative to make four popular flavors of ice cream and asked Huang Ying, who became a full-time employee, to bring it to the table. And close the store early to leave space for them to talk.
Huang Ying noticed that the three people were secretly looking at Lianhua. As a former classmate, she asked with concern: "What trouble has Lianhua encountered?"
Lu Anru calculated everything, but Huang Ying missed it. With Lotus's character, it's best to be able to lead her to say what's in her heart at once, otherwise she may never be able to pry her mouth open in the future.
Huang Ying pulled a chair and sat next to Lianhua, waiting for a long time. She didn't see Lianhua's answer, but she saw that Lianhua's face became colder and colder. On the other hand, Lu Anru and the three of them winked at her, which was indescribably weird.
Huang Ying didn't think it through, and she put her hands on Lotus's clenched fists out of her heart, and said righteously: "When you encounter trouble, you have to think about it. You see you have so many friends who care about you. They and I both care about you." Very happy to help you.”
"Hands away."
The word "three" was almost squeezed out from the gap between Lotus's teeth.
"What?" Huang Ying asked in surprise, thinking she heard wrongly.
Lu Anru stood up quickly, strode between the two of them, pushed Huang Ying's hand away, pressed the finger of Lotus that was about to knead the curse with his own hand, and whispered in her ear to dissuade her.
"Lianhua, there is no need to involve innocent people. Please maintain the original intention that the great elder taught you. A spellcaster should have the original intention."
"Ha," Lian Hua laughed strangely, and pushed away the face that was close to her ear with her hand, "men really like your eloquent tongue."
Lu Anru didn't dare to slack off and was on guard, ready to activate the extreme state if something went wrong. After being tense for a long time, he relaxed when he caught the smile in Lianhua's eyes.
Sitting back in his seat, he cast a reassuring look at Ella and Rosa, and gave Huang Ying a 'release order'.
"Xiao Huang, go and do your work. Let's chat privately for a while. Thank you."
Emphasis on saying thank you. After all, people have good intentions.
Huang Ying nodded towards Lu Anru, hugged the tray and left, her calves shaking non-stop.
With only one of his own left, Lu Anru took advantage of Lianhua's improved mood and simply opened the pustules that left hidden dangers.
"Lianhua, we will keep everything secret about tonight. You can give us a promise-keeping spell. But you have to understand that we voluntarily let you cast a spell out of emotion and has nothing to do with anything else."
Lu Anru took the lead in expressing his position, while Ella and Rosa showed extremely sincere eyes, looking at the lotus and nodding like garlic.
"That woman is not my grandmother."
Lianhua looked at the three people sitting crowded together and said calmly.
The two best friends looked at each other and had not expressed their opinions yet. Rosa didn't know where she got the courage. She honestly promised: "Lianhua, you don't have to hold on. We are your good friends. If anything happens, we will help you shoulder it together."
Lu Anru was particularly curious after hearing the sincere and death-seeking words. Did this stupid kid become intermittently blind just now? Didn't you see that Huang Ying was almost clicked
He stroked his forehead helplessly, thinking hard about how to save Rosa.
Thinking about it, I heard Lotus repeat unswervingly: "She really isn't."
"Yes, that woman doesn't have the aura and magnanimity of the great elder of the Zhaoji clan. She looks like a fake and shoddy product at first glance." Lu Anru catered to her, and first stabilized Lianhua.
Ella reacted and helped: "Yes, we met an impostor tonight, and he was still pretending,"
It's like he didn't say two words, so Lu Anru pressed the back of his hand, and Lu Anru came to the conclusion first: "He's just a fake, pretending to be someone he doesn't look like, and he also deliberately put scars on his face to fool people. He's so ugly."
"Yes, that face is indescribable."
Ella agreed seriously.
The best friends sang together, and no matter how stupid Rosa was, she figured out what was going on. She said weakly, "Yes, I met an impostor tonight whose appearance I couldn't see clearly."
When these words were spoken, it was like a huge stone weighing on Lu Anru's heart. Xiao Aya had said the same words to describe her parents' description.
It is very possible that Xiao Aya's parents recognized the elder's appearance, but did not reveal it and used the powerful spell as an excuse. It can be seen from this that everyone who has done business with the Great Elder has seen his true appearance.
The corner of Lu Anru's eyes glanced diagonally across the street, and Lianhua's expression became solemn again, proving that Lianhua and she were thinking about the same thing.
"I'll go back and expose that woman's true identity."
Suddenly, Lianhua stood up and announced.
Lu Anru couldn't continue acting, so she suggested from the perspective of a friend: "Don't act impulsively, she is very strong, and we are no match for her. When Xiao Ming comes back, let him accompany you to find bad luck."
"I agree with An Ruru's suggestion, let's not fight an unprepared battle. Besides, they ask for 300 appreciation cards for the first meeting. If we waste an opportunity, can we collect 300 cards again?"
Ella wanted to stop Lotus from the bottom of her heart, but she was very unwilling to help her mother be destroyed. In her mind, mother's choice should always be respected. As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household matters. She could not judge whether Mother Lotus was good or bad, but there was no need for the mother and daughter to sit down and talk to each other despite their differences. There was no need to fight each other.
Mainly, Mother Lotus said something that moved Ella very much. She cared about Lotus more than anyone else.
"You have never believed me. I told you that woman is not my grandmother. My grandmother is someone who would rather sacrifice me for the justice of the world."
Lianhua said angrily and raised her legs.
The tattoos representing the prisoners in Hades' prison appear again from the lotus legs, which is still very shocking.
The lotus hand dug through the tattoo like a cat's claw, leaving three scratches oozing with blood. She said bitterly: "In your mind, you must have thought that my grandmother went to assassinate the old dog Ning Tian for me and The tribesmen ran away to buy time. I was unlucky and was caught by the pursuers before I could get far. My mother failed to assassinate me and I was imprisoned in Hades."
Rosa and Ella, two naive people, nodded in agreement.
"Not at all!"
His lotus nails pierced the largest S mark in the tattoo, his eyes widened with bloodshot eyes, and he coldly told a dirty past.
"The year when Old Dog led his troops to attack, our whole family fought hard, but he didn't care about the lives of the soldiers at all, and used the human sea tactic to forcefully break through our magic barrier. 300,000 living lives, they turned into resentful souls, The previous national master slaughtered my people. We were defeated. Old Dog asked us to sacrifice the most talented child in the clan and sign a contract of eternal slavery. My mother said that we would never obey. The national master is here. When my grandma and Lao Gou were arguing, they used black spells to catch me and escorted me back to the capital of Xia Kingdom. Lao Gou threatened my grandma with me, but my grandma said to kill me, the people of the Zhaoji tribe will never die. Don’t bow to imperial power and money.”
Lu An bit her lower lip softly, deeply admiring the great elder's backbone, but the more she admired, the more she sympathized with her daughter Lianhua.
Imagine the nine-year-old child waiting for his mother to come to save him, but only to receive the reply that his mother would give up her life for the sake of the world and her people. How desperate Lianhua must be.
"Your mother is going to rescue you from behind."
Rosa couldn't help but remind.
Ella responded by saying, "Yeah, don't feel bad. She went to assassinate Emperor Xuan Tian just to save you."
"My grandma didn't want to save me! The Queen is a very nice person. She asked the leader of the secret faction to fake my death and send me out of the palace. My grandma thought I was dead, so she came to assassinate me. Before I died, She’s been using me to hold off the old dog!”