Rules of the Strange: I Became a God in a Bizarre World Through Taoist Arts

According to you, Pei Jinyu's life was destined to be a calamity. There was a chance she could overcome it, but Pei Jinyu was foolish.

The voice in the ghost story carried a hint of mockery.

For some reason, its sound reached Pei Jinyu's ears.

Pei Jinyu suddenly tightened her grip on Pei Jinxiu's hand, causing Pei Jinxiu to cry out in pain.

Shen Xingzhuo followed Pei Jinyu's gaze, nodded, and confirmed the conclusion of the strange tale.

Upon seeing Pei Jinyu's instantly ashen face, he changed the subject:

"But a calamity does not necessarily mean a dead end."

"Besides her own poor judgment of people, half of Pei Jinyu's tragedy stemmed from the malicious scheming of others."

Her gaze swept over Pei Jinyu's face.

"You agree, right, Auntie?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Pei Jinyu looked at Pei Jinxiu in disbelief.

This was the first time he had spoken and confronted Pei Jinxiu.

"Jinxiu? Did you do this?"

Pei Jinyu was completely unaware that she had subconsciously believed Shen Xingzhuo's deduction.

But Pei Jinxiu noticed the difference in how she treated Shen Xingzhuo.

She gave a bitter laugh and said sarcastically, "I knew it! You'd rather believe her than me!"

Pei Jinyu frowned upon hearing this. "But she's right, isn't she?"

"I always thought you just resented the elders for favoring me, that you had some girlish sentiments. But do you really want me dead?!"

Pei Jinyu looked at this unfamiliar younger sister with a pained expression.

Hahahaha.

"So you knew that Mother and the others had always favored you!"

"Every time we do something together, they always say you do it better. When I try to be nice to you, all I get is a scolding from my mother."

We're both daughters of the same mother, so why are you the high and mighty moon, while I can only serve as a foil to you?

Pei Jinxiu burst out the words that had been buried in her heart for hundreds of years.

Tears streamed down her cheeks in frustration.

Pei Jinyu opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but her mind went blank when the words were on the tip of her tongue.

"See? You can't refute me either," Pei Jinxiu mocked.

Shen Xingzhuo rubbed his forehead.

"Don't you understand why my mother can't speak?" She began to form hand seals. "She's been trapped under the Crimson Phoenix Soul-Binding Array for so long; her soul has already been damaged. Is memory loss something so hard to understand?"

"I promised to tell you the whole truth, but I think it would be better if my mother told it to me herself."

After saying that, Shen Xingzhu bit her fingertip until it bled.

Blood gushed rapidly from the wound. She drew talismans in the air and chanted incantations.

"The past is but a fleeting memory, the future is bright. The three souls and seven spirits, the memories return to their source!"

"Awake!"

Shen Xingzhu shouted.

Golden light appeared before Pei Jinyu, and metal surged into her body.

Pei Jinyu was a little dazed. When she looked at Pei Jinxiu again, her face was full of amusement and exasperation.

"You actually said that my mother and the governess were biased towards me..."

"But Jinxiu, have you ever considered that I am the heir designated by my mother? Every move I make must be made with precision, and any mishap would mean damage to the Pei family's reputation."

"Your mother did scold you a few times, but when have you ever really been punished? Even when you burned your teacher's wife's hair and burned down half of the library when you were a child, your mother only punished you by making you stay quiet for three days in violation of the family rules."

"Ask yourself honestly, is this punishment too harsh?"

Pei Jinxiu was speechless, but still stubbornly insisted, "Then why can't I be the heir of the Pei family! Just because I was born a year or two later than you?!"