Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Long Xu Nian sat still on her place.

At that moment, Long Qian Xing's words seemed to have floated from one ear to another. She looked at the bloodied token in disbelief and anger.

It was the token of her forces.

In fact, she had her own people whom she had poached from Long Family Residence many years ago and also the people she had developed in order to do her bidding. It took her more than a decade to make them a powerful force.

But now…

Long Qian Xing had destroyed them.

And the time it took for Long Qian Xing to find them all and completely obliterate every single person in the force she gathered was less than a day. She had only contacted them a few incense sticks of time ago to have a meeting in the evening.

Now, who would she meet?

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Muffled screams rang out. Long Xu Nian lowered her head and bit her own sleeve, muffling her sleeves. Tears streamed out on the corner of her lips.

Facing the massive humiliation in the Wen Family, the force she had built was her only lifeline. It was because of their existences that she believed she would be able to turn over the Wen Family's people opinion about her and completely rewrite her ending.

Her hope was dashed now…

She hated Long Qian Xing.

She hated her brother so much!

When she was young, she had both of her parents to pamper her. But after giving birth to Long Qian Xing, their mother's health declined before she finally died. Long Qian Xing was still a kid back then but she was older than him and naturally remembered her mother more than him.

After that day, their father changed. He was no longer the same person who would accompany her all day long. But he turned into a man who spent most of his time at the battlefield and didn't even come back.

There were many concubines in the house.

And they were all favoring Long Qian Xing more than her just because that brat was a boy and she's a girl!

So what if she's a girl?

Did it mean that she's less worthy of anything just because of her gender? Looking at how the adults treated Long Qian Xing with admiration but didn't even look in her direction, Long Xu Nian couldn't stand it.

Why does everyone love her brother but not her?

She's clearly more talented than him!

Immersed in her study in poison, Long Xu Nian was determined to make sure that she would be able to prove to others that she was better. She would be able to pave a way for herself.

But reality slaps her over and over again.

Long Qian Xing easily got access and resources he wanted, but she didn't get anything and even had to be punished by her grandmother repeatedly because of her study.

Her health declined because of the poison.

Her beauty had long gone.

She's now just a withered flower no one would bother to look.

Long Xu Nian hated it very much.

The person she hated the most is always her younger brother, who always easily become excellent and the apple in everyone's eyes.

What familial relationship?

She just wanted him to die.

She wanted everyone from Long Family Residence to die!

They all deserve to die!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Prang!

Long Xu Nian smashed the teacup as her bloodshot eyes were staring at the empty space in front of her.

It's not over.

It'll not be over so easily.

If Long Qian Xing thought he could threaten her easily, then he was wrong. She would show to him that even if she's always looked down upon by so many people, she will be able to stand at the very top.

That young man…

She would trample him.

Long Xu Nian slowly stood up. Even though she had lost this force that she had cultivated, this was not the end for her. She had other cards for her to use.

…

Outside the tea shop, inside the carriage.

Long Qian Xing looked at his sister's wretched appearance from the window and slowly withdrew his gaze. If he said that there were no feelings from him, it would be a lie. But from now, he would bury and threw away those feelings as far away as possible.

It was clear that Long Xu Nian would never be able to accept his existences.

"This world is flawed."

The chances and opportunity for women were basically nonexistent. For those who were born as women and had to bear with being oppressed in their residence, they couldn't bear with it.

They were jealous of those who were born as male.

Why couldn't they be born as male?

Why should they be deprived of their chance just because they were born of different gender?

But unfortunately, it was impossible to change the views of the kingdom overnight. It was something that had been cultivated deep in their bones for countless centuries.

Even if the oppression was not that big anymore, it was still influencing things.

"Follow her closely." Long Qian Xing's gaze was looking at the front. "Once she made contact with those people, make sure to pay attention of their agreement."

"Yes, Young Master."

There was no way Long Xu Nian could have stayed alive all these years without the help of outsiders. The poisons had long seeped deep into her body and even though she was using medicine to counter them, the leftover remained.

It was those things that would slowly kill Long Xu Nian from inside even without Long Qian Xing doing anything. Originally, Long Xu Nian should have died within three years.

It was already nearly five years and she's still alive.

If there was no one helping her, Long Qian Xing wouldn't believe it at all.

As for what she used to trade for it, he didn't want to know.

"Return to the residence."

The carriage slowly moved away from the tea shop, it's departing silhouette looked rather lonely.