Reborn Heiress: Seeking Revenge-Chapter 685 Peerless Elegance (5)_1

Ye San Shao maintained the pose of holding Shangguan You; on his face, he could still feel the lingering touch of her hand.

"Girl, no matter where you are, I will find you one day," he said.

Ye San Shao laughed, a tear falling from the corner of his eye. The girl had vanished. Along with the connection of the Blood Jade Bracelet, he could no longer sense her presence.

"Girl!" Shangguan Hao shouted, staring blankly at Ye San Shao’s empty embrace. He stumbled and knelt on the ground, blood continuously flowing from his knees. His body seemed drained of strength. His eyes were wide with disbelief as he stared at the spot where the girl had vanished from Ye San Shao’s arms, speechless for a long time.

"HAHAHA! Shangguan You has actually disappeared! It’s fate, truly fate! But even if she hadn’t disappeared, she wouldn’t have lived to see tomorrow’s sunrise!" Ye Da Shao cackled, his injured body now surging with power. Keeping Ye Rou had been for this very day. His own daughter’s blood was his greatest tonic, especially combined with Elder Mi’s. Now, he believed no one could be his match—not even Ye San Shao. He was confident he could defeat Ye San Shao as well.

"You, you, you..." Ye Rou’s aged face stared at Ye Da Shao in disbelief. The wound on her neck where she had been bitten was now dry; her flower-like youth had instantly transformed into the visage of an old woman. Her own father had ended her life. Her good days, her arrogant life as a Princess—it had just begun, and now it was over?

Ye Rou’s vision blurred as she looked at the people before her. Seeing their pained and sorrowful expressions over Shangguan You’s disappearance filled her with a maelstrom of emotions. She had fought for seventeen years, schemed for seventeen years, but what had she truly gained in the end? Now, as she was about to die, she felt her life ebbing away, her body growing weaker. Yet, among all present, save for Li Wanying, no one cared if she lived or died; not a single gaze fell upon her. Her end was truly tragic.

If, if two years ago, Shangguan You hadn’t been lured to B City by their plot, would any of this have happened? Although Shangguan Hao disliked them, perhaps he wouldn’t have divorced Li Wanying. Would her ending have been different? Would she still be the Shangguan Family’s prestigious second young lady? Watching Shangguan Hao kneeling on the ground, his gaze dazed, Ye Rou’s lips curled into a self-mocking smile. Had she been wrong?

As her life force rapidly seeped away, she smiled gently once more. She had been wrong. If she had known she would die like this, if time could be reversed, she would have been content with her status as the Shangguan Family’s second young lady and not coveted more. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Rou girl, Rou girl!" Li Wanying cried, embracing Ye Rou, who was barely clinging to life on the ground. Seeing her daughter’s aged form, Ye Da Shao laughing boisterously, and the stunned Shangguan Hao, Li Wanying’s eyes filled with even deeper hatred. It was all because of Shangguan You! If not for Shangguan You, Shangguan Hao wouldn’t have divorced her! If not for Shangguan You, if not for Ye Da Shao, she and Ye Rou wouldn’t have ended up like this! Her daughter wouldn’t be dying before her very eyes!

"Mommy, we were wrong... so wrong," Ye Rou said intermittently. In this world, perhaps only Li Wanying truly cared for her.

"Rou girl, it’s all Mommy’s fault! If Mommy hadn’t wanted more, things wouldn’t have turned out this way! If Mommy hadn’t been so useless, you wouldn’t have ended up like this! Rou girl... Oh, Rou girl!" Li Wanying wailed, clutching Ye Rou and sobbing uncontrollably.

"It’s all Mommy’s fault, Rou girl!" she shrieked through her tears. "Mommy shouldn’t have been used by that demon! Shouldn’t have kept making one mistake after another! It’s all Mommy’s fault!" Her piercing cries, exceptionally sharp, grated on the nerves of everyone present.

"Shut up, you foolish idiots! Did you really think you were something I’d keep? Wishful thinking! Wanting to be my daughter? You’re not qualified! Go die!" Ye Da Shao roared. The venomous glares from Li Wanying and Ye Rou, along with Li Wanying’s piercing cries, irritated him immensely. Those who made him uncomfortable had always met only one fate: death.

With a wave of his hands, a powerful Spiritual Energy swept towards them, flinging their bodies violently into a swarm of insects.

"AAH! AAH!" Shrill screams tore through the air as their bodies were instantly devoured by the dense swarm of insects, disappearing into the writhing mass.

"Do you know what you are doing?" A slightly deep voice rang out. Ye San Shao now hovered in midair, his body emanating a powerful, hostile aura as he stood coldly opposite Ye Da Shao. A tangible killing intent radiated from his deep gaze. This thick, murderous aura enveloped everyone present, making even breathing inexplicably difficult.

Ye San Shao, in his unique domineering way, hovered midair, overlooking Ye Da Shao and everyone else with an ice-cold gaze that swept over Ye Da Shao’s body.

"Young Master, this is my gift to you and to the Ye Family. From today on, ’Ye’ will be the only surname in this realm, the most supreme of all," Ye Da Shao said, his lips curling slightly as he took a few steps back. The aura emanating from Ye San Shao was overpowering, instilling an unprecedented sense of danger in his heart.

Moreover, Ye San Shao now seemed even more unfathomable and formidable than before. Ye Da Shao didn’t know what had transpired in just one day to cause this change, but he intensely disliked this feeling.

CRACK! A loud sound echoed. Only a black blur was seen before Ye Da Shao’s face was struck with a vicious, open-handed slap. Half of his supposedly angelic face immediately swelled, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. Under the gaze of all present, Ye San Shao had delivered a resounding slap to Ye Da Shao.